1969 Magic Valley Cowboys Statistics
Pioneer League (PL) - Class: R
Team Record: 39-33
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Connie Ryan (39-33)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Twin Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 11,227, Avg. 312
1969 Magic Valley Cowboys RosterTeam Record: 39-33
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Connie Ryan (39-33)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Twin Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 11,227, Avg. 312
The Magic Valley Cowboys of the Pioneer League ended the 1969 season with a record of 39 wins and 33 losses, finishing third in the PL.
The Cowboys scored 455 runs, most in the league. Magic Valley gave up 439 runs. Larvell Blanks accounted for 60 RBI. Mickey Rivers led all regular batters with a .307 average. Chuck Westerhouse topped the team with 8 wins, while Michael Magness registered a 2.57 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1969 Magic Valley Cowboys who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Larvell Blanks, Clint Compton, Mickey Rivers, Jimmy Freeman and John Fuller.
Connie Ryan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Westerhouse | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.92 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 77.0 | 75 | 37 | 25 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Magness | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.57 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 84.0 | 70 | 39 | 24 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Freeman | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6.13 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.0 | 40 | 41 | 32 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Clint Compton | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.00 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 72.0 | 61 | 50 | 32 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 94 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Gary Hagen | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.83 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.0 | 46 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Richard Wilson | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.42 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 55.0 | 59 | 31 | 27 | 6 | 38 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Keith Walters | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.85 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 60.0 | 57 | 55 | 39 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Richard Sandate | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William McEntire | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.91 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 43 | 42 | 29 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| James Myrah | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Edward Childress | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Danny Landis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.36 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.0 | 58 | 44 | 36 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Jerry Carr | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lee Grotelueschen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Omar Machado | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Clark | 0 | 0 | 5.73 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Fuller | 0 | 0 | 12.38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robin Ostebo | 0 | 0 | 12.60 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 39 | 33 | .542 | 4.80 | 193 | 72 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 573.3 | 564 | 424 | 306 | 56 | 363 | 9 | 561 | 27 | 4 | 61 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larvell Blanks | 72 | 310 | 260 | 43 | 75 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 41 | .288 | .396 | .481 | .877 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mickey Rivers | 67 | 295 | 225 | 75 | 69 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 31 | 6 | 66 | 40 | .307 | .464 | .511 | .976 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Sam Houston | 71 | 325 | 272 | 76 | 69 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 41 | 4 | 52 | 70 | .254 | .373 | .368 | .741 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Nageleisen | 53 | 228 | 164 | 52 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 60 | 41 | .293 | .480 | .445 | .925 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jeffrey Geach | 52 | 195 | 163 | 18 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 23 | .233 | .356 | .270 | .626 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Dahlgren | 58 | 178 | 145 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 26 | 46 | .193 | .311 | .290 | .600 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Calvin Kelly | 43 | 123 | 103 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 18 | .252 | .339 | .301 | .640 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Rick Atkinson | 35 | 108 | 88 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 25 | .284 | .406 | .398 | .803 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Fuller | 36 | 112 | 95 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 19 | .253 | .357 | .432 | .789 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Concepcion Escalona | 39 | 102 | 82 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | .268 | .366 | .463 | .830 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Tom Heierle | 41 | 93 | 73 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 21 | .247 | .409 | .397 | .806 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robin Maginnis | 20 | 69 | 56 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | .304 | .420 | .500 | .920 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gene Holbert | 40 | 111 | 97 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 37 | .165 | .270 | .206 | .476 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howie Duckworth | 27 | 67 | 56 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .232 | .343 | .339 | .683 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Clark | 30 | 64 | 52 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .231 | .359 | .327 | .686 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Marc Mengo | 23 | 50 | 43 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .233 | .340 | .326 | .666 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Freeman | 21 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .304 | .385 | .478 | .863 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Townson | 7 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .333 | .412 | .333 | .745 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Walters | 18 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .250 | .375 | .400 | .775 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Wilson | 26 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .238 | .273 | .238 | .511 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nelly Cana | 40 | 52 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 23 | .103 | .314 | .103 | .416 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Sylvester | 9 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .231 | .333 | .231 | .564 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clint Compton | 18 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .130 | .231 | .130 | .361 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Magness | 16 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .100 | .100 | .133 | .233 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Gary Hagen | 14 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .125 | .263 | .125 | .388 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Westerhouse | 14 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .040 | .143 | .040 | .183 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edward Childress | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Myrah | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Sandate | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William McEntire | 20 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Grotelueschen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milton Hall | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Landis | 19 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 953 | 2745 | 2241 | 455 | 548 | 90 | 22 | 45 | 345 | 115 | 22 | 435 | 560 | .245 | .370 | .365 | .735 | 817 | 0 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Dahlgren | 1B | 32 | 172 | 11 | 4 | 14 | .979 | 5.719 | ||||
| John Fuller | 1B | 30 | 192 | 7 | 6 | 9 | .971 | 6.633 | ||||
| Robin Maginnis | 1B | 12 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .972 | 5.750 | ||||
| Marc Mengo | 1B | 11 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .971 | 6.000 | ||||
| Concepcion Escalona | 1B | 11 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .984 | 5.545 | ||||
| Rick Atkinson | 1B | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Calvin Kelly | 2B | 26 | 42 | 47 | 10 | 13 | .899 | 3.423 | ||||
| Jeffrey Geach | 2B | 23 | 40 | 40 | 4 | 7 | .952 | 3.478 | ||||
| Larvell Blanks | 2B | 23 | 35 | 47 | 2 | 6 | .976 | 3.565 | ||||
| Concepcion Escalona | 2B | 6 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .773 | 2.833 | ||||
| Rick Atkinson | 2B | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 2.000 | ||||
| Charles Townson | 2B | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Charlie Clark | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Atkinson | 3B | 27 | 17 | 41 | 8 | 2 | .879 | 2.148 | ||||
| James Nageleisen | 3B | 24 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .897 | 1.458 | ||||
| Charlie Clark | 3B | 21 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .927 | 1.810 | ||||
| Calvin Kelly | 3B | 7 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Jeffrey Geach | 3B | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
| Charles Townson | 3B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Milton Hall | 3B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Larvell Blanks | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Lee Grotelueschen | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Concepcion Escalona | 3B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Gene Holbert | C | 37 | 215 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .991 | 6.162 | 14 | |||
| Tom Heierle | C | 37 | 178 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .979 | 5.135 | 18 | |||
| Howie Duckworth | C | 26 | 142 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .961 | 5.692 | 10 | |||
| Concepcion Escalona | C | 8 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 5.000 | 4 | |||
| Sam Houston | OF | 71 | 117 | 10 | 7 | 0 | .948 | 1.789 | ||||
| Mickey Rivers | OF | 65 | 67 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .872 | 1.154 | ||||
| James Nageleisen | OF | 38 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .894 | 1.105 | ||||
| Nelly Cana | OF | 27 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| Richard Dahlgren | OF | 26 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .654 | ||||
| Robin Maginnis | OF | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Concepcion Escalona | OF | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Michael Sylvester | OF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Calvin Kelly | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Charlie Clark | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Richard Wilson | P | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .160 | ||||
| Danny Landis | P | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .368 | ||||
| Keith Walters | P | 18 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .500 | ||||
| William McEntire | P | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Clint Compton | P | 18 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .722 | ||||
| Jimmy Freeman | P | 17 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .833 | .588 | ||||
| Chuck Westerhouse | P | 14 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Michael Magness | P | 14 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .880 | 1.571 | ||||
| Gary Hagen | P | 14 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .714 | ||||
| Edward Childress | P | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| James Myrah | P | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Charlie Clark | P | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Richard Sandate | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Robin Ostebo | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| John Fuller | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Carr | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Omar Machado | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Lee Grotelueschen | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Larvell Blanks | SS | 50 | 62 | 131 | 21 | 13 | .902 | 3.860 | ||||
| Jeffrey Geach | SS | 25 | 41 | 60 | 8 | 10 | .927 | 4.040 | ||||
| Calvin Kelly | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Sam Houston | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 910 | 1729 | 632 | 144 | 103 | .943 | 2.595 | 46 | 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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