1969 Portland Beavers Statistics
Team Record: 57-89
Finished 4th in the PCL's North Division
Manager: John Davis (57-89)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Portland, Oregon
Ballpark: PGE Park
Attendance: 107,423, Avg. 1,472
The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1969 season with a record of 57 wins and 89 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Beavers scored 591 runs and allowed 662 runs. Russ Nagelson led Portland with 23 home runs, while Johnny Scruggs walloped 15 or more also. Russ Nagelson drove in 78 runs. Pedro González paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .309. Billy Rohr topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 4.09 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1969 Portland Beavers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jerry Hinsley, Jay Ward, Gary Boyd, Pedro González, Horacio Piña, Rick Austin, Gomer Hodge, Jim Rittwage, Lou Klimchock, Jack Heidemann, Rich Hand, Sammy Ellis, Bill Denehy, Rob Gardner, Bob Allen, Billy Rohr, Ken Suarez, Eddie Leon, Darrell Sutherland, Gary Kroll, Tommy Gramly, Ted Davidson, John Orsino and Russ Nagelson.
John Davis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Rohr | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.09 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 132.0 | 158 | 70 | 60 | 9 | 49 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Rich Hand | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.60 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 83 | 43 | 34 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Hinsley | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.98 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 123.0 | 147 | 79 | 68 | 17 | 41 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bob Allen | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.16 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 94.0 | 106 | 37 | 33 | 5 | 23 | 10 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Austin | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.66 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 119 | 45 | 39 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Miller | 5 | 11 | .312 | 3.38 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 112.0 | 107 | 51 | 42 | 8 | 56 | 8 | 73 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sammy Ellis | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.41 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 106 | 54 | 50 | 12 | 49 | 3 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Boyd | 4 | 11 | .267 | 3.98 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 104.0 | 94 | 53 | 46 | 10 | 60 | 8 | 61 | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Darrell Sutherland | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.15 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78.0 | 98 | 42 | 36 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Gary Kroll | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 37.0 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Horacio Piña | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Rittwage | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.33 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Denehy | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.37 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35.0 | 45 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tommy Gramly | 1 | 9 | .100 | 5.11 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 104.0 | 109 | 65 | 59 | 13 | 56 | 7 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ted Davidson | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Braxton | 0 | 5 | .000 | 7.78 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 44 | 41 | 32 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rob Gardner | 0 | 6 | .000 | 4.11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 56 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 57 | 88 | .393 | 4.14 | 376 | 145 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 27 | 1216.0 | 1324 | 658 | 559 | 100 | 527 | 81 | 701 | 38 | 14 | 36 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Sprague | 137 | 562 | 517 | 61 | 145 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 41 | .280 | .327 | .362 | .688 | 187 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Pedro González | 120 | 466 | 424 | 67 | 131 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 30 | 10 | 23 | 29 | .309 | .351 | .422 | .773 | 179 | 5 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Jay Ward | 143 | 569 | 510 | 64 | 130 | 35 | 3 | 14 | 76 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 58 | .255 | .319 | .418 | .736 | 213 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Chico DeCastris | 133 | 518 | 477 | 55 | 122 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 89 | .256 | .298 | .382 | .680 | 182 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Russ Nagelson | 141 | 571 | 474 | 82 | 114 | 16 | 9 | 23 | 78 | 4 | 1 | 90 | 105 | .241 | .359 | .458 | .817 | 217 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Scruggs | 127 | 475 | 419 | 55 | 110 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 66 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 103 | .263 | .331 | .444 | .775 | 186 | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Eddie Leon | 88 | 352 | 321 | 33 | 84 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 42 | .262 | .313 | .349 | .662 | 112 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Luis Isaac | 93 | 303 | 286 | 25 | 76 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 39 | .266 | .302 | .364 | .666 | 104 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rick Underwood | 89 | 251 | 212 | 25 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 46 | .208 | .321 | .283 | .604 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gomer Hodge | 46 | 172 | 155 | 19 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 31 | .271 | .322 | .394 | .715 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ken Suarez | 49 | 186 | 155 | 22 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17 | .239 | .357 | .329 | .686 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Orsino | 38 | 138 | 119 | 18 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 10 | .277 | .365 | .479 | .844 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lou Klimchock | 25 | 100 | 93 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .301 | .350 | .495 | .845 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bo Rein | 27 | 95 | 84 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | .238 | .312 | .274 | .586 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Billy Rohr | 42 | 80 | 71 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22 | .197 | .253 | .296 | .549 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jack Heidemann | 9 | 40 | 39 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .282 | .300 | .385 | .685 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Miller | 46 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .333 | .370 | .458 | .829 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bob Allen | 55 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .333 | .385 | .375 | .760 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Haggard | 13 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .242 | .306 | .333 | .639 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Gramly | 46 | 42 | 37 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .216 | .275 | .324 | .599 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rich Hand | 15 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .241 | .267 | .276 | .543 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Rick Austin | 16 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .147 | .194 | .176 | .371 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Koch | 13 | 38 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .121 | .189 | .121 | .310 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gary Boyd | 18 | 39 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .121 | .189 | .152 | .341 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Hinsley | 27 | 49 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .108 | .154 | .108 | .262 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Rob Gardner | 16 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Rittwage | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Kroll | 24 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Denehy | 17 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Sutherland | 49 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .195 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sammy Ellis | 18 | 38 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .032 | .167 | .032 | .199 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Braxton | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Horacio Piña | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1700 | 5324 | 4737 | 591 | 1204 | 190 | 50 | 99 | 531 | 69 | 43 | 446 | 781 | .254 | .319 | .378 | .698 | 1791 | 0 | 28 | 72 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Ward | 1B | 65 | 546 | 44 | 5 | 52 | .992 | 9.077 | ||||
| Russ Nagelson | 1B | 32 | 258 | 7 | 3 | 23 | .989 | 8.281 | ||||
| Lou Klimchock | 1B | 24 | 207 | 21 | 1 | 16 | .996 | 9.500 | ||||
| John Orsino | 1B | 14 | 115 | 9 | 4 | 12 | .969 | 8.857 | ||||
| Gomer Hodge | 1B | 14 | 111 | 4 | 4 | 6 | .966 | 8.214 | ||||
| Pedro González | 1B | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 7.000 | ||||
| Pedro González | 2B | 70 | 215 | 218 | 11 | 54 | .975 | 6.186 | ||||
| Jay Ward | 2B | 47 | 121 | 147 | 11 | 30 | .961 | 5.702 | ||||
| Eddie Leon | 2B | 9 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 4 | .978 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jerry Haggard | 2B | 9 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.889 | ||||
| Bo Rein | 2B | 6 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Gary Sprague | 3B | 130 | 111 | 229 | 19 | 18 | .947 | 2.615 | ||||
| Jay Ward | 3B | 16 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 2 | .884 | 2.375 | ||||
| Rick Underwood | 3B | 6 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Gomer Hodge | 3B | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Pedro González | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis Isaac | C | 81 | 402 | 40 | 7 | 12 | .984 | 5.457 | 12 | |||
| Ken Suarez | C | 49 | 247 | 45 | 5 | 5 | .983 | 5.959 | 4 | |||
| John Orsino | C | 19 | 101 | 13 | 1 | 4 | .991 | 6.000 | 3 | |||
| James Koch | C | 6 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.667 | 1 | |||
| Chico DeCastris | OF | 129 | 325 | 15 | 12 | 3 | .966 | 2.636 | ||||
| Johnny Scruggs | OF | 115 | 222 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .967 | 2.017 | ||||
| Russ Nagelson | OF | 107 | 167 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .973 | 1.673 | ||||
| Rick Underwood | OF | 64 | 92 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .951 | 1.531 | ||||
| Jay Ward | OF | 20 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.650 | ||||
| Bo Rein | OF | 16 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.625 | ||||
| Luis Isaac | OF | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| James Koch | OF | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Tommy Gramly | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Allen | P | 53 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 4 | .972 | .660 | ||||
| Darrell Sutherland | P | 47 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .963 | .553 | ||||
| Ray Miller | P | 45 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .935 | .644 | ||||
| Tommy Gramly | P | 31 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .903 | .903 | ||||
| Jerry Hinsley | P | 25 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .840 | .840 | ||||
| Gary Kroll | P | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Billy Rohr | P | 23 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 1 | .806 | 1.261 | ||||
| Gary Boyd | P | 18 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .895 | .944 | ||||
| Bill Denehy | P | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .923 | .706 | ||||
| Rob Gardner | P | 16 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .938 | ||||
| Sammy Ellis | P | 16 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .833 | .938 | ||||
| Rick Austin | P | 16 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.375 | ||||
| Rich Hand | P | 14 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .850 | 1.214 | ||||
| Ted Davidson | P | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Braxton | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Jim Rittwage | P | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| Horacio Piña | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Eddie Leon | SS | 78 | 129 | 280 | 18 | 48 | .958 | 5.244 | ||||
| Pedro González | SS | 35 | 46 | 80 | 10 | 9 | .926 | 3.600 | ||||
| Gomer Hodge | SS | 27 | 32 | 69 | 8 | 13 | .927 | 3.741 | ||||
| Jack Heidemann | SS | 9 | 15 | 27 | 3 | 3 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1590 | 3699 | 1589 | 186 | 342 | .966 | 3.326 | 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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