1970 Burlington Bees Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 56-68
Finished 9th in the MWL
Manager: Roy Sievers (56-68)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 35,017, Avg. 565
1970 Burlington Bees RosterTeam Record: 56-68
Finished 9th in the MWL
Manager: Roy Sievers (56-68)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 35,017, Avg. 565
The Burlington Bees of the Midwest League ended the 1970 season with a record of 56 wins and 68 losses, finishing ninth in the MWL.
The Bees scored 460 runs and conceded 547 runs. Roger Cain led Burlington with 23 home runs and drove in 56 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by hitting .262. Bill Geiger topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 2.41 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Tommy Sandt and George Hendrick both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Roy Sievers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Geiger | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.41 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 123.0 | 93 | 49 | 33 | 7 | 56 | 3 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Buddy Copeland | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1.93 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 56.0 | 48 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mike Heinitz | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.69 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 61.0 | 67 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Marshal Crossan | 6 | 11 | .353 | 3.64 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 146.0 | 139 | 80 | 59 | 8 | 64 | 4 | 99 | 10 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dennis Coull | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.97 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 112.0 | 98 | 50 | 37 | 6 | 45 | 2 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Chris Floethe | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.68 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 94.0 | 70 | 35 | 28 | 5 | 60 | 2 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Phillip LaGore | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.36 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 80.0 | 81 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Glover | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.86 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 70.0 | 85 | 49 | 30 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Tom Smith | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.52 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 32 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Phillip Murnahan | 3 | 10 | .231 | 7.25 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 77 | 66 | 54 | 6 | 59 | 1 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Eldon Jones | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.30 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30.0 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Brenner | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23.0 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Patrick Tatom | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.61 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Russell Almquist | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gil Marcano | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2.48 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Shearer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Pat Donahue | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darryl Thomas | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Juan Campos | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Lasorsa | 0 | 7 | .000 | 5.65 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 54 | 41 | 27 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 56 | 68 | .452 | 3.33 | 294 | 124 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 23 | 1053.0 | 975 | 547 | 390 | 61 | 536 | 26 | 897 | 29 | 6 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Robinson | 120 | 504 | 458 | 47 | 119 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 74 | .260 | .302 | .303 | .606 | 139 | 2 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Roger Cain | 123 | 493 | 416 | 62 | 109 | 17 | 4 | 23 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 62 | 127 | .262 | .366 | .488 | .854 | 203 | 8 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Alexis Corro | 85 | 325 | 282 | 32 | 65 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 51 | .230 | .320 | .298 | .618 | 84 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| David Texdahl | 81 | 303 | 259 | 36 | 64 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 48 | .247 | .350 | .340 | .690 | 88 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| George Hendrick | 54 | 220 | 198 | 37 | 61 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19 | .308 | .368 | .566 | .934 | 112 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reyes Ortiz | 84 | 283 | 266 | 25 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 24 | .218 | .261 | .305 | .566 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gene Dusan | 63 | 232 | 207 | 18 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 35 | .261 | .320 | .295 | .615 | 61 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Primeau | 55 | 245 | 208 | 23 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 51 | .240 | .339 | .317 | .656 | 66 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Pat Donahue | 68 | 271 | 235 | 23 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 55 | .209 | .311 | .251 | .562 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carmine Marceno | 61 | 213 | 190 | 23 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 40 | .253 | .303 | .347 | .650 | 66 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Michael Williamson | 61 | 216 | 198 | 22 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 49 | .227 | .279 | .343 | .623 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Charles Chaney | 39 | 148 | 137 | 18 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 47 | .292 | .331 | .460 | .791 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tommy Sandt | 29 | 124 | 118 | 18 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .288 | .323 | .322 | .645 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Fitzgerald | 46 | 161 | 138 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 14 | .232 | .325 | .268 | .593 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Boehmer | 42 | 139 | 123 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 24 | .252 | .326 | .301 | .627 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Stephen Cooley | 31 | 114 | 95 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12 | .211 | .336 | .316 | .652 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Glover | 36 | 55 | 51 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .333 | .358 | .373 | .731 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dick Meier | 31 | 95 | 80 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 23 | .200 | .298 | .300 | .598 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Marshal Crossan | 23 | 56 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .130 | .245 | .130 | .376 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phillip LaGore | 26 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .217 | .208 | .261 | .469 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chris Floethe | 16 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .172 | .172 | .172 | .345 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bill Geiger | 40 | 35 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .152 | .176 | .182 | .358 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Traffenstedt | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 | .417 | .364 | .780 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Coull | 26 | 40 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Williams | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .273 | .385 | .273 | .657 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Heinitz | 31 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .188 | .222 | .188 | .410 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Coleman | 6 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Tatom | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Copeland | 9 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .125 | .333 | .125 | .458 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Peden | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Brenner | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Martin Olson | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gil Marcano | 7 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phillip Murnahan | 25 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .056 | .100 | .056 | .156 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Smith | 9 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .062 | .000 | .062 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Shearer | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Lasorsa | 11 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Eldon Jones | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Juan Campos | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russell Almquist | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1404 | 4520 | 3992 | 457 | 959 | 134 | 17 | 66 | 411 | 57 | 22 | 398 | 834 | .240 | .313 | .332 | .645 | 1325 | 0 | 36 | 68 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmine Marceno | 1B | 59 | 442 | 37 | 6 | 39 | .988 | 8.119 | ||||
| Michael Williamson | 1B | 28 | 215 | 13 | 5 | 21 | .979 | 8.143 | ||||
| Reyes Ortiz | 1B | 15 | 104 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .974 | 7.467 | ||||
| David Texdahl | 1B | 13 | 78 | 6 | 3 | 7 | .966 | 6.462 | ||||
| Gene Dusan | 1B | 11 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .989 | 8.273 | ||||
| Roger Cain | 1B | 3 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .966 | 9.333 | ||||
| Jack Glover | 1B | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 7.000 | ||||
| Gary Coleman | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | 2B | 68 | 145 | 178 | 12 | 41 | .964 | 4.750 | ||||
| Alexis Corro | 2B | 25 | 40 | 35 | 7 | 10 | .915 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dennis Primeau | 2B | 15 | 40 | 35 | 3 | 8 | .962 | 5.000 | ||||
| Pat Donahue | 2B | 13 | 19 | 29 | 3 | 8 | .941 | 3.692 | ||||
| Jack Traffenstedt | 2B | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 5.000 | ||||
| Pat Donahue | 3B | 50 | 50 | 93 | 25 | 10 | .851 | 2.860 | ||||
| Dennis Primeau | 3B | 40 | 36 | 60 | 14 | 5 | .873 | 2.400 | ||||
| Michael Williamson | 3B | 29 | 23 | 39 | 10 | 5 | .861 | 2.138 | ||||
| Alexis Corro | 3B | 9 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | .667 | 1.778 | ||||
| Reyes Ortiz | 3B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Martin Olson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Fitzgerald | C | 43 | 293 | 17 | 7 | 1 | .978 | 7.209 | 5 | |||
| Gene Dusan | C | 42 | 347 | 32 | 6 | 4 | .984 | 9.024 | 12 | |||
| Bernie Boehmer | C | 33 | 259 | 27 | 3 | 4 | .990 | 8.667 | 5 | |||
| Gary Coleman | C | 5 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| Bob Williams | C | 3 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.333 | 0 | |||
| Roger Cain | OF | 120 | 276 | 14 | 12 | 2 | .960 | 2.417 | ||||
| David Texdahl | OF | 61 | 76 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .953 | 1.344 | ||||
| Reyes Ortiz | OF | 56 | 93 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .934 | 1.768 | ||||
| George Hendrick | OF | 53 | 80 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .942 | 1.528 | ||||
| Charles Chaney | OF | 37 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .837 | 1.108 | ||||
| Stephen Cooley | OF | 28 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .889 | 1.429 | ||||
| Dick Meier | OF | 24 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.250 | ||||
| Martin Olson | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pat Donahue | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Robinson | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Geiger | P | 40 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .475 | ||||
| Mike Heinitz | P | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .258 | ||||
| Phillip LaGore | P | 26 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .654 | ||||
| Dennis Coull | P | 26 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .808 | ||||
| Phillip Murnahan | P | 25 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .810 | .680 | ||||
| Marshal Crossan | P | 23 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 2 | .872 | 1.783 | ||||
| Eldon Jones | P | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .471 | ||||
| Chris Floethe | P | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Jack Glover | P | 15 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .733 | ||||
| Joe Lasorsa | P | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ronald Brenner | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Patrick Tatom | P | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| Tom Smith | P | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Buddy Copeland | P | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Gil Marcano | P | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| John Shearer | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Russell Almquist | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Juan Campos | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Darryl Thomas | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Pat Donahue | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Robinson | SS | 50 | 63 | 137 | 13 | 21 | .939 | 4.000 | ||||
| Alexis Corro | SS | 47 | 75 | 91 | 23 | 20 | .878 | 3.532 | ||||
| Tommy Sandt | SS | 29 | 50 | 89 | 16 | 19 | .897 | 4.793 | ||||
| Totals | 1315 | 3154 | 1161 | 239 | 256 | .948 | 3.281 | 23 | 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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