1969 Clinton Pilots Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 72-51
Finished 2nd in the MWL
Manager: Sibby Sisti (0-0), Karl Kuehl (0-0), Tommy Giordano (0-0)
Affiliation: Seattle Pilots
Location: Clinton, Iowa
Ballpark: Alliant Energy Field
Attendance: 59,430, Avg. 966
1969 Clinton Pilots RosterTeam Record: 72-51
Finished 2nd in the MWL
Manager: Sibby Sisti (0-0), Karl Kuehl (0-0), Tommy Giordano (0-0)
Affiliation: Seattle Pilots
Location: Clinton, Iowa
Ballpark: Alliant Energy Field
Attendance: 59,430, Avg. 966
The Clinton Pilots of the Midwest League ended the 1969 season with a record of 72 wins and 51 losses, finishing second in the MWL.
The Pilots scored 493 runs and yielded 435 runs. Gary Holland led Clinton with 11 home runs Mike Morelli drove in 51 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .279. Wayne Sullivan paced the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.14 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1969 Clinton Pilots who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rick Auerbach, Jim Slaton, Wilbur Howard, Pedro García, Fernando González, Bill Parsons, Miguel Fuentes, Gary Timberlake, Ray Peters, Carlos Velazquez and Tom Kelly.
Sibby Sisti, Karl Kuehl and Tommy Giordano 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Sullivan | 9 | 10 | .474 | 2.14 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 160.0 | 119 | 66 | 38 | 12 | 55 | 3 | 116 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Miguel Fuentes | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.46 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 74.0 | 47 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dave Tallman | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.52 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69.0 | 65 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Larry Pickett | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.60 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 104.0 | 102 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 44 | 5 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Velazquez | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.97 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 94.0 | 100 | 46 | 31 | 7 | 35 | 4 | 58 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Jim Slaton | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.85 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 82.0 | 65 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ray Peters | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.44 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 68.0 | 50 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill Parsons | 5 | 4 | .556 | 1.57 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 69.0 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ralph Swain | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.53 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 51.0 | 45 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dave Renkiewicz | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.89 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 81 | 49 | 38 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gary Timberlake | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.36 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Larry Bright | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.06 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 42 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ron Kotick | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nelson Gibson | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.43 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 37.0 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Wilbur Howard | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Vincent | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 72 | 51 | .585 | 2.75 | 261 | 123 | 0 | 44 | 18 | 16 | 998.0 | 839 | 435 | 305 | 57 | 420 | 27 | 769 | 24 | 7 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Morelli | 97 | 358 | 333 | 34 | 93 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 51 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 38 | .279 | .318 | .384 | .703 | 128 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Domingo Apellaniz | 102 | 391 | 344 | 59 | 89 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 28 | 69 | .259 | .334 | .360 | .695 | 124 | 12 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Frank Kimball | 102 | 365 | 314 | 31 | 85 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 64 | .271 | .368 | .389 | .757 | 122 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steve Jones | 86 | 318 | 290 | 41 | 79 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 50 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 60 | .272 | .324 | .445 | .769 | 129 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jose Rodriguez | 111 | 371 | 333 | 26 | 78 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 62 | .234 | .300 | .288 | .588 | 96 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Gary Holland | 58 | 233 | 212 | 32 | 69 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 43 | .325 | .375 | .561 | .936 | 119 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Fernando González | 88 | 295 | 262 | 43 | 65 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 34 | .248 | .315 | .324 | .639 | 85 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Tom Kelly | 100 | 363 | 269 | 47 | 60 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 82 | 31 | .223 | .399 | .342 | .741 | 92 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Darvin Traylor | 74 | 211 | 191 | 18 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 26 | .257 | .321 | .298 | .619 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rick Auerbach | 63 | 235 | 203 | 37 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 32 | .227 | .313 | .310 | .624 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Alvin Strane | 58 | 200 | 159 | 29 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 20 | .258 | .404 | .302 | .706 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Odis McCowan | 64 | 223 | 191 | 31 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 35 | .215 | .327 | .309 | .636 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Owens | 51 | 133 | 118 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 14 | .186 | .271 | .246 | .516 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Sullivan | 27 | 60 | 57 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .193 | .207 | .263 | .470 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Matulich | 13 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .258 | .343 | .323 | .665 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nelson Straley | 37 | 72 | 65 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .123 | .208 | .169 | .378 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Pickett | 25 | 39 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .241 | .353 | .276 | .629 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Swain | 20 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .500 | .545 | .500 | 1.045 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Milton Jordan | 16 | 35 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .192 | .382 | .269 | .652 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Malitz | 9 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .286 | .444 | .357 | .802 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Parsons | 11 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .182 | .250 | .227 | .477 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Renkiewicz | 19 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .182 | .182 | .227 | .409 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Slaton | 14 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .148 | .148 | .222 | .370 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Velazquez | 30 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .136 | .174 | .182 | .356 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pedro García | 10 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .130 | .286 | .130 | .416 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Albert Strane | 28 | 56 | 48 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | .062 | .182 | .062 | .244 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nelson Gibson | 20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jose Salado | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .182 | .438 | .182 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Miguel Fuentes | 26 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Tallman | 31 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Kotick | 8 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Bright | 15 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .062 | .062 | .125 | .188 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Peters | 12 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .043 | .043 | .043 | .087 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Saunches | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wilbur Howard | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Timberlake | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1448 | 4288 | 3732 | 492 | 897 | 144 | 31 | 49 | 405 | 78 | 45 | 435 | 678 | .240 | .325 | .335 | .660 | 1250 | 0 | 43 | 53 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Rodriguez | 1B | 109 | 817 | 59 | 8 | 52 | .991 | 8.037 | ||||
| Steve Jones | 1B | 19 | 143 | 9 | 5 | 9 | .968 | 8.000 | ||||
| Frank Kimball | 1B | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Gary Holland | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Morelli | 2B | 68 | 115 | 168 | 12 | 26 | .959 | 4.162 | ||||
| Alvin Strane | 2B | 49 | 78 | 94 | 11 | 15 | .940 | 3.510 | ||||
| Fernando González | 2B | 12 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 2 | .894 | 3.500 | ||||
| Darvin Traylor | 3B | 62 | 49 | 101 | 14 | 3 | .915 | 2.419 | ||||
| Gary Holland | 3B | 30 | 29 | 47 | 7 | 7 | .916 | 2.533 | ||||
| Mike Morelli | 3B | 26 | 28 | 34 | 3 | 3 | .954 | 2.385 | ||||
| Milton Jordan | 3B | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Fernando González | 3B | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.857 | ||||
| Albert Strane | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Frank Kimball | C | 97 | 618 | 49 | 13 | 5 | .981 | 6.876 | 15 | |||
| Nelson Straley | C | 36 | 118 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 3.556 | 10 | |||
| Steve Jones | C | 9 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.444 | 3 | |||
| Jose Salado | C | 6 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.833 | 0 | |||
| Tom Saunches | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1 | |||
| Domingo Apellaniz | OF | 94 | 168 | 14 | 11 | 6 | .943 | 1.936 | ||||
| Tom Kelly | OF | 93 | 158 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .977 | 1.860 | ||||
| Steve Jones | OF | 59 | 79 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 1.407 | ||||
| Odis McCowan | OF | 54 | 118 | 4 | 6 | 2 | .953 | 2.259 | ||||
| Ted Owens | OF | 33 | 49 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .893 | 1.515 | ||||
| Gary Holland | OF | 29 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 1.483 | ||||
| Fernando González | OF | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Bob Matulich | OF | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Charles Malitz | OF | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Alvin Strane | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dave Tallman | P | 31 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .419 | ||||
| Carlos Velazquez | P | 30 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .733 | ||||
| Wayne Sullivan | P | 26 | 11 | 33 | 5 | 1 | .898 | 1.692 | ||||
| Miguel Fuentes | P | 26 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .885 | ||||
| Larry Pickett | P | 21 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .810 | ||||
| Ralph Swain | P | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .450 | ||||
| Nelson Gibson | P | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Renkiewicz | P | 19 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.053 | ||||
| Larry Bright | P | 15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .400 | ||||
| Jim Slaton | P | 13 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.692 | ||||
| Ray Peters | P | 12 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.750 | ||||
| Bill Parsons | P | 11 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.455 | ||||
| Ron Kotick | P | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wilbur Howard | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Gary Timberlake | P | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Wayne Vincent | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rick Auerbach | SS | 63 | 93 | 117 | 21 | 24 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Fernando González | SS | 43 | 64 | 100 | 19 | 13 | .896 | 3.814 | ||||
| Albert Strane | SS | 17 | 15 | 36 | 9 | 6 | .850 | 3.000 | ||||
| Pedro García | SS | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .818 | 2.000 | ||||
| Alvin Strane | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1328 | 2986 | 1130 | 183 | 191 | .957 | 3.099 | 29 | 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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