1972 Walla Walla Islanders Statistics
Team Record: 41-39
Finished 1st in the NWL's South Division
Manager: Jack Spring (41-39)
Location: Walla Walla, Washington
Ballpark: Borleske Stadium
Attendance: 37,604, Avg. 940
The Walla Walla Islanders of the Northwest League ended the 1972 season with a record of 41 wins and 39 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division. Walla Walla was the farm team of Hawaii of the Pacific Coast League.
The Islanders topped the league with just 366 runs allowed. Walla Walla scored 381 runs. Dean Joost drove in 47 runs. Jim VanWyck led batters with significant playing time with a .291 average. Christian Hanson paced the team with 9 wins, while David Paynter recorded a 2.95 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Jack Spring 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Hanson | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.33 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 108.0 | 108 | 59 | 40 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 117 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| David Paynter | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.95 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 131.0 | 116 | 52 | 43 | 5 | 50 | 4 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Craig Lown | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.21 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 76.0 | 76 | 51 | 44 | 5 | 44 | 1 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kenny Roberts | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.00 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 70 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| James Emery | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.36 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 64.0 | 49 | 35 | 31 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jerry Johnson | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.78 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 88 | 42 | 34 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Vaught | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.73 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Byron Riggs | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Dunkelberger | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.67 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Kowalik | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Foster | 0 | 6 | .000 | 3.78 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 50.0 | 58 | 33 | 21 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 40 | 37 | .519 | 3.69 | 145 | 79 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 12 | 642.0 | 620 | 339 | 263 | 34 | 317 | 12 | 586 | 20 | 1 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim VanWyck | 78 | 351 | 289 | 61 | 84 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 56 | 25 | .291 | .406 | .356 | .763 | 103 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Curt Daniels | 78 | 318 | 278 | 39 | 71 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 44 | .255 | .323 | .324 | .646 | 90 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Dean Joost | 71 | 292 | 248 | 41 | 64 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 53 | .258 | .363 | .407 | .770 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rudolph Sgontz | 67 | 251 | 231 | 21 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 49 | .234 | .285 | .342 | .627 | 79 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Barry Moss | 73 | 260 | 222 | 29 | 47 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 59 | .212 | .324 | .297 | .622 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jyoji Sekiguchi | 54 | 174 | 133 | 24 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 37 | 33 | .233 | .410 | .301 | .711 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Deblon | 62 | 210 | 156 | 24 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 35 | .199 | .383 | .256 | .640 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Yuki Suzuki | 54 | 174 | 143 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 46 | .196 | .339 | .280 | .619 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Rupcich | 47 | 167 | 141 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 39 | .191 | .313 | .298 | .611 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kurt Russell | 29 | 91 | 77 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | .325 | .389 | .377 | .766 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tom Trebelhorn | 42 | 146 | 124 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 13 | .202 | .322 | .306 | .628 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Emery | 18 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .625 | .625 | 1.000 | 1.625 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Paynter | 17 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .217 | .308 | .217 | .525 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Sehnem | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .556 | .500 | 1.056 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christian Hanson | 19 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .182 | .240 | .182 | .422 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Robert Peterson | 6 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .130 | .231 | .304 | .535 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Dunkelberger | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .400 | .625 | .400 | 1.025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Foster | 30 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kenny Roberts | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .143 | .400 | .143 | .543 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Johnson | 13 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Craig Lown | 12 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Byron Riggs | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Vaught | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 801 | 2598 | 2178 | 328 | 514 | 81 | 16 | 25 | 282 | 44 | 20 | 353 | 449 | .236 | .347 | .322 | .669 | 702 | 0 | 24 | 28 | 15 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Moss | 1B | 25 | 190 | 11 | 8 | 12 | .962 | 8.040 | ||||
| Yuki Suzuki | 1B | 24 | 157 | 11 | 4 | 12 | .977 | 7.000 | ||||
| Curt Daniels | 2B | 67 | 145 | 165 | 11 | 29 | .966 | 4.627 | ||||
| Kurt Russell | 2B | 14 | 15 | 34 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jim VanWyck | 2B | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Dean Joost | 3B | 67 | 49 | 121 | 16 | 7 | .914 | 2.537 | ||||
| Rudolph Sgontz | 3B | 15 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.467 | ||||
| Mike Rupcich | C | 43 | 302 | 46 | 8 | 2 | .978 | 8.093 | 9 | |||
| Tom Trebelhorn | C | 37 | 272 | 19 | 4 | 3 | .986 | 7.865 | 7 | |||
| Rudolph Sgontz | C | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | |||
| Rudolph Sgontz | OF | 47 | 68 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .972 | 1.489 | ||||
| Gerald Deblon | OF | 46 | 78 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 1.783 | ||||
| Barry Moss | OF | 38 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 1.895 | ||||
| Jyoji Sekiguchi | OF | 37 | 58 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .952 | 1.622 | ||||
| Yuki Suzuki | OF | 19 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 1.737 | ||||
| Robert Peterson | OF | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dean Joost | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Curt Daniels | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Foster | P | 30 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| James Emery | P | 18 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .611 | ||||
| David Paynter | P | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .706 | ||||
| Christian Hanson | P | 16 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 1.188 | ||||
| Kenny Roberts | P | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .923 | ||||
| Michael Kowalik | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Johnson | P | 13 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Craig Lown | P | 12 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 1.833 | ||||
| Robert Vaught | P | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Gary Dunkelberger | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| Byron Riggs | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim VanWyck | SS | 77 | 140 | 183 | 19 | 32 | .944 | 4.195 | ||||
| Jyoji Sekiguchi | SS | 6 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 718 | 1626 | 745 | 96 | 117 | .961 | 3.302 | 16 | 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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