1969 Lakeland Tigers Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 65-67
Finished 4th in the FSL's Central Division
Manager: Len Okrie (65-67)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Joker Marchant Stadium
Attendance: 8,667, Avg. 131
1969 Lakeland Tigers RosterTeam Record: 65-67
Finished 4th in the FSL's Central Division
Manager: Len Okrie (65-67)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Joker Marchant Stadium
Attendance: 8,667, Avg. 131
The Lakeland Tigers of the Florida State League ended the 1969 season with a record of 65 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the league's Central Division.
The Tigers plated 536 runs and allowed 582 runs. John Young drove in 60 runs. Marty Barski led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .280. George Murphy topped the squad with 11 wins, while Brian Cousino recorded a 3.23 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Marv Lane, Dennis Saunders, John Young, Gary Ignasiak, Ken Szotkiewicz, Don Leshnock and Bill Slayback were all players from the 1969 Lakeland Tigers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Len Okrie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Murphy | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.38 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 149.0 | 123 | 74 | 56 | 7 | 72 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Brian Cousino | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.23 | 27 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 170.0 | 165 | 79 | 61 | 6 | 47 | 2 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Raymond Foucher | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.18 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 99.0 | 102 | 53 | 46 | 4 | 56 | 3 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| James Dietz | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.70 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Timothy Grisdale | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.67 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 81.0 | 72 | 36 | 33 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bill Slayback | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.62 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 72.0 | 54 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Don Leshnock | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.85 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 65 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ralph Foytack | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.89 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 74.0 | 70 | 35 | 32 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Daryl Busen | 3 | 1 | .750 | 7.12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 | 31 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Werntz | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.90 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 67.0 | 47 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 49 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jay Mahoney | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.82 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33.0 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Stephen Cushmore | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.30 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 69 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dennis Saunders | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.90 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Foulk | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.80 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 48 | 38 | 31 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Craig Carter | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Ignasiak | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.24 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 32 | 35 | 33 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jim Leyland | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Casteller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Buchanan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Brauer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.30 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Miller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 22.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 63 | 68 | .481 | 4.01 | 292 | 131 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 21 | 1116.0 | 1012 | 582 | 497 | 50 | 629 | 18 | 662 | 42 | 4 | 52 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Kobi | 130 | 530 | 452 | 52 | 115 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 53 | .254 | .350 | .310 | .660 | 140 | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||
| John Young | 99 | 412 | 351 | 56 | 114 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 60 | 26 | 3 | 53 | 69 | .325 | .408 | .470 | .878 | 165 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Marty Barski | 104 | 490 | 396 | 81 | 111 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 86 | 28 | .280 | .412 | .384 | .796 | 152 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| George Nichols | 118 | 463 | 391 | 55 | 106 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 78 | .271 | .371 | .399 | .770 | 156 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Eugene Spatz | 91 | 356 | 304 | 49 | 81 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 42 | 39 | .266 | .361 | .332 | .693 | 101 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Alex Bike | 83 | 353 | 301 | 38 | 79 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 40 | .262 | .354 | .399 | .753 | 120 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Richard Uhlmann | 89 | 337 | 278 | 39 | 67 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 50 | .241 | .362 | .288 | .650 | 80 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ken Szotkiewicz | 71 | 305 | 267 | 24 | 66 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 38 | .247 | .332 | .315 | .647 | 84 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Cartaya | 66 | 272 | 239 | 32 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 43 | .264 | .330 | .331 | .660 | 79 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Murray Robinson | 56 | 208 | 173 | 15 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 35 | .249 | .359 | .324 | .683 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jim Leyland | 60 | 219 | 179 | 20 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 17 | .240 | .350 | .302 | .652 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| John Hetrick | 45 | 148 | 136 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 25 | .199 | .250 | .228 | .478 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dwight Martinek | 23 | 81 | 75 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .187 | .225 | .227 | .452 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Marv Lane | 11 | 51 | 51 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .235 | .235 | .333 | .569 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Foucher | 37 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .273 | .333 | .364 | .697 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dave Yoakum | 16 | 52 | 47 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .191 | .255 | .191 | .446 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Wosman | 34 | 52 | 46 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .174 | .250 | .304 | .554 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Murphy | 24 | 61 | 50 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .160 | .250 | .260 | .510 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Monte Little | 10 | 42 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .179 | .238 | .256 | .495 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Grisdale | 29 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .762 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bill Slayback | 11 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .214 | .267 | .250 | .517 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vache Bahadurian | 9 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .308 | .438 | .385 | .822 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Fore | 5 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .267 | .389 | .267 | .656 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Mahoney | 6 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .462 | .692 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Belcik | 10 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .235 | .200 | .435 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ralph Foytack | 12 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .143 | .217 | .143 | .360 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Reed | 8 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .167 | .292 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Cousino | 30 | 66 | 56 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .054 | .145 | .054 | .199 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Daryl Busen | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .429 | .500 | .929 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Dietz | 15 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .490 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Ignasiak | 13 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .154 | .250 | .154 | .404 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Harold Werntz | 33 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .105 | .227 | .105 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Pellechi | 8 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .100 | .182 | .150 | .332 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Carter | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Brauer | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Adams | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Leshnock | 11 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .038 | .167 | .038 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Frensley | 11 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .036 | .097 | .036 | .132 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Casteller | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Buchanan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Cushmore | 21 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Billy Miller | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Foulk | 9 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Saunders | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1462 | 4921 | 4196 | 534 | 1032 | 137 | 41 | 39 | 442 | 91 | 21 | 579 | 693 | .246 | .340 | .326 | .666 | 1368 | 0 | 42 | 65 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Young | 1B | 94 | 800 | 40 | 19 | 69 | .978 | 8.936 | ||||
| Alex Bike | 1B | 20 | 165 | 20 | 4 | 9 | .979 | 9.250 | ||||
| James Wosman | 1B | 4 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.750 | ||||
| Vache Bahadurian | 1B | 3 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 1.333 | ||||
| Marty Barski | 2B | 93 | 257 | 251 | 12 | 56 | .977 | 5.462 | ||||
| Dave Yoakum | 2B | 16 | 38 | 30 | 1 | 7 | .986 | 4.250 | ||||
| Monte Little | 2B | 10 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 4 | .979 | 4.600 | ||||
| Oscar Cartaya | 2B | 7 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 6 | .973 | 5.143 | ||||
| Joseph Pellechi | 2B | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Eugene Spatz | 2B | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Mike Adams | 2B | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| James Kobi | 3B | 130 | 109 | 271 | 36 | 26 | .913 | 2.923 | ||||
| Eugene Spatz | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Oscar Cartaya | 3B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Alex Bike | C | 63 | 330 | 37 | 6 | 0 | .984 | 5.825 | 6 | |||
| Jim Leyland | C | 56 | 321 | 28 | 4 | 3 | .989 | 6.232 | 6 | |||
| James Frensley | C | 11 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.364 | 2 | |||
| David Fore | C | 5 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1 | |||
| Michael Belcik | C | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.333 | 0 | |||
| James Wosman | C | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 0 | |||
| George Nichols | OF | 114 | 185 | 12 | 8 | 1 | .961 | 1.728 | ||||
| Eugene Spatz | OF | 83 | 155 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .982 | 1.928 | ||||
| Richard Uhlmann | OF | 74 | 149 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .981 | 2.081 | ||||
| Murray Robinson | OF | 54 | 73 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .962 | 1.426 | ||||
| John Hetrick | OF | 41 | 73 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 1.854 | ||||
| Dwight Martinek | OF | 20 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.400 | ||||
| Marty Barski | OF | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Marv Lane | OF | 11 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 2.455 | ||||
| Vache Bahadurian | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Wosman | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Raymond Foucher | P | 37 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .842 | .432 | ||||
| Harold Werntz | P | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .121 | ||||
| Timothy Grisdale | P | 29 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .345 | ||||
| Brian Cousino | P | 27 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.407 | ||||
| George Murphy | P | 23 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.609 | ||||
| Stephen Cushmore | P | 21 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .429 | ||||
| Daryl Busen | P | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| James Dietz | P | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Gary Ignasiak | P | 13 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 1.154 | ||||
| Ralph Foytack | P | 12 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| Don Leshnock | P | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Craig Carter | P | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Bill Slayback | P | 10 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Richard Foulk | P | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jay Mahoney | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tom Casteller | P | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Billy Miller | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Joseph Brauer | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| Dennis Saunders | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Leyland | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Buchanan | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ken Szotkiewicz | SS | 71 | 115 | 228 | 22 | 33 | .940 | 4.831 | ||||
| Oscar Cartaya | SS | 54 | 54 | 156 | 12 | 14 | .946 | 3.889 | ||||
| Michael Reed | SS | 7 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 5 | .944 | 4.857 | ||||
| Totals | 1364 | 3194 | 1351 | 157 | 253 | .967 | 3.332 | 15 | 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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