1970 San Jose Bees Statistics
California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 77-63
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Buddy Peterson (77-63)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: San Jose, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 71,303, Avg. 1,019
1970 San Jose Bees RosterTeam Record: 77-63
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Buddy Peterson (77-63)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: San Jose, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 71,303, Avg. 1,019
The San Jose Bees of the California League ended the 1970 season with a record of 77 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the CL.
The Bees topped the league with just 513 runs allowed. San Jose scored 573 runs. Thomas Crichton led the team with 22 home runs and accounted for 77 RBI, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .269 average. Jimmy Whisman paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.34 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1970 San Jose Bees who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Norm Angelini, Ike Brookens, Doug Bird and Jon Warden.
Buddy Peterson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Whisman | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.34 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 131.0 | 108 | 41 | 34 | 7 | 37 | 7 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Gary DeBenedetti | 8 | 1 | .889 | 1.74 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 88.0 | 72 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Norm Angelini | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.65 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 129.0 | 115 | 47 | 38 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 136 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Guy Hansen | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1.86 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 63.0 | 39 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Chlan | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.65 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 60.0 | 37 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jon Warden | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.07 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 126.0 | 148 | 78 | 57 | 14 | 59 | 4 | 90 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Darrell Gambero | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.48 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 62.0 | 61 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Willie Sanders | 5 | 8 | .385 | 2.97 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 103.0 | 98 | 56 | 34 | 7 | 41 | 8 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ike Brookens | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.13 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 95.0 | 81 | 42 | 33 | 5 | 49 | 3 | 91 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Curtis Isom | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.60 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 44 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Art Demery | 3 | 4 | .429 | 1.78 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 76.0 | 59 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 114 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| John Hofferd | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.19 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 93.0 | 89 | 43 | 33 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 91 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Chuck Murray | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steven Myers | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.96 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46.0 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Karp | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.91 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Martin Downen | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.41 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Nielsen | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.0 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Doug Bird | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 63 | .550 | 2.88 | 309 | 140 | 0 | 38 | 16 | 24 | 1202.0 | 1071 | 513 | 384 | 73 | 459 | 43 | 1083 | 36 | 5 | 82 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Crichton | 135 | 546 | 472 | 84 | 127 | 25 | 9 | 22 | 77 | 23 | 5 | 59 | 112 | .269 | .364 | .500 | .864 | 236 | 13 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lloyd Lightfoot | 134 | 494 | 439 | 45 | 112 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 85 | .255 | .324 | .305 | .630 | 134 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| John Nelson | 126 | 518 | 466 | 54 | 106 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 50 | 164 | .227 | .305 | .309 | .614 | 144 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Burrows | 113 | 449 | 404 | 59 | 97 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 128 | .240 | .300 | .356 | .656 | 144 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Cornelius Drew | 76 | 312 | 288 | 31 | 82 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 76 | .285 | .328 | .354 | .682 | 102 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Steve Moore | 117 | 417 | 342 | 48 | 76 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 54 | 6 | 3 | 64 | 103 | .222 | .346 | .357 | .703 | 122 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Luis Lagunas | 112 | 412 | 345 | 49 | 72 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 102 | .209 | .333 | .359 | .693 | 124 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Nick Van Lue | 84 | 327 | 276 | 33 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 57 | .217 | .324 | .380 | .705 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ted Parks | 44 | 201 | 180 | 29 | 59 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 26 | .328 | .390 | .417 | .807 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pete Duncan | 62 | 236 | 217 | 26 | 52 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 61 | .240 | .297 | .406 | .702 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Les Roos | 49 | 215 | 177 | 28 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 29 | .254 | .373 | .288 | .661 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Don Wright | 70 | 203 | 181 | 27 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 37 | .249 | .315 | .315 | .630 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Prieto | 59 | 150 | 131 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 47 | .183 | .273 | .267 | .541 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Pete Cappelli | 29 | 85 | 81 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .210 | .235 | .296 | .532 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ken O'Donnell | 22 | 77 | 67 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | .224 | .325 | .254 | .578 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Whisman | 36 | 46 | 44 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .250 | .244 | .273 | .517 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Terry Schofield | 11 | 39 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .176 | .282 | .206 | .488 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary DeBenedetti | 12 | 36 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .172 | .273 | .207 | .480 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Norm Angelini | 21 | 49 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .135 | .267 | .189 | .456 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jim Snyder | 10 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .200 | .360 | .200 | .560 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jon Warden | 27 | 45 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .103 | .205 | .128 | .333 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steven Myers | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Hofferd | 24 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .111 | .172 | .148 | .321 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Willie Sanders | 33 | 35 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .097 | .152 | .097 | .248 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Isom | 12 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Hansen | 36 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Chlan | 13 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Art Demery | 12 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Martin Downen | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Gambero | 12 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .053 | .100 | .053 | .153 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ike Brookens | 30 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .040 | .077 | .040 | .117 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Smith | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jorge Rivera | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Doug Bird | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joe Karp | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Murray | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1573 | 5128 | 4481 | 573 | 1044 | 147 | 39 | 84 | 486 | 84 | 48 | 526 | 1222 | .233 | .317 | .339 | .656 | 1521 | 0 | 40 | 44 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Van Lue | 1B | 82 | 691 | 34 | 7 | 54 | .990 | 8.841 | ||||
| Steve Moore | 1B | 46 | 395 | 17 | 11 | 22 | .974 | 8.957 | ||||
| Luis Lagunas | 1B | 14 | 102 | 10 | 2 | 7 | .982 | 8.000 | ||||
| Pete Duncan | 1B | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Les Roos | 2B | 45 | 89 | 120 | 6 | 17 | .972 | 4.644 | ||||
| Ted Parks | 2B | 44 | 97 | 132 | 9 | 24 | .962 | 5.205 | ||||
| Don Wright | 2B | 22 | 28 | 50 | 5 | 5 | .940 | 3.545 | ||||
| Ken O'Donnell | 2B | 17 | 23 | 45 | 3 | 7 | .958 | 4.000 | ||||
| Luis Lagunas | 2B | 15 | 32 | 38 | 2 | 12 | .972 | 4.667 | ||||
| Luis Lagunas | 3B | 73 | 54 | 111 | 9 | 9 | .948 | 2.260 | ||||
| Pete Duncan | 3B | 59 | 31 | 120 | 12 | 8 | .926 | 2.559 | ||||
| Don Wright | 3B | 13 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .808 | 1.615 | ||||
| Thomas Crichton | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Robert Burrows | 3B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Robert Burrows | C | 107 | 836 | 83 | 27 | 6 | .971 | 8.589 | 23 | |||
| Pete Cappelli | C | 22 | 175 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .990 | 8.773 | 8 | |||
| Terry Schofield | C | 11 | 77 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.636 | 4 | |||
| Jorge Rivera | C | 3 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 6.667 | 1 | |||
| James Smith | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Crichton | OF | 131 | 259 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .989 | 2.023 | ||||
| John Nelson | OF | 119 | 157 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .976 | 1.378 | ||||
| Cornelius Drew | OF | 75 | 106 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .965 | 1.480 | ||||
| Steve Moore | OF | 58 | 96 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .936 | 1.776 | ||||
| Michael Prieto | OF | 32 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .942 | 1.531 | ||||
| Don Wright | OF | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Jim Snyder | OF | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Guy Hansen | P | 35 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .314 | ||||
| Jimmy Whisman | P | 34 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .882 | ||||
| Ike Brookens | P | 30 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .885 | .767 | ||||
| Jon Warden | P | 27 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 1.000 | ||||
| Willie Sanders | P | 27 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 3 | .848 | 1.037 | ||||
| John Hofferd | P | 24 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .500 | ||||
| Norm Angelini | P | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steven Myers | P | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Greg Chlan | P | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Darrell Gambero | P | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gary DeBenedetti | P | 12 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Art Demery | P | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Curtis Isom | P | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Steve Nielsen | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Chuck Murray | P | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .250 | ||||
| Joe Karp | P | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Martin Downen | P | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Doug Bird | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Lloyd Lightfoot | SS | 134 | 190 | 389 | 46 | 57 | .926 | 4.321 | ||||
| Don Wright | SS | 3 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 6.000 | ||||
| Les Roos | SS | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Ted Parks | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Luis Lagunas | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1462 | 3605 | 1429 | 187 | 240 | .964 | 3.443 | 36 | 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.
