1969 Corning Royals Statistics
New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 35-42
Finished 5th in the NYPL
Manager: Buddy Peterson (35-42)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Corning, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 13,599, Avg. 353
1969 Corning Royals RosterTeam Record: 35-42
Finished 5th in the NYPL
Manager: Buddy Peterson (35-42)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Corning, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 13,599, Avg. 353
The Corning Royals of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1969 season with a record of 35 wins and 42 losses, finishing fifth in the NYPL.
The Royals scored 352 runs and gave up 369 runs. Michael Prieto led Corning with 11 home runs and accounted for 38 RBI. Dale Phillips paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .293. Steven Myers topped the team with 7 wins, while Michael McGrath registered a 3.56 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Frank Ortenzio played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Corning Royals to do so.
Buddy Peterson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Myers | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1.83 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 54.0 | 42 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Randy Hammon | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.71 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 38 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Patrick | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.88 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 73 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 34 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Joe Nunn | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.00 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 64 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Lloyd Gladden | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.72 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 46.0 | 40 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Steve Nielsen | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.0 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Michael McGrath | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.56 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 91.0 | 98 | 51 | 36 | 4 | 46 | 2 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Curtis Isom | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.46 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||
| John Dixon | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63.0 | 55 | 46 | 36 | 8 | 42 | 1 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Louis Crua | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.19 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 73.0 | 69 | 48 | 34 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jackson Chandler | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Nichols | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.34 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Harry Wright | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Donald Weir | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.77 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 39 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 35 | 42 | .455 | 3.77 | 161 | 77 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 643.0 | 624 | 369 | 269 | 46 | 378 | 14 | 533 | 21 | 1 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Phillips | 59 | 267 | 246 | 30 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 47 | .293 | .340 | .398 | .738 | 98 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Michael Prieto | 67 | 286 | 243 | 43 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 45 | .267 | .370 | .465 | .835 | 113 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Joyce | 58 | 232 | 205 | 39 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 37 | .293 | .372 | .420 | .792 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Combs | 56 | 219 | 204 | 27 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 38 | .250 | .294 | .319 | .612 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| William Scherfel | 56 | 221 | 201 | 26 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 36 | .234 | .284 | .318 | .603 | 64 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Edward McFarland | 37 | 144 | 124 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | .274 | .364 | .323 | .686 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ralph Stewart | 47 | 148 | 128 | 15 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | .266 | .349 | .312 | .662 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Steven Lizak | 41 | 153 | 129 | 23 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 17 | .240 | .340 | .318 | .658 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Sam Beard | 41 | 149 | 136 | 17 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 33 | .228 | .295 | .272 | .567 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Ortenzio | 38 | 131 | 117 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 28 | .256 | .336 | .368 | .703 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Wright | 40 | 151 | 127 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 23 | .228 | .351 | .291 | .642 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Olin | 45 | 154 | 131 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 25 | .221 | .316 | .282 | .598 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bob Brown | 41 | 145 | 111 | 16 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 29 | .252 | .414 | .360 | .774 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Duff Laney | 26 | 74 | 65 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .246 | .338 | .431 | .769 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Pappas | 30 | 102 | 82 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 27 | .171 | .327 | .183 | .510 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Metivier | 26 | 83 | 66 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 30 | .182 | .349 | .227 | .577 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Panepinto | 35 | 71 | 59 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 19 | .136 | .271 | .136 | .407 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Pomeroy | 10 | 34 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .148 | .324 | .259 | .583 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael McGrath | 16 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .273 | .385 | .273 | .657 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Isom | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .400 | .500 | .600 | 1.100 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Nichols | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louis Crua | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .143 | .455 | .143 | .597 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steven Myers | 23 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Nunn | 11 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackson Chandler | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Weir | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Dixon | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Gladden | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Randy Hammon | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Patrick | 12 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Nielsen | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Wright | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 914 | 2869 | 2488 | 351 | 605 | 95 | 7 | 37 | 288 | 43 | 30 | 324 | 531 | .243 | .334 | .332 | .666 | 825 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Wright | 1B | 34 | 253 | 17 | 9 | 20 | .968 | 7.941 | ||||
| Ralph Stewart | 1B | 34 | 225 | 16 | 5 | 24 | .980 | 7.088 | ||||
| Frank Ortenzio | 1B | 13 | 95 | 3 | 2 | 8 | .980 | 7.538 | ||||
| William Olin | 2B | 35 | 83 | 83 | 13 | 19 | .927 | 4.743 | ||||
| Steven Lizak | 2B | 19 | 50 | 53 | 7 | 12 | .936 | 5.421 | ||||
| Edward McFarland | 2B | 12 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 6 | .926 | 4.167 | ||||
| Thomas Joyce | 2B | 8 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .914 | 4.000 | ||||
| Dale Phillips | 2B | 6 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 3.833 | ||||
| Dale Phillips | 3B | 40 | 44 | 63 | 4 | 12 | .964 | 2.675 | ||||
| Gerald Metivier | 3B | 18 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 4 | .865 | 2.500 | ||||
| Edward McFarland | 3B | 8 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 2.500 | ||||
| Steven Lizak | 3B | 7 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steven Panepinto | 3B | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 2.200 | ||||
| Sam Beard | C | 41 | 295 | 20 | 7 | 2 | .978 | 7.683 | 4 | |||
| James Pappas | C | 30 | 164 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .984 | 6.167 | 12 | |||
| Bruce Pomeroy | C | 10 | 68 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 7.400 | 6 | |||
| Gerald Metivier | C | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.500 | 2 | |||
| Michael Prieto | OF | 66 | 96 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .953 | 1.530 | ||||
| William Scherfel | OF | 51 | 88 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .958 | 1.784 | ||||
| Thomas Combs | OF | 49 | 88 | 9 | 6 | 4 | .942 | 1.980 | ||||
| Bob Brown | OF | 30 | 57 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .924 | 2.033 | ||||
| Frank Ortenzio | OF | 17 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 2.118 | ||||
| Duff Laney | OF | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .938 | ||||
| Frank Wright | OF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ralph Stewart | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steven Myers | P | 23 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .522 | ||||
| Michael McGrath | P | 16 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Lloyd Gladden | P | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .500 | ||||
| John Dixon | P | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Louis Crua | P | 16 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.812 | ||||
| Donald Weir | P | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Mike Patrick | P | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Joe Nunn | P | 11 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Steve Nielsen | P | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Curtis Isom | P | 9 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.333 | ||||
| Michael Nichols | P | 8 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Randy Hammon | P | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Harry Wright | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jackson Chandler | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Thomas Joyce | SS | 48 | 69 | 132 | 23 | 24 | .897 | 4.188 | ||||
| Dale Phillips | SS | 13 | 14 | 32 | 9 | 1 | .836 | 3.538 | ||||
| Edward McFarland | SS | 13 | 19 | 34 | 5 | 7 | .914 | 4.077 | ||||
| Steven Lizak | SS | 6 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 3.167 | ||||
| Totals | 795 | 1925 | 736 | 146 | 157 | .948 | 3.347 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
