1973 Salinas Packers Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 77-63
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Jim Saul (77-63)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: Salinas, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 51,477, Avg. 735

1973 Salinas Packers Roster

The Salinas Packers of the California League ended the 1973 season with a record of 77 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the CL.

The Packers scored 665 runs and allowed 630 runs. John Balaz paced Salinas with 28 home runs and drove in 113 runs, while leading all regular batters by hitting .303. Jim Officer topped the squad with 13 wins, and Frank Kenyon recorded a 1.89 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1973 Salinas Packers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Billy Smith, John Balaz, Don Kirkwood and Dan Briggs.

Jim Saul 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
Jim Officer	13	8	.619	3.51	26	26		12	2	0	187.0	143	95	73	4	117	2	196	8	0	21
Rick Hansen	12	8	.600	5.19	25	24		5	1	0	151.0	147	102	87	6	116	1	100	13	0	14
Frank Kenyon	9	4	.692	1.89	15	15		6	1	0	114.0	104	44	24	5	32	1	82	1	0	7
Richard Stumpp	9	8	.529	5.12	28	19		6	0	0	130.0	137	93	74	9	100	6	97	3	1	16
David Paynter	8	3	.727	2.61	39	6		4	2	8	93.0	76	35	27	2	37	3	59	2	0	3
Pete Levin	5	5	.500	4.50	16	10		0	0	0	64.0	61	38	32	3	55	0	50	0	0	5
Greg Jaycox	5	8	.385	2.32	17	11		3	0	2	101.0	88	42	26	3	42	1	67	4	0	8
John Stoffel	4	5	.444	3.33	12	11		3	2	0	73.0	72	33	27	4	25	0	36	0	0	3
Don Kirkwood	3	3	.500	1.26	17	1		0	0	6	43.0	31	12	6	1	16	3	35	0	0	1
William Daniels	3	3	.500	4.70	13	10		1	0	0	44.0	41	36	23	0	62	3	33	6	0	6
Richard Iaeger	2	1	.667	1.98	22	0		0	0	3	41.0	34	17	9	3	24	0	28	2	0	2
Gary Talley	2	2	.500	4.60	16	1		0	0	0	45.0	47	33	23	3	38	3	29	3	0	3
Mike Proffitt	1	2	.333	2.70	27	0		0	0	6	60.0	49	22	18	2	31	5	67	3	0	3
Patrick Tatom	1	3	.250	3.00	7	5		3	0	0	39.0	31	19	13	4	31	0	30	1	0	3
Edward Lubin	0	0			1	1		0	0	0	0.0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Stephen Lacki	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
Pete Bonfils	0	0		13.50	3	0		0	0	0	4.0	5	8	6	1	2	0	4	1	0	0
Totals	77	63	.550	3.54	286	140	0	43	8	25	1192.0	1068	630	469	50	731	28	915	47	1	95	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
John Balaz	133	558	478	86	145	29	0	28	113	6	2	69	123	.303	.392	.540	.932	258		5	0	6
Dan Beerbower	121	512	443	72	126	7	8	0	33	23	8	51	62	.284	.358	.336	.694	149		4	6	8
Dan Briggs	101	427	360	62	106	18	5	11	59	4	1	52	74	.294	.395	.464	.859	167		10	2	3
Buck Darrow	113	423	389	47	104	12	4	2	39	14	2	26	77	.267	.317	.334	.651	130		2	6	0
James Rich	107	408	364	43	100	13	6	8	53	14	5	37	103	.275	.343	.409	.752	149		3	0	4
Ronny Franks	132	537	471	61	100	11	6	0	35	33	10	60	142	.212	.301	.261	.562	123		0	5	1
James Hogan	118	450	356	62	76	12	5	5	44	12	3	74	106	.213	.356	.317	.673	113		8	6	6
Marty Friedman	68	288	244	50	73	13	5	4	27	7	5	36	41	.299	.398	.443	.841	108		4	4	0
Billy Smith	64	267	236	44	71	11	5	2	27	11	2	24	32	.301	.366	.415	.781	98		2	2	3
Mark Block	99	372	304	34	61	7	0	2	34	2	1	61	77	.201	.332	.243	.576	74		1	2	4
Orlando Gomez	19	65	58	9	21	4	0	1	14	0	1	6	10	.362	.415	.483	.898	28		0	0	1
David Christiansen	32	108	90	11	17	3	1	1	8	1	0	16	25	.189	.324	.278	.602	25		2	0	0
Jim Officer	26	82	76	4	14	2	0	0	9	0	0	2	20	.184	.205	.211	.416	16		0	4	0
Carlos Garza	21	72	60	7	12	1	1	0	6	1	0	10	27	.200	.306	.250	.556	15		0	0	2
Richard Stumpp	28	53	48	4	10	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	20	.208	.224	.250	.474	12		0	4	0
William Daniels	15	19	17	2	5	4	1	0	6	0	0	2	7	.294	.368	.647	1.015	11		0	0	0
Dale Sanner	9	22	16	6	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	7	.250	.455	.312	.767	5		0	0	0
Pete Levin	16	24	19	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	.211	.286	.211	.496	4		0	3	0
Dennis McCabe	13	28	23	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	6	.174	.321	.174	.495	4		1	0	0
William Berger	10	31	26	4	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	7	.154	.290	.269	.560	7		0	0	0
Roger Cain	20	57	47	5	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	8	27	.085	.246	.128	.373	6		2	0	0
Jerry Feldman	9	11	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.333	.455	.333	.788	3		0	0	0
Patrick Tatom	7	12	11	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	.273	.273	.545	.818	6		0	1	0
Richard Iaeger	22	12	11	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.273	.333	.364	.697	4		0	0	0
David Paynter	39	23	18	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	.167	.286	.167	.452	3		0	2	0
John Stoffel	12	29	24	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	.125	.222	.208	.431	5		0	2	0
Rick Hansen	25	68	62	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	48	.048	.119	.048	.168	3		0	1	0
Gary Talley	16	11	10	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.200	.273	.300	.573	3		0	0	0
Greg Jaycox	17	31	28	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.071	.069	.071	.140	2		0	2	1
Frank Kenyon	15	43	33	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	15	.061	.111	.061	.172	2		0	7	1
Don Kirkwood	17	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.083	.154	.083	.237	1		0	0	0
Mike Proffitt	27	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0
Totals	1471	5067	4352	628	1086	156	47	66	531	130	40	570	1119	.250	.340	.352	.692	1534	0	44	61	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dan Briggs	1B	101	854	55	13	83	.986	9.000
Marty Friedman	1B	23	156	12	1	15	.994	7.304
Carlos Garza	1B	16	133	5	4	16	.972	8.625
Jerry Feldman	1B	1	4	1	1	0	.833	5.000
Buck Darrow	2B	96	217	242	15	59	.968	4.781
Dan Beerbower	2B	44	74	117	16	25	.923	4.341
William Berger	2B	7	15	11	2	2	.929	3.714
Billy Smith	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ronny Franks	2B	1	2	3	1	2	.833	5.000
Ronny Franks	3B	118	82	235	34	30	.903	2.686
James Rich	3B	20	15	31	4	4	.920	2.300
Buck Darrow	3B	5	2	7	3	0	.750	1.800
Dan Beerbower	3B	3	2	5	1	1	.875	2.333
Mark Block	C	96	638	53	12	6	.983	7.198	18
David Christiansen	C	27	168	18	2	1	.989	6.889	5
Orlando Gomez	C	19	154	3	0	0	1.000	8.263	6
James Rich	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
John Balaz	OF	132	192	10	13	2	.940	1.530
James Hogan	OF	112	237	6	8	0	.968	2.170
James Rich	OF	79	99	8	12	1	.899	1.354
Marty Friedman	OF	45	86	4	1	1	.989	2.000
Roger Cain	OF	17	27	0	1	0	.964	1.588
Dennis McCabe	OF	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Dale Sanner	OF	5	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.800
Dan Beerbower	OF	2	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
David Paynter	P	39	10	9	2	1	.905	.487
Richard Stumpp	P	28	10	19	2	0	.935	1.036
Mike Proffitt	P	27	2	8	1	2	.909	.370
Jim Officer	P	26	8	27	0	0	1.000	1.346
Rick Hansen	P	25	2	18	6	1	.769	.800
Richard Iaeger	P	22	2	2	1	0	.800	.182
Don Kirkwood	P	17	2	12	0	0	1.000	.824
Greg Jaycox	P	17	9	16	4	0	.862	1.471
Gary Talley	P	16	2	5	0	0	1.000	.438
Pete Levin	P	16	1	9	3	1	.769	.625
Frank Kenyon	P	15	5	24	2	1	.935	1.933
William Daniels	P	13	4	7	0	0	1.000	.846
John Stoffel	P	12	3	11	1	1	.933	1.167
Patrick Tatom	P	7	3	8	1	0	.917	1.571
Pete Bonfils	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Stephen Lacki	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Edward Lubin	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Dan Beerbower	SS	70	85	165	25	28	.909	3.571
Billy Smith	SS	64	114	187	27	31	.918	4.703
Ronny Franks	SS	12	22	33	6	10	.902	4.583
James Rich	SS	6	4	7	4	0	.733	1.833
Buck Darrow	SS	2	4	7	1	2	.917	5.500
Totals		1417	3470	1403	230	326	.955	3.439	29	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.

Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.