1973 Montreal Blazers
Record: 88-74
Finish: 1st in FL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 795
Runs Allowed: 680
Exp W-L: 93-69
 
Ballpark: Thunderdome
Attendance: 3,210,601
Manager: Toe Blake

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 1-1, 4th in the Frick League
AA: 1-1, 4th in the Frick League
A: 1-1, 4th in the Frick League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost FL Cartwright Cup 2-4 to New Orleans Crawdads
Won Doubleday Series 3-1 over Salt Lake City Missions
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF  John Ridgway 28 160 602 90 133 41 4 29 96 9 1 53 100 .221 .286 .447 .733 81.5 10.8 2.8
RF  Steve Clockmer 25 154 578 111 180 28 2 43 107 33 7 74 95 .311 .394 .590 .984 125.0 26.8 3.1
CF *Aaron Shirley 33 154 546 96 146 29 11 11 51 30 12 94 103 .267 .377 .421 .798 91.3 16.5 4.1
3B  Steve Masami 30 159 577 71 151 30 4 14 78 10 4 44 92 .262 .312 .400 .712 70.5 9.0 6.8
1B *Bo Jordan 28 153 543 83 144 18 2 27 90 8 1 41 100 .265 .325 .455 .780 81.5 12.8 4.1
2B  Pete Madewald 26 152 524 63 114 33 8 14 69 9 3 31 110 .218 .258 .391 .650 55.6 4.3 5.1
SS *Matt Ritchie 31 140 447 71 132 37 5 11 59 8 5 44 89 .295 .358 .474 .832 72.3 13.2 5.7
C *Andy Polski 29 108 335 56 78 13 4 19 65 0 0 29 52 .233 .318 .466 .784 47.6 7.0 5.4
C  Curt McAleavey 26 94 293 33 72 12 1 7 39 2 0 20 22 .246 .300 .365 .665 31.0 3.1 4.6
SS  Luke Thelen 27 126 284 34 78 16 1 11 38 7 0 15 49 .275 .315 .454 .769 39.5 6.5 3.8
1B  Mike McGovern 32 88 232 24 50 7 0 7 26 0 0 9 10 .216 .251 .336 .587 16.7 0.0 1.4
1B  Eddie Vaquero 31 87 163 26 48 5 3 8 27 0 1 14 35 .294 .361 .509 .870 28.6 5.4 0.9
CF *Shelton Stone 28 82 151 14 34 9 4 1 15 4 1 9 29 .225 .273 .358 .631 14.9 1.4 1.0
2B *Brad White 30 69 99 11 18 7 1 0 10 1 1 9 20 .182 .248 .273 .520 5.9 0.0 0.5
P *Scott Blundon 33 33 69 6 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 26 .101 .101 .116 .217 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P *Vernon Simpson 34 32 63 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 20 .063 .076 .095 .171 -1.5 0.0 0.0
P *Eric Yulorix 32 28 55 9 11 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 16 .200 .241 .291 .532 3.9 0.0 0.0
LF  Buford Jones 32 50 48 7 11 1 0 1 4 0 0 5 10 .229 .315 .313 .627 5.0 0.4 0.2
P  Larry Girard 27 25 46 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .065 .085 .130 .216 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P *Hyman Sullivan 28 14 29 1 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 8 .172 .172 .207 .379 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Chuck Hornberg 31 71 18 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .056 .056 .056 .111 -1.1 0.0 0.0
3B #Dean Sigel 25 10 13 3 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 4 .308 .438 .615 1.053 3.3 0.9 0.3
CF  Ramon Gonzales 27 12 14 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .214 .214 .214 .429 -0.2 0.0 0.0
2B #Daryl Perantoni 28 17 11 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 .182 .250 .455 .705 1.3 0.0 0.0
P *Lou Packard 34 69 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .000 .100 .000 .100 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *D.J. Schwans 33 94 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Vern Booler 33 85 6 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.9 0.2 0.0
P  Casper Monoghan 30 74 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Bernie Perez 26 73 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3 0.0
P #Floyd Decker 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
C  Steve Desalvo 27 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 1.4 0.6 0.0
2B  Kevin Merlino 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 2419 5774 821 1434 297 50 207 803 122 37 502 1024 .248 .312 .425 .737 771.6 119.0 50.0
  Rank among 12 FL teams 3 4 8 2 2 2 4 5 4 5 4 10 10 7 9 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Vernon Simpson 34 15 3 .833 32 32 0 223.0 159 70 27 75 216 2.83 20.4
*Scott Blundon 33 18 9 .667 34 33 0 218.3 147 78 24 81 229 3.22 17.6
*Eric Yulorix 32 11 7 .611 28 28 0 158.3 165 53 15 57 101 3.01 13.9
 Larry Girard 27 6 9 .400 25 25 0 146.7 172 83 8 67 94 5.09 2.9
*D.J. Schwans 33 7 6 .538 94 3 3 105.7 108 49 15 36 70 4.17 7.3
 Chuck Hornberg 31 3 9 .250 71 6 3 98.0 101 55 14 63 58 5.05 2.1
 Vern Booler 33 8 5 .615 85 0 1 96.3 79 34 8 27 74 3.18 10.1
 Lou Packard 34 7 6 .538 69 0 0 80.3 54 37 12 48 47 4.15 5.4
*Hyman Sullivan 28 5 1 .833 14 14 0 76.7 83 41 11 21 68 4.81 3.5
 Casper Monoghan 30 0 9 .000 74 0 31 70.7 67 37 10 36 97 4.71 6.2
*Bernie Perez 26 5 2 .714 73 0 3 68.7 72 30 5 16 39 3.93 5.6
 Floyd Decker 30 0 0 .000 2 2 0 7.3 11 6 1 3 3 7.37 0.0
 Ricardo Barbera 33 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.7 2 2 2 2 2 6.77 0.0
Team Totals 31.1 85 66 .563 603 143 41 1352.6 1220 575 152 532 1098 3.83 94.9
Rank among 12 FL teams 3 3 6 4 10 1 3 2 9 4 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 30.7
A.Polski 779.0 83 104 660 37 1 1 .999 28.2
C.McAleavey 679.3 79 85 568 34 8 2 .987 28.0
S.Desalvo 0.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1458.7 162 190 1229 71 9 3 .993 28.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.05
B.Jordan 1251.3 138 151 1307 103 10 132 .993 10.14
M.McGovern 478.3 57 63 471 22 0 51 1.000 9.28
E.Vaquero 287.7 27 48 288 18 1 22 .997 9.57
R.Gonzales 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 2018.3 222 263 2067 143 11 206 .995 9.85
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.20
P.Madewald 1233.3 142 148 254 421 9 103 .987 4.93
B.White 128.7 15 27 27 44 3 8 .959 4.97
L.Thelen 88.0 6 23 20 27 3 8 .940 4.81
D.Perantoni 15.7 0 7 4 3 0 1 1.000 4.02
Team Total 1465.7 163 205 305 495 15 120 .982 4.91
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.67
S.Masami 1405.0 159 159 107 316 11 25 .975 2.71
D.Sigel 41.0 3 10 5 10 0 1 1.000 3.29
L.Thelen 9.7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.93
M.Ritchie 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.White 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 173 112 329 11 26 .976 2.72
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.49
M.Ritchie 1007.7 124 128 127 323 21 67 .955 4.02
L.Thelen 447.0 38 88 60 169 4 39 .983 4.61
C.McAleavey 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
B.White 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Jones 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 219 188 494 25 107 .965 4.21
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.02
J.Ridgway 1400.7 156 160 284 3 4 0 .986 1.84
B.Jones 37.0 4 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.92
R.Gonzales 20.0 2 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.45
C.McAleavey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 171 297 3 4 0 .987 1.85
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.71
A.Shirley 1249.3 141 153 360 10 2 1 .995 2.67
S.Stone 193.0 21 37 61 5 0 1 1.000 3.08
C.McAleavey 16.3 0 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.76
Team Total 1458.7 162 198 426 15 2 2 .995 2.72
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.07
S.Clockmer 1348.0 151 154 295 10 7 1 .978 2.04
S.Stone 101.0 11 13 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.96
R.Gonzales 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Jones 3.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92
C.McAleavey 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 171 320 11 7 1 .979 2.04
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 1.69
V.Simpson 223.0 32 32 10 19 0 1 1.000 1.17
S.Blundon 218.3 33 33 6 17 2 2 .920 0.95
E.Yulorix 158.3 28 28 4 23 2 2 .931 1.53
L.Girard 146.7 25 25 10 20 1 3 .968 1.84
D.Schwans 105.7 3 94 6 25 1 2 .969 2.64
C.Hornberg 98.0 6 71 3 14 1 1 .944 1.56
V.Booler 96.3 0 85 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.21
L.Packard 80.3 0 69 5 22 0 2 1.000 3.03
H.Sullivan 76.7 14 14 2 10 1 2 .923 1.41
C.Monoghan 70.7 0 74 5 5 0 1 1.000 1.27
B.Perez 68.7 0 73 0 10 0 3 1.000 1.31
F.Decker 7.3 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.23
R.Barbera 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1352.6 143 602 56 174 8 20 .966 1.53
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Clockmer .311
On-Base Pct Clockmer .394
Slugging Pct Clockmer .590
OPS Clockmer .984
XR Clockmer 125.0
Games Ridgway 160
At-Bats Ridgway 602
Runs Clockmer 111
Hits Clockmer 180
Total Bases Clockmer 341
Singles Clockmer 107
Doubles Ridgway 41
Triples Shirley 11
Homeruns Clockmer 43
RBIs Clockmer 107
Stolen Bases Clockmer 33
Caught Stealing Shirley 12
Walks Shirley 94
Strikeouts Madewald 110
ERA Simpson 2.83
Wins Blundon 18
Losses Blundon, Girard, Hornberg, Monoghan 9
Winning Pct Simpson .833
Saves Monoghan 31
Games Pitched Schwans 94
Games Started Blundon 33
Complete Games Blundon 4
Shutouts Blundon 3
Innings Pitched Simpson 223.0
Hits Allowed Girard 172
Homeruns Allowed Simpson 27
Strikeouts Blundon 229
Walks Allowed Blundon 81
Walks per 9IP Simpson 3.0
Hits per 9IP Blundon 6.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Blundon 9.4
WHiP Blundon 1.04
OAVG Blundon .189
OOBP Simpson .266
OSLG Simpson .331
OOPS Simpson .597
Team All-Stars
Scott Blundon
Steve Clockmer
Player Salaries
Vernon Simpson $ 10,500,000
Scott Blundon $ 5,990,000
Steve Clockmer $ 3,440,000
D.J. Schwans $ 3,352,000
Eric Yulorix $ 2,990,000
John Ridgway $ 2,790,000
Bo Jordan $ 2,790,000
Luke Thelen $ 2,790,000
Casper Monoghan $ 2,495,000
Aaron Shirley $ 2,390,000
Antonio Chacon $ 2,152,000
Pete Madewald $ 2,000,000
Steve Masami $ 2,000,000
Matt Ritchie $ 2,000,000
Mike McGovern $ 2,000,000
Eddie Vaquero $ 2,000,000
Brad White $ 2,000,000
Andy Polski $ 2,000,000
Buford Jones $ 1,914,000
Vern Booler $ 1,914,000
Floyd Decker $ 1,800,000
Hyman Sullivan $ 1,800,000
Larry Girard $ 1,800,000
Ramon Gonzales $ 1,600,000
Shelton Stone $ 1,295,000
Steve Desalvo $ 1,295,000
Lou Packard $ 1,245,600
Kevin Merlino $ 1,200,000
Raymond Valdovinos $ 1,200,000
Curt McAleavey $ 1,171,500
Daryl Perantoni $ 1,000,000
George McCluney $ 895,000
John Jones $ 800,000
Rodney Archie $ 668,400
Dean Sigel $ 585,750
Chuck Hornberg $ 562,000
Ricardo Barbera $ 531,600
Damion Campanella $ 400,000
Jeff Tollefson $ 348,300
Bernie Perez $ 300,000
Alfred Gerald $ 298,800
 
Player Transactions
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