1969 Statesville/Monroe Indians Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 61-63
Finished 3rd in the WCL
Manager: Merrill May (61-63)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Monroe, North Carolina; Statesville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Walter Bickett Stadium, City Park (Stadium)
Attendance: 27,570, Avg. 445
1969 Statesville/Monroe Indians RosterTeam Record: 61-63
Finished 3rd in the WCL
Manager: Merrill May (61-63)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Monroe, North Carolina; Statesville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Walter Bickett Stadium, City Park (Stadium)
Attendance: 27,570, Avg. 445
The Statesville/Monroe Indians of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1969 season with a record of 61 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the WCL.Statesville (33-32) moved to Monroe June 20.
The Indians scored 614 runs and yielded 626 runs. Wayne Rankhorn accounted for 58 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .299. Michael Biko led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.07 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1969 Statesville/Monroe Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ed Farmer, Larry Johnson, Tom Kelley, Rob Belloir and Mark Ballinger.
Merrill May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Biko | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.07 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 132.0 | 113 | 65 | 45 | 8 | 75 | 2 | 72 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Bruce Killion | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.55 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 119.0 | 122 | 59 | 47 | 9 | 44 | 0 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Timothy Irish | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.87 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 135.0 | 134 | 69 | 58 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Crain | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.18 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 99.0 | 97 | 52 | 35 | 4 | 41 | 2 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Eddie Renfro | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 41 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill James | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.12 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48.0 | 47 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ed Farmer | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.87 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 44 | 39 | 30 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mark Ballinger | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.79 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 51 | 38 | 36 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Richard Schwartz | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.84 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Fay | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.62 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mac Crossan | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.83 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Billy Ray Palmer | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.33 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 54 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tex Henson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.30 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Perry Yearwood | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25.0 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tom Kelley | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.80 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.0 | 31 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Robert Love | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Keith MacDonald | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Boland | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Pompili | 0 | 0 | 7.65 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Michael Ellwood | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Parks | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Harper | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bill Kohl | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.55 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ron Butterfield | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.84 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31.0 | 38 | 36 | 27 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Don Gadbury | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 32.0 | 33 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 58 | 57 | .504 | 4.15 | 296 | 121 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 25 | 988.0 | 992 | 589 | 456 | 69 | 527 | 15 | 719 | 29 | 3 | 78 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Rankhorn | 105 | 438 | 381 | 76 | 114 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 32 | 6 | 46 | 50 | .299 | .382 | .417 | .799 | 159 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Frederick Smith | 96 | 385 | 331 | 70 | 91 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 46 | 7 | 45 | 51 | .275 | .366 | .344 | .711 | 114 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Clifford Lee | 82 | 341 | 297 | 57 | 87 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 38 | 78 | .293 | .378 | .444 | .822 | 132 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Nelson Peguero | 76 | 287 | 249 | 43 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 30 | 40 | .281 | .369 | .390 | .759 | 97 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Johnson | 83 | 296 | 249 | 30 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 38 | 38 | .269 | .359 | .357 | .717 | 89 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Mike Easom | 55 | 230 | 205 | 33 | 65 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 22 | .317 | .377 | .449 | .826 | 92 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Joseph Davis | 71 | 282 | 240 | 52 | 62 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 31 | 31 | .258 | .341 | .425 | .766 | 102 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Jack Sexton | 65 | 264 | 224 | 35 | 61 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 33 | .272 | .368 | .406 | .774 | 91 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Dan Covert | 88 | 305 | 260 | 27 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 60 | .231 | .334 | .315 | .650 | 82 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Rob Belloir | 58 | 230 | 195 | 19 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 22 | .226 | .301 | .246 | .547 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Mike Parks | 77 | 190 | 155 | 12 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 23 | .271 | .405 | .323 | .728 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Cichosz | 59 | 198 | 173 | 18 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 51 | .214 | .301 | .283 | .584 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Alvin McGrew | 51 | 182 | 161 | 23 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 57 | .211 | .298 | .335 | .634 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Bond | 40 | 151 | 141 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 33 | .213 | .265 | .305 | .570 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Harris | 38 | 149 | 130 | 15 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 31 | .200 | .289 | .300 | .589 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Phillip Bova | 35 | 121 | 96 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 17 | .229 | .383 | .302 | .685 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Roosevelt Turner | 31 | 80 | 70 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | .229 | .316 | .271 | .588 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Danson | 28 | 101 | 75 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 26 | .160 | .360 | .173 | .533 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mark Ballinger | 16 | 26 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .320 | .308 | .480 | .788 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Irish | 26 | 56 | 48 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .146 | .226 | .146 | .372 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Bogard | 12 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .217 | .250 | .217 | .467 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Killion | 32 | 49 | 44 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .114 | .152 | .136 | .289 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Michael Biko | 29 | 54 | 46 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .109 | .176 | .196 | .372 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bill James | 20 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .364 | .462 | .364 | .825 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Renfro | 7 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .211 | .250 | .211 | .461 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Crain | 23 | 39 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .094 | .194 | .094 | .288 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Perry Yearwood | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Kelley | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .222 | .200 | .222 | .422 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Sanders | 6 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .167 | .267 | .167 | .433 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ed Farmer | 10 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Schwartz | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tex Henson | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Gadbury | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Ray Palmer | 15 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Kohl | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Butterfield | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Pompili | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Fay | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mac Crossan | 10 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1434 | 4632 | 3985 | 610 | 993 | 135 | 34 | 56 | 522 | 160 | 44 | 510 | 795 | .249 | .339 | .342 | .681 | 1364 | 0 | 48 | 52 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Covert | 1B | 84 | 633 | 60 | 15 | 57 | .979 | 8.250 | ||||
| Mike Parks | 1B | 53 | 311 | 25 | 2 | 28 | .994 | 6.340 | ||||
| Jack Sexton | 1B | 11 | 82 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .978 | 7.909 | ||||
| Roosevelt Turner | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Phillip Bova | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Nelson Peguero | 2B | 55 | 127 | 159 | 18 | 28 | .941 | 5.200 | ||||
| Mike Easom | 2B | 49 | 99 | 134 | 6 | 31 | .975 | 4.755 | ||||
| Clifford Lee | 2B | 19 | 48 | 49 | 4 | 13 | .960 | 5.105 | ||||
| Wayne Danson | 2B | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Phillip Bova | 2B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Clifford Lee | 3B | 42 | 44 | 81 | 10 | 10 | .926 | 2.976 | ||||
| Harold Harris | 3B | 36 | 35 | 54 | 6 | 4 | .937 | 2.472 | ||||
| Frederick Smith | 3B | 31 | 28 | 44 | 8 | 5 | .900 | 2.323 | ||||
| Wayne Danson | 3B | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .714 | 1.429 | ||||
| Mike Easom | 3B | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 2.200 | ||||
| James Sanders | 3B | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 2.750 | ||||
| Jerry Bond | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Johnson | 3B | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Dan Covert | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Larry Johnson | C | 74 | 448 | 53 | 10 | 6 | .980 | 6.770 | 34 | |||
| Charles Cichosz | C | 52 | 294 | 39 | 8 | 2 | .977 | 6.404 | 5 | |||
| James Bogard | C | 7 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .907 | 5.571 | 2 | |||
| Roosevelt Turner | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Rankhorn | OF | 98 | 142 | 7 | 11 | 2 | .931 | 1.520 | ||||
| Joseph Davis | OF | 66 | 116 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .939 | 1.879 | ||||
| Frederick Smith | OF | 58 | 59 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .925 | 1.069 | ||||
| Jack Sexton | OF | 51 | 75 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .962 | 1.510 | ||||
| Alvin McGrew | OF | 49 | 115 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .976 | 2.510 | ||||
| Jerry Bond | OF | 35 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.686 | ||||
| Wayne Danson | OF | 16 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .895 | 2.125 | ||||
| Nelson Peguero | OF | 11 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .810 | 1.545 | ||||
| Dan Covert | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bruce Killion | P | 32 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .931 | .844 | ||||
| Timothy Irish | P | 26 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
| Michael Biko | P | 24 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .962 | 1.042 | ||||
| John Crain | P | 23 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .870 | ||||
| Bill James | P | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .450 | ||||
| Don Gadbury | P | 19 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .632 | ||||
| Billy Ray Palmer | P | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Keith MacDonald | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Butterfield | P | 14 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .357 | ||||
| Perry Yearwood | P | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .462 | ||||
| Richard Fay | P | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .077 | ||||
| Mark Ballinger | P | 12 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.417 | ||||
| Ed Farmer | P | 10 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| Mac Crossan | P | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Pompili | P | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Eddie Renfro | P | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Tom Kelley | P | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tex Henson | P | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Bill Kohl | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Robert Love | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Harper | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Richard Schwartz | P | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Tom Boland | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Parks | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Ellwood | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rob Belloir | SS | 58 | 103 | 168 | 11 | 30 | .961 | 4.672 | ||||
| Phillip Bova | SS | 30 | 33 | 76 | 12 | 17 | .901 | 3.633 | ||||
| Clifford Lee | SS | 22 | 28 | 55 | 3 | 7 | .965 | 3.773 | ||||
| Roosevelt Turner | SS | 20 | 24 | 39 | 7 | 6 | .900 | 3.150 | ||||
| Wayne Danson | SS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wayne Rankhorn | SS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Nelson Peguero | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1356 | 3088 | 1291 | 194 | 276 | .958 | 3.229 | 41 | 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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