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1973 Midland Cubs

1973 > Class AA > 1973 Texas League (West)
Overall: 64-74
Scored 660 runs, Allowed 716 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-74

Affiliation: Chicago Cubs-NL
Manager: Al Spangler
Represented: Midland, TX
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 Randy Bobb 25 17 56 53 1 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 10 .208 .250 .226 .476 12 0 0 0
2 Bill Bright* 24 116 450 412 44 108 18 3 7 52 4 2 29 99 .262 .310 .371 .681 153 2 1 6
3 Bubba Bussie 23 18 57 50 4 8 0 1 0 5 1 1 6 23 .160 .263 .200 .463 10 1 0 0
4 Randolph Crews 25 8 29 28 2 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .143 .172 .286 .458 8 0 0 0
5 William Droege 22 82 374 333 60 112 14 3 10 57 9 1 38 66 .336 .404 .486 .890 162 1 0 2
6 Ron Dunn 23 137 555 479 79 121 28 4 15 74 5 1 61 82 .253 .336 .422 .758 202 3 5 7
7 Frank Estrada 25 67 236 212 30 63 13 0 6 25 2 0 19 27 .297 .362 .443 .805 94 3 1 1
8 Joel Green 23 95 410 364 45 104 17 2 1 38 4 1 39 35 .286 .354 .352 .705 128 1 3 3
9 Steven Haug 19 85 291 263 25 58 13 0 2 20 0 0 17 80 .221 .265 .293 .558 77 0 8 3
10 William Huisman 24 86 326 275 44 72 9 1 2 30 5 3 42 30 .262 .363 .324 .686 89 2 6 1
11 Ronnie Matney# 26 99 416 326 50 76 12 4 9 46 2 1 77 80 .233 .386 .377 .764 123 7 2 4
12 Jack Mull 26 33 97 78 7 14 2 0 1 10 0 0 13 16 .179 .298 .244 .541 19 1 3 2
13 Jose Ortiz 26 32 132 110 14 29 6 1 3 17 6 0 17 13 .264 .366 .418 .785 46 2 1 2
14 Mike Roe 23 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
15 Rob Sperring 23 116 502 451 72 133 23 3 14 56 1 3 47 74 .295 .362 .452 .814 204 1 2 1
16 Ken Szotkiewicz* 26 92 307 263 29 63 10 1 3 33 2 1 35 52 .240 .326 .319 .645 84 1 3 5
17 Jerry Tabb* 21 76 310 260 56 71 14 2 12 44 3 2 43 42 .273 .378 .481 .859 125 2 3 2
18 Jim Tyrone 24 108 463 388 73 107 16 5 13 68 11 3 70 44 .276 .387 .443 .831 172 2 1 2
19 Joe Wallis# 21 55 225 198 23 39 5 0 4 11 1 0 25 38 .197 .290 .283 .573 56 1 1 0
19 Players 23.4 138 5240 4545 660 1193 202 30 103 594 56 19 583 816 .262 .347 .388 .735 1764 30 40 42 25
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 Tom Badcock* 23 2 5 .286 5.70 14 11 4 1 0 71.0 68 50 45 9 40 1 51 0 0 4 1.521 8.6 1.1 5.1 6.5 1.28
2 Ignacio Bracamontes* 22 0 0 7.41 8 0 0 0 0 17.0 21 17 14 3 10 0 12 0 0 2 1.824 11.1 1.6 5.3 6.4 1.20
3 Dan Corder 21 13 3 .813 2.33 17 17 11 1 0 147.0 125 46 38 5 26 0 113 4 0 2 1.027 7.7 0.3 1.6 6.9 4.35
4 Bill Faul 33 1 1 .500 6.00 11 0 0 0 1 18.0 18 12 12 3 14 1 16 3 0 0 1.778 9.0 1.5 7.0 8.0 1.14
5 Dyain Frazier* 21 7 12 .368 4.36 27 27 6 2 0 163.0 166 95 79 13 94 3 133 5 0 9 1.595 9.2 0.7 5.2 7.3 1.41
6 Gary Junge 24 9 9 .500 3.65 29 21 6 0 0 153.0 174 78 62 9 31 2 74 2 0 2 1.340 10.2 0.5 1.8 4.4 2.39
7 Dennis Lamp 20 2 4 .333 4.69 9 7 3 0 0 48.0 54 29 25 7 11 0 23 1 0 1 1.354 10.1 1.3 2.1 4.3 2.09
8 Ralph Pipes 22 1 0 1.000 10.12 4 0 0 0 0 8.0 14 9 9 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 2.250 15.8 2.2 4.5 2.2 0.50
9 Mike Roe 23 5 13 .278 6.29 31 14 2 0 2 126.0 175 109 88 8 50 1 65 3 2 11 1.786 12.5 0.6 3.6 4.6 1.30
10 Buddy Schultz* 22 3 4 .429 3.32 9 9 4 1 0 65.0 67 26 24 6 15 0 39 1 0 0 1.262 9.3 0.8 2.1 5.4 2.60
11 Francis Siedlecki 21 3 10 .231 4.34 22 19 3 0 0 114.0 130 73 55 8 43 3 56 8 1 4 1.518 10.3 0.6 3.4 4.4 1.30
12 Mark Thomas 24 3 6 .333 6.08 19 11 0 0 0 74.0 93 57 50 5 45 1 41 3 0 5 1.865 11.3 0.6 5.5 5.0 0.91
13 Michael Young 25 6 7 .462 5.40 43 1 0 0 10 80.0 108 68 48 11 34 5 45 1 0 8 1.775 12.2 1.2 3.8 5.1 1.32
14 Paul Zahn 26 9 0 1.000 3.89 34 1 0 0 3 81.0 89 47 35 11 25 2 64 1 0 3 1.407 9.9 1.2 2.8 7.1 2.56
14 Players 23.2 64 74 .464 4.49 138 138 99 39 6 16 1170.0 1302 716 584 100 442 19 734 32 3 51 1.491 10.0 0.8 3.4 5.6 1.66

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
Steven Haug 84 458 49 14 7 .973 6.04 9
Frank Estrada 44 202 26 6 5 .974 5.18 9
Jack Mull 23 93 12 2 1 .981 4.57 4
Randy Bobb 2 5 0 1 0 .833 2.50 3

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jerry Tabb 76 772 41 7 68 .991 10.70
Ronnie Matney 48 369 22 4 37 .990 8.15
Randy Bobb 9 74 7 1 9 .988 9.00
Randolph Crews 8 72 3 0 5 1.000 9.38
Jack Mull 5 37 0 0 0 1.000 7.40

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rob Sperring 115 309 377 27 78 .962 5.97
William Huisman 25 36 69 3 13 .972 4.20
Joel Green 5 5 17 1 1 .957 4.40
Ron Dunn 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ron Dunn 137 116 284 26 15 .939 2.92
Joel Green 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50
Rob Sperring 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Joel Green 81 163 256 43 51 .907 5.17
Ken Szotkiewicz 68 90 190 17 36 .943 4.12
William Huisman 6 7 28 1 7 .972 5.83

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jim Tyrone 108 181 9 10 1 .950 1.76
Bill Bright 84 121 12 6 2 .957 1.58
William Droege 82 130 6 8 0 .944 1.66
Joe Wallis 55 108 6 5 0 .958 2.07
Ronnie Matney 51 46 3 10 0 .831 0.96
Jose Ortiz 30 42 4 2 2 .958 1.53
Bubba Bussie 12 18 2 2 0 .909 1.67

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Michael Young 43 7 16 2 1 .920 0.53
Paul Zahn 34 2 7 1 2 .900 0.26
Mike Roe 31 3 20 1 1 .958 0.74
Gary Junge 29 5 27 2 1 .941 1.10
Dyain Frazier 27 6 27 1 0 .971 1.22
Francis Siedlecki 22 8 14 3 0 .880 1.00
Mark Thomas 19 5 14 0 0 1.000 1.00
Dan Corder 17 14 39 2 2 .964 3.12
Tom Badcock 14 3 13 1 0 .941 1.14
Bill Faul 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.09
Dennis Lamp 9 0 9 0 1 1.000 1.00
Buddy Schultz 9 3 17 0 2 1.000 2.22
Ignacio Bracamontes 8 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.63
Ralph Pipes 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Tom Badcock 23 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Jul 13, 1949 Summit, NJ, US
Randy Bobb 25 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Jan 1, 1948 Los Angeles, CA, US
Ignacio Bracamontes 22 L L 6' 4.0" 185 Sep 9, 1950 San Diego, CA, US
Bill Bright 24 L R 6' 0.0" 175 Apr 30, 1949 Allentown, PA, US
Bubba Bussie 23 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Dec 16, 1949 Oak Park, IL, US
Dan Corder 21 R R 6' 2.0" 197 Oct 16, 1951 San Diego, CA, US
Randolph Crews 25 R R 6' 5.0" 229 Jun 21, 1948 St. Louis, MO, US
William Droege 22 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Jun 24, 1951
Ron Dunn 23 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Jan 24, 1950 Oklahoma City, OK, US
Frank Estrada 25 R R 5' 8.0" 182 Feb 12, 1948 Navojoa, Sonora, MX
Bill Faul 33 R R 5' 10.0" 184 Apr 21, 1940 Cincinnati, OH, US
Dyain Frazier 21 S L 5' 11.0" 170 Nov 3, 1951
Joel Green 23 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Aug 28, 1949
Steven Haug 19 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Oct 4, 1953
William Huisman 24 R R 5' 9.0" 175 Aug 10, 1948 Cedar Falls, IA, US
Gary Junge 24 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Sep 19, 1948
Dennis Lamp 20 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Sep 23, 1952 Los Angeles, CA, US
Ronnie Matney 26 S L 6' 0.0" 185 Jun 1, 1947 Mobile, AL, US
Jack Mull 26 R R 5' 10.0" 190 Sep 29, 1946 Chambersburg, PA, US
Jose Ortiz 26 R R 5' 9.0" 155 Jun 25, 1947 Ponce, PR
Ralph Pipes 22 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Dec 4, 1950
Mike Roe 23 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Apr 29, 1950 Providence, RI, US
Buddy Schultz 22 R L 6' 0.0" 170 Sep 19, 1950 Cleveland, OH, US
Francis Siedlecki 21 L R 6' 4.0" 195 Dec 15, 1951
Rob Sperring 23 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Oct 10, 1949 San Francisco, CA, US
Ken Szotkiewicz 26 L R 6' 0.0" 165 Feb 25, 1947 Wilmington, DE, US
Jerry Tabb 21 L R 6' 2.0" 195 Mar 17, 1952 Altus, OK, US
Mark Thomas 24 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Aug 24, 1948 Fort Madison, IA, US
Jim Tyrone 24 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Jan 29, 1949 Alice, TX, US
Joe Wallis 21 S R 5' 11.0" 180 Jan 9, 1952 East St. Louis, IL, US
Michael Young 25 R R 6' 2.0" 170 Oct 18, 1947 San Francisco, CA, US
Paul Zahn 26 R R 5' 8.0" 165 Apr 21, 1947 Des Moines, IA, US

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