
1969 Birmingham A's Statistics
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
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 Pete Koegel, Gene Tenace 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, Jim Panther, Don Buschhorn, Jim Clark, Bill McNulty, Vida Blue, Warren Bogle, Elmo Plaskett, Dave Hamilton, Dwain Anderson, Pete Koegel, Gene Tenace, Bobby Brooks and Gonzalo Márquez.
Gus Niarhos 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 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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