1971 San Jose Bees Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-70
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Buddy Peterson (70-70)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: San Jose, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 81,663, Avg. 1,167

1971 San Jose Bees Roster

The San Jose Bees of the California League ended the 1971 season with a record of 70 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the CL.

The Bees paced the league with just 615 runs allowed. San Jose scored 665 runs. Frank Ortenzio walloped 32 home runs for the squad and accounted for 103 RBI. Frank Ortenzio and Jim Wohlford led all regular batters with a .303 average. Doug Bird topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.41 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Al Cowens, Frank Ortenzio, Jim Bethke, Al Autry, Steve Busby, John Wathan, Doug Bird and Jim Wohlford were all players from the 1971 San Jose Bees who played in the Majors during their careers.

Buddy Peterson served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Doug Bird	15	9	.625	3.41	29	27		10	3	2	182.0	175	84	69	14	48	3	143	3	1	17
Darrell Gambero	9	7	.562	3.55	37	6		1	0	1	99.0	102	51	39	11	49	11	77	3	0	9
Art Demery	9	7	.562	4.04	24	24		5	2	0	138.0	125	74	62	11	67	3	131	0	1	11
Al Autry	8	11	.421	4.10	22	22		6	1	0	134.0	116	84	61	13	85	3	149	5	2	9
Jim Bethke	7	5	.583	2.85	17	11		7	1	0	98.0	92	42	31	8	30	3	53	9	0	3
Steve Busby	4	1	.800	0.68	8	7		2	2	0	40.0	31	14	3	0	14	0	50	1	0	2
Donald Campbell	4	1	.800	3.87	33	8		1	0	4	86.0	96	40	37	5	23	1	94	0	0	5
Steve Wright	4	10	.286	3.71	41	1		0	0	8	80.0	64	45	33	4	57	11	105	2	0	4
John Dixon	3	4	.429	2.48	39	0		0	0	9	69.0	52	35	19	2	43	5	60	3	1	3
Kent Agler	2	1	.667	2.73	5	5		1	1	0	33.0	26	13	10	3	12	0	28	1	0	1
Gary Houston	2	4	.333	3.63	11	11		1	0	0	57.0	54	34	23	3	33	1	51	3	1	3
Gary DeBenedetti	1	1	.500	4.26	7	7		1	0	0	38.0	46	26	18	3	10	0	22	3	0	0
John Gaylord	1	2	.333	3.86	6	6		1	0	0	28.0	33	17	12	5	19	0	17	2	1	2
Joe Nunn	1	3	.250	4.25	11	5		0	0	0	36.0	33	21	17	2	23	0	27	3	0	2
Mike Ballantine	0	1	.000	6.00	11	0		0	0	2	15.0	16	13	10	3	8	1	16	0	0	2
Steven Myers	0	3	.000	3.31	22	0		0	0	4	49.0	46	22	18	3	18	6	46	5	0	2
Totals	70	70	.500	3.52	323	140	0	36	10	30	1182.0	1107	615	462	90	539	48	1069	43	7	75	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Jim Wohlford	120	542	491	82	149	27	6	11	41	18	10	43	67	.303	.364	.450	.814	221		5	1	2
Thomas Combs	140	583	527	84	145	23	6	9	55	14	5	45	104	.275	.334	.393	.727	207		4	3	4
Frank Ortenzio	132	547	472	99	143	22	5	32	103	2	2	56	108	.303	.397	.574	.971	271		18	0	1
Dale Phillips	122	522	489	53	126	18	8	5	58	2	1	27	111	.258	.298	.358	.656	175		2	2	2
Al Cowens	99	430	380	60	108	14	5	8	66	14	3	42	54	.284	.360	.411	.771	156		5	0	3
Calvin Meier	104	436	356	72	106	16	2	4	38	11	6	72	54	.298	.416	.388	.804	138		3	1	4
John Wathan	64	257	215	37	56	11	2	1	29	6	3	36	42	.260	.367	.344	.711	74		2	1	3
Robert Peters	77	249	215	29	45	8	0	2	22	2	0	28	63	.209	.301	.274	.575	59		1	3	2
Jorge Rivera	61	214	193	21	43	6	2	3	27	0	1	14	32	.223	.277	.321	.598	62		2	1	4
Greg Marshall	67	227	191	31	42	13	1	1	21	5	2	34	48	.220	.336	.314	.650	60		0	1	1
Robert Burrows	40	155	140	21	40	4	2	7	36	1	1	12	29	.286	.342	.493	.835	69		1	0	2
Edward Siracusa	77	226	203	29	39	7	0	4	19	0	1	20	39	.192	.267	.286	.552	58		1	1	1
Cornelius Drew	40	145	130	11	26	2	1	2	10	5	5	11	38	.200	.264	.277	.541	36		1	1	2
Jeff Stout	26	97	88	5	18	2	0	0	6	0	0	9	14	.205	.278	.227	.506	20		0	0	0
John Stankey	22	57	51	1	13	1	1	0	7	0	1	4	12	.255	.333	.314	.647	16		2	0	0
John Thompson	34	87	81	3	12	2	1	0	7	1	0	6	30	.148	.207	.198	.404	16		0	0	0
Doug Bird	30	73	68	4	11	1	1	0	7	0	0	1	29	.162	.174	.206	.380	14		0	4	0
Art Demery	24	56	49	3	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	20	.163	.196	.224	.421	11		0	5	0
Al Autry	22	58	52	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	23	.154	.185	.173	.358	9		0	4	0
Steve Busby	16	24	21	4	7	2	0	0	6	0	0	3	7	.333	.417	.429	.845	9		0	0	0
Darrell Gambero	37	37	34	5	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	16	.176	.222	.206	.428	7		0	1	0
Kent Agler	5	12	10	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.400	.364	.500	.864	5		0	1	1
Gary Houston	11	21	19	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	15	.211	.286	.211	.496	4		0	0	0
Steve Wright	41	21	20	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.150	.150	.150	.300	3		0	1	0
Donald Campbell	33	26	23	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.130	.130	.130	.261	3		0	3	0
Jim Bethke	17	37	32	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	18	.094	.147	.094	.241	3		0	3	0
Joe Nunn	12	9	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.250	.472	2		0	0	0
Steven Myers	22	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.250	.375	2		0	0	0
Gary DeBenedetti	7	17	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	.000	.267	.000	.267	0		0	2	0
John Dixon	40	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.000	.308	.000	.308	0		0	1	0
Steven Brown	7	13	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.000	.231	.000	.231	0		0	0	0
Mike Ballantine	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
John Gaylord	6	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0
Totals	1566	5211	4604	665	1170	184	43	90	572	81	41	486	1010	.254	.329	.371	.701	1710	0	47	42	32	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Frank Ortenzio	1B	126	838	63	18	69	.980	7.151
Edward Siracusa	1B	8	42	1	0	4	1.000	5.375
Robert Peters	1B	8	64	5	1	5	.986	8.625
Steven Brown	1B	2	21	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Jim Wohlford	2B	84	126	225	23	34	.939	4.179
Robert Peters	2B	37	89	117	6	20	.972	5.568
Jeff Stout	2B	17	29	42	4	10	.947	4.176
Dale Phillips	2B	3	8	9	1	0	.944	5.667
Dale Phillips	3B	118	104	201	29	21	.913	2.585
Robert Peters	3B	11	3	17	3	5	.870	1.818
Jeff Stout	3B	9	3	14	3	0	.850	1.889
Thomas Combs	3B	2	2	4	0	0	1.000	3.000
John Wathan	C	57	431	30	13	2	.973	8.088	24
Jorge Rivera	C	56	421	29	16	2	.966	8.036	23
Robert Burrows	C	29	232	26	6	0	.977	8.897	14
Thomas Combs	OF	138	231	11	5	0	.980	1.754
Al Cowens	OF	99	138	14	3	0	.981	1.535
Greg Marshall	OF	57	98	4	6	1	.944	1.789
Edward Siracusa	OF	53	75	4	1	1	.988	1.491
Cornelius Drew	OF	33	40	3	3	1	.935	1.303
John Thompson	OF	19	18	0	2	0	.900	.947
John Stankey	OF	13	15	5	0	2	1.000	1.538
Robert Burrows	OF	10	9	2	0	0	1.000	1.100
John Wathan	OF	6	7	1	1	0	.889	1.333
Steve Wright	P	41	4	10	0	1	1.000	.341
John Dixon	P	39	3	13	3	0	.842	.410
Darrell Gambero	P	37	5	11	0	0	1.000	.432
Donald Campbell	P	33	0	10	0	0	1.000	.303
Doug Bird	P	29	12	36	3	1	.941	1.655
Art Demery	P	24	6	20	2	0	.929	1.083
Steven Myers	P	22	3	8	0	1	1.000	.500
Al Autry	P	22	3	16	5	0	.792	.864
Jim Bethke	P	17	4	27	1	0	.969	1.824
Joe Nunn	P	11	5	7	0	1	1.000	1.091
Gary Houston	P	11	0	9	1	0	.900	.818
Mike Ballantine	P	11	1	1	1	1	.667	.182
Steve Busby	P	8	1	6	1	0	.875	.875
Gary DeBenedetti	P	7	0	7	1	0	.875	1.000
John Gaylord	P	6	2	7	1	1	.900	1.500
Kent Agler	P	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	.600
Calvin Meier	SS	102	173	283	43	36	.914	4.471
Jim Wohlford	SS	35	67	102	7	22	.960	4.829
Robert Peters	SS	3	5	5	2	1	.833	3.333
Totals		1458	3339	1407	215	242	.957	3.255	61	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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