1973 Omaha Barnstormers
Record: 83-79
Finish: 1st in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 744
Runs Allowed: 735
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: The Bard
Attendance: 3,069,408
Manager: Jordan Gillis

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 1-1, 5th in the Johnson League
AA: 1-1, 5th in the Johnson League
A: 1-1, 5th in the Johnson League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Doubleday Series 2-3 to Washington Bobwhites
 
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
1B  Bob Oberdorsten 26 162 624 102 206 18 4 15 53 3 2 68 44 .330 .417 .444 .861 114.0 23.4 2.2
LF *Floyd Jackson 31 162 638 90 200 34 9 23 76 48 23 53 126 .313 .369 .503 .872 106.2 20.1 5.1
CF #Kelvin McLish 27 158 608 81 157 40 9 21 82 27 14 42 131 .258 .314 .457 .771 84.8 12.5 5.7
2B  Kevin Cisler 28 158 575 82 130 26 6 22 101 4 3 58 92 .226 .308 .407 .715 76.8 9.1 4.6
RF #Tony Boyer 29 146 432 60 130 23 3 23 68 9 4 40 65 .301 .367 .528 .894 79.6 15.7 2.2
C  Marvin James 33 131 382 43 77 15 1 12 42 3 0 31 86 .202 .260 .340 .601 33.4 0.8 6.3
SS  Tommy Cuccia 27 129 360 39 83 19 3 9 41 5 3 32 72 .231 .296 .375 .671 39.3 3.7 2.5
SS  Bono Deugen 36 90 346 43 81 13 7 6 24 17 6 16 60 .234 .275 .364 .639 36.6 3.2 1.8
RF  Phil Austin 35 140 315 47 92 23 4 9 39 2 1 30 58 .292 .353 .476 .830 50.6 9.5 1.6
C  Rich Rodale 35 96 290 40 66 10 3 20 56 0 1 13 50 .228 .274 .490 .764 39.2 5.0 3.8
3B  Trey Renius 36 115 278 40 80 7 1 7 41 0 1 16 42 .288 .331 .396 .727 33.7 4.8 1.6
3B *Pepper Volkov 30 121 237 32 69 10 0 7 29 6 3 30 42 .291 .370 .422 .792 38.3 6.9 1.3
SS #Augie Barr 32 107 224 29 69 10 5 6 37 1 0 16 33 .308 .357 .478 .834 35.4 6.2 1.2
CF *Nathaniel Xavier 19 53 92 12 19 5 2 2 9 4 0 13 9 .207 .299 .370 .669 11.6 1.0 0.8
P *Henry Mitcher 25 34 65 4 9 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 23 .138 .162 .169 .331 0.8 0.0 0.0
P *Cornelius Clayson 30 36 67 2 6 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 20 .090 .129 .119 .248 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Jansen 26 33 59 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 20 .102 .167 .119 .285 0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Ace Holder 25 34 60 2 7 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 26 .117 .143 .183 .326 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  John Lundeen 37 30 53 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 21 .019 .055 .019 .073 -3.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Monty Wells 31 43 47 14 14 3 0 2 7 4 2 6 13 .298 .382 .489 .871 7.8 1.1 0.4
P  Craig Renner 30 15 32 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 14 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  David Feingold 34 15 26 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .115 .148 .115 .264 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Ken Samuel 27 61 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .182 .273 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Jethro Wilbury 27 80 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Ernie Nabaro 29 79 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .286 .429 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Meat Poplowski 29 71 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Harris Browne 32 75 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P *Philip Berke 33 74 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.0 2448 5841 776 1512 263 59 184 720 135 64 483 1075 .259 .322 .419 .741 784.2 123.3 41.1
  Rank among 12 JL teams 2 3 3 4 1 9 7 4 10 9 7 6 6 7 6 4  
* - 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
*Henry Mitcher 25 9 14 .391 34 34 0 207.3 225 106 30 22 126 4.60 5.7
 Cornelius Clayson 30 12 8 .600 36 36 0 205.7 180 88 29 91 124 3.85 10.6
*Ace Holder 25 11 9 .550 34 34 0 205.3 169 89 23 63 164 3.90 10.8
 Jack Jansen 26 8 16 .333 32 32 0 190.0 209 95 22 74 124 4.50 4.3
 John Lundeen 37 10 9 .526 30 30 0 185.7 179 77 26 75 122 3.73 9.1
 Craig Renner 30 6 5 .545 15 15 0 107.0 109 60 14 35 56 5.05 2.5
 Jethro Wilbury 27 8 3 .727 80 0 2 106.7 99 43 19 13 58 3.63 8.6
 Ernie Nabaro 29 8 4 .667 79 1 1 91.0 71 22 7 29 66 2.18 11.0
 David Feingold 34 4 7 .364 15 15 0 82.7 95 61 17 34 43 6.64 0.0
*Ken Samuel 27 1 2 .333 61 0 2 73.0 81 36 10 26 30 4.44 3.1
*Philip Berke 33 4 4 .500 74 0 1 72.7 72 36 13 25 44 4.46 3.8
 Meat Poplowski 29 4 8 .333 71 0 41 71.3 54 24 6 34 60 3.03 12.6
 Harris Browne 32 8 4 .667 75 0 3 67.0 75 40 12 20 35 5.37 2.5
Team Totals 29.5 93 93 .500 636 197 50 1665.3 1618 777 228 541 1052 4.20 84.5
Rank among 12 JL teams 3 11 4 8 1 11 12 10 9 8 4  
* - 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 29.3
M.James 833.0 87 117 549 44 6 3 .990 34.6
R.Rodale 616.0 75 77 396 17 3 0 .993 20.4
J.Jansen 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1450.0 162 195 946 61 9 3 .991 28.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.92
B.Oberdorsten 1444.3 162 162 1457 119 10 131 .994 9.82
P.Austin 5.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1449.3 162 163 1460 119 10 131 .994 9.81
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.02
K.Cisler 1365.3 154 158 294 469 12 101 .985 5.03
M.Wells 83.7 8 16 11 38 1 9 .980 5.27
B.Deugen 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 175 305 507 13 110 .984 5.04
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.71
B.Deugen 720.0 89 89 55 160 13 15 .943 2.69
P.Volkov 492.3 49 100 43 103 3 7 .980 2.67
T.Renius 477.3 56 69 44 107 7 8 .956 2.85
T.Cuccia 23.0 2 5 0 2 1 0 .667 0.78
M.Wells 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1717.7 196 266 142 373 24 30 .955 2.70
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.29
T.Cuccia 903.3 110 119 144 297 16 62 .965 4.39
A.Barr 495.0 49 83 70 151 8 28 .965 4.02
T.Renius 50.0 3 18 8 22 2 5 .938 5.40
R.Rodale 3.7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.92
T.Boyer 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 222 223 471 26 95 .964 4.29
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.10
F.Jackson 1399.3 160 161 379 11 0 1 1.000 2.51
P.Austin 22.7 1 3 7 0 1 0 .875 2.78
T.Boyer 18.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
N.Xavier 9.0 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00
R.Rodale 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 171 388 11 2 1 .995 2.48
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.73
K.McLish 1343.7 152 154 415 10 3 1 .993 2.85
N.Xavier 189.7 19 33 57 1 0 1 1.000 2.75
Team Total 1533.3 171 187 472 11 3 2 .994 2.84
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.16
T.Boyer 876.0 113 115 187 7 6 0 .970 1.99
P.Austin 567.0 49 115 131 2 2 1 .985 2.11
K.McLish 12.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
M.James 6.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Wells 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.0 163 234 323 9 8 1 .976 2.04
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 1.72
H.Mitcher 207.3 34 34 6 29 0 2 1.000 1.52
C.Clayson 205.7 36 36 17 46 2 5 .969 2.76
A.Holder 205.3 34 34 15 19 1 0 .971 1.49
J.Jansen 190.0 32 32 16 29 1 2 .978 2.13
J.Lundeen 185.7 30 30 3 31 0 4 1.000 1.65
C.Renner 107.0 15 15 6 16 1 1 .957 1.85
J.Wilbury 106.7 0 80 5 15 0 2 1.000 1.69
E.Nabaro 91.0 1 79 7 14 2 1 .913 2.08
D.Feingold 82.7 15 15 2 10 3 0 .800 1.31
K.Samuel 73.0 0 61 7 7 1 1 .933 1.73
P.Berke 72.7 0 74 7 9 2 3 .889 1.98
M.Poplowski 71.3 0 71 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.88
H.Browne 67.0 0 75 7 13 2 0 .909 2.69
Team Total 1665.3 197 636 99 244 15 21 .958 1.85
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Oberdorsten .330
On-Base Pct Oberdorsten .417
Slugging Pct Jackson .503
OPS Jackson .872
XR Oberdorsten 114.0
Games Jackson, Oberdorsten 162
At-Bats Jackson 638
Runs Oberdorsten 102
Hits Oberdorsten 206
Total Bases Jackson 321
Singles Oberdorsten 169
Doubles McLish 40
Triples Jackson, McLish 9
Homeruns Boyer, Jackson 23
RBIs Cisler 101
Stolen Bases Jackson 48
Caught Stealing Jackson 23
Walks Oberdorsten 68
Strikeouts McLish 131
ERA Lundeen 3.73
Wins Clayson 12
Losses Jansen 16
Winning Pct Clayson .600
Saves Poplowski 41
Games Pitched Wilbury 80
Games Started Clayson 36
Complete Games Renner 3
Shutouts Mitcher 1
Innings Pitched Mitcher 207.3
Hits Allowed Mitcher 225
Homeruns Allowed Mitcher 30
Strikeouts Holder 164
Walks Allowed Clayson 91
Walks per 9IP Mitcher 1.0
Hits per 9IP Holder 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Holder 7.2
WHiP Holder 1.13
OAVG Holder .225
OOBP Mitcher .292
OSLG Holder .377
OOPS Holder .672
Team All-Stars
Floyd Jackson
Bob Oberdorsten
Player Salaries
Meat Poplowski $ 6,250,000
Floyd Jackson $ 5,990,000
Ace Holder $ 4,935,000
Cornelius Clayson $ 4,485,000
David Feingold $ 4,066,000
Ernie Nabaro $ 3,990,000
Bob Oberdorsten $ 3,409,000
Phil Austin $ 3,352,000
Kelvin McLish $ 3,190,000
Kevin Cisler $ 2,990,000
Jethro Wilbury $ 2,790,000
Rich Rodale $ 2,390,000
Bono Deugen $ 2,344,400
Tony Boyer $ 2,000,000
Marvin James $ 1,914,000
Henry Mitcher $ 1,704,500
Trey Renius $ 1,676,000
Juan Dupre $ 1,600,000
Harris Browne $ 1,600,000
Pepper Volkov $ 1,600,000
Monty Wells $ 1,600,000
Ben Marquez $ 1,552,000
John Lundeen $ 1,506,400
Tommy Cuccia $ 1,438,000
Augie Barr $ 1,295,000
Philip Berke $ 1,245,600
Craig Renner $ 1,200,000
Malcolm Wood $ 1,000,000
Nathaniel Xavier $ 900,000
Jack Jansen $ 900,000
Freeman Man $ 895,000
Earnest Stalker $ 800,000
Jason Witham $ 800,000
Ken Samuel $ 714,000
David Hunter $ 495,000
Samuel Ortiz $ 447,500
Octavio Santiago $ 438,000
Corey Aubrey $ 357,000
Walter Johnson $ 283,600
 
Player Transactions
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