1970 Eugene Emeralds

1970 > Class AAA > 1970 Pacific Coast League (North)
Overall: 66-80
Scored 732 runs, Allowed 743 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-74

Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies-NL
Manager: Lou Kahn and Bob Wellman
Represented: Eugene, OR
Ballpark: Civic Stadium (Eugene, OR)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1969 / 1971

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Ruben Amaro	34	106	386	310	54	72	11	3	2	17	9	0	66	31	.232	.367	.306	.673	95	1	7	2
2	Del Bates*	30	49	151	127	21	38	8	2	4	18	0	0	21	31	.299	.404	.488	.892	62	2	0	1
3	Bill Champion	22	24	65	61	7	14	1	1	1	4	0	0	1	13	.230	.242	.328	.570	20	0	3	0
4	Mike Compton	25	27	102	88	8	17	1	0	2	8	0	0	13	15	.193	.297	.273	.570	24	0	1	0
5	Stirling Coward	27	69	120	113	13	26	3	1	0	7	2	1	5	8	.230	.261	.274	.535	31	0	1	1
6	Larry Cox	22	16	46	40	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	8	.125	.239	.125	.364	5	0	0	0
7	Chico DeCastris*	28	100	425	378	74	109	16	2	19	52	5	7	36	62	.288	.359	.492	.851	186	7	2	2
8	John Francis	24	4	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0	0
9	Oscar Gamble*	20	28	117	108	26	32	7	2	1	8	5	0	6	14	.296	.328	.426	.754	46	0	1	2
10	Gerald Herron	27	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0
11	Mike Jackson*	24	32	70	58	9	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	30	.034	.138	.069	.207	4	1	5	0
12	John Jagutis#	25	2	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
13	Jeff James	28	34	58	55	4	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	23	.127	.143	.182	.325	10	0	2	0
14	Robert Kelly*	25	27	76	73	7	19	4	0	0	4	1	2	3	6	.260	.289	.315	.605	23	0	0	0
15	Gordon Knutson*	25	21	18	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	5	.077	.294	.077	.371	1	0	1	0
16	Gerald Lanning*	20	18	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.143	.200	.143	.343	2	0	1	0
17	Bill Laxton*	22	9	13	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.182	.308	.182	.490	2	0	0	0
18	Joe Lis	23	139	590	487	102	158	24	5	36	107	6	3	89	84	.324	.429	.616	1.045	300	5	2	7
19	Al McBean	32	7	13	13	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.385	.538	5	0	0	0
20	Hank McGraw	27	98	355	306	52	93	22	2	16	59	1	4	38	62	.304	.381	.546	.927	167	4	1	6		Stats for 2 teams
21	Stump Merrill*	26	55	142	111	12	29	4	0	0	12	1	1	27	12	.261	.418	.297	.716	33	3	1	0
22	Jerry Messerly#	27	60	20	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	.188	.316	.188	.503	3	0	1	0
23	Willie Montanez*	22	119	492	434	65	120	24	9	16	80	2	1	44	66	.276	.347	.484	.831	210	6	2	6
24	Jack Nutter	28	29	41	37	1	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	10	.216	.293	.270	.563	10	0	0	0
25	Sam Parrilla	27	67	245	224	31	74	12	2	3	34	0	0	17	38	.330	.377	.442	.819	99	1	1	2
26	Bobby Pfeil	26	96	417	371	55	103	16	4	6	36	4	0	27	27	.278	.332	.391	.723	145	5	10	4
27	Al Raffo	28	15	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	0	0
28	Scott Reid*	23	79	319	253	56	74	10	6	14	46	6	7	59	61	.292	.434	.545	.979	138	5	1	1
29	Ken Reynolds*	23	37	87	77	5	17	2	1	1	8	2	0	4	14	.221	.256	.312	.568	24	0	5	1
30	Dale Roberts	28	11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0		Stats for 2 teams
31	Bill Schlesinger	28	29	69	58	4	11	2	0	0	4	4	1	10	22	.190	.304	.224	.528	13	0	0	1
32	Ed Sukla	27	39	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0		Stats for 2 teams
33	Jim Vopicka	26	136	539	482	64	123	21	4	14	63	7	5	45	101	.255	.322	.402	.725	194	4	5	3
34	John Vukovich	22	138	566	520	58	143	21	3	22	96	7	8	38	81	.275	.323	.454	.777	236	2	0	6
35	Fred Wenz	28	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	1	0
36	Bill Wilson	27	11	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	4	0	0	0
37	William Wolfe	27	19	13	13	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	.154	.154	.231	.385	3	0	0	0
	37 Players	25.5	146	5559	4837	732	1294	213	46	157	669	63	39	576	844	.268	.348	.428	.776	2070	46	55	45	64

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Bill Champion	22	8	11	.421	4.97	23	23		7	0	0	152.0	165	99	84	9	70	6	96	3	0	10	1.546	9.8	0.5	4.1	5.7	1.37
2	Stirling Coward	27	0	0		3.86	2	0		0	0	0	7.0	8	3	3	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1.429	10.3	0.0	2.6	2.6	1.00
3	Gerald Herron	27	1	0	1.000	0.00	4	0		0	0	1	7.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0.571	2.6	0.0	2.6	3.9	1.50
4	Mike Jackson*	24	8	10	.444	4.66	28	24		6	1	0	164.0	168	92	85	16	82	4	117	0	0	4	1.524	9.2	0.9	4.5	6.4	1.43
5	Jeff James	28	6	14	.300	5.94	34	26		4	2	2	156.0	182	121	103	8	79	5	99	13	0	13	1.673	10.5	0.5	4.6	5.7	1.25
6	Gordon Knutson*	25	2	5	.286	3.69	21	9		2	1	1	61.0	52	26	25	3	27	6	46	0	0	4	1.295	7.7	0.4	4.0	6.8	1.70
7	Gerald Lanning*	20	2	1	.667	5.65	18	7		0	0	0	51.0	61	36	32	11	24	0	17	1	0	1	1.667	10.8	1.9	4.2	3.0	0.71
8	Bill Laxton*	22	1	3	.250	5.59	9	9		0	0	0	37.0	36	24	23	0	32	0	39	5	1	4	1.838	8.8	0.0	7.8	9.5	1.22
9	Al McBean	32	3	3	.500	5.03	7	6		1	0	0	34.0	43	24	19	4	12	0	15	0	0	0	1.618	11.4	1.1	3.2	4.0	1.25
10	Jerry Messerly	27	7	8	.467	2.91	60	1		0	0	8	105.0	116	46	34	4	46	14	49	2	1	12	1.543	9.9	0.3	3.9	4.2	1.07
11	Jack Nutter	28	5	7	.417	4.24	26	11		1	1	1	104.0	118	70	49	9	30	3	53	3	1	2	1.423	10.2	0.8	2.6	4.6	1.77
12	Al Raffo	28	3	1	.750	6.14	15	0		0	0	0	22.0	27	20	15	3	16	4	7	3	1	4	1.955	11.0	1.2	6.5	2.9	0.44
13	Ken Reynolds*	23	13	10	.565	3.43	29	28		12	1	0	202.0	175	95	77	18	106	2	143	0	0	9	1.391	7.8	0.8	4.7	6.4	1.35
14	Dale Roberts*	28	0	2	.000	7.80	11	0		0	0	1	15.0	23	14	13	3	4	1	6	2	0	1	1.800	13.8	1.8	2.4	3.6	1.50	Stats for 2 teams
15	Ed Sukla	27	4	2	.667	4.42	39	0		0	0	4	55.0	63	28	27	5	9	2	29	2	0	0	1.309	10.3	0.8	1.5	4.7	3.22	Stats for 2 teams
16	Fred Wenz	28	1	1	.500	2.81	13	0		0	0	1	16.0	9	5	5	0	9	2	14	0	0	2	1.125	5.1	0.0	5.1	7.9	1.56
17	Bill Wilson	27	1	1	.500	5.85	11	0		0	0	2	20.0	27	15	13	2	13	1	17	0	0	3	2.000	12.2	0.9	5.8	7.6	1.31
18	William Wolfe	27	1	2	.333	6.60	19	2		0	0	1	45.0	62	34	33	6	17	3	30	3	0	4	1.756	12.4	1.2	3.4	6.0	1.76
	18 Players	25.6	66	80	.452	4.56	146	146	113	33	6	22	1246.0	1322	743	631	100	575	52	780	35	4	72	1.522	9.5	0.7	4.2	5.6	1.36

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Stump Merrill	41	176	21	1	2	.995	4.80	2
Del Bates	37	199	20	2	2	.991	5.92	9
Hank McGraw	36	200	18	7	1	.969	6.06	6	Stats for 2 teams
Mike Compton	27	149	12	3	1	.982	5.96	2
Larry Cox	15	62	6	1	1	.986	4.53	3
Bobby Pfeil	6	10	3	1	0	.929	2.17	2
John Francis	4	18	2	0	0	1.000	5.00	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Willie Montanez	100	813	65	4	98	.995	8.78
Hank McGraw	38	283	19	4	30	.987	7.95	Stats for 2 teams
Bobby Pfeil	15	100	1	1	10	.990	6.73
Stirling Coward	8	41	3	0	5	1.000	5.50
Joe Lis	3	25	1	1	4	.963	8.67
Sam Parrilla	3	15	0	2	3	.882	5.00
Ruben Amaro	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Del Bates	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Jim Vopicka	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.00
John Vukovich	1	2	0	0	1	1.000	2.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jim Vopicka	130	328	319	17	92	.974	4.98
Bobby Pfeil	15	25	20	3	8	.938	3.00
Stirling Coward	6	10	15	3	4	.893	4.17
Robert Kelly	5	14	9	1	4	.958	4.60

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
John Vukovich	138	122	334	22	29	.954	3.30
Bobby Pfeil	8	1	6	0	0	1.000	0.88
Stirling Coward	3	1	3	2	1	.667	1.33
Joe Lis	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.00
Hank McGraw	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	Stats for 2 teams

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ruben Amaro	104	142	300	26	66	.944	4.25
Bobby Pfeil	52	79	158	11	33	.956	4.56
Jim Vopicka	6	11	18	6	4	.829	4.83
John Jagutis	2	0	7	2	1	.778	3.50
Stirling Coward	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Lis	135	258	16	10	4	.965	2.03
Chico DeCastris	97	238	9	10	0	.961	2.55
Scott Reid	78	117	13	5	2	.963	1.67
Sam Parrilla	56	86	2	4	0	.957	1.57
Oscar Gamble	26	54	3	0	1	1.000	2.19
Bill Schlesinger	20	38	0	2	0	.950	1.90
Willie Montanez	16	29	1	1	0	.968	1.88
Bobby Pfeil	14	22	1	1	0	.958	1.64
Hank McGraw	13	23	1	3	1	.889	1.85	Stats for 2 teams
Stirling Coward	10	13	0	1	0	.929	1.30
Robert Kelly	10	26	0	2	0	.929	2.60

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jerry Messerly	60	10	9	3	3	.864	0.32
Ed Sukla	39	6	16	0	5	1.000	0.56	Stats for 2 teams
Jeff James	34	12	13	1	2	.962	0.74
Ken Reynolds	29	5	32	2	3	.949	1.28
Mike Jackson	28	8	18	1	2	.963	0.93
Jack Nutter	26	6	15	2	2	.913	0.81
Bill Champion	23	11	22	0	3	1.000	1.43
Gordon Knutson	21	3	8	0	0	1.000	0.52
William Wolfe	19	1	7	1	1	.889	0.42
Gerald Lanning	18	0	9	0	1	1.000	0.50
Al Raffo	15	3	8	0	0	1.000	0.73
Fred Wenz	13	0	4	0	0	1.000	0.31
Dale Roberts	11	1	2	1	0	.750	0.27	Stats for 2 teams
Bill Wilson	11	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.45
Bill Laxton	9	1	6	1	0	.875	0.78
Al McBean	7	6	9	0	1	1.000	2.14
Gerald Herron	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.50
Stirling Coward	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ruben Amaro	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jan 6, 1936	Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, MX
Del Bates	30	L	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jun 12, 1940	Seattle, WA, US
Bill Champion	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	188	Sep 18, 1947	Shelby, NC, US
Mike Compton	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Aug 15, 1944	Stamford, TX, US
Stirling Coward	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Nov 19, 1942
Larry Cox	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	178	Sep 11, 1947	Bluffton, OH, US
Chico DeCastris	28	L	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jun 5, 1942
John Francis	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Dec 15, 1945
Oscar Gamble	20	L	R	5' 11.0"	160	Dec 20, 1949	Ramer, AL, US
Gerald Herron	27	R	R	6' 5.0"	230	Nov 4, 1942
Mike Jackson	24	L	L	6' 3.0"	190	Mar 27, 1946	Paterson, NJ, US
John Jagutis	25	S	R	5' 10.0"	168	Jun 24, 1945
Jeff James	28	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Sep 29, 1941	Indianapolis, IN, US
Robert Kelly	25	L	R	5' 11.0"	170	Aug 9, 1944
Gordon Knutson	25	L	L	5' 9.0"	180	Feb 8, 1945
Gerald Lanning	20	L	L	6' 3.0"	190	Aug 4, 1949
Bill Laxton	22	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	Jan 5, 1948	Camden, NJ, US
Joe Lis	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Aug 15, 1946	Somerville, NJ, US
Al McBean	32	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	May 15, 1938	Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI
Hank McGraw	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	197	Jan 26, 1943	Oakland, CA, US
Stump Merrill	26	L	R	5' 8.0"	185	Feb 25, 1944	Brunswick, ME, US
Jerry Messerly	27	S	R	6' 2.0"	204	Nov 24, 1942	Fort Dodge, IA, US
Willie Montanez	22	L	L	6' 0.0"	170	Apr 1, 1948	Catano, PR
Jack Nutter	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Jun 19, 1942
Sam Parrilla	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jun 12, 1943	Santurce, PR
Bobby Pfeil	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Nov 13, 1943	Passaic, NJ, US
Al Raffo	28	R	R	6' 5.0"	210	Nov 27, 1941	San Francisco, CA, US
Scott Reid	23	L	R	6' 1.0"	195	Jan 7, 1947	Chicago, IL, US
Ken Reynolds	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Jan 4, 1947	Trevose, PA, US
Dale Roberts	28	R	L	6' 4.0"	180	Apr 12, 1942	Owenton, KY, US
Bill Schlesinger	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Nov 5, 1941	Cincinnati, OH, US
Ed Sukla	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Mar 3, 1943	Long Beach, CA, US
Jim Vopicka	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Jun 15, 1944
John Vukovich	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	187	Jul 31, 1947	Sacramento, CA, US
Fred Wenz	28	R	R	6' 3.0"	214	Aug 26, 1941	Bound Brook, NJ, US
Bill Wilson	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Sep 21, 1942	Pomeroy, OH, US
William Wolfe	27	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Jul 7, 1942

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