1975 Salem Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 74-66
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Johnny Lipon (74-66)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 39,007, Avg. 557
The Salem Pirates of the Carolina League ended the 1975 season with a record of 74 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the CL.
The Pirates scored 651 runs and allowed 592 runs. Dwayne Peltier led Salem with 14 home runs Luther Wrenn drove in 97 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .293 average. Larry Angell paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.46 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1975 Salem Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Greg Erardi, Silvio Martínez, Alberto Lois, Gary Hargis and Rod Scurry.
Johnny Lipon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Angell | 13 | 1 | .929 | 2.46 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 139.0 | 136 | 58 | 38 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Rod Scurry | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.66 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 150.0 | 128 | 79 | 61 | 9 | 118 | 5 | 143 | 7 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Gerard Thomas | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.86 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 147.0 | 151 | 77 | 63 | 9 | 64 | 1 | 87 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Rodney Davis | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.18 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 84.0 | 66 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Thomas Prazych | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.83 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 108.0 | 116 | 77 | 58 | 2 | 79 | 1 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Randy Brandt | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.36 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Raymond Price | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.21 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 65 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| John Hall | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.68 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 93.0 | 73 | 44 | 38 | 9 | 55 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Neal | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.72 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | 34 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Chester Gunter | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.17 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 83.0 | 56 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| William Hagins | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.04 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 74.0 | 67 | 34 | 25 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Erardi | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.94 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32.0 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Silvio Martínez | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tim Burman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Burgoon | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.57 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63.0 | 73 | 64 | 53 | 10 | 56 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Totals | 74 | 66 | .529 | 3.62 | 318 | 141 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 31 | 1173.0 | 1053 | 592 | 472 | 66 | 648 | 27 | 797 | 37 | 14 | 79 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luther Wrenn | 133 | 546 | 454 | 76 | 133 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 97 | 11 | 3 | 86 | 49 | .293 | .403 | .447 | .850 | 203 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Gary Hargis | 134 | 526 | 485 | 66 | 130 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 44 | .268 | .299 | .340 | .639 | 165 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| Dwayne Peltier | 127 | 513 | 413 | 68 | 101 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 68 | 11 | 4 | 88 | 112 | .245 | .375 | .409 | .784 | 169 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Pablo Cruz | 96 | 388 | 346 | 45 | 98 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 21 | .283 | .338 | .315 | .653 | 109 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| Steve Gerlecz | 109 | 414 | 340 | 54 | 95 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 47 | 10 | 8 | 52 | 52 | .279 | .379 | .409 | .788 | 139 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2 |
| Alberto Lois | 83 | 347 | 295 | 51 | 89 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 40 | 70 | .302 | .385 | .464 | .850 | 137 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Steve Blomberg | 93 | 362 | 337 | 52 | 86 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 63 | .255 | .291 | .415 | .706 | 140 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Paul Nelson | 115 | 429 | 367 | 61 | 85 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 63 | .232 | .325 | .327 | .652 | 120 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Winston Cole | 105 | 409 | 333 | 55 | 81 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 9 | 10 | 69 | 27 | .243 | .373 | .333 | .706 | 111 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| David Marshall | 107 | 379 | 301 | 35 | 75 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 19 | .249 | .369 | .299 | .668 | 90 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| Felix Rodriguez | 87 | 300 | 250 | 33 | 56 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 36 | .224 | .332 | .312 | .644 | 78 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| John Dusenbury | 73 | 236 | 219 | 19 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 19 | .228 | .270 | .292 | .563 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Thomas Prazych | 81 | 222 | 199 | 25 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 50 | .216 | .290 | .317 | .606 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gerardo Rodriguez | 16 | 54 | 44 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | .159 | .283 | .273 | .556 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fausto Sosa | 12 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .150 | .292 | .250 | .542 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Scurry | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Angell | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Burgoon | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hall | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Neal | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chester Gunter | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Greg Erardi | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1527 | 5158 | 4409 | 650 | 1132 | 169 | 38 | 76 | 555 | 126 | 62 | 589 | 646 | .257 | .345 | .364 | .709 | 1605 | 84 | 32 | 79 | 49 | 37 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winston Cole | 1B | 101 | 867 | 45 | 7 | 68 | .992 | 9.030 | ||||
| Pablo Cruz | 1B | 26 | 169 | 6 | 4 | 13 | .978 | 6.731 | ||||
| Felix Rodriguez | 1B | 19 | 162 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 1.000 | 9.053 | ||||
| Thomas Prazych | 1B | 8 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .986 | 9.000 | ||||
| Steve Gerlecz | 2B | 84 | 163 | 184 | 24 | 40 | .935 | 4.131 | ||||
| Pablo Cruz | 2B | 48 | 99 | 122 | 7 | 26 | .969 | 4.604 | ||||
| David Marshall | 2B | 19 | 23 | 54 | 1 | 7 | .987 | 4.053 | ||||
| Fausto Sosa | 2B | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dwayne Peltier | 3B | 127 | 86 | 256 | 23 | 22 | .937 | 2.693 | ||||
| Pablo Cruz | 3B | 14 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 3.000 | ||||
| David Marshall | 3B | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Gary Hargis | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Blomberg | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| David Marshall | C | 85 | 448 | 65 | 13 | 5 | .975 | 6.035 | 12 | |||
| John Dusenbury | C | 54 | 292 | 32 | 4 | 5 | .988 | 6.000 | 4 | |||
| Gerardo Rodriguez | C | 16 | 91 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 6.375 | 1 | |||
| Steve Gerlecz | C | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Luther Wrenn | OF | 117 | 190 | 9 | 7 | 4 | .966 | 1.701 | ||||
| Paul Nelson | OF | 103 | 160 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .977 | 1.621 | ||||
| Steve Blomberg | OF | 85 | 156 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .970 | 1.906 | ||||
| Alberto Lois | OF | 79 | 183 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .960 | 2.443 | ||||
| Felix Rodriguez | OF | 59 | 72 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .962 | 1.305 | ||||
| Winston Cole | OF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Steve Gerlecz | OF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| William Hagins | P | 49 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .204 | ||||
| Rodney Davis | P | 40 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .425 | ||||
| Chester Gunter | P | 32 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .750 | ||||
| Richard Burgoon | P | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .222 | ||||
| Rod Scurry | P | 26 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .870 | .769 | ||||
| Gerard Thomas | P | 25 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .929 | 1.040 | ||||
| Larry Angell | P | 24 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 1.417 | ||||
| Thomas Prazych | P | 22 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .926 | 1.136 | ||||
| John Hall | P | 19 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.000 | ||||
| Greg Erardi | P | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Joseph Neal | P | 13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.000 | ||||
| Raymond Price | P | 12 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Randy Brandt | P | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Silvio Martínez | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tim Burman | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gary Hargis | SS | 134 | 178 | 395 | 45 | 37 | .927 | 4.276 | ||||
| Fausto Sosa | SS | 5 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 3.200 | ||||
| Pablo Cruz | SS | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 3.400 | ||||
| Dwayne Peltier | SS | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| David Marshall | SS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1527 | 3507 | 1467 | 181 | 270 | .965 | 3.257 | 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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