1969 Visalia Mets Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Roy McMillan (0-0), Chuck Estrada (0-0), Harry Minor (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 49,192, Avg. 703

1969 Visalia Mets Roster

Playoffs - Stockton Ports 2 games, Visalia Mets 1

The Visalia Mets of the California League ended the 1969 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the CL.

The Mets scored 773 runs, best in the league. Visalia conceded 677 runs, most in the circuit. Tom Robson led the team with 19 home runs, while Tim Foli, Tommy Moore and John Milner each walloped 15 or more also. Tommy Moore drove in 85 runs. John Milner paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .326 average. Don Rose topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.88 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Don Rose, Rich Hacker, Chuck Estrada, Charlie Williams, John Milner, Tom Robson, Tim Foli and Tommy Moore were all players from the 1969 Visalia Mets who played in the Majors during their careers.

Roy McMillan, Chuck Estrada and Harry Minor served as manager.

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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 Rose	13	6	.684	3.88	21	20		12	0	0	160.0	163	82	69	19	47	0	146	4	1	11
Chuck Estrada	9	3	.750	4.09	14	14		4	2	0	88.0	96	60	40	10	30	0	54	5	0	4
Byron Von Hoff	9	11	.450	4.63	23	18		7	0	0	136.0	170	88	70	18	27	2	103	4	2	6
Steven Christopher	7	2	.778	4.36	17	11		0	0	0	64.0	66	40	31	11	40	2	59	1	0	7
Joseph Fitzgerald	5	2	.714	3.83	29	0		0	0	4	54.0	52	31	23	9	32	1	61	3	0	7
Ray Allen	5	3	.625	1.72	25	1		0	0	10	47.0	34	10	9	2	16	1	53	1	1	6
Fred Reahm	5	3	.625	4.17	8	8		2	1	0	54.0	56	33	25	5	22	0	54	0	0	5
Terry Christman	5	4	.556	2.88	19	11		4	0	3	103.0	97	47	33	8	21	0	98	5	2	9
Jerry Perkins	5	4	.556	3.93	24	6		1	0	4	71.0	78	39	31	4	25	4	59	2	1	6
Ray Ewing	4	2	.667	4.36	12	12		1	0	0	66.0	73	40	32	10	28	0	71	2	0	8
Kit Putnam	3	0	1.000	1.59	16	0		0	0	2	34.0	24	8	6	1	15	0	14	0	0	3
Bruce Harkey	3	4	.429	4.84	22	14		1	0	0	93.0	116	61	50	14	27	0	86	7	2	9
Charlie Williams	3	6	.333	4.75	16	14		2	0	0	91.0	114	54	48	13	37	1	91	3	1	6
Jay Carden	2	3	.400	5.46	9	3		1	0	1	28.0	24	18	17	3	11	0	24	1	0	4
Allan Clements	1	0	1.000	2.16	5	4		0	0	0	25.0	21	9	6	1	10	1	23	1	0	2
Amador Alvarez	1	0	1.000	3.86	4	0		0	0	0	7.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	4	0	0	1
Tommy Moore	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Arsenio Diaz	0	0		3.60	3	0		0	0	0	5.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Gerald Hebert	0	1	.000	2.25	11	0		0	0	6	20.0	22	7	5	1	9	1	23	0	0	0
Scott Goodwin	0	1	.000	4.80	6	0		0	0	0	15.0	14	11	8	1	11	0	9	2	0	6
Al Dodson	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1		0	0	0	5.0	4	6	5	0	5	0	5	0	0	1
Frank Lolich	0	1	.000	9.00	5	0		0	0	2	5.0	5	5	5	0	4	0	4	0	0	0
Jerry Ray	0	3	.000	7.92	10	3		0	0	1	25.0	41	23	22	6	11	1	27	1	0	1
Totals	80	60	.571	4.06	301	140	0	35	3	33	1197.0	1280	677	540	137	431	14	1072	42	10	102	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
Terry DeWald	125	558	473	92	145	10	1	10	54	18	6	66	52	.307	.402	.395	.797	187		12	3	4
Terry Dailey	108	460	415	68	132	21	6	12	59	2	1	37	104	.318	.374	.484	.858	201		3	0	5
John Milner	111	476	393	90	128	20	4	15	63	9	3	78	61	.326	.441	.511	.953	201		4	0	1
Tommy Moore	117	483	438	69	125	15	4	16	85	23	5	33	105	.285	.335	.447	.783	196		4	0	8
Tim Foli	95	407	383	60	116	10	0	15	62	7	1	15	41	.303	.333	.446	.780	171		3	5	1
Tom Robson	77	324	288	49	90	10	3	19	79	0	1	29	85	.312	.373	.566	.939	163		2	0	5
Glenn Stitzel	83	271	244	35	76	8	0	1	30	1	4	22	28	.311	.373	.357	.730	87		2	3	0
David Nitschke	89	318	264	50	65	12	0	5	50	2	1	49	43	.246	.363	.348	.711	92		1	1	3
Mike Collins	74	262	226	23	60	6	3	3	43	0	1	33	57	.265	.355	.358	.713	81		0	0	3
Dennis Gilbert	56	208	166	32	43	4	1	2	10	8	4	38	33	.259	.397	.331	.728	55		0	4	0
Gary Hill	69	211	192	28	43	3	1	3	20	9	4	17	23	.224	.286	.297	.583	57		0	1	1
Steve McMillan	40	182	168	25	38	8	3	3	19	3	1	11	29	.226	.280	.363	.643	61		2	0	1
Kit Putnam	64	135	116	25	35	3	1	0	7	3	7	14	21	.302	.396	.345	.740	40		4	1	0
Tommy Williams	49	185	159	26	30	4	1	7	22	5	1	23	66	.189	.293	.358	.652	57		1	1	1
Arsenio Diaz	28	118	101	22	27	4	0	7	25	1	0	16	23	.267	.373	.515	.888	52		1	0	0
Rich Hacker	27	95	90	9	22	1	0	0	11	2	0	3	16	.244	.274	.256	.529	23		1	0	1
Byron Von Hoff	25	64	59	5	17	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	18	.288	.323	.339	.662	20		0	2	0
Don Rose	21	68	62	8	16	5	0	2	5	0	0	3	30	.258	.288	.435	.723	27		0	2	1
Gary King	23	51	45	7	13	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	14	.289	.373	.333	.706	15		0	0	0
Joseph Wall	25	63	59	4	12	3	0	1	5	1	0	4	22	.203	.254	.305	.559	18		0	0	0
Terry Christman	25	47	38	8	10	1	1	2	4	0	0	9	7	.263	.404	.500	.904	19		0	0	0
Mike Minster	13	28	22	6	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	5	4	.318	.464	.500	.964	11		1	0	0
Steven Chilcott	7	29	25	3	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	9	.280	.379	.280	.659	7		0	0	0
Jackie Adams	19	59	49	8	7	0	0	1	4	2	0	9	24	.143	.276	.204	.480	10		0	1	0
Chuck Estrada	14	36	32	4	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	12	.188	.235	.219	.454	7		1	2	0
Jerry Perkins	24	21	18	4	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	3	6	.278	.381	.500	.881	9		0	0	0
Steven Christopher	18	25	23	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.217	.250	.261	.511	6		0	1	0
Ray Ewing	12	26	25	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	9	.200	.200	.200	.400	5		0	1	0
Bruce Harkey	22	31	29	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	11	.172	.200	.172	.372	5		1	1	0
Larry Quinn	8	24	23	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	.174	.208	.174	.382	4		0	0	0
Charlie Williams	16	35	31	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.129	.152	.161	.313	5		0	2	1
Bill Cotton	2	7	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.500	.714	.500	1.214	2		1	0	0
Freddie Howard	4	11	5	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	.400	.727	.400	1.127	2		1	0	0
Joseph Fitzgerald	29	10	10	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.300	.500	3		0	0	0
Fred Reahm	8	20	19	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.105	.105	.105	.211	2		0	1	0
Scott Goodwin	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Jay Carden	9	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1		0	0	0
Allan Clements	5	9	9	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	.111	.111	.444	.556	4		0	0	0
Jerry Ray	10	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0	0
Al Dodson	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Amador Alvarez	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Gerald Hebert	11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
Ray Allen	25	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Totals	1598	5391	4734	773	1309	159	29	127	687	97	41	543	1018	.277	.354	.403	.757	1907	0	45	33	36	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Tom Robson	1B	76	535	27	10	63	.983	7.395
John Milner	1B	36	299	17	6	26	.981	8.778
Joseph Wall	1B	9	62	3	0	5	1.000	7.222
Arsenio Diaz	1B	9	62	3	0	6	1.000	7.222
Steven Chilcott	1B	7	50	3	2	1	.964	7.571
Glenn Stitzel	1B	6	36	1	0	3	1.000	6.167
Mike Minster	1B	3	10	1	3	0	.786	3.667
Freddie Howard	1B	3	17	1	0	2	1.000	6.000
David Nitschke	1B	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.000
Terry DeWald	2B	102	225	258	24	56	.953	4.735
Steve McMillan	2B	36	84	86	5	18	.971	4.722
Larry Quinn	2B	4	7	14	0	5	1.000	5.250
Glenn Stitzel	2B	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Terry Dailey	3B	103	77	165	27	12	.900	2.350
Glenn Stitzel	3B	33	28	47	6	3	.926	2.273
Steve McMillan	3B	5	3	8	1	0	.917	2.200
David Nitschke	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Arsenio Diaz	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
David Nitschke	C	81	601	49	9	10	.986	8.025	15
Mike Collins	C	67	463	35	13	5	.975	7.433	18
Mike Minster	C	5	35	1	0	0	1.000	7.200	1
Bill Cotton	C	2	17	1	0	0	1.000	9.000	1
Tommy Moore	OF	117	182	28	19	1	.917	1.795
John Milner	OF	75	89	9	7	0	.933	1.307
Gary Hill	OF	64	120	4	5	1	.961	1.938
Dennis Gilbert	OF	50	53	4	1	0	.983	1.140
Tommy Williams	OF	45	79	7	8	2	.915	1.911
Kit Putnam	OF	31	32	2	4	1	.895	1.097
Glenn Stitzel	OF	18	18	0	1	0	.947	1.000
Arsenio Diaz	OF	18	24	3	2	0	.931	1.500
Terry DeWald	OF	17	22	3	1	0	.962	1.471
Jackie Adams	OF	15	21	5	4	0	.867	1.733
Joseph Wall	OF	7	5	0	0	0	1.000	.714
David Nitschke	OF	4	3	0	0	0	1.000	.750
Freddie Howard	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Terry Dailey	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Joseph Fitzgerald	P	29	0	5	0	1	1.000	.172
Ray Allen	P	25	3	4	0	0	1.000	.280
Jerry Perkins	P	24	3	15	1	2	.947	.750
Byron Von Hoff	P	23	11	19	2	1	.938	1.304
Bruce Harkey	P	22	1	11	3	1	.800	.545
Don Rose	P	21	10	19	2	3	.935	1.381
Terry Christman	P	19	7	27	4	2	.895	1.789
Steven Christopher	P	17	2	9	2	0	.846	.647
Charlie Williams	P	16	7	12	1	1	.950	1.188
Kit Putnam	P	16	1	5	0	0	1.000	.375
Chuck Estrada	P	14	5	7	0	0	1.000	.857
Ray Ewing	P	12	1	6	0	0	1.000	.583
Gerald Hebert	P	11	0	5	1	0	.833	.455
Jerry Ray	P	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	.100
Jay Carden	P	9	0	7	2	1	.778	.778
Fred Reahm	P	8	1	2	1	0	.750	.375
Scott Goodwin	P	6	0	4	0	0	1.000	.667
Frank Lolich	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Allan Clements	P	5	0	7	0	0	1.000	1.400
Amador Alvarez	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Arsenio Diaz	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Tommy Moore	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Al Dodson	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Tim Foli	SS	93	154	280	36	72	.923	4.667
Rich Hacker	SS	27	43	85	13	12	.908	4.741
Gary King	SS	18	26	34	4	5	.938	3.333
Glenn Stitzel	SS	5	4	11	1	1	.938	3.000
Larry Quinn	SS	3	5	7	1	1	.923	4.000
Gary Hill	SS	2	4	4	0	1	1.000	4.000
Totals		1504	3560	1372	232	324	.955	3.279	35	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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