1969 Wytheville Senators Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 31-35
Finished 4th in the AL's North Division
Manager: Dick Gernert (31-35)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Wytheville, Virginia
Ballpark: Withers Field
Attendance: 15,721, Avg. 476
1969 Wytheville Senators RosterTeam Record: 31-35
Finished 4th in the AL's North Division
Manager: Dick Gernert (31-35)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Wytheville, Virginia
Ballpark: Withers Field
Attendance: 15,721, Avg. 476
The Wytheville Senators of the Appalachian League ended the 1969 season with a record of 31 wins and 35 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Senators plated 418 runs and surrendered 433 runs. Jeff Burroughs accounted for 48 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .355 clip. Michael Pettit led the team with 6 wins, while Bruce Melton recorded a 3.6 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1969 Wytheville Senators who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Steve Foucault, Jeff Burroughs, Dave Moates and Pete Mackanin.
Dick Gernert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Pettit | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.38 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 77 | 37 | 35 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Ormond | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.06 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 70 | 42 | 28 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Fred Williams | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.60 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45.0 | 45 | 42 | 28 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Thomas Elgin | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.27 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 41.0 | 49 | 39 | 24 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Edwin Layman | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.01 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 80 | 55 | 44 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| John Dennington | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.20 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 74 | 52 | 37 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bruce Melton | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.60 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 63 | 38 | 24 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Ginter | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bill Bryk | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Schooff | 1 | 1 | .500 | 13.50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Vernon Saatzer | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Edward Hose | 0 | 6 | .000 | 7.88 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48.0 | 62 | 48 | 42 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Totals | 31 | 35 | .470 | 5.43 | 158 | 66 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 525.0 | 591 | 429 | 317 | 46 | 321 | 10 | 478 | 27 | 4 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Burroughs | 52 | 223 | 183 | 41 | 65 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 33 | .355 | .462 | .617 | 1.079 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jack Crable | 58 | 241 | 197 | 40 | 61 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 34 | .310 | .432 | .437 | .868 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Bottoms | 60 | 269 | 218 | 58 | 59 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 46 | 31 | .271 | .401 | .394 | .795 | 86 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Michael Robertson | 41 | 171 | 137 | 29 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 25 | .328 | .441 | .496 | .938 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Rickey Rogers | 40 | 150 | 141 | 26 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 30 | .284 | .327 | .461 | .788 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Mackanin | 45 | 173 | 162 | 22 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 43 | .241 | .281 | .407 | .688 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dave Moates | 27 | 109 | 101 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 12 | .337 | .376 | .515 | .891 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennie Hicks | 34 | 133 | 113 | 21 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 23 | .230 | .341 | .283 | .624 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Cleary | 52 | 129 | 101 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 30 | .238 | .391 | .287 | .678 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Eugene Lightford | 30 | 92 | 83 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 22 | .265 | .337 | .349 | .686 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Broseker | 35 | 79 | 67 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | .254 | .367 | .254 | .621 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Hancock | 28 | 80 | 63 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | .254 | .412 | .286 | .698 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Nigro | 20 | 77 | 63 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | .254 | .382 | .270 | .651 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Bradshaw | 17 | 59 | 51 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | .294 | .390 | .353 | .743 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Cott | 34 | 94 | 65 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 13 | .231 | .468 | .415 | .883 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Campos | 30 | 78 | 67 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .179 | .273 | .254 | .526 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Louis Ramos | 20 | 32 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .393 | .469 | .429 | .897 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Gifford | 8 | 35 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .286 | .429 | .500 | .929 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edwin Layman | 15 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .259 | .333 | .481 | .815 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Ormond | 9 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .316 | .409 | .316 | .725 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Adeimy | 6 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .261 | .370 | .348 | .718 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Farley Banks | 14 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .294 | .500 | .353 | .853 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Williams | 23 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .250 | .250 | .300 | .550 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Dennington | 13 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .190 | .320 | .190 | .510 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Pettit | 13 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .182 | .217 | .182 | .399 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Edward Hose | 15 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .250 | .471 | .250 | .721 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren McGarvey | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | 1.000 | 1.400 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Foucault | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Herzog | 29 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .100 | .333 | .100 | .433 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Bryk | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Ginter | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Elgin | 28 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .083 | .267 | .167 | .433 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Melton | 13 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .000 | .190 | .000 | .190 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vernon Saatzer | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Schooff | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 851 | 2520 | 2102 | 414 | 574 | 101 | 20 | 38 | 336 | 48 | 13 | 361 | 472 | .273 | .383 | .394 | .778 | 829 | 0 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Cleary | 1B | 42 | 198 | 4 | 5 | 15 | .976 | 4.810 | ||||
| Jeff Burroughs | 1B | 27 | 159 | 9 | 7 | 15 | .960 | 6.222 | ||||
| Mel Campos | 1B | 11 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 6.000 | ||||
| Louis Ramos | 1B | 5 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 6.400 | ||||
| Michael Robertson | 2B | 39 | 86 | 74 | 10 | 22 | .941 | 4.103 | ||||
| Rickey Rogers | 2B | 19 | 35 | 36 | 3 | 8 | .959 | 3.737 | ||||
| James Herzog | 2B | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 2.000 | ||||
| Thomas Adeimy | 2B | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Nigro | 2B | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| William Bradshaw | 2B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Pete Mackanin | 3B | 44 | 52 | 84 | 11 | 7 | .925 | 3.091 | ||||
| Joe Nigro | 3B | 15 | 13 | 31 | 6 | 1 | .880 | 2.933 | ||||
| William Bradshaw | 3B | 10 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .852 | 2.300 | ||||
| Edward Cott | C | 33 | 172 | 15 | 8 | 1 | .959 | 5.667 | 5 | |||
| Andy Hancock | C | 27 | 152 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .976 | 6.037 | 7 | |||
| Gordon Broseker | C | 11 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .963 | 4.727 | 17 | |||
| Roger Gifford | C | 7 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 1.429 | 5 | |||
| Farley Banks | C | 7 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 5.571 | 2 | |||
| Warren McGarvey | C | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | 2 | |||
| Eugene Lightford | C | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | |||
| James Bottoms | OF | 59 | 112 | 4 | 11 | 1 | .913 | 1.966 | ||||
| Jack Crable | OF | 56 | 64 | 5 | 10 | 0 | .873 | 1.232 | ||||
| Dave Moates | OF | 26 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .958 | 1.769 | ||||
| Jeff Burroughs | OF | 26 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 1.385 | ||||
| Gordon Broseker | OF | 23 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .783 | ||||
| Eugene Lightford | OF | 22 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .900 | 1.227 | ||||
| James Cleary | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Herzog | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Roger Gifford | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Elgin | P | 28 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Fred Williams | P | 23 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .261 | ||||
| Edward Hose | P | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .714 | ||||
| Michael Pettit | P | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bruce Melton | P | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Edwin Layman | P | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .692 | .692 | ||||
| John Dennington | P | 13 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Jerry Ginter | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .273 | ||||
| Bill Bryk | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Robert Ormond | P | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .786 | 1.222 | ||||
| Michael Schooff | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Vernon Saatzer | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Dennie Hicks | SS | 33 | 42 | 74 | 14 | 7 | .892 | 3.515 | ||||
| Rickey Rogers | SS | 20 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 10 | .804 | 2.250 | ||||
| Mel Campos | SS | 16 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 4 | .818 | 2.250 | ||||
| William Bradshaw | SS | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Farley Banks | SS | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Thomas Adeimy | SS | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .667 | 3.333 | ||||
| Totals | 773 | 1550 | 554 | 155 | 113 | .931 | 2.722 | 39 | 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.
