1974 Salinas Packers Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 78-62
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Jim Saul (78-62)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: Salinas, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 41,386, Avg. 591

1974 Salinas Packers Roster

The Salinas Packers of the California League ended the 1974 season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the CL.

The Packers scored 732 runs and conceded 647 runs. Randy Wilson led Salinas with 16 home runs and drove in 98 runs. Buck Darrow paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .313. Randy Smith topped the team with 15 wins, while William Rothan registered a 2.68 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Dave Machemer, Butch Alberts, Gil Flores, Gary Wheelock, Dave Collins, Tom Donohue and Mike Overy were all players from the 1974 Salinas Packers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Jim Saul 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
Randy Smith	15	6	.714	3.19	24	24		8	3	0	161.0	162	81	57	3	55	2	107	6	0	8
William Rothan	14	7	.667	2.68	25	25		9	4	0	168.0	154	86	50	8	92	1	114	3	0	11
Michael Elwood	11	10	.524	3.65	24	24		11	1	0	170.0	165	96	69	12	71	2	105	5	1	3
Chuck Gibbon	11	11	.500	3.80	26	25		8	2	0	154.0	166	90	65	7	77	1	123	4	1	10
Thomas Whiteley	9	11	.450	3.89	26	25		10	2	0	178.0	177	95	77	13	83	3	180	5	0	15
Tim Burns	5	3	.625	3.11	40	0		0	0	8	84.0	82	43	29	5	35	3	71	1	1	5
John Stoffel	4	2	.667	3.95	20	8		2	0	1	82.0	90	56	36	13	22	1	37	1	0	0
Richard Stumpp	4	3	.571	3.27	9	8		5	1	0	55.0	50	27	20	2	21	1	52	0	0	6
Mike Overy	4	7	.364	4.50	40	0		0	0	8	64.0	51	38	32	6	56	9	107	1	0	7
Steve Miller	1	0	1.000	7.88	3	0		0	0	0	8.0	12	11	7	1	2	0	3	0	0	1
Gary Wheelock	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1
Kenneth Barker	0	1	.000	4.71	8	1		1	0	1	21.0	15	15	11	0	20	0	18	3	0	3
Barry Hobbs	0	1	.000	6.00	3	0		0	0	0	6.0	11	9	4	2	4	0	8	0	0	0
Totals	78	62	.557	3.56	250	140	0	54	13	18	1154.0	1138	647	457	72	539	23	928	29	3	70	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
Buck Darrow	136	594	518	85	162	17	14	3	90	27	11	63	74	.313	.383	.417	.800	216	4	2	2	9	0
Dave Machemer	136	616	522	106	154	19	8	2	34	48	21	80	66	.295	.390	.374	.763	195	8	5	3	6	1
Ronny Franks	133	528	484	66	137	11	9	1	52	41	16	35	110	.283	.332	.349	.681	169	10	2	4	3	0
Randy Wilson	132	547	492	63	132	23	5	16	98	0	0	51	120	.268	.338	.433	.771	213	9	2	0	2	2
Gil Flores	117	481	414	92	118	16	2	2	45	49	6	46	57	.285	.365	.348	.713	144	6	10	4	7	1
Malvin Washington	112	400	338	52	84	7	1	1	33	15	6	56	125	.249	.362	.284	.646	96	8	4	2	0	1
Lanny Little	96	366	306	53	72	10	2	8	45	2	4	55	89	.235	.350	.359	.709	110	10	1	0	4	3
James Hogan	62	243	207	32	61	12	2	4	28	5	6	35	45	.295	.399	.430	.829	89	2	1	0	0	3
James Rich	72	281	245	33	57	8	2	6	40	1	1	32	73	.233	.327	.355	.683	87	8	3	0	1	0
David Christiansen	67	247	215	32	54	6	2	6	35	2	2	26	45	.251	.332	.381	.713	82	1	2	0	4	0
John Picone	70	277	237	34	52	11	3	1	30	0	0	33	63	.219	.324	.304	.627	72	4	4	2	1	3
Dave Collins	39	161	143	30	49	3	5	1	21	29	3	16	19	.343	.412	.455	.867	65	1	1	1	0	0
Butch Alberts	33	142	116	18	33	4	1	4	19	3	0	24	20	.284	.408	.440	.848	51	3	1	0	1	1
Tom Donohue	45	163	152	19	32	4	3	4	21	5	1	10	66	.211	.264	.355	.619	54	1	1	0	0	0
Richard Laubert	29	97	85	10	23	2	1	0	10	0	1	10	23	.271	.361	.318	.678	27	1	2	0	0	0
Keith McVicker	23	48	42	3	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	3	16	.071	.167	.143	.310	6	2	2	0	1	0
Thomas Whiteley	26	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0	0
Jeff Malinoff	5	12	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	.111	.333	.111	.444	1	1	0	0	0	0
Marty Martinson	6	21	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.053	.143	.053	.195	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Wheelock	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
William Rothan	30	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1372	5229	4549	732	1226	153	60	60	607	228	78	580	1021	.270	.355	.369	.724	1679	79	43	18	39	15

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Randy Wilson	1B	132	1088	50	19	98	.984	8.621
Dave Collins	1B	10	79	0	2	11	.975	7.900
Buck Darrow	2B	135	336	367	30	95	.959	5.207
Richard Laubert	2B	7	11	6	2	0	.895	2.429
Dave Machemer	2B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Ronny Franks	2B	1	2	4	0	1	1.000	6.000
Ronny Franks	3B	102	63	195	30	17	.896	2.529
Butch Alberts	3B	25	16	48	2	6	.970	2.560
Keith McVicker	3B	9	0	16	0	2	1.000	1.778
John Picone	3B	5	1	3	2	1	.667	.800
James Rich	3B	4	1	9	2	0	.833	2.500
Richard Laubert	3B	3	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.000
David Christiansen	C	54	345	31	5	1	.987	6.963	12
Malvin Washington	C	31	180	15	5	2	.975	6.290	16
John Picone	C	31	235	30	8	7	.971	8.548	10
Tom Donohue	C	23	160	27	3	1	.984	8.130	16
Marty Martinson	C	6	33	6	0	0	1.000	6.500	1
Ronny Franks	C	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Gil Flores	OF	102	173	18	14	5	.932	1.873
Lanny Little	OF	69	114	8	7	1	.946	1.768
Malvin Washington	OF	64	84	4	6	2	.936	1.375
James Hogan	OF	62	110	5	2	1	.983	1.855
John Picone	OF	40	40	2	10	0	.808	1.050
James Rich	OF	36	46	1	5	1	.904	1.306
Dave Collins	OF	25	30	0	3	0	.909	1.200
Ronny Franks	OF	22	45	4	1	0	.980	2.227
Tom Donohue	OF	19	22	0	1	0	.957	1.158
David Christiansen	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Richard Laubert	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Overy	P	40	4	11	1	0	.938	.375
Tim Burns	P	40	3	13	2	1	.889	.400
Thomas Whiteley	P	26	5	20	4	2	.862	.962
Chuck Gibbon	P	26	10	37	2	3	.959	1.808
William Rothan	P	25	11	37	4	2	.923	1.920
Randy Smith	P	24	5	28	0	0	1.000	1.375
Michael Elwood	P	24	5	18	2	0	.920	.958
John Stoffel	P	20	3	6	1	1	.900	.450
Richard Stumpp	P	9	1	7	0	0	1.000	.889
Kenneth Barker	P	8	0	3	0	0	1.000	.375
Steve Miller	P	3	1	2	1	0	.750	1.000
Barry Hobbs	P	3	1	2	0	1	1.000	1.000
Gary Wheelock	P	2	0	1	0	1	1.000	.500
Dave Machemer	SS	133	191	390	44	70	.930	4.368
Ronny Franks	SS	7	2	17	2	1	.905	2.714
Richard Laubert	SS	3	5	5	2	1	.833	3.333
Totals		1415	3467	1453	224	335	.956	3.477	55	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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