
1975 Wichita Aeros Statistics
Team Record: 68-68
Finished 3rd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Mike Roarke (68-68)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 173,504, Avg. 2,552
The Wichita Aeros of the American Association ended the 1975 season with a record of 68 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Aeros plated 708 runs and gave up 719 runs. Jim Tyrone and Mike Adams paced Wichita with 13 home runs apiece. Mike Adams drove in 77 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .308 average. Herb Hutson led the squad with 12 wins, while Willie Prall recorded a 3.73 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1975 Wichita Aeros who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Vic Harris, Adrian Garrett, Gene Hiser, Milt Wilcox, Jack Hiatt, Ron Dunn, Matt Alexander, Joe Wallis, Herb Hutson, Rick Stelmaszek, Ken Crosby, Tom Dettore, Buddy Schultz, Steve Swisher, Chris Ward, Eddie Solomon, Jerry Tabb, Dave Rosello, Mike Adams, Paul Reuschel, Eddie Watt, Willie Prall, Jim Kremmel, Julio González and Jim Tyrone.
Mike Roarke 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herb Hutson | 12 | 12 | .500 | 5.62 | 30 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 181.0 | 218 | 126 | 113 | 27 | 76 | 7 | 104 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
Willie Prall | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.73 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 188.0 | 191 | 105 | 78 | 16 | 74 | 1 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
Tom Dettore | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.83 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 70.0 | 67 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jim Kremmel | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.31 | 34 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 142.0 | 172 | 84 | 68 | 11 | 63 | 7 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 12 | ||
Paul Reuschel | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.89 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57.0 | 63 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 28 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
Bernie Beckman | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.60 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 98 | 46 | 44 | 6 | 50 | 3 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
Milt Wilcox | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.31 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 56 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
Eddie Watt | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.89 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 81.0 | 94 | 41 | 35 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
Buddy Copeland | 4 | 10 | .286 | 5.18 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 99.0 | 123 | 77 | 57 | 9 | 46 | 5 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
Buddy Schultz | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.05 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 60.0 | 62 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Darrell Turner | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.48 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 39 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Eddie Solomon | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ken Crosby | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ronnie Matney | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Vernon Temple | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39.0 | 51 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Mike Weiss | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gary Junge | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
George Manz | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.80 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 63 | 65 | .492 | 4.54 | 330 | 129 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 24 | 1107.0 | 1285 | 688 | 559 | 95 | 463 | 44 | 586 | 31 | 1 | 49 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Adams | 133 | 579 | 474 | 104 | 146 | 26 | 5 | 13 | 77 | 18 | 1 | 91 | 78 | .308 | .423 | .466 | .889 | 221 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jim Tyrone | 120 | 515 | 449 | 71 | 135 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 73 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 53 | .301 | .368 | .443 | .811 | 199 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||
Dave Rosello | 135 | 613 | 522 | 100 | 134 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 77 | 73 | .257 | .354 | .360 | .714 | 188 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
Ronnie Matney | 110 | 458 | 387 | 53 | 98 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 74 | 1 | 2 | 63 | 92 | .253 | .360 | .401 | .761 | 155 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
Rick Stelmaszek | 106 | 402 | 336 | 40 | 89 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 52 | .265 | .376 | .378 | .754 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
Gene Hiser | 72 | 318 | 272 | 50 | 87 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 36 | .320 | .394 | .441 | .835 | 120 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
Chris Ward | 86 | 375 | 316 | 41 | 87 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 33 | .275 | .378 | .424 | .802 | 134 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Jerry Tabb | 97 | 412 | 355 | 57 | 86 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 48 | .242 | .339 | .358 | .697 | 127 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
Adrian Garrett | 52 | 236 | 212 | 41 | 68 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 47 | .321 | .380 | .599 | .979 | 127 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Rick Oliver | 75 | 273 | 240 | 21 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 48 | .229 | .307 | .354 | .662 | 85 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
Joe Wallis | 34 | 138 | 120 | 22 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 19 | .333 | .409 | .592 | 1.000 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Julio González | 56 | 190 | 171 | 13 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 17 | .205 | .266 | .234 | .500 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Ron Dunn | 37 | 135 | 125 | 16 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 26 | .272 | .326 | .488 | .814 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joel Green | 50 | 138 | 114 | 19 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | .289 | .401 | .342 | .744 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Vic Harris | 32 | 149 | 132 | 23 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 31 | .242 | .320 | .311 | .630 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
William Huisman | 38 | 135 | 120 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | .233 | .313 | .317 | .630 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Steven Haug | 50 | 138 | 119 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 28 | .160 | .237 | .193 | .430 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Matt Alexander | 7 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .250 | .351 | .438 | .789 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Droege | 12 | 45 | 41 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .195 | .250 | .244 | .494 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Steve Swisher | 7 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .286 | .516 | .857 | 1.373 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Herb Hutson | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Hiatt | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1340 | 5321 | 4561 | 708 | 1228 | 226 | 39 | 102 | 657 | 61 | 22 | 637 | 724 | .269 | .361 | .403 | .764 | 1838 | 0 | 40 | 38 | 45 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Tabb | 1B | 86 | 785 | 49 | 10 | 88 | .988 | 9.698 | ||||
Ronnie Matney | 1B | 56 | 414 | 15 | 4 | 55 | .991 | 7.661 | ||||
Steven Haug | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Adrian Garrett | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Ron Dunn | 1B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
Mike Adams | 2B | 79 | 172 | 250 | 10 | 57 | .977 | 5.342 | ||||
Julio González | 2B | 36 | 74 | 87 | 10 | 26 | .942 | 4.472 | ||||
William Huisman | 2B | 27 | 47 | 65 | 1 | 13 | .991 | 4.148 | ||||
Joel Green | 2B | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 6 | .952 | 3.333 | ||||
Ron Dunn | 2B | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
Rick Oliver | 3B | 65 | 51 | 110 | 22 | 15 | .880 | 2.477 | ||||
Ron Dunn | 3B | 23 | 14 | 42 | 4 | 10 | .933 | 2.435 | ||||
Julio González | 3B | 20 | 16 | 41 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 2.850 | ||||
Jim Tyrone | 3B | 16 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | .857 | 2.250 | ||||
Joel Green | 3B | 13 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | .816 | 2.385 | ||||
Mike Adams | 3B | 10 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 4 | .912 | 3.100 | ||||
William Huisman | 3B | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
Rick Stelmaszek | C | 99 | 469 | 35 | 10 | 6 | .981 | 5.091 | 10 | |||
Steven Haug | C | 49 | 203 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.449 | 3 | |||
Steve Swisher | C | 6 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 5.167 | 0 | |||
Jack Hiatt | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
Jim Tyrone | OF | 93 | 164 | 17 | 7 | 2 | .963 | 1.946 | ||||
Gene Hiser | OF | 70 | 172 | 10 | 4 | 3 | .978 | 2.600 | ||||
Chris Ward | OF | 64 | 115 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 1.859 | ||||
Mike Adams | OF | 38 | 74 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .962 | 2.026 | ||||
Adrian Garrett | OF | 35 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.743 | ||||
Joe Wallis | OF | 34 | 89 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 2.794 | ||||
Vic Harris | OF | 27 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 2.593 | ||||
Ronnie Matney | OF | 25 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.520 | ||||
Joel Green | OF | 16 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.875 | ||||
Bill Droege | OF | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.917 | ||||
Matt Alexander | OF | 7 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.714 | ||||
Rick Stelmaszek | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
Buddy Schultz | P | 47 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .255 | ||||
Eddie Watt | P | 44 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .958 | .523 | ||||
Paul Reuschel | P | 35 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .543 | ||||
Jim Kremmel | P | 34 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .917 | .647 | ||||
Herb Hutson | P | 30 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 4 | .970 | 1.067 | ||||
Willie Prall | P | 29 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .957 | .759 | ||||
Buddy Copeland | P | 27 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .929 | .963 | ||||
Vernon Temple | P | 18 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .611 | ||||
Bernie Beckman | P | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
Tom Dettore | P | 13 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.385 | ||||
Milt Wilcox | P | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.875 | ||||
Eddie Solomon | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Darrell Turner | P | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
Ronnie Matney | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
George Manz | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Gary Junge | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Ken Crosby | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Mike Weiss | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Dave Rosello | SS | 135 | 225 | 435 | 32 | 85 | .954 | 4.889 | ||||
Joel Green | SS | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
William Huisman | SS | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
Ron Dunn | SS | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
Totals | 1496 | 3492 | 1453 | 157 | 414 | .969 | 3.305 | 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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