1969 Gastonia Pirates Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 67-58
Finished 2nd in the WCL
Manager: Frank Oceak (67-58)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 37,227, Avg. 596
1969 Gastonia Pirates RosterTeam Record: 67-58
Finished 2nd in the WCL
Manager: Frank Oceak (67-58)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 37,227, Avg. 596
The Gastonia Pirates of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1969 season with a record of 67 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the WCL.
The Pirates scored 603 runs and allowed 562 runs. Milt May led Gastonia with 11 home runs Edward Blackman accounted for 60 RBI and topped all regular batters by hitting .320. Tom Dettore paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 1.91 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1969 Gastonia Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Tom Dettore, Rennie Stennett, Milt May, Frank Taveras, Dick Sharon and Dave Augustine.
Frank Oceak 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Dettore | 12 | 3 | .800 | 1.91 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 141.0 | 112 | 51 | 30 | 8 | 56 | 4 | 115 | 8 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Robert Johnston | 9 | 1 | .900 | 3.57 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 68.0 | 59 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 32 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Frank Frontino | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1.93 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 112.0 | 84 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 50 | 10 | 116 | 6 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Manuel Giron | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.05 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 127.0 | 107 | 52 | 43 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Michael Fuchs | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 50 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Manrique Zavala | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.31 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 71.0 | 73 | 49 | 34 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Gary Vingle | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.06 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 93.0 | 90 | 50 | 42 | 5 | 60 | 4 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Tom Buchenberger | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.78 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73.0 | 84 | 64 | 55 | 6 | 54 | 2 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| David Warmbrod | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.70 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 41 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Paul Strauch | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.14 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 86.0 | 67 | 41 | 30 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Arpoika | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Conn Ivie | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.09 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Herring | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.20 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 31 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Daniel Quinn | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.57 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ernest Swan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.34 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Gordon Vogt | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 33 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dave Lambert | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Lott | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.90 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Darrell Jones | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Lewis | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 58 | .536 | 3.56 | 260 | 125 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 20 | 1082.0 | 954 | 562 | 428 | 60 | 585 | 50 | 771 | 45 | 10 | 93 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Blackman | 117 | 467 | 391 | 56 | 125 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 60 | 4 | 6 | 64 | 45 | .320 | .416 | .422 | .838 | 165 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Rennie Stennett | 107 | 421 | 396 | 51 | 114 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 49 | .288 | .320 | .389 | .709 | 154 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| John Lyles | 101 | 410 | 356 | 63 | 101 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 71 | .284 | .373 | .382 | .755 | 136 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| James Clay | 122 | 453 | 376 | 42 | 97 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 64 | .258 | .367 | .362 | .728 | 136 | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Dave Augustine | 110 | 477 | 423 | 61 | 96 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 107 | .227 | .298 | .291 | .589 | 123 | 5 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Milt May | 86 | 355 | 301 | 58 | 87 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 41 | .289 | .376 | .468 | .844 | 141 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Dick Sharon | 102 | 416 | 370 | 46 | 80 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 42 | 88 | .216 | .294 | .300 | .594 | 111 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Douglas Coleman | 81 | 283 | 248 | 38 | 63 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 29 | .254 | .336 | .323 | .658 | 80 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Frank Taveras | 80 | 347 | 308 | 40 | 63 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 31 | 55 | .205 | .279 | .231 | .510 | 71 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Dave Lambert | 64 | 205 | 172 | 31 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 40 | .256 | .361 | .477 | .838 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Joe Grigas | 52 | 188 | 156 | 24 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 22 | .250 | .374 | .346 | .720 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hector Herrera | 29 | 95 | 83 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .301 | .379 | .434 | .813 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Dettore | 42 | 90 | 69 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19 | .319 | .461 | .362 | .823 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Paul Giroux | 24 | 81 | 68 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 5 | .265 | .362 | .368 | .730 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Carmelo Ybes | 12 | 41 | 37 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .216 | .256 | .216 | .473 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Manuel Giron | 23 | 49 | 44 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Strauch | 17 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .259 | .259 | .296 | .556 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Frank Frontino | 31 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .163 | .217 | .279 | .496 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Vingle | 19 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .179 | .258 | .321 | .579 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alberto Leaver | 20 | 61 | 55 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 23 | .073 | .164 | .073 | .237 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Arpoika | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .300 | .364 | .400 | .764 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manrique Zavala | 28 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .143 | .280 | .190 | .470 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Buchenberger | 18 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .125 | .160 | .167 | .327 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sidney McKinney | 11 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .115 | .207 | .115 | .322 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Quinn | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Conn Ivie | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Johnston | 24 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .154 | .353 | .231 | .584 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Michael Fuchs | 10 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .095 | .174 | .095 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steve Lewis | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Herring | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernest Swan | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .125 | .417 | .125 | .542 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Warmbrod | 9 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .000 | .056 | .000 | .056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Vogt | 21 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Fratto | 11 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .000 | .190 | .000 | .190 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Scott Roswald | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Archie Meza | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Lott | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1417 | 4789 | 4148 | 602 | 1036 | 142 | 36 | 55 | 493 | 79 | 27 | 516 | 812 | .250 | .335 | .341 | .677 | 1415 | 0 | 37 | 52 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Clay | 1B | 118 | 945 | 45 | 14 | 75 | .986 | 8.390 | ||||
| Edward Blackman | 1B | 10 | 84 | 5 | 1 | 6 | .989 | 8.900 | ||||
| Dave Lambert | 1B | 5 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Dick Sharon | 1B | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Milt May | 1B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Tom Dettore | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Douglas Coleman | 2B | 56 | 137 | 154 | 9 | 31 | .970 | 5.196 | ||||
| Frank Taveras | 2B | 49 | 108 | 134 | 10 | 23 | .960 | 4.939 | ||||
| Paul Giroux | 2B | 21 | 29 | 48 | 3 | 5 | .962 | 3.667 | ||||
| Dave Augustine | 2B | 10 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 4 | .909 | 4.000 | ||||
| Sidney McKinney | 2B | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 4.000 | ||||
| John Lyles | 3B | 87 | 80 | 155 | 16 | 9 | .936 | 2.701 | ||||
| Dave Lambert | 3B | 24 | 33 | 48 | 11 | 1 | .880 | 3.375 | ||||
| Douglas Coleman | 3B | 11 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 3 | .878 | 3.273 | ||||
| Dave Augustine | 3B | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .810 | 2.429 | ||||
| Rennie Stennett | 3B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Sidney McKinney | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Milt May | C | 82 | 482 | 62 | 11 | 10 | .980 | 6.634 | 22 | |||
| Hector Herrera | C | 22 | 143 | 20 | 4 | 3 | .976 | 7.409 | 7 | |||
| John Lyles | C | 14 | 67 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .935 | 5.143 | 11 | |||
| Carmelo Ybes | C | 11 | 95 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .972 | 9.364 | 1 | |||
| Archie Meza | C | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.000 | 0 | |||
| Edward Blackman | OF | 106 | 181 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .990 | 1.792 | ||||
| Rennie Stennett | OF | 105 | 148 | 14 | 8 | 5 | .953 | 1.543 | ||||
| Dick Sharon | OF | 102 | 226 | 8 | 9 | 3 | .963 | 2.294 | ||||
| Joe Grigas | OF | 49 | 73 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 1.551 | ||||
| Dave Lambert | OF | 18 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Alberto Leaver | OF | 16 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 1.938 | ||||
| Thomas Fratto | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Manrique Zavala | P | 28 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .500 | .214 | ||||
| Frank Frontino | P | 28 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .893 | ||||
| Robert Johnston | P | 24 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .500 | ||||
| Gordon Vogt | P | 21 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .476 | ||||
| Manuel Giron | P | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .950 | ||||
| Gary Vingle | P | 19 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.105 | ||||
| Tom Dettore | P | 19 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .789 | ||||
| Tom Buchenberger | P | 18 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .778 | ||||
| Paul Strauch | P | 17 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.588 | ||||
| Conn Ivie | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Bobby Herring | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Michael Fuchs | P | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| David Warmbrod | P | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Steve Lewis | P | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Ernest Swan | P | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| George Lott | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Daniel Quinn | P | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Bobby Arpoika | P | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dave Lambert | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Darrell Jones | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Augustine | SS | 94 | 160 | 235 | 56 | 44 | .876 | 4.202 | ||||
| Frank Taveras | SS | 31 | 39 | 94 | 16 | 12 | .893 | 4.290 | ||||
| Sidney McKinney | SS | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 3.800 | ||||
| Totals | 1327 | 3235 | 1294 | 216 | 258 | .954 | 3.413 | 41 | 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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