1969 Arkansas Travelers Statistics
Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 66-69
Finished 2nd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Ray Hathaway (66-69)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 89,321, Avg. 1,323
1969 Arkansas Travelers RosterTeam Record: 66-69
Finished 2nd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Ray Hathaway (66-69)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 89,321, Avg. 1,323
The Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League ended the 1969 season with a record of 66 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Travelers plated 547 runs and allowed 570 runs. Bobby Guindon paced Arkansas with 14 home runs José Cruz drove in 49 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .272 clip. Reggie Cleveland led the team with 15 wins, while Ramón Hernández earned a 2.4 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1969 Arkansas Travelers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Danny Napoleon, Bob Chlupsa, Bill Murphy, José Cruz, Tim Plodinec, Dave Bakenhaster, Chip Coulter, Bobby Guindon, Luis Meléndez, Bob Sadowski, Bart Zeller, Gaylen Pitts, Ramón Hernández, Jeoff Long, Al Hrabosky and Reggie Cleveland.
Ray Hathaway served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Cleveland | 15 | 6 | .714 | 3.39 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 170.0 | 156 | 75 | 64 | 10 | 62 | 11 | 103 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Ramón Hernández | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2.40 | 33 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 184.0 | 155 | 66 | 49 | 5 | 38 | 15 | 133 | 12 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bob Chlupsa | 9 | 8 | .529 | 1.89 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 105.0 | 88 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rich Seminoff | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.18 | 35 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 170.0 | 185 | 88 | 79 | 10 | 80 | 15 | 100 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Dave Bakenhaster | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.33 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 138.0 | 145 | 67 | 51 | 6 | 58 | 10 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Tim Thompson | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.26 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58.0 | 56 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Danny Jaster | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.29 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 68.0 | 89 | 51 | 40 | 6 | 31 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick McVay | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.37 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52.0 | 61 | 37 | 31 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Al Hrabosky | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Guindon | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.71 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21.0 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hamende | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Brian Sinnott | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.38 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Stensland | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.25 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 49 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Buddy Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeoff Long | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andy Martin | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Tim Plodinec | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leo Newton | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Steve Evans | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.68 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Meredith | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.46 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Jackson | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.09 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 55 | 32 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 66 | 69 | .489 | 3.66 | 312 | 135 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 14 | 1149.0 | 1171 | 570 | 467 | 59 | 437 | 73 | 734 | 42 | 5 | 48 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaylen Pitts | 122 | 472 | 422 | 56 | 110 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 60 | .261 | .332 | .396 | .728 | 167 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| José Cruz | 102 | 435 | 400 | 56 | 109 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 54 | .272 | .323 | .408 | .731 | 163 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Rogers Robinson | 116 | 401 | 384 | 44 | 96 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 59 | .250 | .277 | .349 | .626 | 134 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chip Coulter | 106 | 437 | 386 | 51 | 96 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 48 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 71 | .249 | .324 | .386 | .710 | 149 | 6 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Bill Murphy | 96 | 377 | 334 | 42 | 94 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 37 | .281 | .356 | .386 | .742 | 129 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Guindon | 113 | 387 | 331 | 48 | 93 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 69 | .281 | .382 | .456 | .839 | 151 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bart Zeller | 110 | 390 | 336 | 34 | 93 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 57 | .277 | .367 | .366 | .733 | 123 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Danny Napoleon | 79 | 300 | 277 | 39 | 87 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 31 | .314 | .359 | .448 | .807 | 124 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Alfonso Mairena | 110 | 372 | 344 | 30 | 77 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 51 | .224 | .270 | .282 | .552 | 97 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Luis Meléndez | 64 | 244 | 228 | 40 | 69 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 35 | .303 | .336 | .461 | .797 | 105 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Len Boyer | 70 | 196 | 167 | 18 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 27 | .240 | .335 | .317 | .652 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Phil Trombino | 40 | 117 | 101 | 15 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 17 | .287 | .376 | .347 | .723 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Putz | 19 | 74 | 64 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | .266 | .365 | .422 | .787 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manny Abreu | 24 | 87 | 72 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 19 | .208 | .314 | .236 | .550 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dave Bakenhaster | 38 | 47 | 41 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | .293 | .356 | .366 | .721 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rich Seminoff | 36 | 63 | 56 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .196 | .193 | .304 | .497 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Ramón Hernández | 35 | 62 | 54 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .185 | .241 | .315 | .556 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tony Auferio | 7 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .304 | .407 | .304 | .712 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Cotto | 16 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .231 | .410 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Cleveland | 28 | 65 | 59 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .119 | .148 | .119 | .266 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jeoff Long | 18 | 43 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .162 | .256 | .189 | .445 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tim Thompson | 26 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .235 | .200 | .435 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Evans | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .714 | 1.000 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick McVay | 11 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Chlupsa | 59 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Danny Jaster | 24 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .105 | .190 | .158 | .348 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Stensland | 27 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Hrabosky | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Collins | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Jackson | 14 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Kurtz | 19 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .038 | .167 | .077 | .244 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Martin | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Meredith | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hamende | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Kirkland | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Plodinec | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Sinnott | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1560 | 4823 | 4319 | 536 | 1102 | 172 | 38 | 75 | 486 | 61 | 46 | 397 | 731 | .255 | .321 | .365 | .686 | 1575 | 0 | 36 | 47 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Guindon | 1B | 92 | 731 | 46 | 17 | 65 | .979 | 8.446 | ||||
| Phil Trombino | 1B | 32 | 203 | 8 | 3 | 22 | .986 | 6.594 | ||||
| Bill Murphy | 1B | 11 | 70 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .974 | 6.818 | ||||
| Jeoff Long | 1B | 10 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .973 | 7.100 | ||||
| Len Boyer | 1B | 5 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .962 | 5.000 | ||||
| Rogers Robinson | 1B | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.333 | ||||
| Chip Coulter | 2B | 106 | 250 | 278 | 19 | 67 | .965 | 4.981 | ||||
| Alfonso Mairena | 2B | 7 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | .871 | 3.857 | ||||
| Gaylen Pitts | 2B | 6 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 4.000 | ||||
| Gaylen Pitts | 3B | 83 | 77 | 164 | 21 | 18 | .920 | 2.904 | ||||
| Len Boyer | 3B | 50 | 31 | 86 | 9 | 6 | .929 | 2.340 | ||||
| Tony Auferio | 3B | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.429 | ||||
| Bill Murphy | 3B | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Alfonso Mairena | 3B | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bart Zeller | 3B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Bart Zeller | C | 100 | 555 | 60 | 7 | 7 | .989 | 6.150 | 9 | |||
| Bill Murphy | C | 35 | 166 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .989 | 5.200 | 5 | |||
| Jose Cotto | C | 13 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.385 | 1 | |||
| Tony Auferio | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| José Cruz | OF | 101 | 235 | 16 | 9 | 1 | .965 | 2.485 | ||||
| Rogers Robinson | OF | 94 | 181 | 3 | 6 | 2 | .968 | 1.957 | ||||
| Danny Napoleon | OF | 74 | 99 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .949 | 1.514 | ||||
| Luis Meléndez | OF | 57 | 113 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .951 | 2.053 | ||||
| Bill Murphy | OF | 49 | 100 | 6 | 5 | 4 | .955 | 2.163 | ||||
| George Putz | OF | 19 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gaylen Pitts | OF | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.467 | ||||
| Kenneth Kurtz | OF | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Phil Trombino | OF | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bart Zeller | OF | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| Gary Collins | OF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| George Stensland | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Chlupsa | P | 59 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .941 | .542 | ||||
| Rich Seminoff | P | 35 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .935 | .829 | ||||
| Ramón Hernández | P | 33 | 4 | 39 | 4 | 2 | .915 | 1.303 | ||||
| Dave Bakenhaster | P | 32 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .625 | ||||
| Tim Thompson | P | 26 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .423 | ||||
| Danny Jaster | P | 24 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .542 | ||||
| Reggie Cleveland | P | 23 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.391 | ||||
| George Stensland | P | 18 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .444 | ||||
| Jim Jackson | P | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .214 | ||||
| Dick McVay | P | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Bobby Guindon | P | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Brian Sinnott | P | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Andy Martin | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Hamende | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Steve Evans | P | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Plodinec | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ed Meredith | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Al Hrabosky | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Buddy Smith | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Leo Newton | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeoff Long | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alfonso Mairena | SS | 92 | 144 | 244 | 18 | 41 | .956 | 4.217 | ||||
| Gaylen Pitts | SS | 25 | 49 | 45 | 6 | 12 | .940 | 3.760 | ||||
| Manny Abreu | SS | 24 | 40 | 74 | 10 | 12 | .919 | 4.750 | ||||
| Don Kirkland | SS | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1461 | 3403 | 1330 | 175 | 283 | .964 | 3.240 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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