1970 Charlotte Hornets Statistics
Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 66-73
Finished 6th in the SL
Manager: Harry Warner (0-0), Pete Appleton (0-0)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 57,107, Avg. 822
1970 Charlotte Hornets RosterTeam Record: 66-73
Finished 6th in the SL
Manager: Harry Warner (0-0), Pete Appleton (0-0)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 57,107, Avg. 822
The Charlotte Hornets of the Southern League ended the 1970 season with a record of 66 wins and 73 losses, finishing sixth in the SL.
The Hornets scored 465 runs and allowed 502 runs. Bill Hahn recorded 63 runs batted in. Dan Monzon led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .288 clip. Ray Strable, Ray Corbin and Ken Gill topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Ray Strable recorded a 2.74 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1970 Charlotte Hornets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Dan Monzon, Ray Corbin, Steve Brye, Dave Goltz, Pete Hamm and Rick Dempsey.
Harry Warner and Pete Appleton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Strable | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.74 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 128.0 | 110 | 57 | 39 | 5 | 37 | 6 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ken Gill | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2.98 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 163.0 | 142 | 62 | 54 | 10 | 37 | 8 | 87 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Ray Corbin | 11 | 14 | .440 | 2.86 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 208.0 | 174 | 80 | 66 | 7 | 86 | 5 | 149 | 8 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Pete Hamm | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.69 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | 58 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Arruda | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.56 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81.0 | 71 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 36 | 5 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Gerald Christman | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.75 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 65 | 32 | 30 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Bruce Haynes | 4 | 15 | .211 | 3.54 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150.0 | 159 | 72 | 59 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 72 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Robert Weisenberg | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.69 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78.0 | 88 | 42 | 32 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 11 | ||
| John Randolph | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.36 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 83.0 | 81 | 39 | 31 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Jerry Magness | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.58 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59.0 | 60 | 32 | 30 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Durant Cooper | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Nichols | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Raymond O'Neill | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Goltz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 59 | 68 | .465 | 3.01 | 327 | 126 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 17 | 1108.0 | 1011 | 460 | 371 | 55 | 355 | 34 | 650 | 41 | 6 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Monzon | 138 | 605 | 517 | 69 | 149 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 20 | 19 | 72 | 40 | .288 | .380 | .358 | .738 | 185 | 7 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Steve Brye | 106 | 439 | 374 | 52 | 115 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 48 | 3 | 8 | 53 | 39 | .307 | .394 | .455 | .849 | 170 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Ray Shoup | 106 | 403 | 356 | 31 | 104 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 34 | .292 | .365 | .326 | .691 | 116 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Jim McDonald | 99 | 388 | 346 | 37 | 94 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 37 | 37 | .272 | .343 | .324 | .666 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bill Hahn | 122 | 433 | 389 | 33 | 93 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 70 | .239 | .304 | .362 | .666 | 141 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Rick Dempsey | 105 | 390 | 351 | 28 | 86 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 66 | .245 | .314 | .370 | .685 | 130 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tom Nichols | 121 | 435 | 365 | 35 | 84 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 80 | .230 | .347 | .304 | .651 | 111 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| David Schmidt | 116 | 445 | 381 | 51 | 83 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 53 | 53 | .218 | .317 | .257 | .575 | 98 | 3 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Al Nordberg | 66 | 244 | 217 | 17 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 19 | .249 | .304 | .272 | .576 | 59 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Larry Rathje | 93 | 271 | 239 | 24 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 33 | .205 | .296 | .234 | .531 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Wissler | 55 | 215 | 176 | 22 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 50 | .227 | .354 | .386 | .740 | 68 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Clifford Foster | 62 | 181 | 150 | 20 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 52 | .240 | .363 | .380 | .743 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Ezell | 49 | 140 | 117 | 13 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 23 | .299 | .407 | .427 | .834 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Ruddell | 23 | 76 | 72 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | .222 | .263 | .250 | .513 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Corbin | 32 | 83 | 79 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .165 | .165 | .190 | .354 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ken Gill | 42 | 52 | 46 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .196 | .208 | .239 | .447 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Mike Nunn | 19 | 57 | 52 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .173 | .246 | .212 | .457 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Minster | 10 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .273 | .385 | .273 | .657 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Haynes | 27 | 54 | 44 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .136 | .204 | .136 | .340 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Robert Weisenberg | 13 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .200 | .231 | .240 | .471 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pete Hamm | 10 | 34 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .172 | .194 | .172 | .366 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ray Strable | 56 | 38 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .147 | .143 | .176 | .319 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Gerald Christman | 14 | 33 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .111 | .172 | .111 | .284 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| John Randolph | 31 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .255 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alex Rowell | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Arruda | 51 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .100 | .100 | .200 | .300 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Magness | 30 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Goltz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Wolfe | 6 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1605 | 5134 | 4466 | 458 | 1104 | 159 | 27 | 43 | 407 | 78 | 58 | 541 | 748 | .247 | .331 | .324 | .655 | 1446 | 0 | 31 | 69 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hahn | 1B | 98 | 822 | 74 | 8 | 69 | .991 | 9.143 | ||||
| Clifford Foster | 1B | 35 | 267 | 15 | 1 | 16 | .996 | 8.057 | ||||
| Al Nordberg | 1B | 24 | 178 | 17 | 6 | 20 | .970 | 8.125 | ||||
| Glenn Ezell | 1B | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 12.000 | ||||
| David Schmidt | 2B | 110 | 292 | 299 | 12 | 63 | .980 | 5.373 | ||||
| Jim McDonald | 2B | 38 | 97 | 66 | 4 | 29 | .976 | 4.289 | ||||
| Rick Dempsey | 2B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Dan Monzon | 3B | 136 | 121 | 303 | 31 | 33 | .932 | 3.118 | ||||
| Jim McDonald | 3B | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 2.500 | ||||
| Bob Wissler | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Glenn Ezell | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rick Dempsey | C | 91 | 490 | 73 | 16 | 11 | .972 | 6.187 | 12 | |||
| Glenn Ezell | C | 30 | 123 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 4.333 | 2 | |||
| Mike Nunn | C | 16 | 64 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .972 | 4.312 | 5 | |||
| Mike Minster | C | 8 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 3.375 | 1 | |||
| Gary Wolfe | C | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | |||
| Dan Monzon | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Steve Brye | OF | 105 | 212 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .965 | 2.076 | ||||
| Ray Shoup | OF | 94 | 166 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .971 | 1.809 | ||||
| Larry Rathje | OF | 83 | 152 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 1.855 | ||||
| Bob Wissler | OF | 52 | 90 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .958 | 1.769 | ||||
| Al Nordberg | OF | 40 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .951 | 1.450 | ||||
| Jim McDonald | OF | 31 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .967 | 1.871 | ||||
| Joseph Ruddell | OF | 21 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .912 | 1.476 | ||||
| Bill Hahn | OF | 19 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .842 | ||||
| Clifford Foster | OF | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Rick Dempsey | OF | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Alex Rowell | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ray Strable | P | 56 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .321 | ||||
| Thomas Arruda | P | 51 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .294 | ||||
| Ken Gill | P | 42 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .690 | ||||
| Ray Corbin | P | 32 | 24 | 35 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.844 | ||||
| John Randolph | P | 31 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .516 | ||||
| Jerry Magness | P | 28 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .429 | ||||
| Bruce Haynes | P | 27 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 1.111 | ||||
| Durant Cooper | P | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gerald Christman | P | 14 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .905 | 1.357 | ||||
| Robert Weisenberg | P | 13 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
| Pete Hamm | P | 10 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| Raymond O'Neill | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Tom Nichols | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Goltz | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Nichols | SS | 115 | 171 | 360 | 31 | 55 | .945 | 4.617 | ||||
| Jim McDonald | SS | 31 | 48 | 98 | 5 | 19 | .967 | 4.710 | ||||
| Totals | 1535 | 3627 | 1513 | 159 | 326 | .970 | 3.349 | 20 | 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.
