1969 Waterloo Hawks Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 52-72
Finished 8th in the MWL
Manager: Rollie Hemsley (52-72)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 30,267, Avg. 488

1969 Waterloo Hawks Roster

The Waterloo Hawks of the Midwest League ended the 1969 season with a record of 52 wins and 72 losses, finishing eighth in the MWL.

The Hawks scored 492 runs and allowed 620 runs. Jim Dugan led Waterloo with 16 home runs Nick Van Lue drove in 67 runs. Ted Parks topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .307. Gary DeBenedetti and Joe Karp paced the squad with 10 wins each, while Gary DeBenedetti registered a 2.89 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Lance Clemons played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Waterloo Hawks to do so.

Rollie Hemsley 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
Gary DeBenedetti	10	3	.769	2.89	22	15		9	2	3	109.0	93	45	35	6	41	4	61	1	1	12
Joe Karp	10	5	.667	3.18	22	21		11	2	0	147.0	138	67	52	13	49	2	101	5	0	3
Bob Lawson	7	8	.467	4.07	24	19		7	1	2	115.0	104	68	52	5	80	3	79	8	0	4
Greg Chlan	5	0	1.000	2.30	18	0		0	0	4	47.0	39	17	12	2	22	0	41	2	0	6
Steve Sharp	4	11	.267	5.50	21	18		4	0	0	103.0	114	73	63	15	67	2	62	3	0	7
Paul Walton	3	2	.600	5.62	10	4		0	0	0	32.0	43	25	20	6	3	0	19	2	1	0
John Floyd	3	4	.429	3.49	28	0		0	0	9	49.0	54	33	19	1	20	5	48	1	0	5
Rex Hein	3	6	.333	4.21	13	11		1	0	0	62.0	62	44	29	6	42	2	56	3	0	4
Fred Pounders	2	6	.250	6.18	20	9		1	0	0	51.0	44	46	35	2	49	1	49	2	0	7
Larry Largent	1	0	1.000	4.00	5	0		0	0	0	9.0	11	7	4	2	6	1	11	2	0	2
Frank Ward	1	2	.333	9.00	6	2		0	0	0	14.0	20	18	14	1	12	1	3	0	0	0
Martin Downen	1	5	.167	5.02	7	7		3	0	0	43.0	47	33	24	2	33	2	35	2	0	6
Jimmy Whisman	1	6	.143	3.84	21	3		0	0	1	61.0	67	37	26	5	22	2	45	0	1	5
Joe Nunn	1	6	.143	4.79	9	8		2	0	0	47.0	44	32	25	5	26	1	34	6	2	2
Terry Williams	0	0			1	0		0	0	0	0.0	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
George Nichols	0	0		4.00	4	1		0	0	1	9.0	8	4	4	0	6	0	13	1	0	2
Jerry Cole	0	0		45.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	5	6	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Jackson Chandler	0	1	.000	7.00	4	0		0	0	0	9.0	15	9	7	2	4	0	7	0	0	0
Bruce Morrison	0	1	.000	8.50	10	0		0	0	0	18.0	20	19	17	2	11	0	12	2	0	3
Whitey Reid	0	2	.000	3.00	6	1		0	0	0	12.0	13	8	4	2	10	0	8	1	1	0
Wade Kleckley	0	4	.000	6.12	8	5		0	0	0	25.0	31	25	17	2	19	0	18	0	0	4
Totals	52	72	.419	4.37	260	124	0	38	5	20	963.0	976	620	468	79	524	26	704	41	6	73	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
Ted Parks	110	437	410	59	126	25	3	7	56	21	5	20	39	.307	.339	.434	.773	178		1	3	3
Nick Van Lue	118	421	370	56	107	23	0	13	67	5	1	45	44	.289	.362	.457	.819	169		0	1	5
George Nichols	113	391	355	42	100	15	2	5	36	18	5	27	74	.282	.339	.377	.717	134		5	2	2
Les Roos	118	487	387	73	100	14	2	1	42	30	7	96	33	.258	.406	.313	.719	121		1	2	1
Jim Dugan	91	328	282	37	82	11	2	16	53	8	4	38	40	.291	.373	.514	.887	145		2	1	5
Don Wright	81	280	257	39	67	6	0	1	16	8	1	13	32	.261	.298	.296	.594	76		2	5	3
Lloyd Lightfoot	78	267	227	20	57	6	1	0	20	3	0	33	34	.251	.350	.286	.636	65		3	1	3
John Nelson	84	308	268	40	54	7	1	5	20	5	7	30	75	.201	.289	.291	.581	78		4	4	2
Lance Clemons	67	211	186	29	51	10	1	5	27	0	2	21	52	.274	.360	.419	.780	78		4	0	0
Terry Schofield	78	227	197	22	42	12	1	0	21	2	1	25	44	.213	.302	.284	.586	56		1	2	2
Dave Ginn	45	130	110	22	24	3	1	6	15	1	0	19	28	.218	.338	.427	.766	47		1	0	0
Bob Brown	34	121	104	14	16	4	0	2	11	2	2	14	25	.154	.250	.250	.500	26		0	1	2
Ralph Wells	14	48	48	2	10	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	16	.208	.208	.250	.458	12		0	0	0
John Marshall	22	64	54	4	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	9	8	.185	.302	.241	.542	13		0	1	0
Steve Graham	14	34	30	4	7	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	8	.233	.294	.300	.594	9		0	0	1
Jorge Rivera	10	28	24	5	6	2	1	0	1	2	0	2	4	.250	.321	.417	.738	10		1	0	1
Gary DeBenedetti	22	43	33	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	9	.182	.308	.212	.520	7		0	4	0
Joe Karp	22	57	55	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	22	.109	.140	.109	.249	6		0	0	0
Jerry Cole	17	29	23	2	5	1	1	1	6	0	0	6	8	.217	.379	.478	.858	11		0	0	0
Steve Sharp	21	35	32	5	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	9	.156	.182	.250	.432	8		0	2	0
Rex Hein	13	20	18	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	.222	.300	.222	.522	4		0	0	0
Joe Pfaff	11	35	31	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	.129	.229	.129	.358	4		0	0	0
Jimmy Whisman	25	22	22	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.136	.136	.182	.318	4		0	0	0
Paul Walton	10	12	10	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	.200	.273	.300	.573	3		0	1	0
Fred Pounders	20	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.182	.250	.182	.432	2		0	0	0
Martin Downen	8	15	12	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.167	.231	.250	.481	3		0	2	0
Greg Chlan	18	14	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.154	.154	.154	.308	2		0	1	0
Joe Nunn	11	17	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	2		0	1	0
Wade Kleckley	8	10	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.333	.143	.476	1		1	1	0
John Floyd	28	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.091	.167	.091	.258	1		0	0	0
Ralph Stewart	10	15	12	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.083	.200	.167	.367	2		0	0	1
Dennis Maley	11	29	25	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	7	.040	.172	.160	.332	4		0	0	0
Bob Lawson	24	40	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	26	.029	.056	.029	.084	1		0	4	0
Jackson Chandler	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Frank Ward	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Larry Largent	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Whitey Reid	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Bruce Morrison	10	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1388	4213	3689	494	907	151	16	64	416	107	37	428	693	.246	.326	.348	.674	1282	0	26	39	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Nick Van Lue	1B	108	852	48	14	83	.985	8.333
Lance Clemons	1B	11	90	2	1	8	.989	8.364
Jerry Cole	1B	8	32	4	1	0	.973	4.500
Jim Dugan	1B	2	14	2	1	1	.941	8.000
Ralph Stewart	1B	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.000
Les Roos	2B	114	259	291	30	66	.948	4.825
Joe Pfaff	2B	10	21	33	1	5	.982	5.400
Don Wright	2B	4	1	7	0	2	1.000	2.000
Ted Parks	2B	3	5	4	0	1	1.000	3.000
Jim Dugan	3B	76	62	110	25	19	.873	2.263
Ted Parks	3B	24	14	46	8	4	.882	2.500
John Marshall	3B	20	14	18	9	0	.780	1.600
Dennis Maley	3B	9	8	17	5	3	.833	2.778
Steve Graham	3B	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Terry Schofield	C	68	410	42	8	7	.983	6.647	20
Dave Ginn	C	35	168	21	9	4	.955	5.400	12
Don Wright	C	24	116	13	4	2	.970	5.375	5
Jorge Rivera	C	9	45	11	4	1	.933	6.222	3
George Nichols	OF	106	133	9	16	3	.899	1.340
Ted Parks	OF	82	166	10	5	2	.972	2.146
John Nelson	OF	76	110	3	3	1	.974	1.487
Lance Clemons	OF	46	51	4	3	0	.948	1.196
Bob Brown	OF	32	40	2	4	0	.913	1.312
Don Wright	OF	14	17	1	1	0	.947	1.286
Ralph Wells	OF	12	25	0	1	0	.962	2.083
Jim Dugan	OF	11	19	4	2	1	.920	2.091
Ralph Stewart	OF	3	2	0	2	0	.500	.667
Whitey Reid	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
John Floyd	P	28	1	9	4	1	.714	.357
Bob Lawson	P	24	6	17	1	1	.958	.958
Joe Karp	P	22	8	28	2	0	.947	1.636
Gary DeBenedetti	P	22	1	18	1	1	.950	.864
Jimmy Whisman	P	21	4	14	1	2	.947	.857
Steve Sharp	P	21	0	13	0	0	1.000	.619
Fred Pounders	P	20	0	5	1	0	.833	.250
Greg Chlan	P	18	5	9	1	0	.933	.778
Rex Hein	P	13	7	9	4	0	.800	1.231
Paul Walton	P	10	0	8	0	0	1.000	.800
Bruce Morrison	P	10	0	7	0	1	1.000	.700
Joe Nunn	P	9	3	7	3	0	.769	1.111
Wade Kleckley	P	8	0	2	1	0	.667	.250
Martin Downen	P	7	3	13	0	0	1.000	2.286
Frank Ward	P	6	0	5	0	0	1.000	.833
Whitey Reid	P	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	.167
Larry Largent	P	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	.400
George Nichols	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Jackson Chandler	P	4	0	3	0	0	1.000	.750
Terry Williams	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jerry Cole	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Lloyd Lightfoot	SS	78	100	219	35	38	.901	4.090
Don Wright	SS	32	43	92	10	11	.931	4.219
Steve Graham	SS	9	9	17	6	4	.812	2.889
Les Roos	SS	4	8	10	0	1	1.000	4.500
Ted Parks	SS	2	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.500
Totals		1296	2883	1215	227	273	.948	3.162	40	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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