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1974 PHS VARSITY
2-12, .143
1-6 in NE Minn. Big Ten Conference, 8th place
Scored 45 runs, Allowed 94 runs.  Pythagorean W-L: .214
Head Coach: Dave Anderson (7th season)
 
District 26 Play-In
5/22/74 -- Duluth Morgan Park 2, Proctor 1
Morgan Park's big two Mike Schmuck and Kevin Johnson were responsible for the 'Cats win... Johnson scattered four hits and allowed his only run in the fourth when Randy Thilmany singled in Chris Gagne with two out to tie the score at 1-1.
But Schmuck, Park's leading hitter with a .406 average, broke the tie with a two-out single of his own in the fifth that drove in Mike Wagner.
 
Pitching                         TEAM LEADERS                         Batting
W
Keith Denzler, Jim Merling
1
R
B. Gales, Russ Lundeen
7
IP
Jim Merling
46.0
H
Jim Merling
12
SO
Jim Merling
36
RBI
Jim Merling
11
ERA
Jim Merling
3.04
AVG
Jim Merling
.308
 
 
BATTING AB R H RBI AVG
Jim Merling   39   4 12 11 .308
Russ Lundeen   37   7   6   3 .162
Chris Gagne   36   5   8   0 .222
Randy Mackereth   36   4   8   1 .222
B. Gales   34   7   5   1 .147
B. O'Connell   34   5   8   4 .235
Rick Szymialis   34   2   7   7 .206
Keith Denzler   31   0   3   0 .097
Randy Thilmany   29   6   8   3 .276
AB R H RBI AVG
Gary Hughes   20   3   2   2 .100
Jeff Erickson   17   1   2   0 .117
Ken Elnes     9   0   2   2 .222
Jon Nelson     2   1   0   0 .000
Rick Bloomer     1   1   0   0 .000
TOTALS 361 45 71 34 .197
 
PITCHING W L ERA IP R ER H BB SO H/7 BB/7 K/7 K/BB
Jim Merling  1   7   3.04 46.0 44 20 52 24 36   7.91   3.65 5.48 1.50
Keith Denzler  1   1   3.61 21.1 13 11 16   9 13   5.25   2.95 4.27 1.44
B. Gales  0   3   6.16 17.0 25 15 25 10   6 10.29   4.12 2.47 0.60
W L ERA IP R ER H BB SO H/7 BB/7 K/7 K/BB
Randy Thilmany  0   1 10.59   4.2 12   7 12 12   5 18.00 18.00 7.50 0.42
TOTALS  2 12   4.17 89.0 94 53 96 55 60   7.55   4.33 4.72 1.09
 
FIELDING TC PO A E PCT
Randy Mackereth   80   72   4   4 .950
Russ Lundeen   76   58 14   4 .947
B. O'Connell   53   16 27 10 .811
TC PO A E PCT
Chris Gagne   37   15 11 11 .703
B. Gales   35   10 17   8 .771
Jim Merling   27   15   9   3 .889
Randy Thilmany   24   20   3   1 .958
Rick Szymialis   19   13   2   4 .789
Keith Denzler   17     7   7   3 .824
Ken Elnes     9     7   1   1 .778
Jeff Erickson     8     6   0   2 .750
Gary Hughes     7     5   1   1 .857
TOTALS 392 244 96 52 .867