1969 Lewis-Clark Broncs Statistics
Northwest League (NWL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 30-49
Finished 4th in the NWL
Manager: Bobby Dews (30-49)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lewiston, Idaho
Ballpark: Bengal Field
Attendance: 21,494, Avg. 544
1969 Lewis-Clark Broncs RosterTeam Record: 30-49
Finished 4th in the NWL
Manager: Bobby Dews (30-49)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lewiston, Idaho
Ballpark: Bengal Field
Attendance: 21,494, Avg. 544
The Lewis-Clark Broncs of the Northwest League ended the 1969 season with a record of 30 wins and 49 losses, finishing fourth in the NWL.
The Broncs scored 400 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 466 runs. Herb Hofvendahl accounted for 34 RBI. Ed Crosby topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .295 clip. John Howard and Jackie Stripling led the team with 5 wins each, while David Hansen recorded a 3.9 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Bob Forsch and Ed Crosby both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bobby Dews 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Howard | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.10 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 82 | 46 | 31 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Jackie Stripling | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.22 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 98.0 | 107 | 54 | 46 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Phil Brown | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.05 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 88 | 52 | 46 | 7 | 37 | 1 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Sagaser | 3 | 2 | .600 | 7.66 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 47 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Price | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.58 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 71 | 42 | 28 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| David Hansen | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.90 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 96 | 51 | 39 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Charles Minott | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.77 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 39 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Ken Beebe | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.14 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42.0 | 41 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Jack Butorac | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.90 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 37 | 31 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Ted Hemenway | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.58 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52.0 | 54 | 47 | 38 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Bob Richardson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.72 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40.0 | 50 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||
| John Polovina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Stedman | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Kuczynski | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jon Baker | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.54 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 30 | 49 | .380 | 5.04 | 197 | 79 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 664.0 | 752 | 466 | 372 | 42 | 305 | 11 | 545 | 38 | 6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Thompson | 79 | 347 | 299 | 44 | 84 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 44 | 49 | .281 | .372 | .365 | .737 | 109 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ed Crosby | 70 | 309 | 275 | 57 | 81 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 33 | .295 | .362 | .360 | .722 | 99 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ray Colin | 74 | 302 | 264 | 46 | 66 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 32 | 64 | .250 | .330 | .390 | .720 | 103 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| David Polcari | 48 | 200 | 157 | 26 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 24 | .306 | .440 | .516 | .956 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Scifres | 55 | 206 | 176 | 27 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 52 | .244 | .350 | .409 | .759 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lawrence Hebert | 59 | 227 | 177 | 29 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 55 | .232 | .401 | .316 | .717 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herb Hofvendahl | 52 | 193 | 162 | 30 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 54 | .241 | .363 | .395 | .758 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benny Looper | 56 | 207 | 178 | 17 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 53 | .202 | .307 | .258 | .566 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Scott Sulprizio | 40 | 154 | 130 | 19 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 33 | .262 | .377 | .369 | .746 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Vierra | 50 | 170 | 150 | 16 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 25 | .200 | .282 | .260 | .542 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chet Jackson | 49 | 140 | 123 | 16 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 33 | .236 | .329 | .325 | .654 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Forsch | 26 | 84 | 74 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 27 | .203 | .289 | .365 | .654 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Guy Gaumont | 32 | 83 | 68 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 32 | .176 | .325 | .250 | .575 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Powell | 22 | 90 | 57 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 13 | .193 | .456 | .386 | .842 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Brooks Hurst | 25 | 61 | 46 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | .196 | .393 | .261 | .654 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Sagaser | 13 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .350 | .409 | .450 | .859 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Stripling | 22 | 39 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .179 | .179 | .256 | .436 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Hansen | 15 | 36 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .207 | .273 | .207 | .480 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Phil Brown | 14 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .207 | .233 | .207 | .440 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| John Howard | 16 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .185 | .241 | .222 | .464 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jack Butorac | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .444 | .500 | .444 | .944 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Price | 16 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .200 | .368 | .200 | .568 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Kuczynski | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Minott | 7 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kenny Branch | 13 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .042 | .179 | .042 | .220 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Beebe | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Stedman | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Richardson | 29 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Hemenway | 23 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jon Baker | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 954 | 3050 | 2577 | 400 | 619 | 101 | 18 | 42 | 322 | 63 | 30 | 416 | 643 | .240 | .348 | .342 | .690 | 882 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Scifres | 1B | 47 | 379 | 18 | 13 | 47 | .968 | 8.447 | ||||
| Scott Sulprizio | 1B | 16 | 134 | 9 | 6 | 11 | .960 | 8.938 | ||||
| Brooks Hurst | 1B | 15 | 85 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .977 | 5.733 | ||||
| David Polcari | 1B | 7 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .965 | 7.857 | ||||
| Ed Powell | 1B | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.333 | ||||
| Kenny Branch | 1B | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | 2B | 79 | 204 | 220 | 17 | 68 | .961 | 5.367 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | 2B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Forsch | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lawrence Hebert | 3B | 46 | 35 | 90 | 12 | 9 | .912 | 2.717 | ||||
| Bob Forsch | 3B | 21 | 9 | 45 | 12 | 8 | .818 | 2.571 | ||||
| Ernie Vierra | 3B | 17 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .909 | 2.353 | ||||
| Benny Looper | C | 56 | 371 | 43 | 11 | 13 | .974 | 7.393 | 7 | |||
| Ernie Vierra | C | 16 | 87 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .990 | 6.000 | 8 | |||
| Scott Sulprizio | C | 14 | 107 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .983 | 8.143 | 2 | |||
| Ray Colin | OF | 70 | 136 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .961 | 2.100 | ||||
| Herb Hofvendahl | OF | 47 | 62 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .904 | 1.404 | ||||
| Chet Jackson | OF | 43 | 47 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .926 | 1.163 | ||||
| David Polcari | OF | 39 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .909 | 1.026 | ||||
| Ed Powell | OF | 18 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Guy Gaumont | OF | 18 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Ernie Vierra | OF | 10 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 1.600 | ||||
| Scott Sulprizio | OF | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kenny Branch | OF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Bob Forsch | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Richardson | P | 29 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .414 | ||||
| Ted Hemenway | P | 23 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .714 | .435 | ||||
| Ken Beebe | P | 23 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .652 | ||||
| Jackie Stripling | P | 18 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .931 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jack Price | P | 16 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .688 | ||||
| David Hansen | P | 15 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.733 | ||||
| John Howard | P | 14 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Phil Brown | P | 14 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .636 | .500 | ||||
| Jack Butorac | P | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
| Dave Sagaser | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Jon Baker | P | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Charles Minott | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Thomas Kuczynski | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Stedman | P | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Polovina | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Crosby | SS | 67 | 71 | 212 | 25 | 48 | .919 | 4.224 | ||||
| Lawrence Hebert | SS | 12 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 6 | .902 | 4.583 | ||||
| Totals | 876 | 1983 | 861 | 160 | 247 | .947 | 3.247 | 17 | 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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