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1971 Wichita Aeros

1971 > Class AAA > 1971 American Association (West)
Overall: 66-74
Scored 636 runs, Allowed 706 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-77

Affiliation: Cleveland Indians-AL
Manager: Ken Aspromonte
Represented: Wichita, KS
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium (Wichita, KS)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1970 / 1972

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Butch Allen# 24 113 426 375 49 86 10 1 9 43 13 7 42 92 .229 .313 .333 .646 125 5 1 3
2 Rick Austin 24 14 33 26 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 16 .115 .303 .154 .457 4 0 0 0
3 Frank Baker* 27 52 211 187 32 61 12 2 8 32 2 2 24 25 .326 .403 .540 .943 101 0 0 0
4 Buddy Bell 19 129 520 470 65 136 23 1 11 59 7 3 42 51 .289 .344 .413 .756 194 0 2 6
5 Kurt Bevacqua 24 60 246 235 36 71 16 1 9 38 7 4 8 41 .302 .322 .494 .816 116 0 1 2 Stats for 2 teams
6 Gary Boyd 24 27 28 27 0 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 .370 .393 .370 .763 10 0 0 0
7 Jack Brohamer* 21 103 391 355 45 93 14 5 4 44 1 2 26 40 .262 .314 .363 .678 129 3 3 4
8 Larry Burchart 25 36 16 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .063 .063 .063 .125 1 0 0 0
9 Lou Camilli# 24 66 283 248 38 76 13 1 3 33 0 2 30 34 .306 .383 .403 .786 100 2 1 2
10 Mike Carruthers* 24 125 470 435 53 125 22 1 14 71 1 3 21 47 .287 .320 .439 .760 191 3 5 6
11 Chris Chambliss* 22 13 46 42 8 12 3 0 2 6 1 0 4 8 .286 .348 .500 .848 21 0 0 0
12 Mel Civil 24 65 207 186 22 41 3 3 2 14 2 6 17 31 .220 .288 .301 .589 56 1 2 1
13 Jim Clark 24 97 399 346 60 109 26 5 9 57 1 2 48 68 .315 .401 .497 .898 172 3 0 2
14 Mac Crossan 23 7 16 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .133 .000 .133 0 0 1 0
15 Ed Farmer 21 7 13 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .273 .200 .473 2 0 2 0
16 Ted Ford 24 49 200 176 28 58 11 2 5 31 3 2 22 32 .330 .404 .500 .904 88 0 2 0
17 Pedro Gonzalez 33 15 20 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 2 0 0 0
18 John Hairston 26 33 121 112 20 32 2 0 5 15 0 0 8 18 .286 .333 .438 .771 49 0 1 0
19 Rich Hand 22 13 37 33 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .182 .229 .182 .410 6 0 2 0
20 Jack Heidemann 21 6 28 24 7 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 .250 .357 .250 .607 6 0 0 0
21 Phil Hennigan 25 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
22 Dennis Higgins 31 48 16 15 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .250 .200 .450 3 0 0 0 Stats for 2 teams
23 Luis Isaac 25 93 330 287 29 75 7 3 1 25 4 0 33 57 .261 .341 .317 .658 91 2 7 1
24 Steve Jones* 30 14 11 11 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .545 .545 .545 1.091 6 0 0 0
25 Bob Kaiser# 21 9 16 15 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .133 .133 .267 .400 4 0 1 0
26 Kristopher Krebs 24 75 226 213 18 47 8 1 0 16 3 3 11 37 .221 .262 .268 .530 57 1 1 0
27 John Lowenstein* 24 37 153 125 27 40 8 0 8 24 4 3 24 30 .320 .431 .576 1.007 72 2 0 2
28 Chuck Machemehl 25 27 31 30 2 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 10 .200 .226 .367 .592 11 0 0 0
29 Ray Miller? 26 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
30 Rich Nye* 26 15 15 12 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .250 .400 .250 .650 3 0 0 0
31 Mike Paul* 26 17 42 37 1 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 12 .243 .317 .270 .587 10 0 1 0
32 Cap Peterson 28 91 305 277 41 73 11 4 8 46 1 0 23 42 .264 .325 .419 .743 116 3 0 2
33 Jim Rittwage 26 25 32 26 6 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 8 .192 .276 .462 .737 12 0 3 0
34 Richard Seminoff 24 44 20 19 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .211 .250 .211 .461 4 0 0 0 Stats for 2 teams
35 Edward Southard 24 50 184 159 22 37 1 0 3 14 1 2 20 27 .233 .324 .296 .620 47 2 2 1
36 Fred Stanley 23 32 140 114 12 28 8 1 1 8 0 1 25 15 .246 .386 .360 .745 41 1 0 0
37 Gary Stone 27 6 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 0 0 0
38 Richard Thoms* 28 25 9 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .222 .222 .222 .444 2 0 0 0
39 Dick Tidrow 24 22 44 41 5 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 21 .098 .159 .098 .257 4 1 0 0
40 William Tsoukalas* 23 39 25 23 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .217 .240 .217 .457 5 0 0 1
41 Larry Wallin* 25 23 77 71 3 11 1 0 2 3 0 0 5 21 .155 .221 .254 .474 18 1 0 0
42 Ronald Zuber 24 8 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1 0
42 Players 23.9 140 5282 4712 636 1261 201 31 106 580 47 41 468 857 .268 .335 .391 .726 1842 30 39 33 26
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Rick Austin* 24 4 5 .444 4.28 14 13 2 1 1 80.0 95 44 38 7 44 0 66 2 0 3 1.738 10.7 0.8 5.0 7.4 1.50
2 Gary Boyd 24 5 4 .556 4.55 27 12 1 0 1 89.0 90 56 45 9 42 6 74 4 0 3 1.483 9.1 0.9 4.2 7.5 1.76
3 Larry Burchart 25 4 5 .444 5.10 36 0 0 0 1 67.0 93 55 38 5 39 3 42 2 1 4 1.970 12.5 0.7 5.2 5.6 1.08
4 Mike Carruthers 24 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
5 Mac Crossan 23 1 1 .500 3.45 7 7 0 0 0 47.0 37 21 18 2 29 1 26 1 0 1 1.404 7.1 0.4 5.6 5.0 0.90
6 Ed Farmer 21 2 2 .500 4.50 7 7 0 0 0 40.0 35 22 20 6 15 0 19 2 0 3 1.250 7.9 1.4 3.4 4.3 1.27
7 Rich Hand 22 8 2 .800 1.88 11 11 4 1 0 86.0 66 28 18 4 40 5 50 3 0 1 1.233 6.9 0.4 4.2 5.2 1.25
8 Phil Hennigan 25 1 0 1.000 1.80 7 0 0 0 2 15.0 10 4 3 0 7 0 18 0 0 0 1.133 6.0 0.0 4.2 10.8 2.57
9 Dennis Higgins 31 2 11 .154 4.45 48 4 0 0 11 85.0 89 45 42 6 36 5 102 3 0 2 1.471 9.4 0.6 3.8 10.8 2.83 Stats for 2 teams
10 Steve Jones* 30 2 2 .500 5.66 14 3 0 0 1 35.0 42 27 22 5 16 2 31 0 0 2 1.657 10.8 1.3 4.1 8.0 1.94
11 Bob Kaiser* 21 3 2 .600 5.71 9 6 1 1 1 41.0 40 26 26 6 20 0 22 1 1 3 1.463 8.8 1.3 4.4 4.8 1.10
12 Chuck Machemehl 25 2 6 .250 4.38 26 7 1 0 8 76.0 73 43 37 6 42 6 69 3 0 2 1.513 8.6 0.7 5.0 8.2 1.64
13 Ray Miller? 26 0 1 .000 2.45 8 0 0 0 0 11.0 12 3 3 0 5 0 10 1 0 0 1.545 9.8 0.0 4.1 8.2 2.00
14 Rich Nye* 26 2 3 .400 6.88 11 6 0 0 0 34.0 51 29 26 3 11 0 24 1 0 1 1.824 13.5 0.8 2.9 6.4 2.18
15 Mike Paul* 26 6 7 .462 4.37 17 17 2 1 0 107.0 102 55 52 14 42 8 79 3 0 1 1.346 8.6 1.2 3.5 6.6 1.88
16 Jim Rittwage 26 4 6 .400 5.73 24 12 1 0 1 88.0 98 61 56 13 50 1 54 5 0 11 1.682 10.0 1.3 5.1 5.5 1.08
17 Richard Seminoff 24 7 5 .583 3.56 44 6 0 0 3 91.0 103 44 36 8 38 6 66 5 0 0 1.549 10.2 0.8 3.8 6.5 1.74 Stats for 2 teams
18 Richard Thoms* 28 4 2 .667 4.39 25 1 0 0 8 41.0 42 29 20 5 24 3 26 0 0 2 1.610 9.2 1.1 5.3 5.7 1.08
19 Dick Tidrow 24 8 6 .571 4.14 20 20 3 1 0 124.0 123 61 57 21 45 5 81 8 0 5 1.355 8.9 1.5 3.3 5.9 1.80
20 William Tsoukalas* 23 1 6 .143 4.50 37 5 0 0 4 76.0 79 44 38 8 38 8 66 4 1 5 1.539 9.4 0.9 4.5 7.8 1.74
21 Ronald Zuber 24 0 2 .000 12.75 8 5 0 0 0 24.0 37 35 34 8 20 0 13 0 1 3 2.375 13.9 3.0 7.5 4.9 0.65
21 Players 25.3 66 74 .471 4.57 140 140 125 15 8 40 1211.0 1270 706 615 134 587 57 885 46 4 51 1.533 9.4 1.0 4.4 6.6 1.51

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Luis Isaac 91 551 53 4 3 .993 6.64 7
John Hairston 31 188 18 6 2 .972 6.65 6
Larry Wallin 21 154 13 2 2 .988 7.95 1
Gary Stone 5 25 1 0 0 1.000 5.20 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mike Carruthers 117 908 79 11 83 .989 8.44
Cap Peterson 30 234 22 5 19 .981 8.53
Chris Chambliss 3 27 3 0 3 1.000 10.00
Mel Civil 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jack Brohamer 72 156 211 5 40 .987 5.10
Edward Southard 32 51 81 3 10 .978 4.13
Kurt Bevacqua 14 32 35 1 1 .985 4.79 Stats for 2 teams
Kristopher Krebs 13 31 38 1 9 .986 5.31
Buddy Bell 11 19 25 3 3 .936 4.00
Fred Stanley 7 13 21 1 5 .971 4.86
Pedro Gonzalez 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Buddy Bell 113 107 160 13 19 .954 2.36
Kurt Bevacqua 26 29 43 3 2 .960 2.77 Stats for 2 teams
Jack Brohamer 16 16 34 3 2 .943 3.13
Kristopher Krebs 12 6 11 2 1 .895 1.42
Cap Peterson 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.67
Pedro Gonzalez 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
John Lowenstein 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Lou Camilli 65 112 149 17 30 .939 4.02
Kristopher Krebs 27 37 68 13 10 .890 3.89
Fred Stanley 25 43 80 9 11 .932 4.92
Kurt Bevacqua 18 40 52 7 10 .929 5.11 Stats for 2 teams
Buddy Bell 6 12 18 0 4 1.000 5.00
Jack Heidemann 6 10 14 2 3 .923 4.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Butch Allen 101 126 11 4 3 .972 1.36
Jim Clark 94 142 5 8 1 .948 1.56
Mel Civil 53 82 4 5 2 .945 1.62
Frank Baker 51 87 4 8 1 .919 1.78
Ted Ford 47 128 2 1 0 .992 2.77
Cap Peterson 41 62 3 1 0 .985 1.59
John Lowenstein 34 55 2 2 1 .966 1.68
Edward Southard 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.09
Chris Chambliss 8 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
Kurt Bevacqua 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Stats for 2 teams
Buddy Bell 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dennis Higgins 48 5 10 0 0 1.000 0.31 Stats for 2 teams
Richard Seminoff 44 10 9 0 2 1.000 0.43 Stats for 2 teams
William Tsoukalas 37 6 13 1 1 .950 0.51
Larry Burchart 36 3 11 1 1 .933 0.39
Gary Boyd 27 6 15 1 0 .955 0.78
Chuck Machemehl 26 7 13 2 1 .909 0.77
Richard Thoms 25 0 8 1 1 .889 0.32
Jim Rittwage 24 5 8 1 0 .929 0.54
Dick Tidrow 20 10 17 1 1 .964 1.35
Mike Paul 17 1 8 0 3 1.000 0.53
Rick Austin 14 7 13 0 3 1.000 1.43
Steve Jones 14 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.21
Rich Hand 11 7 8 0 2 1.000 1.36
Rich Nye 11 4 4 1 1 .889 0.73
Bob Kaiser 9 3 4 0 0 1.000 0.78
Ray Miller 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.13
Ronald Zuber 8 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Mac Crossan 7 6 2 0 0 1.000 1.14
Ed Farmer 7 3 7 1 1 .909 1.43
Phil Hennigan 7 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.71
Mike Carruthers 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Butch Allen 24 S R 5' 10.0" 190 Apr 24, 1947 Toledo, OH, US
Rick Austin 24 R L 6' 4.0" 190 Oct 27, 1946 Seattle, WA, US
Frank Baker 27 L R 5' 10.0" 180 Jan 11, 1944 Bartow, FL, US
Buddy Bell 19 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Aug 27, 1951 Pittsburgh, PA, US
Kurt Bevacqua 24 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Jan 23, 1947 Miami Beach, FL, US
Gary Boyd 24 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Aug 22, 1946 Pasadena, CA, US
Jack Brohamer 21 L R 5' 10.0" 165 Feb 26, 1950 Maywood, CA, US
Larry Burchart 25 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Feb 8, 1946 Tulsa, OK, US
Lou Camilli 24 S R 5' 10.0" 170 Sep 24, 1946 El Paso, TX, US
Mike Carruthers 24 L R 6' 3.0" 220 Oct 19, 1946
Chris Chambliss 22 L R 6' 1.0" 195 Dec 26, 1948 Dayton, OH, US
Mel Civil 24 R R 5' 10.0" 174 Nov 2, 1946
Jim Clark 24 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Apr 30, 1947 Kansas City, KS, US
Mac Crossan 23 R R 6' 3.0" 165 Apr 24, 1948 Portland, OR, US
Ed Farmer 21 R R 6' 5.0" 200 Oct 18, 1949 Evergreen Park, IL, US
Ted Ford 24 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Feb 7, 1947 Vineland, NJ, US
Pedro Gonzalez 33 R R 6' 0.0" 176 Dec 12, 1937 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
John Hairston 26 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Aug 27, 1944 Birmingham, AL, US
Rich Hand 22 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Jul 10, 1948 Bellevue, WA, US
Jack Heidemann 21 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Jul 11, 1949 Brenham, TX, US
Phil Hennigan 25 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Apr 10, 1946 Jasper, TX, US
Dennis Higgins 31 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Aug 4, 1939 Jefferson City, MO, US
Luis Isaac 25 R R 5' 11.0" 195 Jun 19, 1946 Rio Piedres, PR
Steve Jones 30 L L 5' 10.0" 175 Apr 22, 1941 Huntington Park, CA, US
Bob Kaiser 21 S L 5' 10.0" 175 Apr 29, 1950 Cincinnati, OH, US
Kristopher Krebs 24 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Mar 8, 1947 Jacksonville, FL, US
John Lowenstein 24 L R 6' 0.0" 175 Jan 27, 1947 Wolf Point, MT, US
Chuck Machemehl 25 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Apr 20, 1946 Brenham, TX, US
Ray Miller 26 Apr 30, 1945 Takoma Park, MD, US
Rich Nye 26 L L 6' 4.0" 185 Aug 4, 1944 Oakland, CA, US
Mike Paul 26 L L 6' 0.0" 175 Apr 18, 1945 Detroit, MI, US
Cap Peterson 28 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Aug 15, 1942 Tacoma, WA, US
Jim Rittwage 26 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Oct 23, 1944 Cleveland, OH, US
Richard Seminoff 24 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Jul 12, 1946 Los Angeles, CA, US
Edward Southard 24 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Jan 1, 1947
Fred Stanley 23 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Aug 13, 1947 Farnhamville, IA, US
Gary Stone 27 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Apr 25, 1944
Richard Thoms 28 L L 6' 0.0" 180 1943
Dick Tidrow 24 R R 6' 4.0" 210 May 14, 1947 San Francisco, CA, US
William Tsoukalas 23 L L 6' 1.0" 175 Aug 24, 1947 Renton, WA, US
Larry Wallin 25 L R 6' 3.0" 200 Nov 14, 1945
Ronald Zuber 24 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Jul 19, 1946 Kansas City, MO, US

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