1970 GCL Pirates

1970 > Class Rookie > 1970 Gulf Coast League
Overall: 23-40
Scored 271 runs, Allowed 347 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 24-39

Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates-NL
Manager: Dick Cole
Represented: Bradenton, FL
Ballpark: n/a
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	John Bedard	17	4	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	1	0	0	0
2	Richard Berry*	19	40	139	120	13	23	0	2	2	13	0	0	15	35	.192	.288	.275	.563	33	2	0	2
3	Terry Bowman*	18	35	116	105	14	22	0	0	0	7	2	2	7	30	.210	.270	.210	.479	22	2	1	1
4	David Brown	19	11	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
5	Anthony Buckley	18	13	19	16	3	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.313	.421	.438	.859	7	1	0	0
6	Angel Cordova*	19	31	93	86	4	14	0	1	0	5	0	1	7	21	.163	.226	.186	.412	16	0	0	0
7	Lafayette Currence#	18	12	32	28	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.179	.258	.214	.472	6	0	1	0
8	Thomas Estrella*	17	9	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	1	0
9	Gary Gandy	18	49	207	161	29	45	7	1	1	15	5	3	34	21	.280	.415	.354	.769	57	6	2	4
10	Chester Gunter	17	7	18	11	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	6	5	.273	.529	.545	1.075	6	0	1	0
11	Wilson Hays	22	19	21	21	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	.190	.190	.190	.381	4	0	0	0
12	Theodia Johnson*	20	63	267	237	34	59	9	2	2	31	10	1	22	67	.249	.312	.329	.641	78	2	1	5
13	Gary Kelley	18	41	156	138	15	28	5	0	0	9	1	2	15	32	.203	.295	.239	.534	33	3	0	0
14	Manuel Mercedes	19	45	163	139	12	32	6	0	0	9	2	4	23	37	.230	.337	.273	.611	38	0	0	1
15	Heriberto Morillo	18	46	157	112	17	15	2	0	0	8	2	0	39	41	.134	.364	.152	.515	17	2	3	1
16	Clinton Olson	19	11	28	21	4	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	6	.286	.423	.381	.804	8	0	2	0
17	Dave Parker*	19	61	258	239	34	75	8	3	6	41	6	5	12	54	.314	.354	.448	.802	107	4	1	2
18	Jim Sadowski	18	5	18	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.188	.235	.188	.423	3	0	1	0
19	James Sanford	23	3	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	1	0
20	Edward Sarna	20	9	14	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.167	.286	.167	.452	2	0	0	0
21	Joseph Say	19	26	114	88	15	25	4	0	5	16	1	0	24	16	.284	.447	.500	.947	44	2	0	0
22	Craig Schade	20	12	11	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.000	.364	.000	.364	0	0	0	0
23	Jimmy Sexton	18	33	136	113	17	32	2	0	0	7	8	3	23	19	.283	.404	.301	.705	34	0	0	0
24	Dennis Slagle	19	4	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	0
25	Robert Stewart	18	41	172	149	24	38	4	1	0	12	2	1	19	14	.255	.339	.295	.634	44	1	1	2
26	Kenneth Waiss	18	13	16	15	0	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.200	.250	.333	.583	5	0	0	0
27	Kennon Whaley	20	13	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.133	.000	.133	0	0	0	0
28	Charles Yesenchak	18	50	165	144	21	30	3	1	3	21	0	0	15	54	.208	.305	.306	.610	44	5	1	0
	28 Players	18.7	63	2368	2019	271	473	57	11	20	210	39	23	284	499	.234	.335	.303	.638	612	30	17	18	12

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	John Bedard	17	0	0		5.54	4	4		0	0	0	13.0	15	8	8	0	10	0	5	1	0	3	1.923	10.4	0.0	6.9	3.5	0.50
2	Terry Bowman*	18	0	0		9.00	2	0		0	0	0	2.0	1	4	2	0	6	0	2	0	0	1	3.500	4.5	0.0	27.0	9.0	0.33
3	David Brown	19	0	1	.000	10.12	11	0		0	0	1	16.0	22	23	18	1	17	0	9	1	0	2	2.438	12.4	0.6	9.6	5.1	0.53
4	Anthony Buckley	18	3	4	.429	4.30	11	4		1	1	0	44.0	41	32	21	1	27	1	28	3	1	10	1.545	8.4	0.2	5.5	5.7	1.04
5	Lafayette Currence*	18	4	4	.500	2.45	8	8		6	0	0	66.0	56	34	18	1	32	0	70	2	0	8	1.333	7.6	0.1	4.4	9.5	2.19
6	Thomas Estrella*	17	0	2	.000	4.12	9	1		0	0	1	24.0	19	16	11	0	19	0	17	0	1	0	1.583	7.1	0.0	7.1	6.4	0.89
7	Chester Gunter	17	2	2	.500	4.15	7	7		1	0	0	39.0	34	25	18	1	25	0	48	3	0	7	1.513	7.8	0.2	5.8	11.1	1.92
8	Wilson Hays	22	0	2	.000	6.58	15	1		1	0	0	26.0	30	25	19	1	11	1	20	0	0	5	1.577	10.4	0.3	3.8	6.9	1.82
9	Clinton Olson	19	3	6	.333	3.14	10	10		5	0	0	66.0	66	37	23	0	24	2	39	6	0	4	1.364	9.0	0.0	3.3	5.3	1.63
10	Dave Parker	19	0	0		4.50	1	0		0	0	0	4.0	7	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.000	15.8	0.0	2.2	4.5	2.00
11	Jim Sadowski	18	3	1	.750	2.73	4	4		4	0	0	33.0	25	13	10	1	8	0	32	0	2	2	1.000	6.8	0.3	2.2	8.7	4.00
12	James Sanford	23	1	0	1.000	2.45	3	0		0	0	1	11.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0.818	6.5	0.0	0.8	9.0	11.00
13	Edward Sarna	20	2	1	.667	4.15	7	2		2	0	0	26.0	32	20	12	2	9	0	13	0	0	1	1.577	11.1	0.7	3.1	4.5	1.44
14	Craig Schade	20	2	4	.333	6.94	12	3		1	0	0	35.0	42	30	27	1	8	0	24	1	1	1	1.429	10.8	0.3	2.1	6.2	3.00
15	Dennis Slagle	19	1	2	.333	3.00	3	3		2	1	0	21.0	19	9	7	0	11	0	15	1	0	3	1.429	8.1	0.0	4.7	6.4	1.36
16	Kenneth Waiss	18	0	4	.000	4.79	12	11		0	0	1	47.0	64	35	25	0	19	0	39	0	1	6	1.766	12.3	0.0	3.6	7.5	2.05
17	Kennon Whaley	20	2	7	.222	3.53	13	5		2	0	0	51.0	53	31	20	2	28	2	37	3	2	2	1.588	9.4	0.4	4.9	6.5	1.32
	17 Players	18.9	23	40	.365	4.20	63	63	38	25	2	4	523.0	534	347	244	11	256	6	411	21	8	55	1.511	9.2	0.2	4.4	7.1	1.61

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
Manuel Mercedes	43		258	29	10	0	.966	6.67	18
Joseph Say	24		155	22	2	1	.989	7.38	12

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Terry Bowman	26	198	10	7	12	.967	8.00
Angel Cordova	24	168	8	6	12	.967	7.33
Richard Berry	17	125	8	1	6	.993	7.82
Joseph Say	3	15	0	0	0	1.000	5.00
Gary Gandy	1	9	2	0	1	1.000	11.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Robert Stewart	36	93	84	13	14	.932	4.92
Richard Berry	13	21	27	3	6	.941	3.69
Jimmy Sexton	8	11	14	6	2	.806	3.13
Heriberto Morillo	6	11	18	1	3	.967	4.83
Gary Gandy	3	11	4	0	0	1.000	5.00

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Theodia Johnson	63		76	131	20	9	.912	3.29
Jimmy Sexton	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Heriberto Morillo	36	58	82	31	10	.819	3.89
Jimmy Sexton	25	29	52	6	12	.931	3.24
Robert Stewart	6	7	8	3	0	.833	2.50
Richard Berry	3	1	3	3	0	.571	1.33
Wilson Hays	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dave Parker	61	91	10	8	0	.927	1.66
Gary Gandy	46	73	5	3	0	.963	1.70
Charles Yesenchak	45	52	7	3	1	.952	1.31
Gary Kelley	37	71	4	7	0	.915	2.03
Wilson Hays	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Richard Berry	2	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Terry Bowman	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50
Edward Sarna	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50
Anthony Buckley	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Heriberto Morillo	1	2	2	0	1	1.000	4.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Wilson Hays	15	3	6	2	0	.818	0.60
Kennon Whaley	13	5	11	3	0	.842	1.23
Craig Schade	12	1	8	0	0	1.000	0.75
Kenneth Waiss	12	0	9	1	0	.900	0.75
David Brown	11	1	2	1	0	.750	0.27
Anthony Buckley	11	2	8	2	0	.833	0.91
Clinton Olson	10	4	9	0	1	1.000	1.30
Thomas Estrella	9	1	6	1	0	.875	0.78
Lafayette Currence	8	1	12	2	1	.867	1.63
Chester Gunter	7	1	11	1	0	.923	1.71
Edward Sarna	7	1	7	2	0	.800	1.14
John Bedard	4	0	0	2	0	.000	0.00
Jim Sadowski	4	3	4	1	0	.875	1.75
James Sanford	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.33
Dennis Slagle	3	1	3	2	0	.667	1.33
Terry Bowman	2	0	0	0	0		0.00
Dave Parker	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
John Bedard	17	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Sep 9, 1952
Richard Berry	19	L	R	5' 11.0"	175	1951
Terry Bowman	18	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	1952
David Brown	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	170	1951
Anthony Buckley	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	1952
Angel Cordova	19	L	L	5' 11.0"	154	1951
Lafayette Currence	18	S	L	5' 11.0"	175	Dec 3, 1951	Rock Hill, SC, US
Thomas Estrella	17	L	L	5' 11.0"		1953
Gary Gandy	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	1952
Chester Gunter	17	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Oct 8, 1952
Wilson Hays	22	R	R	5' 9.0"	155	1948
Theodia Johnson	20	L	R	5' 10.0"	175	1950
Gary Kelley	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	1952
Manuel Mercedes	19	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	1951
Heriberto Morillo	18	R	R	5' 7.0"	162	Mar 15, 1952	Ocumare del Tuy, Miranda, VE
Clinton Olson	19	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	1951
Dave Parker	19	L	R	6' 5.0"	230	Jun 9, 1951	Grenada, MS, US
Jim Sadowski	18	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Aug 7, 1951	Pittsburgh, PA, US
James Sanford	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	182	1947
Edward Sarna	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	170	1950
Joseph Say	19	R	R			1951
Craig Schade	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	1950
Jimmy Sexton	18	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Dec 15, 1951	Mobile, AL, US
Dennis Slagle	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	1951
Robert Stewart	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	1952
Kenneth Waiss	18	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	1952
Kennon Whaley	20	R	R	6' 4.0"	180	1950
Charles Yesenchak	18	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	1952

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