1971 Wichita Aeros Statistics
Team Record: 66-74
Finished 3rd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Ken Aspromonte (66-74)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 280,320, Avg. 4,005
The Wichita Aeros of the American Association ended the 1971 season with a record of 66 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Aeros plated 636 runs and yielded 706 runs. Mike Carruthers paced Wichita with 14 home runs and accounted for 71 RBI. Buddy Bell led hitters with significant playing time with a .289 average. Dick Tidrow and Rich Hand topped the team with 8 wins each, while Dick Tidrow recorded a 4.14 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Jim Rittwage, Rich Nye, Phil Hennigan, Dick Tidrow, Dennis Higgins, Cap Peterson, Rick Austin, Fred Stanley, Bob Kaiser, Ted Ford, Jim Clark, Larry Burchart, Gary Boyd, Jack Heidemann, Ed Farmer, Chris Chambliss, Buddy Bell, Rich Hand, Pedro González, Lou Camilli, John Lowenstein, Steve Jones, John Hairston, Mike Paul, Kurt Bevacqua, Chuck Machemehl, Jack Brohamer and Frank Baker were all players from the 1971 Wichita Aeros who played in the Majors during their careers.
Ken Aspromonte 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Hand | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.88 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 66 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 40 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dick Tidrow | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.14 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 124.0 | 123 | 61 | 57 | 21 | 45 | 5 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mike Paul | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.37 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 107.0 | 102 | 55 | 52 | 14 | 42 | 8 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Boyd | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.55 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 89.0 | 90 | 56 | 45 | 9 | 42 | 6 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rich Thoms | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.39 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 41.0 | 42 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rick Austin | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.28 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 80.0 | 95 | 44 | 38 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Larry Burchart | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.10 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67.0 | 93 | 55 | 38 | 5 | 39 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jim Rittwage | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.73 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 88.0 | 98 | 61 | 56 | 13 | 50 | 1 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Bob Kaiser | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.71 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 41.0 | 40 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ed Farmer | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.50 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 35 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Jones | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.66 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 42 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rich Nye | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.88 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 51 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Machemehl | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.38 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 76.0 | 73 | 43 | 37 | 6 | 42 | 6 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Phil Hennigan | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15.0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mac Crossan | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.45 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 37 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Tsoukalas | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.50 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 76.0 | 79 | 44 | 38 | 8 | 38 | 8 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Rich Seminoff | 34 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Higgins | 31 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Carruthers | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Miller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.45 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Zuber | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.75 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 57 | 62 | .479 | 4.58 | 374 | 132 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 28 | 1082.0 | 1125 | 643 | 551 | 122 | 529 | 48 | 771 | 40 | 4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Bell | 129 | 520 | 470 | 65 | 136 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 59 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 51 | .289 | .344 | .413 | .756 | 194 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Mike Carruthers | 125 | 470 | 435 | 53 | 125 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 71 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 47 | .287 | .320 | .439 | .760 | 191 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Jim Clark | 97 | 399 | 346 | 60 | 109 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 68 | .315 | .401 | .497 | .898 | 172 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jack Brohamer | 103 | 391 | 355 | 45 | 93 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 40 | .262 | .314 | .363 | .678 | 129 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Butch Allen | 113 | 426 | 375 | 49 | 86 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 43 | 13 | 7 | 42 | 92 | .229 | .313 | .333 | .646 | 125 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Lou Camilli | 66 | 283 | 248 | 38 | 76 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 34 | .306 | .383 | .403 | .786 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Luis Isaac | 93 | 330 | 287 | 29 | 75 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 57 | .261 | .341 | .317 | .658 | 91 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Cap Peterson | 91 | 305 | 277 | 41 | 73 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 42 | .264 | .325 | .419 | .743 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Frank Baker | 52 | 211 | 187 | 32 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 25 | .326 | .403 | .540 | .943 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Ford | 49 | 200 | 176 | 28 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 32 | .330 | .404 | .500 | .904 | 88 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kristopher Krebs | 75 | 226 | 213 | 18 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 37 | .221 | .262 | .268 | .530 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mel Civil | 65 | 207 | 186 | 22 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 31 | .220 | .288 | .301 | .589 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Lowenstein | 37 | 153 | 125 | 27 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 30 | .320 | .431 | .576 | 1.007 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Edward Southard | 50 | 184 | 159 | 22 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 27 | .233 | .324 | .296 | .620 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Hairston | 33 | 121 | 112 | 20 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .286 | .333 | .438 | .771 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Stanley | 32 | 140 | 114 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 15 | .246 | .386 | .360 | .745 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Chambliss | 13 | 46 | 42 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .286 | .348 | .500 | .848 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Wallin | 23 | 77 | 71 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .155 | .221 | .254 | .474 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Boyd | 27 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .370 | .393 | .370 | .763 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Paul | 17 | 42 | 37 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .243 | .317 | .270 | .587 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Jones | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .545 | .545 | .545 | 1.091 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Heidemann | 6 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .250 | .357 | .250 | .607 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Machemehl | 27 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .200 | .226 | .367 | .592 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Hand | 13 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .182 | .229 | .182 | .410 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Tsoukalas | 39 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .217 | .240 | .217 | .457 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Rittwage | 25 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .192 | .276 | .462 | .737 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dick Tidrow | 22 | 44 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .098 | .159 | .098 | .257 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Nye | 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Austin | 14 | 33 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .115 | .303 | .154 | .457 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Thoms | 25 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Farmer | 7 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kaiser | 9 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .133 | .133 | .267 | .400 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pedro González | 15 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Burchart | 36 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Stone | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Miller | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Hennigan | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mac Crossan | 7 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .133 | .000 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Zuber | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1593 | 5130 | 4572 | 609 | 1212 | 190 | 30 | 98 | 560 | 45 | 38 | 459 | 812 | .265 | .334 | .384 | .718 | 1756 | 0 | 30 | 38 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Carruthers | 1B | 117 | 908 | 79 | 11 | 83 | .989 | 8.436 | ||||
| Cap Peterson | 1B | 30 | 234 | 22 | 5 | 19 | .981 | 8.533 | ||||
| Chris Chambliss | 1B | 3 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mel Civil | 1B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jack Brohamer | 2B | 72 | 156 | 211 | 5 | 40 | .987 | 5.097 | ||||
| Edward Southard | 2B | 32 | 51 | 81 | 3 | 10 | .978 | 4.125 | ||||
| Kurt Bevacqua | 2B | 14 | 32 | 35 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 4.786 | ||||
| Kristopher Krebs | 2B | 13 | 31 | 38 | 1 | 9 | .986 | 5.308 | ||||
| Buddy Bell | 2B | 11 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 3 | .936 | 4.000 | ||||
| Fred Stanley | 2B | 7 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 5 | .971 | 4.857 | ||||
| Pedro González | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Buddy Bell | 3B | 113 | 107 | 160 | 13 | 19 | .954 | 2.363 | ||||
| Jack Brohamer | 3B | 16 | 16 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .943 | 3.125 | ||||
| Kristopher Krebs | 3B | 12 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.417 | ||||
| Cap Peterson | 3B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| John Lowenstein | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pedro González | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis Isaac | C | 91 | 551 | 53 | 4 | 3 | .993 | 6.637 | 7 | |||
| John Hairston | C | 31 | 188 | 18 | 6 | 2 | .972 | 6.645 | 6 | |||
| Larry Wallin | C | 21 | 154 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .988 | 7.952 | 1 | |||
| Gary Stone | C | 5 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.200 | 0 | |||
| Butch Allen | OF | 101 | 126 | 11 | 4 | 3 | .972 | 1.356 | ||||
| Jim Clark | OF | 94 | 142 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .948 | 1.564 | ||||
| Mel Civil | OF | 53 | 82 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .945 | 1.623 | ||||
| Frank Baker | OF | 51 | 87 | 4 | 8 | 1 | .919 | 1.784 | ||||
| Ted Ford | OF | 47 | 128 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 2.766 | ||||
| Cap Peterson | OF | 41 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.585 | ||||
| John Lowenstein | OF | 34 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .966 | 1.676 | ||||
| Edward Southard | OF | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.091 | ||||
| Chris Chambliss | OF | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.875 | ||||
| Kurt Bevacqua | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Buddy Bell | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bill Tsoukalas | P | 37 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .514 | ||||
| Larry Burchart | P | 36 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .389 | ||||
| Rich Seminoff | P | 34 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dennis Higgins | P | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Boyd | P | 27 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .778 | ||||
| Chuck Machemehl | P | 26 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Rich Thoms | P | 25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .320 | ||||
| Jim Rittwage | P | 24 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .542 | ||||
| Dick Tidrow | P | 20 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.350 | ||||
| Mike Paul | P | 17 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
| Steve Jones | P | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .214 | ||||
| Rick Austin | P | 14 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Rich Nye | P | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .727 | ||||
| Rich Hand | P | 11 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| Bob Kaiser | P | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Ronald Zuber | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Ray Miller | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Phil Hennigan | P | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Ed Farmer | P | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Mac Crossan | P | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Mike Carruthers | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Lou Camilli | SS | 65 | 112 | 149 | 17 | 30 | .939 | 4.015 | ||||
| Kristopher Krebs | SS | 27 | 37 | 68 | 13 | 10 | .890 | 3.889 | ||||
| Fred Stanley | SS | 25 | 43 | 80 | 9 | 11 | .932 | 4.920 | ||||
| Jack Heidemann | SS | 6 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .923 | 4.000 | ||||
| Buddy Bell | SS | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1547 | 3524 | 1310 | 141 | 283 | .972 | 3.125 | 14 | 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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