1969 Eugene Emeralds Statistics
Team Record: 88-58
Finished 1st in the PCL's South Division
Manager: Frank Lucchesi (88-58)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Ballpark: Civic Stadium
Attendance: 152,256, Avg. 2,086
Playoffs - Tacoma Cubs 3 games, Eugene Emeralds 1
The Eugene Emeralds of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1969 season with a record of 88 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Emeralds plated 658 runs and allowed 552 runs. Bill Schlesinger paced Eugene with 18 home runs and accounted for 67 RBI. Denny Doyle led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .310. Jeff James topped the squad with 13 wins, while Gary Wagner recorded a 2.05 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1969 Eugene Emeralds who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Larry Loughlin, Bill Schlesinger, Denny Doyle, Mike Compton, Barry Lersch, Cal Emery, Joe Lis, Larry Bowa, Al Raffo, Luis Peraza, Jerry Buchek, Rich Barry, Jim Hutto, Leroy Reams, Lowell Palmer, John Boozer, Gene Rounsaville, Doc Edwards, Dick Thoenen, Gary Wagner, Scott Reid, Jeff James, Bill Champion and Larry Colton.
Frank Lucchesi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff James | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.15 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 203.0 | 186 | 87 | 71 | 15 | 70 | 3 | 155 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Gary Wagner | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.05 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 123.0 | 98 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 64 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Larry Colton | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.18 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 155.0 | 150 | 81 | 72 | 12 | 54 | 4 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Gene Rounsaville | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.48 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 132.0 | 122 | 55 | 51 | 7 | 37 | 6 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Lowell Palmer | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.77 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 91.0 | 69 | 38 | 28 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 97 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bill Champion | 7 | 1 | .875 | 1.66 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 65.0 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Barry Lersch | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.39 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 101.0 | 101 | 38 | 38 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Pat Bayless | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.44 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 142.0 | 155 | 84 | 70 | 19 | 54 | 3 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| William Wolfe | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.60 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60.0 | 66 | 34 | 24 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Boozer | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.38 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24.0 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Messerly | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.02 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65.0 | 71 | 33 | 29 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Loughlin | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.29 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41.0 | 33 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Al Raffo | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Knutson | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Thoenen | 0 | 0 | 4.09 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Luis Peraza | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.88 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 88 | 58 | .603 | 3.36 | 317 | 146 | 0 | 61 | 17 | 11 | 1247.0 | 1166 | 552 | 466 | 91 | 401 | 33 | 776 | 25 | 8 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denny Doyle | 143 | 647 | 587 | 91 | 182 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 47 | 20 | 7 | 47 | 49 | .310 | .360 | .438 | .798 | 257 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Larry Bowa | 135 | 608 | 568 | 80 | 163 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 48 | 12 | 31 | 56 | .287 | .324 | .333 | .657 | 189 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Jim Hutto | 122 | 458 | 408 | 63 | 125 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 61 | .306 | .376 | .395 | .771 | 161 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Buchek | 127 | 493 | 439 | 53 | 108 | 24 | 5 | 13 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 118 | .246 | .315 | .412 | .727 | 181 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Cal Emery | 101 | 324 | 260 | 40 | 104 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 11 | .400 | .509 | .588 | 1.098 | 153 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Joe Lis | 106 | 390 | 341 | 48 | 94 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 56 | .276 | .362 | .452 | .813 | 154 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Scott Reid | 118 | 431 | 354 | 49 | 94 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 55 | 14 | 4 | 70 | 76 | .266 | .391 | .381 | .772 | 135 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bill Schlesinger | 98 | 382 | 339 | 57 | 86 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 67 | 13 | 7 | 34 | 71 | .254 | .324 | .487 | .810 | 165 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Rich Barry | 76 | 314 | 270 | 50 | 83 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 50 | .307 | .383 | .522 | .906 | 141 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Doc Edwards | 73 | 252 | 237 | 16 | 63 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 25 | .266 | .302 | .346 | .648 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Compton | 86 | 301 | 268 | 30 | 62 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 54 | .231 | .306 | .336 | .641 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Stirling Coward | 65 | 180 | 165 | 22 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | .285 | .322 | .370 | .692 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Leroy Reams | 56 | 111 | 105 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 19 | .248 | .279 | .352 | .632 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Mitchell | 46 | 99 | 83 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 19 | .229 | .337 | .410 | .746 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jeff James | 31 | 81 | 75 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | .213 | .272 | .227 | .498 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Colton | 27 | 63 | 52 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .288 | .383 | .442 | .826 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pat Bayless | 35 | 55 | 47 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .213 | .229 | .255 | .484 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Lowell Palmer | 17 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .226 | .273 | .419 | .692 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Champion | 9 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .261 | .261 | .261 | .522 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Barry Lersch | 15 | 42 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .143 | .262 | .229 | .490 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gene Rounsaville | 39 | 44 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .098 | .116 | .122 | .238 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Larry Loughlin | 37 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Wolfe | 29 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .154 | .267 | .154 | .421 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Messerly | 36 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .111 | .150 | .167 | .317 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Wagner | 25 | 53 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .045 | .125 | .068 | .193 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Dick Thoenen | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Boozer | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Raffo | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Knutson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1682 | 5450 | 4828 | 658 | 1329 | 216 | 51 | 97 | 600 | 111 | 42 | 504 | 842 | .275 | .344 | .401 | .746 | 1938 | 0 | 29 | 45 | 44 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hutto | 1B | 83 | 613 | 44 | 3 | 52 | .995 | 7.916 | ||||
| Cal Emery | 1B | 81 | 667 | 48 | 6 | 62 | .992 | 8.827 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | 1B | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 2.600 | ||||
| Leroy Reams | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Doc Edwards | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rich Barry | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Denny Doyle | 2B | 143 | 271 | 406 | 20 | 74 | .971 | 4.734 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | 2B | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Larry Bowa | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry Buchek | 3B | 113 | 86 | 173 | 24 | 18 | .915 | 2.292 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | 3B | 23 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 7 | .883 | 2.304 | ||||
| Jim Hutto | 3B | 19 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 1.947 | ||||
| Mike Compton | C | 83 | 451 | 45 | 7 | 7 | .986 | 5.976 | 7 | |||
| Doc Edwards | C | 73 | 390 | 32 | 3 | 8 | .993 | 5.781 | 3 | |||
| Jim Hutto | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | |||
| Scott Reid | OF | 110 | 211 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .969 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Lis | OF | 100 | 195 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .976 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bill Schlesinger | OF | 94 | 222 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .983 | 2.436 | ||||
| Rich Barry | OF | 75 | 118 | 8 | 7 | 3 | .947 | 1.680 | ||||
| Robert Mitchell | OF | 33 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 1.394 | ||||
| Leroy Reams | OF | 29 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .897 | ||||
| Jim Hutto | OF | 29 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.069 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | OF | 18 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.556 | ||||
| Gene Rounsaville | P | 39 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 2 | .868 | .846 | ||||
| Larry Loughlin | P | 36 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Jerry Messerly | P | 34 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jeff James | P | 30 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.267 | ||||
| William Wolfe | P | 29 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .414 | ||||
| Pat Bayless | P | 29 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .962 | .862 | ||||
| Larry Colton | P | 26 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.308 | ||||
| Gary Wagner | P | 20 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Barry Lersch | P | 15 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Lowell Palmer | P | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .786 | ||||
| John Boozer | P | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
| Dick Thoenen | P | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Bill Champion | P | 9 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .895 | 1.889 | ||||
| Luis Peraza | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Gordon Knutson | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Al Raffo | P | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Larry Bowa | SS | 135 | 215 | 468 | 18 | 72 | .974 | 5.059 | ||||
| Jerry Buchek | SS | 11 | 16 | 34 | 3 | 8 | .943 | 4.545 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | SS | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .818 | 4.500 | ||||
| Denny Doyle | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1587 | 3734 | 1549 | 142 | 340 | .974 | 3.329 | 10 | 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.
