1969 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 68-55
Finished 2nd in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Billy Shantz (68-55)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 40,590, Avg. 660
1969 Fort Lauderdale Yankees RosterTeam Record: 68-55
Finished 2nd in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Billy Shantz (68-55)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 40,590, Avg. 660
The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League ended the 1969 season with a record of 68 wins and 55 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Yankees yielded 416 runs, fewest in the league. Fort Lauderdale plated 447 runs. Patrick Cluney accounted for 51 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .255 average. Larry Gowell led the team with 16 wins and a team-best 1.74 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1969 Fort Lauderdale Yankees who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Larry Gowell, Tom Buskey, Terry Ley, Steve Kline and Roger Hambright.
Billy Shantz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Gowell | 16 | 7 | .696 | 1.74 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 196.0 | 120 | 50 | 38 | 1 | 77 | 0 | 217 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Terry Ley | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.85 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 136.0 | 105 | 49 | 43 | 2 | 83 | 1 | 132 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Robert Elliott | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.32 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 123.0 | 97 | 69 | 59 | 4 | 83 | 0 | 122 | 6 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Alonzo Ramirez | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.92 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 71.0 | 55 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Roger Hambright | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.40 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 60.0 | 43 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 46 | 9 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Carroll | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.53 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 93 | 54 | 40 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 95 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Morse | 4 | 10 | .286 | 2.94 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 107.0 | 105 | 53 | 35 | 5 | 38 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Thomas Lawton | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.91 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 47.0 | 37 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Buskey | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.25 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 49 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stanton Evenhus | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.40 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 39 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Kline | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rene Rivera | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Preston Tutein | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.40 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Brown | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Crowder | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dante Schirripa | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Matney | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Blaum | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 68 | 55 | .553 | 2.90 | 209 | 123 | 0 | 67 | 9 | 14 | 1020.0 | 823 | 416 | 329 | 14 | 522 | 16 | 865 | 29 | 7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Cluney | 117 | 467 | 404 | 57 | 103 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 51 | 47 | .255 | .343 | .337 | .679 | 136 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Alfonzo Neal | 115 | 491 | 398 | 63 | 88 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 32 | 42 | 6 | 82 | 64 | .221 | .353 | .291 | .645 | 116 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Bob McDaniel | 65 | 256 | 226 | 30 | 61 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 27 | .270 | .353 | .327 | .680 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Any Torgeson | 98 | 346 | 281 | 36 | 61 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 94 | .217 | .346 | .295 | .641 | 83 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Dave Kent | 65 | 250 | 209 | 33 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 34 | .244 | .361 | .368 | .730 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jorge Maduro | 58 | 201 | 174 | 11 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | .259 | .327 | .322 | .648 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Richard Buff | 73 | 246 | 220 | 19 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 29 | .200 | .262 | .236 | .499 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Ronald Kirk | 76 | 276 | 232 | 23 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 65 | .185 | .298 | .198 | .496 | 46 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Lee Choate | 67 | 250 | 214 | 37 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 58 | .196 | .306 | .280 | .587 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| George Blaum | 78 | 262 | 212 | 24 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 48 | .193 | .335 | .236 | .570 | 50 | 7 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Johnson | 62 | 237 | 200 | 18 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 46 | .155 | .277 | .245 | .522 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Richard Monroe | 55 | 169 | 151 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 43 | .172 | .246 | .252 | .497 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Lew Lawson | 34 | 117 | 90 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 20 | .256 | .419 | .467 | .885 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Gunderman | 33 | 125 | 112 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 44 | .205 | .272 | .268 | .540 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Elliott | 21 | 57 | 54 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .278 | .286 | .407 | .693 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robert Frisbee | 19 | 60 | 55 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .273 | .305 | .273 | .578 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Terry Ley | 21 | 56 | 46 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .283 | .312 | .348 | .660 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Julius Bender | 27 | 83 | 72 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | .167 | .253 | .208 | .461 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Albert Miller | 9 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .323 | .400 | .419 | .819 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Gowell | 27 | 76 | 71 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .127 | .162 | .197 | .359 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nestor Montalvo | 12 | 32 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .267 | .281 | .300 | .581 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Alonzo Ramirez | 14 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .318 | .348 | .318 | .666 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nephtale Mora | 11 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .226 | .351 | .258 | .609 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Morse | 19 | 35 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .219 | .167 | .385 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tom Buskey | 7 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .267 | .353 | .267 | .620 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Lawton | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .273 | .385 | .273 | .657 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Hefflinger | 11 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .107 | .138 | .107 | .245 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Douglas D'Addario | 12 | 38 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .094 | .216 | .188 | .404 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stanton Evenhus | 7 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .167 | .267 | .250 | .517 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Roger Hambright | 27 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Carroll | 18 | 36 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Steve Kline | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Brown | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rene Rivera | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Guasp | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Crowder | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Matney | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Preston Tutein | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1311 | 4384 | 3728 | 447 | 803 | 108 | 43 | 20 | 380 | 93 | 25 | 514 | 768 | .215 | .315 | .284 | .599 | 1057 | 0 | 45 | 62 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Cluney | 1B | 115 | 852 | 74 | 28 | 57 | .971 | 8.052 | ||||
| Robert Hefflinger | 1B | 8 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.625 | ||||
| Lee Choate | 1B | 3 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| George Blaum | 1B | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Alfonzo Neal | 2B | 112 | 216 | 241 | 20 | 30 | .958 | 4.080 | ||||
| Ronald Kirk | 2B | 11 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 2.818 | ||||
| Julius Bender | 2B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| George Blaum | 3B | 65 | 50 | 117 | 7 | 14 | .960 | 2.569 | ||||
| Lew Lawson | 3B | 32 | 20 | 61 | 10 | 5 | .890 | 2.531 | ||||
| Ronald Kirk | 3B | 21 | 20 | 34 | 4 | 2 | .931 | 2.571 | ||||
| Julius Bender | 3B | 14 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .778 | 1.500 | ||||
| Richard Buff | 3B | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Nestor Montalvo | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jorge Maduro | C | 56 | 377 | 36 | 6 | 3 | .986 | 7.375 | 12 | |||
| Richard Monroe | C | 51 | 329 | 25 | 7 | 4 | .981 | 6.941 | 13 | |||
| Robert Frisbee | C | 16 | 114 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 8.000 | 2 | |||
| Nephtale Mora | C | 9 | 80 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .935 | 9.556 | 5 | |||
| George Guasp | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1 | |||
| Any Torgeson | OF | 83 | 133 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .979 | 1.687 | ||||
| Richard Buff | OF | 65 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 1.385 | ||||
| Bob McDaniel | OF | 62 | 115 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .961 | 1.984 | ||||
| Dave Kent | OF | 61 | 85 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .968 | 1.475 | ||||
| Lee Choate | OF | 60 | 86 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .978 | 1.517 | ||||
| David Gunderman | OF | 32 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .938 | 1.406 | ||||
| Douglas D'Addario | OF | 10 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .826 | 1.900 | ||||
| Julius Bender | OF | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Roger Hambright | P | 27 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .370 | ||||
| Larry Gowell | P | 25 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 1 | .841 | 1.480 | ||||
| Terry Ley | P | 21 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Robert Elliott | P | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .550 | ||||
| Jerry Morse | P | 19 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .925 | 1.947 | ||||
| James Carroll | P | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Thomas Lawton | P | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Preston Tutein | P | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Alonzo Ramirez | P | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Rene Rivera | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Tom Buskey | P | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Stanton Evenhus | P | 6 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 2.833 | ||||
| Michael Brown | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Wayne Crowder | P | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Steve Kline | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dante Schirripa | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Matney | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| George Blaum | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Johnson | SS | 62 | 76 | 178 | 28 | 17 | .901 | 4.097 | ||||
| Ronald Kirk | SS | 40 | 48 | 114 | 7 | 12 | .959 | 4.050 | ||||
| George Blaum | SS | 10 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.300 | ||||
| Nestor Montalvo | SS | 9 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 2.000 | ||||
| Albert Miller | SS | 9 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 5 | .878 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1241 | 2980 | 1155 | 177 | 164 | .959 | 3.332 | 33 | 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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