1972 Wichita Aeros Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 87-53
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: Jim Marshall (87-53)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 276,451, Avg. 3,949

1972 Wichita Aeros Roster

Playoffs - Evansville Triplets 3 games, Wichita Aeros 0

The Wichita Aeros of the American Association ended the 1972 season with a record of 87 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.

The Aeros paced the league with 682 runs. Wichita surrendered 553 runs. Pat Bourque led the team with 20 home runs and drove in 87 runs. Cleo James topped hitters with significant playing time with a .281 average. Joe Decker paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.26 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1972 Wichita Aeros who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gene Hiser, Art Shamsky, Rick Reuschel, José Ortiz, Ossie Blanco, Jim Dunegan, Al Montreuil, Bill Bonham, Pat Bourque, Terry Hughes, Bill North, Skip Guinn, Ron Tompkins, Floyd Weaver, Frank Fernández, Danny Breeden, Roberto Rodríguez, Dave Rosello, Joe Decker, Paul Reuschel, Frank Coggins, Jim Todd, Bill Kelso, Larry Gura, Cleo James and Jim Hibbs.

Jim Marshall 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
Joe Decker	12	7	.632	2.26	25	25		8	1	0	179.0	153	65	45	6	82	1	170	5	1	5
Larry Gura	11	4	.733	3.67	26	18		4	2	2	130.0	127	60	53	19	38	1	109	1	0	2
Bill Bonham	10	4	.714	3.53	18	18		7	3	0	125.0	120	57	49	5	41	4	116	4	0	12
Rick Reuschel	9	2	.818	1.32	12	12		8	3	0	102.0	78	30	15	3	20	1	72	1	1	5
Jim Todd	9	7	.562	4.37	26	22		7	2	2	142.0	157	78	69	12	50	0	81	7	0	1
Ron Tompkins	8	4	.667	1.65	51	1		0	0	20	82.0	55	22	15	3	45	4	62	7	0	2
Paul Reuschel	7	4	.636	2.80	22	11		2	0	1	103.0	103	38	32	5	28	9	58	1	0	2
Roberto Rodríguez	6	5	.545	3.09	47	3		0	0	9	96.0	102	38	33	7	27	6	83	3	0	5
Floyd Weaver	4	9	.308	5.84	27	13		1	1	0	91.0	112	70	59	7	39	2	88	4	0	7
Ralph Rickey	2	0	1.000	8.31	8	0		0	0	2	13.0	17	15	12	3	11	1	9	0	0	2
Tom Badcock	1	0	1.000	2.70	4	1		0	0	0	10.0	13	3	3	0	7	1	7	0	0	2
Ignacio Bracamontes	1	1	.500	4.05	4	3		0	0	0	20.0	18	9	9	0	6	0	16	0	1	2
Skip Guinn					18						0.0
Bill Kelso					14						0.0
Paul Zahn	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	4.0	2	1	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	0
Jim Dunegan	0	0		27.00	1	0		0	0	0	0.7	0	2	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ronnie Matney	0	2	.000	10.80	4	0		0	0	0	5.0	7	7	6	1	3	0	5	0	0	1
Totals	80	49	.620	3.28	309	127	0	37	12	36	1102.7	1064	495	402	71	402	32	881	33	3	48	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
Cleo James	132	557	499	78	140	20	3	8	60	39	6	44	49	.281	.339	.381	.720	190		3	5	6
Dave Rosello	137	521	451	52	122	22	4	2	46	0	4	53	57	.271	.352	.350	.703	158		5	10	2
Pat Bourque	119	504	412	73	115	12	2	20	87	1	2	79	53	.279	.399	.464	.862	191		7	0	6
Frank Coggins	94	388	361	53	106	22	6	13	57	8	0	26	79	.294	.343	.496	.839	179		1	0	0
Ossie Blanco	107	411	350	61	89	19	1	10	46	1	2	55	72	.254	.360	.400	.760	140		4	0	2
Terry Hughes	78	279	245	44	74	6	1	13	37	2	0	30	46	.302	.385	.494	.879	121		3	1	0
Al Montreuil	91	301	253	35	68	14	1	6	36	1	4	41	40	.269	.376	.403	.779	102		3	3	1
José Ortiz	110	334	284	53	68	13	1	1	29	6	6	40	39	.239	.339	.303	.642	86		4	4	2
Horace Porter	70	253	211	40	67	10	0	2	25	1	1	41	41	.318	.429	.393	.822	83		0	1	0
Gene Hiser	63	275	227	50	64	8	5	10	36	9	3	43	39	.282	.396	.493	.889	112		1	2	2
Jim Hibbs	70	255	211	30	58	9	2	5	39	1	0	35	59	.275	.385	.408	.793	86		4	3	2
Ronnie Matney	65	233	199	21	53	15	0	4	19	1	1	27	43	.266	.371	.402	.773	80		6	1	0
Danny Breeden	72	256	226	21	51	9	0	4	26	0	0	25	50	.226	.306	.319	.624	72		1	4	0
Bill North	28	131	114	21	40	7	0	0	12	10	8	16	15	.351	.431	.412	.843	47		0	1	0
Art Shamsky	26	83	64	12	17	2	1	6	11	0	1	19	9	.266	.434	.609	1.043	39		0	0	0
Jim Saul	32	54	50	4	14	3	0	1	7	0	0	4	10	.280	.333	.400	.733	20		0	0	0
Joe Decker	28	67	62	4	12	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	22	.194	.206	.194	.400	12		0	4	0
Larry Gura	28	50	45	4	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	15	.244	.271	.244	.515	11		0	2	1
Rick Reuschel	12	41	37	4	10	2	0	1	10	0	0	1	15	.270	.289	.405	.695	15		0	3	0
Frank Fernández	10	39	27	4	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	8	10	.296	.447	.296	.744	8		1	1	2
Bill Bonham	18	46	36	4	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	8	.222	.237	.222	.459	8		0	8	1
Paul Reuschel	32	36	33	3	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	13	.152	.222	.212	.434	7		0	0	0
Roberto Rodríguez	48	29	25	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.120	.154	.120	.274	3		0	3	0
Jim Todd	30	62	55	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	17	.055	.103	.055	.158	3		0	4	0
Ralph Rickey	8	7	5	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	.400	.571	1.000	1.571	5		1	0	0
Ron Tompkins	51	20	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.125	.222	.125	.347	2		0	2	0
Tom Badcock	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Ignacio Bracamontes	5	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1		0	0	0
Floyd Weaver	27	31	26	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	18	.038	.107	.038	.146	1		0	3	0
Paul Zahn	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1599	5276	4537	679	1213	193	28	107	618	80	38	603	844	.267	.357	.393	.750	1783	0	44	65	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Pat Bourque	1B	118	1033	77	11	100	.990	9.407
Ossie Blanco	1B	20	176	7	2	15	.989	9.150
Ronnie Matney	1B	2	18	1	2	0	.905	9.500
Horace Porter	1B	1	2	2	0	1	1.000	4.000
Terry Hughes	1B	1	6	1	0	0	1.000	7.000
Danny Breeden	1B	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000
Al Montreuil	2B	76	137	186	6	35	.982	4.250
Frank Coggins	2B	60	113	168	16	41	.946	4.683
Horace Porter	2B	21	33	46	5	6	.940	3.762
Terry Hughes	2B	4	3	11	0	1	1.000	3.500
Bill North	2B	3	9	4	2	3	.867	4.333
José Ortiz	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Terry Hughes	3B	49	32	89	6	8	.953	2.469
Horace Porter	3B	42	27	57	7	3	.923	2.000
Frank Coggins	3B	36	28	54	2	4	.976	2.278
Cleo James	3B	23	12	45	8	5	.877	2.478
Al Montreuil	3B	7	3	7	0	0	1.000	1.429
Ossie Blanco	3B	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Danny Breeden	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Danny Breeden	C	69	505	31	7	9	.987	7.768	12
Jim Hibbs	C	63	392	28	5	3	.988	6.667	4
Jim Saul	C	11	70	3	3	1	.961	6.636	0
Frank Fernández	C	10	61	5	0	2	1.000	6.600	0
Cleo James	OF	107	191	7	5	3	.975	1.850
José Ortiz	OF	96	111	7	4	1	.967	1.229
Ossie Blanco	OF	65	80	4	10	1	.894	1.292
Gene Hiser	OF	63	101	4	4	0	.963	1.667
Ronnie Matney	OF	56	65	2	0	1	1.000	1.196
Bill North	OF	27	72	4	3	0	.962	2.815
Art Shamsky	OF	23	24	1	2	0	.926	1.087
Terry Hughes	OF	20	29	3	0	1	1.000	1.600
Jim Hibbs	OF	5	1	0	0	0	1.000	.200
Jim Saul	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Roberto Rodríguez	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Ron Tompkins	P	51	1	16	2	1	.895	.333
Roberto Rodríguez	P	47	2	11	2	3	.867	.277
Floyd Weaver	P	27	3	11	0	0	1.000	.519
Jim Todd	P	26	12	33	3	3	.938	1.731
Larry Gura	P	26	2	20	1	0	.957	.846
Joe Decker	P	25	13	24	0	2	1.000	1.480
Paul Reuschel	P	22	6	22	2	1	.933	1.273
Skip Guinn	P	18						.000
Bill Bonham	P	18	7	21	1	2	.966	1.556
Bill Kelso	P	14						.000
Rick Reuschel	P	12	9	35	2	0	.957	3.667
Ralph Rickey	P	8	0	2	0	0	1.000	.250
Ronnie Matney	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Ignacio Bracamontes	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Tom Badcock	P	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
Paul Zahn	P	2	0	1	1	0	.500	.500
Jim Dunegan	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Dave Rosello	SS	137	215	436	35	88	.949	4.752
Frank Coggins	SS	5	4	2	1	1	.857	1.200
Horace Porter	SS	4	6	8	2	3	.875	3.500
Al Montreuil	SS	2	2	5	1	0	.875	3.500
Terry Hughes	SS	1	2	3	0	1	1.000	5.000
Totals		1543	3628	1514	163	349	.969	3.332	16	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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