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1969 Duluth-Superior Dukes

1969 > Class Short-Season A > 1969 Northern League
Overall: 46-23
Scored 378 runs, Allowed 252 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 47-22

Affiliation: Chicago White Sox-AL
Manager: Pel Austin
Represented: Duluth, MN and Superior, WI
Ballpark: Wade Stadium (Duluth, MN)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1968 / 1970

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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Carl Champion 23 57 198 162 30 43 3 1 3 22 5 4 28 33 .265 .379 .352 .731 57 3 3 2
2 William Clark 21 60 240 189 41 54 9 2 7 28 9 0 41 43 .286 .413 .466 .878 88 2 5 3
3 Bill Cooper* 21 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0
4 Charlie Cromer 22 13 15 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .154 .154 .154 .308 2 0 2 0
5 Ronald Davini 22 66 272 243 34 67 8 3 4 47 2 0 18 31 .276 .330 .383 .712 93 3 5 3
6 Dennis Deck* 19 11 20 16 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .188 .188 .250 .438 4 0 4 0
7 Wayne Francingues 21 36 157 124 30 43 7 1 2 20 10 3 26 12 .347 .448 .468 .916 58 0 3 4
8 Thomas Fuller 20 11 20 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .118 .250 .118 .368 2 0 0 0
9 Willie Garrison* 24 17 15 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .308 .400 .308 .708 4 0 0 0
10 Robert Giesler 19 9 20 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .118 .211 .118 .328 2 0 1 0
11 Larry Held 22 27 67 59 5 13 2 1 0 7 1 0 5 13 .220 .292 .288 .580 17 1 2 0
12 Raymond Johnson 21 11 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
13 Larry Linville 22 34 133 114 29 40 4 2 1 20 1 0 17 22 .351 .432 .447 .879 51 0 1 1
14 James MacDonnell* 21 14 35 26 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 .154 .241 .154 .395 4 0 6 0
15 Ron Markowski 21 7 31 30 4 10 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 3 .333 .355 .467 .822 14 1 0 0
16 Len Massaro 19 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
17 Gregory Merkerson 21 56 198 183 24 46 5 4 4 30 0 0 13 37 .251 .299 .388 .687 71 0 1 1
18 Jim Mueller* 22 69 317 296 52 104 17 4 0 27 4 5 12 29 .351 .382 .436 .818 129 4 3 2
19 Richard Newhart 21 7 34 30 4 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 5 .133 .235 .133 .369 4 0 0 0
20 Steve O'Neill 22 11 33 28 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 .179 .281 .179 .460 5 1 1 0
21 Barry O'Sullivan 22 69 297 257 44 72 7 1 9 46 0 0 24 66 .280 .356 .420 .776 108 8 5 3
22 Stan Perzanowski# 18 14 26 23 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .130 .167 .174 .341 4 0 2 0
23 Rod Pommes 23 47 176 150 19 37 11 0 2 20 0 0 21 36 .247 .333 .360 .693 54 0 2 3
24 Glenn Redmon 21 2 9 9 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 2 0 0 0
25 Gary Reiten 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
26 James Roudebush* 23 16 42 32 7 8 1 3 1 5 3 0 10 9 .250 .429 .563 .991 18 0 0 0
27 Danny Rourke 21 11 33 28 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 .179 .273 .214 .487 6 0 0 1
28 Ross Sapp* 21 33 122 117 13 31 4 0 1 10 9 3 4 16 .265 .295 .325 .620 38 1 0 0
29 Stephen Spanich 22 16 41 38 6 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .237 .256 .237 .493 9 0 2 0
30 George Weimer 19 23 11 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 0 2 0
31 Ron Williams 21 28 80 71 9 20 3 1 0 12 5 0 8 16 .282 .354 .352 .707 25 0 1 0
32 Hugh Yancy 18 6 25 21 5 6 1 1 1 5 0 0 2 0 .286 .360 .571 .931 12 1 0 1
32 Players 21.6 69 2672 2317 378 641 89 24 35 319 50 17 254 438 .277 .351 .381 .732 883 25 51 25 8
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 BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Bill Cooper 21 0 0 6.43 3 1 0 0 0 7.0 11 6 5 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 2.429 14.1 0.0 7.7 7.7 1.00
2 Charlie Cromer 22 4 2 .667 3.21 13 2 0 0 1 42.0 39 22 15 2 21 2 34 2 1 0 1.429 8.4 0.4 4.5 7.3 1.62
3 Dennis Deck* 19 4 3 .571 3.74 11 11 4 2 0 53.0 37 24 22 2 49 0 41 3 0 3 1.623 6.3 0.3 8.3 7.0 0.84
4 Willie Garrison* 24 4 1 .800 2.41 17 2 1 0 0 41.0 38 14 11 3 11 0 34 0 0 2 1.195 8.3 0.7 2.4 7.5 3.09
5 Robert Giesler* 19 2 2 .500 2.94 9 7 2 0 0 52.0 47 18 17 1 22 0 38 2 0 1 1.327 8.1 0.2 3.8 6.6 1.73
6 Raymond Johnson 21 0 3 .000 6.26 11 2 0 0 1 23.0 25 19 16 3 9 0 16 1 1 4 1.478 9.8 1.2 3.5 6.3 1.78
7 James MacDonnell* 21 7 2 .778 2.79 14 12 7 1 1 87.0 72 34 27 7 37 0 78 2 0 3 1.253 7.4 0.7 3.8 8.1 2.11
8 Len Massaro 19 0 1 .000 2.57 4 1 0 0 0 7.0 8 5 2 0 6 1 6 2 1 0 2.000 10.3 0.0 7.7 7.7 1.00
9 Steve O'Neill 22 7 1 .875 2.68 11 10 4 0 0 74.0 62 32 22 1 23 2 41 3 0 3 1.149 7.5 0.1 2.8 5.0 1.78
10 Stan Perzanowski 18 4 4 .500 3.34 14 7 3 1 0 62.0 55 32 23 3 36 0 56 5 0 2 1.468 8.0 0.4 5.2 8.1 1.56
11 Gary Reiten 19 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1.750 9.0 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
12 Stephen Spanich 22 10 2 .833 2.41 15 14 9 5 1 101.0 78 33 27 2 50 0 93 4 0 3 1.267 7.0 0.2 4.5 8.3 1.86
13 George Weimer 19 4 2 .667 1.37 23 0 0 0 4 46.0 30 10 7 2 20 0 58 0 0 2 1.087 5.9 0.4 3.9 11.3 2.90
13 Players 20.6 46 23 .667 2.96 69 69 39 30 11 8 599.0 506 252 197 26 293 5 501 25 3 23 1.334 7.6 0.4 4.4 7.5 1.71

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Ronald Davini 65 500 49 14 6 .975 8.45 9
Carl Champion 4 12 2 0 0 1.000 3.50 1
Thomas Fuller 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 2

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Barry O'Sullivan 69 543 39 13 41 .978 8.43
Carl Champion 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
William Clark 32 74 91 7 18 .959 5.16
Gregory Merkerson 26 59 52 5 17 .957 4.27
Danny Rourke 8 16 18 2 2 .944 4.25
Richard Newhart 7 17 18 3 3 .921 5.00
Hugh Yancy 1 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rod Pommes 43 34 82 14 5 .892 2.70
William Clark 27 24 35 4 3 .937 2.19
Thomas Fuller 4 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.25
Glenn Redmon 2 4 3 0 0 1.000 3.50
Gregory Merkerson 1 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Wayne Francingues 35 49 74 12 17 .911 3.51
Gregory Merkerson 28 52 72 15 11 .892 4.43
Hugh Yancy 5 6 16 0 2 1.000 4.40
William Clark 2 2 6 0 0 1.000 4.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jim Mueller 69 136 8 8 0 .947 2.09
Carl Champion 48 83 7 3 2 .968 1.88
Larry Linville 32 45 2 2 0 .959 1.47
Ross Sapp 31 41 4 2 1 .957 1.45
Ron Williams 20 14 0 2 0 .875 0.70
Larry Held 17 17 1 2 1 .900 1.06
James Roudebush 11 17 1 1 0 .947 1.64
Ron Markowski 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
Thomas Fuller 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
George Weimer 23 1 8 2 0 .818 0.39
Willie Garrison 17 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.18
Stephen Spanich 15 8 10 1 2 .947 1.20
James MacDonnell 14 5 23 2 0 .933 2.00
Stan Perzanowski 14 4 11 4 1 .789 1.07
Charlie Cromer 13 3 6 0 0 1.000 0.69
Dennis Deck 11 1 7 0 1 1.000 0.73
Raymond Johnson 11 0 3 1 0 .750 0.27
Steve O'Neill 11 8 6 4 1 .778 1.27
Robert Giesler 9 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.44
Len Massaro 4 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bill Cooper 3 0 0 0 0 0.00
Gary Reiten 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Carl Champion 23 R R 6' 0.0" 190 1946
William Clark 21 R R 5' 10.0" 170 1948
Bill Cooper 21 L R 6' 2.0" 200 1948
Charlie Cromer 22 R R 5' 10.0" 175 1947
Ronald Davini 22 R R 5' 10.0" 185 May 5, 1947
Dennis Deck 19 L L 6' 0.0" 218 Feb 12, 1950
Wayne Francingues 21 R R 5' 11.0" 185 1948
Thomas Fuller 20 R R 5' 10.0" 190 1949
Willie Garrison 24 L L 6' 2.0" 178 1945
Robert Giesler 19 R L 6' 2.0" 190 1950
Larry Held 22 R R 6' 1.0" 180 1947
Raymond Johnson 21 R R 6' 1.0" 160 1948
Larry Linville 22 R R 6' 0.0" 180 1947
James MacDonnell 21 L L 6' 3.0" 185 Sep 3, 1947
Ron Markowski 21 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Sep 5, 1947 Pittsburgh, PA, US
Len Massaro 19 R R 6' 4.0" 165 1950
Gregory Merkerson 21 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Dec 29, 1947
Jim Mueller 22 L L 6' 0.0" 170 1947
Richard Newhart 21 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Jul 6, 1947 Santa Ana, CA, US
Steve O'Neill 22 R R 6' 0.0" 180 May 30, 1947 San Mateo, CA, US
Barry O'Sullivan 22 R R 6' 3.0" 190 1947
Stan Perzanowski 18 S R 6' 2.0" 170 Aug 25, 1950 East Chicago, IN, US
Rod Pommes 23 R R 6' 0.0" 180 1946
Glenn Redmon 21 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Jan 11, 1948 Detroit, MI, US
Gary Reiten 19 R R 6' 1.0" 185 1950
James Roudebush 23 L L 5' 10.0" 175 1946
Danny Rourke 21 R R 5' 8.0" 160 Oct 7, 1947
Ross Sapp 21 L R 5' 11.0" 175 1948
Stephen Spanich 22 R R 6' 5.0" 195 1947
George Weimer 19 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Oct 6, 1949
Ron Williams 21 R R 6' 2.0" 180 1948
Hugh Yancy 18 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Oct 16, 1950 Sarasota, FL, US

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