1971 Sioux Falls Packers Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 34-37
Finished 3rd in the NL
Manager: David Pavlesic (34-37)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Ballpark: Sioux Falls Stadium
Attendance: 21,677, Avg. 611

1971 Sioux Falls Packers Roster

The Sioux Falls Packers of the Northern League ended the 1971 season with a record of 34 wins and 37 losses, finishing third in the NL.

The Packers plated 437 runs and surrendered 474 runs. Barry Ulsh drove in 44 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .322 clip. Ken Hansen led the team with 8 wins and a team-best 1.76 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1971 Sioux Falls Packers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Nardi Contreras, Santo Alcalá, Ray Knight, Joaquín Andújar and Arturo DeFreites.

David Pavlesic 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
Ken Hansen	8	3	.727	1.76	24	5		2	1	4	87.0	47	33	17	0	71	0	135	4	0	7
Rex Jackson	6	4	.600	4.05	15	10		2	1	1	80.0	68	48	36	5	61	0	83	0	0	5
Jerry Turk	5	3	.625	5.34	24	3		1	0	4	64.0	70	60	38	6	44	0	63	1	0	8
Michael Heintz	4	3	.571	3.75	13	13		3	0	0	84.0	82	53	35	8	22	0	64	4	1	4
Joaquín Andújar	4	7	.364	6.36	19	7		4	0	0	75.0	61	67	53	4	63	0	82	3	0	12
Darrell Devitt	3	7	.300	6.65	16	12		2	0	1	69.0	70	59	51	11	65	0	76	2	1	3
Nardi Contreras	2	4	.333	4.66	12	9		3	0	1	56.0	52	38	29	5	41	1	71	2	0	3
Frank Martin	1	0	1.000	2.25	4	0		0	0	0	8.0	8	6	2	1	6	0	7	0	0	1
Ray Knight	1	1	.500	11.25	3	0		0	0	0	4.0	5	6	5	1	5	0	4	0	0	2
Ray Borowicz	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Santo Alcalá	0	2	.000	5.27	20	3		0	0	1	41.0	43	42	24	6	36	0	48	3	0	3
Ernie Pupo	0	3	.000	7.98	13	9		0	0	0	53.0	66	62	47	5	43	0	34	1	0	2
Totals	34	37	.479	4.88	164	71	0	17	2	12	622.0	574	474	337	52	458	1	669	20	2	50	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
Barry Ulsh	68	304	242	47	78	11	3	5	44	16	8	54	33	.322	.447	.455	.901	110		2	4	2
Ray Knight	64	269	239	34	68	5	2	6	31	6	8	26	27	.285	.351	.397	.748	95		0	1	3
Luis Silva	64	273	235	42	62	14	7	2	38	18	5	26	45	.264	.341	.409	.749	96		3	6	3
Joe Munoz	67	299	236	57	56	8	3	7	35	33	9	52	46	.237	.377	.386	.763	91		4	2	5
John Hale	62	245	218	39	55	8	3	7	35	11	4	19	57	.252	.331	.413	.743	90		7	0	1
Ray Borowicz	52	211	186	30	44	3	2	0	15	4	7	22	30	.237	.321	.274	.595	51		1	2	0
William Smith	45	151	133	22	42	10	0	3	21	6	3	14	19	.316	.376	.459	.834	61		0	2	2
Arturo DeFreites	51	171	155	21	38	8	4	4	30	7	1	16	59	.245	.316	.426	.742	66		0	0	0
Edmund Tobin	50	175	140	25	36	5	2	4	23	5	0	28	37	.257	.387	.407	.794	57		3	2	2
Bob Welsh	31	119	98	20	33	8	1	2	18	4	3	18	16	.337	.441	.500	.941	49		1	1	1
Mark Melanson	31	131	105	22	30	1	0	2	11	8	4	24	20	.286	.427	.352	.780	37		2	0	0
James Kirkland	40	149	121	29	27	0	1	4	18	8	2	26	34	.223	.365	.339	.704	41		1	1	0
Robert Borowicz	26	75	70	10	19	2	1	1	10	2	0	4	7	.271	.320	.371	.691	26		1	0	0
Rex Jackson	21	40	34	13	8	1	0	2	10	3	1	3	9	.235	.308	.441	.749	15		1	1	1
Joaquín Andújar	19	26	20	6	5	2	0	2	6	1	0	5	7	.250	.400	.650	1.050	13		0	1	0
Ken Hansen	24	27	24	3	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	11	.208	.269	.333	.603	8		0	1	0
Michael Heintz	13	34	30	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	8	.167	.219	.167	.385	5		0	2	0
Nardi Contreras	12	20	17	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.176	.300	.235	.535	4		0	0	0
Frank Martin	4	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	2		0	0	0
Jerry Turk	27	21	19	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	12	.105	.190	.158	.348	3		0	0	0
Darrell Devitt	16	25	16	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	13	.062	.250	.062	.312	1		0	5	0
Ernie Pupo	13	20	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	11	.000	.111	.000	.111	0		1	2	0
Santo Alcalá	20	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.100	.000	.100	0		0	0	0
Totals	820	2799	2366	437	619	89	30	51	350	136	56	353	511	.262	.361	.389	.750	921	0	27	33	20	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Barry Ulsh	1B	67	523	34	12	34	.979	8.313
Arturo DeFreites	1B	4	16	0	3	2	.842	4.000
Robert Borowicz	1B	2	6	1	1	0	.875	3.500
William Smith	1B	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000
Ray Knight	1B	1	6	1	1	0	.875	7.000
John Hale	1B	1	6	2	2	1	.800	8.000
Luis Silva	2B	57	113	109	24	21	.902	3.895
Joe Munoz	2B	12	24	25	1	2	.980	4.083
Bob Welsh	2B	4	6	13	2	1	.905	4.750
Ray Knight	2B	4	9	12	0	5	1.000	5.250
Arturo DeFreites	3B	29	16	50	15	2	.815	2.276
Bob Welsh	3B	23	23	47	8	6	.897	3.043
Ray Knight	3B	16	11	16	3	0	.900	1.688
Robert Borowicz	3B	9	6	11	4	0	.810	1.889
John Hale	C	55	497	48	12	5	.978	9.909	34
William Smith	C	17	150	12	7	1	.959	9.529	9
Robert Borowicz	C	4	34	0	0	0	1.000	8.500	3
Joe Munoz	OF	59	74	5	5	0	.940	1.339
Edmund Tobin	OF	43	51	4	7	0	.887	1.279
James Kirkland	OF	37	43	3	8	1	.852	1.243
Mark Melanson	OF	31	47	6	5	1	.914	1.710
Ray Knight	OF	25	22	7	1	1	.967	1.160
William Smith	OF	22	25	0	4	0	.862	1.136
Arturo DeFreites	OF	13	8	1	0	0	1.000	.692
Robert Borowicz	OF	6	2	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Jerry Turk	P	24	0	8	2	0	.800	.333
Ken Hansen	P	24	6	11	2	1	.895	.708
Santo Alcalá	P	20	4	6	3	0	.769	.500
Joaquín Andújar	P	19	9	23	5	1	.865	1.684
Darrell Devitt	P	16	3	13	1	0	.941	1.000
Rex Jackson	P	15	7	14	1	0	.955	1.400
Ernie Pupo	P	13	5	9	1	0	.933	1.077
Michael Heintz	P	13	3	13	1	0	.941	1.231
Nardi Contreras	P	12	4	9	1	1	.929	1.083
Frank Martin	P	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	.250
Ray Knight	P	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	.667
Ray Borowicz	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ray Borowicz	SS	50	52	109	23	15	.875	3.220
Ray Knight	SS	19	20	42	12	5	.838	3.263
Luis Silva	SS	8	11	14	6	1	.806	3.125
Totals		783	1849	680	183	107	.933	3.230	46	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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