1974 Wichita Aeros Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 67-68
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Mike Roarke (67-68)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 185,482, Avg. 2,748

1974 Wichita Aeros Roster

The Wichita Aeros of the American Association ended the 1974 season with a record of 67 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.

The Aeros plated 708 runs and surrendered 753 runs, most in the league. Adrian Garrett paced Wichita with 26 home runs, while Pete LaCock and Ron Dunn walloped 15 or more also. Pete LaCock drove in 91 runs and topped all regular batters with a .327 average. George Manz and Herb Hutson paced the team with 9 wins each, and Tom Dettore recorded a 3.95 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Roberto Rodríguez, Steve Swisher, Ken Szotkiewicz, Jerry Tabb, Willie Prall, Jim Kremmel, Cleo James, Tom Lundstedt, Ray Burris, Dave Leonhard, Jim Tyrone, Rob Sperring, Pete LaCock, Jim Todd, Paul Reuschel, Dave Rosello, Dave Lemonds, Gene Hiser, Al Montreuil, Dave LaRoche, Scipio Spinks, Buddy Schultz, Tom Dettore, Gonzalo Márquez, Adrian Garrett, Herb Hutson, Jack Hiatt, Ron Dunn and Matt Alexander were all players from the 1974 Wichita Aeros who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Mike Roarke 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
Herb Hutson	9	4	.692	3.84	16	16		5	2	0	103.0	103	50	44	9	32	1	67	2	0	1
George Manz	9	11	.450	6.85	29	24		7	1	0	134.0	191	110	102	27	45	2	76	2	0	5
Jim Kremmel	8	6	.571	3.36	15	14		4	2	0	99.0	94	45	37	9	47	1	63	2	0	3
Roberto Rodríguez	7	3	.700	5.46	40	2		1	0	2	89.0	106	66	54	14	32	3	48	0	0	4
Tom Dettore	5	6	.455	3.95	29	14		4	0	1	132.0	111	63	58	15	52	7	104	7	0	5
Paul Reuschel	5	7	.417	3.89	58	0		0	0	15	88.0	109	49	38	5	32	8	67	3	0	9
Dave Leonhard	4	6	.400	5.45	25	16		1	0	0	114.0	132	71	69	11	63	2	84	1	1	4
Willie Prall	4	12	.250	5.11	26	22		5	0	0	125.0	142	98	71	10	85	2	96	1	0	7
Buddy Schultz	3	0	1.000	1.80	10	0		0	0	3	15.0	12	3	3	1	3	1	20	0	1	0
Mike Weiss	2	0	1.000	5.32	6	4		1	0	0	22.0	27	14	13	3	14	0	13	0	0	1
Tom Badcock	2	0	1.000	12.77	23	0		0	0	0	31.0	66	47	44	4	27	4	22	0	1	4
Ray Burris	2	3	.400	5.09	7	7		1	1	0	46.0	52	33	26	5	23	4	34	0	0	3
Jim Todd	1	1	.500	1.71	3	3		1	0	0	21.0	16	5	4	3	6	1	7	2	0	0
Paul Zahn	1	2	.333	5.14	10	0		0	0	0	14.0	21	12	8	4	7	2	6	0	0	0
Dave LaRoche	1	3	.250	5.06	6	6		1	0	0	32.0	37	19	18	6	7	0	17	0	0	1
Dave Lemonds					19						0.0
Francisco Lopez	0	0		1.12	4	0		0	0	0	8.0	5	3	1	0	6	0	6	1	0	0
Ronnie Matney	0	0		14.40	2	0		0	0	0	5.0	11	8	8	1	3	0	1	0	0	2
Dan Corder	0	2	.000	4.50	3	3		0	0	0	14.0	14	10	7	1	9	1	14	2	0	1
Scipio Spinks	0	2	.000	9.69	8	3		0	0	0	13.0	22	16	14	1	11	0	11	0	0	2
Totals	63	68	.481	5.04	339	134	0	31	6	21	1105.0	1271	722	619	129	504	39	756	23	3	52	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	121	536	455	95	149	25	4	23	91	5	2	77	58	.327	.422	.552	.974	251		0	1	3
Ron Dunn	130	534	445	65	117	16	3	17	76	3	3	73	88	.263	.367	.427	.794	190		4	6	6
Ronnie Matney	107	444	370	56	112	22	1	9	67	0	0	62	86	.303	.402	.441	.843	163		3	4	5
Cleo James	113	456	397	69	99	12	1	11	46	27	11	45	43	.249	.327	.368	.694	146		4	3	7
Rob Sperring	107	426	367	56	93	16	4	5	36	3	6	52	80	.253	.346	.360	.706	132		1	4	2
Adrian Garrett	92	401	318	75	89	13	3	26	83	3	2	76	72	.280	.414	.585	.998	186		0	2	5
Gene Hiser	107	410	356	55	88	12	3	3	30	6	0	48	54	.247	.336	.323	.659	115		1	2	3
Dave Arrington	87	323	287	37	75	12	3	6	45	1	0	30	65	.261	.332	.387	.719	111		2	1	3
Jack Hiatt	85	287	215	38	58	9	0	6	38	0	0	61	51	.270	.439	.395	.835	85		4	7	0
Gonzalo Márquez	54	186	177	24	50	3	1	4	24	2	0	5	25	.282	.308	.379	.687	67		2	1	1
Al Montreuil	66	220	185	23	43	7	0	3	28	0	1	31	20	.232	.338	.319	.657	59		0	1	3
Dave Rosello	22	102	92	18	33	7	1	0	15	3	1	7	21	.359	.396	.457	.853	42		0	1	2
Matt Alexander	30	143	120	26	33	2	1	2	12	6	4	20	23	.275	.380	.358	.739	43		1	1	1
Ken Szotkiewicz	43	153	127	18	30	2	1	4	20	2	0	23	34	.236	.349	.362	.711	46		0	1	2
Steve Swisher	52	174	153	15	30	4	1	3	13	0	0	16	51	.196	.277	.294	.572	45		2	1	2
Jim Tyrone	18	75	71	10	26	3	2	0	7	1	0	3	7	.366	.387	.465	.851	33		0	0	1
Jerry Tabb	11	51	47	10	21	3	3	2	7	0	1	4	8	.447	.490	.766	1.256	36		0	0	0
Alfredo Zavala	50	125	119	8	19	0	0	0	7	0	1	4	31	.160	.194	.160	.353	19		1	1	0
Horace Porter	34	87	79	7	17	3	0	1	7	1	2	7	14	.215	.279	.291	.570	23		0	1	0
Joel Green	11	30	26	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.231	.286	.231	.516	6		0	2	0
Dom Gaudioso	7	17	16	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.312	.312	.375	.688	6		0	1	0
Tom Lundstedt	3	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.286	.429	2		0	0	0
Totals	1350	5187	4429	708	1194	173	32	125	656	63	34	646	836	.270	.362	.408	.770	1806	0	25	41	46	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Pete LaCock	1B	94	800	62	8	77	.991	9.170
Ronnie Matney	1B	20	167	16	2	22	.989	9.150
Gonzalo Márquez	1B	12	88	6	0	6	1.000	7.833
Jerry Tabb	1B	11	93	3	0	11	1.000	8.727
Jack Hiatt	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Adrian Garrett	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Rob Sperring	2B	76	151	185	5	46	.985	4.421
Al Montreuil	2B	60	105	139	10	27	.961	4.067
Joel Green	2B	10	19	21	1	7	.976	4.000
Matt Alexander	2B	10	17	24	3	5	.932	4.100
Horace Porter	2B	3	5	11	2	3	.889	5.333
Dave Rosello	2B	1	2	3	0	1	1.000	5.000
Ron Dunn	3B	130	97	220	36	24	.898	2.438
Rob Sperring	3B	6	3	8	0	0	1.000	1.833
Horace Porter	3B	6	2	11	0	1	1.000	2.167
Joel Green	3B	1	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.000
Jack Hiatt	C	71	429	25	5	3	.989	6.394	6
Steve Swisher	C	51	284	33	11	4	.966	6.216	2
Adrian Garrett	C	17	89	7	7	0	.932	5.647	4
Dom Gaudioso	C	7	28	2	1	0	.968	4.286	1
Tom Lundstedt	C	3	17	0	0	0	1.000	5.667	0
Cleo James	OF	104	185	7	6	0	.970	1.846
Gene Hiser	OF	103	193	9	7	2	.967	1.961
Ronnie Matney	OF	75	121	3	3	2	.976	1.653
Adrian Garrett	OF	58	109	7	5	0	.959	2.000
Dave Arrington	OF	29	40	1	1	0	.976	1.414
Pete LaCock	OF	28	41	4	3	3	.938	1.607
Matt Alexander	OF	23	51	3	0	1	1.000	2.348
Jim Tyrone	OF	18	22	5	1	1	.964	1.500
Gonzalo Márquez	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Paul Reuschel	P	58	5	23	0	2	1.000	.483
Roberto Rodríguez	P	40	1	17	4	0	.818	.450
George Manz	P	29	13	15	1	0	.966	.966
Tom Dettore	P	29	13	23	0	3	1.000	1.241
Willie Prall	P	26	3	15	1	0	.947	.692
Dave Leonhard	P	25	12	11	2	1	.920	.920
Tom Badcock	P	23	1	7	0	0	1.000	.348
Dave Lemonds	P	19						.000
Herb Hutson	P	16	7	18	2	1	.926	1.562
Jim Kremmel	P	15	6	8	3	0	.824	.933
Paul Zahn	P	10	0	4	0	0	1.000	.400
Buddy Schultz	P	10	0	2	0	0	1.000	.200
Scipio Spinks	P	8	0	1	0	1	1.000	.125
Ray Burris	P	7	2	6	0	1	1.000	1.143
Mike Weiss	P	6	1	1	1	0	.667	.333
Dave LaRoche	P	6	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.333
Francisco Lopez	P	4	0	1	1	0	.500	.250
Jim Todd	P	3	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.333
Dan Corder	P	3	1	2	2	0	.600	1.000
Ronnie Matney	P	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Alfredo Zavala	SS	49	61	122	16	30	.920	3.735
Ken Szotkiewicz	SS	43	61	131	12	26	.941	4.465
Rob Sperring	SS	40	49	122	10	14	.945	4.275
Dave Rosello	SS	21	29	66	6	11	.941	4.524
Horace Porter	SS	9	2	9	2	1	.846	1.222
Al Montreuil	SS	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		1532	3435	1432	180	338	.964	3.177	13	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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