1969 Memphis Blues Statistics
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
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, Bob Johnson, Ted Martínez, Charlie Hudson, Jim Bibby, Leroy Stanton, Jesse Hudson, Dick Rusteck, Bill Hepler, Al Schmelz, Jim Bethke, Ken Singleton, Rich Hacker, Don Rose, Ron Locke, Charlie Williams and Tom Robson 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.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
