1973 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 76-70
Finished 3rd in the IL's North Division
Manager: Bobby Cox (76-70)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 180,064, Avg. 2,467

1973 Syracuse Chiefs Roster

The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1973 season with a record of 76 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.

The Chiefs plated 657 runs, tops in the circuit. Syracuse conceded 627 runs. Otto Vélez paced the squad with 29 home runs and drove in 98 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by hitting .269. Mike Pazik topped the squad with 13 wins, and Larry Gowell recorded a 3.4 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Dave Pagan, Jim Kennedy, Ken Poulsen, Ron Swoboda, Al Closter, Rick Dempsey, Joe Grzenda, Ken Crosby, Jim Magnuson, George Zeber, Tom Buskey, Otto Vélez, Jim Deidel, Mike Fiore, Larry Gowell, Ron Klimkowski, Gerry Pirtle, George Kopacz, Tommy Matchick, Rick Bladt, Wayne Nordhagen, Dave Cheadle, Mike Pazik, Jerry Kenney, Mike Ferraro, Frank Tepedino and Fred Stanley were all players from the 1973 Syracuse Chiefs who played in the Majors during their careers.

Bobby Cox 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
Mike Pazik	13	8	.619	4.53	25	25		10	0	0	167.0	166	93	84	16	85	1	76	5	0	4
Larry Gowell	10	8	.556	3.40	27	24		7	2	0	159.0	144	71	60	9	77	4	104	13	0	9
Al Closter	9	11	.450	3.67	28	27		13	4	0	189.0	157	83	77	24	91	1	139	4	0	15
Jim Magnuson	7	4	.636	4.04	19	11		4	1	0	78.0	80	45	35	7	33	1	42	1	0	6
Gerry Pirtle	7	5	.583	4.83	43	3		1	0	6	95.0	103	60	51	7	43	8	56	0	0	2
Joe Grzenda	7	6	.538	2.43	45	0		0	0	18	74.0	51	22	20	7	31	8	58	0	1	2
Ken Crosby	7	8	.467	5.19	29	21		5	1	0	137.0	142	87	79	14	52	6	73	6	0	5
Dave Cheadle	7	9	.438	4.39	24	24		4	0	0	127.0	114	76	62	13	110	0	78	7	1	5
Tom Buskey	6	4	.600	2.90	30	2		0	0	5	87.0	76	34	28	7	28	2	52	3	0	2
Dave Pagan	2	3	.400	2.41	6	6		3	0	0	41.0	31	14	11	3	16	1	40	1	0	2
Ron Klimkowski	1	2	.333	7.36	12	1		0	0	0	33.0	51	32	27	4	6	0	12	2	0	0
Jody Norris	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Ferraro	0	0		4.50	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
Ken Poulsen	0	1	.000	0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richard Earle	0	1	.000	15.75	2	2		0	0	0	4.0	7	7	7	1	4	0	0	1	0	1
Totals	76	70	.521	4.07	293	146	0	47	8	29	1199.0	1126	627	542	112	578	32	732	44	2	53	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
Rick Bladt	131	570	487	97	125	15	10	8	57	19	3	67	58	.257	.352	.378	.730	184		6	7	3
Otto Vélez	138	552	409	92	110	19	7	29	98	8	4	130	106	.269	.450	.562	1.012	230		8	1	4
Kenneth Bennett	121	456	411	47	109	15	2	7	61	12	9	36	44	.265	.323	.363	.686	149		1	4	4
Jim Kennedy	125	482	413	65	107	14	2	5	41	7	5	53	36	.259	.343	.339	.682	140		3	7	6
George Kopacz	132	516	446	55	106	17	2	7	57	4	2	63	77	.238	.331	.332	.663	148		1	2	4
Rick Dempsey	122	451	387	53	96	14	4	6	47	11	4	55	43	.248	.338	.351	.689	136		1	1	7
Fred Stanley	111	397	322	57	80	15	1	2	30	6	5	61	44	.248	.371	.320	.691	103		2	12	0
Tommy Matchick	87	306	262	21	71	13	3	3	35	1	2	30	41	.271	.341	.378	.719	99		1	7	6
Frank Tepedino	41	176	164	21	47	7	2	3	24	4	3	10	29	.287	.326	.409	.734	67		0	1	1
Jim Deidel	77	239	214	32	47	10	2	3	31	0	0	20	41	.220	.294	.327	.621	70		3	1	1
Mike Ferraro	69	230	204	17	45	7	2	1	23	0	0	19	37	.221	.289	.289	.578	59		1	5	1
George Zeber	67	254	211	26	36	8	1	3	23	4	1	34	43	.171	.288	.261	.549	55		2	4	3
Jerry Kenney	34	122	99	11	34	6	1	0	12	6	3	20	6	.343	.463	.424	.887	42		2	1	0
Ron Swoboda	26	96	85	15	25	3	0	6	14	1	1	11	18	.294	.375	.541	.916	46		0	0	0
Ed Pacheco	6	19	19	1	6	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	.316	.316	.368	.684	7		0	0	0
Joe Grzenda	45	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1332	4867	4134	610	1044	164	39	83	556	84	42	609	626	.253	.350	.371	.721	1535	0	31	53	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
George Kopacz	1B	113	939	71	8	112	.992	8.938
Frank Tepedino	1B	6	62	5	0	5	1.000	11.167
Kenneth Bennett	1B	2	5	0	0	1	1.000	2.500
Tommy Matchick	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jim Kennedy	2B	78	181	184	18	62	.953	4.679
George Zeber	2B	66	142	190	10	41	.971	5.030
Tommy Matchick	2B	11	13	19	1	6	.970	2.909
Jerry Kenney	2B	2	2	2	2	0	.667	2.000
Tommy Matchick	3B	77	54	180	9	25	.963	3.039
Mike Ferraro	3B	56	33	99	5	7	.964	2.357
Jim Kennedy	3B	26	23	36	4	6	.937	2.269
Ed Pacheco	3B	6	7	9	1	2	.941	2.667
Otto Vélez	3B	3	2	2	1	0	.800	1.333
Rick Dempsey	C	111	585	69	9	12	.986	5.892	14
Jim Deidel	C	42	214	17	3	2	.987	5.500	5
Fred Stanley	C	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Rick Bladt	OF	130	286	13	7	5	.977	2.300
Otto Vélez	OF	121	175	9	9	3	.953	1.521
Kenneth Bennett	OF	112	183	8	7	0	.965	1.705
Ron Swoboda	OF	25	33	3	0	0	1.000	1.440
Mike Ferraro	OF	3	4	0	1	0	.800	1.333
Jerry Kenney	OF	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500
Frank Tepedino	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Joe Grzenda	P	45	1	19	0	1	1.000	.444
Gerry Pirtle	P	43	8	22	3	1	.909	.698
Tom Buskey	P	30	4	14	4	2	.818	.600
Ken Crosby	P	29	7	13	1	1	.952	.690
Al Closter	P	28	12	31	2	4	.956	1.536
Larry Gowell	P	27	11	25	0	2	1.000	1.333
Mike Pazik	P	25	6	24	0	0	1.000	1.200
Dave Cheadle	P	24	10	22	0	2	1.000	1.333
Jim Magnuson	P	19	4	10	1	1	.933	.737
Ron Klimkowski	P	12	0	1	2	0	.333	.083
Dave Pagan	P	6	1	4	1	2	.833	.833
Richard Earle	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ken Poulsen	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jody Norris	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Ferraro	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Fred Stanley	SS	110	188	343	23	75	.958	4.827
Jerry Kenney	SS	30	44	92	0	16	1.000	4.533
Jim Kennedy	SS	19	21	54	3	10	.962	3.947
Totals		1447	3273	1592	135	406	.973	3.362	19	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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