1971 White Sox Statistics

Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 30-22
Finished 2nd in the GCL
Manager: Joe Jones (30-22)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Sarasota, Florida

1971 White Sox Roster

The White Sox of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1971 season with a record of 30 wins and 22 losses, finishing second in the GCL.

The White Sox scored 235 runs and allowed 181 runs. Bobby Bridges led all regular batters by connecting at a .299 clip. Eddie Holly and Kurt Best topped the team with 6 wins each, while Paul Sands recorded a 1.89 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Jeff Holly and Mike Buskey both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Joe Jones 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
Kurt Best	6	3	.667	2.59	11	8		3	2	0	59.0	60	31	17	1	15	0	38	2	1	4
Eddie Holly	6	4	.600	3.75	15	3		0	0	1	48.0	44	29	20	0	25	2	38	3	1	2
Craig Lown	4	1	.800	2.41	11	11		3	1	0	71.0	55	24	19	2	34	0	51	5	0	2
Michael Byrne	4	2	.667	2.15	15	4		1	0	1	46.0	39	12	11	0	14	0	46	5	0	1
Jeff Holly	3	0	1.000	1.00	7	7		1	1	0	36.0	29	5	4	0	8	0	31	1	0	0
Jim Davis	2	2	.500	3.60	11	8		0	0	0	40.0	32	25	16	1	45	0	17	2	1	8
Paul Sands	2	3	.400	1.89	11	8		1	0	0	57.0	46	24	12	1	22	1	38	3	1	6
Don Bolte	2	3	.400	2.70	22	0		0	0	6	40.0	37	20	12	0	25	1	28	2	0	3
Shelby Hill					1			0	0		0.0				0		0			0
Charles Roberts	0				1				0	0	0.0				0		0			0
Gregory Mathey	0	0		1.64	7	0		0	0	4	11.0	11	2	2	0	6	0	8	0	0	1
Robert McCauley	0	3	.000	0.75	11	1		0	0	5	24.0	20	6	2	0	7	0	30	0	0	2
Totals	29	21	.580	2.40	123	50	0	9	4	17	432.0	373	178	115	5	201	4	325	23	4	29	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 Buskey	46	206	179	27	53	5	0	0	16	10	2	18	16	.296	.361	.324	.685	58		2	4	3
Fred Norton	51	222	198	26	51	8	4	1	20	11	4	17	43	.258	.323	.354	.676	70		3	2	2
Bobby Bridges	43	182	164	23	49	8	1	0	18	4	1	13	17	.299	.348	.360	.708	59		1	1	3
John Friess	39	123	109	17	31	3	2	0	13	2	2	12	9	.284	.352	.349	.701	38		0	1	1
Robert Stolarick	41	138	115	15	26	5	3	2	16	2	4	20	21	.226	.336	.374	.710	43		0	1	2
Richard Belliston	40	118	99	11	24	7	3	0	14	4	0	14	23	.242	.336	.374	.710	37		1	2	2
Herbert Stepp	38	139	117	17	23	4	0	3	15	0	1	14	15	.197	.309	.308	.617	36		6	0	2
Terry Sanford	27	79	66	11	19	2	0	0	9	4	1	8	6	.288	.368	.318	.687	21		1	3	1
Emery Mitchell	37	123	95	17	19	2	1	0	12	4	1	20	22	.200	.350	.242	.592	23		4	0	4
Irv Zakheim	28	74	52	15	15	0	0	0	4	3	2	20	6	.288	.493	.288	.782	15		1	1	0
Jerry Vitatoe	27	93	70	12	13	2	1	0	7	2	3	20	13	.186	.366	.243	.608	17		1	0	2
Michael Reynolds	31	89	75	7	13	3	0	0	5	1	0	11	19	.173	.295	.213	.509	16		2	1	0
Gregory Mathey	26	52	43	5	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	7	10	.256	.353	.279	.632	12		0	1	1
Daniel Calhoun	30	47	41	11	10	2	0	0	3	5	1	5	15	.244	.319	.293	.612	12		0	0	1
Dan McDonough	10	31	26	3	8	2	0	0	4	1	1	5	4	.308	.419	.385	.804	10		0	0	0
Richard McConnell	14	22	20	2	6	1	2	0	4	0	0	2	4	.300	.364	.550	.914	11		0	0	0
Rey Santiago	24	44	36	3	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	6	11	.167	.286	.167	.452	6		0	2	0
Paul Sands	11	19	16	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.312	.421	.312	.734	5		0	0	0
Jeff Holly	7	14	14	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	.214	.214	.286	.500	4		0	0	0
Kurt Best	11	21	18	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	3		1	0	0
Michael Byrne	15	15	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.167	.231	.167	.397	2		0	2	0
Joseph Cook	5	12	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.100	.250	.100	.350	1		0	0	0
Don Bolte	22	17	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	.083	.312	.083	.396	1		0	1	0
Jim Davis	12	18	16	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.062	.118	.125	.243	2		0	1	0
Craig Lown	11	26	19	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	7	.053	.217	.158	.375	3		0	3	0
Dennis Vencel	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Eddie Holly	15	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	.000	.417	.000	.417	0		0	1	0
Robert McCauley	11	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	1	0
Totals	674	1943	1633	233	394	57	18	6	176	53	24	235	314	.241	.340	.309	.650	505	0	23	28	24	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Emery Mitchell	1B	37	254	17	7	26	.975	7.324
Rey Santiago	1B	24	113	7	1	9	.992	5.000
Richard Belliston	1B	12	67	3	0	4	1.000	5.833
Mike Buskey	2B	33	73	74	7	16	.955	4.455
Irv Zakheim	2B	19	37	48	8	10	.914	4.474
Richard Belliston	2B	4	14	11	1	3	.962	6.250
Herbert Stepp	3B	34	32	60	4	7	.958	2.706
Daniel Calhoun	3B	19	4	18	4	1	.846	1.158
Gregory Mathey	3B	11	13	14	4	0	.871	2.455
Michael Reynolds	C	29	150	28	4	3	.978	6.138	3
Richard Belliston	C	18	101	10	3	1	.974	6.167	3
Richard McConnell	C	10	19	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	3
Dan McDonough	C	9	42	4	3	0	.939	5.111	6
Joseph Cook	C	5	16	2	1	0	.947	3.600	1
Fred Norton	OF	51	86	7	8	2	.921	1.824
Robert Stolarick	OF	38	49	2	0	1	1.000	1.342
John Friess	OF	35	30	3	1	0	.971	.943
Terry Sanford	OF	23	36	2	3	1	.927	1.652
Jerry Vitatoe	OF	21	28	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Richard McConnell	OF	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Richard Belliston	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Don Bolte	P	22	3	5	3	0	.727	.364
Eddie Holly	P	15	3	3	0	1	1.000	.400
Michael Byrne	P	15	1	7	0	0	1.000	.533
Paul Sands	P	11	1	12	5	0	.722	1.182
Robert McCauley	P	11	2	2	0	0	1.000	.364
Craig Lown	P	11	2	17	1	3	.950	1.727
Jim Davis	P	11	4	11	2	0	.882	1.364
Kurt Best	P	11	2	9	1	0	.917	1.000
Gregory Mathey	P	7	2	2	1	0	.800	.571
Jeff Holly	P	7	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.143
Charles Roberts	P	1						.000
Shelby Hill	P	1						.000
Bobby Bridges	SS	41	78	114	18	24	.914	4.683
Mike Buskey	SS	13	26	32	8	9	.879	4.462
Dennis Vencel	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Daniel Calhoun	SS	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		615	1293	532	98	121	.949	2.967	16	0	0

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