1971 Spartanburg Phillies Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 78-47
Finished 2nd in the WCL
Manager: Bob Wellman (78-47)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 46,277, Avg. 740

1971 Spartanburg Phillies Roster

The Spartanburg Phillies of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1971 season with a record of 78 wins and 47 losses, finishing second in the WCL.

The Phillies topped the league with 713 runs. Spartanburg allowed 540 runs. Lloyd Hutchinson led the team with 25 home runs, while Blas Santana and Bruce Butler walloped 15 or more as well. Blas Santana drove in 93 runs. Lloyd Hutchinson paced hitters with significant playing time with a .335 average. Erskine Thomason paced the squad with 12 wins, and Mike Martin recorded a 2.92 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1971 Spartanburg Phillies who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Juan Jiménez, Erskine Thomason, Jesús Hernáiz, Dave Downs and Fred Andrews.

Bob Wellman 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
Erskine Thomason	12	7	.632	3.38	23	23		7	2	0	141.0	157	79	53	12	30	0	108	1	1	2
Mike Martin	11	7	.611	2.92	24	24		6	4	0	151.0	134	61	49	9	81	1	129	2	0	6
Edward Kelly	11	9	.550	3.44	26	21		7	2	0	149.0	139	80	57	11	69	2	100	3	1	6
Jesús Hernáiz	11	9	.550	3.85	26	23		8	0	0	159.0	164	88	68	13	60	3	124	2	1	16
Kenneth Fuller	9	4	.692	3.74	22	13		1	1	2	89.0	88	42	37	9	40	2	78	4	0	4
Christopher Bradford	8	2	.800	2.51	35	3		2	0	3	68.0	69	31	19	2	20	4	59	2	0	8
Dave Downs	5	4	.556	4.43	16	12		1	0	1	65.0	61	34	32	2	28	1	51	0	1	3
Bert Bandy	4	1	.800	2.36	33	0		0	0	13	42.0	31	15	11	3	11	4	39	2	0	3
Michael Whalin	2	0	1.000	8.00	10	0		0	0	0	18.0	20	16	16	2	15	0	10	0	1	6
Jim Browning	2	1	.667	3.77	11	6		0	0	0	31.0	32	14	13	5	14	0	11	0	0	1
Juan Jiménez	1	0	1.000	2.13	18	0		0	0	8	38.0	30	11	9	5	8	0	16	2	0	1
Charles Terral	1	1	.500	9.00	13	0		0	0	2	28.0	35	30	28	3	21	1	32	0	0	4
Smith Holland	1	2	.333	2.00	17	0		0	0	6	27.0	25	7	6	2	5	1	17	2	0	3
Chuck Kniffin	0	0		5.29	22	0		0	0	2	34.0	40	24	20	4	11	0	29	2	0	2
Thomas Coplin	0	0		7.50	5	0		0	0	1	6.0	6	8	5	0	10	1	8	1	0	4
Totals	78	47	.624	3.64	301	125	0	32	9	38	1046.0	1031	540	423	82	423	20	811	23	5	69	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
William McMonigle	124	549	509	99	157	12	1	7	43	6	3	28	60	.308	.343	.377	.720	192		1	6	5
Blas Santana	125	513	480	66	151	28	4	15	93	3	2	22	47	.315	.355	.483	.838	232		9	0	2
Lloyd Hutchinson	114	465	391	98	131	28	3	25	86	0	0	65	83	.335	.428	.614	1.042	240		3	0	6
James Ziegler	104	412	353	72	117	28	5	8	76	2	1	49	26	.331	.414	.507	.921	179		4	1	5
Bruce Butler	111	458	391	92	101	17	3	16	66	0	0	61	67	.258	.354	.440	.794	172		0	1	5
Fred Andrews	105	383	355	46	94	15	3	4	33	9	3	21	32	.265	.308	.358	.666	127		2	3	2
Jeff Wang	102	448	389	73	94	17	6	10	37	17	4	56	119	.242	.340	.393	.733	153		2	1	0
Malcolm Smoot	67	235	205	36	61	16	1	8	48	0	0	27	39	.298	.379	.502	.881	103		1	0	2
Barney Dickey	63	214	185	34	60	8	2	3	36	1	0	26	18	.324	.402	.438	.840	81		0	0	3
Harry Saferight	38	138	121	20	35	2	2	4	27	1	0	15	21	.289	.370	.438	.808	53		1	0	1
Rick Lang	48	132	112	20	34	8	0	0	10	1	2	14	6	.304	.388	.375	.763	42		2	3	1
William Lash	36	87	79	8	22	2	0	2	13	3	3	7	15	.278	.333	.380	.713	30		0	0	1
Billy Anderson	35	90	83	8	18	6	0	1	11	0	1	7	15	.217	.278	.325	.603	27		0	0	0
Mike Martin	29	68	63	6	16	6	0	0	7	0	0	5	19	.254	.309	.349	.658	22		0	0	0
Dale McDowell	29	74	67	7	13	0	2	0	8	1	2	7	11	.194	.270	.254	.524	17		0	0	0
Jesús Hernáiz	27	68	66	8	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	15	.182	.194	.197	.391	13		0	1	0
Christopher Bradford	35	22	20	4	9	1	0	0	5	0	2	2	6	.450	.500	.500	1.000	10		0	0	0
Erskine Thomason	24	55	54	3	7	3	0	0	8	0	0	0	20	.130	.127	.185	.312	10		0	0	1
Brian Hansen	20	62	54	5	7	4	0	1	4	0	0	7	9	.130	.226	.259	.485	14		0	0	1
Kenneth Fuller	22	34	29	1	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	10	.138	.242	.172	.415	5		2	1	0
Juan Jiménez	18	11	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.300	.600	3		0	1	0
Patrick Locanto	8	10	10	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.400	.700	4		0	0	0
Dave Downs	16	26	24	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.125	.160	.167	.327	4		0	1	0
Edward Kelly	26	59	55	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	29	.055	.088	.055	.142	3		1	2	0
Smith Holland	17	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	2		0	0	0
Charles Terral	13	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.286	.571	2		0	0	0
Chuck Kniffin	23	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0
John Dusenbury	12	28	25	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.040	.143	.080	.223	2		1	0	0
Jim Browning	11	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		1	1	0
Bert Bandy	33	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.286	.000	.286	0		0	0	0
Michael Whalin	10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
Totals	1445	4679	4161	713	1161	206	32	104	623	45	23	431	699	.279	.348	.419	.767	1743	0	30	22	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
James Ziegler	1B	99	820	41	14	59	.984	8.697
Barney Dickey	1B	26	167	8	5	20	.972	6.731
Lloyd Hutchinson	1B	8	65	2	0	7	1.000	8.375
William McMonigle	2B	124	243	329	26	68	.957	4.613
Fred Andrews	2B	3	7	5	1	2	.923	4.000
Patrick Locanto	2B	2	0	1	0	1	1.000	.500
Blas Santana	3B	125	106	256	14	37	.963	2.896
Malcolm Smoot	C	62	378	28	3	10	.993	6.548	11
Harry Saferight	C	29	187	13	4	1	.980	6.897	9
Barney Dickey	C	23	144	12	2	2	.987	6.783	7
Brian Hansen	C	15	88	6	2	0	.979	6.267	3
John Dusenbury	C	8	38	2	0	0	1.000	5.000	3
Bruce Butler	OF	108	173	5	8	2	.957	1.648
Lloyd Hutchinson	OF	107	150	12	4	3	.976	1.514
Jeff Wang	OF	99	205	5	8	1	.963	2.121
Rick Lang	OF	31	46	4	1	1	.980	1.613
William Lash	OF	22	32	4	2	1	.947	1.636
Harry Saferight	OF	7	5	0	1	0	.833	.714
Barney Dickey	OF	7	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.286
Billy Anderson	OF	7	14	0	1	0	.933	2.000
Brian Hansen	OF	3	3	0	1	0	.750	1.000
Malcolm Smoot	OF	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Fred Andrews	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Christopher Bradford	P	35	2	8	1	0	.909	.286
Bert Bandy	P	33	0	7	0	1	1.000	.212
Edward Kelly	P	26	7	34	5	0	.891	1.577
Jesús Hernáiz	P	26	8	30	7	1	.844	1.462
Mike Martin	P	24	4	28	1	0	.970	1.333
Erskine Thomason	P	23	7	17	5	0	.828	1.043
Chuck Kniffin	P	22	1	6	0	0	1.000	.318
Kenneth Fuller	P	22	4	10	0	0	1.000	.636
Juan Jiménez	P	18	2	4	2	1	.750	.333
Smith Holland	P	17	1	2	0	0	1.000	.176
Dave Downs	P	16	6	13	2	0	.905	1.188
Charles Terral	P	13	2	2	2	0	.667	.308
Jim Browning	P	11	1	9	0	1	1.000	.909
Michael Whalin	P	10	2	3	0	1	1.000	.500
Thomas Coplin	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Fred Andrews	SS	99	158	279	41	47	.914	4.414
Dale McDowell	SS	25	21	50	10	4	.877	2.840
Billy Anderson	SS	15	17	37	3	4	.947	3.600
Totals		1357	3125	1274	176	275	.962	3.242	33	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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