SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Doug Simon of the Regina Red Sox has won the Dave Dryburgh MemorialTtrophy as the Southern league's batting champion as well as the Heinie Rogers memorial trophy as the circuit's most valuable player. Simon copped the batting crown with a hefty .493 average.
Simon also led in runs, with 32, hits, with 33, and triples, with three. Dave Dupree of the Moose Jaw Regals and Andy Logan of the Regina Red Sox tied for the home run leadership with five apiece. Brian Dickie of the Swift Current Indians was declared as the top base stealer with ten.
Clark Gillies of the Moose Jaw Devons picked up the Gus Riddler memorial trophy as the top catcher in the four-team circuit. Bill Bell of the Regina Red Sox was named the top rookie and winner of the Father Athol Murray trophy while Terry Buck of the Swift Current Indians won the Doc Hughes memorial award as the top pitcher in the loop. Buck posted a 5 - 1 record, good for an .833 winning percentage.
AVE : Simon RGR - .493
HITS : Simon rgr - 33
RUNS : Simon RGR - 32
DOUBLES : Pailsey RGR - 9 T
TRIPLES : Simon RGR - 3
HR : Dupree MJ, Logan RGR - 5
SB - Dickie SC - 10 SOUTHERN LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO RBI PCT 1973 SBL Simon Doug RGR 67 32 33 3 .493
1973 SBL Reagan Gary SC .395
1973 SBL Rowley Roy MJD .391
1973 SBL Gillies Clark MJD .391
1973 SBL Andreoni Ned MJD .348
1973 SBL Logan Andy RGR .346
1973 SBL Buck Terry SC .343
1973 SBL Erfle Gary MJD .323
1973 SBL Dupree Dave MJD .311
1973 SBL Paisley Jim RGR .309 MJ=Moose Jaw Devons, MM=Melville Millionaires, RGR=Regina Red Sox, SC=Swift Current Indians Source : Regina Leader-Post, August 10, 1973
Wins : Four tied with 5 P
Pct : Szabo SC - 1.000
ERA : Pusch SC - 1.42
Games : Pusch SC - 11
Started : Pusch SC - 11
Completed : Pusch SC - 10
SOUTHERN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA 1973 SBL Buck Terry SC 8 6 5 5 1 .833 1973 SBL Rowley Roy MJ 8 6 4 5 2 .714 1973 SBL Johnson Lyle RGR 10 9 5 5 4 .556 1973 SBL Pusch Wayne SC 11 11 10 5 6 .455 1.42 1973 SBL Dupree Dave MJ 8 7 6 4 3 .571 1973 SBL Szabo Don SC 3 3 2 3 0 1.000 1973 SBL Singer Howard RGR 6 6 1 3 1 .750 1973 SBL Faith Bob RGR 8 3 1 3 2 .600 1973 SBL Clausen Steve MM 8 8 6 2 5 .286 1973 SBL Adams Bryan MJ 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1973 SBL Barr Russ RGR 5 3 1 1 0 1.000 1973 SBL Hanson Jim RGR 1 1 1 1 0 1.000 1973 SBL McMillan Neil RGR 3 0 0 1 0 1.000 1973 SBL Lawson Cliff SC 4 1 0 1 0 1.000 1973 SBL LeBere Wayne SC 4 2 1 1 0 1.000 1973 SBL Heisler Rod MJ 7 3 1 1 1 .500 1973 SBL Valberg Ben MM 4 2 1 1 1 .500 1973 SBL Girazian Mike MJ 5 5 3 1 3 .250 1973 SBL Gerrard Gene MM 6 5 4 1 4 .200 1973 SBL Andreoni Ned MJ 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1973 SBL Paisley Jim RGR 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1973 SBL Logan Andy RGR 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1973 SBL Reagan Gary SC 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1973 SBL Chalmers Brian MJ 3 2 0 0 1 .000 1973 SBL Albers Bernie MM 5 1 0 0 1 .000 1973 SBL Bowes Don MM 2 1 1 0 1 .000 1973 SBL Burgess Ed MM 1 1 0 0 1 .000 1973 SBL Valberg Mike MM 3 1 0 0 1 .000 1973 SBL Stelmak Dave MM 1 1 0 0 1 .000 1973 SBL Gamble Jerry RGR 6 1 0 0 1 .000 1973 SBL Sawa Randy RGR 1 1 1 0 1 .000 1973 SBL Meyers Wayne SC 1 1 0 0 1 .000 1973 SBL Gyug Brad MM 5 3 2 0 3 .000 Source : Linescores & game reports
NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE
Californian Bud Papadakis was the hitting and pitching story of the 1973 Northern Saskatchewan League. The left-hander for the Kindersley Klippers tied his teammate Mike Murphy for the lead with seven pitching wins and topped the hitters with a .387 average. He also led in home runs, 4, and runs batted in, 34. Terry Ruggles, also of the Klippers, had the most runs, 27, while Randy Munch of Saskatoon had the most steals, 18.
Jeff Benedetti of Saskatoon finished with the best earned run average, a sparkling 1.30, just ahead of Vince Rucobo and Tom Sallaway of North Battleford who compiled marks of 1.37 and 1.39. Gary Brandon of Saskatoon also had a 1.39 ERA. Steve Kemp of Saskatoon, with his 6-1 mark, had the best winnining percentage, and Greg Larson of Eston rang up the most strikeouts, 90 in just 74 innings pitched. Papadakis was the workhorse, hurling 75 innings.
AVE : Papadakis KI - .387
RUNS : Ruggles KI - 27
RBI : Papdakis KI - 34
SB : Munch SK - 18
(80 ABs need to quality for batting title)
NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
1973 NSBL Papadakis Bud KI 27 93 25 36 55 5 1 4 7 16 11 34 .387
1973 NSBL Rucobo Rich UN 9 35 5 12 14 0 1 0 2 3 4 6 .343
1973 NSBL Ruggles Terry KI 27 92 27 28 44 5 4 1 9 21 13 16 .304
1973 NSBL Miller Glen UN 20 73 8 22 27 0 1 1 3 12 11 10 .301
1973 NSBL Sallaway Tom NB 18 42 3 12 12 0 0 0 0 8 10 6 .286
1973 NSBL Jackson Lyle KI 28 105 23 30 40 6 2 0 0 22 17 5 .286
1973 NSBL Munch Randy SK 30 124 22 35 39 2 1 0 18 8 10 7 .282
1973 NSBL McIvor Hugh NB 27 90 17 25 29 1 0 1 11 20 12 9 .278
1973 NSBL Sternig Cam NB 29 101 15 28 36 5 0 1 6 15 8 14 .277
1973 NSBL Croft Dave KI 17 51 16 14 26 4 1 2 3 18 14 14 .275
1973 NSBL Johnston Rick NB 31 118 13 32 36 4 0 0 12 3 22 16 .271
1973 NSBL Haanen Ken SK 26 85 18 23 34 3 1 2 5 22 4 16 .271
1973 NSBL Wilkinson Doug UN 19 71 11 19 19 0 0 0 1 11 3 5 .268
1973 NSBL Halpenny Robert KI 13 46 3 12 15 1 1 0 4 1 14 8 .261
1973 NSBL Perkins Mark NB 30 96 25 25 37 6 0 2 8 25 21 6 .260
1973 NSBL Maxemiuk Fred SK 29 108 16 28 30 2 0 0 16 11 10 17 .259
1973 NSBL McLeod Don SK 13 48 10 12 14 2 0 0 9 8 4 3 .250
1973 NSBL Goldade Greg EN 30 108 15 27 33 2 2 0 7 14 29 9 .250
1973 NSBL Shepherd Larry KI 11 40 3 10 10 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 .250
1973 NSBL Andrew Reg EN 29 102 13 25 40 6 0 3 1 5 13 14 .245
1973 NSBL Markowsky Zenon SK 8 30 0 7 8 1 0 0 0 1 8 3 .233
1973 NSBL Brandon Gary SK 24 82 11 19 21 0 1 0 5 6 15 11 .232
1973 NSBL Clements Gary UN 23 84 11 19 24 5 0 0 1 13 13 4 .226
1973 NSBL Sipe Tim EN 27 93 9 21 28 4 0 1 6 11 38 11 .226
1973 NSBL Gesy Howard EN 14 49 4 11 14 1 1 0 6 6 16 6 .224
1973 NSBL McLean Jim UN 23 76 2 17 17 0 0 0 6 12 20 2 .224
1973 NSBL VonHagen Lee SK 24 76 8 17 19 0 1 0 0 3 8 11 .224
1973 NSBL Schommer Jim KI 28 82 8 18 20 2 0 0 5 16 21 10 .220
1973 NSBL Hein Ron UN 24 82 9 18 20 0 1 0 3 11 12 1 .220
1973 NSBL Leavins Brent EN 24 70 9 15 23 3 1 1 1 14 12 9 .214
1973 NSBL Johnston Gord SK 21 70 9 15 18 0 0 1 1 6 17 9 .214
1973 NSBL Lampitt Neil NB 31 108 7 23 23 0 0 0 11 9 16 8 .213
1973 NSBL Simonian Steve UN 16 62 5 13 17 0 2 0 3 4 15 7 .210
1973 NSBL Byrnes Merle EN 20 50 6 10 10 0 0 0 2 10 11 2 .200
1973 NSBL Merkosky Brennan UN 11 30 3 6 9 3 0 0 0 2 6 1 .200
1973 NSBL Mitchell Al SK 30 111 22 22 28 2 2 0 12 17 19 7 .198
1973 NSBL Ralston Ed UN 20 71 3 14 18 1 0 1 0 8 16 10 .197
1973 NSBL Irvine Blythe EN 30 108 10 21 27 3 0 1 1 3 23 6 .194
1973 NSBL Ballou Cliff NB 11 31 1 6 7 1 0 0 1 1 6 5 .194
1973 NSBL Wandler Andy UN 15 48 3 9 9 0 0 0 1 2 19 2 .188
1973 NSBL Arthur Randy KI 25 66 7 12 16 2 1 0 0 16 20 10 .182
1973 NSBL Murphy Mike KI 20 45 5 8 9 1 0 0 0 5 17 3 .178
1973 NSBL Hilsendager Don NB 31 102 15 18 23 3 1 0 2 16 30 14 .176
1973 NSBL Jackson Don KI 27 85 10 15 18 3 0 0 0 9 16 9 .176
1973 NSBL Morrice Rick EN 30 120 11 21 24 3 0 0 4 3 21 5 .175
1973 NSBL Hanus Mike NB 28 93 11 16 16 0 0 0 2 12 24 5 .172
1973 NSBL Larson Greg EN 14 35 2 6 6 0 0 0 1 4 11 2 .171
1973 NSBL Shaw Mitch SK 15 53 5 9 12 1 1 0 0 5 9 4 .170
1973 NSBL Christiaens Tom KI 16 32 4 5 5 0 0 0 1 9 15 0 .156
1973 NSBL Renwick Dave SK 15 50 4 7 9 0 1 0 0 3 14 3 .140
1973 NSBL Kendall Tom UN 15 44 2 6 6 0 0 0 1 3 16 1 .136
1973 NSBL Hoffman Blair NB 16 37 5 5 5 0 0 0 2 7 12 4 .135
1973 NSBL Purcell Gerry EN 17 41 5 5 5 0 0 0 2 5 13 0 .122
1973 NSBL Benedetti Jeff SK 12 33 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 11 2 .121
1973 NSBL Herbach Tim UN 23 64 4 7 10 0 0 1 0 3 26 2 .109
1973 NSBL Seidel Fred KI 29 112 7 11 14 1 1 0 6 1 38 6 .098
1973 NSBL Hanley Ken KI 13 41 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 22 0 .098
1973 NSBL Johnston Jim NB 9 32 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 3 7 2 .094
Source : Official NSBL Release WINS : Papadakis & Murphy KI - 7
ERA : Benedetti SK - 1.30
IP : Papadakis KI - 75
SO : Larson EN - 90 NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA 1973 NSBL Benedetti Jeff SK 6 2 .750 69 42 10 33 62 1.30 1973 NSBL Rucobo Vince, NB 3 4 .429 59 49 9 17 55 1.37 1973 NSBL Sallaway Tom NB 5 2 .714 58 40 9 12 64 1.39 1973 NSBL Brandon Gary SK 2 0 1.000 32 25 5 15 13 1.39 1973 NSBL Sipe Tim EN 3 5 .375 74 52 13 41 72 1.58 1973 NSBL Allan Lynn EN 5 3 .625 56 36 11 24 54 1.77 1973 NSBL Plummer Wayne SK 3 2 .600 34 21 8 17 38 2.14 1973 NSBL Larson Greg EN 5 4 .556 74 59 18 27 90 2.18 1973 NSBL Ballou Cliff NB 4 4 .500 72 49 18 19 47 2.24 1973 NSBL Haanen Ken SK 3 1 .750 32 23 10 16 25 2.84 1973 NSBL Kemp Steve SK 6 1 .857 60 39 19 26 48 2.87 1973 NSBL Simonian Steve UN 1 5 .167 56 48 20 24 52 3.21 1973 NSBL Kendall Tom UN 3 2 .600 43 39 17 12 44 3.56 1973 NSBL Murphy Mike KI 7 3 .700 69 62 28 50 77 3.65 1973 NSBL Reynolds Mike NB 3 2 .600 39 36 16 26 26 3.66 1973 NSBL Papadakis Buddy KI 7 2 .778 75 74 31 30 69 3.72 1973 NSBL Wilkinson Doug UN 0 4 .000 37 42 16 8 21 3.89 1973 NSBL Lumsden Bill NB 1 0 1.000 1973 NSBL Ruggles Terry KI 1 1 .500 1973 NSBL Croft Dave KI 1 2 .333 1973 NSBL Lazecki Larry SK 1 2 .333 1973 NSBL Sheehan Terry EN 1 3 .250 1973 NSBL Coon Doug EN 0 1 .000 1973 NSBL Haylor Larry SK 0 1 .000 1973 NSBL Schwartz Wes KI 0 1 .000 1973 NSBL Arthur Randy KI 0 2 .000 1973 NSBL Shepherd Larry KI 0 2 .000 1973 NSBL Lampitt Brian NB 0 2 .000 1973 NSBL Zaichkowski Rob UN 0 4 .000 1973 NSBL Rucobo Rich UN 0 4 .000 EN=Eston Ramblers, KI=Kindersley Klippers, NB=North Battleford Beavers, SK=Saskatoon Commodores,
UN=Unity Cardinals
ALBERTA MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUE
Irv Homs of the Red Deer Generals out-paced the Maxwell brothers of Lethbridge to take the 1973 batting crown in the Alberta Major Baseball League. Homs finished with a .411 mark, Bryan Maxwell had a .396 average and Marty Maxwell finished at .381. Wayne Commodore of the Lakers was the top slugger with 7 home runs and 33 runs batted in. Homs also led in stolen bases, with 13. Rob Roy of Lethbridge and Ken Nelson of Red Deer tied for the most runs scored, 26.
Paul Sullivan of Lethbridge and Dave Day of the Calgary Giants tied for the most wins, each with 6. Pat Murphy of the Edmonton Tigers took the ERA title with a 2.48 average.
AVE : Homs RD - .411
RUNS : Roy LB, Nelson RD - 26
2B : Steeves EDT - 10
3B : 12 tied with 2
HR : Commodore LB - 7
RBI : Commodores LB - 33
SB : Homs RD - 13
ALBERTA MAJOR LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
1973 AMBL Homs Irv RD 95 39 29 .411
1973 AMBL Maxwell Bryan LB 91 36 21 .396
1973 AMBL Maxwell Marty LB 63 24 20 .381
1973 AMBL Brown Bob LB 98 37 14 .378
1973 AMBL Edson Dave CGG 88 32 25 .364
1973 AMBL Chavez Jesse EDT 80 29 19 .363
1973 AMBL Roy Rob LB 82 28 17 .341
1973 AMBL Steeves Murray EDT 97 33 15 .340
1973 AMBL Heggedal Howie LB 90 30 13 .333
1973 AMBL Hanna Blair RD 85 28 12 .329
1973 AMBL Warzecka Greg EDT 76 25 12 .329
1973 AMBL Nelson Ken RD 107 35 8 .327
1973 AMBL Watamaniuk Ron EDT 77 25 9 .325
1973 AMBL Edwards John CGG 87 28 10 .322
1973 AMBL McKee Al RD 87 28 16 .322
1973 AMBL Betts Brian EDB 81 26 19 .321
1973 AMBL Meily Richy CGJ 94 29 17 .309
1973 AMBL Powers Steve CGJ 65 20 14 .308
1973 AMBL Commodore Wayne LB 79 24 33 .304
1973 AMBL Nakama Ken LB 53 16 7 .302
1973 AMBL Bonham Laverne RD 70 21 7 .300
1973 AMBL Nakonechny Larry CGG 91 26 19 .286
1973 AMBL Pozzo Roger RD 102 29 21 .284
1973 AMBL Speers EDB 81 23 11 .284
1973 AMBL Elick John CGJ 78 21 13 .269
1973 AMBL Gallivan Paul CGG 97 26 11 .268
1973 AMBL Stephens Ron CGJ 71 19 8 .268
1973 AMBL Papworth Bob CGG 75 20 4 .267
1973 AMBL Morris Dave CGJ 106 28 8 .264
1973 AMBL Sowinski Dave EDT 107 28 9 .262
1973 AMBL Grove Ken CGJ 78 20 12 .256
1973 AMBL Negrello Tim LB 88 22 9 .250
1973 AMBL Johnston Ron CGJ 77 19 10 .247
1973 AMBL Twa Dave CGG 73 18 14 .247
1973 AMBL Gullett Bruce EDB 78 19 16 .244
1973 AMBL Franchuk Orv EDT 83 20 9 .241
1973 AMBL Testa Nick RD 72 17 12 .236
1973 AMBL Heron Stu CGG 88 20 18 .227
1973 AMBL Skujins Andy EDB 90 20 7 .222
Source : Calgary Herald, August 8, 1973 WINS : Sullivan LB, Day CGG - 6
GAMES - Hall EDT, Pasutto RD - 13
CG - Sullivan LB, Peterson CGJ - 5
IP : Peterson CJ - 84 1/3
STRIKEOUTS : Hall EDT - 91 ALBERTA MAJOR LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA 1973 AMBL Murphy Pat EDT 5 2 .714 65 76 2.48 1973 AMBL Hall Mickey EDT 4 2 .667 65 91 2.76 1973 AMBL Peterson Ron CGJ 4 6 .400 84 66 3.20 1973 AMBL Lynn Malcolm CGJ 2 3 .400 38 33 3.32 1973 AMBL Winder Glen EDB 2 2 .500 48 42 3.37 1973 AMBL Eichelberger Juan CGJ 2 3 .400 40 39 3.37 1973 AMBL McKee Al RD 4 3 .571 55 61 3.58 1973 AMBL Sullivan Paul LB 6 2 .750 62 52 3.76 1973 AMBL Peterson Jim CGG 3 2 .600 44 31 3.86 1973 AMBL Ferchuk Al LB 4 3 .571 57 37 4.11 1973 AMBL Clayson Craig CGG 2 3 .400 38 34 4.24 1973 AMBL Currie Bob EDB 2 4 .333 61 43 4.58 1973 AMBL Day Dave CGG 6 1 .857 51 47 4.59 CGG=Calgary Giants, CGJ=Calgary Jimmies, EDB=Edmonton Blockers, EDT=Edmonton Tigers,
LB=Lethbridge Lakers, RD=Red Deer Generals
MANITOBA SENIOR LEAGUE
Dale Gies of Binscarth won the batting title with a .404 percentage. Les Lisowski, also of Binscarth, was the leading pitcher with a won-lost record of 8-1. Grant Everard of Riverside was named Most Valuable Player.
MANITOBA SENIOR LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT 1973 MSBL Gies Dale BIN 89 36 .404 1973 MSBL Fisher Mark RIV 71 27 .380 1973 MSBL Morrison John DA 77 29 .377 1973 MSBL Chapple Bill BR 72 26 .361 1973 MSBL Keating Garry DA 59 21 .356 1973 MSBL Rottman Dave DA 68 24 .353 1973 MSBL Bridgett Ted VIR 67 23 .343 1973 MSBL McLachlan Roy BR 77 26 .338 1973 MSBL Turner Kelly DA 55 18 .327 1973 MSBL Buchy Ken DA 67 21 .313 Source : The Brandon Sun, May 24, 1974
BIN=Binscarth Orioles, BR=Brandon Cloverleafs, DA=Dauphin Redbirds, HAM=Hamiota Red Sox,
McA=McAuley Blazers, RIV=Riverside Canucks, SOU=Souris Cardinals, VIR=Virden Oilers
MANITOBA SENIOR G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
1973 MSBL Lisowski Les BIN 8 1 .889
1973 MSBL Everard Grant RIV 8 3 .727
1973 MSBL Ramsey Ron HAM 6 5 .545
1973 MSBL Stone Ross DA 5 1 .833
1973 MSBL Rottman Dave DA 5 2 .714
1973 MSBL Araujo Gerry McA 5 3 .625
1973 MSBL Read Rick BR 5 3 .625