ALBERTA MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUE
Controversy surrounded the naming of Gord Graves as the Alberta Major Baseball League's 1975 batting champion. Graves, who left the Red Deer M and K Generals with five games remaining, won the title with a .369 average but according to Generals' team officials Pete Duncan should have received the award. A newspaper report said team statistics showed Duncan with a .382 average, but was overlooked in the league statistics.
Generals' Al McKee and John Self of the Calgary Jimmies were tied for second with .354 marks while Rich Givens, also of Calgary, was at .341 and Lorne Niven of Edmonton Tigers at .337. Grant Becker of Red Deer was tops in runs, with 26. Gary Ledbetter's seven homer runs topped the circuit and Mike Lester led in steals with 11. Bob Bridges of Red Deer was the top pitcher with a 5-1 record and a sparkling earned run average of 1.61. Wayne Kirby of the Tigers had a 1.85 ERA and had the most wins with a 7-3 record and in strikeouts with 75. Edmonton's Ray Brown had the most appearances, 14, and innings pitched, 74.
ALBERTA MAJOR LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Graves Gord RD 84 13 31 .369 McKee Al RD 99 18 35 22 .354 (1) Self John CGJ 99 12 35 5 .354 Givens Rich CGJ 82 12 28 5 .341 Nivens Lorne ET 104 14 35 .337 VanDeKeere Keith BH 90 10 30 7 .333 Commodore Wayne ET 110 17 35 3 5 .318 Picone Gary BH 98 14 31 7 .316 Duncan Pete RD 111 18 34 8 5 25 .306 Becker Grant RD 108 26 33 7 .306 Hanna Blair RD 22 Urabe Phil RD 22 9 Ledbetter Gary RD 7 Hendley Terry BH 5 Brown Ray ET 5 Coil Marty RD 5 22 Lester Mike BH 11
Red Deer Generals (League & non-league) Young Tim RD 2 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 .429 Rasmussen Randy RD 3 12 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 .417 Commodore Wayne RD 7 25 7 10 0 0 4 0 11 .400 Dalton Rick RD 3 13 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .385 Ledbetter Gary RD 22 89 21 34 0 0 8 0 24 .382 Duncan Pete RD 51 199 40 75 0 0 9 0 47 .377 Graves Gord RD 36 136 20 46 0 0 2 0 22 .338 McCook Brian RD 7 18 4 6 0 0 0 0 7 .333 Niven Lorne RD 5 18 4 6 0 0 1 0 3 .333 Pasutto Don RD 17 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Coil Marty RD 36 140 34 46 0 0 6 0 29 .329 Pierson Gary RD 10 34 5 11 2 0 0 2 4 .324 Urabe Phil RD 44 179 42 57 0 0 1 0 29 .318 McKee Al RD 46 180 36 57 0 0 5 0 30 .317 Becker Grant RD 43 184 45 55 0 0 1 8 17 .299 Hanna Blair RD 53 196 33 57 0 0 4 0 30 .291 Sowinski Dave RD 7 27 8 6 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Bridges Bob RD 24 28 2 6 0 0 1 0 4 .214 Franchuk Orv RD 4 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Nelson Ken RD 44 172 22 35 0 0 5 0 22 .203 Hawkins RD 4 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 .200 McKee Wayne RD 11 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 .167 Baker Mike RD 11 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Pomicpic Reg RD 24 84 10 12 0 0 1 0 7 .143 Tucker Gord RD 23 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 6 .105 Cardwell Fred RD 14 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Comstock Keith RD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gilroy Jack RD 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lee Mark RD 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
(1) The published report showed 88 Abs, but noted a .354 average. Source : Edmonton Journal, August 20, 1975 & Red Deer statistician Harry Kuharchuk
ALBERTA MAJOR LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H BB SO WP ERA Bridges Bob RD 8 4 5 1 .833 56 43 13 58 1.61 Kirby Wayne ET 11 4 6 3 .667 68 75 1.85 VanDeKeere Keith BH 4 4 .500 53 39 2.55 Forgie Ray CGJ 1 3 .250 35 26 2.57 Brown Ray ET 14 4 3 .571 74 70 2.68 Thompson Doug ET 11 2 3 .400 61 43 2.80 Hamagami Brian BH 3 0 1.000 48 41 2.81 Cardwell Fred RD 9 2 3 .400 50 48 15 38 3.06 Hendley Terry BH 2 5 .286 68 60 3.71 Lychak Ken BH 1 3 .250 52 26 3.80 Pasutto Don RD 9 4 1 .800 40 41 7 23 3.83 Peterson Ron CGJ 11 6 Givens Rich CGJ 4
Red Deer Generals (All games) Coil Marty RD 4 1 0 .000 15 9 8 10 0.60 Duncan Pete RD 6 6 0 1.000 46 31 0 0 1.18 Bridges Bob RD 17 11 1 .917 118 90 0 0 1.45 Lee Mark RD 2 2 0 1.000 18 13 0 0 2.00 Cardwell Fred RD 15 5 5 .500 89 81 0 0 2.44 Pasutto Don RD 17 6 1 .857 69 69 0 0 2.86 Comstock Keith RD 1 0 0 .000 6 7 0 0 3.00 McKee Al RD 2 1 0 .000 12 13 0 0 3.08 Baker Mike RD 8 4 1 .800 41 38 0 0 3.27 McKee Wayne RD 11 6 3 .667 49 48 0 0 4.59
SASKATCHEWAN MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUE
Hal Harris of Unity Cardinals ran away with the batting title in the inaugural year of the Saskatchewan Baseball League. In statistics printed in the Unity and Eston papers, Harris compiled a .431 average to top his nearest challenger teammate Hugh McIvor at .396. Bob Brown of the Saskatoon Boston Royals was third with a .381 mark. (The numbers didn't always match the text in the stories. For example, the text in the Unity paper credited Harris with 6 homers, while the stats sheet showed 5.)
The limited pitching statistics available had Glen Burdon of Regina as the ERA champion with a 1.27 mark but in just 21 innings. John Littlefield of Eston was the top winner, with six. Gorman Heimueller of Eston had an outstanding summer with a 2.25 ERA in 76 innings and a league-leading 73 strike outs.
AVE : Harris UN = .431
HITS : Ongarato EN - 30
DOUBLES : Ongarato EN - 9
TRIPLES : Irvine EN - 3
HOME RUNS : Harris UN - 6
RBI : Harris UN - 31 SASKATCHEWAN MAJOR LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Harris Hal UN 58 20 25 5 .431 McIvor Hugh UN 53 10 21 .396 Brown Bob SKR 42 7 16 .381 Gergley Rich RGR 50 11 18 5 2 .360 Baba Jim MJD 53 16 19 .358 Erfle Gary MJD 70 25 25 7 .357 Ongarato Mike EN 84 20 30 9 16 .357 Hennenfent Randy MJD 46 3 16 .348 Andrew Reg EN 73 9 24 .329 Andreoni Ned MJD 55 14 18 .327 Munch Randy SKR 46 7 15 5 .326 Mahoney Ross SC 40 11 13 3 .325 Unity (League/Tournament/Exhibition)
G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Harris Hal UN 31 112 31 48 8 28 17 40 .429 McIvor Hugh UN 24 90 14 32 3 17 9 26 .356 Lampitt Neil UN 24 94 21 30 0 16 8 7 .319 Ralston ED UN 33 128 19 39 2 17 21 18 .305 Eddingfield Darrell UN 20 54 9 14 0 23 16 9 .259 Guyon Steve UN 13 40 8 10 0 6 10 8 .250 Kelley Brad UN 31 108 16 26 1 14 36 14 .241 Sharpe Tom UN 28 106 16 22 0 21 11 11 .208 Merkowsky Byron UN 11 39 7 8 0 5 12 2 .205 Herback Tim UN 25 62 9 12 0 14 18 7 .194 Miller Glen UN 29 104 9 18 0 14 22 11 .173 Sources : Unity Herald Aug 6 & 20, Eston Press Aug 13 EN=Eston Ramblers, MJD=Moose Jaw Devons, RGR=Regina Red Sox, SC=Swift Current,
SKR=Saskatoon Boston Royals SASKATCHEWAN MAJOR LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO ERA Burdon Glen RGR 2 0 21 14 3 12 7 1.27 Littlefield John EN 6 1 58 36 12 7 57 1.86 Hollands Glen MJD 3 0 29 23 7 23 27 2.17 Heimueller Gorman EN 5 4 76 70 19 31 73 2.25 McIntyre Don UN 1 1 21 20 6 4 12 2.61 Heisler Rod MJD 5 11 53 39 17 35 38 2.87
Unity (League/Tournament/Exhibition)
G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Cuadros Al UN 3 1 0 13 4 9 18 0.69
Harris Hal UN 2 0 1 6 7 1 3 1.45
Guyon Steve UN 8 4 3 33 29 16 33 1.91
Sharpe Tom UN 13 4 1 62 52 20 79 2.45
McIntyre Don UN 8 1 3 41 40 16 26 3.29
Herback Tim UN 4 2 0 18 18 7 6 3.87
Kelley Brad UN 12 6 2 63 62 28 80 4.57
Whiting Bob UN 1 1 0 3 4 2 1 6.00
Ferguson Gary UN 7 1 3 22 34 8 20 6.77
MANITOBA SENIOR BASEBALL LEAGUE
Rick McFadyen of the Brandon Cloverleads edged Wayne Poole of McAuler Blazers for the 1975 batting crown in the Manitoba Senior League. McFadyen finished with a .418 mark, just two points ahead of Poole`s .416. Ron Ramsey of Hamiota and Bob Williamson of Riverside tied for third with .385 averages.
Dan Kaupla of McAuley topped the hurlers with a 9-1 record, three more wins than Bruce Bremer of Binscarth who won six of seven decisions.
MANITOBA SENIOR LEAGUE AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO HBRBI PCT
McFadyen Rick BR 67 28 .418
Poole Wayne MCA 89 37 .416
Ramsey Ron HAM 78 30 .385
Williamson Bob RIV 78 30 .385
Cameron Greg SOU 64 24 .375
Furman Stan SOU 78 29 .372
Bremer Bruce BIN 78 29 .372
Jamieson Barry MCA 89 33 .371
Angers Pat NE 59 21 .356
Thompson Bob BR 76 26 .342
Araujo Jerry DA 85 29 .341
Hartel Morley RIV 81 27 .333
Manthorn Dave DA 60 20 .333
Henuset Boyd VIR 70 23 .329
McPhail Doug HAM 68 22 .324
Seafoot Cliff RIV 59 19 .322
Fisher Mark RIV 75 24 .320
Percha Brian MCA 79 25 .316
McGorman Ron NE 76 24 .316
Bell Craig RIV 89 28 .315
McGehee Pat ANG 74 23 .311
Hodgson Glen BIN 81 25 .309
Keating Garry DA 68 21 .309
Rottman Dave DA 78 24 .308
Wilson Bob BR 69 21 .304
Ortynsky Deryl GV 76 23 .303
Labossiere Mike HAM 63 19 .302
Source : Brandon Sun, August 6, 1975 ANG=Angusville, BIN=Binscarth, BR=Brandon, DA=Dauphin, HAM=Hamiota, MCA=McAuley,
RIV=Riversale, SOU=Souris
MANITOBA SENIOR LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP AB H BB SO HB WP BK SHO ERA
Kaupla Dan MCA 9 1
Bremer Bruce BIN 6 1
Falk Gerry DA 5 1
Rottman Dave DA 4 1
Langston Jon MCA 4 1
QUESNEL SENIOR LEAGUE
Ivan Malinosky of Billy Barkers claimed the batting title in the Quesnel Senior Baseball League with a .478 average in 67 at bats. Steve Amis of Kopetski A’s was second at .429 and teammate Jack Marsh third with a .411 mark. Pete Swanson of Kopetski's was named the top pitcher with a perfect 5-0 record.
QUESNEL SENIOR LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT
Malinosky Ivan BB 67 32 .478
Amiss Steve KA 42 18 .429
Marsh Jack KA 56 23 .411
Booth John BB 65 26 .400
Weremy Joe BB 51 20 .392
Alton Jim BB 49 19 .388
Knight Mel CC 59 22 .373
Festerling Don JH 51 19 .373
Phoenix Dale JH 44 16 .364
West Harry CC 47 17 .362
Source : Quesnel Cariboo Observer, September 3, 1975
QUESNEL SENIOR LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H BB SO WP ERA
Swanson Pete KA 5 0
Atkins Bud KA 5 2
Begg Ed KA 3 0
Johnson Bill BB 3 0
Seaman Wayne BB 3 0
MANITOBA INTERMEDIATE LEAGUE
In Manitoba Intermediate ball Boris Happychuk of Giroux batted an even .500 to take the hit crown for 1975. Gerry Hogue of Sanford was the runner-up at .462. Gord Leduchowski and Teulon and Roy Seidler of Giroux tied for the most wins, each with 4-1 records.
MANITOBA INTERMEDIATE LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT
Happychuk Boris GX 26 13 .500
Hogue Gerry RMM 26 12 .462
Ramsey Don TEU 33 15 .455
Leduchowski George TEU 24 10 .417
Mutcheson Mike TEU 23 9 .391
Seidler Wayne GX 39 15 .385
Jaremy Ron TEU 27 10 .370
McLarty Murray TEU 11 4 .364
Seidler Brian GX 43 15 .349
Banera Nick GX 36 12 .333
Source - Steinbach Carillon, August 6, 1975
MANITOBA INTERMEDIATE LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H BB SO WP ERA
Leduchowski Gord TEU 4 1 1.63
Seider Roy GX 4 1 2.12
Seidler Wayne GX 3 0 4.20
Lesowski Les TEU 2 0 0.50
Leduchowski George TEU 2 1 3.05
OKANAGAN MAINLINE LEAGUE
For the revival of the Okanagan Mainline League, the batting statistics of the Vernon club were the only ones to be found. Dave Caldow was the main man for the Vernon Legion leading or tied for the lead in almost every category. Ed Folk topped the club in runs and steals.
OKANAGAN MAINLINE LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT
Only Vernon Available
Caldow Dave VER 38 12 21 3 2 3 22 .553
Leier Daryl VER 10 0 4 .400
McAvoy Mike VER 33 8 12 .364
Nuyens Gord VER 32 4 10 .313
Dye Wayne VER 33 12 10 3 2 .303
Davison Guy VER 33 7 10 .303
Inglis Clark VER 31 7 9 .290 *
Folk Ed VER 36 14 10 8 .278
Main Reg VER 22 2 6 .273
Briskham Charlie VER 34 9 9 3 7 .265
Todd Jeff VER 30 4 6 .200
Gauthier Leo VER 15 4 3 .200
Holland Ken VER 22 4 4 .182
Schaefer VER 10 3 1 .100
Johnstone Ed VER 24 4 2 .083
Source : Vernon News, July 17, 1975
* In the newspaper item, Inglis was shown with a .271 average, but the
hits/at hits shown would result in a .290 mark