1975 Thetford Mines Miners Statistics
Team Record: 59-80
Finished 7th in the EL
Manager: John Felske (59-80)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada
Ballpark: Bellevue Park
Attendance: 16,360, Avg. 235
The Thetford Mines Miners of the Eastern League ended the 1975 season with a record of 59 wins and 80 losses, finishing seventh in the EL.
The Miners scored 501 runs and allowed 590 runs, most in the circuit. Dick Davis led Thetford Mines with 16 home runs and drove in 67 runs. Jim Gantner and Lenn Sakata topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .257 average. Lafayette Currence paced the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.71 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1975 Thetford Mines Miners who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Lafayette Currence, Jim Gantner, Dick Davis, Sam Hinds, Larry Yount, Dan Thomas, Lenn Sakata, Sam Mejías, Greg Erardi, Gary Beare and Larry Anderson.
John Felske 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Currence | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.71 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 146.0 | 114 | 52 | 44 | 9 | 70 | 1 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Tom Deidel | 9 | 14 | .391 | 4.65 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 155.0 | 139 | 95 | 80 | 24 | 123 | 0 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Robert Alexander | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.76 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 122.0 | 119 | 71 | 51 | 7 | 55 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Larry Yount | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.74 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 131.0 | 153 | 84 | 69 | 18 | 67 | 0 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Sam Hinds | 6 | 13 | .316 | 3.50 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 167.0 | 153 | 86 | 65 | 15 | 73 | 1 | 98 | 7 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Stephen Ruling | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.40 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43.0 | 46 | 27 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Widmar | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.47 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 96.0 | 100 | 46 | 37 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Larry Anderson | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.38 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 43 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Gary Beare | 3 | 9 | .250 | 3.42 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 92.0 | 95 | 49 | 35 | 5 | 57 | 4 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Morris | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.86 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28.0 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William McLaurine | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.94 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 52.0 | 54 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Gil Stafford | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kent Jacobson | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Greg Erardi | 0 | 0 | 6.52 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 34 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 59 | 80 | .424 | 3.81 | 286 | 139 | 0 | 56 | 8 | 17 | 1121.0 | 1084 | 590 | 474 | 93 | 562 | 12 | 633 | 38 | 3 | 88 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Gantner | 138 | 515 | 456 | 61 | 117 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 48 | 20 | 2 | 49 | 96 | .257 | .331 | .373 | .704 | 170 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Dick Davis | 132 | 509 | 455 | 66 | 115 | 23 | 1 | 16 | 67 | 14 | 8 | 43 | 77 | .253 | .318 | .413 | .731 | 188 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Lenn Sakata | 121 | 486 | 421 | 63 | 108 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 52 | 67 | .257 | .340 | .356 | .696 | 150 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Sam Mejías | 134 | 503 | 455 | 56 | 103 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 50 | 18 | 4 | 44 | 67 | .226 | .295 | .338 | .634 | 154 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Perry Danforth | 105 | 416 | 400 | 46 | 102 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 36 | .255 | .272 | .368 | .639 | 147 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Roger Danson | 117 | 431 | 376 | 39 | 78 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 45 | 103 | .207 | .295 | .316 | .612 | 119 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Mantlo | 95 | 301 | 279 | 29 | 72 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 47 | .258 | .293 | .380 | .672 | 106 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Robert Clark | 109 | 379 | 317 | 30 | 70 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 63 | .221 | .340 | .322 | .662 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dan Thomas | 53 | 209 | 191 | 25 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 42 | .251 | .316 | .445 | .761 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Vasquez | 64 | 227 | 191 | 19 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 45 | .236 | .357 | .387 | .744 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duane Espy | 55 | 204 | 182 | 22 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 33 | .242 | .320 | .313 | .633 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kent Jacobson | 47 | 161 | 140 | 9 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 34 | .236 | .323 | .400 | .723 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rick Richardson | 57 | 194 | 166 | 20 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 41 | .187 | .304 | .355 | .660 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Pagnotta | 49 | 161 | 152 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 | .178 | .209 | .263 | .472 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gil Stafford | 26 | 70 | 65 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .123 | .147 | .185 | .332 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gary LaRocque | 6 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Alexander | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William McLaurine | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Deidel | 28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Ruling | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1440 | 4794 | 4272 | 501 | 1004 | 170 | 15 | 106 | 449 | 110 | 38 | 426 | 805 | .235 | .308 | .356 | .664 | 1522 | 0 | 36 | 33 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Richardson | 1B | 52 | 424 | 22 | 12 | 49 | .974 | 8.577 | ||||
| Robert Clark | 1B | 45 | 343 | 14 | 6 | 34 | .983 | 7.933 | ||||
| Jerry Mantlo | 1B | 30 | 284 | 13 | 6 | 20 | .980 | 9.900 | ||||
| Duane Espy | 1B | 16 | 130 | 2 | 3 | 8 | .978 | 8.250 | ||||
| Kent Jacobson | 1B | 3 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 7.333 | ||||
| Lenn Sakata | 2B | 117 | 243 | 304 | 16 | 77 | .972 | 4.675 | ||||
| Robert Clark | 2B | 15 | 29 | 37 | 6 | 7 | .917 | 4.400 | ||||
| Gary LaRocque | 2B | 6 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.167 | ||||
| Perry Danforth | 2B | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 3.250 | ||||
| Michael Pagnotta | 2B | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Duane Espy | 2B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jim Gantner | 3B | 135 | 118 | 310 | 29 | 18 | .937 | 3.170 | ||||
| Robert Clark | 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Perry Danforth | 3B | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| George Vasquez | C | 63 | 291 | 29 | 12 | 2 | .964 | 5.079 | 5 | |||
| Jerry Mantlo | C | 62 | 298 | 11 | 4 | 3 | .987 | 4.984 | 8 | |||
| Gil Stafford | C | 25 | 119 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .955 | 5.040 | 6 | |||
| Robert Clark | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | ||||
| Sam Mejías | OF | 134 | 280 | 11 | 8 | 2 | .973 | 2.172 | ||||
| Roger Danson | OF | 116 | 209 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .945 | 1.914 | ||||
| Dick Davis | OF | 67 | 124 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .928 | 1.910 | ||||
| Dan Thomas | OF | 35 | 55 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .951 | 1.657 | ||||
| Michael Pagnotta | OF | 31 | 59 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .899 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kent Jacobson | OF | 25 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.280 | ||||
| Duane Espy | OF | 21 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
| William McLaurine | P | 49 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .163 | ||||
| Gary Beare | P | 36 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .583 | ||||
| Stephen Ruling | P | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .138 | ||||
| Tom Deidel | P | 28 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .571 | ||||
| Tom Widmar | P | 26 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .731 | ||||
| Robert Alexander | P | 26 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 1.154 | ||||
| Sam Hinds | P | 25 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.400 | ||||
| Larry Yount | P | 22 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 2 | .821 | 1.455 | ||||
| Lafayette Currence | P | 19 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.579 | ||||
| Greg Erardi | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Larry Anderson | P | 8 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| John Morris | P | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Gil Stafford | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kent Jacobson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Perry Danforth | SS | 97 | 141 | 298 | 29 | 58 | .938 | 4.526 | ||||
| Robert Clark | SS | 24 | 29 | 58 | 10 | 8 | .897 | 3.625 | ||||
| Duane Espy | SS | 19 | 28 | 49 | 4 | 10 | .951 | 4.053 | ||||
| Jim Gantner | SS | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .818 | 3.600 | ||||
| Totals | 1445 | 3367 | 1430 | 205 | 320 | .959 | 3.320 | 21 | 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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