1970 Asheville Tourists Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 59-80
Finished 8th in the SL
Manager: Jim Snyder (59-80)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 28,720, Avg. 413

1970 Asheville Tourists Roster

The Asheville Tourists of the Southern League ended the 1970 season with a record of 59 wins and 80 losses, finishing eighth in the SL.

The Tourists scored 404 runs and conceded 498 runs. Gregg Slape led Asheville with 10 home runs Bill Ferguson drove in 51 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .280 clip. Charles Higgins paced the squad with 11 wins, while Ron Crook earned a 2.36 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Ozzie Osborn, Steve Blateric, Danny Godby, Mike Johnson, Bo Belinsky, Gene Locklear, Ramón Conde, Sonny Ruberto and Dave Tomlin were all players from the 1970 Asheville Tourists who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Jim Snyder served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Charles Higgins	11	7	.611	3.20	30	17		6	2	0	135.0	125	51	48	8	48	6	57	10	1	8
Ron Crook	8	10	.444	2.36	27	21		2	0	0	145.0	122	51	38	8	60	3	86	4	1	5
Eddie Hill	7	2	.778	2.57	32	1		0	0	2	77.0	63	27	22	6	30	7	36	0	3	9
Steve Blateric	6	10	.375	2.61	36	10		2	0	8	107.0	81	39	31	5	39	5	85	4	0	3
Dave Tomlin	6	10	.375	3.11	25	22		2	0	1	139.0	135	62	48	12	58	11	73	3	1	5
Doug Dreier	5	8	.385	4.04	30	24		2	1	1	127.0	129	60	57	11	38	3	49	2	0	3
Mike Ruddell	4	6	.400	3.54	17	15		1	0	0	89.0	74	40	35	8	76	5	79	2	0	8
Mike Johnson	4	8	.333	1.91	54	1		0	0	7	80.0	77	29	17	3	45	14	44	11	1	2
Ozzie Osborn	3	7	.300	2.65	19	19		7	0	0	129.0	122	50	38	7	33	2	75	3	0	4
Randy Blanken	2	1	.667	3.77	17	1		0	0	1	31.0	30	13	13	2	10	3	18	0	0	0
Rick Sires	2	3	.400	5.35	20	0		0	0	0	37.0	44	24	22	3	33	4	21	0	0	7
Clarence Cooper	1	2	.333	1.50	5	4		2	1	0	24.0	16	5	4	0	8	1	16	2	0	0
Kenneth Myette	0	0		6.00	6	0		0	0	0	9.0	11	9	6	1	7	2	6	3	0	0
Frank Kimball	0	0		18.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Bo Belinsky	0	2	.000	2.88	5	3		0	0	0	25.0	22	9	8	0	9	1	24	2	0	3
Michael O'Connor	0	4	.000	4.61	32	1		0	0	3	41.0	32	27	21	1	58	4	25	6	1	5
Totals	59	80	.424	3.09	356	139	0	24	4	23	1196.0	1085	498	410	75	554	71	695	52	8	62	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
Bill Ferguson	123	464	414	49	116	30	2	7	51	6	5	38	58	.280	.350	.413	.763	171		8	1	3
Mike Lisetski	119	448	390	44	103	19	5	6	40	7	4	52	56	.264	.348	.385	.733	150		1	0	5
Sheldon Andrens	130	463	423	44	101	10	1	3	30	14	17	27	17	.239	.288	.288	.577	122		4	5	4
Greg Riddoch	132	484	448	25	92	16	1	1	22	9	6	19	87	.205	.241	.252	.493	113		3	11	3
Jim Hoff	126	442	398	41	91	12	2	1	23	11	3	31	17	.229	.290	.276	.566	110		5	4	4
Danny Godby	92	376	341	39	89	20	4	5	33	15	8	29	59	.261	.320	.387	.707	132		2	1	3
Gregg Slape	113	403	360	35	88	13	4	10	33	13	9	37	61	.244	.319	.386	.705	139		3	2	1
Marvin Branscomb	119	397	371	31	77	17	1	2	23	6	5	18	57	.208	.247	.275	.522	102		2	5	1
Frank Kimball	104	304	256	21	63	7	0	7	31	1	0	44	51	.246	.355	.355	.711	91		1	0	3
Virgilio Mata	74	230	213	18	43	4	0	0	12	12	4	13	32	.202	.247	.221	.467	47		0	3	1
Sonny Ruberto	37	108	102	4	28	5	0	0	7	1	0	6	16	.275	.315	.324	.638	33		0	0	0
Gene Locklear	46	128	122	6	20	4	0	2	7	0	1	6	37	.164	.203	.246	.449	30		0	0	0
Ted Tomasovich	34	111	107	7	18	4	1	0	7	2	3	3	33	.168	.198	.224	.422	24		1	0	0
Ramón Conde	32	70	64	2	16	3	0	0	5	1	1	5	11	.250	.304	.297	.601	19		0	1	0
Daniel Loomer	47	98	87	9	13	1	1	1	4	1	0	9	14	.149	.227	.218	.445	19		0	1	1
Ozzie Osborn	27	51	47	5	9	2	1	1	4	0	0	3	16	.191	.240	.340	.580	16		0	1	0
Dave Tomlin	33	49	48	5	7	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	14	.146	.146	.229	.375	11		0	1	0
Mike Ruddell	17	33	32	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	.156	.156	.188	.344	6		0	1	0
Eddie Hill	36	24	20	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	7	.200	.304	.350	.654	7		0	1	0
Charles Higgins	39	46	40	6	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	5	19	.100	.200	.175	.375	7		0	1	0
Ron Crook	27	50	43	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	21	.093	.130	.116	.247	5		0	4	1
Steve Blateric	37	31	29	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	.069	.129	.069	.198	2		0	0	0
Kenneth Myette	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Bo Belinsky	5	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	1	0
Clarence Cooper	6	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	1	0
George Runk	4	9	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.222	.333	2		0	0	0
Doug Dreier	30	39	34	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	.029	.057	.059	.116	2		0	4	0
Michael O'Connor	32	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.222	.000	.222	0		0	0	0
Randy Blanken	17	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Mike Johnson	54	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Rick Sires	24	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1722	4904	4440	403	998	173	24	48	348	100	66	355	742	.225	.285	.307	.592	1363	0	30	49	30	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Frank Kimball	1B	53	407	26	6	38	.986	8.170
Marvin Branscomb	1B	48	365	22	5	24	.987	8.062
Ted Tomasovich	1B	28	221	22	4	19	.984	8.679
Ramón Conde	1B	16	105	9	1	7	.991	7.125
Bill Ferguson	1B	11	76	5	0	6	1.000	7.364
Gregg Slape	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Daniel Loomer	1B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jim Hoff	2B	122	283	340	10	73	.984	5.107
Daniel Loomer	2B	20	32	36	3	11	.958	3.400
Mike Lisetski	2B	10	17	24	1	3	.976	4.100
Virgilio Mata	2B	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	.667
George Runk	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Greg Riddoch	3B	121	112	262	21	21	.947	3.091
Sonny Ruberto	3B	19	18	35	3	3	.946	2.789
George Runk	3B	2	4	2	0	2	1.000	3.000
Ramón Conde	3B	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jim Hoff	3B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Bill Ferguson	C	111	615	57	8	15	.988	6.054	9
Frank Kimball	C	31	155	11	4	3	.976	5.355	3
Sonny Ruberto	C	12	37	12	2	1	.961	4.083	0
Sheldon Andrens	OF	117	260	12	4	1	.986	2.325
Gregg Slape	OF	107	210	14	6	4	.974	2.093
Danny Godby	OF	91	167	9	11	3	.941	1.934
Marvin Branscomb	OF	66	98	6	1	1	.990	1.576
Gene Locklear	OF	39	52	3	3	1	.948	1.410
Mike Lisetski	OF	32	38	1	0	1	1.000	1.219
Frank Kimball	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Ted Tomasovich	OF	2	3	0	1	0	.750	1.500
Mike Johnson	P	54	5	12	2	0	.895	.315
Steve Blateric	P	36	3	17	3	0	.870	.556
Michael O'Connor	P	32	3	4	0	0	1.000	.219
Eddie Hill	P	32	12	16	2	2	.933	.875
Charles Higgins	P	30	14	29	6	2	.878	1.433
Doug Dreier	P	30	11	21	5	0	.865	1.067
Ron Crook	P	27	5	28	2	0	.943	1.222
Dave Tomlin	P	25	7	42	1	3	.980	1.960
Rick Sires	P	20	6	11	1	1	.944	.850
Ozzie Osborn	P	19	11	31	1	4	.977	2.211
Mike Ruddell	P	17	3	12	2	1	.882	.882
Randy Blanken	P	17	2	3	0	0	1.000	.294
Kenneth Myette	P	6	0	2	1	0	.667	.333
Clarence Cooper	P	5	0	2	1	0	.667	.400
Bo Belinsky	P	5	0	4	0	0	1.000	.800
Frank Kimball	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Lisetski	SS	71	81	227	16	33	.951	4.338
Virgilio Mata	SS	59	90	163	24	33	.913	4.288
Greg Riddoch	SS	10	13	30	2	5	.956	4.300
Daniel Loomer	SS	9	15	14	2	3	.935	3.222
Totals		1575	3563	1580	165	324	.969	3.265	12	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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