1970 Bakersfield Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 93-46
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Don LeJohn (93-46)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 88,784, Avg. 1,277
The Bakersfield Dodgers of the California League ended the 1970 season with a record of 93 wins and 46 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Dodgers topped the league with 766 runs. Bakersfield allowed 562 runs. Bobby Darwin paced the team with 23 home runs, while Romel Canada walloped 15 or more, too. Romel Canada drove in 84 runs. Sonny Johnson led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .350 clip. Al Dawson paced the squad with 17 wins, and Doug Rau earned a 1.75 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Sergio Robles, Bob Randall, Doug Rau, Bob Rauch, Royle Stillman, Bobby Darwin and Lee Lacy were all players from the 1970 Bakersfield Dodgers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Don LeJohn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Dawson | 17 | 6 | .739 | 2.47 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 182.0 | 134 | 72 | 50 | 10 | 100 | 0 | 244 | 4 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Ted Gilje | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2.95 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 183.0 | 151 | 78 | 60 | 14 | 69 | 6 | 235 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| David Allen | 12 | 1 | .923 | 2.95 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 122.0 | 101 | 47 | 40 | 7 | 44 | 2 | 143 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Doug Rau | 12 | 2 | .857 | 1.75 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 113.0 | 86 | 34 | 22 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 140 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Meschuk | 9 | 5 | .643 | 5.85 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 108 | 77 | 65 | 16 | 39 | 1 | 109 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Frye | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.60 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 80.0 | 69 | 41 | 32 | 4 | 41 | 11 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Dennis James | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.46 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 130.0 | 121 | 72 | 50 | 12 | 62 | 3 | 158 | 8 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Mike Price | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.05 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 62.0 | 65 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Norman Dermody | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.64 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 42.0 | 45 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Rauch | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.82 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 83.0 | 68 | 36 | 26 | 5 | 41 | 3 | 91 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Bill Graves | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.82 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34.0 | 48 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Allen | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.50 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 48.0 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Dorn | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Rod Poteete | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Elvin Ervin | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Eduardo Acosta | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.59 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 93 | 46 | .669 | 3.16 | 310 | 139 | 0 | 53 | 11 | 32 | 1212.0 | 1062 | 562 | 425 | 88 | 502 | 41 | 1423 | 35 | 11 | 73 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Johnson | 113 | 489 | 452 | 89 | 158 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 68 | 44 | 11 | 24 | 94 | .350 | .387 | .489 | .876 | 221 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Lee Lacy | 124 | 571 | 502 | 96 | 151 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 21 | 12 | 59 | 91 | .301 | .379 | .382 | .761 | 192 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Robert Cummings | 114 | 510 | 457 | 87 | 144 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 33 | 6 | 40 | 53 | .315 | .369 | .392 | .761 | 179 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Royle Stillman | 103 | 419 | 336 | 68 | 115 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 76 | 15 | 5 | 73 | 63 | .342 | .453 | .491 | .945 | 165 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Romel Canada | 93 | 384 | 330 | 77 | 110 | 25 | 4 | 16 | 84 | 23 | 11 | 44 | 61 | .333 | .416 | .579 | .995 | 191 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Bob Randall | 98 | 401 | 362 | 48 | 97 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 51 | .268 | .330 | .348 | .678 | 126 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| William Homik | 93 | 357 | 319 | 40 | 93 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 87 | .292 | .347 | .404 | .751 | 129 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Bobby Darwin | 86 | 338 | 303 | 52 | 90 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 70 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 127 | .297 | .365 | .561 | .926 | 170 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sergio Robles | 99 | 383 | 350 | 44 | 88 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 61 | .251 | .296 | .329 | .624 | 115 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Joe Dodder | 86 | 310 | 282 | 39 | 87 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 78 | .309 | .361 | .440 | .801 | 124 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ron Estes | 54 | 190 | 170 | 40 | 58 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 40 | .341 | .400 | .547 | .947 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Buckner | 71 | 222 | 196 | 28 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 36 | .250 | .335 | .306 | .641 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Manahan | 50 | 126 | 107 | 9 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | .280 | .371 | .327 | .698 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| James Harrison | 24 | 92 | 76 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 19 | .289 | .382 | .303 | .685 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| David Allen | 17 | 53 | 49 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .265 | .308 | .306 | .614 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ted Gilje | 29 | 71 | 64 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 35 | .156 | .229 | .203 | .432 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Dawson | 28 | 82 | 71 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | .141 | .173 | .183 | .356 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Dennis James | 24 | 50 | 47 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .149 | .167 | .170 | .337 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Doug Rau | 15 | 51 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .116 | .208 | .140 | .348 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Michael Hughes | 9 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .188 | .263 | .438 | .701 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Norman Dermody | 25 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .222 | .364 | .222 | .586 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Allen | 25 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Frye | 36 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .087 | .192 | .217 | .410 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Rauch | 25 | 28 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .077 | .077 | .115 | .192 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary Pullins | 12 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .065 | .147 | .065 | .212 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Meschuk | 24 | 38 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .062 | .189 | .094 | .283 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eduardo Acosta | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Price | 20 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .000 | .095 | .000 | .095 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rod Poteete | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Graves | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary Wedel | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1537 | 5313 | 4701 | 765 | 1353 | 203 | 31 | 95 | 651 | 184 | 75 | 472 | 1098 | .288 | .355 | .405 | .760 | 1903 | 0 | 44 | 51 | 45 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Dodder | 1B | 68 | 535 | 33 | 8 | 42 | .986 | 8.353 | ||||
| William Homik | 1B | 48 | 363 | 26 | 10 | 31 | .975 | 8.104 | ||||
| Ron Estes | 1B | 15 | 94 | 8 | 2 | 8 | .981 | 6.800 | ||||
| Bobby Darwin | 1B | 9 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .989 | 9.556 | ||||
| Bobby Buckner | 1B | 6 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 6.833 | ||||
| Bob Randall | 2B | 96 | 174 | 272 | 15 | 51 | .967 | 4.646 | ||||
| James Harrison | 2B | 24 | 42 | 52 | 13 | 12 | .879 | 3.917 | ||||
| Bobby Buckner | 2B | 21 | 34 | 44 | 9 | 7 | .897 | 3.714 | ||||
| Patrick Manahan | 2B | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Robert Cummings | 3B | 94 | 65 | 161 | 17 | 15 | .930 | 2.404 | ||||
| Patrick Manahan | 3B | 24 | 14 | 42 | 6 | 3 | .903 | 2.333 | ||||
| Bobby Buckner | 3B | 16 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 1 | .867 | 2.438 | ||||
| Lee Lacy | 3B | 12 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 5 | .912 | 2.583 | ||||
| Sergio Robles | C | 98 | 955 | 63 | 23 | 8 | .978 | 1.388 | 11 | |||
| William Homik | C | 45 | 420 | 34 | 12 | 5 | .974 | 1.089 | 12 | |||
| Michael Hughes | C | 4 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 12.500 | 1 | |||
| Sonny Johnson | OF | 111 | 135 | 5 | 10 | 2 | .933 | 1.261 | ||||
| Royle Stillman | OF | 100 | 139 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .973 | 1.420 | ||||
| Romel Canada | OF | 90 | 106 | 10 | 10 | 3 | .921 | 1.289 | ||||
| Bobby Darwin | OF | 71 | 59 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .940 | .887 | ||||
| Ron Estes | OF | 33 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 1.182 | ||||
| Bobby Buckner | OF | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Patrick Manahan | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| James Frye | P | 36 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .824 | .389 | ||||
| Ted Gilje | P | 28 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 1.214 | ||||
| Al Dawson | P | 28 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 1.286 | ||||
| Bob Rauch | P | 25 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .760 | ||||
| Norman Dermody | P | 25 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .400 | ||||
| James Allen | P | 25 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .640 | ||||
| Mark Meschuk | P | 24 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .792 | ||||
| Dennis James | P | 24 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | .828 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Graves | P | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .318 | ||||
| Mike Price | P | 20 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| David Allen | P | 17 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.471 | ||||
| Doug Rau | P | 15 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Eduardo Acosta | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Elvin Ervin | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bob Dorn | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Rod Poteete | P | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Lee Lacy | SS | 111 | 182 | 267 | 63 | 45 | .877 | 4.045 | ||||
| Robert Cummings | SS | 22 | 20 | 51 | 9 | 7 | .888 | 3.227 | ||||
| Gary Pullins | SS | 11 | 18 | 24 | 3 | 7 | .933 | 3.818 | ||||
| Bob Randall | SS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1458 | 3664 | 1340 | 257 | 268 | .951 | 3.432 | 24 | 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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