1975 Shreveport Captains Statistics
Team Record: 76-52
Finished 2nd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Tim Murtaugh (76-52)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 39,088, Avg. 611
The Shreveport Captains of the Texas League ended the 1975 season with a record of 76 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Captains scored 660 runs and allowed 562 runs. Mitchell Page led Shreveport with 23 home runs, while William Thomas, Paul Djakonow and Frank Grundler each walloped 15 or more as well. Mitchell Page drove in 90 runs. Mike Edwards paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .304 clip. Timothy Jones topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.03 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Mitchell Page, Jim Geddes, Craig Caskey, Don Leshnock, Rick Langford, Jimmy Sexton, Mike Edwards, Steve Nicosia and Timothy Jones were all players from the 1975 Shreveport Captains who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Tim Murtaugh served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Timothy Jones | 16 | 6 | .727 | 3.03 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 172.0 | 158 | 73 | 58 | 11 | 62 | 4 | 108 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||
Randy Sealy | 10 | 5 | .667 | 4.34 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 139.0 | 152 | 85 | 67 | 8 | 66 | 2 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||
Mike Kavanagh | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.68 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 115.0 | 94 | 59 | 47 | 8 | 72 | 3 | 79 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
Douglas Nelson | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.86 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 161.0 | 140 | 96 | 69 | 16 | 91 | 1 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
Rich Anderson | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.09 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 64.0 | 58 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
Rick Langford | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.64 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 40 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
David Nelson | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.21 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 62.0 | 79 | 45 | 29 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
Randolph Hopkins | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.83 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 35.0 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Michael Gonzalez | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.89 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 88.0 | 73 | 42 | 38 | 9 | 51 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 9 | ||
Raymond Price | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.98 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Steve Williams | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.00 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57.0 | 54 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 39 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Jim Geddes | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.62 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 50 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Craig Caskey | 0 | 0 | 10.12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Ron Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Rich Standart | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.86 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Leshnock | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Totals | 76 | 52 | .594 | 3.71 | 248 | 128 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 23 | 1049.0 | 991 | 562 | 433 | 71 | 521 | 31 | 675 | 26 | 6 | 71 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mitchell Page | 122 | 483 | 413 | 73 | 120 | 24 | 3 | 23 | 90 | 23 | 6 | 56 | 87 | .291 | .376 | .530 | .906 | 219 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
Ron Mitchell | 124 | 502 | 446 | 64 | 116 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 78 | .260 | .323 | .415 | .737 | 185 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
Mike Edwards | 93 | 408 | 368 | 57 | 112 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 27 | 9 | 31 | 39 | .304 | .361 | .416 | .776 | 153 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
William Thomas | 109 | 455 | 377 | 71 | 107 | 20 | 6 | 17 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 71 | 92 | .284 | .398 | .504 | .902 | 190 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
Jimmy Sexton | 103 | 452 | 383 | 82 | 105 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 48 | 12 | 53 | 64 | .274 | .375 | .384 | .759 | 147 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Frank Grundler | 110 | 426 | 368 | 67 | 104 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 59 | 12 | 3 | 52 | 43 | .283 | .379 | .473 | .852 | 174 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Steve Nicosia | 110 | 418 | 370 | 52 | 99 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 38 | 44 | .268 | .345 | .389 | .734 | 144 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Kenneth Melvin | 110 | 412 | 350 | 53 | 94 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 55 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 96 | .269 | .367 | .437 | .804 | 153 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Paul Djakonow | 111 | 422 | 369 | 66 | 86 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 58 | 7 | 3 | 47 | 65 | .233 | .325 | .434 | .758 | 160 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Harry Saferight | 86 | 313 | 280 | 35 | 67 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 36 | .239 | .308 | .393 | .701 | 110 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Max Oliveras | 78 | 262 | 234 | 27 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 34 | .252 | .302 | .308 | .610 | 72 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Mike Krizmanich | 22 | 81 | 72 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .306 | .362 | .389 | .751 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Luther Wrenn | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .444 | .333 | .778 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 1180 | 4643 | 4036 | 661 | 1093 | 217 | 44 | 113 | 597 | 154 | 52 | 495 | 687 | .271 | .354 | .430 | .784 | 1737 | 91 | 47 | 24 | 41 | 32 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Mitchell | 1B | 120 | 981 | 68 | 18 | 77 | .983 | 8.742 | ||||
Frank Grundler | 1B | 6 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.833 | ||||
Harry Saferight | 1B | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .941 | 1.667 | ||||
Paul Djakonow | 1B | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
Mike Edwards | 2B | 91 | 189 | 212 | 13 | 45 | .969 | 4.407 | ||||
Max Oliveras | 2B | 38 | 77 | 80 | 5 | 25 | .969 | 4.132 | ||||
Paul Djakonow | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Frank Grundler | 3B | 84 | 65 | 173 | 30 | 12 | .888 | 2.833 | ||||
Paul Djakonow | 3B | 42 | 32 | 84 | 11 | 7 | .913 | 2.762 | ||||
Max Oliveras | 3B | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Kenneth Melvin | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
Steve Nicosia | C | 84 | 525 | 44 | 8 | 7 | .986 | 6.774 | 14 | |||
Harry Saferight | C | 47 | 237 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .980 | 5.340 | 3 | |||
Mitchell Page | OF | 121 | 191 | 8 | 14 | 2 | .934 | 1.645 | ||||
Kenneth Melvin | OF | 107 | 205 | 14 | 6 | 4 | .973 | 2.047 | ||||
William Thomas | OF | 96 | 211 | 8 | 9 | 2 | .961 | 2.281 | ||||
Max Oliveras | OF | 25 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.560 | ||||
Paul Djakonow | OF | 15 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
Harry Saferight | OF | 12 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 2.167 | ||||
Steve Nicosia | OF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Luther Wrenn | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Steve Williams | P | 27 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .333 | ||||
Michael Gonzalez | P | 27 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .741 | ||||
Douglas Nelson | P | 26 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 1.115 | ||||
Randolph Hopkins | P | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .200 | ||||
Timothy Jones | P | 24 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 2 | .907 | 1.625 | ||||
Randy Sealy | P | 23 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .867 | 1.130 | ||||
David Nelson | P | 22 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .857 | .818 | ||||
Mike Kavanagh | P | 17 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.353 | ||||
Rick Langford | P | 16 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .688 | ||||
Rich Anderson | P | 10 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
Jim Geddes | P | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
Raymond Price | P | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
Don Leshnock | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Rich Standart | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Craig Caskey | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
Ron Mitchell | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Jimmy Sexton | SS | 103 | 148 | 279 | 34 | 43 | .926 | 4.146 | ||||
Paul Djakonow | SS | 19 | 17 | 44 | 8 | 6 | .884 | 3.211 | ||||
Max Oliveras | SS | 7 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .767 | 3.286 | ||||
Mike Edwards | SS | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
Totals | 1280 | 3105 | 1224 | 192 | 252 | .958 | 3.382 | 17 | 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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