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1973 Jacksonville Suns

1973 > Class AA > 1973 Southern League (East)
Overall: 76-60
Scored 562 runs, Allowed 484 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-59

Affiliation: Kansas City Royals-AL
Manager: Billy Gardner
Represented: Jacksonville, FL
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1972 / 1974

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 Robert Burrows 26 28 96 84 8 19 2 0 2 11 0 0 11 19 .226 .313 .321 .634 27 0 0 1
2 Thomas Combs 24 59 98 91 8 17 2 1 0 5 0 0 5 21 .187 .235 .231 .465 21 1 0 1
3 Al Cowens 21 135 572 491 91 142 25 7 16 81 5 1 61 56 .289 .381 .466 .847 229 14 2 4
4 Rocky Craig 23 123 494 436 61 123 18 2 7 37 7 5 43 60 .282 .349 .381 .730 166 3 10 2
5 Rex Goodson 21 38 156 139 10 26 2 0 0 6 1 2 14 20 .187 .261 .201 .463 28 0 3 0
6 Bill Haynes 23 91 360 314 36 71 18 3 11 56 2 0 34 61 .226 .308 .408 .716 128 6 0 6
7 Thomas Joyce 25 59 245 205 23 59 6 1 4 21 5 6 35 51 .288 .396 .385 .781 79 3 0 2
8 Donald Kinzel 25 49 99 87 16 16 1 0 1 4 0 1 10 17 .184 .276 .230 .505 20 1 1 0
9 David Landress 23 4 15 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .077 .200 .077 .277 1 0 0 0
10 Calvin Meier 25 131 568 475 65 122 18 6 3 36 6 1 78 61 .257 .360 .339 .699 161 1 9 5
11 Brian Murphy 29 114 394 335 33 83 5 1 1 34 0 2 51 49 .248 .346 .278 .624 93 1 4 3 Stats for 2 teams
12 Frank Ortenzio 22 95 378 329 59 101 16 2 19 63 0 0 41 63 .307 .392 .541 .933 178 6 0 2
13 Craig Perkins 24 99 368 332 29 85 18 0 9 54 1 0 30 45 .256 .314 .392 .706 130 0 2 4
14 Robert Peters 24 20 79 71 10 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 7 17 .141 .218 .169 .387 12 0 1 0
15 Dale Phillips 21 73 229 208 16 43 10 0 4 22 0 0 17 40 .207 .264 .313 .577 65 0 2 2
16 Myron Pines* 23 69 173 151 20 36 7 1 0 10 3 2 17 16 .238 .326 .298 .624 45 3 1 1
17 Wallace Smallwood 25 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
18 Charles Smith# 21 116 452 372 60 90 15 4 10 41 19 9 61 72 .242 .361 .384 .745 143 10 6 3
19 Donald Spare 22 13 52 49 3 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .184 .216 .245 .461 12 0 1 0
20 Zoilo Versalles 33 17 70 62 7 17 1 0 1 3 1 0 8 12 .274 .357 .339 .696 21 0 0 0
21 John Wathan 23 65 249 233 20 58 8 3 5 34 1 2 12 35 .249 .287 .373 .661 87 1 2 1
21 Players 23.5 137 4966 4316 562 1084 175 31 92 506 51 31 520 710 .251 .336 .370 .706 1597 50 43 37 29
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 Ed Assaf 26 11 10 .524 3.41 29 28 6 0 0 190.0 180 86 72 13 74 12 113 7 0 3 1.337 8.5 0.6 3.5 5.4 1.53
2 Harry Baird* 23 6 2 .750 1.80 37 0 0 0 10 50.0 37 16 10 1 24 5 41 0 1 1 1.220 6.7 0.2 4.3 7.4 1.71
3 Dick Balderson 27 7 1 .875 2.00 33 1 1 0 7 90.0 68 25 20 10 18 7 49 3 0 2 0.956 6.8 1.0 1.8 4.9 2.72
4 Edward Bernard 22 2 0 1.000 0.90 4 2 2 1 2 20.0 8 2 2 1 7 0 16 0 0 0 0.750 3.6 0.4 3.2 7.2 2.29
5 Greg Chlan 24 2 1 .667 3.60 3 3 1 0 0 20.0 21 11 8 2 4 1 17 2 0 0 1.250 9.4 0.9 1.8 7.6 4.25
6 Pete Duncan 24 1 0 1.000 6.55 7 0 0 0 1 11.0 12 9 8 2 2 0 8 0 0 1 1.273 9.8 1.6 1.6 6.5 4.00
7 Randy Hammon 21 11 10 .524 2.15 27 27 9 3 0 176.0 131 62 42 7 76 6 122 6 3 3 1.176 6.7 0.4 3.9 6.2 1.61
8 Gary Houston* 24 3 6 .333 4.61 22 13 1 0 1 84.0 85 49 43 7 40 2 37 6 0 7 1.488 9.1 0.8 4.3 4.0 0.93
9 Gary Lance 24 8 8 .500 3.52 21 20 5 1 0 133.0 125 62 52 10 56 5 59 5 1 6 1.361 8.5 0.7 3.8 4.0 1.05
10 Chuck Murray 28 10 5 .667 3.11 31 14 4 3 3 113.0 118 55 39 6 49 7 68 6 2 5 1.478 9.4 0.5 3.9 5.4 1.39
11 Paul Pelz 20 7 4 .636 3.26 14 14 4 2 0 102.0 88 48 37 4 35 8 62 2 0 2 1.206 7.8 0.4 3.1 5.5 1.77
12 Whitey Reid* 22 3 10 .231 3.14 34 15 4 0 4 109.0 105 48 38 7 43 5 85 4 0 8 1.358 8.7 0.6 3.6 7.0 1.98
13 Wallace Smallwood 25 5 3 .625 1.12 31 0 0 0 8 48.0 26 11 6 0 22 13 33 1 1 0 1.000 4.9 0.0 4.1 6.2 1.50
13 Players 24.1 76 60 .559 2.96 137 137 100 37 13 36 1147.0 1004 484 377 70 450 71 710 42 8 38 1.268 7.9 0.5 3.5 5.6 1.58

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
Craig Perkins 79 437 43 10 3 .980 6.08 5
John Wathan 53 293 27 4 3 .988 6.04 11
Robert Burrows 6 30 3 1 2 .971 5.50 2

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bill Haynes 84 766 36 11 67 .986 9.55
Al Cowens 31 319 13 7 29 .979 10.71
Frank Ortenzio 14 133 10 2 12 .986 10.21
Robert Burrows 9 86 3 1 5 .989 9.89
Thomas Joyce 1 7 0 0 1 1.000 7.00
John Wathan 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Brian Murphy 86 157 214 13 50 .966 4.31 Stats for 2 teams
Thomas Joyce 58 128 179 15 33 .953 5.29
Donald Kinzel 45 59 85 6 21 .960 3.20
Robert Peters 7 13 24 0 6 1.000 5.29
Zoilo Versalles 3 8 8 1 1 .941 5.33

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dale Phillips 66 46 98 11 5 .929 2.18
Calvin Meier 64 35 127 11 9 .936 2.53
Al Cowens 22 12 31 6 1 .878 1.95
Robert Peters 6 5 12 3 1 .850 2.83
Donald Kinzel 3 0 1 1 0 .500 0.33
David Landress 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.00
Brian Murphy 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 Stats for 2 teams
John Wathan 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Calvin Meier 87 145 277 16 52 .963 4.85
Brian Murphy 37 35 83 7 18 .944 3.19 Stats for 2 teams
Donald Spare 13 26 59 7 11 .924 6.54
Zoilo Versalles 13 13 48 6 7 .910 4.69
Robert Peters 5 5 20 6 2 .806 5.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rocky Craig 123 272 8 2 2 .993 2.28
Charles Smith 89 123 8 5 0 .963 1.47
Al Cowens 85 113 8 5 2 .960 1.42
Thomas Combs 54 54 1 1 0 .982 1.02
Rex Goodson 37 67 1 4 0 .944 1.84
Frank Ortenzio 35 52 3 5 1 .917 1.57
Myron Pines 29 35 3 0 0 1.000 1.31

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Harry Baird 37 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.22
Whitey Reid 34 5 28 3 4 .917 0.97
Dick Balderson 33 4 15 0 2 1.000 0.58
Chuck Murray 31 7 14 2 0 .913 0.68
Wallace Smallwood 31 1 6 1 1 .875 0.23
Ed Assaf 29 9 38 6 2 .887 1.62
Randy Hammon 27 7 23 5 1 .857 1.11
Gary Houston 22 3 17 0 2 1.000 0.91
Gary Lance 21 5 23 2 0 .933 1.33
Paul Pelz 14 7 23 0 2 1.000 2.14
Pete Duncan 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.43
Edward Bernard 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25
Greg Chlan 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Ed Assaf 26 R R 6' 4.0" 225 Oct 14, 1946
Harry Baird 23 S L 5' 11.0" 175 Aug 23, 1949
Dick Balderson 27 R R 6' 4.0" 190 Feb 7, 1946 Newport News, VA, US
Edward Bernard 22 R R 6' 4.0" Mar 13, 1951
Robert Burrows 26 R R 6' 2.0" 187 Mar 10, 1947
Greg Chlan 24 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Jul 8, 1948
Thomas Combs 24 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Dec 2, 1948
Al Cowens 21 R R 6' 1.0" 197 Oct 25, 1951 Los Angeles, CA, US
Rocky Craig 23 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Jan 2, 1950 San Diego, CA, US
Pete Duncan 24 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Sep 7, 1948 Victoria, BC, CA
Rex Goodson 21 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Sep 1, 1951 Monroe, LA, US
Randy Hammon 21 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Dec 29, 1951 Los Angeles, CA, US
Bill Haynes 23 R R 6' 3.0" 220 Oct 22, 1949
Gary Houston 24 R L 6' 4.0" Apr 1, 1949
Thomas Joyce 25 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Feb 10, 1948
Donald Kinzel 25 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Dec 8, 1947
Gary Lance 24 S R 6' 3.0" 195 Sep 21, 1948 Greenville, SC, US
David Landress 23 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Nov 21, 1949
Calvin Meier 25 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Jan 26, 1948 Los Angeles, CA, US
Brian Murphy 29 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jan 11, 1944
Chuck Murray 28 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Nov 29, 1944
Frank Ortenzio 22 R R 6' 2.0" 215 Feb 24, 1951 Fresno, CA, US
Paul Pelz 20 R R 6' 3.0" 165 Nov 9, 1952 Los Angeles, CA, US
Craig Perkins 24 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Jun 23, 1949 Los Angeles, CA, US
Robert Peters 24 R R 5' 11.0" 155 Jul 7, 1948
Dale Phillips 21 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Oct 17, 1951
Myron Pines 23 L L 5' 10.0" 172 Aug 29, 1949
Whitey Reid 22 S L 6' 1.0" 160 Oct 14, 1950 Jacksonville, FL, US
Wallace Smallwood 25 R R 6' 1.0" 182 May 13, 1948
Charles Smith 21 S R 5' 11.0" 185 Jun 2, 1952
Donald Spare 22 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Oct 27, 1950 Glendale, CA, US
Zoilo Versalles 33 R R 5' 10.0" 146 Dec 18, 1939 La Habana, La Habana, CU
John Wathan 23 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Oct 4, 1949 Cedar Rapids, IA, US

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