1969 Tri-City A's Statistics
Northwest League (NWL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 41-38
Finished 2nd in the NWL
Manager: Billy Herman (41-38)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Kennewick, Washington; Pasco, Washington; Richland, Washington
Ballpark: Sanders-Jacobs Field
Attendance: 28,586, Avg. 724
1969 Tri-City A's RosterTeam Record: 41-38
Finished 2nd in the NWL
Manager: Billy Herman (41-38)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Kennewick, Washington; Pasco, Washington; Richland, Washington
Ballpark: Sanders-Jacobs Field
Attendance: 28,586, Avg. 724
The Tri-City A's of the Northwest League ended the 1969 season with a record of 41 wins and 38 losses, finishing second in the NWL.
The A's plated 426 runs and allowed 501 runs, most in the circuit. Stephen Cooley accounted for 62 RBI. Tommy Sandt led hitters with significant playing time with a .317 average. Mike Heinitz and Don Stanhouse topped the team with 5 wins each, while Patrick Tatom recorded a 4.5 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1969 Tri-City A's who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Don Stanhouse, Charlie Chant, Steve Lawson and Tommy Sandt.
Billy Herman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Stanhouse | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.10 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 61.0 | 50 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Heinitz | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.48 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31.0 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Edward Harms | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.17 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 41.0 | 35 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Phillip Murnahan | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.11 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Wilson Rainer | 4 | 2 | .667 | 7.34 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 44 | 40 | 31 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Charles Sprinkle | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Hefferon | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.91 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 34.0 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Billy Swope | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.00 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Joseph Fair | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.24 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 38 | 35 | 16 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Edward Bacak | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.67 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 66 | 55 | 43 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Patrick Tatom | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.50 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80.0 | 83 | 55 | 40 | 12 | 58 | 0 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||
| David Rhodenbaugh | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Linehan | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russell Almquist | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.59 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 30 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fred Kampf | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.43 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 29 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chris Floethe | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.65 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 41 | 35 | 27 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jack Knutsen | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.06 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 52 | 47 | 33 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Steve Lawson | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.00 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 61 | 38 | 28 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 12 | ||
| William Fulginite | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 41 | 38 | .519 | 4.90 | 206 | 79 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 668.0 | 665 | 501 | 364 | 54 | 476 | 6 | 685 | 19 | 8 | 93 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Cooley | 76 | 323 | 264 | 43 | 83 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 49 | .314 | .427 | .462 | .889 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Tommy Sandt | 60 | 271 | 243 | 63 | 77 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 26 | 19 | .317 | .380 | .379 | .759 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Michael Marostica | 60 | 241 | 210 | 39 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 40 | .290 | .375 | .362 | .737 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Miguel Allende | 58 | 229 | 192 | 35 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 37 | .240 | .347 | .271 | .617 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Don Stanhouse | 53 | 191 | 165 | 19 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 34 | .267 | .337 | .364 | .700 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Orlando Reyes | 39 | 147 | 140 | 22 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 35 | .307 | .333 | .421 | .755 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Simeon Humes | 44 | 158 | 146 | 19 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 34 | .295 | .342 | .425 | .766 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Charles Chaney | 40 | 143 | 125 | 23 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 32 | .288 | .378 | .472 | .850 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Williamson | 49 | 166 | 146 | 21 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 34 | .247 | .321 | .336 | .657 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Charlie Chant | 37 | 125 | 111 | 25 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 27 | .270 | .344 | .360 | .704 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Coleman | 31 | 100 | 91 | 16 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .319 | .370 | .341 | .711 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Lucas | 49 | 151 | 115 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 34 | .243 | .411 | .322 | .732 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Peden | 33 | 100 | 91 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .253 | .320 | .462 | .782 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Williamson | 34 | 114 | 102 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 34 | .196 | .272 | .235 | .507 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Juan Acevedo | 29 | 97 | 81 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .198 | .295 | .247 | .542 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| David Texdahl | 15 | 55 | 49 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .306 | .382 | .388 | .770 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Capehart | 28 | 66 | 51 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 21 | .235 | .409 | .314 | .723 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Yingling | 20 | 73 | 63 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | .143 | .260 | .222 | .482 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Steele | 8 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .231 | .286 | .385 | .670 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Meier | 17 | 44 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | .176 | .341 | .206 | .547 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wilson Rainer | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .231 | .286 | .308 | .593 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guillermo Mercado | 6 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .231 | .375 | .231 | .606 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Tatom | 16 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .115 | .148 | .115 | .264 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alan Hefferon | 12 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Fair | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phillip Murnahan | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Knutsen | 13 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .133 | .176 | .200 | .376 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Lawson | 13 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .087 | .087 | .217 | .304 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Josue Candelaria | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Rhodenbaugh | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Heinitz | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Russell Almquist | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .143 | .429 | .571 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Floethe | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sam LeClair | 6 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .059 | .273 | .059 | .332 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ray Elder | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .182 | .000 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Fulginite | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Swope | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Sprinkle | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Harms | 23 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Bacak | 17 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| William Linehan | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Wynne | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Kampf | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 997 | 3064 | 2658 | 426 | 688 | 100 | 12 | 37 | 355 | 40 | 18 | 341 | 568 | .259 | .345 | .347 | .692 | 923 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Williamson | 1B | 43 | 290 | 27 | 13 | 14 | .961 | 7.372 | ||||
| Joseph Williamson | 1B | 26 | 191 | 5 | 13 | 9 | .938 | 7.538 | ||||
| Orlando Reyes | 1B | 17 | 84 | 6 | 1 | 8 | .989 | 5.294 | ||||
| Miguel Allende | 2B | 46 | 95 | 111 | 12 | 12 | .945 | 4.478 | ||||
| Robert Yingling | 2B | 20 | 44 | 44 | 2 | 5 | .978 | 4.400 | ||||
| Charlie Chant | 2B | 11 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 3 | .902 | 4.182 | ||||
| Tommy Sandt | 2B | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Ray Elder | 2B | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Bill Lucas | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Lucas | 3B | 33 | 23 | 37 | 19 | 1 | .759 | 1.818 | ||||
| Don Stanhouse | 3B | 31 | 35 | 51 | 13 | 4 | .869 | 2.774 | ||||
| Charlie Chant | 3B | 13 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 2 | .829 | 2.615 | ||||
| Juan Acevedo | 3B | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Ray Elder | 3B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Gary Coleman | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Josue Candelaria | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gary Coleman | C | 29 | 219 | 19 | 8 | 2 | .967 | 8.207 | 10 | |||
| Mike Peden | C | 27 | 202 | 37 | 3 | 2 | .988 | 8.852 | 7 | |||
| Charles Chaney | C | 21 | 168 | 14 | 11 | 0 | .943 | 8.667 | 18 | |||
| Juan Acevedo | C | 15 | 113 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .975 | 7.933 | 6 | |||
| Stephen Cooley | OF | 73 | 89 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .959 | 1.288 | ||||
| Michael Marostica | OF | 55 | 88 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .958 | 1.655 | ||||
| Simeon Humes | OF | 39 | 56 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .865 | 1.641 | ||||
| Orlando Reyes | OF | 22 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 1.045 | ||||
| David Texdahl | OF | 13 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.385 | ||||
| Charles Chaney | OF | 13 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .833 | 1.538 | ||||
| James Capehart | OF | 13 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Dick Meier | OF | 10 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.700 | ||||
| Lawrence Steele | OF | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Sam LeClair | OF | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Guillermo Mercado | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Juan Acevedo | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Edward Harms | P | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .391 | ||||
| Edward Bacak | P | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .353 | ||||
| Patrick Tatom | P | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .778 | .875 | ||||
| Phillip Murnahan | P | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .188 | ||||
| Mike Heinitz | P | 15 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Steve Lawson | P | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .615 | ||||
| Jack Knutsen | P | 13 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Chris Floethe | P | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .462 | ||||
| Don Stanhouse | P | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Alan Hefferon | P | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Wilson Rainer | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .455 | ||||
| Russell Almquist | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .444 | ||||
| Billy Swope | P | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| William Linehan | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Fair | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Fred Kampf | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Charles Sprinkle | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Rhodenbaugh | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Fulginite | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tommy Sandt | SS | 58 | 88 | 137 | 19 | 16 | .922 | 3.879 | ||||
| Charlie Chant | SS | 12 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1 | .818 | 2.250 | ||||
| Don Stanhouse | SS | 8 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Miguel Allende | SS | 7 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .938 | 4.286 | ||||
| Bill Lucas | SS | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 901 | 2008 | 729 | 183 | 92 | .937 | 3.038 | 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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