Birmingham Black Barons History - 1975 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1975 Birmingham Black Barons	90	72	.556	1^st	-	93-69	-3	.274	3.73	X	X	3,219,893	$56,562,931	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Andrelton Simmons (SS)	1
All-Star	Vladimir Guerrero, Duane Josephson, Tommy Leach, Jose Lima, Joe Musgrove, Bob Watson	6
Pitcher of the Month	Willie Mitchell (Jul)	1
Batter of the Month	Bob Watson (Jul), Vladimir Guerrero (Aug)	2
Player of the Week	Bob Watson (Jul 28, Aug 25), Vladimir Guerrero (Sep 8), Bob Watson (Sep 22)	4

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
3B	Tommy Leach	26	156	668	184	20	9	20	70	104	45	6	6	4	89	14	12	.275	.325	.422	.747	3.5	95
1B	Bob Watson	28	162	663	214	37	2	40	103	107	45	11	0	8	85	0	0	.323	.371	.566	.937	4.7	142
LF	Vladimir Guerrero	32	155	642	195	29	1	50	124	112	34	7	0	5	61	1	0	.304	.343	.586	.929	6.2	138
CF	Jim Piersall	34	155	564	156	26	2	5	45	52	38	0	2	1	47	8	5	.277	.322	.356	.678	1.5	79
2B	Buddy Bell	23	144	539	135	17	3	9	48	54	35	2	3	5	74	2	2	.250	.296	.343	.639	0.7	68
RF	Darryl Strawberry	30	133	403	134	9	1	33	85	85	55	5	2	2	95	10	6	.333	.417	.605	1.023	6.0	165
C	Duane Josephson	32	104	377	91	16	3	21	54	48	16	4	0	1	44	1	0	.241	.279	.467	.746	2.1	92
SS	Andrelton Simmons	23	117	364	87	10	3	10	49	34	26	2	0	4	17	0	2	.239	.290	.365	.656	1.0	72
LF	Leon Roberts	26	130	340	100	16	4	23	67	54	30	3	0	5	45	0	1	.294	.352	.568	.919	3.0	137
C	Frank House	26	67	244	63	10	0	9	31	30	12	4	0	2	18	0	0	.258	.302	.410	.711	1.5	85
SS	Mark Belanger	34	98	215	48	11	2	2	8	29	23	2	3	0	36	3	0	.223	.304	.321	.625	0.6	65
2B	Babe Twombly	34	56	116	34	2	2	3	11	15	8	0	2	1	14	2	1	.293	.336	.422	.758	0.5	98
P	Rick Reuschel	27	40	99	21	3	1	1	5	9	4	0	13	1	29	0	0	.212	.240	.293	.533	-0.7	40
P	CC Sabathia	28	39	83	14	2	0	1	9	6	2	0	19	1	27	0	0	.169	.186	.229	.415	-1.0	9
P	Pete Conway	20	39	76	14	6	0	2	10	5	0	1	11	0	13	0	0	.184	.195	.342	.537	-0.7	38
2B	Dan Driessen	33	67	66	24	3	0	0	12	10	7	1	0	4	9	1	0	.364	.410	.409	.819	0.3	118
P	Willie Mitchell	21	36	63	10	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	9	0	13	0	0	.159	.159	.206	.365	-1.0	-5
CF	Kiddo Davis	31	35	51	13	2	0	1	5	5	3	0	1	0	7	0	0	.255	.296	.353	.649	-0.1	71
P	Jose Lima	26	34	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	11	0	0	.037	.071	.074	.146	-0.5	-61
P	Harry Krause	24	30	23	8	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	.348	.348	.478	.826	-0.0	115
C	Elston Howard	38	6	19	4	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	.211	.286	.211	.496	-0.0	34
3B	Walt Weiss	29	15	12	1	1	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	.083	.267	.167	.433	-0.1	19
P	Ian Krol	30	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Joe Musgrove	37	42	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
-	Craig Counsell	36	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Frank Barrett	25	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Ron Tompkins	24	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Bob J Miller	30	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
28 Players		28.5	1944	5664	1551	227	33	230	744	770	389	48	81	44	750	42	30	.274	.324	.447	.771	27.2	100
NL Rank				2	2	4	2	2	2	2	4	6	4	3	5	4	3	3	4	2	2	2
ABBA Rank				2	3	10	5	2	3	3	10	12	4	7	10	10	9	4	10	2	2	2

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Rick Reuschel	27	40	40	15	13	0	3.99	302.3	291	139	134	36	71	186	0	11	1	1.20	.279	5.4	106
CC Sabathia	28	39	39	16	13	0	4.06	279.3	269	131	126	39	53	191	0	13	3	1.15	.273	5.5	104
Pete Conway	20	39	34	13	14	0	4.54	244.0	273	129	123	26	84	127	1	8	2	1.46	.309	3.2	93
Willie Mitchell	21	36	28	14	7	1	3.00	210.3	184	76	70	18	71	151	1	10	3	1.21	.275	4.6	141
Jose Lima	26	34	11	7	5	2	4.12	113.7	118	55	52	14	19	78	1	2	1	1.21	.300	2.1	103
Harry Krause	24	30	10	8	4	1	3.11	98.3	83	44	34	10	37	51	3	4	0	1.22	.239	0.8	136
Joe Musgrove	37	42	0	6	3	10	2.40	56.3	47	16	15	3	11	51	4	0	0	1.03	.277	2.3	177
Frank Barrett	25	39	0	4	8	6	3.40	53.0	43	24	20	9	14	32	1	0	0	1.08	.215	0.1	125
Mariano Rivera	40	34	0	2	3	11	1.93	51.3	40	12	11	3	10	27	3	0	0	.97	.247	1.4	219
Ian Krol	30	22	0	4	2	0	3.18	34.0	30	12	12	3	4	20	0	0	0	1.00	.260	0.5	133
Ron Tompkins	24	16	0	0	0	0	4.22	21.3	15	10	10	3	18	11	1	0	0	1.55	.200	-0.4	100
Bob J Miller	30	5	0	1	0	0	4.50	6.0	7	3	3	1	0	7	0	0	0	1.17	.353	0.2	94
12 Pitchers	25.7	376	162	90	72	31	3.73	1470.0	1400	651	610	165	392	932	15	48	10	1.22	.277	25.7	118
NL Rank		1	1	1	6	3	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	3	3	1	4	1
ABBA Rank		2	3	1	12	4	2	3	3	1	1	7	2	4	2	7	5	1	5	1

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Reuschel	40	40	25	37	3	66	4	.939	302.3	1.85	-0.1
C. Sabathia	39	39	25	31	1	58	2	.966	279.3	1.80	1.4
P. Conway	39	34	11	43	5	58	4	.931	244.0	1.99	-1.0
W. Mitchell	36	28	9	31	1	44	4	.909	210.3	1.71	-1.2
J. Lima	33	11	12	13	1	25	0	1.000	113.7	1.98	1.2
H. Krause	30	10	5	12	0	19	2	.895	98.3	1.56	-0.9
J. Musgrove	42	0	2	6	1	9	1	.889	56.3	1.28	-0.4
F. Barrett	39	0	6	4	1	10	0	1.000	53.0	1.70	0.0
M. Rivera	34	0	0	5	1	6	1	.833	51.3	0.88	-0.4
I. Krol	21	0	2	4	0	6	0	1.000	34.0	1.59	0.1
R. Tompkins	16	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	21.3	0.84	0.0
B. Miller	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	6.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	374	162	97	188	14	303	18	.941	1470.0	1.74	-1.2

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
D. Josephson	98	92	545	47	10	595	3	.995	838.7	6.35	0.2	8	48.7
F. House	65	64	365	35	3	401	1	.998	579.3	6.21	3.6	4	63.6
E. Howard	6	6	33	3	0	36	0	1.000	52.0	6.23	0.2	0	100.0
Totals	169	162	943	85	13	1032	4	.996	1470.0	6.29	4.1	12	56.2

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Watson	160	160	1463	104	141	1588	21	.987	1437.0	9.81	-10.4
B. Twombly	11	2	35	2	5	37	0	1.000	32.0	10.41	0.0
T. Leach	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	172	162	1499	106	147	1626	21	.987	1470.0	9.83	-10.3

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Bell	141	141	303	386	106	697	8	.989	1204.0	5.15	2.3
B. Twombly	26	21	53	56	20	109	0	1.000	195.0	5.03	-0.7
M. Belanger	25	0	5	14	4	19	0	1.000	36.0	4.75	1.4
D. Driessen	11	0	8	12	0	20	0	1.000	25.3	7.11	-0.1
A. Simmons	3	0	0	2	1	2	0	1.000	7.3	2.45	-0.0
W. Weiss	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	2.3	7.71	0.5
Totals	209	162	369	472	131	849	8	.991	1470.0	5.15	3.5

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Leach	154	154	104	315	19	427	8	.981	1398.7	2.70	7.0
M. Belanger	4	4	4	12	1	16	0	1.000	36.0	4.00	0.1
A. Simmons	2	2	3	5	0	8	0	1.000	17.3	4.15	0.6
W. Weiss	2	2	2	6	0	8	0	1.000	17.0	4.24	0.1
B. Bell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	163	162	113	338	20	459	8	.983	1470.0	2.76	7.8

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Simmons	104	101	151	323	91	478	4	.992	873.0	4.89	4.3
M. Belanger	66	58	81	175	32	258	2	.992	531.0	4.34	2.1
B. Bell	14	0	2	4	0	7	1	.857	28.3	1.91	-0.0
T. Leach	2	2	2	9	1	11	0	1.000	18.0	5.50	-0.0
W. Weiss	7	1	3	7	3	10	0	1.000	15.3	5.87	-0.0
F. House	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	4.3	6.23	-0.0
Totals	194	162	239	521	127	767	7	.991	1470.0	4.65	6.3

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
V. Guerrero	90	90	204	3	1	213	6	.972	803.3	2.32	0.7
L. Roberts	78	72	164	5	0	171	2	.988	655.0	2.32	1.3
D. Driessen	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	9.3	2.89	-0.8
B. Watson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
D. Strawberry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	173	162	371	8	1	387	8	.979	1470.0	2.32	1.3

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Piersall	154	154	391	14	4	407	2	.995	1354.0	2.69	2.5
K. Davis	12	6	11	0	0	11	0	1.000	65.0	1.52	-0.2
D. Strawberry	19	2	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	51.0	1.24	-1.6
Totals	185	162	409	14	4	425	2	.995	1470.0	2.59	0.8

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Strawberry	96	95	195	8	1	203	0	1.000	813.3	2.25	5.1
V. Guerrero	72	65	143	6	2	154	5	.968	588.0	2.28	0.6
L. Roberts	13	0	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	28.0	2.89	-0.1
B. Watson	2	2	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	18.0	3.50	-0.1
D. Driessen	1	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	12.0	3.75	-1.5
K. Davis	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	10.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	189	162	359	14	3	378	5	.987	1470.0	2.28	4.0

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Bob Watson	.323
On-Base Percentage	Bob Watson	.371
Slugging Percentage	Vladimir Guerrero	.586
OPS	Bob Watson	.937
Games	Bob Watson	162
At-Bats	Tommy Leach	668
Runs	Vladimir Guerrero	112
Hits	Bob Watson	214
Doubles	Bob Watson	37
Triples	Tommy Leach	9
Home Runs	Vladimir Guerrero	50
Runs Batted In	Vladimir Guerrero	124
Stolen Bases	Tommy Leach	14
Caught Stealing	Tommy Leach	12
Walks	Darryl Strawberry	55
Strikeouts	Darryl Strawberry	95

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	CC Sabathia	16
Losses	Pete Conway	14
Saves	Mariano Rivera	11
Games	Joe Musgrove	42
Games Started	Rick Reuschel	40
Complete Games	CC Sabathia	13
Shutouts	CC Sabathia, Willie Mitchell	3
Innings Pitched	Rick Reuschel	302.3
Hits Allowed	Rick Reuschel	291
Home Runs Allowed	CC Sabathia	39
Strikeouts	CC Sabathia	191
Walks Allowed	Pete Conway	84
Earned Run Average	Willie Mitchell	3.00
Walks + Hits per IP	CC Sabathia	1.15
BABIP	CC Sabathia	.273