1969 Birmingham A's Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 78-62
Finished 2nd in the SL
Manager: Gus Niarhos (78-62)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 51,574, Avg. 737

1969 Birmingham A's Roster

The Birmingham A's of the Southern League ended the 1969 season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the SL.

The A's led the league with 644 runs, ignited by 115 home runs. Birmingham yielded 575 runs. Bobby Brooks paced the team with 23 home runs, while Gene Tenace, Pete Koegel and Bill McNulty each walloped 15 or more, too. Bobby Brooks drove in 100 runs. Gonzalo Márquez topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .297. LaDon Boyd paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.19 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1969 Birmingham A's who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included John Strohmayer, Vida Blue, Jim Panther, Bill McNulty, Don Buschhorn, Jim Clark, Dave Hamilton, Dwain Anderson, Elmo Plaskett, Warren Bogle, Bobby Brooks, Gene Tenace, Pete Koegel and Gonzalo Márquez.

Gus Niarhos 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
LaDon Boyd	13	5	.722	2.19	25	25		8	5	0	185.0	154	63	45	11	26	2	101	2	0	2
Greg Conger	11	7	.611	3.00	32	14		8	1	5	135.0	146	58	45	6	47	2	83	5	1	7
Vida Blue	10	3	.769	3.20	15	14		8	1	0	104.0	80	40	37	2	52	0	112	1	1	7
Robert Stickels	10	6	.625	4.16	26	26		7	3	0	173.0	172	90	80	11	68	0	139	5	0	12
Warren Bogle	9	6	.600	2.91	20	19		7	1	0	136.0	122	58	44	8	50	1	100	10	0	12
Don Buschhorn	6	10	.375	3.98	22	20		6	0	0	131.0	143	77	58	10	44	0	61	4	1	6
Jim Panther	5	5	.500	3.65	21	0		0	0	6	37.0	37	17	15	1	9	0	15	1	0	1
Nicky Curtis	3	2	.600	3.06	23	4		0	0	3	50.0	49	27	17	7	22	1	28	4	0	8
John Strohmayer	3	3	.500	2.77	7	7		4	1	0	52.0	42	21	16	3	18	0	35	0	1	2
Larry Abbott	3	3	.500	3.54	30	1		0	0	5	61.0	73	40	24	4	18	2	30	3	0	4
Dave Hamilton	2	2	.500	1.08	5	3		2	0	0	25.0	13	3	3	0	6	0	24	0	0	0
Kelly Prior	2	4	.333	5.14	30	1		0	0	4	56.0	65	41	32	9	28	2	41	0	0	2
Brien Bickerton	1	0	1.000	8.00	4	2		0	0	0	9.0	13	9	8	0	9	0	6	0	0	1
Jackie Earls	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Alan Hefferon	0	0		2.45	5	1		0	0	1	11.0	13	6	3	0	1	0	8	1	0	0
Paul Seitz	0	2	.000	4.50	7	0		0	0	0	10.0	8	7	5	1	10	0	5	1	1	1
Tommy Fullen	0	4	.000	8.00	6	3		0	0	0	18.0	29	18	16	3	4	0	16	1	0	0
Totals	78	62	.557	3.37	280	140	0	50	12	24	1196.0	1159	575	448	76	412	10	806	38	5	65	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
Gonzalo Márquez	130	563	535	75	159	17	7	3	34	17	14	25	60	.297	.330	.372	.702	199		2	0	1
Bobby Brooks	140	585	483	102	141	23	5	23	100	17	7	92	99	.292	.408	.503	.911	243		5	1	4
Pete Koegel	135	535	470	77	125	21	6	20	66	3	2	57	117	.266	.345	.464	.809	218		2	2	4
Rusty Adkins	114	492	444	56	121	16	5	4	31	8	0	41	32	.273	.336	.358	.694	159		3	1	3
Stan Wojcik	117	500	452	63	116	22	3	5	44	5	1	40	80	.257	.317	.352	.668	159		2	1	5
Gene Tenace	89	340	276	56	88	20	4	20	74	2	3	56	47	.319	.438	.638	1.076	176		5	0	3
Bill McNulty	75	323	285	50	82	14	3	20	67	0	0	28	73	.288	.347	.568	.915	162		2	0	8
Dwain Anderson	87	328	294	38	79	12	2	6	38	6	1	28	71	.269	.331	.384	.716	113		1	2	3
Elmo Plaskett	80	264	235	29	66	11	0	5	42	0	1	22	28	.281	.340	.391	.731	92		1	2	4
Anselmo Martinez	99	321	286	31	66	9	1	4	21	2	0	31	39	.231	.305	.311	.616	89		1	0	3
Jim Pamlanye	74	280	264	26	64	9	0	2	24	3	3	9	12	.242	.273	.299	.573	79		3	2	2
Jackie Fulmer	52	135	121	11	20	5	0	1	8	0	1	11	32	.165	.241	.231	.472	28		1	2	0
William Fitzgerald	20	48	45	2	12	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	4	.267	.292	.267	.558	12		0	0	1
Warren Bogle	22	54	51	3	9	4	0	0	6	0	0	0	25	.176	.189	.255	.444	13		1	1	1
LaDon Boyd	25	74	67	1	8	1	1	0	5	0	0	4	27	.119	.167	.164	.331	11		0	2	1
Greg Conger	34	54	42	4	7	1	0	1	2	0	2	9	21	.167	.314	.262	.576	11		0	3	0
Robert Stickels	26	68	56	2	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	4	8	.107	.167	.107	.274	6		0	8	0
Don Buschhorn	22	53	45	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	14	.111	.184	.133	.317	6		0	4	0
Nicky Curtis	25	13	10	3	3	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	5	.300	.333	.400	.733	4		0	1	1
Vida Blue	15	44	35	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	22	.086	.273	.114	.387	4		0	0	0
Larry Abbott	30	14	14	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.214	.357	3		0	0	0
Kelly Prior	30	15	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.133	.133	.133	.267	2		0	0	0
Jim Clark	12	29	27	3	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	5	.074	.138	.185	.323	5		1	0	0
Nick DeFlorio	13	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	0	0
John Strohmayer	7	17	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.067	.067	.067	.133	1		0	2	0
Dave Hamilton	5	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.222	.000	.222	0		0	0	0
Jim Panther	21	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	2	0
Alan Hefferon	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Tommy Fullen	6	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0
Brien Bickerton	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Paul Seitz	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1521	5188	4598	643	1188	189	37	115	582	63	36	478	843	.258	.329	.391	.720	1796	0	30	38	44	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gonzalo Márquez	1B	123	1106	75	18	100	.985	9.602
Elmo Plaskett	1B	11	96	7	0	6	1.000	9.364
Anselmo Martinez	1B	7	47	1	1	2	.980	6.857
Pete Koegel	1B	1	11	2	0	2	1.000	13.000
Rusty Adkins	2B	114	266	343	15	77	.976	5.342
Anselmo Martinez	2B	16	34	39	5	6	.936	4.562
Jim Pamlanye	2B	13	36	29	4	5	.942	5.000
Bill McNulty	3B	63	54	117	21	18	.891	2.714
Jim Pamlanye	3B	53	37	120	9	9	.946	2.962
Jackie Fulmer	3B	19	15	41	9	2	.862	2.947
Anselmo Martinez	3B	3	2	0	1	1	.667	.667
Nick DeFlorio	3B	3	2	2	1	0	.800	1.333
Gene Tenace	3B	2	0	5	1	0	.833	2.500
Elmo Plaskett	3B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Pete Koegel	3B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Gene Tenace	C	80	438	46	6	7	.988	6.050	9
Elmo Plaskett	C	53	323	21	8	4	.977	6.491	5
William Fitzgerald	C	18	90	4	0	0	1.000	5.222	0
Bobby Brooks	OF	140	234	10	13	2	.949	1.743
Pete Koegel	OF	133	212	6	9	3	.960	1.639
Stan Wojcik	OF	117	282	13	9	3	.970	2.521
Jackie Fulmer	OF	14	16	0	1	0	.941	1.143
Bill McNulty	OF	11	14	4	0	1	1.000	1.636
Jim Clark	OF	5	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.800
Gene Tenace	OF	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Gonzalo Márquez	OF	3	4	0	1	0	.800	1.333
Greg Conger	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Greg Conger	P	32	4	39	4	0	.915	1.344
Kelly Prior	P	30	7	17	0	2	1.000	.800
Larry Abbott	P	30	5	12	3	1	.850	.567
Robert Stickels	P	26	4	27	0	1	1.000	1.192
LaDon Boyd	P	25	11	28	0	1	1.000	1.560
Nicky Curtis	P	23	3	9	0	0	1.000	.522
Don Buschhorn	P	22	9	27	1	2	.973	1.636
Jim Panther	P	21	4	7	0	1	1.000	.524
Warren Bogle	P	20	4	17	2	0	.913	1.050
Vida Blue	P	15	3	10	1	0	.929	.867
John Strohmayer	P	7	4	8	0	1	1.000	1.714
Paul Seitz	P	7	1	0	0	0	1.000	.143
Tommy Fullen	P	6	2	3	3	0	.625	.833
Alan Hefferon	P	5	0	1	1	0	.500	.200
Dave Hamilton	P	5	0	0	0	0		.000
Brien Bickerton	P	4	1	2	2	0	.600	.750
Jackie Earls	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Dwain Anderson	SS	84	111	248	27	44	.930	4.274
Anselmo Martinez	SS	58	79	165	9	30	.964	4.207
Nick DeFlorio	SS	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		1433	3590	1510	185	331	.965	3.559	14	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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