1972 West Haven Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 84-56
Finished 1st in the EL's American Division
Manager: Bobby Cox (84-56)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: West Haven, Connecticut
Ballpark: Quigley Stadium
Attendance: 102,537, Avg. 1,465
Playoffs - West Haven Yankees 3 games, Trois Rivieres Aigles 0
The West Haven Yankees of the Eastern League ended the 1972 season with a record of 84 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the league's American Division.
The Yankees scored 590 runs and allowed 492 runs. Charlie Spikes led West Haven with 26 home runs, and Kenneth Bennett walloped 15 or more also. Charlie Spikes accounted for 83 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .309 clip. Larry Gowell paced the team with 14 wins, while Doc Medich recorded a 1.44 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1972 West Haven Yankees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tony Solaita, Loyd Colson, Charlie Spikes, Otto Vélez, Ken Poulsen, Tom Buskey, George Zeber, Jim Deidel, Dave Cheadle, Larry Gowell, Wayne Nordhagen and Doc Medich.
Bobby Cox 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Gowell | 14 | 6 | .700 | 2.54 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 181.0 | 144 | 63 | 51 | 7 | 57 | 2 | 171 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Doc Medich | 11 | 3 | .786 | 1.44 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 119.0 | 89 | 28 | 19 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Richard Earle | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.88 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 160.0 | 162 | 91 | 69 | 10 | 63 | 3 | 78 | 7 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tom Buskey | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.82 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 137.0 | 123 | 55 | 43 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ken Poulsen | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.97 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103.0 | 99 | 38 | 34 | 6 | 33 | 4 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Cheadle | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.57 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 164.0 | 157 | 77 | 65 | 11 | 85 | 4 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Clark Babbitt | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.31 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 70.0 | 63 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Loyd Colson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.38 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 52.0 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stanton Evenhus | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.06 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 70.0 | 67 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| James Golden | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.56 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 91 | 51 | 34 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Bill Olsen | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.60 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Artemenko | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Schroeder | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.18 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 36 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 84 | 56 | .600 | 2.79 | 275 | 140 | 0 | 42 | 13 | 30 | 1196.0 | 1086 | 492 | 371 | 54 | 469 | 29 | 767 | 26 | 2 | 76 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Spikes | 126 | 507 | 427 | 83 | 132 | 27 | 5 | 26 | 83 | 23 | 5 | 62 | 111 | .309 | .409 | .578 | .988 | 247 | 13 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Kenneth Bennett | 125 | 489 | 444 | 59 | 111 | 19 | 3 | 15 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 36 | 61 | .250 | .304 | .408 | .712 | 181 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Wayne Nordhagen | 117 | 464 | 414 | 50 | 109 | 21 | 4 | 14 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 91 | .263 | .326 | .435 | .761 | 180 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| George Zeber | 118 | 474 | 393 | 75 | 105 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 69 | 63 | .267 | .386 | .369 | .755 | 145 | 8 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Paul Baretta | 119 | 508 | 435 | 55 | 105 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 64 | 27 | .241 | .340 | .264 | .604 | 115 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Otto Vélez | 122 | 499 | 409 | 64 | 102 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 98 | .249 | .371 | .391 | .762 | 160 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Jim Deidel | 118 | 426 | 376 | 36 | 97 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 41 | .258 | .336 | .356 | .693 | 134 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Douglas Stodgel | 100 | 388 | 339 | 46 | 77 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 21 | .227 | .309 | .298 | .607 | 101 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Tony Solaita | 86 | 350 | 269 | 50 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 72 | 60 | .242 | .401 | .431 | .832 | 116 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Robert Carson | 88 | 315 | 257 | 21 | 59 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 55 | .230 | .363 | .335 | .698 | 86 | 13 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Donald Palmer | 32 | 112 | 101 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 17 | .257 | .330 | .386 | .716 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Poulsen | 57 | 95 | 77 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 27 | .234 | .341 | .364 | .704 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Grady Little | 34 | 104 | 88 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 | .193 | .317 | .205 | .522 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Buskey | 24 | 51 | 44 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .182 | .217 | .205 | .422 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Richard Earle | 37 | 66 | 57 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25 | .140 | .222 | .158 | .380 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Golden | 15 | 34 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | .231 | .375 | .308 | .683 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steven Chilcott | 18 | 54 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | .146 | .352 | .146 | .498 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Cheadle | 25 | 62 | 56 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .107 | .180 | .107 | .287 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Pacheco | 11 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .192 | .250 | .231 | .481 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Barkauskas | 9 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .222 | .300 | .389 | .689 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Gowell | 26 | 70 | 64 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | .062 | .104 | .078 | .183 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Donald Schroeder | 6 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 | .385 | .200 | .585 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doc Medich | 17 | 42 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .057 | .175 | .057 | .232 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Stanton Evenhus | 41 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .091 | .333 | .091 | .424 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Loyd Colson | 30 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Olsen | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clark Babbitt | 36 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Artemenko | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1545 | 5219 | 4447 | 590 | 1076 | 171 | 22 | 107 | 513 | 70 | 22 | 626 | 826 | .242 | .341 | .362 | .704 | 1612 | 0 | 62 | 48 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Solaita | 1B | 86 | 777 | 62 | 6 | 69 | .993 | 9.756 | ||||
| Donald Palmer | 1B | 21 | 178 | 10 | 5 | 14 | .974 | 8.952 | ||||
| Steven Chilcott | 1B | 12 | 129 | 6 | 1 | 7 | .993 | 11.250 | ||||
| Robert Carson | 1B | 12 | 82 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .955 | 7.083 | ||||
| Kenneth Bennett | 1B | 12 | 116 | 5 | 1 | 11 | .992 | 1.083 | ||||
| Ed Pacheco | 1B | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .962 | 8.333 | ||||
| Jim Deidel | 1B | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 8.500 | ||||
| Otto Vélez | 1B | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 9.000 | ||||
| George Zeber | 2B | 109 | 245 | 285 | 29 | 64 | .948 | 4.862 | ||||
| Douglas Stodgel | 2B | 32 | 64 | 93 | 3 | 11 | .981 | 4.906 | ||||
| Ken Poulsen | 2B | 8 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 6 | .947 | 4.500 | ||||
| Otto Vélez | 3B | 113 | 84 | 210 | 24 | 20 | .925 | 2.602 | ||||
| Douglas Stodgel | 3B | 28 | 27 | 54 | 5 | 5 | .942 | 2.893 | ||||
| Ed Pacheco | 3B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jim Deidel | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Jim Deidel | C | 113 | 647 | 58 | 17 | 8 | .976 | 6.239 | 17 | |||
| Grady Little | C | 33 | 147 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .981 | 4.788 | 7 | |||
| Joe Barkauskas | C | 7 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.857 | 1 | |||
| Ed Pacheco | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Spikes | OF | 117 | 191 | 12 | 14 | 3 | .935 | 1.735 | ||||
| Wayne Nordhagen | OF | 115 | 204 | 14 | 15 | 2 | .936 | 1.896 | ||||
| Kenneth Bennett | OF | 112 | 191 | 7 | 3 | 3 | .985 | 1.768 | ||||
| Robert Carson | OF | 70 | 93 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .954 | 1.471 | ||||
| Donald Palmer | OF | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Otto Vélez | OF | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1.429 | ||||
| Ed Pacheco | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jim Deidel | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Clark Babbitt | P | 36 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .556 | ||||
| Stanton Evenhus | P | 35 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .800 | .457 | ||||
| Loyd Colson | P | 30 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ken Poulsen | P | 28 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 1.107 | ||||
| Larry Gowell | P | 26 | 13 | 32 | 4 | 2 | .918 | 1.731 | ||||
| Richard Earle | P | 26 | 11 | 42 | 3 | 3 | .946 | 2.038 | ||||
| Dave Cheadle | P | 25 | 14 | 54 | 2 | 5 | .971 | 2.720 | ||||
| Tom Buskey | P | 24 | 10 | 39 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 2.042 | ||||
| Doc Medich | P | 17 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.588 | ||||
| James Golden | P | 14 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.714 | ||||
| Bill Olsen | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Donald Schroeder | P | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Artemenko | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Baretta | SS | 112 | 159 | 399 | 37 | 67 | .938 | 4.982 | ||||
| Douglas Stodgel | SS | 32 | 49 | 91 | 9 | 12 | .940 | 4.375 | ||||
| Totals | 1451 | 3587 | 1631 | 212 | 328 | .961 | 3.596 | 25 | 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.
