1970 Greenville Red Sox Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 77-52
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Rac Slider (77-52)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Ballpark: Meadowbrook Park
Attendance: 46,245, Avg. 717

1970 Greenville Red Sox Roster

The Greenville Red Sox of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1970 season with a record of 77 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the WCL.

The Red Sox plated 699 runs, tops in the circuit. Greenville conceded 567 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Bill Brown and John Stephen paced the squad with 12 home runs apiece. John Stephen drove in 77 runs. Mike Cummings led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .314 clip. Paul Sparkman topped the team with 16 wins, while Craig Skok recorded a 2.53 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1970 Greenville Red Sox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ramón Avilés, Dwight Evans, Steve Barr and Craig Skok.

Rac Slider served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Paul Sparkman	16	5	.762	3.52	40	11		4	0	9	138.0	112	67	54	7	56	0	87	3	1	8
Craig Skok	14	4	.778	2.53	32	23		7	2	4	167.0	138	54	47	6	43	1	134	2	0	4
Keith Terry	11	8	.579	4.46	34	17		4	1	5	127.0	129	78	63	7	61	2	107	13	0	17
Mike Neal	8	4	.667	3.78	33	12		2	0	6	88.0	80	52	37	4	65	3	84	7	0	6
James Jackson	6	6	.500	2.76	47	8		2	1	9	127.0	115	55	39	6	40	2	67	3	0	3
Bill Sandstedt	5	5	.500	4.95	34	6		0	0	3	80.0	98	50	44	8	31	1	49	3	0	7
William Barry	4	2	.667	3.07	24	4		0	0	6	44.0	40	22	15	1	26	0	30	0	2	8
Kenneth Watkins	4	2	.667	4.12	15	8		1	1	0	59.0	60	29	27	5	26	0	46	2	0	2
Norwood Hill	4	4	.500	4.58	12	8		1	0	0	59.0	58	35	30	2	41	2	34	4	1	4
Steve Barr	3	4	.429	4.38	15	15		1	0	0	74.0	72	52	36	6	55	0	61	1	1	14
Thomas Walsh	2	8	.200	3.81	33	18		0	0	2	118.0	108	63	50	3	80	2	96	2	0	8
Jeff Guenther	0	0		5.40	7	0		0	0	1	10.0	17	10	6	3	7	0	5	0	0	0
Totals	77	52	.597	3.70	326	130	0	22	5	45	1091.0	1027	567	448	58	531	13	800	40	5	81	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
Mike Cummings	98	427	379	81	119	13	6	0	40	48	7	37	17	.314	.377	.380	.757	144		3	5	3
John Stephen	111	451	365	73	108	15	9	12	77	6	2	80	66	.296	.417	.485	.902	177		0	0	6
Tommy Hanegan	112	449	370	70	107	21	4	7	59	2	5	69	68	.289	.397	.424	.822	157		2	1	7
Kenneth McCormick	100	392	339	67	99	18	9	3	50	13	4	49	38	.292	.382	.425	.807	144		1	2	1
Dwight Evans	108	421	355	69	98	14	11	7	68	1	1	55	66	.276	.369	.437	.806	155		2	1	8
Bill Brown	98	383	329	64	96	16	4	12	63	0	0	49	45	.292	.379	.474	.853	156		0	0	5
Ramón Avilés	94	360	304	47	90	9	2	0	38	5	5	47	34	.296	.389	.339	.728	103		1	5	3
Scott Neat	92	376	305	57	85	13	4	3	51	7	2	50	34	.279	.397	.377	.774	115		14	1	6
James Powers	65	244	209	26	48	5	1	2	29	2	0	29	39	.230	.331	.292	.622	61		3	2	1
John Hamilton	61	192	166	17	39	6	0	1	14	0	3	21	27	.235	.321	.289	.610	48		1	2	2
John Fletcher	53	178	163	16	34	5	2	1	29	0	0	12	39	.209	.258	.282	.541	46		0	0	3
Fernando Santiago	65	185	154	20	29	4	2	0	12	1	2	28	29	.188	.311	.240	.552	37		0	2	1
Felix Maldonado	35	105	93	11	23	4	2	0	12	3	0	6	6	.247	.308	.333	.641	31		3	1	2
Lonnie Keeter	31	107	86	20	21	2	2	1	16	5	0	16	16	.244	.368	.349	.717	30		2	1	2
William Croken	21	70	56	10	14	1	1	0	7	0	1	13	20	.250	.400	.304	.704	17		1	0	0
Francis Spadola	19	56	50	3	11	1	0	2	6	1	0	6	20	.220	.304	.360	.664	18		0	0	0
Craig Skok	32	69	61	9	11	2	1	0	4	0	1	4	30	.180	.254	.246	.500	15		2	2	0
Antonio Rodriguez	19	71	60	7	10	3	0	0	3	1	1	8	15	.167	.275	.217	.492	13		1	2	0
Paul Sparkman	40	51	46	9	9	3	0	0	5	0	0	5	17	.196	.275	.261	.535	12		0	0	0
Mike Neal	34	31	27	2	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	.296	.367	.370	.737	10		0	1	0
Keith Terry	34	51	43	3	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	12	.163	.213	.186	.399	8		1	4	1
Steve Barr	15	31	30	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.167	.194	.167	.360	5		0	0	0
Norwood Hill	12	19	19	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	.211	.211	.368	.579	7		0	0	0
Kenneth Watkins	15	21	20	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.200	.238	.200	.438	4		0	0	0
Bill Sandstedt	34	23	22	1	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.182	.217	.273	.490	6		0	0	0
James Jackson	48	41	33	4	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	15	.121	.211	.182	.392	6		0	3	1
Thomas Walsh	33	43	38	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	22	.105	.171	.132	.302	5		0	2	0
Roy Handel	11	33	28	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	11	.071	.212	.107	.319	3		1	0	0
William Barry	24	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.182	.000	.182	0		0	1	0
Jeff Guenther	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1521	4893	4160	699	1093	164	60	52	601	95	34	605	715	.263	.358	.369	.726	1533	0	38	38	52	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bill Brown	1B	93	782	45	15	73	.982	8.892
Fernando Santiago	1B	41	316	20	6	29	.982	8.195
Felix Maldonado	1B	4	30	0	0	1	1.000	7.500
Kenneth McCormick	2B	96	199	264	17	52	.965	4.823
Antonio Rodriguez	2B	10	16	27	1	5	.977	4.300
Lonnie Keeter	2B	10	19	32	3	13	.944	5.100
Tommy Hanegan	2B	8	10	18	1	2	.966	3.500
Ramón Avilés	2B	7	12	14	2	4	.929	3.714
Tommy Hanegan	3B	99	66	183	12	27	.954	2.515
Lonnie Keeter	3B	15	9	23	3	4	.914	2.133
Francis Spadola	3B	13	9	20	3	1	.906	2.231
John Hamilton	3B	6	2	11	1	0	.929	2.167
Dwight Evans	3B	2	1	1	1	0	.667	1.000
Mike Cummings	3B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
James Powers	C	62	367	45	14	3	.967	6.645	15
John Fletcher	C	46	253	16	11	0	.961	5.848	11
William Croken	C	19	104	13	3	1	.975	6.158	4
Roy Handel	C	10	68	7	4	1	.949	7.500	4
John Stephen	OF	103	123	8	9	0	.936	1.272
Dwight Evans	OF	100	129	10	6	2	.959	1.390
Mike Cummings	OF	92	182	13	11	2	.947	2.120
Scott Neat	OF	82	99	4	3	2	.972	1.256
Felix Maldonado	OF	24	27	2	2	0	.935	1.208
Fernando Santiago	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
James Jackson	P	47	11	20	0	2	1.000	.660
Paul Sparkman	P	40	8	18	1	0	.963	.650
Keith Terry	P	34	8	29	1	1	.974	1.088
Bill Sandstedt	P	34	6	12	0	2	1.000	.529
Thomas Walsh	P	33	4	24	1	2	.966	.848
Mike Neal	P	33	1	21	3	0	.880	.667
Craig Skok	P	32	9	23	2	2	.941	1.000
William Barry	P	24	1	12	0	1	1.000	.542
Kenneth Watkins	P	15	2	17	0	0	1.000	1.267
Steve Barr	P	15	4	19	3	1	.885	1.533
Norwood Hill	P	12	1	17	0	1	1.000	1.500
Jeff Guenther	P	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	.286
Ramón Avilés	SS	85	124	231	30	40	.922	4.176
John Hamilton	SS	45	50	115	14	21	.922	3.667
Antonio Rodriguez	SS	7	16	21	1	2	.974	5.286
Kenneth McCormick	SS	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000
Totals		1409	3070	1360	185	297	.960	3.144	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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