1974 Thetford Mines Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 75-65
Finished 2nd in the EL's National Division
Manager: Tim Murtaugh (75-65)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada
Ballpark: Bellevue Park
Attendance: 22,516, Avg. 322
Playoffs - Thetford Mines Pirates 2 games, Bristol Red Sox 0
Finals - Thetford Mines Pirates 2 games, Pittsfield Rangers 0
The Thetford Mines Pirates of the Eastern League ended the 1974 season with a record of 75 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the league's National Division.
The Pirates paced the league with 695 runs, spearheaded by 108 home runs. Thetford Mines allowed 682 runs, most in the circuit. Ken Macha powered the team with 21 home runs, while Tony Armas walloped 15 or more, too. Ken Macha recorded 100 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time with a .345 average. Odell Jones and Timothy Jones led the squad with 11 wins each, and Odell Jones recorded a 3.24 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1974 Thetford Mines Pirates who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Jackson, Ken Macha, Willie Randolph, Jim Minshall, Tony Armas, Timothy Jones, Odell Jones, Craig Reynolds, Jimmy Sexton, Dave Bennett and Omar Moreno.
Tim Murtaugh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odell Jones | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.24 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 161.0 | 103 | 63 | 58 | 16 | 120 | 2 | 153 | 8 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Timothy Jones | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.75 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 144.0 | 146 | 87 | 60 | 7 | 95 | 1 | 106 | 6 | 1 | 9 | ||
| George Whileyman | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.71 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 151.0 | 160 | 99 | 79 | 15 | 84 | 2 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 13 | ||
| DeWayne Mason | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.87 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 122.0 | 130 | 82 | 66 | 21 | 85 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Jim Minshall | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.07 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 42.0 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Frank Frontino | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.34 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 118 | 74 | 54 | 14 | 47 | 3 | 82 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Brad Gratz | 5 | 7 | .417 | 6.92 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 6 | 55 | 2 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rich Anderson | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.65 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 74.0 | 70 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Malseed | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.55 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 94.0 | 90 | 66 | 58 | 10 | 68 | 0 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Rich Standart | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.64 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Jackson | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.95 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41.0 | 38 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Douglas Nelson | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.80 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 53 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Bennett | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pete Peckham | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Hall | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tim Murtaugh | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Max Oliveras | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mike Kavanagh | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 74 | 64 | .536 | 4.41 | 263 | 139 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 10 | 1108.0 | 1067 | 672 | 543 | 113 | 709 | 13 | 799 | 34 | 8 | 73 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Macha | 117 | 470 | 386 | 87 | 133 | 22 | 2 | 21 | 100 | 22 | 5 | 73 | 68 | .345 | .449 | .575 | 1.024 | 222 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tony Armas | 137 | 541 | 476 | 64 | 132 | 26 | 3 | 15 | 81 | 10 | 5 | 61 | 104 | .277 | .364 | .439 | .803 | 209 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Omar Moreno | 112 | 489 | 407 | 88 | 122 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 67 | 18 | 77 | 98 | .300 | .411 | .418 | .828 | 170 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Willie Randolph | 135 | 575 | 461 | 103 | 117 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 53 | 38 | 12 | 110 | 78 | .254 | .397 | .419 | .816 | 193 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Kenneth Melvin | 110 | 394 | 348 | 49 | 91 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 39 | 89 | .261 | .334 | .431 | .765 | 150 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Ron Mitchell | 87 | 348 | 312 | 51 | 90 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 61 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 56 | .288 | .345 | .458 | .803 | 143 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jimmy Sexton | 115 | 428 | 350 | 53 | 87 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 31 | 8 | 72 | 57 | .249 | .378 | .320 | .698 | 112 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Craig Reynolds | 64 | 264 | 234 | 31 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 18 | .282 | .346 | .389 | .735 | 91 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Max Oliveras | 105 | 312 | 262 | 31 | 64 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 36 | .244 | .354 | .309 | .663 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Calvin Meier | 64 | 236 | 180 | 31 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 27 | .267 | .436 | .372 | .808 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Howard | 52 | 163 | 135 | 24 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 21 | .274 | .387 | .385 | .772 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Dusenbury | 61 | 196 | 175 | 14 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 17 | .211 | .284 | .274 | .558 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| William Thomas | 30 | 101 | 89 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 26 | .326 | .396 | .596 | .992 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Vance | 25 | 85 | 75 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 21 | .187 | .274 | .333 | .607 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Jackson | 35 | 43 | 38 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .342 | .419 | .553 | .971 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DeWayne Mason | 20 | 50 | 39 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .256 | .356 | .256 | .612 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| George Whileyman | 28 | 63 | 50 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .200 | .281 | .220 | .501 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Frank Frontino | 33 | 44 | 38 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .211 | .302 | .368 | .671 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Jones | 22 | 61 | 55 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .127 | .155 | .145 | .301 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Douglas Nelson | 10 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Malseed | 19 | 38 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .156 | .206 | .188 | .393 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Odell Jones | 27 | 60 | 48 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 33 | .104 | .232 | .104 | .336 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Rich Standart | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Murtaugh | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Minshall | 33 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Gratz | 20 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .062 | .286 | .062 | .348 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rich Anderson | 26 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .042 | .042 | .042 | .083 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Kavanagh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hall | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Bennett | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1512 | 5058 | 4276 | 694 | 1137 | 187 | 28 | 108 | 614 | 200 | 65 | 681 | 854 | .266 | .367 | .399 | .766 | 1704 | 0 | 25 | 43 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Mitchell | 1B | 83 | 615 | 38 | 17 | 55 | .975 | 7.867 | ||||
| Chuck Howard | 1B | 27 | 145 | 8 | 3 | 12 | .981 | 5.667 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | 1B | 21 | 132 | 14 | 2 | 13 | .986 | 6.952 | ||||
| Ken Macha | 1B | 9 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .981 | 5.667 | ||||
| John Vance | 1B | 8 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .986 | 9.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Melvin | 1B | 5 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.400 | ||||
| Mike Jackson | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Willie Randolph | 2B | 135 | 269 | 319 | 21 | 73 | .966 | 4.356 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | 2B | 5 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 4.200 | ||||
| Jimmy Sexton | 2B | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Jimmy Sexton | 3B | 105 | 88 | 178 | 16 | 23 | .943 | 2.533 | ||||
| Ken Macha | 3B | 22 | 17 | 30 | 3 | 2 | .940 | 2.136 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | 3B | 19 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 4 | .951 | 2.053 | ||||
| Ken Macha | C | 81 | 456 | 33 | 12 | 2 | .976 | 6.037 | 19 | |||
| John Dusenbury | C | 54 | 302 | 32 | 3 | 0 | .991 | 6.185 | 6 | |||
| John Vance | C | 13 | 109 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 8.692 | 6 | |||
| Tony Armas | OF | 136 | 329 | 18 | 10 | 3 | .972 | 2.551 | ||||
| Omar Moreno | OF | 111 | 193 | 13 | 9 | 3 | .958 | 1.856 | ||||
| Kenneth Melvin | OF | 97 | 140 | 11 | 15 | 1 | .910 | 1.557 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | OF | 29 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.414 | ||||
| William Thomas | OF | 28 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .913 | 1.500 | ||||
| Chuck Howard | OF | 18 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ken Macha | OF | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Mike Jackson | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| John Dusenbury | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Minshall | P | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .121 | ||||
| Frank Frontino | P | 30 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.067 | ||||
| Rich Anderson | P | 25 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .560 | ||||
| Odell Jones | P | 24 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .885 | .958 | ||||
| George Whileyman | P | 23 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | .767 | 1.000 | ||||
| Timothy Jones | P | 22 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 0 | .854 | 1.591 | ||||
| DeWayne Mason | P | 20 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 4 | .913 | 1.050 | ||||
| Dennis Malseed | P | 19 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Jackson | P | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| Rich Standart | P | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .077 | ||||
| Brad Gratz | P | 13 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Douglas Nelson | P | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Dave Bennett | P | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Peckham | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Murtaugh | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Kavanagh | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Hall | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Craig Reynolds | SS | 64 | 76 | 170 | 13 | 27 | .950 | 3.844 | ||||
| Calvin Meier | SS | 64 | 91 | 162 | 18 | 32 | .934 | 3.953 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | SS | 11 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 7 | .886 | 3.545 | ||||
| Jimmy Sexton | SS | 5 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .895 | 3.400 | ||||
| Totals | 1430 | 3336 | 1281 | 185 | 286 | .961 | 3.229 | 31 | 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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