
1969 Pittsfield Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 68-72
Finished 4th in the EL
Manager: Billy Gardner (68-72)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Wahconah Stadium (Park)
Attendance: 79,642, Avg. 1,138
Playoffs - Pittsfield Red Sox 1 game, York Pirates 0 - All further games cancelled due to bad weather and poor attendance.
The Pittsfield Red Sox of the Eastern League ended the 1969 season with a record of 68 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the EL.
The Red Sox scored 590 runs and conceded 577 runs. Frank Austin led Pittsfield with 15 home runs Frank Austin and Fred Wolcott each recorded 75 runs batted in. John Mason paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .290 clip. Ken Wright topped the squad with 12 wins, while Tom Parsons recorded a 2.25 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1969 Pittsfield Red Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bill Lee, Fred Wenz, Tom Parsons, Billy Gardner, Dave Gray, Rick Miller, Ken Wright, Chris Coletta, Buddy Hunter, Carlton Fisk and Dick Mills.
Billy Gardner 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Wright | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.16 | 31 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 165.0 | 147 | 74 | 58 | 5 | 92 | 8 | 136 | 15 | 2 | 8 | ||
Ivy Washington | 8 | 14 | .364 | 3.07 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 167.0 | 152 | 80 | 57 | 5 | 100 | 11 | 137 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
Tom Parsons | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.25 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 132.0 | 129 | 50 | 33 | 5 | 35 | 16 | 94 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
Bill Lee | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.06 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 48 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Thomas | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.30 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 120.0 | 111 | 57 | 44 | 11 | 52 | 5 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
Dick Mills | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.63 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 48 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Dave Gray | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.84 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 73.0 | 47 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
Raul Mercado | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.67 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 79.0 | 100 | 53 | 41 | 6 | 31 | 14 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jack Gaines | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.19 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 52 | 36 | 33 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Carl Boteze | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 33 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Edward Baird | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.94 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 68 | 40 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Paul Dowd | 3 | 7 | .300 | 6.23 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 | 80 | 54 | 45 | 8 | 28 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
Charles Prediger | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
James Thornton | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.57 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53.0 | 62 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
Fred Wenz | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 68 | 72 | .486 | 3.53 | 258 | 141 | 0 | 53 | 14 | 18 | 1141.0 | 1094 | 577 | 447 | 72 | 564 | 66 | 785 | 31 | 5 | 52 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Mason | 136 | 552 | 490 | 78 | 142 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 48 | .290 | .352 | .378 | .730 | 185 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
Fred Wolcott | 133 | 560 | 505 | 72 | 142 | 28 | 5 | 14 | 75 | 25 | 5 | 44 | 119 | .281 | .342 | .440 | .782 | 222 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
Katsuhiro Shitanishi | 137 | 599 | 513 | 76 | 116 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 68 | 49 | .226 | .325 | .267 | .593 | 137 | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||
Frank Austin | 113 | 442 | 404 | 48 | 109 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 63 | .270 | .327 | .411 | .738 | 166 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Donald Dilly | 94 | 385 | 325 | 49 | 83 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 59 | .255 | .360 | .357 | .717 | 116 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
Carlton Fisk | 97 | 351 | 309 | 38 | 75 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 60 | .243 | .329 | .417 | .746 | 129 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
Mike Budd | 109 | 388 | 317 | 38 | 71 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 37 | .224 | .358 | .350 | .708 | 111 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
James Russin | 99 | 305 | 269 | 35 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 55 | .242 | .321 | .405 | .727 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Daniel Rudanovich | 93 | 340 | 293 | 39 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 33 | .222 | .318 | .280 | .598 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
Rick Miller | 77 | 265 | 221 | 25 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 46 | .262 | .385 | .385 | .770 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Buddy Hunter | 74 | 259 | 217 | 31 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 38 | .244 | .348 | .341 | .689 | 74 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
John Butler | 41 | 153 | 138 | 19 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 29 | .268 | .333 | .413 | .746 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Richard Jackson | 54 | 172 | 150 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 20 | .180 | .285 | .247 | .532 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Mountain | 24 | 94 | 86 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | .279 | .330 | .360 | .690 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Raymond Henningsen | 20 | 51 | 43 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .302 | .392 | .349 | .741 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Chris Coletta | 12 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .282 | .349 | .513 | .862 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Juan Ramos | 22 | 64 | 54 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .204 | .317 | .241 | .558 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Curtis Suchan | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Eagan | 9 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .095 | .174 | .095 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Thomas | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Gardner | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Hamilton | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Raul Mercado | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Lee | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1417 | 5066 | 4412 | 590 | 1109 | 179 | 27 | 85 | 534 | 70 | 31 | 558 | 697 | .251 | .338 | .362 | .700 | 1597 | 0 | 39 | 23 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Austin | 1B | 99 | 814 | 59 | 9 | 70 | .990 | 8.818 | ||||
James Russin | 1B | 54 | 347 | 26 | 12 | 39 | .969 | 6.907 | ||||
Mike Budd | 1B | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 6.000 | ||||
Richard Jackson | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Katsuhiro Shitanishi | 2B | 71 | 131 | 169 | 8 | 35 | .974 | 4.225 | ||||
Buddy Hunter | 2B | 71 | 154 | 182 | 10 | 49 | .971 | 4.732 | ||||
John Mason | 2B | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 2.500 | ||||
Billy Gardner | 2B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
John Mason | 3B | 127 | 118 | 191 | 55 | 27 | .849 | 2.433 | ||||
James Russin | 3B | 16 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 0 | .872 | 2.125 | ||||
Katsuhiro Shitanishi | 3B | 6 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
John Butler | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Carlton Fisk | C | 97 | 551 | 65 | 22 | 4 | .966 | 6.351 | 9 | |||
Richard Jackson | C | 46 | 264 | 25 | 6 | 6 | .980 | 6.283 | 6 | |||
Steve Eagan | C | 8 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 3.500 | 1 | |||
Fred Wolcott | OF | 133 | 207 | 12 | 6 | 2 | .973 | 1.647 | ||||
Donald Dilly | OF | 94 | 147 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .968 | 1.617 | ||||
Daniel Rudanovich | OF | 88 | 121 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 1.455 | ||||
Rick Miller | OF | 75 | 150 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .981 | 2.107 | ||||
John Mountain | OF | 23 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 1.478 | ||||
Frank Austin | OF | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
Chris Coletta | OF | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
John Mason | OF | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
Curtis Suchan | OF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Raul Mercado | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Mike Budd | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Tom Parsons | P | 47 | 10 | 43 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 1.128 | ||||
Raul Mercado | P | 34 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .441 | ||||
Ken Wright | P | 31 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 4 | .941 | 1.032 | ||||
Ivy Washington | P | 25 | 11 | 35 | 4 | 1 | .920 | 1.840 | ||||
James Thomas | P | 21 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .619 | ||||
James Thornton | P | 19 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .579 | ||||
Paul Dowd | P | 15 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
Dave Gray | P | 13 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.538 | ||||
Jack Gaines | P | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .846 | ||||
Dick Mills | P | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .700 | ||||
Bill Lee | P | 10 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 2.300 | ||||
Edward Baird | P | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
Carl Boteze | P | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
Fred Wenz | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Charles Prediger | P | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
Katsuhiro Shitanishi | SS | 61 | 97 | 157 | 16 | 41 | .941 | 4.164 | ||||
John Butler | SS | 39 | 70 | 113 | 10 | 21 | .948 | 4.692 | ||||
Juan Ramos | SS | 22 | 27 | 60 | 5 | 6 | .946 | 3.955 | ||||
Raymond Henningsen | SS | 19 | 18 | 44 | 5 | 9 | .925 | 3.263 | ||||
John Mason | SS | 6 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 2 | .806 | 4.167 | ||||
Buddy Hunter | SS | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
John Hamilton | SS | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .875 | 7.000 | ||||
Totals | 1452 | 3423 | 1426 | 212 | 333 | .958 | 3.340 | 16 | 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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