1970 Pittsfield Senators Statistics
Team Record: 72-66
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Dick Gernert (0-0), Joe Klein (0-0)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Wahconah Stadium (Park)
Attendance: 49,875, Avg. 723
The Pittsfield Senators of the Eastern League ended the 1970 season with a record of 72 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the EL.
The Senators plated 628 runs and yielded 595 runs. Albert Thompson paced Pittsfield with 27 home runs, and John Wockenfuss walloped 15 or more also. Albert Thompson accounted for 87 RBI. Larry Biittner topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .325 clip. Bill Gogolewski led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.47 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1970 Pittsfield Senators who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dave Moates, Rick Henninger, Don Castle, Mike Thompson, Toby Harrah, Bill Gogolewski, Steve Foucault, Larry Biittner, John Wockenfuss, Jeff Terpko, Gene Martin and Rick Stelmaszek.
Dick Gernert and Joe Klein 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Gogolewski | 14 | 5 | .737 | 2.47 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 171.0 | 136 | 51 | 47 | 15 | 36 | 1 | 146 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pedro Sierra | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.66 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 123.0 | 111 | 64 | 50 | 15 | 43 | 3 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Rick Henninger | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.70 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 107.0 | 119 | 51 | 44 | 8 | 38 | 4 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| P. J. Campbell | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.23 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 149.0 | 151 | 75 | 70 | 16 | 75 | 5 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Jeff Terpko | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.45 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 97.0 | 92 | 61 | 48 | 7 | 66 | 4 | 78 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Thompson | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5.32 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 | 101 | 70 | 65 | 10 | 77 | 2 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Michael Whitson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.71 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 65.0 | 64 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Shutts | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.06 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 62.0 | 57 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 50 | 7 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ed Szado | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.50 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 44 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| George Valesente | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.91 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jimmy Blackmon | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34.0 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Slade | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.00 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Robert Parchem | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mark Scally | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.32 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 51 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jeffery Janek | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.91 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.0 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Steve Foucault | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jeffrey Vollweiler | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Redmon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Constantino | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 72 | 66 | .522 | 3.98 | 271 | 138 | 0 | 51 | 13 | 18 | 1148.0 | 1080 | 595 | 508 | 95 | 607 | 39 | 821 | 39 | 1 | 74 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Biittner | 102 | 437 | 388 | 51 | 126 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 37 | .325 | .392 | .495 | .887 | 192 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Don Castle | 94 | 386 | 338 | 53 | 106 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 47 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 54 | .314 | .382 | .479 | .861 | 162 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| John Wockenfuss | 123 | 506 | 429 | 65 | 106 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 69 | .247 | .354 | .406 | .759 | 174 | 10 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Roger Sheridan | 95 | 415 | 343 | 67 | 103 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 34 | .300 | .404 | .440 | .845 | 151 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Albert Thompson | 93 | 386 | 313 | 70 | 102 | 17 | 4 | 27 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 65 | 59 | .326 | .446 | .665 | 1.110 | 208 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Toby Harrah | 95 | 428 | 359 | 57 | 99 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 27 | 6 | 54 | 46 | .276 | .373 | .357 | .729 | 128 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Rick Stelmaszek | 128 | 501 | 386 | 50 | 95 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 41 | .246 | .398 | .326 | .724 | 126 | 4 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Jack Merlet | 102 | 429 | 386 | 51 | 90 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 49 | .233 | .300 | .358 | .657 | 138 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Gary Ratliff | 112 | 444 | 366 | 45 | 71 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 63 | 121 | .194 | .322 | .331 | .653 | 121 | 8 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Gene Martin | 32 | 146 | 126 | 21 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 27 | .317 | .403 | .635 | 1.038 | 80 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sonny Bowers | 74 | 260 | 230 | 16 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 45 | .174 | .254 | .239 | .493 | 55 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Gerald Merlet | 73 | 236 | 206 | 22 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 30 | .189 | .274 | .277 | .551 | 57 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Hoots | 50 | 158 | 138 | 17 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 33 | .232 | .321 | .304 | .625 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Walker | 54 | 153 | 136 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 36 | .221 | .294 | .390 | .684 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dick Baldwin | 12 | 45 | 41 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .244 | .311 | .268 | .579 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobbye Beckner | 14 | 47 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .189 | .340 | .378 | .719 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Roy Gibson | 11 | 33 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .200 | .344 | .240 | .584 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dave Moates | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .400 | .400 | .600 | 1.000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Salvato | 14 | 43 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .105 | .171 | .211 | .381 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Bottoms | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .333 | .455 | .333 | .788 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rickey Rogers | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louis Bagwell | 6 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rich Donnelly | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Gifford | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1294 | 5111 | 4340 | 628 | 1117 | 166 | 44 | 123 | 564 | 63 | 23 | 628 | 724 | .257 | .356 | .401 | .756 | 1740 | 0 | 55 | 48 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Biittner | 1B | 76 | 637 | 44 | 4 | 53 | .994 | 8.961 | ||||
| Albert Thompson | 1B | 24 | 180 | 11 | 6 | 15 | .970 | 7.958 | ||||
| Don Castle | 1B | 24 | 169 | 15 | 5 | 22 | .974 | 7.667 | ||||
| Gene Martin | 1B | 18 | 178 | 10 | 3 | 17 | .984 | 1.444 | ||||
| Jack Merlet | 2B | 102 | 231 | 276 | 16 | 66 | .969 | 4.971 | ||||
| Sonny Bowers | 2B | 25 | 55 | 48 | 4 | 11 | .963 | 4.120 | ||||
| Louis Bagwell | 2B | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| Roger Sheridan | 2B | 3 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 6.667 | ||||
| Rickey Rogers | 2B | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Wockenfuss | 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bobbye Beckner | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gerald Merlet | 3B | 60 | 45 | 97 | 10 | 14 | .934 | 2.367 | ||||
| Roger Sheridan | 3B | 58 | 51 | 111 | 9 | 10 | .947 | 2.793 | ||||
| Sonny Bowers | 3B | 20 | 19 | 34 | 4 | 1 | .930 | 2.650 | ||||
| Roy Gibson | 3B | 11 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .762 | 1.455 | ||||
| John Wockenfuss | 3B | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Bobbye Beckner | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Toby Harrah | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rick Stelmaszek | C | 127 | 782 | 67 | 17 | 8 | .980 | 6.685 | 12 | |||
| James Walker | C | 19 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .965 | 4.316 | 7 | |||
| Rich Donnelly | C | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 15.000 | 0 | |||
| John Wockenfuss | OF | 121 | 214 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .987 | 1.835 | ||||
| Gary Ratliff | OF | 112 | 189 | 10 | 9 | 2 | .957 | 1.777 | ||||
| Don Castle | OF | 71 | 108 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .974 | 1.563 | ||||
| Wayne Hoots | OF | 40 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .953 | 1.525 | ||||
| Roger Sheridan | OF | 21 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.381 | ||||
| Gene Martin | OF | 15 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.267 | ||||
| Steve Salvato | OF | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
| Larry Biittner | OF | 12 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.917 | ||||
| Dick Baldwin | OF | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.727 | ||||
| Albert Thompson | OF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| James Bottoms | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Bobbye Beckner | OF | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| James Walker | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dave Moates | OF | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Roger Gifford | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pedro Sierra | P | 37 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .935 | .784 | ||||
| Robert Shutts | P | 37 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .216 | ||||
| P. J. Campbell | P | 24 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .975 | 1.625 | ||||
| Bill Gogolewski | P | 21 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 1.857 | ||||
| Jeff Terpko | P | 20 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .850 | ||||
| Jeffery Janek | P | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .150 | ||||
| Mike Thompson | P | 19 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.316 | ||||
| Rick Henninger | P | 18 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Michael Whitson | P | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .929 | ||||
| Jimmy Blackmon | P | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ed Szado | P | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .615 | ||||
| Mike Slade | P | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .333 | ||||
| Mark Scally | P | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.222 | ||||
| George Valesente | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Ronald Constantino | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jeffrey Vollweiler | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Parchem | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Steve Foucault | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| James Redmon | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Toby Harrah | SS | 94 | 157 | 292 | 27 | 59 | .943 | 4.777 | ||||
| Sonny Bowers | SS | 28 | 29 | 76 | 10 | 14 | .913 | 3.750 | ||||
| Roger Sheridan | SS | 18 | 25 | 51 | 5 | 5 | .938 | 4.222 | ||||
| Totals | 1428 | 3442 | 1388 | 167 | 316 | .967 | 3.382 | 19 | 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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