1967 Erie Tigers Statistics
New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 26-51
Finished 6th in the NYPL
Manager: Eddie Lyons (26-51)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Ainsworth Field
Attendance: 9,988, Avg. 259
1967 Erie Tigers RosterTeam Record: 26-51
Finished 6th in the NYPL
Manager: Eddie Lyons (26-51)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Ainsworth Field
Attendance: 9,988, Avg. 259
The Erie Tigers of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1967 season with a record of 26 wins and 51 losses, finishing sixth in the NYPL.
The Tigers scored 342 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 543 runs, most in the circuit. Randall Hooper led Erie with 11 home runs and accounted for 38 RBI. Thomas Tencza paced hitters with significant playing time with a .279 average. Walter Witowski and Joseph Jordan topped the team with 6 wins each, while Phil Meeler recorded a 3.63 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Tim Hosley and Phil Meeler both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Eddie Lyons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Jordan | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 54.0 | 62 | 35 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Walter Witowski | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.41 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 96.0 | 114 | 70 | 47 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Phil Meeler | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.63 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 104.0 | 83 | 61 | 42 | 7 | 72 | 1 | 99 | 9 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Brian Cousino | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6.19 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 43 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Gerald Foglia | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.06 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 64.0 | 68 | 53 | 36 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Matthew Hoar | 1 | 3 | .250 | 1.64 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Darrell Schneller | 1 | 3 | .250 | 9.80 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 52 | 51 | 49 | 9 | 39 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Nathanael Dixon | 1 | 8 | .111 | 6.31 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 77.0 | 84 | 64 | 54 | 5 | 46 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ell Cain | 0 | 0 | 5.87 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Dan Bootcheck | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Patrick Kincaide | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Jess Rossiter | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Oscar Cartaya | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Caruso | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Herbert Doebler | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lee Sage | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.34 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| James Martin | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John D'Auria | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9.78 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 71 | 71 | 50 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 26 | 51 | .338 | 5.69 | 199 | 78 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 645.0 | 736 | 543 | 408 | 50 | 398 | 11 | 452 | 25 | 1 | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Tencza | 63 | 273 | 219 | 41 | 61 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 49 | 24 | .279 | .407 | .447 | .854 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Eugene Spatz | 60 | 257 | 214 | 35 | 56 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 36 | 25 | .262 | .373 | .369 | .742 | 79 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Randall Hooper | 61 | 249 | 209 | 35 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 63 | .258 | .375 | .431 | .806 | 90 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ell Cain | 63 | 212 | 184 | 26 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 34 | .283 | .351 | .402 | .753 | 74 | 4 | 7 | 1 | ||
| James Wosman | 60 | 173 | 158 | 24 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 44 | .304 | .345 | .481 | .826 | 76 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tyrone Crawford | 59 | 208 | 182 | 26 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 19 | .264 | .351 | .335 | .686 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tim Hosley | 59 | 198 | 165 | 26 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 57 | .255 | .365 | .424 | .790 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Michael Kotzin | 63 | 198 | 165 | 25 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 34 | .206 | .335 | .364 | .699 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Hastings | 59 | 167 | 137 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 34 | .204 | .331 | .255 | .587 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Miguel Medina | 22 | 95 | 83 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 18 | .277 | .368 | .386 | .754 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Cartaya | 34 | 122 | 114 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 25 | .202 | .242 | .246 | .487 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Marshall | 52 | 140 | 120 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | .175 | .277 | .175 | .452 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dick Wieczezak | 28 | 106 | 81 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | .222 | .406 | .309 | .714 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary McGhee | 24 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .333 | .395 | .436 | .831 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Oktavec | 24 | 70 | 53 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | .208 | .391 | .208 | .599 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Hetrick | 17 | 62 | 55 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .200 | .279 | .255 | .533 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Doug Swiss | 24 | 55 | 47 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .191 | .309 | .298 | .607 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Betzelberger | 14 | 45 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .139 | .311 | .139 | .450 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Jordan | 14 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .211 | .250 | .263 | .513 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Meeler | 21 | 36 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .118 | .143 | .176 | .319 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John D'Auria | 16 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .231 | .375 | .308 | .683 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Sage | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .400 | .667 | .400 | 1.067 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Jeffries | 5 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .182 | .357 | .182 | .539 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Schneller | 20 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Levi Ruffin | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Cousino | 21 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Witowski | 22 | 37 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .037 | .212 | .037 | .249 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Herbert Doebler | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Caruso | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Irish | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Schulz | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matthew Hoar | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Martin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Foglia | 14 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .000 | .240 | .000 | .240 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nathanael Dixon | 19 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .000 | .038 | .000 | .038 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Kincaide | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jess Rossiter | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Dan Bootcheck | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 993 | 2907 | 2456 | 342 | 577 | 89 | 12 | 48 | 287 | 64 | 21 | 383 | 530 | .235 | .342 | .340 | .681 | 834 | 0 | 23 | 31 | 14 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Kotzin | 1B | 51 | 397 | 26 | 12 | 24 | .972 | 8.294 | ||||
| James Wosman | 1B | 25 | 169 | 10 | 8 | 14 | .957 | 7.160 | ||||
| Ell Cain | 1B | 14 | 94 | 6 | 1 | 6 | .990 | 7.143 | ||||
| Tyrone Crawford | 1B | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 12.500 | ||||
| Thomas Tencza | 2B | 58 | 132 | 143 | 18 | 29 | .939 | 4.741 | ||||
| Frank Oktavec | 2B | 12 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 3 | .952 | 3.333 | ||||
| Gary McGhee | 2B | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 3.167 | ||||
| Eugene Spatz | 2B | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.333 | ||||
| Gary Jeffries | 2B | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Stephen Betzelberger | 2B | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 4.333 | ||||
| Eugene Spatz | 3B | 37 | 37 | 72 | 14 | 6 | .886 | 2.946 | ||||
| Dick Wieczezak | 3B | 25 | 17 | 49 | 10 | 2 | .868 | 2.640 | ||||
| Tim Hosley | 3B | 7 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 2.286 | ||||
| Gary McGhee | 3B | 6 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Thomas Tencza | 3B | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Frank Oktavec | 3B | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Carl Schulz | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Marshall | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Hosley | C | 50 | 276 | 31 | 16 | 5 | .950 | 6.140 | 16 | |||
| James Wosman | C | 26 | 108 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .983 | 4.346 | 5 | |||
| Doug Swiss | C | 23 | 88 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .960 | 4.217 | 9 | |||
| Michael Irish | C | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Randall Hooper | OF | 59 | 59 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .918 | 1.136 | ||||
| Tyrone Crawford | OF | 49 | 76 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .953 | 1.653 | ||||
| Ell Cain | OF | 42 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .947 | 1.714 | ||||
| Michael Hastings | OF | 37 | 45 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .907 | 1.324 | ||||
| Eugene Spatz | OF | 22 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .868 | 1.500 | ||||
| Miguel Medina | OF | 22 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .911 | 1.864 | ||||
| John Hetrick | OF | 17 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.647 | ||||
| Levi Ruffin | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dick Wieczezak | OF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Thomas Tencza | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Kotzin | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Walter Witowski | P | 22 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .897 | 1.182 | ||||
| Phil Meeler | P | 21 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 3 | .862 | 1.190 | ||||
| Brian Cousino | P | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Darrell Schneller | P | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Nathanael Dixon | P | 19 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 1.211 | ||||
| John D'Auria | P | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Joseph Jordan | P | 14 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gerald Foglia | P | 14 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lee Sage | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Matthew Hoar | P | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Ell Cain | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
| James Martin | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Herbert Doebler | P | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Caruso | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Jess Rossiter | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mike Marshall | SS | 47 | 60 | 113 | 18 | 13 | .906 | 3.681 | ||||
| Oscar Cartaya | SS | 33 | 51 | 109 | 13 | 19 | .925 | 4.848 | ||||
| Frank Oktavec | SS | 7 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 2.571 | ||||
| Stephen Betzelberger | SS | 7 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .880 | 3.143 | ||||
| Dick Wieczezak | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 901 | 1928 | 810 | 180 | 151 | .938 | 3.039 | 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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