1974 Montreal Blazers
Record: 94-68
Finish: 1st in FL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 712
Runs Allowed: 619
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: Thunderdome
Attendance: 3,238,015
Manager: Toe Blake

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-75, 9th in the Frick League
AA: 70-68, 4th in the Frick League
A: 61-77, 11th in the Frick League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Doubleday Series 1-3 to New Orleans Crawdads
 
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
CF *Aaron Shirley 34 156 527 96 144 29 3 19 62 37 22 107 92 .273 .404 .448 .852 101.3 20.3 5.6
3B  Steve Masami 31 151 550 67 143 41 6 10 69 11 7 45 113 .260 .317 .411 .728 67.9 9.8 5.6
LF  John Ridgway 29 153 554 69 148 51 5 26 80 4 1 37 132 .267 .314 .518 .832 85.1 15.4 3.6
RF  Steve Clockmer 26 134 480 83 121 17 8 30 86 22 5 52 92 .252 .323 .508 .831 83.0 14.6 2.9
2B  Todd Elison 27 131 462 62 109 18 9 15 60 13 5 45 91 .236 .314 .411 .725 63.6 9.0 5.6
C *Andy Polski 30 128 401 59 85 19 2 19 55 2 0 46 78 .212 .312 .411 .723 55.5 8.1 4.4
SS  Luke Thelen 28 115 335 42 84 23 4 5 32 7 6 42 69 .251 .340 .388 .728 44.6 7.2 4.5
SS *Matt Ritchie 32 109 335 31 88 25 8 7 49 10 4 35 78 .263 .333 .448 .781 48.1 8.5 4.3
1B  Zachary Johnson 32 77 286 54 98 9 4 17 51 2 1 24 59 .343 .390 .580 .971 58.3 13.1 1.5
1B *James Jordan 27 76 284 39 71 20 1 15 46 0 1 25 59 .250 .311 .486 .797 40.8 6.5 1.4
CF  Ramon Gonzales 28 101 199 16 44 9 2 2 24 3 3 15 23 .221 .275 .317 .592 16.1 0.2 1.3
1B  Eddie Vaquero 32 80 149 17 34 2 0 4 20 0 1 12 33 .228 .297 .322 .619 14.0 0.8 0.5
C  Rube Baker 30 44 130 21 37 6 3 6 19 3 2 22 21 .285 .387 .515 .902 25.4 5.2 1.4
P *Vernon Simpson 35 34 106 3 7 3 1 0 4 0 0 6 44 .066 .116 .113 .229 -2.3 0.0 0.0
CF *Shelton Stone 29 86 107 16 27 3 1 1 5 8 5 8 19 .252 .304 .327 .631 10.1 0.9 0.8
P *Mack Leblanc 34 33 93 3 5 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 45 .054 .074 .097 .170 -4.4 0.0 0.0
2B  Hugh Thornsberry 27 38 85 15 24 5 0 2 11 3 0 11 3 .282 .378 .412 .789 14.1 2.7 1.0
C  Curt McAleavey 27 50 91 7 16 4 0 3 8 1 0 6 7 .176 .224 .319 .543 6.7 0.0 0.9
P  Kurt Stallwith 29 27 66 2 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 36 .121 .147 .152 .299 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Raymond Valdovinos 32 28 65 4 7 2 1 0 2 0 0 5 16 .108 .171 .169 .341 1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Eric Yulorix 33 30 55 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 27 .109 .169 .127 .297 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Hyman Sullivan 29 16 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .000 .091 .000 .091 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Edward Bussell 26 3 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .222 .300 .444 .744 0.8 0.1 0.0
P  Chuck Hornberg 32 28 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
LF  George McCluney 27 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Lou Packard 35 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  David Hudson 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *D.J. Schwans 34 68 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Isiah Grimmett 26 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Vern Booler 34 51 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Casper Monoghan 31 54 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Bernie Perez 27 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ricardo Barbera 34 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.1 2088 5406 712 1310 296 58 181 692 127 63 553 1148 .242 .317 .419 .736 728.9 122.3 45.4
  Rank among 12 FL teams 10 5 8 1 3 3 5 5 11 3 10 8 5 5 5 5  
* - 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 35 22 7 .759 34 34 0 277.3 182 77 17 90 242 2.50 29.0
*Mack Leblanc 34 17 8 .680 33 33 0 240.7 188 71 11 98 301 2.66 22.1
 Kurt Stallwith 29 16 6 .727 27 27 0 202.7 186 63 10 68 138 2.80 18.8
 Raymond Valdovinos 32 8 11 .421 28 27 0 191.7 179 87 18 81 128 4.09 7.9
*Eric Yulorix 33 7 11 .389 30 30 0 181.0 165 74 14 78 115 3.68 9.0
*D.J. Schwans 34 1 5 .167 68 0 13 67.0 67 28 6 19 55 3.76 6.8
 Casper Monoghan 31 8 7 .533 54 0 28 50.7 58 26 2 24 62 4.62 6.1
 Vern Booler 34 5 5 .500 51 0 2 49.7 43 19 7 13 41 3.44 5.2
 Lou Packard 35 0 1 .000 40 0 1 43.0 39 26 2 26 24 5.44 0.7
 Chuck Hornberg 32 3 1 .750 28 1 2 39.3 43 32 3 16 23 7.32 0.0
*Hyman Sullivan 29 1 4 .200 15 6 0 37.3 39 27 4 12 40 6.51 0.0
 Isiah Grimmett 26 3 1 .750 28 0 1 30.0 26 12 2 11 19 3.60 2.6
 Edward Bussell 26 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 26.0 12 1 1 4 23 0.35 4.7
*Bernie Perez 27 0 1 .000 10 0 0 9.0 4 2 0 3 4 2.00 0.9
 David Hudson 25 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 9.0 9 5 2 3 7 5.00 0.4
 Ricardo Barbera 34 0 0 .000 5 0 0 4.3 7 3 1 4 8 6.24 0.0
Team Totals 31.0 94 68 .580 455 162 47 1458.6 1247 553 100 550 1230 3.41 114.3
Rank among 12 FL teams 3 3 4 3 5 1 1 1 10 1 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 .991 31.9
A.Polski 968.3 109 111 834 57 9 6 .990 31.0
R.Baker 326.8 32 43 268 21 4 0 .986 36.4
C.McAleavey 162.9 19 21 125 13 2 0 .986 52.9
Team Total 1458.0 160 175 1227 91 15 6 .989 34.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.93
Z.Johnson 655.0 74 76 678 57 5 57 .993 10.10
J.Jordan 653.6 67 74 656 48 6 55 .992 9.69
E.Vaquero 157.3 17 25 158 11 2 14 .988 9.67
H.Sullivan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.9 158 176 1492 116 13 126 .992 9.87
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 4.93
T.Elison 1098.3 126 127 219 366 6 75 .990 4.79
H.Thornsberry 198.0 22 33 41 69 4 23 .965 5.00
L.Thelen 162.3 14 29 38 69 3 15 .973 5.93
Team Total 1458.7 162 189 298 504 13 113 .984 4.95
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.67
S.Masami 1354.3 150 150 82 318 7 29 .983 2.66
E.Vaquero 103.0 12 12 4 16 2 3 .909 1.75
M.Ritchie 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 163 86 334 9 32 .979 2.59
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 4.25
M.Ritchie 805.0 90 93 126 263 16 56 .960 4.35