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1969 Kingsport Royals

1969 > Class Rookie > 1969 Appalachian League (South)
Overall: 29-38
Scored 379 runs, Allowed 443 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 29-38

Affiliation: Kansas City Royals-AL
Manager: Adelbert Norwood
Represented: Kingsport, TN
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Park (Kingsport, TN)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 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 Robert Aurigemma 20 17 16 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0
2 Michael Ballantine* 18 14 21 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .053 .100 .053 .153 1 0 1 0
3 Russell Black* 21 9 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0
4 James Buzzard 17 16 37 34 1 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 8 .176 .243 .265 .508 9 0 0 0
5 James Cherwa# 19 14 7 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .429 .333 .762 2 0 0 0
6 Wayne Church 21 7 15 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .071 .133 .143 .276 2 0 0 0
7 Ronald Clark 18 11 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
8 Al Cowens 17 51 197 180 30 53 6 1 2 30 9 2 12 35 .294 .342 .372 .714 67 2 1 2
9 Arnold Cruet# 18 27 79 70 10 15 1 0 0 6 2 1 7 16 .214 .295 .229 .523 16 1 1 0
10 Thomas Gear 20 6 15 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .143 .200 .143 .343 2 0 0 0
11 Kim Giffoni 17 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
12 Steve Graham -- 9 25 23 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .217 .280 .261 .541 6 1 0 0
13 John Hodges 22 48 143 107 23 33 5 1 0 15 6 2 31 17 .308 .468 .374 .842 40 2 2 1
14 Gregory Kinder 17 8 9 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 0 0 0
15 James Loll 19 33 65 55 7 6 2 0 1 8 0 0 10 18 .109 .246 .200 .446 11 0 0 0
16 Thomas Luck 18 18 19 17 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .294 .333 .294 .627 5 0 1 0
17 Keith Marshall 17 57 242 218 39 76 14 1 1 24 14 1 19 35 .349 .402 .436 .837 95 1 3 1
18 Steven Moore* 20 64 252 210 41 64 15 0 4 39 15 5 39 31 .305 .417 .433 .850 91 2 0 1
19 A.C. Moseley 18 43 132 117 14 21 1 0 3 4 6 0 12 51 .179 .273 .265 .538 31 3 0 0
20 Larry Newton 18 37 112 98 15 19 3 0 2 12 1 0 13 32 .194 .286 .286 .571 28 0 0 1 Stats for 2 teams
21 John Pasierb 22 5 13 12 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .308 .333 .641 4 0 0 0
22 Joe Pfaff 22 8 14 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 .111 .429 .111 .540 1 0 0 0
23 Tom Pratt* 18 14 29 25 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .120 .185 .160 .345 4 0 2 0
24 Victor Price 18 48 186 168 25 41 10 2 7 28 6 2 17 47 .244 .312 .452 .764 76 0 0 1
25 Whitey Reid# 18 13 16 16 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .313 .313 .375 .688 6 0 0 0
26 Nathaniel Riggin 19 51 177 160 33 52 8 0 1 22 27 4 15 17 .325 .379 .394 .772 63 0 0 2
27 Jorge Rivera 18 47 150 140 17 39 9 0 1 15 2 3 4 20 .279 .307 .364 .671 51 3 0 3
28 James Smith 17 32 100 94 11 21 2 0 0 8 5 0 6 23 .223 .270 .245 .515 23 0 0 0
29 Hugh Waln* 18 40 123 103 19 22 0 1 2 14 8 3 19 17 .214 .333 .291 .625 30 0 0 1
30 Paul Walton 19 12 20 17 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .353 .450 .412 .862 7 0 0 0
31 Terry Williams 21 11 7 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .286 .429 2 0 0 0
32 Michael Yetter 19 18 48 41 5 10 1 0 0 8 0 0 5 8 .244 .354 .268 .622 11 2 0 0
33 Anthony Zontini 21 53 158 136 25 42 10 0 3 23 8 2 19 20 .309 .395 .449 .843 61 1 1 1
33 Players 18.6 67 2394 2105 379 554 93 7 27 269 109 26 244 503 .263 .343 .352 .695 742 19 12 14 2
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 Robert Aurigemma 20 4 5 .444 5.44 17 1 0 0 1 43.0 49 36 26 2 22 1 36 1 0 5 1.651 10.3 0.4 4.6 7.5 1.64
2 Michael Ballantine* 18 2 6 .250 4.02 14 10 1 1 0 65.0 70 43 29 2 25 0 55 1 0 3 1.462 9.7 0.3 3.5 7.6 2.20
3 Russell Black* 21 0 2 .000 1.80 9 3 0 0 1 25.0 20 13 5 1 7 0 15 0 1 2 1.080 7.2 0.4 2.5 5.4 2.14
4 James Cherwa 19 2 1 .667 3.77 14 1 0 0 1 31.0 28 18 13 0 15 2 26 0 0 0 1.387 8.1 0.0 4.4 7.5 1.73
5 Wayne Church 21 5 1 .833 3.14 7 6 4 0 0 43.0 46 23 15 1 8 0 30 0 0 4 1.256 9.6 0.2 1.7 6.3 3.75
6 Ronald Clark 18 0 2 .000 6.50 11 1 0 0 0 18.0 36 20 13 2 7 2 13 0 0 0 2.389 18.0 1.0 3.5 6.5 1.86
7 Kim Giffoni 17 1 1 .500 7.41 7 2 0 0 0 17.0 26 23 14 1 15 0 12 1 0 1 2.412 13.8 0.5 7.9 6.4 0.80
8 Gregory Kinder 17 0 1 .000 6.30 7 3 0 0 0 20.0 29 23 14 2 15 0 13 1 1 2 2.200 13.0 0.9 6.8 5.8 0.87
9 Thomas Luck* 18 2 4 .333 6.55 16 7 1 0 0 55.0 70 53 40 2 35 0 43 1 0 7 1.909 11.5 0.3 5.7 7.0 1.23
10 John Pasierb 22 4 0 1.000 1.64 4 3 3 0 0 33.0 23 9 6 1 4 0 28 0 0 0 0.818 6.3 0.3 1.1 7.6 7.00
11 Tom Pratt* 18 4 5 .444 3.50 14 13 3 1 0 72.0 55 35 28 4 36 1 101 0 1 3 1.264 6.9 0.5 4.5 12.6 2.81
12 Whitey Reid* 18 2 1 .667 5.77 13 5 0 0 0 39.0 42 26 25 1 29 0 35 3 0 3 1.821 9.7 0.2 6.7 8.1 1.21
13 Hugh Waln 18 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Paul Walton 19 3 4 .429 4.75 11 9 2 0 0 53.0 58 36 28 8 12 0 37 1 0 3 1.321 9.8 1.4 2.0 6.3 3.08
15 Terry Williams 21 0 3 .000 6.43 8 1 0 0 0 14.0 15 18 10 3 12 2 8 4 0 1 1.929 9.6 1.9 7.7 5.1 0.67
15 Players 18.9 29 38 .433 4.53 67 67 53 14 3 3 529.0 568 443 266 31 242 8 452 13 3 34 1.531 9.7 0.5 4.1 7.7 1.87

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
Jorge Rivera 43 242 16 6 0 .977 6.00 15
James Smith 28 145 8 4 1 .975 5.46 17
Thomas Gear 6 29 3 0 0 1.000 5.33 2
Terry Williams 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2
Anthony Zontini 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
A.C. Moseley 35 243 8 9 13 .965 7.17
James Loll 23 104 7 2 3 .982 4.83
Steven Moore 22 133 12 6 11 .960 6.59
John Hodges 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Nathaniel Riggin 44 85 96 7 14 .963 4.11
Larry Newton 16 31 26 4 2 .934 3.56 Stats for 2 teams
Arnold Cruet 11 12 11 4 2 .852 2.09
Joe Pfaff 7 1 9 0 1 1.000 1.43
James Buzzard 5 3 5 1 0 .889 1.60
Anthony Zontini 4 3 6 2 0 .818 2.25

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Al Cowens 32 22 40 3 3 .954 1.94
Anthony Zontini 26 18 40 14 4 .806 2.23
Michael Yetter 12 6 24 5 0 .857 2.50
Steve Graham 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 6.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Keith Marshall 18 13 28 10 3 .804 2.28
Larry Newton 17 11 27 5 2 .884 2.24 Stats for 2 teams
Al Cowens 16 25 45 13 8 .843 4.38
Arnold Cruet 12 16 24 8 4 .833 3.33
James Buzzard 10 6 8 8 2 .636 1.40
Steve Graham 7 11 7 2 1 .900 2.57

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Victor Price 47 61 6 6 0 .918 1.43
Steven Moore 44 50 1 4 0 .927 1.16
John Hodges 38 41 1 4 0 .913 1.11
Keith Marshall 37 62 7 5 1 .932 1.86
Hugh Waln 33 45 1 8 0 .852 1.39
A.C. Moseley 7 8 2 1 0 .909 1.43
Anthony Zontini 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
James Smith 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
Al Cowens 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Jorge Rivera 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Robert Aurigemma 17 2 6 1 0 .889 0.47
Thomas Luck 16 2 6 3 0 .727 0.50
Michael Ballantine 14 5 13 0 0 1.000 1.29
James Cherwa 14 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.36
Tom Pratt 14 2 10 0 0 1.000 0.86
Whitey Reid 13 1 7 2 0 .800 0.62
Ronald Clark 11 0 2 1 0 .667 0.18
Paul Walton 11 2 2 1 0 .800 0.36
Russell Black 9 0 4 2 0 .667 0.44
Terry Williams 8 1 2 2 0 .600 0.38
Wayne Church 7 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.86
Kim Giffoni 7 0 1 1 0 .500 0.14
Gregory Kinder 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.71
John Pasierb 4 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.50
Hugh Waln 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Robert Aurigemma 20 R R 6' 0.0" 160 May 22, 1949
Michael Ballantine 18 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Feb 15, 1951
Russell Black 21 L L 6' 0.0" 180 1948
James Buzzard 17 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jul 17, 1951
James Cherwa 19 S R 5' 11.0" 190 Oct 2, 1949
Wayne Church 21 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Mar 9, 1948
Ronald Clark 18 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Dec 18, 1950
Al Cowens 17 R R 6' 1.0" 197 Oct 25, 1951 Los Angeles, CA, US
Arnold Cruet 18 S R 6' 1.0" 145 1951
Thomas Gear 20 R R 6' 2.0" 200 1949
Kim Giffoni 17 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Oct 3, 1951
Steve Graham -- R R Unknown
John Hodges 22 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Apr 26, 1947 Honolulu, Hawaiian Isl, US
Gregory Kinder 17 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Aug 4, 1951
James Loll 19 R R 6' 2.0" 202 Sep 3, 1949
Thomas Luck 18 R L 5' 11.0" 175 Nov 25, 1950
Keith Marshall 17 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Jul 2, 1951 San Francisco, CA, US
Steven Moore 20 L L 6' 2.0" 195 Mar 3, 1949
A.C. Moseley 18 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Oct 26, 1950
Larry Newton 18 R R 6' 0.0" 168 1951
John Pasierb 22 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Dec 24, 1946
Joe Pfaff 22 R R 6' 0.0" 175 1947
Tom Pratt 18 L L 6' 0.0" 185 Aug 19, 1950 Oceanside, CA, US
Victor Price 18 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Mar 7, 1951
Whitey Reid 18 S L 6' 1.0" 160 Oct 14, 1950 Jacksonville, FL, US
Nathaniel Riggin 19 R R 5' 6.0" 145 Nov 21, 1949 Crisfield, MD, US
Jorge Rivera 18 R R 5' 11.0" 161 Dec 16, 1950
James Smith 17 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Aug 27, 1951
Hugh Waln 18 L R 5' 11.0" 173 Feb 26, 1951
Paul Walton 19 R R 6' 5.0" 205 Aug 5, 1949
Terry Williams 21 R R 6' 1.0" 184 Aug 19, 1947 Los Angeles, CA, US
Michael Yetter 19 R R 5' 11.0" 165 1950
Anthony Zontini 21 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Mar 12, 1948

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