1970 Decatur Commodores Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 63-56
Finished 3rd in the MWL
Manager: Frank Funk (63-56)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 47,633, Avg. 801

1970 Decatur Commodores Roster

The Decatur Commodores of the Midwest League ended the 1970 season with a record of 63 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the MWL.

The Commodores scored 442 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 478 runs. Edgar Avila led Decatur with 13 home runs and drove in 68 runs. Steve Ontiveros paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .273 clip. Larry Gonsalves topped the squad with 12 wins, while Ed Figueroa recorded a 1.94 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1970 Decatur Commodores who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Steve Ontiveros, Horace Speed, Gary Thomasson and Ed Figueroa.

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
Larry Gonsalves	12	12	.500	2.17	28	27		12	2	1	207.0	206	83	50	12	42	2	128	2	0	6
Terry Hansen	11	7	.611	2.69	26	21		9	1	0	177.0	151	75	53	5	57	4	118	10	2	11
Ed Figueroa	8	3	.727	1.94	13	13		8	3	0	102.0	86	33	22	3	23	2	85	1	0	0
Paul Sperry	6	1	.857	2.45	25	0		0	0	7	33.0	30	9	9	0	8	0	26	2	0	3
Don Spain	6	7	.462	3.73	20	13		6	0	1	99.0	109	57	41	5	34	6	72	7	1	7
Dale Dunham	5	5	.500	3.16	13	12		2	1	0	74.0	62	33	26	4	36	1	30	1	0	1
Emiliano Rivera	4	6	.400	3.04	13	12		5	2	0	83.0	70	34	28	2	41	0	51	4	2	8
Dennis Gideon	3	1	.750	1.29	28	0		0	0	7	35.0	27	11	5	2	17	3	50	2	0	3
Steve Franceschi	2	2	.500	1.80	9	5		2	0	0	40.0	24	10	8	3	17	3	19	1	0	0
Richard Krumm	2	2	.500	6.75	7	7		1	0	0	32.0	44	32	24	9	13	2	27	0	0	5
Lou Pasierb	2	2	.500	6.92	5	5		2	0	0	26.0	39	26	20	2	14	0	13	1	0	3
Hugh Hamilton	1	1	.500	3.00	9	1		0	0	0	27.0	33	12	9	1	7	2	10	0	0	0
Ed Sennett	1	2	.333	5.06	8	0		0	0	1	16.0	15	10	9	2	6	1	16	1	0	3
Russell Plummer					7						0.0
Martin Pavlik					4						0.0
Edgar Avila	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jim Huff	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	2	7	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
William McAlpine	0	0		12.00	3	0		0	0	0	3.0	2	6	4	0	6	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Davies	0	0		13.50	2	1		0	0	0	2.0	3	4	3	1	3	0	2	1	0	1
Kazuo Hiranuma	0	2	.000	4.91	12	0		0	0	3	11.0	12	7	6	2	3	1	6	0	0	0
Mike O'Brien	0	2	.000	5.82	6	2		1	0	0	17.0	22	14	11	2	11	0	15	2	1	3
Totals	63	55	.534	3.00	240	119	0	48	9	20	987.0	938	463	329	56	340	27	671	36	6	54	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
Gary Thomasson	115	495	424	76	115	18	6	8	53	37	13	65	56	.271	.369	.399	.768	169		2	2	2
Steve Ontiveros	117	487	417	64	114	23	3	11	52	4	0	65	78	.273	.374	.422	.796	176		3	0	2
Edgar Avila	115	481	424	55	114	17	6	13	68	9	5	50	42	.269	.347	.429	.776	182		3	0	4
Horace Speed	109	424	363	46	96	14	5	11	46	12	7	50	94	.264	.361	.421	.782	153		7	0	4
Gene Rinaldi	77	346	317	44	80	6	3	1	12	5	3	22	35	.252	.304	.300	.604	95		2	4	1
Andy Rodriguez	64	224	207	15	58	9	3	2	28	1	0	11	25	.280	.312	.382	.694	79		0	3	3
Clare Leifer	72	230	204	14	56	5	2	1	11	3	0	21	42	.275	.352	.333	.686	68		4	0	1
Gary Woods	70	252	205	18	45	8	0	3	14	0	0	38	35	.220	.351	.302	.653	62		4	4	1
Randy Kapano	53	176	155	18	39	12	0	4	23	1	1	16	45	.252	.316	.406	.723	63		0	2	3
Kennard Medlock	61	152	142	20	38	7	0	3	9	0	0	9	35	.268	.316	.380	.696	54		1	0	0
Tom Beckett	60	238	193	19	36	6	0	0	8	5	1	43	56	.187	.338	.218	.555	42		1	1	0
Rick Schroeder	59	226	197	9	29	3	2	1	8	2	1	22	53	.147	.235	.198	.433	39		1	5	1
Kenneth Caudle	27	108	100	11	20	3	0	1	6	3	0	6	18	.200	.259	.260	.519	26		2	0	0
Charles Berg	24	80	70	3	15	0	0	0	3	0	0	9	14	.214	.304	.214	.518	15		0	1	0
Joe Higgins	17	80	73	8	15	0	2	0	3	0	2	7	14	.205	.275	.260	.535	19		0	0	0
Ed Figueroa	13	40	39	2	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	10	.256	.275	.256	.531	10		0	0	0
Terry Hansen	28	70	64	8	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	17	.141	.176	.172	.348	11		0	2	1
Larry Gonsalves	28	83	75	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	31	.093	.160	.107	.267	8		1	2	0
Richard Krumm	7	13	12	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	.250	.250	.500	.750	6		0	1	0
Dale Dunham	13	28	25	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.120	.120	.120	.240	3		0	3	0
Emiliano Rivera	17	31	27	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.111	.172	.111	.284	3		0	2	0
Don Spain	20	36	34	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	.088	.114	.088	.203	3		1	1	0
Lou Pasierb	9	16	13	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	.154	.312	.385	.697	5		0	0	0
Hiroshi Suzuki	15	21	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.111	.238	.111	.349	2		2	0	0
Ed Sennett	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	1	0
Paul Sperry	25	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.200	.429	.200	.629	1		0	0	0
Dennis Gideon	28	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.200	.333	.200	.533	1		0	0	0
Steve Franceschi	9	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.077	.077	.077	.154	1		0	0	0
Steve Davies	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Mike O'Brien	6	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
Hugh Hamilton	9	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	0	0
Totals	1278	4380	3835	441	916	134	32	61	364	82	33	454	771	.239	.323	.338	.661	1297	0	34	34	23	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Edgar Avila	1B	114	1013	70	19	70	.983	9.500
Kennard Medlock	1B	4	30	1	1	3	.969	7.750
Hiroshi Suzuki	1B	3	22	0	1	0	.957	7.333
Rick Schroeder	2B	59	127	145	21	33	.928	4.610
Tom Beckett	2B	22	43	41	6	5	.933	3.818
Kenneth Caudle	2B	21	38	46	14	3	.857	4.000
Joe Higgins	2B	17	34	43	7	5	.917	4.529
Steve Ontiveros	2B	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	.667
Steve Ontiveros	3B	108	93	219	29	18	.915	2.889
Kennard Medlock	3B	12	4	11	3	0	.833	1.250
Andy Rodriguez	3B	4	6	7	2	1	.867	3.250
Gary Woods	C	66	376	38	12	6	.972	6.273	16
Andy Rodriguez	C	57	376	54	10	2	.977	7.544	15
Gary Thomasson	OF	114	179	14	8	4	.960	1.693
Horace Speed	OF	107	233	9	13	1	.949	2.262
Clare Leifer	OF	54	80	5	1	2	.988	1.574
Randy Kapano	OF	44	72	3	0	0	1.000	1.705
Kennard Medlock	OF	22	30	2	3	0	.914	1.455
Charles Berg	OF	21	28	1	0	0	1.000	1.381
Edgar Avila	OF	2	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Larry Gonsalves	P	28	13	36	2	1	.961	1.750
Dennis Gideon	P	28	3	5	3	0	.727	.286
Terry Hansen	P	26	14	39	0	2	1.000	2.038
Paul Sperry	P	25	1	15	1	3	.941	.640
Don Spain	P	20	7	10	2	0	.895	.850
Emiliano Rivera	P	13	3	14	1	2	.944	1.308
Ed Figueroa	P	13	4	19	1	1	.958	1.769
Dale Dunham	P	13	3	9	1	0	.923	.923
Kazuo Hiranuma	P	12	0	2	0	0	1.000	.167
Hugh Hamilton	P	9	1	5	0	0	1.000	.667
Steve Franceschi	P	9	2	10	0	0	1.000	1.333
Ed Sennett	P	8	1	2	1	0	.750	.375
Russell Plummer	P	7						.000
Richard Krumm	P	7	0	4	1	0	.800	.571
Mike O'Brien	P	6	1	3	0	1	1.000	.667
Lou Pasierb	P	5	1	9	1	2	.909	2.000
Martin Pavlik	P	4						.000
William McAlpine	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Steve Davies	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Jim Huff	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Edgar Avila	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Gene Rinaldi	SS	77	123	269	23	41	.945	5.091
Tom Beckett	SS	38	50	96	19	14	.885	3.842
Steve Ontiveros	SS	6	5	6	0	1	1.000	1.833
Totals		1215	3017	1263	207	221	.954	3.523	31	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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