1972 Toledo Mud Hens Statistics
Team Record: 75-69
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Johnny Lipon (75-69)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Ballpark: Ned Skeldon Stadium
Attendance: 100,171, Avg. 1,391
The Toledo Mud Hens of the International League ended the 1972 season with a record of 75 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.
The Mud Hens scored 544 runs and conceded 557 runs. Tim Hosley led Toledo with 24 home runs and drove in 67 runs. John Gamble paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .268. Jim Foor topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.94 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1972 Toledo Mud Hens who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jack Whillock, Tim Hosley, Jim Foor, John Young, Chuck Scrivener, Paul Jata, Ike Blessitt, Wayne Comer, Reggie Sanders, Phil Meeler, Joe Niekro, Chris Zachary, John Knox, Fred Holdsworth, Bill Gilbreth, Dave Lemanczyk, Bob Reed, Bob Strampe, Ken Szotkiewicz, Joe Staton, Steve Grilli, Dennis DeBarr, Don Leshnock, Bill Slayback, Bob Molinaro, Lerrin LaGrow, Tom Makowski, Kevin Collins, Bobby Brooks and John Gamble.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Foor | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.94 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 147.0 | 141 | 60 | 48 | 8 | 50 | 5 | 141 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Lerrin LaGrow | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.43 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 115.0 | 94 | 43 | 31 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Bill Slayback | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.43 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 89.0 | 69 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 95 | 9 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Fred Holdsworth | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.87 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 107.0 | 119 | 55 | 46 | 10 | 38 | 1 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jack Whillock | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.40 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 60.0 | 47 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dave Lemanczyk | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.00 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 55 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bill Gilbreth | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.92 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 75.0 | 60 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Raymond Blosse | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5.21 | 31 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 126.0 | 141 | 96 | 73 | 8 | 87 | 0 | 75 | 9 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Bob Strampe | 5 | 11 | .312 | 3.42 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 121.0 | 117 | 62 | 46 | 7 | 51 | 5 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Keith Spicer | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.66 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 71.0 | 80 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Grilli | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.60 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45.0 | 51 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Chris Zachary | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.33 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 43 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Don Leshnock | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.33 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73.0 | 59 | 31 | 27 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Joe Niekro | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.64 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Ware | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.95 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 42 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bob Reed | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 14.14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis DeBarr | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Phil Meeler | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.71 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.0 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Makowski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Fisher | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 75 | 69 | .521 | 3.34 | 380 | 144 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 37 | 1221.0 | 1162 | 557 | 453 | 69 | 556 | 35 | 961 | 39 | 3 | 68 | 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 Gamble | 128 | 481 | 436 | 37 | 117 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 30 | 45 | .268 | .314 | .335 | .649 | 146 | 1 | 10 | 4 | ||
| John Knox | 113 | 449 | 388 | 49 | 114 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 54 | .294 | .374 | .345 | .720 | 134 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Tim Hosley | 132 | 516 | 444 | 64 | 108 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 67 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 123 | .243 | .337 | .432 | .770 | 192 | 6 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Bob Molinaro | 106 | 388 | 349 | 41 | 92 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 47 | .264 | .320 | .347 | .667 | 121 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Ike Blessitt | 96 | 371 | 343 | 39 | 89 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 77 | .259 | .310 | .394 | .703 | 135 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Collins | 110 | 401 | 352 | 40 | 86 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 56 | .244 | .327 | .341 | .668 | 120 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Richard Leon | 105 | 288 | 255 | 40 | 74 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 28 | .290 | .365 | .396 | .761 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Comer | 67 | 275 | 227 | 31 | 70 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 20 | .308 | .417 | .432 | .849 | 98 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Eugene Spatz | 100 | 264 | 226 | 37 | 67 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 37 | .296 | .377 | .407 | .784 | 92 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Scrivener | 104 | 288 | 253 | 33 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 40 | .253 | .326 | .340 | .666 | 86 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Brooks | 90 | 331 | 264 | 39 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 65 | .220 | .372 | .379 | .750 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Young | 30 | 97 | 90 | 11 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | .311 | .344 | .411 | .755 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Paul Jata | 34 | 131 | 110 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 21 | .255 | .341 | .309 | .650 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ken Szotkiewicz | 21 | 86 | 76 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .263 | .341 | .342 | .683 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alex Bike | 29 | 81 | 73 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | .219 | .288 | .329 | .616 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Staton | 25 | 88 | 80 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | .200 | .253 | .225 | .478 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lerrin LaGrow | 22 | 42 | 39 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .282 | .317 | .359 | .676 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Foor | 29 | 60 | 55 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .200 | .254 | .255 | .509 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Sanders | 17 | 44 | 43 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .233 | .233 | .256 | .488 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Holdsworth | 21 | 41 | 37 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .216 | .256 | .243 | .500 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Marty Barski | 13 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .353 | .389 | .353 | .742 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Spicer | 29 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .316 | .316 | .368 | .684 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Slayback | 13 | 34 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .182 | .206 | .182 | .388 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Zachary | 10 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .312 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bob Strampe | 29 | 37 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .091 | .118 | .121 | .239 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Blosse | 34 | 46 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .077 | .163 | .103 | .265 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Joe Niekro | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .600 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Ware | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Lemanczyk | 12 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .080 | .080 | .080 | .160 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Meeler | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Reed | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Whillock | 45 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .667 | 1.167 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Gilbreth | 56 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| David Fore | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Leshnock | 32 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .062 | .118 | .062 | .180 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Fisher | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Grilli | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tom Makowski | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1719 | 4997 | 4385 | 521 | 1128 | 139 | 29 | 78 | 463 | 64 | 53 | 491 | 836 | .257 | .332 | .356 | .688 | 1559 | 0 | 17 | 73 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Hosley | 1B | 39 | 268 | 21 | 4 | 19 | .986 | 7.410 | ||||
| John Young | 1B | 29 | 208 | 9 | 2 | 21 | .991 | 7.483 | ||||
| Paul Jata | 1B | 29 | 217 | 17 | 4 | 23 | .983 | 8.069 | ||||
| Joe Staton | 1B | 24 | 188 | 17 | 6 | 14 | .972 | 8.542 | ||||
| Kevin Collins | 1B | 22 | 165 | 12 | 3 | 19 | .983 | 8.045 | ||||
| Richard Leon | 1B | 12 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 11 | .985 | 5.417 | ||||
| Reggie Sanders | 1B | 8 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.125 | ||||
| Wayne Comer | 1B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| John Knox | 2B | 113 | 241 | 290 | 14 | 73 | .974 | 4.699 | ||||
| Chuck Scrivener | 2B | 36 | 83 | 84 | 6 | 19 | .965 | 4.639 | ||||
| Marty Barski | 2B | 10 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| John Gamble | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kevin Collins | 3B | 78 | 50 | 107 | 4 | 7 | .975 | 2.013 | ||||
| John Gamble | 3B | 53 | 24 | 60 | 2 | 6 | .977 | 1.585 | ||||
| Ken Szotkiewicz | 3B | 18 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.389 | ||||
| Reggie Sanders | 3B | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Wayne Comer | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Tim Hosley | C | 97 | 692 | 64 | 13 | 5 | .983 | 7.794 | 8 | |||
| Alex Bike | C | 24 | 134 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.833 | 2 | |||
| David Fore | C | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.800 | 2 | |||
| Paul Jata | C | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 3 | |||
| Bob Molinaro | OF | 95 | 138 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .967 | 1.537 | ||||
| Ike Blessitt | OF | 91 | 196 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .971 | 2.220 | ||||
| Bobby Brooks | OF | 85 | 106 | 8 | 13 | 3 | .898 | 1.341 | ||||
| Eugene Spatz | OF | 68 | 106 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .964 | 1.574 | ||||
| Wayne Comer | OF | 63 | 134 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 2.190 | ||||
| Richard Leon | OF | 55 | 79 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .953 | 1.491 | ||||
| Paul Jata | OF | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Bill Gilbreth | P | 56 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .232 | ||||
| Jack Whillock | P | 45 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .178 | ||||
| Don Leshnock | P | 32 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Raymond Blosse | P | 31 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .906 | .935 | ||||
| Bob Strampe | P | 29 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .483 | ||||
| Keith Spicer | P | 27 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .593 | ||||
| Lerrin LaGrow | P | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Foor | P | 22 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 1.227 | ||||
| Fred Holdsworth | P | 21 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Ware | P | 19 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .474 | ||||
| Phil Meeler | P | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .267 | ||||
| Steve Grilli | P | 15 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .667 | ||||
| Bill Slayback | P | 13 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Dave Lemanczyk | P | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Chris Zachary | P | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Reed | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Tom Makowski | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Joe Niekro | P | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Frank Fisher | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dennis DeBarr | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Gamble | SS | 101 | 157 | 274 | 28 | 43 | .939 | 4.267 | ||||
| Chuck Scrivener | SS | 77 | 77 | 153 | 14 | 36 | .943 | 2.987 | ||||
| Ken Szotkiewicz | SS | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .857 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1631 | 3500 | 1391 | 154 | 331 | .969 | 2.999 | 15 | 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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