SPB1-1973 OVERUSAGE With the season just concluding, here is the report for all over-usage on the year. First off a great job for 14 teams and managers with no overuse what so ever. They are listed alphabetically by team. Amboy Dukes (A. Schweitzer) Blue Ridge Mountaineers (S. Brunner) Cleveland Spiders (C. Williams) Dayton Triangles (J. Turnbull) Flushing Rats (J. DeZarlo) Frankfort Tigers (G. Plunkitt) Hollywood Stars (D. Zminda) Kansas City Bombers (T. Kackley) Kenosha Eagles (D. Lauer) Niskayuna Red Storm (D. Rahn) Piedmont Phillies (M. Boling) Rockford Forest Cities (T. Baxter) Rossville Cubs (R. Ryan) Schaumburg Saxons (V. Onstott) Great job, guys! Here are the teams who did have some over-use situations: Asheville Tourists (R. Applegate) 1 Game T. Dettore - 1 ST. (1)* Fairfax Peppers (R. Peterson) 1 Game J. Lamb - 1 G (.5)* L. Walker - 1 G (.5)* Evanston Black Sox (J. Ungashick) 2 Games J. Merritt - 1 ST. (2) Lafayette Chiefs (S. Ehresman) 2 Games W. Garrett - 11 AB (2) Baltimore Stallions (G. Henning) 5 Games D. Roberts - 23 AB (4) R. Monday - 7 AB (1) Las Vegas Thunder (M. See) 6 Games J. R. Richard - 6 G (6) Twin City Replacements (M. Robinson) 9 Games - Rounded up from 8.5. D. Thomas - 9 AB (1) L. Hisle - 18 AB (3) D. Fife - 2 G (2) D. Stanhouse - 5 G (2.5)* Spirit Mountain Volcanoes (M. Hollingsworth) 12 Games B. Montgomery - 11 AB (2) B. Powell - 7 AB (1) J. Kenney - 5 AB (1) G. Luzinski - 5 AB (1) A. Kaline - 5 AB (1) N. Briles - 1 G (1) J. Magnuson - 1 G (1) R. Perranoski - 1 G (1) G. Shanahan - 2 G (2) T. Forster - 1 G (1) * Player involved was bonus player (half penalty). Not to bad guys. Overall, a worthy job. That wraps up the overuse for 1973. ================================================================ SPB1-1973 USE OR LOSE Here is the list of players lost during play of 1973 season. These players did not meet the 50% Use or Loose rule, and so were lost to their teams. This first list is for players who will be placed back into the 1974 rookie draft. Players listed by name position and former team. Don Newhauser - p Dukes Vic Davalillo - of Mountaineers Gonzalo Marquez - 1b Triangles Damaso Blanco - ss Triangles Dwain Anderson - ss Triangles Doug Howard - of Triangles Gene Hiser - of Black Sox Frank Tepedino - 1b Peppers Mike Rogodzinski - of Tigers Bill Parsons - p Tigers Leo Foster - ss Stars Mike Epstein - 1b Eagles John Kennedy - 3b Eagles Bob Gallagher - of Chiefs Tom Hutton - 1b Thunder Ron Diorio - p Thunder Harmon Killebrew - 1b Phillies Joe Lovitto - of Phillies John Vukovich - 3b Phillies Ray Busse - ss Phillies Skip Jutze - c Forest Cities Sonny Jackson - of Forest Cities Horace Clarke - 2b Cubs Rudy Meoli - ss Cubs Bob Stinson - c Saxons Ike Brown - 3b Saxons Gail Hopkins - 1b Saxons Jose Morales - c/1b Saxons Chuck Brinkman - c Replacements Duffy Dyer - c Replacements The following players will return in later seasons: Art Kusnyer - c Eagles (76) Rich Chiles - of Chiefs (76) Hector Torres - ss Saxons (75) Danny Walton - of Volcanoes (75) The following list is of players who never play enough in MLB again to return to SPB IV, so they were gone any way you look at it. Joe Keough Tourists Larry Howard Stallions Jorge Roque Mountaineers Johnny Callison Mountaineers Joe Pepitone Triangles Oscar Brown Black Sox Jim Campanis Black Sox Jim Fairey Black Sox Gary Neibauer Black Sox Jim Panther Black Sox Hank Allen Rats Bobby Fenwick Rats Hal Lanier Rats Willie Mays Rats Aurelio Monteagudo Rats Jerry May Chiefs Don Durham Chiefs Mike Kilkenney Chiefs Frank Ortenzio Thunder Ron Swoboda Phillies Sergio Robles Forest Cities Jimmy Stewart Forest Cities Phil Hennigan Forest Cities Al Santorini Forest Cities Rich Reese Cubs Clyde Mashore Cubs Billy Parker Saxons Cleo James Saxons Tommy Kelley Saxons Allan Lewis Volcanoes Paul Powell Volcanoes Tony LaRussa Volcanoes That is it for this year.