1973 Walla Walla Padres Statistics
Team Record: 51-29
Finished 1st in the NWL's North Division
Manager: Cliff Ditto (51-29)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Walla Walla, Washington
Ballpark: Borleske Stadium
Attendance: 33,259, Avg. 831
The Walla Walla Padres of the Northwest League ended the 1973 season with a record of 51 wins and 29 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Padres scored 404 runs, most in the league. Walla Walla conceded 268 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Jerry Stone and Gary Walls led the team with 10 home runs apiece. Melvin Gomez drove in 52 runs. Mike Dupree paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .351 clip. John McAllen and Mike Allen topped the squad with 9 wins each, while Mike Allen recorded a 1.72 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1973 Walla Walla Padres who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Champion, Mike Dupree and Joe McIntosh.
Cliff Ditto 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McAllen | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.97 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 106.0 | 100 | 42 | 35 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Allen | 9 | 3 | .750 | 1.72 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 115.0 | 82 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 44 | 0 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Jay Smith | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.84 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 111.0 | 94 | 44 | 35 | 7 | 28 | 3 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Joe McIntosh | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.44 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 107.0 | 93 | 37 | 29 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Gregory Zail | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.35 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 53 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dan Shaw | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.38 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 47 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Hefftner | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.80 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 45.0 | 33 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wendell Stephens | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.16 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38.0 | 45 | 33 | 26 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Nathaniel Harmon | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Fred Seibly | 0 | 0 | 45.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Edward Arkema | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.07 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 51 | 29 | .638 | 2.98 | 128 | 80 | 0 | 45 | 10 | 9 | 670.0 | 578 | 268 | 222 | 38 | 291 | 3 | 575 | 17 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Dupree | 77 | 332 | 291 | 48 | 102 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 32 | .351 | .423 | .440 | .863 | 128 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mike Champion | 66 | 293 | 268 | 49 | 74 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 41 | .276 | .325 | .369 | .695 | 99 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Scott Brown | 74 | 321 | 279 | 41 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 22 | .247 | .330 | .326 | .656 | 91 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Melvin Gomez | 68 | 278 | 256 | 36 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 52 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 58 | .258 | .288 | .359 | .647 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Jerry Stone | 77 | 326 | 240 | 50 | 65 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 51 | .271 | .454 | .479 | .933 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Walls | 74 | 290 | 252 | 31 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 43 | .258 | .339 | .409 | .748 | 103 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Robert Polock | 72 | 316 | 269 | 49 | 61 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 37 | 20 | .227 | .327 | .279 | .606 | 75 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Gary Phillips | 74 | 283 | 228 | 37 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 64 | .197 | .351 | .276 | .627 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dwight Adams | 33 | 117 | 109 | 14 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 27 | .257 | .291 | .303 | .593 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Charles Brown | 49 | 156 | 136 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 38 | .184 | .277 | .221 | .498 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sterling Roux | 26 | 78 | 68 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .221 | .308 | .353 | .661 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dale Torcato | 22 | 77 | 69 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .188 | .240 | .290 | .530 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John McAllen | 16 | 45 | 38 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .316 | .357 | .368 | .726 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Joe McIntosh | 14 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .353 | .400 | .353 | .753 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Peter Cusick | 12 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .100 | .206 | .300 | .506 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Smith | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Shaw | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Arkema | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nathaniel Harmon | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Hefftner | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 817 | 2974 | 2558 | 402 | 650 | 93 | 14 | 44 | 344 | 72 | 23 | 345 | 440 | .254 | .344 | .353 | .697 | 903 | 0 | 20 | 23 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Brown | 1B | 74 | 614 | 32 | 10 | 44 | .985 | 8.730 | ||||
| Gary Walls | 1B | 6 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 7.167 | ||||
| Robert Polock | 2B | 72 | 146 | 184 | 10 | 39 | .971 | 4.583 | ||||
| Mike Dupree | 2B | 7 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 6 | .923 | 5.143 | ||||
| Gary Walls | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Dupree | 3B | 58 | 53 | 124 | 12 | 13 | .937 | 3.052 | ||||
| Dale Torcato | 3B | 22 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 2 | .850 | 2.318 | ||||
| Jerry Stone | C | 60 | 444 | 66 | 3 | 6 | .994 | 8.500 | 10 | |||
| Sterling Roux | C | 14 | 78 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .943 | 5.929 | 0 | |||
| Peter Cusick | C | 8 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 7.750 | 4 | |||
| Dwight Adams | C | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 1 | |||
| Gary Phillips | OF | 74 | 92 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .962 | 1.365 | ||||
| Melvin Gomez | OF | 67 | 143 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .968 | 2.284 | ||||
| Gary Walls | OF | 56 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .954 | 1.107 | ||||
| Charles Brown | OF | 31 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .895 | 1.097 | ||||
| Mike Dupree | OF | 12 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.833 | ||||
| Dwight Adams | OF | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Sterling Roux | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Nathaniel Harmon | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Hefftner | P | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .381 | ||||
| John McAllen | P | 16 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .962 | 1.562 | ||||
| Jay Smith | P | 15 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .929 | .867 | ||||
| Wendell Stephens | P | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .286 | ||||
| Joe McIntosh | P | 14 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.571 | ||||
| Mike Allen | P | 14 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gregory Zail | P | 10 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 2.600 | ||||
| Nathaniel Harmon | P | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .444 | ||||
| Dan Shaw | P | 8 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .875 | ||||
| Edward Arkema | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Fred Seibly | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Champion | SS | 66 | 95 | 165 | 27 | 22 | .906 | 3.939 | ||||
| Gary Walls | SS | 15 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 4 | .889 | 3.200 | ||||
| Totals | 787 | 1994 | 795 | 113 | 154 | .961 | 3.544 | 15 | 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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