1970 Wichita Aeros Statistics
Team Record: 67-73
Finished 4th in the AA's West Division
Manager: Ken Aspromonte (67-73)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 256,824, Avg. 3,669
The Wichita Aeros of the American Association ended the 1970 season with a record of 67 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Aeros scored 655 runs and yielded 646 runs. Richie Scheinblum paced Wichita with 24 home runs, while John Lowenstein walloped 15 or more also. Richie Scheinblum recorded 84 runs batted in. Chris Chambliss topped all regular batters with a .342 average. Vince Colbert led the team with 8 wins, and Jim Rittwage recorded a 3.63 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Bob Kaiser, Ted Ford, Del Bates, Pedro González, Steve Mingori, Larry Burchart, Frank Coggins, Jim Rittwage, Cap Peterson, Dick Tidrow, Phil Hennigan, Ed Farmer, Chris Chambliss, Rick Austin, Richie Scheinblum, Bob Allen, Billy Rohr, Ken Suarez, Jack Brohamer, Tommie Sisk, Frank Baker, Vince Colbert, Mike Paul, John Lowenstein, Jerry Hinsley, Lou Camilli and Steve Hargan were all players from the 1970 Wichita Aeros who played in the Majors during their careers.
Ken Aspromonte 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Colbert | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.53 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 64.0 | 49 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Braxton | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.38 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 80.0 | 78 | 35 | 30 | 6 | 39 | 7 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Larry Burchart | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.84 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 117 | 74 | 57 | 11 | 61 | 5 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Paul | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 71.0 | 60 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Rittwage | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.63 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 134.0 | 119 | 66 | 54 | 13 | 71 | 5 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ray Miller | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.67 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 98.0 | 94 | 49 | 40 | 7 | 46 | 6 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ed Farmer | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.02 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121.0 | 114 | 64 | 54 | 9 | 70 | 6 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Rick Austin | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.44 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 43 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Hargan | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.74 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 58 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dick Tidrow | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.10 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 99 | 49 | 47 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tommie Sisk | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.07 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55.0 | 63 | 38 | 31 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jacinto Camacho | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.47 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57.0 | 60 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Phil Hennigan | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8.00 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 41 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill James | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.62 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16.0 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Zuber | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.47 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 66 | 44 | 31 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Billy Rohr | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.36 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 45 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Hinsley | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.36 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 34 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Richie Scheinblum | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Mingori | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.29 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Allen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.85 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kaiser | 0 | 5 | .000 | 3.86 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 46 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 73 | .479 | 4.00 | 384 | 140 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 27 | 1207.0 | 1237 | 646 | 537 | 100 | 571 | 61 | 844 | 36 | 5 | 42 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richie Scheinblum | 133 | 543 | 460 | 79 | 155 | 32 | 3 | 24 | 84 | 4 | 8 | 72 | 54 | .337 | .424 | .576 | 1.000 | 265 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Chris Chambliss | 105 | 436 | 383 | 60 | 131 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 46 | 62 | .342 | .412 | .483 | .895 | 185 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ted Ford | 106 | 405 | 383 | 63 | 125 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 57 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 71 | .326 | .351 | .473 | .823 | 181 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Lou Camilli | 100 | 434 | 386 | 50 | 113 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 40 | .293 | .360 | .409 | .769 | 158 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| John Lowenstein | 108 | 438 | 369 | 69 | 109 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 52 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 64 | .295 | .394 | .515 | .909 | 190 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Mike Carruthers | 102 | 354 | 324 | 32 | 102 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 56 | .315 | .361 | .438 | .799 | 142 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Frank Baker | 108 | 380 | 341 | 50 | 97 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 46 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 72 | .284 | .348 | .466 | .815 | 159 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Pedro González | 90 | 359 | 329 | 36 | 89 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 35 | .271 | .312 | .365 | .677 | 120 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Cap Peterson | 101 | 333 | 288 | 52 | 84 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 29 | .292 | .369 | .392 | .762 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken Suarez | 84 | 307 | 269 | 24 | 81 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 28 | .301 | .381 | .416 | .797 | 112 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Edward Southard | 70 | 231 | 205 | 30 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 23 | .234 | .304 | .322 | .626 | 66 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Johnny Scruggs | 59 | 148 | 131 | 28 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 38 | .267 | .338 | .565 | .903 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jack Brohamer | 40 | 166 | 146 | 24 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | .233 | .313 | .336 | .649 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Luis Isaac | 52 | 160 | 135 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 30 | .222 | .333 | .244 | .578 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Del Bates | 21 | 77 | 65 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .277 | .390 | .385 | .774 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Rittwage | 35 | 48 | 48 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .208 | .208 | .229 | .438 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Burchart | 27 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .281 | .273 | .281 | .554 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Gary Sprague | 19 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .250 | .333 | .278 | .611 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frank Coggins | 25 | 51 | 47 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .191 | .255 | .213 | .468 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Hargan | 14 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .286 | .318 | .381 | .699 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Zuber | 12 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Farmer | 23 | 47 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .095 | .136 | .095 | .232 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rick Austin | 6 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .176 | .250 | .176 | .426 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Hinsley | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jacinto Camacho | 37 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommie Sisk | 20 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Paul | 10 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .087 | .192 | .130 | .323 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ray Miller | 56 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .077 | .077 | .115 | .192 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kaiser | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phil Hennigan | 7 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Braxton | 32 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .056 | .105 | .111 | .216 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Tidrow | 19 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .038 | .071 | .038 | .110 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Billy Rohr | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vince Colbert | 28 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .105 | .000 | .105 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill James | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Mingori | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Boyles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Allen | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1716 | 5265 | 4660 | 655 | 1319 | 216 | 37 | 113 | 586 | 60 | 60 | 484 | 798 | .283 | .351 | .418 | .769 | 1948 | 0 | 28 | 51 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Carruthers | 1B | 88 | 688 | 57 | 4 | 55 | .995 | 8.466 | ||||
| Chris Chambliss | 1B | 48 | 323 | 18 | 6 | 25 | .983 | 7.104 | ||||
| Cap Peterson | 1B | 25 | 162 | 20 | 2 | 16 | .989 | 7.280 | ||||
| Pedro González | 2B | 87 | 184 | 246 | 14 | 50 | .968 | 4.943 | ||||
| Edward Southard | 2B | 53 | 102 | 117 | 6 | 26 | .973 | 4.132 | ||||
| Jack Brohamer | 2B | 7 | 15 | 25 | 1 | 4 | .976 | 5.714 | ||||
| Frank Coggins | 2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ken Suarez | 2B | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 14.000 | ||||
| John Lowenstein | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Boyles | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Lowenstein | 3B | 72 | 61 | 132 | 8 | 14 | .960 | 2.681 | ||||
| Cap Peterson | 3B | 39 | 27 | 59 | 8 | 6 | .915 | 2.205 | ||||
| Jack Brohamer | 3B | 20 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 2.100 | ||||
| Gary Sprague | 3B | 10 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .871 | 2.700 | ||||
| Frank Coggins | 3B | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Pedro González | 3B | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Lou Camilli | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Mike Carruthers | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ken Suarez | C | 83 | 537 | 68 | 9 | 9 | .985 | 7.289 | 3 | |||
| Luis Isaac | C | 50 | 242 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .992 | 5.220 | 10 | |||
| Del Bates | C | 21 | 140 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .987 | 7.095 | 6 | |||
| Richie Scheinblum | OF | 127 | 215 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .946 | 1.795 | ||||
| Ted Ford | OF | 101 | 182 | 10 | 5 | 5 | .975 | 1.901 | ||||
| Frank Baker | OF | 96 | 185 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .985 | 2.031 | ||||
| Chris Chambliss | OF | 64 | 90 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .930 | 1.453 | ||||
| Johnny Scruggs | OF | 39 | 57 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .938 | 1.538 | ||||
| Cap Peterson | OF | 22 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| John Lowenstein | OF | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.125 | ||||
| Ray Miller | P | 56 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .250 | ||||
| Jacinto Camacho | P | 37 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .351 | ||||
| Jim Rittwage | P | 32 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .968 | .938 | ||||
| Jim Braxton | P | 32 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .469 | ||||
| Vince Colbert | P | 28 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Larry Burchart | P | 27 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .778 | ||||
| Ed Farmer | P | 23 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 1 | .932 | 1.783 | ||||
| Tommie Sisk | P | 20 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .950 | ||||
| Dick Tidrow | P | 18 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.556 | ||||
| Steve Mingori | P | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Bill James | P | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .267 | ||||
| Ronald Zuber | P | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Mike Paul | P | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Bob Kaiser | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Jerry Hinsley | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Steve Hargan | P | 9 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.778 | ||||
| Bob Allen | P | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Billy Rohr | P | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 1.000 | ||||
| Phil Hennigan | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Rick Austin | P | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.667 | ||||
| Richie Scheinblum | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Lou Camilli | SS | 96 | 161 | 289 | 27 | 53 | .943 | 4.688 | ||||
| John Lowenstein | SS | 30 | 51 | 86 | 5 | 13 | .965 | 4.567 | ||||
| Jack Brohamer | SS | 13 | 25 | 29 | 6 | 6 | .900 | 4.154 | ||||
| Frank Coggins | SS | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .792 | 4.750 | ||||
| Cap Peterson | SS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1605 | 3622 | 1490 | 162 | 305 | .969 | 3.185 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
