1969 Memphis Blues Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 66-65
Finished 1st in the TL's East Division
Manager: Pete Pavlick (0-0), John Antonelli (0-0), Roy McMillan (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Tim McCarver Stadium
Attendance: 107,288, Avg. 1,638

1969 Memphis Blues Roster

Playoffs - Memphis Blues 3 games, Amarillo Giants 0

The Memphis Blues of the Texas League ended the 1969 season with a record of 66 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.

The Blues plated 488 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 525 runs. Ken Singleton paced Memphis with 10 home runs and drove in 65 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time with a .309 average. Bob Johnson topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 1.48 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Les Rohr, Jim Bibby, Bob Johnson, Ted Martínez, Charlie Hudson, Leroy Stanton, Jesse Hudson, Dick Rusteck, Al Schmelz, Jim Bethke, Ron Locke, Charlie Williams, Don Rose, Tom Robson, Rich Hacker, Bill Hepler and Ken Singleton were all players from the 1969 Memphis Blues who played in the Majors during their careers.

Pete Pavlick, John Antonelli and Roy McMillan 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
Bob Johnson	13	4	.765	1.48	19	17		13	5	0	134.0	103	33	22	5	20	0	129	9	0	9
Jim Bibby	10	6	.625	3.32	17	16		8	3	0	122.0	94	58	45	3	57	3	115	7	0	4
Les Rohr	9	7	.562	3.18	21	21		8	3	0	150.0	130	58	53	11	52	0	116	2	1	6
Russell Seals	8	9	.471	3.84	27	18		7	3	1	129.0	118	63	55	9	54	3	89	4	0	7
Jerry Wild	5	5	.500	3.52	18	9		3	1	2	64.0	49	28	25	9	33	0	56	0	0	4
Ronnie Paul	3	1	.750	3.00	14	1		0	0	3	27.0	27	12	9	2	9	2	19	2	0	2
Frank Lolich	3	1	.750	3.75	4	3		1	0	0	24.0	24	14	10	1	9	0	11	2	0	0
Jesse Hudson	3	2	.600	1.38	20	4		2	1	3	65.0	46	13	10	2	25	1	67	3	1	0
Dick Rusteck	3	8	.273	3.73	14	9		2	0	0	70.0	72	41	29	2	34	0	51	4	0	7
Ron Locke	2	1	.667	3.86	6	4		2	0	0	28.0	26	13	12	2	11	1	18	1	0	1
Charlie Hudson	2	4	.333	4.30	15	11		1	0	1	67.0	57	38	32	5	22	0	46	3	1	1
Bill Hepler	2	5	.286	6.40	21	8		0	0	0	45.0	69	44	32	3	27	0	25	2	0	6
Gerald Hebert	1	1	.500	5.45	23	0		0	0	0	33.0	36	22	20	4	19	4	22	2	0	3
Jim Bethke	1	3	.250	3.55	37	0		0	0	2	66.0	70	37	26	2	17	2	44	4	0	6
Charlie Williams	1	3	.250	4.50	10	5		0	0	0	32.0	36	16	16	2	15	0	25	1	0	1
Billy Carthel	0	0		6.60	6	0		0	0	0	15.0	20	12	11	0	5	0	5	3	0	2
Al Schmelz	0	1	.000	9.00	2	2		0	0	0	5.0	4	5	5	0	6	0	4	0	0	0
Don Rose	0	4	.000	4.70	6	3		1	0	0	23.0	28	18	12	1	9	1	22	2	0	1
Totals	66	65	.504	3.47	280	131	0	48	16	12	1099.0	1009	525	424	63	424	17	864	51	3	60	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
Leroy Stanton	127	509	459	47	122	15	10	4	52	17	10	36	70	.266	.318	.368	.686	169		3	3	8
Ken Singleton	115	451	366	65	113	16	6	10	65	8	5	78	69	.309	.428	.467	.895	171		2	0	5
Ted Martínez	118	432	418	42	110	12	6	3	34	9	7	6	36	.263	.273	.342	.615	143		1	4	3
Tommie Campbell	121	505	462	60	102	10	4	1	29	21	10	38	124	.221	.282	.266	.549	123		2	2	1
Arsenio Diaz	91	343	304	45	89	11	5	9	40	1	1	25	53	.293	.352	.451	.803	137		6	2	6
David Smith	91	335	307	36	75	9	1	1	25	2	0	12	38	.244	.284	.290	.574	89		6	8	2
Billy Carthel	81	278	242	29	65	10	3	3	36	2	1	31	53	.269	.357	.372	.729	90		3	1	1
Don Engbers	54	208	188	22	55	9	1	1	17	1	0	14	12	.293	.338	.367	.705	69		0	4	2
Glenn Ezell	72	245	210	23	51	8	0	3	20	1	0	33	30	.243	.343	.324	.667	68		0	0	2
Larry Wallin	75	229	189	15	43	3	1	4	23	1	0	38	50	.228	.358	.317	.676	60		1	0	1
Roger Stevens	63	154	133	16	31	7	1	0	16	1	3	17	14	.233	.322	.301	.623	40		1	2	1
Stu Cann	52	163	139	13	27	6	0	1	8	1	3	19	17	.194	.304	.259	.563	36		3	2	0
Steve McMillan	40	140	122	15	26	5	1	2	14	0	3	13	23	.213	.309	.320	.629	39		4	1	0
Mike Minster	19	72	66	8	22	4	1	2	8	0	0	6	10	.333	.389	.515	.904	34		0	0	0
Rich Hacker	34	116	100	7	19	5	1	0	11	0	0	7	18	.190	.243	.260	.503	26		1	5	3
Jack Tracy	15	63	56	11	15	4	0	0	6	1	1	5	12	.268	.349	.339	.688	19		2	0	0
Jim Bibby	20	50	46	10	13	3	0	1	6	0	0	3	14	.283	.340	.413	.753	19		1	0	0
Les Rohr	21	62	54	9	13	2	0	0	5	0	0	5	16	.241	.300	.278	.578	15		0	2	1
Bob Johnson	20	55	42	1	9	4	0	0	4	0	0	5	22	.214	.312	.310	.622	13		1	7	0
Jesse Hudson	24	23	23	2	8	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	.348	.348	.435	.783	10		0	0	0
Russell Seals	27	43	40	4	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	14	.125	.167	.225	.392	9		0	1	0
Frank Lolich	5	10	8	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.500	.600	.500	1.100	4		0	0	0
Charlie Hudson	15	23	20	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	.200	.273	.300	.573	6		0	1	0
Tom Robson	17	52	46	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	1	5	9	.087	.192	.152	.344	7		1	0	0
Don Rose	6	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.286	.571	2		0	0	0
Dick Rusteck	14	24	23	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.087	.087	.130	.217	3		0	1	0
Al Schmelz	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Ronnie Paul	14	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
James Ziegler	6	12	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.100	.250	.100	.350	1		0	0	0
Ron Locke	6	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.091	.167	.091	.258	1		0	0	0
Bill Hepler	21	11	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	0	0
Jerry Wild	18	19	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.067	.125	.067	.192	1		0	3	0
Charlie Williams	10	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Jim Bethke	37	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	0		0	1	0
Totals	1453	4671	4140	488	1035	147	42	47	433	67	45	407	766	.250	.320	.340	.660	1407	0	38	50	36	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Don Engbers	1B	51	372	18	5	29	.987	7.647
Arsenio Diaz	1B	41	314	21	7	39	.980	8.171
Tom Robson	1B	16	116	8	2	7	.984	7.750
Larry Wallin	1B	14	76	6	0	3	1.000	5.857
Ken Singleton	1B	9	76	3	0	2	1.000	8.778
Billy Carthel	1B	5	36	4	3	6	.930	8.000
Roger Stevens	1B	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000
David Smith	2B	58	137	157	9	41	.970	5.069
Stu Cann	2B	36	81	86	9	14	.949	4.639
Jack Tracy	2B	15	34	38	4	7	.947	4.800
Billy Carthel	2B	11	19	21	3	4	.930	3.636
Rich Hacker	2B	6	13	13	1	2	.963	4.333
Steve McMillan	2B	5	11	11	0	0	1.000	4.400
Arsenio Diaz	3B	41	25	73	8	8	.925	2.390
Billy Carthel	3B	41	30	61	7	3	.929	2.220
Steve McMillan	3B	40	13	29	6	3	.875	1.050
Ted Martínez	3B	21	30	23	2	1	.964	2.524
David Smith	3B	8	9	18	5	4	.844	3.375
James Ziegler	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Glenn Ezell	3B	1	1	3	1	1	.800	4.000
Glenn Ezell	C	69	425	39	2	3	.996	6.725	9
Larry Wallin	C	57	327	32	0	8	1.000	6.298	7
Mike Minster	C	18	136	13	3	1	.980	8.278	4
Arsenio Diaz	C	2	13	0	1	0	.929	6.500	0
Leroy Stanton	OF	127	229	15	6	3	.976	1.921
Tommie Campbell	OF	118	275	9	7	2	.976	2.407
Ken Singleton	OF	106	158	7	3	0	.982	1.557
Roger Stevens	OF	41	64	4	3	0	.958	1.659
Billy Carthel	OF	8	6	0	1	0	.857	.750
Ted Martínez	OF	4	9	1	0	1	1.000	2.500
Arsenio Diaz	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Jim Bethke	P	37	3	13	0	0	1.000	.432
Russell Seals	P	27	6	20	0	1	1.000	.963
Gerald Hebert	P	23	1	6	0	0	1.000	.304
Les Rohr	P	21	1	18	1	2	.950	.905
Bill Hepler	P	21	2	6	2	1	.800	.381
Jesse Hudson	P	20	1	12	0	0	1.000	.650
Bob Johnson	P	19	5	18	1	3	.958	1.211
Jerry Wild	P	18	2	7	1	0	.900	.500
Jim Bibby	P	17	2	18	2	0	.909	1.176
Charlie Hudson	P	15	2	10	2	1	.857	.800
Dick Rusteck	P	14	2	5	1	0	.875	.500
Ronnie Paul	P	14	0	5	1	0	.833	.357
Charlie Williams	P	10	3	7	1	1	.909	1.000
Don Rose	P	6	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.167
Ron Locke	P	6	0	5	0	0	1.000	.833
Billy Carthel	P	6	3	5	0	0	1.000	1.333
Frank Lolich	P	4	2	6	0	0	1.000	2.000
Al Schmelz	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Ted Martínez	SS	95	134	253	23	35	.944	4.074
Rich Hacker	SS	22	61	77	6	20	.958	6.273
David Smith	SS	15	18	33	6	7	.895	3.400
Totals		1385	3293	1243	145	263	.969	3.275	20	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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