1969 Billings Mustangs Statistics
Pioneer League (PL) - Class: R
Team Record: 26-45
Finished 7th in the PL
Manager: Bob Mavis (0-0), Roland LeBlanc (0-0)
Affiliation: Seattle Pilots
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 11,626, Avg. 327
1969 Billings Mustangs RosterTeam Record: 26-45
Finished 7th in the PL
Manager: Bob Mavis (0-0), Roland LeBlanc (0-0)
Affiliation: Seattle Pilots
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 11,626, Avg. 327
The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1969 season with a record of 26 wins and 45 losses, finishing seventh in the PL.
The Mustangs scored 374 runs and surrendered 464 runs. Pedro García led Billings with 10 home runs Gary Martz drove in 40 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .262 clip. Charles Sprinkle paced the team with 6 wins, while Larry May earned a 3 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Jim Slaton, Gorman Thomas, Rick Auerbach, Bill Parsons, Pedro García, Gary Martz and Bob Coluccio were all players from the 1969 Billings Mustangs who played in the Majors during their careers.
Bob Mavis and Roland LeBlanc 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Sprinkle | 6 | 2 | .750 | 5.40 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30.0 | 33 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Larry May | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.00 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 63 | 37 | 22 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Conzatti | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.37 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 60 | 43 | 34 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dave Lindsey | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6.43 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 58 | 54 | 30 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Billy Turner | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.54 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 33 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Edgar Pate | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.40 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 57 | 43 | 32 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Slaton | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Parsons | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Lemon | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dan Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.58 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19.0 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Charles Pankow | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.50 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Thomas Berg | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.43 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 63 | 38 | 35 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ernest De La O | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.87 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 64 | 42 | 30 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Larry Nero | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.73 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Stephen Harvey | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.59 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Michael Marble | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.93 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 48 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chuck Loseth | 0 | 10 | .000 | 6.45 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 46 | 46 | 38 | 4 | 65 | 1 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 26 | 45 | .366 | 5.49 | 202 | 71 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 567.0 | 638 | 464 | 346 | 27 | 409 | 1 | 493 | 32 | 12 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Martz | 66 | 279 | 252 | 35 | 66 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 62 | .262 | .330 | .389 | .719 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pedro García | 69 | 296 | 234 | 46 | 58 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 82 | .248 | .394 | .457 | .851 | 107 | 10 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Phillip Zahn | 49 | 188 | 159 | 25 | 55 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 45 | .346 | .436 | .566 | 1.002 | 90 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Coluccio | 63 | 248 | 213 | 36 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 51 | .244 | .335 | .357 | .692 | 76 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Gorman Thomas | 41 | 162 | 142 | 23 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 45 | .296 | .362 | .493 | .855 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jose Salado | 48 | 168 | 139 | 25 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 30 | .252 | .371 | .338 | .709 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Stan Walton | 42 | 133 | 113 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20 | .301 | .397 | .389 | .786 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Albert Strane | 26 | 121 | 87 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 11 | .253 | .446 | .414 | .860 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dave Lindsey | 28 | 76 | 63 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .317 | .419 | .556 | .974 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Nero | 45 | 112 | 106 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 46 | .179 | .214 | .292 | .507 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Virgil Smith | 37 | 86 | 76 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 31 | .224 | .314 | .250 | .564 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Auerbach | 12 | 61 | 49 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .286 | .410 | .551 | .961 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Louie Bunch | 20 | 66 | 57 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .246 | .348 | .386 | .734 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norman Hill | 31 | 81 | 72 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 36 | .194 | .284 | .236 | .520 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Peters | 20 | 69 | 50 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | .260 | .435 | .320 | .755 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James Spencer | 26 | 86 | 70 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 23 | .171 | .306 | .171 | .477 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steve Beasley | 21 | 82 | 67 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 25 | .164 | .317 | .179 | .496 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Martin | 25 | 75 | 64 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .156 | .280 | .219 | .499 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Kissock | 21 | 60 | 45 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15 | .200 | .400 | .244 | .644 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry May | 14 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .259 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Matulich | 9 | 39 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .219 | .359 | .406 | .765 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudolph Toth | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .571 | .571 | .571 | 1.143 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edgar Pate | 8 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .250 | .267 | .517 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Parsons | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Harvey | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Turner | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Pankow | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Sprinkle | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .455 | .250 | .705 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Marble | 20 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Berg | 20 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .167 | .333 | .167 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Conzatti | 21 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .125 | .250 | .188 | .438 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ernest De La O | 15 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Cook | 14 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .118 | .211 | .176 | .387 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Lemon | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Loseth | 16 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Slaton | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Johnson | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 900 | 2678 | 2254 | 374 | 560 | 98 | 21 | 46 | 307 | 26 | 7 | 351 | 646 | .248 | .356 | .372 | .728 | 838 | 0 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Beasley | 1B | 21 | 132 | 8 | 7 | 14 | .952 | 6.667 | ||||
| James Spencer | 1B | 15 | 89 | 4 | 4 | 8 | .959 | 6.200 | ||||
| Dave Lindsey | 1B | 13 | 97 | 7 | 4 | 12 | .963 | 8.000 | ||||
| Phillip Zahn | 1B | 8 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .957 | 5.500 | ||||
| Bob Matulich | 1B | 8 | 62 | 3 | 4 | 3 | .942 | 8.125 | ||||
| Gorman Thomas | 1B | 5 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 7.400 | ||||
| Jose Salado | 1B | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 6.667 | ||||
| Rudolph Toth | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Pedro García | 2B | 54 | 116 | 100 | 17 | 18 | .927 | 4.000 | ||||
| Norman Hill | 2B | 24 | 40 | 36 | 7 | 8 | .916 | 3.167 | ||||
| Jose Salado | 2B | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Johnny Martin | 3B | 18 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 1 | .738 | 1.722 | ||||
| Stephen Peters | 3B | 16 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 4 | .909 | 1.875 | ||||
| Albert Strane | 3B | 12 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 3 | .778 | 1.750 | ||||
| Bob Coluccio | 3B | 12 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 3 | .870 | 3.333 | ||||
| James Spencer | 3B | 10 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .808 | 2.100 | ||||
| Pedro García | 3B | 6 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Bobby Cook | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jose Salado | C | 42 | 299 | 30 | 3 | 4 | .991 | 7.833 | 13 | |||
| Louie Bunch | C | 19 | 124 | 16 | 4 | 2 | .972 | 7.368 | 12 | |||
| Larry Kissock | C | 17 | 105 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 6.353 | 10 | |||
| Gary Martz | OF | 66 | 82 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .935 | 1.303 | ||||
| Bob Coluccio | OF | 46 | 80 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .916 | 1.891 | ||||
| Phillip Zahn | OF | 36 | 75 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .951 | 2.167 | ||||
| Stan Walton | OF | 32 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.125 | ||||
| Larry Nero | OF | 26 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .907 | 1.500 | ||||
| Virgil Smith | OF | 22 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| John Conzatti | P | 21 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Michael Marble | P | 20 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .500 | ||||
| Thomas Berg | P | 19 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .684 | ||||
| Charles Sprinkle | P | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .294 | ||||
| Chuck Loseth | P | 16 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .833 | .938 | ||||
| Dan Johnson | P | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .133 | ||||
| Ernest De La O | P | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .571 | ||||
| Larry May | P | 13 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Dave Lindsey | P | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Jeffrey Lemon | P | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .333 | ||||
| Billy Turner | P | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Edgar Pate | P | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Larry Nero | P | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Charles Pankow | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .143 | ||||
| Stephen Harvey | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Jim Slaton | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Bill Parsons | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gorman Thomas | SS | 34 | 61 | 78 | 26 | 10 | .842 | 4.088 | ||||
| Albert Strane | SS | 14 | 33 | 42 | 8 | 6 | .904 | 5.357 | ||||
| Rick Auerbach | SS | 12 | 14 | 29 | 6 | 1 | .878 | 3.583 | ||||
| Pedro García | SS | 9 | 20 | 33 | 4 | 6 | .930 | 5.889 | ||||
| Johnny Martin | SS | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bobby Cook | SS | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 809 | 1700 | 621 | 172 | 123 | .931 | 2.869 | 35 | 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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