1969 Williamsport Astros Statistics
Team Record: 39-36
Finished 4th in the NYPL
Manager: Billy Smith (39-36)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bowman Field 1924-
Attendance: 41,581, Avg. 1,109
The Williamsport Astros of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1969 season with a record of 39 wins and 36 losses, finishing fourth in the NYPL.
The Astros scored 380 runs and gave up 339 runs. Larry Mansfield led Williamsport with 21 home runs and accounted for 51 RBI. Donnie McLaughlin topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .335 clip. Chuck Taylor paced the team with 7 wins, while Kim Hillstrom recorded a 2.09 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Jay Schlueter played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Williamsport Astros to do so.
Billy Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Taylor | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.64 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 | 56 | 32 | 22 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Matthew Rosiek | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.60 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 83.0 | 79 | 34 | 24 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kim Hillstrom | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.09 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 69.0 | 48 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Lehman | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.56 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 101.0 | 116 | 53 | 40 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Eric Bedenkop | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.75 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 60 | 42 | 29 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Russ Rothermel | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25.0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Carlos Alfonso | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 40 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Nick Radakovic | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.79 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 40 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Richard Hicks | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.54 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 39.0 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Roy McAlister | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.75 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Roy Shrawder | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Grant | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Wolger | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.65 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Barnes | 0 | 3 | .000 | 10.80 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.0 | 44 | 41 | 36 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 39 | 36 | .520 | 3.55 | 139 | 75 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 633.0 | 608 | 339 | 250 | 38 | 286 | 12 | 470 | 19 | 1 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie McLaughlin | 63 | 274 | 242 | 50 | 81 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 17 | .335 | .391 | .434 | .825 | 105 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Lambert Ford | 64 | 282 | 233 | 48 | 68 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 43 | 36 | .292 | .396 | .399 | .796 | 93 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Larry Mansfield | 63 | 276 | 226 | 46 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 61 | .288 | .413 | .611 | 1.024 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Peffle | 68 | 272 | 236 | 34 | 61 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 40 | .258 | .343 | .318 | .661 | 75 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Johnson | 69 | 290 | 232 | 40 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 53 | 43 | .254 | .396 | .336 | .732 | 78 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gordon Allen | 63 | 231 | 202 | 25 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 59 | .257 | .343 | .391 | .735 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Martin Cott | 54 | 214 | 190 | 23 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 31 | .237 | .304 | .358 | .662 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jay Schlueter | 48 | 214 | 183 | 29 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 42 | .240 | .330 | .355 | .685 | 65 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Shane Hummell | 40 | 154 | 147 | 15 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 27 | .259 | .276 | .313 | .589 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bob McRoberts | 54 | 193 | 151 | 25 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 29 | .238 | .396 | .351 | .747 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Patrick O'Keefe | 34 | 100 | 86 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | .221 | .323 | .291 | .614 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Wade | 53 | 121 | 89 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 38 | .202 | .387 | .303 | .690 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Nick Radakovic | 8 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .500 | .550 | .722 | 1.272 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Alfonso | 20 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .242 | .306 | .303 | .609 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Baasse | 15 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | .233 | .478 | .267 | .745 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Eric Bedenkop | 14 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .333 | .333 | .444 | .778 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Howard | 8 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .261 | .370 | .435 | .805 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Taylor | 17 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .227 | .292 | .227 | .519 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| George Wolger | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .400 | .571 | .400 | .971 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kim Hillstrom | 11 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Lehman | 16 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy McAlister | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .750 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matthew Rosiek | 13 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Russ Rothermel | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Barnes | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Hicks | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Andy Williams | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 843 | 2897 | 2450 | 380 | 635 | 90 | 19 | 51 | 302 | 62 | 12 | 378 | 515 | .259 | .358 | .374 | .732 | 916 | 0 | 14 | 31 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Mansfield | 1B | 61 | 497 | 28 | 14 | 39 | .974 | 8.607 | ||||
| Gary Wade | 1B | 16 | 104 | 5 | 4 | 10 | .965 | 6.812 | ||||
| Donnie McLaughlin | 2B | 61 | 133 | 156 | 8 | 29 | .973 | 4.738 | ||||
| Patrick O'Keefe | 2B | 11 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.909 | ||||
| James Baasse | 2B | 7 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .970 | 4.571 | ||||
| Robert Peffle | 3B | 63 | 50 | 110 | 17 | 6 | .904 | 2.540 | ||||
| Patrick O'Keefe | 3B | 6 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 4 | .850 | 2.833 | ||||
| Carlos Alfonso | 3B | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .800 | 3.000 | ||||
| Andy Williams | 3B | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jimmy Johnson | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Martin Cott | C | 48 | 307 | 20 | 10 | 0 | .970 | 6.812 | 7 | |||
| Shane Hummell | C | 30 | 190 | 22 | 6 | 1 | .972 | 7.067 | 7 | |||
| Lambert Ford | OF | 62 | 104 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .950 | 1.823 | ||||
| Gordon Allen | OF | 58 | 85 | 6 | 7 | 2 | .929 | 1.569 | ||||
| Jay Schlueter | OF | 47 | 99 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .972 | 2.191 | ||||
| Bob McRoberts | OF | 44 | 59 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .925 | 1.409 | ||||
| Gary Howard | OF | 8 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| Shane Hummell | OF | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Robert Peffle | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Carlos Alfonso | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chuck Taylor | P | 17 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .765 | ||||
| Richard Hicks | P | 17 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 4 | .950 | 1.118 | ||||
| Thomas Lehman | P | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Eric Bedenkop | P | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .357 | ||||
| Matthew Rosiek | P | 13 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 2.385 | ||||
| Carlos Alfonso | P | 13 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
| Kim Hillstrom | P | 10 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Kenneth Barnes | P | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Nick Radakovic | P | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Roy McAlister | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| George Wolger | P | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Russ Rothermel | P | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Grant | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Roy Shrawder | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jimmy Johnson | SS | 67 | 133 | 177 | 24 | 37 | .928 | 4.627 | ||||
| Patrick O'Keefe | SS | 7 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 3.857 | ||||
| James Baasse | SS | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .762 | 3.200 | ||||
| Totals | 757 | 1899 | 748 | 131 | 149 | .953 | 3.497 | 14 | 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.
