1973 Winston-Salem Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 77-62
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Bill Slack (77-62)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Ballpark: Ernie Shore Stadium (Field)
Attendance: 30,235, Avg. 435
Playoffs - Winston-Salem Red Sox 3 games, Lynchburg Twins 2
The Winston-Salem Red Sox of the Carolina League ended the 1973 season with a record of 77 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the CL.
The Red Sox scored 640 runs and allowed 572 runs. Chuck Erickson led Winston-Salem with 16 home runs and accounted for 101 RBI, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .296 average. Stephen Foran topped the squad with 13 wins, and Bill Moran recorded a 2.73 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Jim Wright, Jack Baker, John LaRose, Ernie Whitt, Butch Hobson, Bill Moran, Rick Kreuger and Steve Dillard were all players from the 1973 Winston-Salem Red Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.
Bill Slack 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Foran | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.77 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 179.0 | 193 | 89 | 75 | 13 | 61 | 2 | 148 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Bill Moran | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.73 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 158.0 | 126 | 57 | 48 | 7 | 56 | 1 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Barry Sbragia | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.69 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 87.0 | 75 | 35 | 26 | 2 | 35 | 4 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rick Kreuger | 8 | 6 | .571 | 1.58 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 74.0 | 61 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Wright | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.07 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 126.0 | 117 | 64 | 43 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 103 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Keith Scruggs | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.79 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121.0 | 129 | 58 | 51 | 8 | 37 | 3 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bill Kouns | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.97 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 77 | 37 | 29 | 1 | 56 | 5 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jerry Spencer | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.60 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 105.0 | 107 | 47 | 42 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| John LaRose | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.55 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 87.0 | 98 | 57 | 44 | 6 | 49 | 1 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dale Bjerke | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.18 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 71.0 | 70 | 37 | 33 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Jose Caldera | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.94 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 33 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mark Kleibl | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Eduardo Benitez | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Vosk | 0 | 2 | .000 | 15.75 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 61 | .558 | 3.41 | 312 | 137 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 26 | 1131.0 | 1097 | 532 | 428 | 58 | 443 | 28 | 784 | 28 | 4 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Dillard | 132 | 576 | 516 | 84 | 144 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 43 | 12 | 49 | 55 | .279 | .339 | .390 | .729 | 201 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Erickson | 135 | 544 | 480 | 72 | 142 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 101 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 58 | .296 | .365 | .440 | .805 | 211 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Al Ryan | 131 | 575 | 476 | 94 | 134 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 52 | 17 | 85 | 65 | .282 | .394 | .321 | .715 | 153 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Anthony McLin | 135 | 572 | 527 | 80 | 131 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 56 | 30 | 9 | 30 | 46 | .249 | .292 | .355 | .647 | 187 | 6 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Ernie Whitt | 130 | 499 | 424 | 63 | 123 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 4 | 60 | 31 | .290 | .376 | .366 | .742 | 155 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Milt Jefferson | 111 | 405 | 366 | 44 | 99 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 59 | .270 | .327 | .418 | .745 | 153 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Henry Baker | 100 | 371 | 329 | 46 | 87 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 19 | 8 | 33 | 71 | .264 | .333 | .331 | .665 | 109 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Jack Baker | 84 | 286 | 235 | 29 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 74 | .247 | .378 | .404 | .782 | 95 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lanny Phillips | 56 | 206 | 179 | 19 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 18 | .274 | .351 | .374 | .726 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Anthony Leopaldi | 56 | 186 | 160 | 20 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 32 | .244 | .328 | .319 | .647 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| James Morris | 88 | 221 | 187 | 28 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 29 | 44 | .182 | .295 | .198 | .493 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Michael Bennett | 50 | 145 | 120 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 30 | .258 | .373 | .367 | .740 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Foran | 33 | 73 | 57 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .211 | .281 | .263 | .544 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Spencer | 22 | 46 | 42 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .238 | .256 | .286 | .542 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Kouns | 15 | 36 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .265 | .306 | .353 | .658 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butch Hobson | 17 | 53 | 39 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | .179 | .396 | .282 | .678 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Scruggs | 23 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .163 | .159 | .256 | .415 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bill Moran | 30 | 62 | 51 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .137 | .185 | .157 | .342 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| John LaRose | 23 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Gary Myers | 17 | 43 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .125 | .163 | .275 | .438 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Barry Sbragia | 47 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .143 | .182 | .286 | .468 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rick Kreuger | 16 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jim Wright | 35 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .059 | .158 | .059 | .217 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jim Vosk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Bjerke | 35 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .000 | .176 | .000 | .176 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jose Caldera | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1537 | 5096 | 4431 | 633 | 1143 | 167 | 24 | 68 | 564 | 174 | 64 | 513 | 719 | .258 | .336 | .353 | .689 | 1562 | 0 | 34 | 68 | 50 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Baker | 1B | 74 | 622 | 42 | 7 | 64 | .990 | 8.973 | ||||
| Chuck Erickson | 1B | 41 | 316 | 26 | 4 | 28 | .988 | 8.341 | ||||
| Ernie Whitt | 1B | 24 | 173 | 14 | 3 | 18 | .984 | 7.792 | ||||
| Milt Jefferson | 1B | 7 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .984 | 8.857 | ||||
| Henry Baker | 1B | 6 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .946 | 5.833 | ||||
| Al Ryan | 2B | 130 | 317 | 364 | 23 | 83 | .967 | 5.238 | ||||
| James Morris | 2B | 13 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 4.615 | ||||
| Milt Jefferson | 3B | 99 | 78 | 178 | 27 | 17 | .905 | 2.586 | ||||
| Lanny Phillips | 3B | 26 | 19 | 50 | 7 | 2 | .908 | 2.654 | ||||
| James Morris | 3B | 25 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 3 | .886 | 1.560 | ||||
| Butch Hobson | 3B | 8 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.750 | ||||
| Chuck Erickson | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ernie Whitt | C | 81 | 480 | 54 | 10 | 7 | .982 | 6.593 | 16 | |||
| Chuck Erickson | C | 63 | 373 | 29 | 14 | 2 | .966 | 6.381 | 10 | |||
| Anthony McLin | OF | 134 | 243 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .988 | 1.896 | ||||
| Henry Baker | OF | 84 | 110 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .983 | 1.357 | ||||
| Anthony Leopaldi | OF | 46 | 105 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 2.326 | ||||
| Chuck Erickson | OF | 44 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .948 | 1.250 | ||||
| Michael Bennett | OF | 42 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .969 | 1.500 | ||||
| Lanny Phillips | OF | 32 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Ernie Whitt | OF | 30 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 1.167 | ||||
| James Morris | OF | 22 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Gary Myers | OF | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.273 | ||||
| Butch Hobson | OF | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Dillard | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Barry Sbragia | P | 47 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .929 | .553 | ||||
| Jim Wright | P | 35 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .850 | .486 | ||||
| Dale Bjerke | P | 35 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Bill Moran | P | 30 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 3 | .868 | 1.100 | ||||
| Stephen Foran | P | 30 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 1.033 | ||||
| Keith Scruggs | P | 23 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 1.000 | ||||
| John LaRose | P | 23 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .857 | .783 | ||||
| Jerry Spencer | P | 22 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.227 | ||||
| Mark Kleibl | P | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rick Kreuger | P | 16 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.062 | ||||
| Bill Kouns | P | 14 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jose Caldera | P | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .538 | ||||
| Eduardo Benitez | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Vosk | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Steve Dillard | SS | 130 | 213 | 428 | 43 | 77 | .937 | 4.931 | ||||
| James Morris | SS | 14 | 16 | 28 | 4 | 7 | .917 | 3.143 | ||||
| Totals | 1506 | 3496 | 1492 | 195 | 347 | .962 | 3.312 | 26 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
