1970 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 56-76
Finished 5th in the FSL's East Division
Manager: Lamar North (56-76)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 51,063, Avg. 774
1970 Fort Lauderdale Yankees RosterTeam Record: 56-76
Finished 5th in the FSL's East Division
Manager: Lamar North (56-76)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 51,063, Avg. 774
The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League ended the 1970 season with a record of 56 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.
The Yankees scored 473 runs and yielded 555 runs. Charlie Spikes led Fort Lauderdale with 19 home runs and accounted for 62 RBI. Grady Pitcock paced hitters with significant playing time with a .258 average. Donald Schroeder topped the squad with 11 wins, while Tom Buskey recorded a 1.96 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1970 Fort Lauderdale Yankees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tom Buskey, Otto Vélez and Charlie Spikes.
Lamar North 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Schroeder | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.14 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 155.0 | 129 | 68 | 54 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 139 | 7 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Tom Buskey | 10 | 5 | .667 | 1.96 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 133.0 | 98 | 37 | 29 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Shown | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.38 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 87.0 | 65 | 38 | 23 | 2 | 51 | 4 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Gary Manderbach | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.13 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 115.0 | 96 | 50 | 40 | 1 | 74 | 1 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Wayne Crowder | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.83 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 89.0 | 70 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Alonzo Ramirez | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.65 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 51.0 | 41 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David Hazelip | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.50 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 53 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Paul Fricchione | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.57 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 41 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Winfield Chadwick | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.44 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 47 | 35 | 26 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Brian Cogan | 2 | 8 | .200 | 3.98 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86.0 | 81 | 55 | 38 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Paul Swanson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.35 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 35 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Collier | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.15 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 88.0 | 71 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 65 | 3 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Jim Hefflinger | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.32 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 49 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Philip Simmons | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.33 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 52 | 43 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| John Schlesiger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Lee Choate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Terry Vargason | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gregory Buys | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.07 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Raymond DeRiggi | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.79 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 56 | 76 | .424 | 3.26 | 293 | 132 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 13 | 1106.0 | 963 | 555 | 401 | 18 | 561 | 22 | 781 | 42 | 3 | 87 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grady Pitcock | 117 | 446 | 399 | 45 | 103 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 37 | 26 | .258 | .321 | .336 | .656 | 134 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Charlie Spikes | 127 | 501 | 422 | 71 | 100 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 62 | 22 | 6 | 62 | 157 | .237 | .345 | .410 | .755 | 173 | 11 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Douglas Stodgel | 74 | 319 | 284 | 50 | 90 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 28 | 11 | .317 | .378 | .366 | .744 | 104 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Clement Sanders | 102 | 386 | 337 | 46 | 90 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 42 | 73 | .267 | .346 | .377 | .723 | 127 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Jeffrey Mason | 76 | 287 | 250 | 28 | 73 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 15 | .292 | .366 | .380 | .746 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| James Babyak | 81 | 307 | 271 | 20 | 64 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 34 | .236 | .315 | .284 | .599 | 77 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Leroy Gardner | 59 | 197 | 166 | 35 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 23 | .271 | .370 | .331 | .701 | 55 | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Raymond DeRiggi | 66 | 207 | 174 | 6 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 37 | .241 | .356 | .270 | .626 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Beau Robinson | 47 | 168 | 147 | 16 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 23 | .211 | .305 | .279 | .584 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas O'Connor | 43 | 170 | 144 | 13 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 17 | .194 | .292 | .257 | .549 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Gilbert Passarella | 29 | 110 | 103 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | .262 | .291 | .398 | .689 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lee Choate | 48 | 154 | 132 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 39 | .197 | .307 | .318 | .625 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Punko | 34 | 133 | 93 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 34 | 22 | .269 | .473 | .355 | .828 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Steven Kogut | 43 | 130 | 106 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | .217 | .341 | .264 | .605 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Marion Prince | 44 | 154 | 123 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 28 | .163 | .322 | .220 | .542 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arnold Holtberg | 38 | 120 | 107 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 19 | .168 | .258 | .196 | .455 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nephtale Mora | 26 | 89 | 79 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .190 | .258 | .304 | .562 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Carlos Pieve | 20 | 66 | 62 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .226 | .234 | .242 | .476 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Charles Combs | 34 | 103 | 92 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 22 | .152 | .233 | .163 | .396 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Wilson | 22 | 63 | 51 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .255 | .397 | .333 | .730 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Brown | 21 | 81 | 67 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 19 | .179 | .312 | .224 | .536 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Shown | 36 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .360 | .393 | .400 | .793 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Otto Vélez | 20 | 69 | 54 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 14 | .167 | .309 | .204 | .513 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Julio Hernandez | 17 | 46 | 43 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .186 | .239 | .256 | .495 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Schlesiger | 18 | 46 | 42 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .167 | .222 | .167 | .389 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Matheson | 17 | 55 | 48 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .146 | .236 | .271 | .507 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Alonzo Ramirez | 11 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .286 | .444 | .286 | .730 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Crowder | 15 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .138 | .219 | .172 | .391 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Buskey | 18 | 53 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .093 | .264 | .093 | .357 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Schroeder | 25 | 60 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .082 | .167 | .082 | .248 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Philip Simmons | 18 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hefflinger | 23 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Collier | 29 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .105 | .227 | .105 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Hazelip | 11 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .077 | .235 | .154 | .389 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Brian Cogan | 26 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .050 | .095 | .050 | .145 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary Manderbach | 21 | 47 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .026 | .095 | .051 | .147 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Winfield Chadwick | 14 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Swanson | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Fricchione | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Buys | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1504 | 4770 | 4099 | 473 | 939 | 117 | 40 | 38 | 388 | 136 | 40 | 530 | 805 | .229 | .322 | .305 | .626 | 1250 | 0 | 47 | 55 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond DeRiggi | 1B | 52 | 477 | 25 | 7 | 31 | .986 | 9.654 | ||||
| Thomas O'Connor | 1B | 41 | 372 | 21 | 11 | 24 | .973 | 9.585 | ||||
| Lee Choate | 1B | 36 | 296 | 20 | 4 | 25 | .988 | 8.778 | ||||
| Beau Robinson | 1B | 8 | 61 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .971 | 8.500 | ||||
| James Babyak | 1B | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 7.000 | ||||
| Douglas Stodgel | 2B | 72 | 140 | 245 | 8 | 43 | .980 | 5.347 | ||||
| James Babyak | 2B | 47 | 91 | 116 | 10 | 28 | .954 | 4.404 | ||||
| John Schlesiger | 2B | 14 | 36 | 29 | 2 | 4 | .970 | 4.643 | ||||
| Gilbert Passarella | 2B | 12 | 9 | 30 | 5 | 1 | .886 | 3.250 | ||||
| Julio Hernandez | 2B | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Charlie Spikes | 3B | 68 | 53 | 126 | 30 | 8 | .856 | 2.632 | ||||
| James Babyak | 3B | 28 | 25 | 54 | 7 | 4 | .919 | 2.821 | ||||
| Gilbert Passarella | 3B | 16 | 6 | 32 | 3 | 2 | .927 | 2.375 | ||||
| Marion Prince | 3B | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .862 | 1.923 | ||||
| Beau Robinson | 3B | 7 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 2.857 | ||||
| Steven Kogut | C | 41 | 228 | 22 | 4 | 5 | .984 | 6.098 | 10 | |||
| Arnold Holtberg | C | 36 | 174 | 22 | 8 | 0 | .961 | 5.444 | 10 | |||
| Charles Combs | C | 30 | 167 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .974 | 6.200 | 4 | |||
| Nephtale Mora | C | 26 | 160 | 12 | 9 | 2 | .950 | 6.615 | 9 | |||
| Thomas Matheson | C | 15 | 105 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .974 | 7.467 | 2 | |||
| Grady Pitcock | OF | 110 | 183 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .964 | 1.727 | ||||
| Clement Sanders | OF | 91 | 136 | 7 | 10 | 3 | .935 | 1.571 | ||||
| Charlie Spikes | OF | 58 | 79 | 9 | 10 | 0 | .898 | 1.517 | ||||
| Leroy Gardner | OF | 45 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .971 | 1.467 | ||||
| Michael Punko | OF | 29 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 1.793 | ||||
| Beau Robinson | OF | 26 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Pat Brown | OF | 19 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.474 | ||||
| Gary Wilson | OF | 17 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.176 | ||||
| Otto Vélez | OF | 17 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.706 | ||||
| Lee Choate | OF | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Gilbert Passarella | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Larry Shown | P | 36 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .389 | ||||
| Ronald Collier | P | 29 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .810 | .586 | ||||
| Brian Cogan | P | 26 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .852 | .885 | ||||
| Donald Schroeder | P | 25 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .917 | 1.320 | ||||
| Jim Hefflinger | P | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .304 | ||||
| Gary Manderbach | P | 21 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 0 | .867 | 1.238 | ||||
| Philip Simmons | P | 18 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .611 | ||||
| Tom Buskey | P | 18 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .929 | 2.167 | ||||
| Wayne Crowder | P | 15 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.600 | ||||
| Paul Swanson | P | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Winfield Chadwick | P | 14 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.643 | ||||
| Paul Fricchione | P | 12 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .917 | ||||
| Alonzo Ramirez | P | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.364 | ||||
| David Hazelip | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .545 | ||||
| Gregory Buys | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Raymond DeRiggi | P | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Terry Vargason | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| John Schlesiger | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Lee Choate | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeffrey Mason | SS | 75 | 92 | 224 | 23 | 35 | .932 | 4.213 | ||||
| Marion Prince | SS | 30 | 41 | 73 | 11 | 12 | .912 | 3.800 | ||||
| Carlos Pieve | SS | 18 | 15 | 46 | 3 | 5 | .953 | 3.389 | ||||
| Julio Hernandez | SS | 14 | 21 | 40 | 6 | 5 | .910 | 4.357 | ||||
| Douglas Stodgel | SS | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1422 | 3305 | 1441 | 232 | 252 | .953 | 3.338 | 35 | 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.
