1970 Indianapolis Indians Statistics
Team Record: 71-69
Finished 2nd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Vern Rapp (71-69)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 150,807, Avg. 2,154
The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1970 season with a record of 71 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Indians scored 544 runs and allowed 542 runs. Kurt Bevacqua led Indianapolis with 15 home runs and drove in 67 runs. Stan Swanson paced all regular batters with a .283 average. Vern Geishert and Milt Wilcox topped the squad with 12 wins each, while Ross Grimsley recorded a 2.73 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1970 Indianapolis Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Elvio Jiménez, Jay Ward, Danny Breeden, George Kernek, Miguel de la Hoz, Steve Blateric, Ozzie Osborn, Dooley Womack, Ron Theobald, Mel Behney, Bo Belinsky, Vern Geishert, Bill Plummer, Ramón Conde, Stan Swanson, Danny Godby, Pedro Borbón, Ross Grimsley, Clyde Mashore, Frank Duffy, Pat House, Bill Harrelson, Kurt Bevacqua, Milt Wilcox and John Noriega.
Vern Rapp 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Wilcox | 12 | 10 | .545 | 2.84 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 168.0 | 144 | 58 | 53 | 14 | 53 | 5 | 110 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Vern Geishert | 12 | 13 | .480 | 4.74 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 184.0 | 223 | 107 | 97 | 19 | 30 | 3 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ross Grimsley | 11 | 8 | .579 | 2.73 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 188.0 | 140 | 65 | 57 | 19 | 59 | 1 | 162 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bo Belinsky | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.45 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 91.0 | 73 | 50 | 45 | 9 | 64 | 1 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Dooley Womack | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.19 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 74.0 | 59 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Noriega | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.48 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 106.0 | 96 | 42 | 41 | 7 | 37 | 6 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pedro Borbón | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.30 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 71.0 | 81 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 29 | 8 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mel Behney | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.44 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Harrelson | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.48 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 87.0 | 86 | 59 | 53 | 7 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Joe Hamende | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.57 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 68.0 | 78 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 35 | 8 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ozzie Osborn | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.97 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 34 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Welsch | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.89 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 57 | 35 | 31 | 8 | 26 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Pat House | 32 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George Kernek | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Blateric | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 69 | 66 | .511 | 3.64 | 365 | 140 | 0 | 29 | 15 | 26 | 1163.0 | 1101 | 522 | 471 | 101 | 454 | 47 | 827 | 30 | 2 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Bevacqua | 135 | 527 | 482 | 62 | 126 | 26 | 5 | 15 | 67 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 96 | .261 | .312 | .429 | .741 | 207 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Stan Swanson | 120 | 495 | 431 | 62 | 122 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 51 | 26 | 10 | 49 | 54 | .283 | .357 | .404 | .761 | 174 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Alfred Crawford | 127 | 497 | 455 | 57 | 117 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 12 | 28 | 81 | .257 | .307 | .338 | .645 | 154 | 6 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Frank Duffy | 117 | 471 | 415 | 57 | 109 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 39 | 68 | .263 | .324 | .349 | .673 | 145 | 1 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Donald Anderson | 117 | 400 | 358 | 46 | 102 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 55 | .285 | .355 | .430 | .785 | 154 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill Plummer | 115 | 422 | 365 | 37 | 95 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 71 | .260 | .339 | .356 | .695 | 130 | 6 | 6 | 5 | ||
| James Armstrong | 102 | 366 | 328 | 30 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 48 | .247 | .309 | .277 | .586 | 91 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Jay Ward | 92 | 328 | 276 | 44 | 67 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 71 | .243 | .352 | .409 | .761 | 113 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Miguel de la Hoz | 53 | 166 | 152 | 15 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .270 | .319 | .329 | .648 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Danny Breeden | 60 | 173 | 155 | 19 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 37 | .252 | .322 | .374 | .696 | 58 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Clyde Mashore | 48 | 207 | 177 | 28 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 40 | .192 | .296 | .299 | .596 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| George Kernek | 78 | 178 | 157 | 14 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 23 | .210 | .277 | .268 | .544 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Danny Godby | 17 | 59 | 58 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .345 | .356 | .431 | .787 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ross Grimsley | 30 | 71 | 62 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .177 | .200 | .177 | .377 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Milt Wilcox | 38 | 58 | 52 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .173 | .232 | .173 | .405 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vern Geishert | 31 | 74 | 69 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .101 | .125 | .130 | .255 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bill Harrelson | 23 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .200 | .273 | .233 | .506 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bo Belinsky | 16 | 34 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .148 | .303 | .185 | .488 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mel Behney | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dooley Womack | 49 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ramón Conde | 14 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Noriega | 24 | 35 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .059 | .086 | .059 | .145 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hamende | 48 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ozzie Osborn | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 | .222 | .500 | .722 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Borbón | 32 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Blateric | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Welsch | 34 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1543 | 4677 | 4158 | 502 | 1036 | 152 | 26 | 72 | 440 | 100 | 65 | 383 | 787 | .249 | .316 | .350 | .666 | 1456 | 0 | 38 | 60 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Anderson | 1B | 100 | 737 | 55 | 10 | 66 | .988 | 7.920 | ||||
| George Kernek | 1B | 52 | 230 | 13 | 1 | 28 | .996 | 4.673 | ||||
| Jay Ward | 1B | 27 | 209 | 21 | 3 | 26 | .987 | 8.519 | ||||
| Kurt Bevacqua | 1B | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.333 | ||||
| Bill Plummer | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Armstrong | 2B | 94 | 209 | 271 | 18 | 58 | .964 | 5.106 | ||||
| Jay Ward | 2B | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Kurt Bevacqua | 2B | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Ramón Conde | 2B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Kurt Bevacqua | 3B | 95 | 73 | 168 | 12 | 26 | .953 | 2.537 | ||||
| Miguel de la Hoz | 3B | 41 | 34 | 64 | 7 | 3 | .933 | 2.390 | ||||
| Jay Ward | 3B | 20 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .939 | 1.550 | ||||
| Stan Swanson | 3B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Bill Plummer | C | 102 | 641 | 52 | 4 | 5 | .994 | 6.794 | 5 | |||
| Danny Breeden | C | 51 | 277 | 26 | 3 | 2 | .990 | 5.941 | 5 | |||
| Alfred Crawford | OF | 126 | 191 | 8 | 12 | 2 | .943 | 1.579 | ||||
| Stan Swanson | OF | 120 | 252 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .989 | 2.200 | ||||
| Clyde Mashore | OF | 48 | 94 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .969 | 1.979 | ||||
| Jay Ward | OF | 37 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .958 | 1.243 | ||||
| Kurt Bevacqua | OF | 24 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| George Kernek | OF | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .952 | ||||
| Danny Godby | OF | 17 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.706 | ||||
| Bill Plummer | OF | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| James Armstrong | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Donald Anderson | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Hamende | P | 48 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .792 | .396 | ||||
| Dooley Womack | P | 47 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 4 | .968 | .638 | ||||
| Ronald Welsch | P | 34 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .692 | .265 | ||||
| Pat House | P | 32 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pedro Borbón | P | 32 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .719 | ||||
| Ross Grimsley | P | 29 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .917 | .759 | ||||
| Vern Geishert | P | 29 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.241 | ||||
| Milt Wilcox | P | 28 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 4 | .959 | 1.679 | ||||
| John Noriega | P | 24 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.375 | ||||
| Bill Harrelson | P | 22 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bo Belinsky | P | 16 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .938 | ||||
| Ozzie Osborn | P | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
| Steve Blateric | P | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Mel Behney | P | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| George Kernek | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Frank Duffy | SS | 116 | 208 | 335 | 16 | 64 | .971 | 4.681 | ||||
| Kurt Bevacqua | SS | 17 | 30 | 33 | 7 | 7 | .900 | 3.706 | ||||
| Ron Theobald | SS | 9 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 9 | .951 | 4.333 | ||||
| Jay Ward | SS | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1514 | 3468 | 1337 | 131 | 323 | .973 | 3.174 | 10 | 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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