1969 Decatur Commodores Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 53-66
Finished 7th in the MWL
Manager: Frank Funk (53-66)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 33,160, Avg. 557

1969 Decatur Commodores Roster

The Decatur Commodores of the Midwest League ended the 1969 season with a record of 53 wins and 66 losses, finishing seventh in the MWL.

The Commodores scored 444 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 470 runs. Tommy Hanegan led Decatur with 10 home runs and drove in 37 runs, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .230 clip. Leo Mazzone topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.52 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1969 Decatur Commodores who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jake Brown, Gary Lavelle, Pepe Frías, Elías Sosa, Ed Goodson and Gary Matthews.

Frank Funk served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Leo Mazzone	15	10	.600	2.52	26	26		17	4	0	186.0	177	79	52	10	58	1	151	4	0	6
Steve Davies	7	11	.389	4.02	27	25		6	1	0	150.0	143	99	67	8	88	3	125	11	2	17
Emiliano Rivera	7	12	.368	3.09	21	21		7	2	0	131.0	115	59	45	8	47	4	94	5	1	6
Bing Bingham	5	10	.333	3.33	20	19		10	1	0	127.0	121	62	47	5	39	2	71	1	1	4
Gary Lavelle	4	2	.667	1.69	7	7		4	2	0	48.0	41	17	9	1	24	0	30	1	1	2
Jeff Campbell	4	4	.500	3.32	19	4		3	0	3	57.0	35	27	21	1	29	2	30	1	0	4
Don Krick	3	3	.500	2.51	21	1		0	0	3	43.0	37	15	12	0	22	0	35	0	2	4
Alan Cowgill	3	4	.429	2.35	40	0		0	0	9	65.0	37	24	17	1	50	6	43	7	1	12
Dick Hanselman	3	5	.375	5.46	21	6		2	0	1	61.0	73	52	37	2	51	2	53	4	2	7
Marty Waldeck	2	3	.400	2.30	9	7		2	1	0	43.0	36	20	11	0	31	2	21	2	1	6
Elías Sosa	0	1	.000	4.50	9	3		0	0	0	22.0	27	13	11	2	17	1	24	0	0	3
Mike Ocon	0	1	.000	27.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	53	66	.445	3.20	221	119	0	51	11	16	934.0	846	470	332	38	457	23	677	36	11	71	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
Tommy Hanegan	100	396	335	53	77	21	2	10	37	10	5	53	59	.230	.336	.394	.730	132		2	3	3
Ed Goodson	60	225	214	32	61	11	6	1	26	0	1	8	24	.285	.307	.407	.713	87		0	0	3
Gary Matthews	53	206	174	31	56	11	2	8	30	9	1	29	45	.322	.424	.546	.970	95		2	1	0
Jack Woolsey	56	216	197	34	56	9	4	3	25	9	5	17	32	.284	.343	.416	.759	82		1	0	1
Ken Cornell	73	232	189	23	52	9	2	1	13	6	0	42	23	.275	.409	.360	.769	68		1	0	0
Gerald Bosch	66	254	207	24	52	8	3	2	27	15	0	38	21	.251	.369	.348	.717	72		3	2	4
Gene Cook	78	269	229	25	47	2	0	0	17	5	0	30	60	.205	.308	.214	.522	49		5	3	2
John Brown	53	201	186	20	45	6	3	1	21	3	1	13	35	.242	.289	.323	.611	60		0	0	2
Gary Schafer	62	208	190	25	44	9	0	0	18	1	0	16	33	.232	.290	.279	.569	53		0	1	1
Randy Mohler	50	177	158	25	43	8	1	4	18	1	0	19	32	.272	.350	.411	.762	65		0	0	0
Terry Hansen	44	186	158	25	35	6	1	2	11	2	0	25	40	.222	.324	.310	.634	49		0	1	2
Dick Miller	41	136	122	17	34	7	0	4	18	0	0	13	21	.279	.346	.434	.780	53		0	0	1
Bill Hathaway	44	130	115	12	29	7	1	2	12	3	0	10	43	.252	.318	.383	.700	44		2	1	2
Pepe Frías	44	131	128	10	24	5	1	0	12	2	3	1	21	.188	.198	.242	.441	31		1	0	1
Jake Brown	27	90	76	18	23	3	0	8	17	3	0	11	20	.303	.382	.658	1.040	50		0	1	2
Guy Homoly	27	83	76	8	21	2	0	1	6	1	0	5	20	.276	.329	.342	.671	26		1	1	0
Osvaldo Bosch	39	115	98	12	16	4	1	1	9	5	1	15	32	.163	.287	.255	.542	25		2	0	0
Dave Voss	18	78	65	3	14	3	0	2	11	0	1	5	10	.215	.308	.354	.662	23		5	0	3
Mark Brewster	22	85	73	3	13	5	1	0	8	1	1	12	24	.178	.294	.274	.568	20		0	0	0
Mike Hutson	24	90	80	6	13	2	0	0	8	0	0	7	19	.162	.236	.188	.423	15		1	1	1
Harold Graff	34	103	84	9	13	2	0	2	8	0	0	12	26	.155	.275	.250	.525	21		3	1	3
Steve Davies	27	57	53	4	11	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	17	.208	.218	.226	.445	12		0	2	1
Art Kinnaugh	15	49	43	4	10	0	0	0	3	2	1	6	4	.233	.327	.233	.559	10		0	0	0
Leo Mazzone	26	70	64	4	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	12	.156	.206	.172	.378	11		1	2	0
Gary Lavelle	7	20	18	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.333	.368	.333	.702	6		1	1	0
Kerry Horn	19	35	34	2	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	9	.176	.200	.265	.465	9		0	0	0
Andy Rodriguez	15	40	35	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.143	.205	.143	.348	5		0	1	1
Bing Bingham	20	43	38	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	23	.132	.154	.132	.285	5		0	4	0
Jeff Campbell	20	19	16	1	4	0	1	1	7	0	0	1	4	.250	.333	.562	.896	9		1	1	0
Dick Hanselman	25	23	20	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.150	.227	.200	.427	4		0	1	0
Emiliano Rivera	21	46	43	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	22	.070	.111	.093	.204	4		0	1	0
Elías Sosa	9	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	2		0	1	0
Marty Waldeck	9	13	12	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.333	.500	4		0	1	0
Don Krick	21	11	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.125	.364	.125	.489	1		0	0	0
Alan Cowgill	40	18	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.067	.222	.067	.289	1		0	0	0
Jack Traffenstedt	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1290	4063	3560	440	837	146	29	54	379	78	20	407	772	.235	.316	.338	.654	1203	0	32	31	33	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ed Goodson	1B	52	414	30	7	34	.984	8.538
Ken Cornell	1B	47	346	29	5	21	.987	7.979
Dave Voss	1B	18	162	7	1	14	.994	9.389
John Brown	1B	6	37	1	1	2	.974	6.333
Tommy Hanegan	2B	97	215	248	32	46	.935	4.773
Gary Schafer	2B	20	45	55	1	11	.990	5.000
Gene Cook	2B	4	3	6	1	0	.900	2.250
Gene Cook	3B	74	45	138	20	12	.901	2.473
Terry Hansen	3B	44	41	86	12	7	.914	2.886
Pepe Frías	3B	2	3	0	1	0	.750	1.500
Harold Graff	C	33	174	19	4	1	.980	5.848	6
Bill Hathaway	C	31	164	21	2	3	.989	5.968	10
Jake Brown	C	24	121	23	6	1	.960	6.000	3
Mike Hutson	C	23	170	13	5	1	.973	7.957	5
Andy Rodriguez	C	14	96	4	3	0	.971	7.143	3
Gary Schafer	C	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.000	3
Gerald Bosch	OF	65	116	17	16	3	.893	2.046
Jack Woolsey	OF	54	94	3	2	1	.980	1.796
Gary Matthews	OF	53	63	7	8	0	.897	1.321
John Brown	OF	45	73	4	2	0	.975	1.711
Dick Miller	OF	35	51	3	5	0	.915	1.543
Osvaldo Bosch	OF	31	42	2	1	0	.978	1.419
Guy Homoly	OF	23	24	0	1	0	.960	1.043
Mark Brewster	OF	22	46	4	0	0	1.000	2.273
Ken Cornell	OF	14	11	1	2	0	.857	.857
Art Kinnaugh	OF	12	15	0	0	0	1.000	1.250
Kerry Horn	OF	7	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.429
Bill Hathaway	OF	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Alan Cowgill	P	40	4	12	1	2	.941	.400
Steve Davies	P	27	7	27	8	2	.810	1.259
Leo Mazzone	P	26	3	22	2	1	.926	.962
Emiliano Rivera	P	21	10	21	0	1	1.000	1.476
Don Krick	P	21	3	8	1	1	.917	.524
Dick Hanselman	P	21	1	6	3	0	.700	.333
Bing Bingham	P	20	11	20	1	0	.969	1.550
Jeff Campbell	P	19	4	13	0	1	1.000	.895
Marty Waldeck	P	9	7	11	0	0	1.000	2.000
Elías Sosa	P	9	2	2	0	0	1.000	.444
Gary Lavelle	P	7	2	10	1	0	.923	1.714
Mike Ocon	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Randy Mohler	SS	48	74	125	16	24	.926	4.146
Gary Schafer	SS	32	44	82	14	10	.900	3.938
Pepe Frías	SS	29	39	95	20	15	.870	4.621
Ed Goodson	SS	9	12	16	3	1	.903	3.111
Bill Hathaway	SS	2	4	5	1	1	.900	4.500
Totals		1198	2820	1197	209	216	.951	3.353	30	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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