1970 St. Petersburg Cardinals Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 78-52
Finished 1st in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Joe Cunningham (78-52)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 104,485, Avg. 1,607
1970 St. Petersburg Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 78-52
Finished 1st in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Joe Cunningham (78-52)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 104,485, Avg. 1,607
Playoffs - St. Petersburg Cardinals 2 games, West Palm Beach Expos 1
Finals - Miami Marlins 2 games, St. Petersburg Cardinals 0
The St. Petersburg Cardinals of the Florida State League ended the 1970 season with a record of 78 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Cardinals tallied 489 runs and yielded 416 runs. Ken Reitz recorded 75 runs batted in and topped all regular batters by hitting .290. Buddy Smith led the squad with 13 wins, while Ron Ebner earned a 1.29 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1970 St. Petersburg Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ken Reitz, Bruce Von Hoff and Mike Tyson.
Joe Cunningham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Smith | 13 | 4 | .765 | 2.94 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 156.0 | 129 | 62 | 51 | 5 | 69 | 1 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Brandt | 11 | 11 | .500 | 2.09 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 194.0 | 160 | 65 | 45 | 6 | 57 | 4 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ron Ebner | 9 | 6 | .600 | 1.29 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 105.0 | 89 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Hansen | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.56 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 81.0 | 70 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ron Kinney | 8 | 9 | .471 | 2.82 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 131.0 | 137 | 60 | 41 | 5 | 54 | 2 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ted Hemenway | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.99 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68.0 | 47 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Wade Boyett | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.88 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 | 69 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Thomas Cole | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.00 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63.0 | 49 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Michael St. John | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.55 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 37 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Joe Fuller | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.00 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 43 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Benny Farley | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.00 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 81.0 | 79 | 38 | 27 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bruce Von Hoff | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.45 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Artie Brown | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.65 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 48 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jim Browning | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Volkening | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.00 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Price | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Charles Doggett | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 78 | 52 | .600 | 2.49 | 289 | 130 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 39 | 1144.0 | 1006 | 416 | 316 | 26 | 377 | 29 | 778 | 28 | 3 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Reitz | 127 | 545 | 513 | 51 | 149 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 38 | .290 | .309 | .394 | .702 | 202 | 0 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Russ Caldarella | 128 | 536 | 462 | 65 | 126 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 72 | 13 | 6 | 63 | 89 | .273 | .359 | .407 | .766 | 188 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Mike Tyson | 109 | 440 | 400 | 47 | 98 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 52 | .245 | .302 | .315 | .617 | 126 | 8 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Bartee | 115 | 432 | 366 | 55 | 88 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 52 | 48 | .240 | .343 | .301 | .643 | 110 | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Phil Trombino | 80 | 316 | 257 | 31 | 87 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 21 | .339 | .449 | .432 | .881 | 111 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Alfonso Mairena | 65 | 264 | 241 | 26 | 69 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 19 | .286 | .333 | .340 | .674 | 82 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Tony Auferio | 79 | 300 | 251 | 25 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 21 | .259 | .358 | .299 | .657 | 75 | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Bill Bright | 53 | 206 | 186 | 20 | 62 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | .333 | .387 | .425 | .812 | 79 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ray Colin | 84 | 228 | 192 | 21 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 39 | .208 | .316 | .250 | .566 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Butch Hairston | 44 | 152 | 140 | 17 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 24 | .279 | .325 | .321 | .646 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Nixon | 44 | 186 | 142 | 24 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 51 | .232 | .405 | .296 | .701 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Victor Diaz | 60 | 175 | 150 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | .200 | .264 | .213 | .477 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Mike McDonald | 28 | 96 | 82 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | .256 | .365 | .293 | .657 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Polcari | 37 | 103 | 91 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .231 | .320 | .352 | .672 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil O'Neil | 23 | 77 | 66 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | .242 | .351 | .348 | .699 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Kinner | 17 | 63 | 60 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .233 | .246 | .267 | .513 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Dews | 15 | 38 | 31 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .323 | .417 | .355 | .772 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Brandt | 30 | 74 | 59 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .153 | .194 | .153 | .346 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Smith | 28 | 64 | 60 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .133 | .148 | .150 | .298 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Scott Sulprizio | 10 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .269 | .406 | .308 | .714 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jorge Millan | 11 | 36 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .206 | .250 | .265 | .515 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy McEnderfer | 24 | 73 | 58 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | .103 | .288 | .121 | .408 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Barakat | 6 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .192 | .276 | .231 | .507 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wade Boyett | 14 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .179 | .179 | .179 | .357 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ron Kinney | 24 | 48 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .125 | .186 | .125 | .311 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Michael St. John | 9 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .385 | .333 | .718 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benny Farley | 21 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Fenton | 11 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .167 | .143 | .310 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ted Hemenway | 24 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Hansen | 30 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .120 | .185 | .120 | .305 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bart Bell | 13 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .107 | .265 | .143 | .408 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Driscoll | 17 | 30 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .107 | .167 | .107 | .274 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Collins | 11 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .100 | .206 | .233 | .439 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Cole | 24 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Artie Brown | 10 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .095 | .136 | .095 | .232 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Ebner | 57 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .095 | .130 | .095 | .226 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Pruett | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Volkening | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Sankey | 8 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Price | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Browning | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Fuller | 9 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Von Hoff | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1512 | 4878 | 4256 | 487 | 1055 | 135 | 38 | 26 | 422 | 49 | 36 | 451 | 640 | .248 | .325 | .316 | .641 | 1344 | 0 | 53 | 80 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Trombino | 1B | 65 | 523 | 29 | 10 | 46 | .982 | 8.492 | ||||
| Jerry Bartee | 1B | 43 | 279 | 25 | 5 | 21 | .984 | 7.070 | ||||
| Phil O'Neil | 1B | 18 | 121 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .992 | 6.944 | ||||
| Gary Collins | 1B | 10 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .988 | 8.200 | ||||
| Ken Reitz | 1B | 4 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .852 | 5.750 | ||||
| Victor Diaz | 2B | 46 | 120 | 93 | 4 | 19 | .982 | 4.630 | ||||
| Alfonso Mairena | 2B | 39 | 83 | 91 | 3 | 20 | .983 | 4.462 | ||||
| Mark Driscoll | 2B | 13 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .875 | 1.615 | ||||
| Bobby Dews | 2B | 9 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| Bart Bell | 2B | 9 | 21 | 24 | 4 | 6 | .918 | 5.000 | ||||
| Robert Sankey | 2B | 6 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .962 | 4.167 | ||||
| Gary Barakat | 2B | 6 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | .885 | 3.833 | ||||
| Mike Tyson | 2B | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .880 | 5.500 | ||||
| John Nixon | 2B | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.750 | ||||
| Jorge Millan | 2B | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ken Reitz | 3B | 124 | 128 | 240 | 23 | 15 | .941 | 2.968 | ||||
| Alfonso Mairena | 3B | 17 | 21 | 30 | 3 | 0 | .944 | 3.000 | ||||
| Russ Caldarella | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Tony Auferio | C | 77 | 469 | 59 | 9 | 0 | .983 | 6.857 | 3 | |||
| Mike McDonald | C | 26 | 146 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .976 | 6.308 | 9 | |||
| Timothy McEnderfer | C | 19 | 113 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 6.474 | 4 | |||
| Stanley Fenton | C | 10 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .824 | 2.800 | 1 | |||
| Scott Sulprizio | C | 9 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.778 | 2 | |||
| Russ Caldarella | OF | 127 | 303 | 7 | 8 | 0 | .975 | 2.441 | ||||
| Ray Colin | OF | 72 | 106 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .966 | 1.569 | ||||
| Jerry Bartee | OF | 63 | 108 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 1.778 | ||||
| Bill Bright | OF | 52 | 77 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .963 | 1.519 | ||||
| Butch Hairston | OF | 35 | 45 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .940 | 1.343 | ||||
| David Polcari | OF | 29 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.483 | ||||
| John Nixon | OF | 28 | 48 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .914 | 1.893 | ||||
| Ron Kinner | OF | 17 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.647 | ||||
| Phil Trombino | OF | 13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.692 | ||||
| Ron Ebner | P | 57 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .281 | ||||
| David Hansen | P | 30 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .667 | ||||
| Buddy Smith | P | 28 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .931 | .964 | ||||
| Mike Brandt | P | 26 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ted Hemenway | P | 24 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Thomas Cole | P | 24 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ron Kinney | P | 23 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .850 | .739 | ||||
| Benny Farley | P | 21 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .733 | .524 | ||||
| Wade Boyett | P | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Artie Brown | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Michael St. John | P | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .556 | ||||
| Joe Fuller | P | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Larry Volkening | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Charles Doggett | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Bruce Von Hoff | P | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jack Price | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Browning | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Tyson | SS | 104 | 166 | 268 | 32 | 46 | .931 | 4.173 | ||||
| Alfonso Mairena | SS | 15 | 20 | 36 | 3 | 8 | .949 | 3.733 | ||||
| John Nixon | SS | 11 | 17 | 40 | 12 | 5 | .826 | 5.182 | ||||
| Jorge Millan | SS | 8 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .907 | 4.875 | ||||
| Victor Diaz | SS | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Bobby Dews | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1433 | 3347 | 1241 | 186 | 233 | .961 | 3.202 | 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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