1971 Watertown Expos Statistics
Northern League (NL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 30-40
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: Bob Oldis (30-40)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Watertown, South Dakota
Ballpark: Watertown Stadium
Attendance: 8,825, Avg. 252
1971 Watertown Expos RosterTeam Record: 30-40
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: Bob Oldis (30-40)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Watertown, South Dakota
Ballpark: Watertown Stadium
Attendance: 8,825, Avg. 252
The Watertown Expos of the Northern League ended the 1971 season with a record of 30 wins and 40 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Expos plated 426 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 539 runs, most in the circuit. Cannon Smith drove in 45 runs. Larry Lintz led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .280. Dan Warthen topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 3.96 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1971 Watertown Expos who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dan Warthen, Larry Lintz and Don Hopkins.
Bob Oldis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Warthen | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.96 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 109.0 | 109 | 64 | 48 | 9 | 49 | 0 | 101 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Michael Lynch | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.87 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 91 | 87 | 58 | 7 | 91 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Buzz Patterson | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6.91 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43.0 | 54 | 51 | 33 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Stephen Fuller | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.23 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 75 | 66 | 43 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Luis Rivera | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.00 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Les Lisowski | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.86 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Carey | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Lyle Madison | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.78 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32.0 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steven Ayers | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.49 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Michael Scherer | 1 | 10 | .091 | 5.28 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 98 | 75 | 51 | 10 | 52 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Glenn Vickery | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Leonard Yonkman | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Al Habelman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.92 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 20 | 33 | 23 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Robert Patin | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9.00 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 45 | 48 | 38 | 5 | 38 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 30 | 40 | .429 | 5.98 | 147 | 71 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 594.0 | 627 | 539 | 395 | 61 | 450 | 3 | 444 | 48 | 4 | 74 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Lintz | 65 | 296 | 207 | 64 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 87 | 48 | .280 | .495 | .362 | .857 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Otto Kemper | 70 | 314 | 253 | 33 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 57 | 37 | .217 | .361 | .281 | .642 | 71 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Wallace Wright | 53 | 233 | 204 | 32 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 45 | .265 | .349 | .343 | .692 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cannon Smith | 69 | 296 | 225 | 48 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 67 | 79 | .236 | .409 | .378 | .787 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Roy Mullinax | 54 | 216 | 184 | 32 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 68 | .217 | .319 | .418 | .738 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Sam Viney | 46 | 191 | 139 | 29 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 49 | 51 | .281 | .471 | .475 | .946 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Liebeck | 41 | 195 | 150 | 38 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 43 | 49 | .260 | .426 | .427 | .852 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Don Hopkins | 55 | 215 | 191 | 35 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 39 | 9 | 18 | 64 | .204 | .283 | .225 | .508 | 43 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Eliseo Pompa | 30 | 123 | 98 | 19 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 23 | .306 | .393 | .388 | .781 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Stanley Todd | 46 | 160 | 131 | 19 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 42 | .198 | .327 | .305 | .632 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Frank Hale | 34 | 139 | 102 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 26 | .225 | .432 | .461 | .892 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Hayes | 33 | 93 | 76 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 19 | .263 | .398 | .316 | .714 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Scherer | 15 | 37 | 35 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .314 | .351 | .371 | .723 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Lynch | 13 | 40 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .212 | .316 | .273 | .589 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Harry Conlan | 13 | 43 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .184 | .279 | .211 | .490 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russell McKee | 18 | 51 | 45 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .156 | .255 | .489 | .744 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Gurniak | 23 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | .171 | .275 | .257 | .532 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Fuller | 15 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .200 | .286 | .240 | .526 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steven Ayers | 8 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .286 | .444 | .286 | .730 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Warthen | 14 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .103 | .186 | .103 | .289 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buzz Patterson | 18 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Vickery | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Rivera | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .200 | .500 | .200 | .700 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lyle Madison | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .200 | .500 | .200 | .700 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Lisowski | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Schlosser | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Habelman | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Patin | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Carey | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leonard Yonkman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 802 | 2834 | 2269 | 427 | 533 | 81 | 15 | 46 | 339 | 127 | 34 | 514 | 675 | .235 | .377 | .345 | .722 | 782 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon Smith | 1B | 68 | 585 | 34 | 19 | 50 | .970 | 9.103 | ||||
| Frank Hale | 1B | 7 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .987 | 1.571 | ||||
| Otto Kemper | 2B | 70 | 126 | 196 | 19 | 42 | .944 | 4.600 | ||||
| Eliseo Pompa | 2B | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 5.000 | ||||
| Wallace Wright | 3B | 52 | 59 | 108 | 19 | 9 | .898 | 3.212 | ||||
| Frank Hale | 3B | 16 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 4 | .868 | 2.062 | ||||
| Roy Mullinax | 3B | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.250 | ||||
| Stanley Todd | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Stanley Todd | C | 39 | 220 | 33 | 5 | 2 | .981 | 6.487 | 27 | |||
| Pete Hayes | C | 24 | 128 | 14 | 9 | 1 | .940 | 5.917 | 7 | |||
| Frank Hale | C | 10 | 56 | 10 | 7 | 0 | .904 | 6.600 | 2 | |||
| Don Gurniak | C | 8 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 7.125 | 1 | |||
| Wayne Schlosser | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | ||||
| Roy Mullinax | OF | 48 | 54 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .886 | 1.292 | ||||
| Don Hopkins | OF | 48 | 63 | 7 | 13 | 2 | .843 | 1.458 | ||||
| Sam Viney | OF | 42 | 62 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .945 | 1.643 | ||||
| Michael Liebeck | OF | 38 | 68 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .972 | 1.842 | ||||
| Eliseo Pompa | OF | 21 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.524 | ||||
| Russell McKee | OF | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.462 | ||||
| Harry Conlan | OF | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.091 | ||||
| Buzz Patterson | P | 18 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Lyle Madison | P | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .500 | ||||
| Robert Patin | P | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Dan Warthen | P | 14 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 1.286 | ||||
| Michael Scherer | P | 14 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Luis Rivera | P | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Stephen Fuller | P | 14 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Lynch | P | 13 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 0 | .892 | 2.538 | ||||
| Les Lisowski | P | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Al Habelman | P | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| Steven Ayers | P | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .778 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Carey | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Leonard Yonkman | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Glenn Vickery | P | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Larry Lintz | SS | 64 | 126 | 196 | 25 | 43 | .928 | 5.031 | ||||
| Eliseo Pompa | SS | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | .792 | 3.167 | ||||
| Michael Liebeck | SS | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Wallace Wright | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 745 | 1782 | 819 | 171 | 176 | .938 | 3.491 | 38 | 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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