1973 Reading Phillies

1973 > Class AA > 1973 Eastern League (National)
Overall: 76-62
Scored 623 runs, Allowed 568 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-63

Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies-NL
Manager: Cal Emery
Represented: Reading, PA
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	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Fred Andrews	21	110	376	335	48	76	15	4	1	38	4	5	25	32	.227	.288	.304	.592	102	6	4	6
2	Thomas Boyd#	20	29	25	21	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.095	.174	.095	.269	2	0	2	0
3	Jim Browning	21	27	50	43	3	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	13	.140	.170	.186	.356	8	0	3	2
4	Steve Cates*	23	42	19	16	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.313	.313	.313	.625	5	0	3	0
5	Carl Cavanaugh	23	6	7	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0
6	Larry Cox	25	28	75	59	7	17	3	1	1	8	0	0	13	10	.288	.405	.424	.829	25	0	1	2
7	Mark Crane	21	67	179	153	13	28	3	0	0	11	1	2	17	23	.183	.267	.203	.470	31	1	7	1
8	Ron Diorio	26	39	16	14	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.143	.200	.143	.343	2	0	1	0
9	Jim Essian	22	105	407	315	58	92	15	5	10	55	7	4	82	44	.292	.442	.467	.909	147	5	2	3
10	Kenneth Fuller	24	28	36	32	2	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	9	.125	.222	.250	.472	8	0	0	0
11	Nelson Garcia#	22	112	367	342	45	93	16	5	1	36	16	6	16	48	.272	.311	.357	.668	122	4	4	1
12	Richard Giallella*	25	93	301	260	41	75	12	2	1	23	4	2	31	29	.288	.370	.362	.732	94	4	4	2
13	Tony Gonzalez*	36	45	43	29	0	10	1	0	0	8	0	0	11	4	.345	.535	.379	.914	11	2	0	1
14	Dane Iorg*	23	116	465	386	64	119	21	6	7	49	7	3	76	52	.308	.422	.448	.871	173	1	1	1
15	Donald Kinzel	25	39	120	102	18	30	6	0	3	17	0	1	16	13	.294	.383	.441	.825	45	0	0	2
16	Larry Kiser	23	27	52	51	6	13	4	0	0	8	0	0	0	9	.255	.255	.333	.588	17	0	1	0
17	Russell Klobas	22	126	489	427	70	115	19	11	8	55	10	6	54	71	.269	.353	.422	.775	180	2	5	1
18	Chuck Kniffin	22	26	50	45	11	13	4	1	1	7	1	0	3	7	.289	.347	.489	.836	22	1	1	0
19	Donald Kreke	21	21	50	38	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	25	.000	.174	.000	.174	0	0	4	0
20	Jim Lewis	24	12	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.077	.077	.077	.154	1	0	0	0
21	Jerry Martin	24	135	526	460	73	138	23	5	17	86	9	4	50	108	.300	.366	.483	.849	222	3	4	9
22	Iran Paz	25	10	31	27	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	.222	.300	.222	.522	6	0	1	0
23	Blas Santana	23	128	483	442	57	124	22	6	6	57	2	1	32	57	.281	.331	.398	.729	176	3	3	3
24	John Stearns	21	67	216	166	28	40	7	4	3	24	2	1	46	26	.241	.400	.386	.786	64	0	1	3
25	Bob Terlecki	28	33	13	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	1	0
26	Roy Thomas	20	2	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	0
27	Erskine Thomason	24	30	69	64	6	12	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	21	.188	.200	.250	.450	16	0	4	0
28	Dave Wallace	25	11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
29	Mike Wallace*	22	3	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	0	0
30	James Ziegler#	26	136	506	404	62	126	20	1	2	56	6	4	92	42	.312	.444	.381	.825	154	5	4	1
	30 Players	23.2	139	5001	4275	623	1150	199	52	61	552	69	41	590	683	.269	.360	.383	.742	1636	37	61	38	48

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	Thomas Boyd*	20	2	5	.286	4.68	29	9		0	0	4	75.0	95	48	39	2	42	6	42	0	0	3	1.827	11.4	0.2	5.0	5.0	1.00
2	Jim Browning	21	8	5	.615	3.69	23	23		7	3	0	127.0	136	71	52	6	55	4	60	3	2	4	1.504	9.6	0.4	3.9	4.3	1.09
3	Steve Cates*	23	5	4	.556	2.66	41	3		0	0	9	71.0	67	30	21	5	32	11	53	4	2	1	1.394	8.5	0.6	4.1	6.7	1.66
4	Carl Cavanaugh	23	2	2	.500	4.26	6	1		0	0	0	19.0	20	13	9	0	9	1	12	1	0	0	1.526	9.5	0.0	4.3	5.7	1.33
5	Ron Diorio	26	5	1	.833	1.71	39	0		0	0	11	63.0	55	21	12	2	19	3	48	3	1	3	1.175	7.9	0.3	2.7	6.9	2.53
6	Kenneth Fuller	24	5	7	.417	3.77	28	14		1	0	1	105.0	111	58	44	10	57	6	80	5	0	5	1.600	9.5	0.9	4.9	6.9	1.40
7	Larry Kiser*	23	9	9	.500	3.30	27	21		6	2	0	139.0	111	71	51	2	112	9	102	5	2	22	1.604	7.2	0.1	7.3	6.6	0.91
8	Chuck Kniffin*	22	10	6	.625	4.34	21	17		4	1	0	114.0	119	59	55	7	48	5	83	2	0	4	1.465	9.4	0.6	3.8	6.6	1.73
9	Donald Kreke	21	10	8	.556	3.77	21	21		6	0	0	129.0	129	65	54	8	53	6	100	4	0	6	1.411	9.0	0.6	3.7	7.0	1.89
10	Bob Terlecki	28	4	7	.364	6.33	33	0		0	0	0	54.0	84	43	38	2	29	3	25	4	1	5	2.093	14.0	0.3	4.8	4.2	0.86
11	Roy Thomas	20	2	0	1.000	1.12	2	2		2	1	0	16.0	11	2	2	0	7	0	14	1	0	0	1.125	6.2	0.0	3.9	7.9	2.00
12	Erskine Thomason	24	12	7	.632	3.20	26	26		10	1	0	183.0	176	78	65	11	59	2	149	0	1	6	1.284	8.7	0.5	2.9	7.3	2.53
13	Dave Wallace	25	0	1	.000	1.59	11	0		0	0	6	17.0	11	4	3	0	3	1	15	0	0	0	0.824	5.8	0.0	1.6	7.9	5.00
14	Mike Wallace*	22	2	0	1.000	2.57	3	2		1	0	1	14.0	11	5	4	0	7	0	6	0	0	0	1.286	7.1	0.0	4.5	3.9	0.86
	14 Players	23.2	76	62	.551	3.59	139	139	102	37	11	32	1125.0	1136	568	449	55	532	57	789	32	9	59	1.483	9.1	0.4	4.3	6.3	1.48

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
Jim Essian	93	537	52	20	11	.967	6.33	11
John Stearns	31	157	18	2	2	.989	5.65	7
Larry Cox	25	143	16	1	4	.994	6.36	3
Jim Lewis	2	4	0	1	0	.800	2.00	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
James Ziegler	134	1030	79	15	93	.987	8.28
Jim Essian	9	72	5	2	7	.975	8.56
John Stearns	7	55	2	1	4	.983	8.14
Richard Giallella	3	12	0	2	1	.857	4.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Fred Andrews	64	124	156	15	35	.949	4.38
Russell Klobas	59	122	131	14	29	.948	4.29
Donald Kinzel	30	68	66	9	17	.937	4.47
Blas Santana	9	22	23	1	11	.978	5.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Blas Santana	119	88	262	12	18	.967	2.94
Russell Klobas	26	12	53	3	5	.956	2.50
John Stearns	11	3	12	1	2	.938	1.36

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Mark Crane	65	59	156	18	28	.923	3.31
Fred Andrews	56	70	136	19	26	.916	3.68
Russell Klobas	26	34	66	16	17	.862	3.85
Blas Santana	11	2	12	0	4	1.000	1.27
Iran Paz	9	6	28	2	4	.944	3.78
Donald Kinzel	3	2	3	5	0	.500	1.67

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jerry Martin	132	214	11	7	2	.970	1.70
Dane Iorg	113	149	8	5	1	.969	1.39
Nelson Garcia	107	186	11	5	3	.975	1.84
Richard Giallella	80	109	4	5	0	.958	1.41
Russell Klobas	22	21	1	1	0	.957	1.00
John Stearns	16	17	1	0	1	1.000	1.13

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Steve Cates	41	4	8	1	0	.923	0.29
Ron Diorio	39	4	15	2	0	.905	0.49
Bob Terlecki	33	1	5	0	0	1.000	0.18
Thomas Boyd	29	1	15	3	2	.842	0.55
Kenneth Fuller	28	4	8	2	1	.857	0.43
Larry Kiser	27	9	29	0	1	1.000	1.41
Erskine Thomason	26	14	24	3	1	.927	1.46
Jim Browning	23	9	22	3	0	.912	1.35
Chuck Kniffin	21	3	14	2	0	.895	0.81
Donald Kreke	21	6	18	1	2	.960	1.14
Dave Wallace	11	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.27
Carl Cavanaugh	6	1	3	0	1	1.000	0.67
Mike Wallace	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.67
Roy Thomas	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.50

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Fred Andrews	21	R	R	5' 8.0"	163	May 4, 1952	Lafayette, LA, US
Thomas Boyd	20	S	L	6' 2.0"	190	Oct 1, 1952
Jim Browning	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Feb 10, 1952	Springfield, VT, US
Steve Cates	23	L	L	6' 2.0"	185	Dec 29, 1949	Richmond, IN, US
Carl Cavanaugh	23	R	R	6' 4.0"	200	Jul 14, 1949	Greensburg, PA, US
Larry Cox	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	178	Sep 11, 1947	Bluffton, OH, US
Mark Crane	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Jun 30, 1952	Flint, MI, US
Ron Diorio	26	R	R	6' 6.0"	212	Jul 15, 1946	Waterbury, CT, US
Jim Essian	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jan 2, 1951	Detroit, MI, US
Kenneth Fuller	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Mar 18, 1949	Alameda, CA, US
Nelson Garcia	22	S	R	6' 1.0"	143	Sep 16, 1950
Richard Giallella	25	L	L	5' 11.0"	178	Aug 16, 1947	Trenton, NJ, US
Tony Gonzalez	36	L	R	5' 9.0"	170	Aug 28, 1936	Central Cunagua, CU
Dane Iorg	23	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	May 11, 1950	Eureka, CA, US
Donald Kinzel	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Dec 8, 1947
Larry Kiser	23	R	L	6' 4.0"	220	Jul 27, 1949	Kingsport, TN, US
Russell Klobas	22	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Oct 3, 1950
Chuck Kniffin	22	R	L	5' 11.0"	185	Oct 28, 1950	Rockville Center, NY, US
Donald Kreke	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	195	Jan 16, 1952
Jim Lewis	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Apr 26, 1949
Jerry Martin	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	May 11, 1949	Columbia, SC, US
Iran Paz	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	148	Jul 30, 1947
Blas Santana	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	155	Feb 3, 1950	Dajabon, DO
John Stearns	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Aug 21, 1951	Denver, CO, US
Bob Terlecki	28	R	R	5' 8.0"	185	Feb 14, 1945	Trenton, NJ, US
Roy Thomas	20	R	R	6' 5.0"	215	Jun 22, 1953	Quantico, VA, US
Erskine Thomason	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Aug 13, 1948	Laurens, SC, US
Dave Wallace	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Sep 7, 1947	Waterbury, CT, US
Mike Wallace	22	L	L	6' 2.0"	190	Feb 3, 1951	Gastonia, NC, US
James Ziegler	26	S	R	6' 1.0"	195	May 15, 1947

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