1973 Wichita Aeros Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 67-68
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Jim Marshall (67-68)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 203,791, Avg. 3,019

1973 Wichita Aeros Roster

The Wichita Aeros of the American Association ended the 1973 season with a record of 67 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.

The Aeros led the league with 800 runs. Wichita allowed 770 runs. Andre Thornton paced the team with 17 home runs Tony LaRussa drove in 75 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .314 average. Jim Todd paced the squad with 12 wins, while Roberto Rodríguez earned a 4.54 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1973 Wichita Aeros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tony LaRussa, Juan Pizarro, Matt Alexander, Adrian Garrett, José Ortiz, Andre Thornton, Al Montreuil, Pat Bourque, Clint Compton, Chris Ward, Casey Cox, Floyd Weaver, Roberto Rodríguez, Ron Tompkins, Jim Hibbs, Dan McGinn, J. C. Martin, Jim Todd, Paul Reuschel, Wade Blasingame, Frank Estrada, Cleo James, Tom Lundstedt, Dave Rosello, Bobby Fenwick, Larry Gura, Rob Sperring, Pete LaCock, Ray Burris and Jim Tyrone.

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
Jim Todd	12	8	.600	4.56	26	23		6	2	0	156.0	169	87	79	14	62	5	79	6	0	3
Paul Reuschel	7	2	.778	5.36	41	7		0	0	8	89.0	121	68	53	6	13	4	49	6	0	5
Ron Tompkins	7	7	.500	4.58	43	8		2	0	5	110.0	133	67	56	7	61	6	49	7	0	0
Juan Pizarro	6	1	.857	3.52	9	9		4	0	0	69.0	76	38	27	7	24	1	68	2	0	2
Casey Cox	6	5	.545	5.05	27	6		0	0	5	73.0	98	48	41	5	22	9	36	4	0	3
Roberto Rodríguez	6	7	.462	4.54	42	12		1	0	5	123.0	156	74	62	14	49	4	78	2	0	2
Ralph Rickey	6	12	.333	5.12	26	23		3	0	0	153.0	181	106	87	17	57	1	94	5	0	11
Dan Corder	4	3	.571	4.92	10	10		2	2	0	64.0	70	37	35	6	29	4	26	3	0	0
Ray Burris	4	3	.571	5.64	8	8		2	0	0	59.0	72	45	37	7	19	1	34	2	0	3
Clint Compton	4	6	.400	6.22	27	17		2	1	1	110.0	121	79	76	9	89	2	93	4	0	16
Larry Gura	1	2	.333	4.65	5	5		0	0	0	31.0	38	18	16	3	11	1	29	1	0	2
Tom Badcock	1	4	.200	4.63	16	3		0	0	3	35.0	43	35	18	4	25	1	23	2	0	3
Dan McGinn					9						0.0
Wade Blasingame					11						0.0
Mike Baldwin					27						0.0
Floyd Weaver	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Paul Zahn	0	0		2.25	2	0		0	0	1	4.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	9	0	0	0
Totals	64	60	.516	4.91	330	131	0	22	5	28	1077.0	1280	703	588	100	461	39	668	44	0	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
Pete LaCock	130	615	518	89	154	24	6	9	69	9	11	87	77	.297	.396	.419	.815	217		1	4	5
Matt Alexander	106	473	427	61	132	22	3	2	51	20	5	38	55	.309	.366	.389	.755	166		1	6	1
Tony LaRussa	106	467	392	82	123	16	0	5	75	10	4	60	46	.314	.403	.393	.796	154		4	3	8
Al Montreuil	112	458	394	63	119	18	3	5	58	3	2	45	48	.302	.371	.401	.772	158		2	11	6
Dave Rosello	99	411	367	54	115	15	3	8	51	1	2	28	54	.313	.365	.436	.801	160		4	8	4
Tom Lundstedt	99	391	322	64	95	15	0	11	57	1	1	57	74	.295	.402	.444	.846	143		3	5	4
Chris Ward	70	304	259	56	88	15	0	9	41	4	5	43	31	.340	.436	.502	.938	130		1	1	0
Horace Porter	71	272	238	43	64	8	1	4	35	2	0	30	38	.269	.349	.361	.711	86		1	0	3
Jim Hibbs	71	263	226	42	61	11	1	9	39	0	0	31	44	.270	.354	.447	.801	101		0	3	3
José Ortiz	71	282	255	37	55	8	4	1	27	5	2	22	40	.216	.280	.290	.570	74		2	0	3
Bill Droege	56	232	212	18	48	5	1	0	24	5	2	15	41	.226	.284	.259	.544	55		3	0	2
Ronnie Matney	39	168	146	25	45	12	3	4	27	0	0	17	36	.308	.389	.514	.903	75		3	1	1
Pat Bourque	35	159	124	36	43	11	1	9	42	1	1	33	17	.347	.484	.669	1.154	83		1	0	1
Andre Thornton	40	181	135	34	39	2	0	17	45	0	0	45	40	.289	.464	.681	1.146	92		0	0	1
Cleo James	33	145	121	23	36	3	0	2	26	7	1	15	11	.298	.382	.372	.754	45		4	1	4
J. C. Martin	53	193	157	23	36	7	0	1	21	0	0	29	21	.229	.358	.293	.651	46		3	3	1
Adrian Garrett	15	68	53	15	20	3	1	8	20	0	0	14	10	.377	.515	.925	1.439	49		1	0	0
Jim Tyrone	20	86	83	9	16	1	1	1	5	3	1	3	14	.193	.221	.265	.486	22		0	0	0
Rob Sperring	10	40	34	7	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	12	.176	.282	.176	.459	6		1	1	0
Frank Estrada	2	9	9	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.333	.556	3		0	0	0
Juan Pizarro	11	8	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.286	.536	2		0	0	0
Roberto Rodríguez	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Clint Compton	31	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Ralph Rickey	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1351	5226	4480	786	1298	198	28	105	718	71	37	617	714	.290	.377	.417	.793	1867	0	35	47	47	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Andre Thornton	1B	36	362	23	1	36	.997	1.694
Pat Bourque	1B	35	330	29	5	33	.986	1.257
Tony LaRussa	1B	33	283	19	6	31	.981	9.152
Adrian Garrett	1B	15	138	6	0	7	1.000	9.600
Chris Ward	1B	7	43	2	0	2	1.000	6.429
J. C. Martin	1B	6	39	6	1	3	.978	7.500
Pete LaCock	1B	4	42	2	1	0	.978	11.000
Ronnie Matney	1B	3	21	3	0	0	1.000	8.000
Horace Porter	1B	2	24	0	0	7	1.000	12.000
Al Montreuil	2B	68	143	201	11	37	.969	5.059
Tony LaRussa	2B	52	126	149	11	42	.962	5.288
Dave Rosello	2B	9	18	22	2	6	.952	4.444
Rob Sperring	2B	6	14	12	2	2	.929	4.333
Horace Porter	2B	2	2	2	1	0	.800	2.000
Matt Alexander	2B	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500
Al Montreuil	3B	39	23	84	7	7	.939	2.744
Matt Alexander	3B	37	25	55	7	4	.920	2.162
Horace Porter	3B	30	15	51	9	4	.880	2.200
Tony LaRussa	3B	22	14	45	9	2	.868	2.682
Bobby Fenwick	3B	11	6	27	1	2	.971	3.000
Rob Sperring	3B	4	4	10	1	3	.933	3.500
Jim Tyrone	3B	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000
J. C. Martin	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jim Hibbs	3B	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000
Tom Lundstedt	C	84	477	38	4	8	.992	6.131	6
Jim Hibbs	C	52	290	18	6	1	.981	5.923	3
J. C. Martin	C	7	25	4	0	0	1.000	4.143	1
Frank Estrada	C	2	19	0	0	0	1.000	9.500	0
Al Montreuil	C	1	2	3	1	2	.833	5.000	0
Pete LaCock	OF	122	196	15	7	1	.968	1.730
José Ortiz	OF	68	117	11	3	3	.977	1.882
Chris Ward	OF	62	96	6	5	0	.953	1.645
Bill Droege	OF	56	91	6	4	1	.960	1.732
Matt Alexander	OF	48	88	3	7	1	.929	1.896
Ronnie Matney	OF	29	59	4	2	0	.969	2.172
Jim Tyrone	OF	18	24	2	2	1	.929	1.444
Cleo James	OF	15	34	0	3	0	.919	2.267
Ron Tompkins	P	43	4	26	6	2	.833	.698
Roberto Rodríguez	P	42	9	18	5	0	.844	.643
Paul Reuschel	P	41	3	7	0	0	1.000	.244
Casey Cox	P	27	1	10	0	1	1.000	.407
Clint Compton	P	27	3	12	0	0	1.000	.556
Mike Baldwin	P	27						.000
Jim Todd	P	26	7	60	1	4	.985	2.577
Ralph Rickey	P	26	21	42	4	5	.940	2.423
Tom Badcock	P	16	2	8	2	0	.833	.625
Wade Blasingame	P	11						.000
Dan Corder	P	10	7	17	2	4	.923	2.400
Juan Pizarro	P	9	3	12	4	1	.789	1.667
Dan McGinn	P	9						.000
Ray Burris	P	8	4	10	1	1	.933	1.750
Larry Gura	P	5	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.200
Paul Zahn	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Floyd Weaver	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Dave Rosello	SS	89	139	282	32	64	.929	4.730
Horace Porter	SS	23	41	68	1	16	.991	4.739
Al Montreuil	SS	9	7	23	2	3	.938	3.333
Totals		1441	3443	1465	180	347	.965	3.406	10	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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