1970 Gastonia Pirates Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 55-75
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Ed Hobaugh (55-75)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 27,381, Avg. 421
1970 Gastonia Pirates RosterTeam Record: 55-75
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Ed Hobaugh (55-75)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 27,381, Avg. 421
The Gastonia Pirates of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1970 season with a record of 55 wins and 75 losses, finishing sixth in the WCL.
The Pirates scored 571 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 651 runs. Ron Mitchell led Gastonia with 14 home runs Larry Smith and Ron Mitchell each recorded 51 runs batted in. Larry Smith paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .294. Brad Gratz topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.26 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1970 Gastonia Pirates who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jim Sadowski, Frank Taveras, John Morlan and Dave Augustine.
Ed Hobaugh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Gratz | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.26 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 163.0 | 116 | 52 | 41 | 6 | 80 | 0 | 160 | 2 | 1 | 16 | ||
| DeWayne Mason | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.92 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 61.0 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Marine | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.36 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 61 | 38 | 31 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jim Sadowski | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.24 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 104.0 | 96 | 69 | 49 | 6 | 65 | 1 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Scott Lyman | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.54 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 94 | 68 | 53 | 8 | 71 | 1 | 87 | 5 | 6 | 15 | ||
| Robert May | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.21 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 64 | 36 | 29 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Gary Vingle | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.77 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 61 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Donald Beard | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.55 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60.0 | 55 | 49 | 37 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| David Warmbrod | 3 | 7 | .300 | 2.85 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 82.0 | 75 | 36 | 26 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| David Lee | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.77 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Slagle | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.40 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 45 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rudi Strickland | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Abram | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.50 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gordon Green | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.48 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Estrella | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Meyer | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.52 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 36 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Robert Gorski | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.45 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 33 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Cabral | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.53 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51.0 | 43 | 37 | 37 | 5 | 62 | 2 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Omar Machado | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tim Murtaugh | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert McKee | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ednio Gonzalez | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ed Napoleon | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Roadarmel | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Conn Ivie | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Wanless | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 52 | 74 | .413 | 4.21 | 302 | 132 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 13 | 1059.0 | 962 | 627 | 495 | 64 | 677 | 17 | 843 | 35 | 8 | 111 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Taveras | 122 | 485 | 442 | 67 | 115 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 42 | 65 | .260 | .324 | .305 | .630 | 135 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Smith | 105 | 411 | 364 | 50 | 107 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 51 | 19 | 5 | 40 | 78 | .294 | .366 | .398 | .764 | 145 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ron Mitchell | 110 | 438 | 371 | 71 | 97 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 51 | 30 | 4 | 62 | 80 | .261 | .368 | .415 | .784 | 154 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Steve McFarland | 97 | 346 | 309 | 34 | 84 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 40 | .272 | .337 | .350 | .687 | 108 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Dave Augustine | 86 | 288 | 259 | 35 | 80 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 30 | .309 | .366 | .398 | .764 | 103 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Douglas Coleman | 73 | 296 | 277 | 44 | 75 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 25 | .271 | .307 | .296 | .603 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Clay | 90 | 320 | 272 | 31 | 64 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 35 | .235 | .335 | .320 | .655 | 87 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Hudie Camp | 51 | 198 | 180 | 30 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 27 | .344 | .399 | .450 | .849 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kala Kaaihue | 86 | 284 | 242 | 27 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 64 | .256 | .343 | .331 | .674 | 80 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
| John Morlan | 65 | 252 | 221 | 27 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 54 | .222 | .310 | .357 | .667 | 79 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Johnson | 76 | 268 | 233 | 25 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 81 | .206 | .296 | .322 | .618 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Scott Roswald | 67 | 227 | 187 | 31 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 32 | 34 | .225 | .354 | .305 | .659 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dan Enewold | 48 | 173 | 144 | 19 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 19 | .243 | .349 | .306 | .654 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Rudi Strickland | 49 | 170 | 152 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 50 | .217 | .300 | .355 | .655 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Murtaugh | 36 | 89 | 77 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | .377 | .449 | .532 | .982 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joe Grigas | 21 | 74 | 66 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .288 | .351 | .485 | .836 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ed Napoleon | 24 | 60 | 50 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .300 | .383 | .420 | .803 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Brad Gratz | 31 | 64 | 60 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .183 | .197 | .233 | .430 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jim Sadowski | 18 | 44 | 38 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .184 | .244 | .184 | .428 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Robert May | 13 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .269 | .250 | .519 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Donald Beard | 32 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| David Warmbrod | 29 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .125 | .192 | .167 | .359 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary Abram | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DeWayne Mason | 8 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Craig Shade | 13 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .074 | .167 | .111 | .278 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scott Lyman | 24 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Conn Ivie | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ednio Gonzalez | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Green | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Lee | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .125 | .300 | .125 | .425 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Cabral | 21 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .100 | .308 | .100 | .408 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Wanless | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Estrella | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Vingle | 12 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Slagle | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Meyer | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert McKee | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Roadarmel | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Marine | 12 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Gorski | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1516 | 4771 | 4188 | 571 | 1059 | 130 | 30 | 59 | 482 | 168 | 35 | 465 | 805 | .253 | .330 | .340 | .671 | 1426 | 0 | 37 | 46 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Clay | 1B | 72 | 507 | 42 | 3 | 38 | .995 | 7.625 | ||||
| Rudi Strickland | 1B | 29 | 242 | 11 | 9 | 21 | .966 | 8.724 | ||||
| Dan Enewold | 1B | 28 | 191 | 9 | 3 | 24 | .985 | 7.143 | ||||
| Hudie Camp | 1B | 5 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .959 | 9.400 | ||||
| Craig Shade | 1B | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.250 | ||||
| Tim Murtaugh | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Johnson | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Steve McFarland | 2B | 64 | 107 | 146 | 15 | 32 | .944 | 3.953 | ||||
| Douglas Coleman | 2B | 49 | 94 | 112 | 11 | 21 | .949 | 4.204 | ||||
| Dave Augustine | 2B | 24 | 42 | 46 | 11 | 4 | .889 | 3.667 | ||||
| Dave Augustine | 3B | 49 | 40 | 83 | 21 | 7 | .854 | 2.510 | ||||
| Scott Roswald | 3B | 34 | 24 | 41 | 12 | 1 | .844 | 1.912 | ||||
| Douglas Coleman | 3B | 21 | 23 | 28 | 3 | 4 | .944 | 2.429 | ||||
| Steve McFarland | 3B | 18 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .921 | 1.944 | ||||
| Ed Napoleon | 3B | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Larry Smith | 3B | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Craig Shade | 3B | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Kala Kaaihue | C | 81 | 466 | 43 | 17 | 3 | .968 | 6.284 | 17 | |||
| Jim Johnson | C | 40 | 248 | 29 | 8 | 4 | .972 | 6.925 | 14 | |||
| Tim Murtaugh | C | 18 | 129 | 18 | 6 | 0 | .961 | 8.167 | 3 | |||
| Ron Mitchell | OF | 107 | 171 | 9 | 10 | 1 | .947 | 1.682 | ||||
| Larry Smith | OF | 96 | 146 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .951 | 1.604 | ||||
| John Morlan | OF | 65 | 74 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .964 | 1.246 | ||||
| Hudie Camp | OF | 42 | 73 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .938 | 1.810 | ||||
| Jim Johnson | OF | 33 | 40 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .878 | 1.303 | ||||
| Scott Roswald | OF | 24 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .914 | 1.333 | ||||
| Joe Grigas | OF | 20 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.050 | ||||
| Dan Enewold | OF | 15 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.067 | ||||
| Rudi Strickland | OF | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| James Clay | OF | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Dave Augustine | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Donald Beard | P | 31 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .387 | ||||
| David Warmbrod | P | 29 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Lyman | P | 24 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .917 | ||||
| Brad Gratz | P | 22 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| John Cabral | P | 21 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .812 | .619 | ||||
| Jim Sadowski | P | 17 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .906 | 1.706 | ||||
| Gordon Green | P | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Robert Gorski | P | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .214 | ||||
| Thomas Estrella | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gary Vingle | P | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Mike Marine | P | 12 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| David Lee | P | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Dennis Slagle | P | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert May | P | 9 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 2.333 | ||||
| Gary Meyer | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .375 | ||||
| DeWayne Mason | P | 8 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.375 | ||||
| Richard Wanless | P | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert McKee | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gary Abram | P | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Roadarmel | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .333 | ||||
| Ed Napoleon | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Conn Ivie | P | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Tim Murtaugh | P | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ednio Gonzalez | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rudi Strickland | P | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Frank Taveras | SS | 122 | 193 | 337 | 37 | 56 | .935 | 4.344 | ||||
| Steve McFarland | SS | 15 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | .837 | 2.400 | ||||
| Totals | 1409 | 3058 | 1259 | 232 | 247 | .949 | 3.064 | 34 | 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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