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1974 Oklahoma City 89ers

1974 > Class AAA > 1974 American Association (West)
Overall: 62-73
Scored 655 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-71

Affiliation: Cleveland Indians-AL
Manager: John Davis
Represented: Oklahoma City, OK
Ballpark: All Sports Stadium (Oklahoma City, OK)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1973 / 1975

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 Dwain Anderson 26 18 56 44 7 8 1 1 1 3 0 0 10 16 .182 .333 .318 .652 14 0 2 0
2 Alan Ashby# 22 66 250 211 26 60 19 1 2 24 1 0 34 39 .284 .385 .412 .797 87 1 3 1
3 Ossie Blanco 28 82 330 282 43 80 21 1 6 50 1 3 37 72 .284 .367 .429 .796 121 3 3 5
4 Michael Brooks 24 3 8 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .375 .625 3 0 0 0
5 Kevin Collins* 27 27 108 94 12 28 8 0 2 13 0 1 12 16 .298 .380 .447 .826 42 1 0 1
6 Danay Covert 24 45 184 167 21 53 12 2 3 35 1 1 13 32 .317 .372 .467 .839 78 2 1 1
7 Ed Crosby* 25 41 162 144 21 45 5 4 0 15 2 1 11 12 .313 .363 .403 .766 58 1 5 1 Stats for 2 teams
8 Ted Ford 27 5 21 20 2 7 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 6 .350 .381 .400 .781 8 0 0 0
9 Mike Hannah 24 38 154 136 18 37 10 1 3 30 0 1 14 25 .272 .333 .426 .760 58 0 1 3
10 Jim Hoppe 28 77 288 256 36 69 12 3 10 29 7 4 25 59 .270 .340 .457 .797 117 3 3 1 Stats for 2 teams
11 Ken Hottman 26 55 199 176 28 45 7 1 11 37 1 0 20 60 .256 .327 .494 .821 87 0 0 3
12 Johnny Jeter 29 76 305 284 44 81 17 3 5 34 12 5 14 77 .285 .315 .419 .734 119 0 3 4 Stats for 2 teams
13 Larry Johnson 23 74 256 236 35 58 10 0 9 39 3 2 17 43 .246 .294 .403 .697 95 0 1 2
14 Duane Kuiper* 24 135 600 554 83 172 27 5 3 53 28 11 37 55 .310 .357 .394 .751 218 5 1 3
15 Ron Lolich 27 7 33 29 6 9 0 1 1 8 0 0 3 4 .310 .364 .483 .846 14 0 0 1
16 Rick Manning* 19 122 460 402 58 108 16 5 5 39 21 5 51 67 .269 .355 .371 .726 149 3 4 0
17 Alvin McGrew 22 58 223 189 36 63 4 3 4 27 6 5 27 60 .333 .420 .450 .870 85 2 4 1
18 Tom McMillan 22 128 474 445 59 115 11 5 1 37 12 6 23 68 .258 .296 .312 .608 139 1 4 1
19 Glenn Monroe 23 49 175 151 22 35 7 0 3 19 3 3 23 32 .232 .331 .338 .669 51 0 0 1
20 Jeff Newman 25 57 206 188 19 46 3 1 7 28 0 1 15 38 .245 .299 .383 .682 72 0 2 1
21 Jim Norris* 25 44 159 140 26 49 12 4 0 13 7 1 19 30 .350 .428 .493 .921 69 0 0 0
22 Brian Ostrosser* 25 69 259 218 32 57 10 2 4 31 2 1 36 28 .261 .368 .381 .749 83 2 1 2
23 Tommy Smith* 25 93 404 381 59 119 23 9 10 67 17 10 18 41 .312 .341 .499 .839 190 0 2 3
23 Players 24.3 135 5008 4481 655 1263 225 47 80 608 119 61 438 839 .282 .346 .407 .753 1822 22 32 35 32
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 Harry Baird* 24 5 3 .625 6.00 26 7 2 1 0 81.0 101 60 54 8 29 3 37 0 0 4 1.605 11.2 0.9 3.2 4.1 1.28 Stats for 2 teams
2 Steve Blateric 30 10 7 .588 2.75 44 0 0 0 11 72.0 57 27 22 7 24 9 56 2 0 6 1.125 7.1 0.9 3.0 7.0 2.33 Stats for 2 teams
3 Tom Brennan 21 3 5 .375 6.84 13 13 1 0 0 50.0 46 42 38 2 56 0 44 1 0 2 2.040 8.3 0.4 10.1 7.9 0.79
4 Bruce Ellingsen* 25 3 4 .429 5.37 15 8 0 0 0 57.0 70 38 34 5 27 1 40 0 1 4 1.702 11.1 0.8 4.3 6.3 1.48
5 Bill Gogolewski 26 10 11 .476 3.63 28 27 10 0 0 181.0 178 90 73 13 38 3 118 3 1 4 1.193 8.9 0.6 1.9 5.9 3.11
6 Ken Hottman 26 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.000 18.0 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.00
7 Charlie Hudson* 24 3 5 .375 6.83 32 9 1 0 2 87.0 125 70 66 7 39 1 37 2 0 5 1.885 12.9 0.7 4.0 3.8 0.95
8 Jim Kern 25 17 7 .708 2.52 25 25 14 1 0 189.0 139 63 53 3 104 0 220 7 2 17 1.286 6.6 0.1 5.0 10.5 2.12
9 Terry Ley* 27 0 1 .000 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 3 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.000 9.0 0.0 36.0 9.0 0.25
10 Thomas Linnert* 21 0 2 .000 7.77 8 1 0 0 0 22.0 41 25 19 2 9 0 24 1 0 1 2.273 16.8 0.8 3.7 9.8 2.67
11 Denny O'Toole 25 3 3 .500 6.20 36 0 0 0 0 74.0 88 60 51 4 55 2 60 3 0 12 1.932 10.7 0.5 6.7 7.3 1.09
12 Eric Raich 22 5 6 .455 6.14 20 17 5 1 0 107.0 159 79 73 9 37 3 70 1 0 0 1.832 13.4 0.8 3.1 5.9 1.89
13 Bob Rauch 25 6 14 .300 4.95 30 19 3 1 1 140.0 135 91 77 14 110 6 109 2 0 15 1.750 8.7 0.9 7.1 7.0 0.99
14 Jim Strickland* 28 0 0 21.00 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 9 9 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.333 27.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
15 Brent Strom* 25 3 4 .429 5.22 9 9 2 0 0 50.0 48 33 29 8 22 2 39 1 0 4 1.400 8.6 1.4 4.0 7.0 1.77
16 Tom Timmermann 34 0 0 6.35 8 1 0 0 2 17.0 22 12 12 1 17 1 19 1 0 1 2.294 11.6 0.5 9.0 10.1 1.12
17 Jack Whillock 31 3 9 .250 3.68 50 0 0 0 10 88.0 81 43 36 6 32 10 59 4 0 4 1.284 8.3 0.6 3.3 6.0 1.84
17 Players 25.9 62 73 .459 4.80 135 135 97 38 5 21 1132.0 1216 694 604 82 568 32 874 27 4 72 1.576 9.7 0.7 4.5 6.9 1.54

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
Alan Ashby 60 405 33 8 2 .982 7.30 7
Larry Johnson 44 243 20 9 3 .967 5.98 7
Jeff Newman 40 266 16 5 2 .983 7.05 3
Jim Hoppe 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 Stats for 2 teams

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ossie Blanco 57 416 27 7 42 .984 7.77
Danay Covert 40 311 17 2 29 .994 8.20
Kevin Collins 19 146 14 0 22 1.000 8.42
Mike Hannah 18 143 11 0 14 1.000 8.56
Jeff Newman 4 26 1 1 1 .964 6.75
Ken Hottman 3 14 1 0 1 1.000 5.00
Jim Norris 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Duane Kuiper 135 291 365 11 79 .984 4.86
Michael Brooks 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50
Ed Crosby 1 4 1 1 3 .833 5.00 Stats for 2 teams

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Brian Ostrosser 59 32 107 10 9 .933 2.36
Glenn Monroe 48 29 85 17 9 .870 2.38
Mike Hannah 17 19 29 5 3 .906 2.82
Dwain Anderson 10 7 16 2 0 .920 2.30
Ed Crosby 9 2 14 0 0 1.000 1.78 Stats for 2 teams
Kevin Collins 5 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.80

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tom McMillan 127 215 362 35 81 .943 4.54
Ed Crosby 21 30 53 4 15 .954 3.95 Stats for 2 teams
Brian Ostrosser 11 13 26 2 3 .951 3.55
Dwain Anderson 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00
Mike Hannah 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rick Manning 121 207 12 8 3 .965 1.81
Tommy Smith 93 176 6 5 0 .973 1.96
Jim Hoppe 72 156 4 5 1 .970 2.22 Stats for 2 teams
Johnny Jeter 64 119 4 3 0 .976 1.92 Stats for 2 teams
Alvin McGrew 56 114 0 5 0 .958 2.04
Jim Norris 26 35 2 1 0 .974 1.42
Ken Hottman 24 36 0 2 0 .947 1.50
Ron Lolich 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
Michael Brooks 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jack Whillock 50 5 14 0 0 1.000 0.38
Steve Blateric 44 3 14 0 1 1.000 0.39 Stats for 2 teams
Denny O'Toole 36 6 7 1 0 .929 0.36
Charlie Hudson 32 2 18 3 0 .870 0.63
Bob Rauch 30 8 18 3 1 .897 0.87
Bill Gogolewski 28 13 24 1 0 .974 1.32
Harry Baird 26 0 15 2 1 .882 0.58 Stats for 2 teams
Jim Kern 25 12 31 2 5 .956 1.72
Eric Raich 20 6 18 0 0 1.000 1.20
Bruce Ellingsen 15 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.27
Tom Brennan 13 4 1 3 0 .625 0.38
Brent Strom 9 1 12 2 1 .867 1.44
Thomas Linnert 8 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.63
Tom Timmermann 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.25
Jim Strickland 3 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ken Hottman 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Terry Ley 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Dwain Anderson 26 R R 5' 11.0" 165 Nov 23, 1947 Oakland, CA, US
Alan Ashby 22 S R 6' 2.0" 185 Jul 8, 1951 Long Beach, CA, US
Harry Baird 24 S L 5' 11.0" 175 Aug 23, 1949
Ossie Blanco 28 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Sep 8, 1945 Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE
Steve Blateric 30 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Mar 20, 1944 Denver, CO, US
Tom Brennan 21 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Oct 30, 1952 Chicago, IL, US
Michael Brooks 24 R R 5' 10.0" 160 May 6, 1950 Los Angeles, CA, US
Kevin Collins 27 L R 6' 1.0" 180 Aug 4, 1946 Springfield, MA, US
Danay Covert 24 R R 6' 4.0" 210 May 20, 1950 Austin, TX, US
Ed Crosby 25 L R 6' 2.0" 175 May 26, 1949 Long Beach, CA, US
Bruce Ellingsen 25 L L 6' 0.0" 180 Apr 26, 1949 Pocatello, ID, US
Ted Ford 27 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Feb 7, 1947 Vineland, NJ, US
Bill Gogolewski 26 L R 6' 4.0" 190 Oct 26, 1947 Oshkosh, WI, US
Mike Hannah 24 R R 6' 4.0" 205 Nov 4, 1949 Newark, OH, US
Jim Hoppe 28 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Mar 17, 1946 Watertown, WI, US
Ken Hottman 26 R R 5' 11.0" 190 May 7, 1948 Stockton, CA, US
Charlie Hudson 24 L L 6' 3.0" 185 Aug 18, 1949 Ada, OK, US
Johnny Jeter 29 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Oct 24, 1944 Shreveport, LA, US
Larry Johnson 23 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Aug 17, 1950 Cleveland, OH, US
Jim Kern 25 R R 6' 5.0" 185 Mar 15, 1949 Gladwin, MI, US
Duane Kuiper 24 L R 6' 0.0" 175 Jun 19, 1950 Racine, WI, US
Terry Ley 27 L L 6' 0.0" 190 Feb 21, 1947 Portland, OR, US
Thomas Linnert 21 S L 5' 11.0" 165 Jul 31, 1952 Orange, CA, US
Ron Lolich 27 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Sep 19, 1946 Portland, OR, US
Rick Manning 19 L R 6' 1.0" 180 Sep 2, 1954 Niagara Falls, NY, US
Alvin McGrew 22 R R 6' 1.0" 182 Sep 22, 1951 Fairfield, AL, US
Tom McMillan 22 R R 5' 9.0" 165 Sep 13, 1951 Richmond, VA, US
Glenn Monroe 23 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Aug 26, 1950 Houston, TX, US
Jeff Newman 25 R R 6' 2.0" 215 Sep 11, 1948 Fort Worth, TX, US
Jim Norris 25 L L 5' 10.0" 175 Dec 20, 1948 Brooklyn, NY, US
Denny O'Toole 25 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Mar 13, 1949 Chicago, IL, US
Brian Ostrosser 25 L R 6' 0.0" 175 Jun 17, 1949 Hamilton, ON, CA
Eric Raich 22 R R 6' 4.0" 225 Nov 1, 1951 Detroit, MI, US
Bob Rauch 25 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Jun 16, 1949 Brookings, SD, US
Tommy Smith 25 L R 6' 4.0" 210 Aug 1, 1948 Albemarle, NC, US
Jim Strickland 28 L L 6' 0.0" 175 Jun 12, 1946 Los Angeles, CA, US
Brent Strom 25 R L 6' 3.0" 189 Oct 14, 1948 San Diego, CA, US
Tom Timmermann 34 R R 6' 4.0" 215 May 12, 1940 Breese, IL, US
Jack Whillock 31 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Nov 4, 1942 Clinton, AR, US

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