1969 Orlando Twins Statistics
Team Record: 80-52
Finished 1st in the FSL's Central Division
Manager: Harry Warner (80-52)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Orlando, Florida
Ballpark: Tinker Field
Attendance: 60,888, Avg. 923
Playoffs - Miami Marlins 4 games, Orlando Twins 1
The Orlando Twins of the Florida State League ended the 1969 season with a record of 80 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the league's Central Division.
The Twins led the league with 631 runs, fueled by 52 home runs. Orlando allowed 520 runs. Robert Alexander paced the squad with 10 home runs Lou Nelson drove in 69 runs. Ray Shoup topped all regular hitters with a .321 average. Michael Sheftall paced the team with 14 wins, while Ray Corbin recorded a 2.08 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1969 Orlando Twins who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bert Blyleven, Jim Obradovich, Eric Soderholm, Steve Luebber and Ray Corbin.
Harry Warner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Sheftall | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.55 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 190.0 | 198 | 95 | 75 | 11 | 73 | 6 | 97 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Ray Corbin | 12 | 3 | .800 | 2.08 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 134.0 | 111 | 46 | 31 | 5 | 50 | 5 | 100 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jim Harrison | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.27 | 29 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 187.0 | 176 | 93 | 68 | 10 | 65 | 0 | 107 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ben Proulx | 11 | 10 | .524 | 2.69 | 28 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 181.0 | 165 | 72 | 54 | 9 | 62 | 2 | 106 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Ralph Zuniga | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.54 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 117.0 | 90 | 40 | 33 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Bert Blyleven | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.46 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ollie Brantley | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.88 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24.0 | 32 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Haynes | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.74 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 34 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Michael Shields | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.86 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43.0 | 63 | 40 | 28 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Clifford Farmer | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.33 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54.0 | 57 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| William Giffin | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.52 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 52 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Steve Luebber | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.49 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 60 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Buryl Hemerick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Thomas Hroncich | 0 | 0 | 5.62 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Franklyn Sands | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 80 | 52 | .606 | 3.25 | 302 | 132 | 0 | 53 | 13 | 18 | 1126.0 | 1090 | 520 | 407 | 56 | 472 | 31 | 719 | 31 | 7 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Shoup | 132 | 583 | 476 | 79 | 153 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 24 | 12 | 89 | 21 | .321 | .428 | .389 | .816 | 185 | 4 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Lou Nelson | 125 | 525 | 435 | 71 | 128 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 50 | .294 | .397 | .393 | .790 | 171 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Nelson Castellanos | 128 | 548 | 491 | 76 | 124 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 10 | 2 | 39 | 42 | .253 | .309 | .346 | .655 | 170 | 3 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Jim Obradovich | 123 | 417 | 371 | 65 | 106 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 61 | 20 | 4 | 38 | 70 | .286 | .359 | .410 | .769 | 152 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Robert Alexander | 120 | 444 | 351 | 69 | 93 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 33 | 10 | 90 | 86 | .265 | .414 | .425 | .839 | 149 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jim Hoppe | 111 | 411 | 336 | 46 | 81 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 65 | .241 | .360 | .360 | .720 | 121 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Mark Strader | 111 | 369 | 285 | 46 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 34 | .260 | .410 | .326 | .736 | 93 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Eric Soderholm | 51 | 226 | 192 | 39 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 21 | .276 | .376 | .438 | .814 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| LeRoy McDonald | 70 | 297 | 241 | 25 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 36 | .203 | .339 | .232 | .571 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Frank Bonfonte | 45 | 167 | 134 | 28 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 42 | .254 | .388 | .410 | .798 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Rich Donnelly | 49 | 150 | 130 | 12 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 19 | .223 | .297 | .246 | .543 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Jeff Burns | 45 | 126 | 113 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .239 | .298 | .283 | .582 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Avery Morris | 51 | 166 | 136 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 38 | .176 | .313 | .279 | .593 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ben Proulx | 30 | 74 | 67 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .239 | .282 | .254 | .535 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Michael Sheftall | 29 | 86 | 67 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .194 | .208 | .224 | .432 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||
| William Richie | 15 | 49 | 42 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .262 | .354 | .310 | .664 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Harrison | 30 | 74 | 62 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .177 | .250 | .210 | .460 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Richard Shulock | 20 | 49 | 38 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .237 | .370 | .342 | .712 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Smith | 22 | 49 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .195 | .312 | .341 | .654 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Zuniga | 46 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .171 | .237 | .171 | .408 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ray Corbin | 16 | 57 | 53 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .113 | .130 | .113 | .243 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Luebber | 9 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .214 | .312 | .214 | .527 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Haynes | 8 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Helton | 8 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .154 | .312 | .154 | .466 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lazaro Mata | 5 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .214 | .357 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ollie Brantley | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bert Blyleven | 6 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gary Southgate | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clifford Farmer | 34 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Shields | 41 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Franklyn Sands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Giffin | 19 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1525 | 5022 | 4198 | 630 | 1066 | 155 | 35 | 52 | 555 | 103 | 39 | 661 | 677 | .254 | .357 | .345 | .702 | 1447 | 0 | 36 | 84 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Obradovich | 1B | 106 | 786 | 42 | 13 | 76 | .985 | 7.811 | ||||
| Mark Strader | 1B | 39 | 251 | 3 | 6 | 24 | .977 | 6.513 | ||||
| Jimmy Smith | 1B | 10 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .976 | 8.100 | ||||
| Robert Alexander | 1B | 7 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.857 | ||||
| Nelson Castellanos | 2B | 108 | 246 | 277 | 12 | 65 | .978 | 4.843 | ||||
| William Richie | 2B | 11 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 7 | .939 | 5.636 | ||||
| Lou Nelson | 2B | 11 | 42 | 36 | 1 | 12 | .987 | 7.091 | ||||
| Richard Shulock | 2B | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Lou Nelson | 3B | 112 | 117 | 219 | 30 | 28 | .918 | 3.000 | ||||
| Robert Alexander | 3B | 12 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | .806 | 2.417 | ||||
| Nelson Castellanos | 3B | 8 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 3 | .765 | 3.250 | ||||
| Richard Shulock | 3B | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | .727 | 3.200 | ||||
| Avery Morris | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mark Strader | C | 57 | 354 | 29 | 9 | 5 | .977 | 6.719 | 11 | |||
| Rich Donnelly | C | 48 | 231 | 28 | 6 | 2 | .977 | 5.396 | 2 | |||
| Jeff Burns | C | 34 | 165 | 17 | 10 | 0 | .948 | 5.353 | 4 | |||
| Jerry Helton | C | 8 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 3.625 | 1 | |||
| Lazaro Mata | C | 4 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .880 | 5.500 | 0 | |||
| Ray Shoup | OF | 132 | 194 | 22 | 1 | 3 | .995 | 1.636 | ||||
| Jim Hoppe | OF | 102 | 220 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .979 | 2.275 | ||||
| Robert Alexander | OF | 97 | 182 | 12 | 11 | 1 | .946 | 2.000 | ||||
| Avery Morris | OF | 40 | 69 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .947 | 1.775 | ||||
| Frank Bonfonte | OF | 39 | 57 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .925 | 1.590 | ||||
| Jim Obradovich | OF | 14 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Richard Shulock | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ralph Zuniga | P | 46 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .457 | ||||
| Michael Shields | P | 41 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .171 | ||||
| Clifford Farmer | P | 34 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .176 | ||||
| Michael Sheftall | P | 29 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .833 | .690 | ||||
| Jim Harrison | P | 29 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.069 | ||||
| Ben Proulx | P | 28 | 8 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
| Ollie Brantley | P | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .045 | ||||
| William Giffin | P | 19 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .474 | ||||
| Ray Corbin | P | 16 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 1 | .867 | 1.625 | ||||
| Thomas Hroncich | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Steve Luebber | P | 9 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Bruce Haynes | P | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Bert Blyleven | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Franklyn Sands | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Buryl Hemerick | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| LeRoy McDonald | SS | 70 | 94 | 224 | 24 | 33 | .930 | 4.543 | ||||
| Eric Soderholm | SS | 51 | 75 | 177 | 13 | 21 | .951 | 4.941 | ||||
| Nelson Castellanos | SS | 9 | 10 | 36 | 2 | 9 | .958 | 5.111 | ||||
| Lou Nelson | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1444 | 3368 | 1411 | 201 | 317 | .960 | 3.310 | 18 | 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.
