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1973 Wichita Aeros

1973 > Class AAA > 1973 American Association (West)
Overall: 67-68
Scored 800 runs, Allowed 770 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-65

Affiliation: Chicago Cubs-NL
Manager: Jim Marshall
Represented: Wichita, KS
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium (Wichita, KS)
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	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Matt Alexander#	26	106	473	427	61	132	22	3	2	51	20	5	38	55	.309	.366	.389	.755	166	1	6	1
2	Pat Bourque*	26	35	159	124	36	43	11	1	9	42	1	1	33	17	.347	.484	.669	1.154	83	1	0	1
3	William Droege	22	56	232	212	18	48	5	1	0	24	5	2	15	41	.226	.284	.259	.544	55	3	0	2
4	Frank Estrada	25	2	9	9	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.333	.556	3	0	0	0
5	Bobby Fenwick	26	59	234	213	29	61	9	1	1	16	0	1	15	40	.286	.339	.352	.691	75	3	1	2		Stats for 3 teams
6	Adrian Garrett*	30	15	68	53	15	20	3	1	8	20	0	0	14	10	.377	.515	.925	1.439	49	1	0	0
7	Jim Hibbs	28	71	263	226	42	61	11	1	9	39	0	0	31	44	.270	.354	.447	.801	101	0	3	3
8	Cleo James	32	33	145	121	23	36	3	0	2	26	7	1	15	11	.298	.382	.372	.754	45	4	1	4
9	Pete LaCock*	21	130	615	518	89	154	24	6	9	69	9	11	87	77	.297	.396	.419	.815	217	1	4	5
10	Tony LaRussa	28	106	467	392	82	123	16	0	5	75	10	4	60	46	.314	.403	.393	.796	154	4	3	8
11	Tom Lundstedt#	24	99	391	322	64	95	15	0	11	57	1	1	57	74	.295	.402	.444	.846	143	3	5	4
12	J.C. Martin*	36	53	193	157	23	36	7	0	1	21	0	0	29	21	.229	.358	.293	.651	46	3	3	1
13	Ronnie Matney#	26	39	168	146	25	45	12	3	4	27	0	0	17	36	.308	.389	.514	.903	75	3	1	1
14	Al Montreuil	29	112	458	394	63	119	18	3	5	58	3	2	45	48	.302	.371	.401	.772	158	2	11	6
15	Jose Ortiz	26	71	282	255	37	55	8	4	1	27	5	2	22	40	.216	.280	.290	.570	74	2	0	3
16	Juan Pizarro*	36	11	8	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.286	.536	2	0	0	0
17	Horace Porter*	25	71	272	238	43	64	8	1	4	35	2	0	30	38	.269	.349	.361	.711	86	1	0	3
18	Roberto Rodriguez	32	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
19	Dave Rosello	23	99	411	367	54	115	15	3	8	51	1	2	28	54	.313	.365	.436	.801	160	4	8	4
20	Rob Sperring	23	10	40	34	7	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	12	.176	.282	.176	.459	6	1	1	0
21	Andre Thornton	23	40	181	135	34	39	2	0	17	45	0	0	45	40	.289	.464	.681	1.146	92	0	0	1
22	Jim Tyrone	24	20	86	83	9	16	1	1	1	5	3	1	3	14	.193	.221	.265	.486	22	0	0	0
23	Chris Ward*	24	70	304	259	56	88	15	0	9	41	4	5	43	31	.340	.436	.502	.938	130	1	1	0
	23 Players	25.7	135	5364	4608	800	1336	205	28	105	728	71	37	623	740	.290	.376	.415	.791	1912	38	48	47	31

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	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Tom Badcock*	23	1	4	.200	4.63	16	3		0	0	3	35.0	43	35	18	4	25	1	23	2	0	3	1.943	11.1	1.0	6.4	5.9	0.92
2	Mike Baldwin*	25	3	5	.375	5.77	35	1		0	0	4	53.0	59	38	34	10	23	2	57	3	0	4	1.547	10.0	1.7	3.9	9.7	2.48	Stats for 2 teams
3	Wade Blasingame*	29	2	0	1.000	3.29	20	2		0	0	3	41.0	42	26	15	6	19	1	31	1	0	2	1.488	9.2	1.3	4.2	6.8	1.63	Stats for 2 teams
4	Ray Burris	22	4	3	.571	5.64	8	8		2	0	0	59.0	72	45	37	7	19	1	34	2	0	3	1.542	11.0	1.1	2.9	5.2	1.79
5	Clint Compton*	22	4	6	.400	6.22	27	17		2	1	1	110.0	121	79	76	9	89	2	93	4	0	16	1.909	9.9	0.7	7.3	7.6	1.04
6	Dan Corder	21	4	3	.571	4.92	10	10		2	2	0	64.0	70	37	35	6	29	4	26	3	0	0	1.547	9.8	0.8	4.1	3.7	0.90
7	Casey Cox	31	6	5	.545	5.05	27	6		0	0	5	73.0	98	48	41	5	22	9	36	4	0	3	1.644	12.1	0.6	2.7	4.4	1.64
8	Larry Gura*	25	1	2	.333	4.65	5	5		0	0	0	31.0	38	18	16	3	11	1	29	1	0	2	1.581	11.0	0.9	3.2	8.4	2.64
9	Dan McGinn*	29	3	6	.333	5.40	30	9		0	0	1	95.0	111	68	57	8	70	6	72	5	1	9	1.905	10.5	0.8	6.6	6.8	1.03	Stats for 2 teams
10	Juan Pizarro*	36	6	1	.857	3.52	9	9		4	0	0	69.0	76	38	27	7	24	1	68	2	0	2	1.449	9.9	0.9	3.1	8.9	2.83
11	Paul Reuschel	26	7	2	.778	5.36	41	7		0	0	8	89.0	121	68	53	6	13	4	49	6	0	5	1.506	12.2	0.6	1.3	5.0	3.77
12	Ralph Rickey	26	6	12	.333	5.12	26	23		3	0	0	153.0	181	106	87	17	57	1	94	5	0	11	1.556	10.6	1.0	3.4	5.5	1.65
13	Roberto Rodriguez	32	6	7	.462	4.54	42	12		1	0	5	123.0	156	74	62	14	49	4	78	2	0	2	1.667	11.4	1.0	3.6	5.7	1.59
14	Jim Todd	25	12	8	.600	4.56	26	23		6	2	0	156.0	169	87	79	14	62	5	79	6	0	3	1.481	9.8	0.8	3.6	4.6	1.27
15	Ron Tompkins	28	7	7	.500	4.58	43	8		2	0	5	110.0	133	67	56	7	61	6	49	7	0	0	1.764	10.9	0.6	5.0	4.0	0.80
16	Floyd Weaver	32	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
17	Paul Zahn	26	0	0		2.25	2	0		0	0	1	4.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0.500	4.5	2.2	0.0	20.2
	17 Players	27.0	67	68	.496	5.00	135	135	113	22	5	35	1160.0	1370	770	645	118	513	41	752	49	0	56	1.623	10.6	0.9	4.0	5.8	1.47

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Tom Lundstedt	84	477	38	4	8	.992	6.13	6
Jim Hibbs	52	290	18	6	1	.981	5.92	3
J.C. Martin	7	25	4	0	0	1.000	4.14	1
Frank Estrada	2	19	0	0	0	1.000	9.50	0
Al Montreuil	1	2	3	1	2	.833	5.00	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Andre Thornton	36	362	23	1	36	.997	10.69
Pat Bourque	35	330	29	5	33	.986	10.26
Tony LaRussa	33	283	19	6	31	.981	9.15
Adrian Garrett	15	138	6	0	7	1.000	9.60
Chris Ward	7	43	2	0	2	1.000	6.43
J.C. Martin	6	39	6	1	3	.978	7.50
Pete LaCock	4	42	2	1	0	.978	11.00
Ronnie Matney	3	21	3	0	0	1.000	8.00
Horace Porter	2	24	0	0	7	1.000	12.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Al Montreuil	68	143	201	11	37	.969	5.06
Tony LaRussa	52	126	149	11	42	.962	5.29
Dave Rosello	9	18	22	2	6	.952	4.44
Rob Sperring	6	14	12	2	2	.929	4.33
Bobby Fenwick	5	9	12	1	3	.955	4.20	Stats for 3 teams
Matt Alexander	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.50
Horace Porter	2	2	2	1	0	.800	2.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Al Montreuil	39	23	84	7	7	.939	2.74
Matt Alexander	37	25	55	7	4	.920	2.16
Horace Porter	30	15	51	9	4	.880	2.20
Tony LaRussa	22	14	45	9	2	.868	2.68
Bobby Fenwick	11	6	27	1	2	.971	3.00	Stats for 3 teams
Rob Sperring	4	4	10	1	3	.933	3.50
Jim Hibbs	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.00
J.C. Martin	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Jim Tyrone	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dave Rosello	89	139	282	32	64	.929	4.73
Bobby Fenwick	44	62	130	21	22	.901	4.36	Stats for 3 teams
Horace Porter	23	41	68	1	16	.991	4.74
Al Montreuil	9	7	23	2	3	.938	3.33

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Pete LaCock	122	196	15	7	1	.968	1.73
Jose Ortiz	68	117	11	3	3	.977	1.88
Chris Ward	62	96	6	5	0	.953	1.65
William Droege	56	91	6	4	1	.960	1.73
Matt Alexander	48	88	3	7	1	.929	1.90
Ronnie Matney	29	59	4	2	0	.969	2.17
Jim Tyrone	18	24	2	2	1	.929	1.44
Cleo James	15	34	0	3	0	.919	2.27

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ron Tompkins	43	4	26	6	2	.833	0.70
Roberto Rodriguez	42	9	18	5	0	.844	0.64
Paul Reuschel	41	3	7	0	0	1.000	0.24
Mike Baldwin	35	4	9	0	1	1.000	0.37	Stats for 2 teams
Dan McGinn	30	4	23	2	2	.931	0.90	Stats for 2 teams
Clint Compton	27	3	12	0	0	1.000	0.56
Casey Cox	27	1	10	0	1	1.000	0.41
Ralph Rickey	26	21	42	4	5	.940	2.42
Jim Todd	26	7	60	1	4	.985	2.58
Wade Blasingame	20	2	8	0	1	1.000	0.50	Stats for 2 teams
Tom Badcock	16	2	8	2	0	.833	0.63
Dan Corder	10	7	17	2	4	.923	2.40
Juan Pizarro	9	3	12	4	1	.789	1.67
Ray Burris	8	4	10	1	1	.933	1.75
Larry Gura	5	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.20
Paul Zahn	2	0	0	0	0		0.00
Floyd Weaver	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Matt Alexander	26	S	R	5' 11.0"	168	Jan 30, 1947	Shreveport, LA, US
Tom Badcock	23	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	Jul 13, 1949	Summit, NJ, US
Mike Baldwin	25	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	May 6, 1948
Wade Blasingame	29	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 22, 1943	Deming, NM, US
Pat Bourque	26	L	L	6' 0.0"	210	Mar 23, 1947	Worcester, MA, US
Ray Burris	22	R	R	6' 5.0"	200	Aug 22, 1950	Idabel, OK, US
Clint Compton	22	L	L	5' 11.0"	185	Nov 1, 1950	Montgomery, AL, US
Dan Corder	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	197	Oct 16, 1951	San Diego, CA, US
Casey Cox	31	R	R	6' 5.0"	200	Jul 3, 1941	Long Beach, CA, US
William Droege	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Jun 24, 1951
Frank Estrada	25	R	R	5' 8.0"	182	Feb 12, 1948	Navojoa, Sonora, MX
Bobby Fenwick	26	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Dec 10, 1946	Naha, Okinawa, JP
Adrian Garrett	30	L	R	6' 3.0"	185	Jan 3, 1943	Brooksville, FL, US
Larry Gura	25	S	L	6' 0.0"	170	Nov 26, 1947	Joliet, IL, US
Jim Hibbs	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Sep 10, 1944	Klamath Falls, OR, US
Cleo James	32	R	R	5' 10.0"	176	Aug 31, 1940	Clarksdale, MS, US
Pete LaCock	21	L	L	6' 2.0"	200	Jan 17, 1952	Burbank, CA, US
Tony LaRussa	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Oct 4, 1944	Tampa, FL, US
Tom Lundstedt	24	S	R	6' 4.0"	195	Apr 10, 1949	Davenport, IA, US
J.C. Martin	36	L	R	6' 2.0"	188	Dec 13, 1936	Axton, VA, US
Ronnie Matney	26	S	L	6' 0.0"	185	Jun 1, 1947	Mobile, AL, US
Dan McGinn	29	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	Nov 29, 1943	Omaha, NE, US
Al Montreuil	29	R	R	5' 5.0"	158	Aug 23, 1943	New Orleans, LA, US
Jose Ortiz	26	R	R	5' 9.0"	155	Jun 25, 1947	Ponce, PR
Juan Pizarro	36	L	L	5' 11.0"	170	Feb 7, 1937	Santurce, PR
Horace Porter	25	L	R	5' 11.0"	155	Sep 19, 1947	Charlotte, NC, US
Paul Reuschel	26	R	R	6' 4.0"	225	Jan 12, 1947	Quincy, IL, US
Ralph Rickey	26	S	R	6' 3.0"	205	Dec 8, 1946	Oklahoma City, OK, US
Roberto Rodriguez	32	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Feb 5, 1941	Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE
Dave Rosello	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Jun 26, 1950	Mayaguez, PR
Rob Sperring	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Oct 10, 1949	San Francisco, CA, US
Andre Thornton	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Aug 13, 1949	Tuskegee, AL, US
Jim Todd	25	L	R	6' 2.0"	190	Sep 21, 1947	Lancaster, PA, US
Ron Tompkins	28	R	R	6' 4.0"	198	Nov 27, 1944	San Diego, CA, US
Jim Tyrone	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jan 29, 1949	Alice, TX, US
Chris Ward	24	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	May 18, 1949	Oakland, CA, US
Floyd Weaver	32	R	R	6' 4.0"	195	May 12, 1941	Ben Franklin, TX, US
Paul Zahn	26	R	R	5' 8.0"	165	Apr 21, 1947	Des Moines, IA, US

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