1970 Johnson City Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 28-27
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: Jerry Walker (28-27)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
Ballpark: Howard Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 14,199, Avg. 516
The Johnson City Yankees of the Appalachian League ended the 1970 season with a record of 28 wins and 27 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Yankees led the league with 290 runs, ignited by 45 home runs. Johnson City surrendered 284 runs. Otto Vélez drove in 44 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .369 average. Richard Earle paced the team with 6 wins, while Dave Cheadle recorded a 1.89 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1970 Johnson City Yankees who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dave Cheadle, Don DeMola, Otto Vélez and Dave Pagan.
Jerry Walker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Earle | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.55 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 61 | 31 | 26 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dave Cheadle | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.89 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joel DeTray | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.57 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21.0 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Don DeMola | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.06 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 62.0 | 54 | 39 | 28 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Robert Behar | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23.0 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Richard Shaw | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.73 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bruce Campbell | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.80 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Kostrba | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.09 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Clyde Armstrong | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Pagan | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.04 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Terry Vargason | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Sheets | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.57 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28.0 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gregory Buys | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.36 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 50 | 35 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| David Lawson | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.00 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 | 42 | 32 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Daniel Velander | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ronald Hinckley | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.48 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 31 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 28 | 27 | .509 | 4.04 | 128 | 55 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 459.0 | 447 | 284 | 206 | 29 | 187 | 1 | 403 | 17 | 3 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Vélez | 53 | 213 | 176 | 49 | 65 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 36 | .369 | .472 | .591 | 1.063 | 104 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Bennett | 45 | 191 | 171 | 36 | 46 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 27 | .269 | .335 | .503 | .838 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gary Wilson | 48 | 182 | 154 | 25 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 25 | .266 | .376 | .429 | .804 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Robbins | 33 | 125 | 113 | 29 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .336 | .400 | .513 | .913 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Schlesiger | 47 | 185 | 157 | 18 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 38 | .217 | .326 | .242 | .568 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Carlos Rodriguez | 32 | 127 | 116 | 24 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 28 | .276 | .325 | .414 | .739 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Mercado | 48 | 160 | 127 | 22 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 25 | .252 | .394 | .417 | .811 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Eugene Moser | 34 | 126 | 112 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | .250 | .325 | .295 | .620 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wesley VanDenburg | 46 | 170 | 129 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 47 | .217 | .396 | .333 | .730 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Carlos Pieve | 34 | 130 | 114 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | .237 | .315 | .254 | .569 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Doug Robins | 30 | 106 | 89 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | .202 | .324 | .292 | .616 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Gaffey | 36 | 101 | 93 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .183 | .248 | .312 | .559 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Bianchi | 16 | 54 | 43 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .302 | .444 | .395 | .840 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dickie Clark | 20 | 67 | 59 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 32 | .119 | .224 | .153 | .376 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Buys | 8 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .353 | .353 | .412 | .765 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Cheadle | 9 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .300 | .391 | .500 | .891 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Earle | 9 | 31 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .172 | .167 | .379 | .546 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| William Kostrba | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Sheets | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Lawson | 7 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Clyde Armstrong | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Hinckley | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don DeMola | 10 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .045 | .045 | .045 | .091 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Pagan | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Shaw | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joel DeTray | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Behar | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Vargason | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 641 | 2088 | 1790 | 290 | 453 | 61 | 14 | 45 | 238 | 35 | 10 | 249 | 388 | .253 | .351 | .378 | .729 | 677 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mercado | 1B | 36 | 293 | 12 | 10 | 18 | .968 | 8.472 | ||||
| Gregory Gaffey | 1B | 22 | 167 | 6 | 2 | 11 | .989 | 7.864 | ||||
| John Schlesiger | 2B | 47 | 84 | 124 | 9 | 19 | .959 | 4.426 | ||||
| Otto Vélez | 2B | 11 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 4 | .906 | 4.364 | ||||
| Otto Vélez | 3B | 42 | 33 | 61 | 10 | 3 | .904 | 2.238 | ||||
| Eugene Moser | 3B | 15 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 3 | .897 | 2.333 | ||||
| Carlos Pieve | 3B | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Doug Robins | C | 29 | 197 | 17 | 5 | 2 | .977 | 7.379 | 9 | |||
| Dickie Clark | C | 17 | 138 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .973 | 8.588 | 19 | |||
| Richard Bianchi | C | 11 | 67 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .947 | 6.545 | 10 | |||
| Gary Wilson | OF | 47 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .933 | 1.191 | ||||
| Kenneth Bennett | OF | 45 | 63 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .932 | 1.533 | ||||
| Wesley VanDenburg | OF | 40 | 58 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .953 | 1.525 | ||||
| Thomas Robbins | OF | 29 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.034 | ||||
| Eugene Moser | OF | 17 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .852 | 1.353 | ||||
| Otto Vélez | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joel DeTray | P | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| Robert Behar | P | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Clyde Armstrong | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .455 | ||||
| Don DeMola | P | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| William Kostrba | P | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .333 | ||||
| Richard Earle | P | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Dave Cheadle | P | 9 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.667 | ||||
| William Sheets | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Ronald Hinckley | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Gregory Buys | P | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| David Lawson | P | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Bruce Campbell | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
| Richard Shaw | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Terry Vargason | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Dave Pagan | P | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Daniel Velander | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Carlos Rodriguez | SS | 30 | 45 | 88 | 15 | 11 | .899 | 4.433 | ||||
| Carlos Pieve | SS | 28 | 40 | 71 | 12 | 10 | .902 | 3.964 | ||||
| Totals | 598 | 1337 | 534 | 104 | 96 | .947 | 3.129 | 38 | 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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