
1975 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 72-64
Finished 3rd in the IL
Manager: Bobby Cox (72-64)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 193,467, Avg. 2,845
Playoffs - Syracuse Chiefs 3 games, Rochester Red Wings 1
Finals - Tidewater Tides 3 games, Syracuse Chiefs 1
The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1975 season with a record of 72 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the IL.
The Chiefs scored 544 runs and conceded 568 runs, most in the circuit. Terry Whitfield led Syracuse with 11 home runs and accounted for 69 RBI, while leading all regular batters by hitting .272. Rick Sawyer topped the squad with 13 wins, and Tippy Martinez registered a 2.05 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1975 Syracuse Chiefs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Rob Gardner, Terry Whitfield, George Zeber, Ron Guidry, Bob Johnson, Jim Deidel, Otto Vélez, Don Castle, Jim Beattie, Dave Pagan, Rick Sawyer, Ken Clay, Tippy Martinez, Billy Parker, Hugh Yancy, Scott McGregor, Dave Cheadle, Gerry Pirtle, Bob Kammeyer, Dave Rajsich, Juan Bernhardt, Rick Bladt, Jerry Kenney and Kerry Dineen.
Bobby Cox 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Sawyer | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.47 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 175.0 | 134 | 53 | 48 | 9 | 47 | 3 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
Bob Kammeyer | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.38 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 144.0 | 175 | 89 | 70 | 9 | 42 | 4 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
Tippy Martinez | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.05 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 | 91 | 39 | 25 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Ed Ricks | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.35 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 149.0 | 148 | 82 | 72 | 12 | 83 | 7 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 12 | ||
Gerry Pirtle | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.70 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 100.0 | 93 | 38 | 30 | 4 | 39 | 5 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Ron Guidry | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.90 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 62.0 | 46 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Scott McGregor | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.99 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 124.0 | 134 | 73 | 55 | 2 | 60 | 3 | 72 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
Dave Pagan | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.25 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32.0 | 31 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Johnson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.21 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57.0 | 68 | 34 | 33 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
Ken Clay | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.00 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 60 | 34 | 32 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
Jim Beattie | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.27 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Dave Cheadle | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.78 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 96 | 54 | 52 | 6 | 53 | 4 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jerry Kenney | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Greg Diehl | 0 | 0 | 4.20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Dave Rajsich | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Don Castle | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Rob Gardner | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.08 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Heinold | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 72 | 64 | .529 | 3.79 | 325 | 136 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 30 | 1160.0 | 1160 | 577 | 488 | 67 | 498 | 43 | 797 | 26 | 5 | 65 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terry Whitfield | 111 | 443 | 390 | 47 | 106 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 69 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 74 | .272 | .346 | .438 | .785 | 171 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
Juan Bernhardt | 79 | 320 | 297 | 22 | 90 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 16 | .303 | .326 | .414 | .740 | 123 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
George Zeber | 110 | 402 | 347 | 33 | 87 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 49 | .251 | .341 | .334 | .675 | 116 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
Kerry Dineen | 104 | 409 | 348 | 56 | 84 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 46 | 41 | .241 | .329 | .279 | .608 | 97 | 1 | 11 | 3 | ||
Nelson Pichardo | 102 | 367 | 335 | 53 | 77 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 40 | .230 | .277 | .260 | .536 | 87 | 6 | 9 | 1 | ||
Jerry Kenney | 99 | 351 | 283 | 50 | 70 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 58 | 24 | .247 | .373 | .297 | .670 | 84 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
Rick Bladt | 79 | 307 | 259 | 43 | 69 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 14 | .266 | .373 | .432 | .805 | 112 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
Bill Stearns | 95 | 323 | 266 | 35 | 66 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 32 | .248 | .364 | .327 | .691 | 87 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
Jim Deidel | 110 | 383 | 349 | 27 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 61 | .183 | .248 | .232 | .480 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
Otto Vélez | 81 | 337 | 244 | 56 | 61 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 87 | 54 | .250 | .445 | .463 | .908 | 113 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
Don Castle | 102 | 354 | 311 | 29 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 65 | .186 | .249 | .280 | .529 | 87 | 0 | 5 | 9 | ||
Hugh Yancy | 60 | 230 | 198 | 26 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 16 | .283 | .373 | .369 | .741 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
John Shupe | 88 | 269 | 217 | 27 | 56 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 46 | .258 | .401 | .359 | .761 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Parker | 39 | 93 | 83 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 19 | .313 | .387 | .386 | .773 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Scott McGregor | 46 | 79 | 65 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | .277 | .365 | .308 | .673 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Bob Kammeyer | 27 | 52 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .140 | .196 | .163 | .358 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Ed Ricks | 35 | 62 | 55 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .109 | .169 | .182 | .351 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
Ken Clay | 9 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .312 | .312 | .312 | .625 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Dave Cheadle | 33 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .227 | .346 | .227 | .573 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rick Sawyer | 25 | 64 | 52 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .096 | .203 | .096 | .300 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Ron Guidry | 43 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .231 | .214 | .231 | .445 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Gerry Pirtle | 61 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .438 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Rob Gardner | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Pagan | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Beattie | 5 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .091 | .100 | .191 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Tippy Martinez | 15 | 45 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .029 | .175 | .029 | .204 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Dave Rajsich | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Johnson | 25 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .000 | .133 | .000 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Doug Heinold | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Greg Diehl | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1620 | 5012 | 4282 | 544 | 1025 | 178 | 32 | 46 | 475 | 43 | 41 | 578 | 676 | .239 | .331 | .328 | .659 | 1405 | 0 | 28 | 84 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Shupe | 1B | 82 | 564 | 51 | 6 | 57 | .990 | 7.500 | ||||
Don Castle | 1B | 36 | 160 | 23 | 6 | 15 | .968 | 5.083 | ||||
Otto Vélez | 1B | 31 | 274 | 16 | 5 | 20 | .983 | 9.355 | ||||
Juan Bernhardt | 1B | 16 | 108 | 8 | 3 | 8 | .975 | 7.250 | ||||
George Zeber | 2B | 99 | 197 | 280 | 14 | 61 | .971 | 4.818 | ||||
Nelson Pichardo | 2B | 25 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 7 | .967 | 3.560 | ||||
Billy Parker | 2B | 13 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 10 | .949 | 4.308 | ||||
Hugh Yancy | 2B | 8 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 4 | .923 | 4.500 | ||||
Otto Vélez | 3B | 50 | 28 | 74 | 14 | 12 | .879 | 2.040 | ||||
Hugh Yancy | 3B | 48 | 42 | 92 | 7 | 6 | .950 | 2.792 | ||||
Juan Bernhardt | 3B | 33 | 23 | 62 | 3 | 1 | .966 | 2.576 | ||||
Jerry Kenney | 3B | 7 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
George Zeber | 3B | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .600 | 1.500 | ||||
Billy Parker | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Rick Bladt | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Jim Deidel | C | 102 | 588 | 54 | 6 | 12 | .991 | 6.294 | 14 | |||
Bill Stearns | C | 50 | 253 | 23 | 8 | 5 | .972 | 5.520 | 5 | |||
Terry Whitfield | OF | 109 | 208 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .956 | 2.000 | ||||
Kerry Dineen | OF | 97 | 230 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .992 | 2.454 | ||||
Rick Bladt | OF | 79 | 151 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .963 | 1.987 | ||||
Don Castle | OF | 66 | 91 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .950 | 1.455 | ||||
Bill Stearns | OF | 41 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.927 | ||||
Juan Bernhardt | OF | 33 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.879 | ||||
Billy Parker | OF | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
Jerry Kenney | OF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Hugh Yancy | OF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
Gerry Pirtle | P | 61 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .958 | .377 | ||||
Ron Guidry | P | 42 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .286 | ||||
Dave Cheadle | P | 31 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .387 | ||||
Bob Kammeyer | P | 27 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.407 | ||||
Ed Ricks | P | 26 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
Rick Sawyer | P | 25 | 12 | 40 | 2 | 2 | .963 | 2.080 | ||||
Bob Johnson | P | 25 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .160 | ||||
Scott McGregor | P | 21 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 2 | .935 | 2.048 | ||||
Dave Pagan | P | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
Tippy Martinez | P | 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 1.643 | ||||
Rob Gardner | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
Ken Clay | P | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
Greg Diehl | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
Jim Beattie | P | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
Dave Rajsich | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Jerry Kenney | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Doug Heinold | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Don Castle | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Jerry Kenney | SS | 82 | 124 | 201 | 16 | 41 | .953 | 3.963 | ||||
Nelson Pichardo | SS | 71 | 112 | 193 | 19 | 40 | .941 | 4.296 | ||||
Totals | 1522 | 3462 | 1409 | 163 | 323 | .968 | 3.200 | 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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