1974 Waterbury Dodgers Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 64-72
Finished 3rd in the EL's American Division
Manager: Don LeJohn (64-72)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Waterbury, Connecticut
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 54,506, Avg. 802

1974 Waterbury Dodgers Roster

The Waterbury Dodgers of the Eastern League ended the 1974 season with a record of 64 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the league's American Division.

The Dodgers plated 526 runs and allowed 612 runs. Cleo Smith paced Waterbury with 15 home runs and drove in 73 runs. Joe Simpson led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .298 clip. Robert Mestek and Wayne Miller topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Wayne Miller recorded a 2.9 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Mike Dimmel, Joe Simpson, Milt Ramírez, Lance Rautzhan, John Hale, Dennis Lewallyn and Glenn Burke were all players from the 1974 Waterbury Dodgers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Don LeJohn 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
Robert Mestek	10	7	.588	3.94	27	24		3	1	0	144.0	161	78	63	5	53	3	92	2	0	12
Wayne Miller	10	8	.556	2.90	26	15		7	0	2	124.0	116	46	40	9	37	3	56	3	0	4
James Van Der Beek	7	4	.636	3.77	32	8		4	1	0	98.0	91	54	41	8	62	9	76	0	0	5
Bob Lesslie	7	9	.438	3.38	23	20		6	1	0	133.0	135	75	50	11	44	1	67	1	0	4
Dennis Lewallyn	7	10	.412	4.30	27	23		8	1	0	138.0	140	76	66	10	43	2	75	3	0	7
Lance Rautzhan	7	11	.389	3.24	25	25		6	0	0	164.0	161	78	59	8	57	3	68	5	0	4
Donald Standley	4	4	.500	2.83	42	0		0	0	10	70.0	52	27	22	3	33	10	32	1	0	4
James Allen	3	3	.500	2.32	22	0		0	0	3	31.0	27	11	8	2	25	3	29	0	0	1
Dewey Forry	3	5	.375	3.91	37	0		0	0	1	69.0	74	45	30	7	42	6	43	2	0	8
Steven O'Brien	2	1	.667	6.56	19	4		0	0	0	48.0	48	39	35	4	25	4	36	1	0	6
David Lanfair	2	8	.200	5.95	21	13		1	1	0	62.0	80	57	41	4	49	1	25	2	1	3
John Snider	1	0	1.000	4.15	8	0		0	0	0	13.0	11	7	6	1	14	1	4	0	0	1
Ed Carroll	1	2	.333	4.85	6	4		0	0	0	26.0	22	19	14	1	25	1	20	1	0	1
Totals	64	72	.471	3.82	315	136	0	35	5	16	1120.0	1118	612	475	73	509	47	623	21	1	60	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
Joe Simpson	117	488	406	59	121	18	6	1	30	18	18	76	46	.298	.405	.379	.784	154		0	1	5
Cleo Smith	133	519	455	69	121	33	1	15	73	0	1	54	85	.266	.355	.442	.796	201		9	0	1
Thad Philyaw	120	452	417	60	104	17	3	13	42	3	2	29	79	.249	.304	.398	.702	166		4	1	1
John Hale	117	446	377	49	102	14	9	8	51	15	5	60	85	.271	.372	.419	.791	158		4	0	5
Steve Patchin	112	417	360	48	101	15	4	7	47	0	3	48	36	.281	.367	.403	.769	145		2	5	2
Robert Cummings	108	400	336	44	80	15	2	1	25	13	1	53	38	.238	.342	.304	.645	102		1	8	2
Tim Steele	50	272	231	36	71	18	1	2	37	1	5	36	36	.307	.402	.420	.822	97		2	1	2
Jim Riggleman	80	285	252	29	67	13	1	8	41	1	2	25	56	.266	.344	.421	.765	106		5	3	0
Milt Ramírez	74	248	228	17	46	2	0	1	12	0	1	13	15	.202	.242	.224	.465	51		0	4	3
Terry Collins	86	289	230	28	46	3	2	1	23	2	3	46	42	.200	.337	.243	.580	56		3	7	3
Glenn Burke	51	169	153	19	38	5	2	1	14	9	5	12	31	.248	.305	.327	.632	50		1	2	1
Dennis Haren	54	149	122	15	23	3	0	3	14	0	0	25	42	.189	.322	.287	.609	35		0	0	2
Mike Dimmel	18	82	75	13	20	2	3	1	8	4	2	6	13	.267	.321	.413	.734	31		0	1	0
John Snider	39	94	84	6	20	2	0	0	14	1	0	6	9	.238	.298	.262	.560	22		2	0	2
Gene Cook	28	85	73	4	18	0	0	0	6	0	0	9	13	.247	.341	.247	.588	18		2	0	1
Marvin Webb	16	76	71	9	16	5	0	0	6	1	1	4	6	.225	.263	.296	.559	21		0	0	1
Wayne Miller	32	52	43	6	9	1	0	0	1	2	0	6	8	.209	.306	.233	.539	10		0	3	0
William Meyer	14	35	30	3	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	3	.233	.343	.267	.610	8		0	0	0
Dennis Lewallyn	28	51	48	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	.125	.125	.125	.250	6		0	3	0
Donald Standley	42	13	12	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.333	.583	4		0	1	0
Bob Lesslie	23	48	42	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	23	.071	.133	.119	.252	5		1	3	0
Ed Carroll	6	10	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.333	.633	3		0	0	0
James Van Der Beek	32	30	25	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	11	.080	.179	.080	.259	2		0	2	0
Robert Mestek	28	57	46	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	30	.043	.167	.065	.232	3		1	3	1
Lance Rautzhan	25	62	55	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	31	.036	.102	.036	.138	2		0	3	0
Steven O'Brien	19	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200	1		0	0	0
David Lanfair	21	17	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.062	.062	.062	.125	1		0	1	0
Dewey Forry	37	15	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	.133	.000	.133	0		0	0	0
James Allen	22	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0
Totals	1532	4878	4225	526	1032	170	35	62	457	70	49	532	780	.244	.332	.345	.677	1458	0	37	52	32	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Cleo Smith	1B	84	745	70	10	59	.988	9.702
Tim Steele	1B	42	366	13	6	35	.984	9.024
John Hale	1B	13	118	10	2	9	.985	9.846
Terry Collins	2B	59	114	178	6	30	.980	4.949
Jim Riggleman	2B	49	141	141	16	38	.946	5.755
Gene Cook	2B	19	36	51	5	7	.946	4.579
John Snider	2B	9	15	30	7	1	.865	5.000
Robert Cummings	3B	77	47	162	17	12	.925	2.714
Cleo Smith	3B	39	21	53	15	0	.831	1.897
Jim Riggleman	3B	19	18	34	4	2	.929	2.737
John Snider	3B	11	4	30	2	1	.944	3.091
William Meyer	3B	8	7	22	2	1	.935	3.625
Steve Patchin	C	104	524	73	12	11	.980	5.740	22
Dennis Haren	C	35	172	18	2	3	.990	5.429	6
Joe Simpson	OF	112	256	16	14	3	.951	2.429
Thad Philyaw	OF	109	142	5	5	0	.967	1.349
John Hale	OF	101	175	9	9	2	.953	1.822
Glenn Burke	OF	41	65	1	2	0	.971	1.610
Tim Steele	OF	25	39	2	2	0	.953	1.640
Mike Dimmel	OF	18	41	4	1	0	.978	2.500
Cleo Smith	OF	7	10	1	0	0	1.000	1.571
Steve Patchin	OF	5	12	0	1	0	.923	2.400
Robert Cummings	OF	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Donald Standley	P	42	5	17	1	2	.957	.524
Dewey Forry	P	37	3	13	3	0	.842	.432
James Van Der Beek	P	32	8	15	2	0	.920	.719
Robert Mestek	P	27	10	23	1	0	.971	1.222
Dennis Lewallyn	P	27	12	27	3	0	.929	1.444
Wayne Miller	P	26	9	21	0	3	1.000	1.154
Lance Rautzhan	P	25	15	37	0	2	1.000	2.080
Bob Lesslie	P	23	7	16	3	0	.885	1.000
James Allen	P	22	1	2	1	1	.750	.136
David Lanfair	P	21	4	7	2	1	.846	.524
Steven O'Brien	P	19	2	7	0	2	1.000	.474
John Snider	P	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	.125
Ed Carroll	P	6	0	6	1	0	.857	1.000
Milt Ramírez	SS	74	111	224	29	46	.920	4.527
Robert Cummings	SS	29	50	94	16	14	.900	4.966
Terry Collins	SS	25	30	65	5	10	.950	3.800
Marvin Webb	SS	16	30	58	6	10	.936	5.500
Totals		1446	3365	1556	214	305	.958	3.403	28	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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