
1971 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Loren Babe (73-67)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 208,892, Avg. 2,984
Playoffs - Rochester Red Wings 3 games, Syracuse Chiefs 1
The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1971 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the IL.
The Chiefs plated 667 runs and conceded 677 runs. George Pena paced Syracuse with 22 home runs, while Tony Solaita and Rusty Torres walloped 15 or more as well. George Pena drove in 78 runs. Len Boehmer led batters with significant playing time by hitting .326. Rob Gardner topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 3.73 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Ossie Chavarria, Frank Baker, Joe Pactwa, Gary Jones, Bobby Mitchell, Hal Reniff, Barry Moore, Bruce Look, Rusty Torres, Ron Blomberg, Loyd Colson, Tony Solaita, Darrell Osteen, Julio Navarro, Tom Buskey, Al Closter, Rob Gardner, Rick Bladt, Frank Tepedino, Mario Guerrero, Danny Walton, Gerry Pirtle, Joe Verbanic, Bart Zeller, Gerry Schoen, Mike Pazik and Len Boehmer were all players from the 1971 Syracuse Chiefs who played in the Majors during their careers.
Loren Babe 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rob Gardner | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.73 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 140.0 | 133 | 68 | 58 | 8 | 45 | 4 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
Hal Reniff | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.40 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 86.0 | 86 | 45 | 42 | 8 | 51 | 9 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||
Al Closter | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.98 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 103.0 | 108 | 61 | 57 | 11 | 48 | 2 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
Gerry Pirtle | 7 | 5 | .583 | 5.23 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 107 | 60 | 50 | 8 | 44 | 5 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
Dale Spier | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.27 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 135.0 | 142 | 77 | 64 | 17 | 32 | 2 | 66 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
Thomas Frondorf | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.41 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 87.0 | 82 | 41 | 33 | 7 | 36 | 5 | 57 | 8 | 1 | 3 | ||
Gary Jones | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.86 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76.0 | 83 | 44 | 41 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Loyd Colson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.40 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 86.0 | 89 | 49 | 42 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
Darrell Osteen | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.73 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 59 | 39 | 31 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
Gerry Schoen | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.43 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 70 | 41 | 35 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Joe Verbanic | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bruce Olson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.50 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Mike Pazik | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.88 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Julio Navarro | 21 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Len Boehmer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tom Buskey | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.00 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 36 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 62 | 56 | .525 | 4.60 | 331 | 118 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 28 | 994.0 | 1053 | 590 | 508 | 114 | 419 | 35 | 647 | 31 | 4 | 56 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Len Boehmer | 113 | 436 | 396 | 56 | 129 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 30 | .326 | .374 | .462 | .836 | 183 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
Rusty Torres | 133 | 548 | 441 | 91 | 128 | 25 | 7 | 19 | 71 | 8 | 9 | 98 | 95 | .290 | .418 | .508 | .926 | 224 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
Mario Guerrero | 116 | 469 | 434 | 53 | 126 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 41 | .290 | .329 | .343 | .672 | 149 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
Fred Frazier | 133 | 534 | 482 | 65 | 126 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 13 | 8 | 39 | 57 | .261 | .316 | .313 | .629 | 151 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
George Pena | 129 | 491 | 423 | 68 | 120 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 84 | .284 | .373 | .513 | .886 | 217 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
Rick Bladt | 125 | 442 | 392 | 55 | 103 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 61 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 53 | .263 | .341 | .403 | .744 | 158 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
Ossie Chavarria | 118 | 418 | 358 | 46 | 97 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 62 | .271 | .370 | .388 | .758 | 139 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
Tony Solaita | 117 | 435 | 349 | 72 | 82 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 96 | .235 | .376 | .453 | .828 | 158 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
Bobby Mitchell | 73 | 275 | 242 | 49 | 68 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 67 | .281 | .354 | .450 | .804 | 109 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Ron Blomberg | 48 | 159 | 138 | 24 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | .326 | .411 | .565 | .977 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Danny Walton | 61 | 192 | 157 | 21 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 67 | .242 | .370 | .439 | .810 | 69 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
Ray Shoup | 44 | 84 | 72 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .264 | .349 | .292 | .641 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Frank Baker | 17 | 60 | 52 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .231 | .333 | .288 | .622 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bruce Look | 28 | 49 | 44 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .250 | .327 | .295 | .622 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Tepedino | 19 | 59 | 53 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | .208 | .288 | .396 | .684 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jorge Maduro | 18 | 41 | 34 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .294 | .400 | .353 | .753 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Gary Jones | 15 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .250 | .250 | .312 | .562 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Dale Spier | 25 | 47 | 41 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .171 | .190 | .171 | .361 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Robert Carson | 18 | 45 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .162 | .289 | .162 | .451 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Matt Galante | 19 | 35 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .185 | .333 | .222 | .556 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Bart Zeller | 21 | 41 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .139 | .244 | .139 | .383 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rob Gardner | 24 | 57 | 45 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .089 | .160 | .089 | .249 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
Loyd Colson | 51 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .357 | .250 | .607 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Al Closter | 19 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .088 | .184 | .118 | .302 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Joe Verbanic | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gerry Schoen | 16 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Thomas Frondorf | 41 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .118 | .167 | .235 | .402 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Darrell Osteen | 32 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .100 | .250 | .150 | .400 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Buskey | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bruce Olson | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hal Reniff | 50 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .298 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gerry Pirtle | 27 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Mike Pazik | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Pactwa | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1689 | 5143 | 4445 | 663 | 1178 | 166 | 41 | 117 | 590 | 44 | 41 | 575 | 831 | .265 | .350 | .400 | .750 | 1777 | 0 | 26 | 67 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Solaita | 1B | 110 | 917 | 56 | 10 | 104 | .990 | 8.845 | ||||
Ossie Chavarria | 1B | 18 | 134 | 8 | 2 | 14 | .986 | 7.889 | ||||
Len Boehmer | 1B | 14 | 101 | 2 | 5 | 6 | .954 | 7.357 | ||||
Frank Tepedino | 1B | 6 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 8.833 | ||||
George Pena | 1B | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
Fred Frazier | 2B | 130 | 295 | 371 | 30 | 80 | .957 | 5.123 | ||||
Ossie Chavarria | 2B | 12 | 19 | 28 | 2 | 6 | .959 | 3.917 | ||||
Matt Galante | 2B | 3 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.667 | ||||
Ossie Chavarria | 3B | 74 | 63 | 161 | 14 | 17 | .941 | 3.027 | ||||
Len Boehmer | 3B | 63 | 45 | 131 | 10 | 19 | .946 | 2.794 | ||||
Mario Guerrero | 3B | 10 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 2.900 | ||||
Matt Galante | 3B | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
Rick Bladt | 3B | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
George Pena | C | 119 | 618 | 55 | 15 | 7 | .978 | 5.655 | 9 | |||
Bart Zeller | C | 17 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.353 | 0 | |||
Bruce Look | C | 16 | 56 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .952 | 3.750 | 1 | |||
Jorge Maduro | C | 15 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 3.533 | 1 | |||
Rusty Torres | OF | 125 | 256 | 16 | 5 | 2 | .982 | 2.176 | ||||
Rick Bladt | OF | 109 | 171 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .978 | 1.661 | ||||
Bobby Mitchell | OF | 70 | 162 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .982 | 2.400 | ||||
Danny Walton | OF | 51 | 78 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .964 | 1.588 | ||||
Ron Blomberg | OF | 40 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .961 | 1.225 | ||||
Ray Shoup | OF | 32 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .812 | ||||
George Pena | OF | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
Robert Carson | OF | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.231 | ||||
Frank Tepedino | OF | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.857 | ||||
Len Boehmer | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
Hal Reniff | P | 50 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .440 | ||||
Loyd Colson | P | 48 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .962 | .521 | ||||
Thomas Frondorf | P | 41 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .610 | ||||
Gerry Pirtle | P | 27 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .778 | ||||
Dale Spier | P | 25 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .840 | ||||
Rob Gardner | P | 23 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .857 | 1.043 | ||||
Julio Navarro | P | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
Al Closter | P | 19 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .895 | .895 | ||||
Darrell Osteen | P | 18 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
Gerry Schoen | P | 16 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.062 | ||||
Gary Jones | P | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .929 | ||||
Tom Buskey | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
Bruce Olson | P | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Joe Verbanic | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Mike Pazik | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
Len Boehmer | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Mario Guerrero | SS | 95 | 133 | 219 | 26 | 51 | .931 | 3.705 | ||||
Len Boehmer | SS | 36 | 59 | 99 | 12 | 20 | .929 | 4.389 | ||||
Frank Baker | SS | 15 | 23 | 53 | 4 | 9 | .950 | 5.067 | ||||
Rick Bladt | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Matt Galante | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Totals | 1566 | 3509 | 1425 | 172 | 349 | .966 | 3.151 | 11 | 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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