1970 Iowa Oaks Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 70-68
Finished 3rd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Sherm Lollar (70-68)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 133,929, Avg. 1,941

1970 Iowa Oaks Roster

The Iowa Oaks of the American Association ended the 1970 season with a record of 70 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.

The Oaks plated 677 runs, tops in the circuit. Iowa conceded 658 runs. Bill McNulty paced the squad with 22 home runs, while Dwain Anderson, Gene Tenace and Bobby Brooks each walloped 15 or more also. Bill McNulty drove in 73 runs. Gonzalo Márquez topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .341 clip. Vida Blue led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.17 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1970 Iowa Oaks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Tony LaRussa, Ed Sprague, Gene Tenace, Allan Lewis, Ron Clark, Jim Driscoll, Marcel Lachemann, Gonzalo Márquez, Darrell Osteen, Bobby Brooks, Juan Pizarro, Don Young, Roberto Rodríguez, José Morales, Bob Johnson, Fred Talbot, Tommie Reynolds, Rene Lachemann, Warren Bogle, Vida Blue, Bill McNulty, Jim Panther, Dwain Anderson, Vern Handrahan and José Tartabull.

Sherm Lollar 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
Vida Blue	12	3	.800	2.17	17	17		9	4	0	133.0	88	40	32	8	55	0	165	5	0	7
Fred Talbot	9	8	.529	4.19	25	25		4	1	0	174.0	192	101	81	15	47	5	107	3	0	9
Greg Conger	8	6	.571	3.26	20	15		5	0	0	102.0	103	40	37	8	32	4	59	8	2	4
Ed Sprague	8	9	.471	3.90	26	21		9	3	0	150.0	156	80	65	11	48	4	95	10	1	13
Mike Olivo	8	13	.381	4.77	34	20		5	1	0	134.0	153	88	71	21	40	1	63	1	0	2
Darrell Osteen	6	7	.462	5.24	20	18		3	0	0	110.0	128	76	64	10	52	3	85	0	0	10
Warren Bogle	3	1	.750	6.63	18	2		0	0	1	38.0	54	37	28	6	17	1	20	6	0	2
Marcel Lachemann	3	2	.600	2.45	11	0		0	0	4	22.0	25	8	6	0	7	3	17	1	0	1
LaDon Boyd	3	3	.500	3.75	13	8		1	0	2	60.0	64	30	25	10	15	5	47	1	0	2
Robert Stickels	3	7	.300	3.69	49	1		0	0	15	83.0	76	37	34	7	44	4	70	1	0	8
Juan Pizarro	2	2	.500	4.86	5	5		1	0	0	37.0	48	27	20	4	12	0	25	0	0	0
Brien Bickerton	2	2	.500	6.65	17	6		1	1	0	46.0	43	37	34	2	53	1	32	3	0	6
Roberto Rodríguez	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Jim Panther	1	1	.500	2.64	35	0		0	0	6	58.0	50	21	17	0	22	2	38	2	0	2
Alan Hefferon	1	3	.250	3.00	9	0		0	0	0	12.0	12	4	4	0	4	1	9	2	0	3
Vern Handrahan	0	0		6.55	8	0		0	0	1	11.0	19	12	8	0	11	2	3	0	0	0
Ron Clark	0	0		9.00	4	0		0	0	0	4.0	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Major	0	1	.000	6.19	9	1		0	0	0	16.0	22	16	11	1	19	1	12	0	0	2
Totals	70	68	.507	4.08	322	139	0	38	10	29	1193.0	1241	658	541	103	478	37	850	43	3	71	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
Gonzalo Márquez	115	477	449	56	153	16	3	6	60	8	9	23	55	.341	.371	.430	.800	193		0	2	3
Bobby Brooks	124	532	447	72	128	28	2	15	60	4	3	82	112	.286	.397	.459	.856	205		0	3	0
Ron Clark	117	508	441	65	120	18	2	8	55	1	4	60	73	.272	.360	.376	.736	166		2	2	3
Dwain Anderson	130	515	456	62	115	14	2	15	69	3	1	50	134	.252	.327	.390	.718	178		2	5	2
Bill McNulty	106	444	386	53	114	19	2	22	73	2	2	49	105	.295	.375	.526	.901	203		3	1	5
Jim Driscoll	76	338	297	44	90	18	2	7	37	0	4	27	35	.303	.371	.448	.819	133		7	4	3
Gene Tenace	93	374	319	54	90	24	1	16	63	5	1	49	81	.282	.383	.514	.897	164		4	1	1
Wayne Norton	117	404	345	54	84	15	0	14	42	0	0	51	57	.243	.338	.409	.747	141		1	2	5
José Morales	93	269	229	36	70	14	0	12	31	1	1	36	58	.306	.403	.524	.927	120		2	1	1
Allan Lewis	71	249	230	36	52	6	4	2	12	17	4	8	38	.226	.276	.313	.589	72		8	3	0
Rene Lachemann	61	196	171	25	44	10	0	5	20	0	0	22	36	.257	.349	.404	.752	69		2	1	0
Tommie Reynolds	23	102	94	25	36	9	0	2	19	1	0	7	6	.383	.431	.543	.974	51		1	0	0
José Tartabull	38	105	98	19	24	2	0	1	7	2	0	7	6	.245	.295	.296	.591	29		0	0	0
Don Young	32	126	107	18	23	5	1	4	17	1	1	14	36	.215	.306	.393	.699	42		1	2	2
Tony LaRussa	22	99	88	13	22	5	0	2	5	0	0	9	14	.250	.333	.375	.708	33		2	0	0
Ed Sprague	33	62	61	6	15	3	0	4	14	0	0	1	24	.246	.258	.492	.750	30		0	0	0
Greg Schubert	19	62	54	6	14	3	0	1	4	1	0	8	4	.259	.355	.370	.725	20		0	0	0
Fred Talbot	27	72	62	6	14	1	0	2	5	0	0	6	26	.226	.294	.339	.633	21		0	4	0
Bob Johnson	8	39	38	4	11	2	1	0	6	1	0	1	4	.289	.308	.395	.702	15		0	0	0
Greg Conger	21	41	33	5	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	5	15	.212	.300	.394	.694	13		0	1	2
Darrell Osteen	21	44	36	3	6	2	0	0	1	1	0	6	15	.167	.286	.222	.508	8		0	2	0
Juan Pizarro	5	17	13	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.385	.429	.538	.967	7		1	3	0
Gene Dusan	10	19	18	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.278	.316	.278	.594	5		0	0	0
Robert Stickels	49	21	21	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	.238	.238	.286	.524	6		0	0	0
Mike Olivo	34	42	39	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	.128	.125	.154	.279	6		0	2	1
Vida Blue	17	53	45	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	28	.111	.200	.133	.333	6		0	3	0
Robert Gilhooley	23	53	45	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	.067	.208	.067	.274	3		1	0	0
Vern Handrahan	8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2		0	0	0
Warren Bogle	18	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.182	.182	.182	.364	2		0	0	0
Brien Bickerton	17	16	12	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	4	.167	.333	.417	.750	5		0	1	0
LaDon Boyd	13	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.105	.105	.105	.211	2		0	1	0
John Major	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1		0	0	0
John Jagutis	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Marcel Lachemann	11	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0
Alan Hefferon	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Bernie Boehmer	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Jim Panther	35	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	0		0	0	0
Totals	1608	5339	4691	677	1271	220	21	140	620	49	30	539	1020	.271	.349	.416	.765	1953	0	37	44	28	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gonzalo Márquez	1B	109	852	61	10	81	.989	8.376
Rene Lachemann	1B	43	362	18	5	36	.987	8.837
Jim Driscoll	2B	61	145	187	15	46	.957	5.443
Ron Clark	2B	55	99	129	9	25	.962	4.145
Tony LaRussa	2B	22	52	59	3	11	.974	5.045
Rene Lachemann	2B	3	1	2	1	0	.750	1.000
Robert Gilhooley	2B	2	1	5	0	0	1.000	3.000
Ed Sprague	2B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Bill McNulty	3B	58	46	136	21	13	.897	3.138
Ron Clark	3B	55	39	111	10	13	.938	2.727
Jim Driscoll	3B	14	17	33	5	2	.909	3.571
Bob Johnson	3B	8	5	13	2	2	.900	2.250
Robert Gilhooley	3B	7	3	5	0	0	1.000	1.143
Rene Lachemann	3B	5	2	9	1	2	.917	2.200
John Jagutis	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Gene Tenace	C	81	529	56	8	5	.987	7.222	17
José Morales	C	61	327	31	9	3	.975	5.869	10
Gene Dusan	C	7	34	3	1	1	.974	5.286	2
Bernie Boehmer	C	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Bobby Brooks	OF	124	227	13	9	3	.964	1.935
Wayne Norton	OF	110	182	10	1	0	.995	1.745
Allan Lewis	OF	56	111	0	1	0	.991	1.982
Bill McNulty	OF	49	64	6	7	0	.909	1.429
Don Young	OF	31	65	2	2	0	.971	2.161
Tommie Reynolds	OF	23	43	2	2	0	.957	1.957
José Tartabull	OF	22	38	0	0	0	1.000	1.727
Greg Schubert	OF	16	27	0	1	0	.964	1.688
Gene Tenace	OF	13	5	1	1	0	.857	.462
Gonzalo Márquez	OF	6	7	0	2	0	.778	1.167
Robert Gilhooley	OF	3	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.667
Robert Stickels	P	49	3	17	3	2	.870	.408
Jim Panther	P	35	3	12	1	1	.938	.429
Mike Olivo	P	34	8	14	3	2	.880	.647
Ed Sprague	P	26	7	31	3	1	.927	1.462
Fred Talbot	P	25	15	20	0	1	1.000	1.400
Darrell Osteen	P	20	6	22	0	1	1.000	1.400
Greg Conger	P	20	4	27	3	1	.912	1.550
Warren Bogle	P	18	3	4	0	1	1.000	.389
Vida Blue	P	17	5	9	1	1	.933	.824
Brien Bickerton	P	17	0	7	2	0	.778	.412
LaDon Boyd	P	13	1	11	2	0	.857	.923
Marcel Lachemann	P	11	0	4	0	1	1.000	.364
John Major	P	9	1	4	0	1	1.000	.556
Alan Hefferon	P	9	1	4	0	0	1.000	.556
Vern Handrahan	P	8	1	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Juan Pizarro	P	5	3	4	1	1	.875	1.400
Ron Clark	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Roberto Rodríguez	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Dwain Anderson	SS	129	223	378	49	79	.925	4.659
Ron Clark	SS	7	8	20	3	1	.903	4.000
Robert Gilhooley	SS	6	8	11	4	2	.826	3.167
Jim Driscoll	SS	3	0	3	1	1	.750	1.000
Totals		1514	3589	1499	202	340	.962	3.361	29	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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