1974 Winston-Salem Red Sox Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 76-61
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Bill Slack (76-61)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Ballpark: Ernie Shore Stadium (Field)
Attendance: 33,182, Avg. 484

1974 Winston-Salem Red Sox Roster

The Winston-Salem Red Sox of the Carolina League ended the 1974 season with a record of 76 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the CL.

The Red Sox plated 698 runs and yielded 596 runs. Milt Jefferson paced Winston-Salem with 16 home runs Butch Hobson drove in 74 runs. Michael Bennett topped batters with significant playing time with a .300 average. Don Aase led the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.43 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1974 Winston-Salem Red Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Butch Hobson, Luis Aponte, Don Aase, Andy Merchant, John LaRose and Allen Ripley.

Bill Slack 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
Don Aase	17	8	.680	2.43	32	30		18	4	2	230.0	185	72	62	9	84	8	176	2	2	2
Jose Caldera	13	9	.591	2.98	34	27		7	2	0	172.0	172	83	57	10	82	4	114	6	1	6
Jerry Spencer	11	7	.611	2.94	29	29		12	3	0	214.0	195	90	70	10	70	6	115	3	1	16
Roswell Brayton	10	8	.556	3.51	54	2		0	0	8	95.0	102	49	37	6	30	3	83	3	1	3
Allen Ripley	10	9	.526	3.49	28	25		9	1	0	170.0	166	87	66	8	73	5	114	1	2	7
Ronnie Sims	5	7	.417	6.99	26	16		1	1	0	85.0	101	74	66	11	76	0	61	0	0	7
Luis Aponte	3	1	.750	3.86	28	1		0	0	1	56.0	49	32	24	4	25	1	36	1	0	4
John Jones	2	2	.500	6.11	23	0		0	0	2	28.0	32	21	19	0	21	4	24	2	0	9
Jim Vosk	2	5	.286	5.90	27	1		0	0	0	58.0	64	45	38	5	50	2	44	4	0	8
Robert Klass	1	0	1.000	4.09	14	1		0	0	0	22.0	17	11	10	0	17	0	20	3	0	5
John LaRose	1	1	.500	5.14	8	4		0	0	1	21.0	26	13	12	3	11	2	13	0	0	1
James Lease	1	4	.200	7.71	16	1		0	0	1	21.0	26	19	18	0	11	2	16	1	0	2
Totals	76	61	.555	3.68	319	137	0	47	11	15	1172.0	1135	596	479	66	550	37	816	26	7	70	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
Michael Bennett	135	565	447	87	134	28	3	5	60	9	3	102	60	.300	.430	.409	.840	183	12	5	5	6	8
Charles Meyers	125	538	466	79	132	17	7	5	55	8	5	56	51	.283	.367	.382	.749	178	6	7	6	3	3
Joe Krsnich	122	492	410	80	120	17	8	1	54	4	5	71	62	.293	.396	.380	.777	156	6	2	5	4	5
Butch Hobson	119	471	423	66	120	18	8	14	74	2	2	39	75	.284	.348	.463	.811	196	11	4	2	3	2
Milt Jefferson	120	483	414	68	119	20	2	16	61	4	1	57	65	.287	.379	.461	.841	191	12	6	3	3	7
Andy Merchant	113	442	366	49	107	25	2	4	62	1	0	62	41	.292	.395	.404	.799	148	15	4	4	6	8
Ludwig Benedetti	109	464	408	57	101	13	3	0	46	10	9	42	42	.248	.323	.294	.617	120	9	5	6	3	2
John Roatche	101	374	328	46	89	17	0	9	66	0	1	40	60	.271	.355	.405	.760	133	11	3	2	1	3
James Morris	89	284	230	34	50	3	0	0	14	6	4	44	52	.217	.345	.230	.576	53	8	2	6	2	4
Steven Miller	54	198	157	26	40	6	1	4	32	0	0	38	58	.255	.398	.382	.780	60	3	0	2	1	1
Thomas Cason	34	124	114	14	33	5	3	0	17	2	0	6	11	.289	.328	.386	.714	44	2	1	2	1	1
Marvin Townsend	61	196	166	19	31	3	0	0	15	0	1	21	28	.187	.285	.205	.490	34	3	3	3	3	0
Jerry Spencer	33	95	89	4	17	2	0	0	6	0	0	3	16	.191	.217	.213	.431	19		0	3	0
Randy Markley	18	71	63	13	14	3	0	0	4	0	1	8	10	.222	.310	.270	.580	17	1	0	0	0	0
Don Aase	32	91	78	9	13	4	0	0	3	0	0	4	37	.167	.207	.218	.425	17		0	9	0
Allen Ripley	28	69	64	8	11	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	12	.172	.185	.203	.388	13		0	4	0
Glenn Bannister	14	48	38	8	9	3	0	2	6	0	0	8	10	.237	.396	.474	.870	18	1	2	0	0	0
Ronnie Sims	31	32	27	7	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.296	.387	.296	.683	8		1	1	0
Jose Caldera	34	63	49	4	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	23	.163	.163	.204	.367	10		0	14	0	0
Jim Vosk	27	28	23	5	6	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	6	.261	.250	.478	.728	11		0	4	1	0
John LaRose	8	9	7	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.571	1.000	4		0	2	0	0
Leopoldo Sutten	4	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.273	.273	.273	.545	3	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Aponte	31	14	12	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.250	.357	.250	.607	3		0	0	0
Roswell Brayton	54	30	26	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	.115	.207	.115	.322	3		0	1	0
Robert Klass	14	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
James Lease	16	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	3	0
John Jones	23	8	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.375	.000	.375	0		0	0	0
Totals	1549	5210	4427	695	1175	191	37	61	590	46	32	614	753	.265	.358	.367	.725	1623	100	45	87	37	44

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Roatche	1B	57	502	20	9	38	.983	9.158
Steven Miller	1B	42	392	17	9	34	.978	9.738
Milt Jefferson	1B	23	165	5	2	14	.988	7.391
Butch Hobson	1B	14	82	6	2	11	.978	6.286
Michael Bennett	1B	10	70	6	1	4	.987	7.600
Randy Markley	1B	7	32	0	1	7	.970	4.571
Andy Merchant	1B	1	2	1	0	1	1.000	3.000
Glenn Bannister	1B	1	11	0	0	1	1.000	11.000
Charles Meyers	2B	123	296	349	20	80	.970	5.244
James Morris	2B	22	51	66	4	12	.967	5.318
Milt Jefferson	3B	57	52	121	23	23	.883	3.035
James Morris	3B	29	19	51	6	4	.921	2.414
Marvin Townsend	3B	27	28	59	12	9	.879	3.222
Butch Hobson	3B	27	19	64	7	2	.922	3.074
Ludwig Benedetti	3B	5	2	4	1	1	.857	1.200
Andy Merchant	C	109	643	94	9	7	.988	6.761	16
John Roatche	C	41	214	21	6	2	.975	5.732	7
Michael Bennett	OF	128	280	12	7	5	.977	2.281
Joe Krsnich	OF	113	174	11	6	1	.969	1.637
Butch Hobson	OF	78	110	9	3	1	.975	1.526
Milt Jefferson	OF	40	54	4	3	1	.951	1.450
Thomas Cason	OF	31	33	4	1	0	.974	1.194
Randy Markley	OF	10	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.300
James Morris	OF	8	7	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Glenn Bannister	OF	8	10	0	1	0	.909	1.250
Leopoldo Sutten	OF	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
John Roatche	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Andy Merchant	OF	2	1	0	1	0	.500	.500
Roswell Brayton	P	54	2	18	1	1	.952	.370
Jose Caldera	P	34	0	23	4	0	.852	.676
Don Aase	P	32	12	33	6	2	.882	1.406
Jerry Spencer	P	29	10	50	3	3	.952	2.069
Allen Ripley	P	28	4	24	3	0	.903	1.000
Luis Aponte	P	28	3	12	1	1	.938	.536
Jim Vosk	P	27	1	9	0	1	1.000	.370
Ronnie Sims	P	26	4	13	0	1	1.000	.654
John Jones	P	23	3	7	0	0	1.000	.435
James Lease	P	16	1	1	1	0	.667	.125
Robert Klass	P	14	0	0	0	0		.000
John LaRose	P	8	2	4	0	0	1.000	.750
Ludwig Benedetti	SS	102	140	325	39	52	.923	4.559
Marvin Townsend	SS	28	29	73	13	7	.887	3.643
James Morris	SS	21	24	52	6	10	.927	3.619
Totals		1489	3502	1569	211	336	.960	3.406	23	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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