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1972 Clinton Pilots

1972 > Class A > 1972 Midwest League (North)
Overall: 49-77
Scored 477 runs, Allowed 643 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 46-80

Affiliation: Detroit Tigers-AL
Manager: Jim Leyland
Represented: Clinton, IA
Ballpark: Alliant Energy Field (Clinton, IA)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1971 / 1973

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 James Beene* 20 9 11 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .200 .273 .300 .573 3 0 0 0
2 Lawrence Bracco 19 10 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
3 Fred Bruntrager* 24 28 46 39 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 11 .205 .279 .205 .484 8 1 3 0
4 Natale Calamis* 21 5 20 17 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 .235 .350 .235 .585 4 0 0 0
5 Bruce Carney* 19 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
6 Kim Cates 21 121 499 446 50 132 16 2 12 84 4 2 43 56 .296 .359 .422 .780 188 4 0 6
7 Gary Christenson* 19 24 16 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .063 .063 .063 .125 1 0 0 0
8 Mike Corbett 18 53 181 164 19 36 1 2 1 12 1 0 14 63 .220 .293 .268 .561 44 3 0 0
9 Arnold Costell# 20 7 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0
10 Dave DuBois# 21 20 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0
11 Glenn Faulk# 19 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 1 0
12 Donald Finch* 22 56 218 175 20 31 6 1 1 12 3 2 41 62 .177 .333 .240 .573 42 0 2 0
13 Ian Fink 20 3 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 0 0 0
14 Bob Flanders# 23 70 267 227 21 54 5 1 3 24 3 3 36 67 .238 .346 .308 .654 70 2 1 1
15 George Hart* 21 62 200 161 13 35 6 1 0 15 0 0 34 45 .217 .355 .267 .622 43 1 3 1
16 Ben Hunt# 19 43 151 134 11 27 3 0 0 10 0 0 14 24 .201 .280 .224 .504 30 1 1 1
17 Gary Ignasiak* 22 18 21 20 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 .250 .286 .250 .536 5 0 0 0
18 Dave Kuhn 21 41 83 72 12 11 1 0 0 2 1 1 7 19 .153 .247 .167 .414 12 2 2 0
19 Donald Leslie 19 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
20 Steve Litras* 17 38 155 136 18 28 2 0 1 8 3 1 17 24 .206 .299 .243 .541 33 1 1 0
21 Alan Locascio 23 2 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 0 0
22 Stan Lukoic 21 35 21 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 .071 .235 .143 .378 2 0 4 0
23 Joe Maji# 25 21 32 26 8 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 .269 .367 .308 .674 8 1 2 0
24 Terry Mappin* 20 76 277 227 23 55 10 0 7 37 0 2 44 36 .242 .379 .379 .758 86 6 0 0
25 Jeffrey McLimans 22 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
26 Billy Michael* 18 104 411 363 52 82 11 3 5 40 17 1 43 112 .226 .311 .314 .625 114 2 2 1
27 Robert Moran 20 26 50 46 4 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 17 .152 .188 .174 .361 8 1 2 0
28 Timothy Murray 21 46 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 0 1 0
29 Roberto Perez 20 15 51 40 6 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 10 .075 .255 .075 .330 3 0 0 1
30 Fernand Poirier* 20 66 206 183 18 36 6 1 0 15 0 2 22 40 .197 .283 .240 .523 44 0 1 0
31 Doug Ratford 21 39 112 101 13 17 2 0 1 6 2 1 10 30 .168 .241 .218 .459 22 0 0 1
32 Joseph Rizzardi* 20 15 22 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 .053 .182 .053 .234 1 0 0 0
33 David Sherman 19 12 24 21 5 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 9 .238 .333 .476 .810 10 1 0 0
34 Robert Shortell# 21 7 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 2 0
35 Chuck Stone# 23 70 308 220 37 49 6 1 2 26 14 6 79 52 .223 .429 .286 .715 63 4 0 5
36 Michael Taylor 20 3 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0
37 Scott Thompson 19 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0
38 Harrold Underwood 22 78 285 257 38 61 9 6 0 15 7 2 24 55 .237 .301 .319 .620 82 0 3 1
39 John Valle 17 49 200 179 21 45 2 1 4 16 3 0 18 35 .251 .318 .341 .659 61 0 2 1
40 Miguel Vega 20 55 177 143 19 23 1 2 0 12 0 0 31 34 .161 .309 .196 .504 28 0 2 1
41 James Veryzer* 23 34 111 92 16 17 2 1 2 9 1 0 18 21 .185 .315 .293 .609 27 0 0 1
42 John Walsh 20 22 56 50 6 13 1 1 0 4 0 0 5 11 .260 .327 .320 .647 16 0 1 0
43 Frank Weisse* 22 63 219 181 21 42 5 1 2 26 1 1 34 55 .232 .352 .304 .656 55 0 3 1
44 Bob Wisniewski 19 37 125 107 10 34 9 1 1 15 1 1 16 23 .318 .416 .449 .865 48 2 0 0
44 Players 20.5 126 4631 3954 477 880 108 26 43 403 64 25 584 1005 .223 .326 .296 .621 1169 32 39 22 23
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 Lawrence Bracco 19 0 5 .000 7.50 9 4 1 0 0 24.0 23 24 20 3 25 0 14 0 0 2 2.000 8.6 1.1 9.4 5.2 0.56
2 Fred Bruntrager* 24 10 5 .667 1.67 28 16 7 1 1 135.0 122 54 25 1 42 2 132 3 1 6 1.215 8.1 0.1 2.8 8.8 3.14
3 Bruce Carney* 19 0 0 3.79 8 0 0 0 0 19.0 27 10 8 0 4 1 17 1 0 1 1.632 12.8 0.0 1.9 8.1 4.25
4 Gary Christenson* 19 2 2 .500 4.08 24 0 0 0 1 53.0 47 30 24 4 41 9 35 3 0 5 1.660 8.0 0.7 7.0 5.9 0.85
5 Arnold Costell* 20 0 4 .000 17.25 6 5 0 0 0 12.0 18 27 23 3 26 0 10 1 0 12 3.667 13.5 2.2 19.5 7.5 0.38
6 Dave DuBois* 21 1 0 1.000 3.25 19 0 0 0 2 36.0 32 24 13 3 17 1 25 1 0 0 1.361 8.0 0.8 4.2 6.2 1.47
7 Glenn Faulk* 19 0 2 .000 4.50 8 4 0 0 0 20.0 27 15 10 1 9 1 9 0 0 0 1.800 12.2 0.4 4.0 4.0 1.00
8 Ian Fink 20 0 2 .000 4.74 3 3 0 0 0 19.0 25 12 10 1 3 0 17 1 0 1 1.474 11.8 0.5 1.4 8.1 5.67
9 Bob Flanders 23 2 2 .500 1.57 9 2 1 0 0 23.0 24 11 4 0 9 2 19 3 0 1 1.435 9.4 0.0 3.5 7.4 2.11
10 Gary Ignasiak* 22 4 7 .364 5.20 17 8 1 0 0 64.0 59 54 37 4 52 3 78 0 0 11 1.734 8.3 0.6 7.3 11.0 1.50
11 Donald Leslie 19 1 0 1.000 6.00 11 0 0 0 0 18.0 28 16 12 2 18 1 11 0 0 2 2.556 14.0 1.0 9.0 5.5 0.61
12 Stan Lukoic 21 3 4 .429 5.35 35 9 0 0 1 79.0 101 61 47 2 54 4 63 1 2 6 1.962 11.5 0.2 6.2 7.2 1.17
13 Joe Maji 25 7 5 .583 3.45 21 13 3 0 1 94.0 91 46 36 7 35 5 91 5 0 3 1.340 8.7 0.7 3.4 8.7 2.60
14 Jeffrey McLimans 22 0 0 2.37 14 0 0 0 1 19.0 26 9 5 0 9 4 16 0 0 2 1.842 12.3 0.0 4.3 7.6 1.78
15 Robert Moran 20 6 8 .429 2.76 23 21 6 0 1 137.0 123 62 42 5 38 5 106 4 0 8 1.175 8.1 0.3 2.5 7.0 2.79
16 Timothy Murray 21 2 11 .154 5.02 46 0 0 0 6 61.0 82 47 34 7 17 9 30 3 0 4 1.623 12.1 1.0 2.5 4.4 1.76
17 Joseph Rizzardi 20 2 5 .286 5.80 14 11 0 0 0 59.0 68 41 38 7 24 3 24 0 0 5 1.559 10.4 1.1 3.7 3.7 1.00
18 Robert Shortell 21 0 2 .000 5.54 7 5 0 0 0 26.0 27 22 16 2 11 0 18 1 0 2 1.462 9.3 0.7 3.8 6.2 1.64
19 Gary Smith* 21 0 0 4.50 7 0 0 0 1 6.0 9 6 3 0 7 1 4 0 0 0 2.667 13.5 0.0 10.5 6.0 0.57
20 Michael Taylor 20 1 2 .333 2.84 3 3 1 0 0 19.0 10 8 6 1 13 1 17 0 0 1 1.211 4.7 0.5 6.2 8.1 1.31
21 John Walsh* 20 8 11 .421 3.20 22 22 7 2 0 135.0 133 64 48 14 44 1 67 6 0 5 1.311 8.9 0.9 2.9 4.5 1.52
21 Players 21.1 49 77 .389 3.93 126 126 99 27 6 15 1057.0 1102 643 461 67 498 53 803 33 3 77 1.514 9.4 0.6 4.2 6.8 1.61

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
George Hart 56 332 42 7 3 .982 6.68 7
Terry Mappin 49 319 32 10 5 .972 7.16 6
Bob Wisniewski 31 183 22 6 5 .972 6.61 9
Alan Locascio 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 1

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Kim Cates 118 1032 42 16 71 .985 9.10
Frank Weisse 8 53 1 2 3 .964 6.75
Donald Finch 1 12 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
Bob Wisniewski 1 6 0 0 2 1.000 6.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Chuck Stone 68 143 144 19 39 .938 4.22
Ben Hunt 37 70 76 8 13 .948 3.95
Dave Kuhn 19 30 47 5 7 .939 4.05
Natale Calamis 5 9 15 0 3 1.000 4.80

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Valle 49 43 127 15 10 .919 3.47
Donald Finch 48 47 101 19 13 .886 3.08
Miguel Vega 15 10 28 4 1 .905 2.53
Roberto Perez 12 7 28 6 1 .854 2.92
Kim Cates 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Ben Hunt 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Harrold Underwood 62 92 188 30 26 .903 4.52
Steve Litras 35 36 98 16 7 .893 3.83
Miguel Vega 32 46 66 15 8 .882 3.50

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Billy Michael 101 249 18 13 4 .954 2.64
Bob Flanders 61 98 4 10 0 .911 1.67
Fernand Poirier 53 67 3 6 0 .921 1.32
Mike Corbett 51 77 4 7 0 .920 1.59
Frank Weisse 45 57 4 2 2 .968 1.36
Doug Ratford 32 34 1 1 1 .972 1.09
James Veryzer 26 31 2 2 1 .943 1.27
Terry Mappin 23 22 3 1 0 .962 1.09
David Sherman 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Donald Finch 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00
James Beene 1 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Timothy Murray 46 0 12 0 0 1.000 0.26
Stan Lukoic 35 3 16 0 1 1.000 0.54
Fred Bruntrager 28 2 27 5 3 .853 1.04
Gary Christenson 24 2 8 1 1 .909 0.42
Robert Moran 23 9 24 5 1 .868 1.43
John Walsh 22 6 15 1 1 .955 0.95
Joe Maji 21 7 12 0 0 1.000 0.90
Dave DuBois 19 1 7 0 0 1.000 0.42
Gary Ignasiak 17 5 10 2 0 .882 0.88
Jeffrey McLimans 14 1 3 2 0 .667 0.29
Joseph Rizzardi 14 4 6 0 0 1.000 0.71
Donald Leslie 11 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.36
Lawrence Bracco 9 0 4 1 0 .800 0.44
Bob Flanders 9 1 7 1 0 .889 0.89
Bruce Carney 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.50
Glenn Faulk 8 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.50
Robert Shortell 7 0 9 2 0 .818 1.29
Gary Smith 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.14
Arnold Costell 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.33
Ian Fink 3 1 2 1 0 .750 1.00
Michael Taylor 3 0 1 1 0 .500 0.33

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
James Beene 20 L L 6' 1.0" 180 1952
Lawrence Bracco 19 R R 6' 0.0" 175 1953
Fred Bruntrager 24 L L 5' 11.0" 172 1948
Natale Calamis 21 L R 5' 11.0" 170 1951
Bruce Carney 19 L L 6' 2.0" 190 1953
Kim Cates 21 R R 6' 5.0" 210 1951
Gary Christenson 19 L L 6' 5.0" 200 May 5, 1953 Mineola, NY, US
Mike Corbett 18 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Aug 15, 1953 Stoughton, MA, US
Arnold Costell 20 S L 6' 3.0" 205 1952
Dave DuBois 21 S L 6' 3.0" 195 1951
Glenn Faulk 19 S L 6' 4.0" 190 1953
Donald Finch 22 L R 6' 0.0" 160 1950
Ian Fink 20 R R 6' 1.0" 185 May 19, 1952
Bob Flanders 23 S R 6' 0.0" 195 1949
George Hart 21 L R 5' 11.0" 180 Jul 29, 1950
Ben Hunt 19 S R 5' 11.0" 150 Jun 28, 1953
Gary Ignasiak 22 L L 5' 11.0" 185 Sep 1, 1949 Mount Clemens, MI, US
Dave Kuhn 21 R R 6' 0.0" 165 1951
Donald Leslie 19 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Feb 22, 1953
Steve Litras 17 L R 5' 10.0" 160 Aug 11, 1954
Alan Locascio 23 R R 6' 1.0" 185 1949
Stan Lukoic 21 R R 6' 4.0" 204 1951
Joe Maji 25 S R 5' 11.0" 175 Nov 19, 1946
Terry Mappin 20 L R 6' 2.0" 205 Mar 23, 1952
Jeffrey McLimans 22 R R 6' 7.0" 225 1950
Billy Michael 18 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Apr 8, 1954
Robert Moran 20 R R 6' 4.0" 215 1952
Timothy Murray 21 R R 6' 0.0" 210 1951
Roberto Perez 20 R R 6' 0.0" 175 1952
Fernand Poirier 20 L R 6' 0.0" 174 1952
Doug Ratford 21 R R 6' 2.0" 190 1951
Joseph Rizzardi 20 L R 6' 2.0" 195 Sep 24, 1951
David Sherman 19 R R 6' 3.0" 185 1953
Robert Shortell 21 S R 6' 1.0" 180 Jul 20, 1950
Gary Smith 21 L L 6' 0.0" 195 1951
Chuck Stone 23 S R 5' 9.0" 175 Jun 20, 1949 Los Angeles, CA, US
Michael Taylor 20 R R 6' 2.0" 195 1952
Scott Thompson 19 R R 6' 0.0" 185 1953
Harrold Underwood 22 R R 6' 0.0" 158 Apr 25, 1950
John Valle 17 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Sep 8, 1954
Miguel Vega 20 R R 6' 0.0" 178 1952
James Veryzer 23 L R 6' 1.0" 187 1949
John Walsh 20 R L 6' 2.0" 195 1952
Frank Weisse 22 L L 5' 11.0" 185 1950
Bob Wisniewski 19 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Dec 15, 1952

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