1970 Billings Mustangs Statistics
Pioneer League (PL) - Class: R
Team Record: 37-33
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: David Pavlesic (37-33)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 21,007, Avg. 600
1970 Billings Mustangs RosterTeam Record: 37-33
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: David Pavlesic (37-33)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 21,007, Avg. 600
The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1970 season with a record of 37 wins and 33 losses, finishing fourth in the PL.
The Mustangs scored 384 runs and surrendered 354 runs. Frank Ortenzio led Billings with 10 home runs Al Cowens recorded 47 runs batted in. Frank Ortenzio paced all regular batters by connecting at a .316 clip. John Gaylord topped the team with 8 wins, while Mike Ballantine registered a 2.47 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1970 Billings Mustangs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Greg Minton, Jim Wohlford, Al Autry, Frank Ortenzio and Al Cowens.
David Pavlesic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Gaylord | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.51 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 58 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Scott McManis | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.20 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 | 70 | 44 | 35 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Michael Nichols | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.44 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 81.0 | 76 | 39 | 31 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Ballantine | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.47 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 91.0 | 77 | 35 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 103 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Campbell | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.68 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.0 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gary Houston | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.27 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Pratt | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Brian Ford | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.61 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 41.0 | 47 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Al Autry | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.28 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 41 | 40 | 30 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mike Patrick | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Lipke | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.30 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Randy Hammon | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Minton | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.15 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40.0 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Greg Kinder | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.33 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 25 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Jerry McDaniel | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 37 | 33 | .529 | 4.05 | 170 | 70 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 604.0 | 569 | 354 | 272 | 20 | 311 | 12 | 655 | 21 | 4 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Wohlford | 62 | 250 | 221 | 42 | 68 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 32 | 7 | 25 | 17 | .308 | .380 | .398 | .778 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Al Cowens | 62 | 257 | 237 | 45 | 67 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 25 | 5 | 18 | 37 | .283 | .331 | .451 | .782 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jeff Stout | 63 | 253 | 228 | 31 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 31 | .289 | .341 | .325 | .666 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Frank Ortenzio | 58 | 227 | 190 | 45 | 60 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 30 | 50 | .316 | .419 | .553 | .971 | 105 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gary Schlagenhauf | 58 | 224 | 191 | 29 | 53 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 55 | .277 | .377 | .393 | .769 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robert Peters | 53 | 211 | 175 | 40 | 51 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 47 | .291 | .405 | .446 | .850 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Smith | 55 | 200 | 181 | 27 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 24 | .276 | .317 | .343 | .659 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| John Joseph | 64 | 238 | 209 | 34 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 68 | .215 | .303 | .316 | .618 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Noel Paulson | 47 | 179 | 149 | 25 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 40 | .215 | .324 | .255 | .579 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Sam Beard | 40 | 137 | 123 | 17 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 24 | .220 | .299 | .276 | .576 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Nichols | 17 | 36 | 34 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .441 | .457 | .500 | .957 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Lashmet | 22 | 67 | 60 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | .200 | .284 | .250 | .534 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Williams | 15 | 50 | 44 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .205 | .280 | .205 | .485 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Duff Laney | 25 | 71 | 54 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 14 | .167 | .338 | .333 | .671 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| A. C. Moseley | 29 | 75 | 56 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 25 | .143 | .360 | .268 | .628 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Pavlesic | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .636 | .636 | .727 | 1.364 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Gaylord | 14 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .350 | .375 | .450 | .825 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Greg Minton | 27 | 32 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .241 | .290 | .379 | .670 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scott McManis | 13 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .227 | .292 | .227 | .519 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ballantine | 16 | 34 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .138 | .167 | .138 | .305 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Randy Hammon | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Pratt | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Kinder | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Houston | 5 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .100 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Autry | 7 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .059 | .158 | .059 | .217 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lonnie Reed | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .000 | .273 | .000 | .273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Lipke | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Brian Ford | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Donald Campbell | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Patrick | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 843 | 2700 | 2339 | 389 | 607 | 79 | 25 | 36 | 299 | 148 | 37 | 285 | 527 | .260 | .342 | .361 | .703 | 844 | 0 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Ortenzio | 1B | 42 | 298 | 23 | 15 | 18 | .955 | 7.643 | ||||
| Robert Peters | 1B | 26 | 196 | 9 | 3 | 16 | .986 | 7.885 | ||||
| A. C. Moseley | 1B | 8 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .966 | 7.000 | ||||
| Jeff Stout | 2B | 36 | 87 | 96 | 6 | 19 | .968 | 5.083 | ||||
| Robert Peters | 2B | 14 | 24 | 32 | 1 | 5 | .982 | 4.000 | ||||
| Roger Williams | 2B | 8 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | .860 | 4.625 | ||||
| Noel Paulson | 2B | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 2.286 | ||||
| Richard Lashmet | 2B | 7 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 4.143 | ||||
| Jim Wohlford | 2B | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 3.200 | ||||
| Noel Paulson | 3B | 36 | 21 | 51 | 20 | 2 | .783 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jeff Stout | 3B | 18 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 1 | .837 | 2.278 | ||||
| Robert Peters | 3B | 11 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 3 | .714 | 1.818 | ||||
| James Smith | 3B | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 2.167 | ||||
| Roger Williams | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| A. C. Moseley | 3B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Wohlford | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Lashmet | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Sam Beard | C | 38 | 307 | 31 | 9 | 0 | .974 | 8.895 | 5 | |||
| James Smith | C | 36 | 289 | 41 | 9 | 2 | .973 | 9.167 | 13 | |||
| Duff Laney | C | 5 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.800 | 3 | |||
| David Pavlesic | C | 3 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 14.000 | 2 | |||
| David Lipke | C | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 0 | |||
| John Joseph | OF | 62 | 88 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .948 | 1.484 | ||||
| Al Cowens | OF | 57 | 73 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .953 | 1.421 | ||||
| Gary Schlagenhauf | OF | 54 | 60 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .918 | 1.241 | ||||
| Duff Laney | OF | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.062 | ||||
| A. C. Moseley | OF | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .667 | ||||
| Frank Ortenzio | OF | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| James Smith | OF | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.556 | ||||
| Lonnie Reed | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Greg Minton | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Brian Ford | P | 22 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .733 | .500 | ||||
| Donald Campbell | P | 18 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .917 | .611 | ||||
| Greg Minton | P | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .438 | ||||
| Mike Ballantine | P | 16 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Michael Nichols | P | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .933 | ||||
| John Gaylord | P | 14 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Scott McManis | P | 13 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Greg Kinder | P | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Lipke | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Tom Pratt | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .286 | ||||
| Al Autry | P | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 1.143 | ||||
| Jerry McDaniel | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Gary Houston | P | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Randy Hammon | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Mike Patrick | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Jim Wohlford | SS | 55 | 63 | 149 | 33 | 24 | .865 | 3.855 | ||||
| Richard Lashmet | SS | 12 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 2.333 | ||||
| Al Cowens | SS | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .955 | 4.200 | ||||
| Jeff Stout | SS | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Robert Peters | SS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 795 | 1821 | 710 | 170 | 117 | .937 | 3.184 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
