1969 Duluth-Superior Dukes Statistics
Northern League (NL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 46-23
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Pel Austin (46-23)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Duluth, Minnesota; Superior, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Wade Stadium
Attendance: 16,145, Avg. 468
1969 Duluth-Superior Dukes RosterTeam Record: 46-23
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Pel Austin (46-23)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Duluth, Minnesota; Superior, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Wade Stadium
Attendance: 16,145, Avg. 468
The Duluth-Superior Dukes of the Northern League ended the 1969 season with a record of 46 wins and 23 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Dukes paced the circuit with 378 runs, ignited by 35 home runs. Duluth-Superior allowed 252 runs, least in the league. Ronald Davini drove in 47 runs. Jim Mueller led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .351 average. Stephen Spanich topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.41 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1969 Duluth-Superior Dukes who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Hugh Yancy, Glenn Redmon and Stan Perzanowski.
Pel Austin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Spanich | 10 | 2 | .833 | 2.41 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 101.0 | 78 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve O'Neill | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.68 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 62 | 32 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jim MacDonnell | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.79 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 87.0 | 72 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Willie Garrison | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.41 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 38 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| George Weimer | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.37 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46.0 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Charlie Cromer | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.21 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 39 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Deck | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.74 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 53.0 | 37 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Stan Perzanowski | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.34 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 62.0 | 55 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Giesler | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.94 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 47 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Cooper | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Reiten | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Len Massaro | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.57 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ray Johnson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.26 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 46 | 23 | .667 | 2.96 | 146 | 69 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 599.0 | 506 | 252 | 197 | 26 | 293 | 5 | 501 | 25 | 3 | 23 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Mueller | 69 | 317 | 296 | 52 | 104 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 29 | .351 | .382 | .436 | .818 | 129 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Barry O'Sullivan | 69 | 297 | 257 | 44 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 66 | .280 | .356 | .420 | .776 | 108 | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Ronald Davini | 66 | 272 | 243 | 34 | 67 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 31 | .276 | .330 | .383 | .712 | 93 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Bill Clark | 60 | 240 | 189 | 41 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 43 | .286 | .413 | .466 | .878 | 88 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Gregory Merkerson | 56 | 198 | 183 | 24 | 46 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 37 | .251 | .299 | .388 | .687 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Francingues | 36 | 157 | 124 | 30 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 12 | .347 | .448 | .468 | .916 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Carl Champion | 57 | 198 | 162 | 30 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 33 | .265 | .379 | .352 | .731 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Larry Linville | 34 | 133 | 114 | 29 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 22 | .351 | .432 | .447 | .879 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rod Pommes | 47 | 176 | 150 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 36 | .247 | .333 | .360 | .693 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ross Sapp | 33 | 122 | 117 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 | .265 | .295 | .325 | .620 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Williams | 28 | 80 | 71 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .282 | .354 | .352 | .707 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Held | 27 | 67 | 59 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .220 | .292 | .288 | .580 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ron Markowski | 7 | 31 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .355 | .467 | .822 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Spanich | 16 | 41 | 38 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .237 | .256 | .237 | .493 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Roudebush | 16 | 42 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | .250 | .429 | .562 | .991 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hugh Yancy | 6 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 | .360 | .571 | .931 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Danny Rourke | 11 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .179 | .273 | .214 | .487 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve O'Neill | 11 | 33 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .179 | .281 | .179 | .460 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Willie Garrison | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .308 | .400 | .308 | .708 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim MacDonnell | 14 | 35 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .154 | .241 | .154 | .395 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Richard Newhart | 7 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .133 | .235 | .133 | .369 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Deck | 11 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .438 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Stan Perzanowski | 14 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .130 | .167 | .174 | .341 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Redmon | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Cromer | 13 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Giesler | 9 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Fuller | 11 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .118 | .250 | .118 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Cooper | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Weimer | 23 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ray Johnson | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Massaro | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Reiten | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 789 | 2673 | 2319 | 379 | 641 | 87 | 25 | 35 | 318 | 52 | 16 | 254 | 437 | .276 | .351 | .381 | .732 | 883 | 0 | 25 | 51 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry O'Sullivan | 1B | 69 | 543 | 39 | 13 | 41 | .978 | 8.435 | ||||
| Carl Champion | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Clark | 2B | 32 | 74 | 91 | 7 | 18 | .959 | 5.156 | ||||
| Gregory Merkerson | 2B | 26 | 59 | 52 | 5 | 17 | .957 | 4.269 | ||||
| Danny Rourke | 2B | 8 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .944 | 4.250 | ||||
| Richard Newhart | 2B | 7 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 3 | .921 | 5.000 | ||||
| Hugh Yancy | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rod Pommes | 3B | 43 | 34 | 82 | 14 | 5 | .892 | 2.698 | ||||
| Bill Clark | 3B | 27 | 24 | 35 | 4 | 3 | .937 | 2.185 | ||||
| Thomas Fuller | 3B | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Glenn Redmon | 3B | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Gregory Merkerson | 3B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ronald Davini | C | 65 | 500 | 49 | 14 | 6 | .975 | 8.446 | 9 | |||
| Carl Champion | C | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Fuller | C | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 2 | |||
| Jim Mueller | OF | 69 | 136 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .947 | 2.087 | ||||
| Carl Champion | OF | 48 | 83 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .968 | 1.875 | ||||
| Larry Linville | OF | 32 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 1.469 | ||||
| Ross Sapp | OF | 31 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 1.452 | ||||
| Ron Williams | OF | 20 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .700 | ||||
| Larry Held | OF | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.059 | ||||
| James Roudebush | OF | 11 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.636 | ||||
| Ron Markowski | OF | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Thomas Fuller | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| George Weimer | P | 23 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .391 | ||||
| Willie Garrison | P | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .176 | ||||
| Stephen Spanich | P | 15 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| Stan Perzanowski | P | 14 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .789 | 1.071 | ||||
| Jim MacDonnell | P | 14 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Charlie Cromer | P | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Steve O'Neill | P | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .778 | 1.273 | ||||
| Ray Johnson | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .273 | ||||
| Dennis Deck | P | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Robert Giesler | P | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Len Massaro | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Cooper | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gary Reiten | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Wayne Francingues | SS | 35 | 49 | 74 | 12 | 17 | .911 | 3.514 | ||||
| Gregory Merkerson | SS | 28 | 52 | 72 | 15 | 11 | .892 | 4.429 | ||||
| Hugh Yancy | SS | 5 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.400 | ||||
| Bill Clark | SS | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 742 | 1798 | 669 | 126 | 135 | .951 | 3.325 | 12 | 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.
