1970 Duluth-Superior Dukes Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 48-21
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Joe Sparks (48-21)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Duluth, Minnesota; Superior, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Wade Stadium
Attendance: 22,747, Avg. 659

1970 Duluth-Superior Dukes Roster

The Duluth-Superior Dukes of the Northern League ended the 1970 season with a record of 48 wins and 21 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Dukes topped the circuit with 469 runs, fueled by 43 home runs. Duluth-Superior yielded 335 runs. Lamar Johnson drove in 44 runs. Steven Houck led hitters with significant playing time with a .365 average. Louis Billmeier paced the squad with 11 wins, while Gene Duhe earned a 2.18 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1970 Duluth-Superior Dukes who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Hugh Yancy, Lamar Johnson, Bruce Kimm and Bruce Miller.

Joe Sparks 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
Louis Billmeier	11	3	.786	2.83	20	14		6	1	3	105.0	98	51	33	7	47	3	112	2	0	10
Michael Atkinson	8	3	.727	4.18	13	13		5	0	0	97.0	92	54	45	6	57	0	106	1	1	5
Ade Kenary	7	1	.875	2.66	20	5		3	0	3	71.0	53	33	21	4	38	1	77	3	0	6
Gene Duhe	6	2	.750	2.18	9	9		5	0	0	62.0	52	27	15	2	25	0	39	1	0	5
Rusty Bourg	5	3	.625	2.76	15	10		4	2	3	88.0	79	37	27	3	44	1	110	3	0	3
Stephen Szorc	5	4	.556	4.34	24	2		0	0	7	56.0	63	33	27	2	36	2	56	1	1	2
Steven Tiemeier	3	1	.750	5.87	13	1		0	0	0	23.0	20	16	15	1	23	0	22	0	0	4
Gary Reiten	2	0	1.000	6.70	12	9		0	0	0	47.0	55	38	35	5	36	0	31	1	0	6
Robert Giesler	1	4	.200	6.39	13	5		1	0	0	38.0	42	33	27	6	22	2	23	2	0	3
John Fiene	0	0		1.50	2	1		0	0	0	6.0	2	1	1	0	9	0	2	1	2	0
Richard Propson	0	0		6.19	10	0		0	0	1	16.0	16	12	11	2	20	0	21	1	0	3
Totals	48	21	.696	3.80	151	69	0	24	3	17	609.0	572	335	257	38	357	9	599	16	4	47	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
Hugh Yancy	66	285	243	56	81	11	6	3	40	22	5	36	22	.333	.418	.465	.883	113		1	3	2
Steven Houck	58	272	219	51	80	12	6	4	41	14	4	50	37	.365	.485	.530	1.015	116		2	0	1
Lamar Johnson	55	243	221	35	71	10	2	6	44	4	1	16	31	.321	.366	.466	.832	103		2	0	4
Bruce Miller	69	298	257	43	71	15	2	3	37	6	2	31	40	.276	.350	.385	.736	99		1	4	5
Danny Rourke	69	340	275	74	66	11	2	3	19	21	5	50	43	.240	.356	.327	.684	90		2	9	4
Bruce Kimm	64	288	238	50	64	12	1	3	43	7	1	47	35	.269	.388	.366	.754	87		0	2	1
Ted Nicholson	54	232	217	38	63	11	5	9	37	0	1	13	63	.290	.336	.512	.848	111		2	0	0
Larry Linville	35	149	115	31	38	8	1	7	31	4	2	27	17	.330	.450	.600	1.050	69		2	0	5
Richard Lucke	45	159	129	24	33	3	0	4	27	2	1	26	23	.256	.386	.372	.758	48		2	1	1
Joseph Talley	17	78	66	15	31	4	1	1	16	3	1	11	4	.470	.545	.606	1.152	40		0	1	0
Richard Motsinger	35	112	102	11	22	5	1	0	15	3	0	9	11	.216	.277	.284	.561	29		0	0	1
David Melum	17	51	47	9	16	4	1	0	10	0	0	4	13	.340	.392	.468	.860	22		0	0	0
Rusty Bourg	15	35	31	5	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	10	.355	.364	.419	.783	13		0	2	1
Louis Billmeier	20	48	45	3	9	2	0	0	6	0	0	3	20	.200	.250	.244	.494	11		0	0	0
Michael Atkinson	13	45	40	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	19	.200	.250	.225	.475	9		2	1	1
Ade Kenary	20	24	20	5	6	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	2	.300	.391	.500	.891	10		0	1	0
Carl Champion	14	25	23	2	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	.261	.292	.304	.596	7		1	1	0
John Fiene	12	33	30	4	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	13	.200	.242	.200	.442	6		0	0	1
Gary Reiten	12	18	18	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	.278	.278	.278	.556	5		0	0	0
Gene Duhe	10	30	24	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.125	.250	.125	.375	3		0	2	0
Emery Mitchell	4	7	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.400	.571	.400	.971	2		0	0	0
Richard Propson	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Robert Buchan	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Steven Tiemeier	13	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Stephen Szorc	24	15	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.214	.000	.214	0		1	1	0
Robert Giesler	13	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	765	2809	2398	469	695	114	29	43	384	88	23	338	433	.290	.378	.415	.793	996	0	18	28	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Lamar Johnson	1B	54	411	27	12	44	.973	8.111
David Melum	1B	13	69	4	1	3	.986	5.615
Carl Champion	1B	3	18	0	0	1	1.000	6.000
Joseph Talley	1B	1	8	0	0	0	1.000	8.000
Emery Mitchell	1B	1	12	0	0	0	1.000	12.000
Danny Rourke	2B	69	169	171	14	39	.960	4.928
Hugh Yancy	3B	45	43	71	21	4	.844	2.533
Richard Motsinger	3B	29	27	52	8	4	.908	2.724
Bruce Kimm	C	64	571	54	6	8	.990	9.766	20
John Fiene	C	7	55	1	0	0	1.000	8.000	2
Steven Houck	OF	58	108	6	3	2	.974	1.966
Ted Nicholson	OF	54	63	4	4	0	.944	1.241
Richard Lucke	OF	34	43	2	0	1	1.000	1.324
Larry Linville	OF	34	36	6	3	1	.933	1.235
Hugh Yancy	OF	20	29	2	3	0	.912	1.550
Joseph Talley	OF	17	21	2	0	0	1.000	1.353
Carl Champion	OF	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.000
Robert Buchan	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Stephen Szorc	P	24	0	6	1	1	.857	.250
Ade Kenary	P	20	8	15	1	1	.958	1.150
Louis Billmeier	P	20	5	23	7	4	.800	1.400
Rusty Bourg	P	15	4	17	2	2	.913	1.400
Steven Tiemeier	P	13	1	4	0	0	1.000	.385
Robert Giesler	P	13	1	7	1	1	.889	.615
Michael Atkinson	P	13	2	13	0	1	1.000	1.154
Gary Reiten	P	12	3	11	2	0	.875	1.167
Richard Propson	P	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	.100
Gene Duhe	P	9	3	10	1	0	.929	1.444
John Fiene	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Bruce Miller	SS	69	107	159	30	32	.899	3.855
Hugh Yancy	SS	1	1	1	1	1	.667	2.000
Totals		726	1823	671	121	150	.954	3.435	22	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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