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1969 Visalia Mets

1969 > Class A > 1969 California League
Overall: 80-60
Scored 773 runs, Allowed 677 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-62

Affiliation: New York Mets-NL
Manager: Roy McMillan and Harry Minor
Represented: Visalia, CA
Ballpark: Recreation Park (II) (Visalia, CA)
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	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Jackie Adams	20	19	59	49	8	7	0	0	1	4	2	0	9	24	.143	.276	.204	.480	10	0	1	0
2	Ray Allen	22	25	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
3	Amador Alvarez	24	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
4	Jay Carden	25	9	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0
5	Steven Chilcott*	20	7	29	25	3	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	9	.280	.379	.280	.659	7	0	0	0
6	Terry Christman*	25	25	47	38	8	10	1	1	2	4	0	0	9	7	.263	.404	.500	.904	19	0	0	0
7	Steven Christopher#	22	18	25	23	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.217	.250	.261	.511	6	0	1	0
8	Allan Clements	23	5	9	9	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	.111	.111	.444	.556	4	0	0	0
9	Michael Collins#	23	74	262	226	23	60	6	3	3	43	0	1	33	57	.265	.355	.358	.713	81	0	0	3
10	Bill Cotton	21	2	7	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.500	.714	.500	1.214	2	1	0	0
11	Terry Dailey	22	108	460	415	68	132	21	6	12	59	2	1	37	104	.318	.374	.484	.858	201	3	0	5
12	Terry DeWald	23	125	558	473	92	145	10	1	10	54	18	6	66	52	.307	.402	.395	.797	187	12	3	4
13	Arsenio Diaz	23	28	118	101	22	27	4	0	7	25	1	0	16	23	.267	.373	.515	.888	52	1	0	0
14	Al Dodson	19	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
15	Chuck Estrada	31	14	36	32	4	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	12	.188	.235	.219	.454	7	1	2	0
16	Ray Ewing#	22	12	26	25	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	9	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	0	1	0
17	Joseph Fitzgerald	19	29	10	10	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.300	.500	3	0	0	0
18	Tim Foli	18	95	407	383	60	116	10	0	15	62	7	1	15	41	.303	.333	.446	.780	171	3	5	1
19	Dennis Gilbert*	22	56	208	166	32	43	4	1	2	10	8	4	38	33	.259	.397	.331	.728	55	0	4	0
20	Scott Goodwin	18	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
21	Rich Hacker#	21	27	95	90	9	22	1	0	0	11	2	0	3	16	.244	.274	.256	.529	23	1	0	1
22	Bruce Harkey	20	22	31	29	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	11	.172	.200	.172	.372	5	1	1	0
23	Gerald Hebert	24	11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0
24	Gary Hill	22	69	211	192	28	43	3	1	3	20	9	4	17	23	.224	.286	.297	.583	57	0	1	1
25	Fred Howard	20	4	11	5	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	.400	.727	.400	1.127	2	1	0	0
26	Gary King	20	23	51	45	7	13	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	14	.289	.373	.333	.706	15	0	0	0
27	Steven McMillan	21	40	182	168	25	38	8	3	3	19	3	1	11	29	.226	.280	.363	.643	61	2	0	1
28	John Milner*	19	111	476	393	90	128	20	4	15	63	9	3	78	61	.326	.441	.511	.953	201	4	0	1
29	Michael Minster	21	13	28	22	6	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	5	4	.318	.464	.500	.964	11	1	0	0
30	Tommy Moore	20	117	483	438	69	125	15	4	16	85	23	5	33	105	.285	.335	.447	.783	196	4	0	8
31	David Nitschke	22	89	318	264	50	65	12	0	5	50	2	1	49	43	.246	.363	.348	.711	92	1	1	3
32	Jerry Perkins#	20	24	21	18	4	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	3	6	.278	.381	.500	.881	9	0	0	0
33	Christopher Putnam	25	64	135	116	25	35	3	1	0	7	3	7	14	21	.302	.396	.345	.740	40	4	1	0
34	Larry Quinn	20	8	24	23	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	.174	.208	.174	.382	4	0	0	0
35	Jerry Ray*	20	10	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0
36	Fred Reahm*	21	8	20	19	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.105	.105	.105	.211	2	0	1	0
37	Tom Robson	23	77	324	288	49	90	10	3	19	79	0	1	29	85	.313	.373	.566	.939	163	2	0	5
38	Don Rose	22	21	68	62	8	16	5	0	2	5	0	0	3	30	.258	.288	.435	.723	27	0	2	1
39	Glenn Stitzel*	22	83	271	244	35	76	8	0	1	30	1	4	22	28	.311	.373	.357	.730	87	2	3	0
40	Byron Von Hoff*	21	25	64	59	5	17	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	18	.288	.323	.339	.662	20	0	2	0
41	Joseph Wall	23	25	63	59	4	12	3	0	1	5	1	0	4	22	.203	.254	.305	.559	18	0	0	0
42	Charlie Williams	21	16	35	31	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.129	.152	.161	.313	5	0	2	1
43	Tommy Williams#	21	49	185	159	26	30	4	1	7	22	5	1	23	66	.189	.293	.358	.652	57	1	1	1
	43 Players	21.5	140	5392	4735	773	1309	159	29	127	686	97	41	544	1019	.276	.354	.403	.757	1907	44	33	36	26

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	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	Ray Allen	22	5	3	.625	1.72	25	1	0	0	10	47.0	34	10	9	2	16	1	53	1	1	6	1.064	6.5	0.4	3.1	10.1	3.31
2	Amador Alvarez	24	1	0	1.000	3.86	4	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	4	0	0	1	1.571	10.3	1.3	3.9	5.1	1.33
3	Jay Carden	25	2	3	.400	5.46	9	3	1	0	1	28.0	24	18	17	3	11	0	24	1	0	4	1.250	7.7	1.0	3.5	7.7	2.18
4	Terry Christman*	25	5	4	.556	2.88	19	11	4	0	3	103.0	97	47	33	8	21	0	98	5	2	9	1.146	8.5	0.7	1.8	8.6	4.67
5	Steven Christopher*	22	7	2	.778	4.36	17	11	0	0	0	64.0	66	40	31	11	40	2	59	1	0	7	1.656	9.3	1.5	5.6	8.3	1.48
6	Allan Clements	23	1	0	1.000	2.16	5	4	0	0	0	25.0	21	9	6	1	10	1	23	1	0	2	1.240	7.6	0.4	3.6	8.3	2.30
7	Arsenio Diaz	23	0	0		3.60	3	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.400	3.6	0.0	0.0	5.4
8	Al Dodson	19	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	6	5	0	5	0	5	0	0	1	1.800	7.2	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
9	Chuck Estrada	31	9	3	.750	4.09	14	14	4	2	0	88.0	96	60	40	10	30	0	54	5	0	4	1.432	9.8	1.0	3.1	5.5	1.80
10	Ray Ewing*	22	4	2	.667	4.36	12	12	1	0	0	66.0	73	40	32	10	28	0	71	2	0	8	1.530	10.0	1.4	3.8	9.7	2.54
11	Joseph Fitzgerald	19	5	2	.714	3.83	29	0	0	0	4	54.0	52	31	23	9	32	1	61	3	0	7	1.556	8.7	1.5	5.3	10.2	1.91
12	Scott Goodwin	18	0	1	.000	4.80	6	0	0	0	0	15.0	14	11	8	1	11	0	9	2	0	6	1.667	8.4	0.6	6.6	5.4	0.82
13	Bruce Harkey	20	3	4	.429	4.84	22	14	1	0	0	93.0	116	61	50	14	27	0	86	7	2	9	1.538	11.2	1.4	2.6	8.3	3.19
14	Gerald Hebert	24	0	1	.000	2.25	11	0	0	0	6	20.0	22	7	5	1	9	1	23	0	0	0	1.550	9.9	0.4	4.0	10.4	2.56
15	Frank Lolich	23	0	1	.000	9.00	5	0	0	0	2	5.0	5	5	5	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	1.800	9.0	0.0	7.2	7.2	1.00
16	Tommy Moore	20	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
17	Jerry Perkins*	20	5	4	.556	3.93	24	6	1	0	4	71.0	78	39	31	4	25	4	59	2	1	6	1.451	9.9	0.5	3.2	7.5	2.36
18	Christopher Putnam	25	3	0	1.000	1.59	16	0	0	0	2	34.0	24	8	6	1	15	0	14	0	0	3	1.147	6.4	0.3	4.0	3.7	0.93
19	Jerry Ray*	20	0	3	.000	7.92	10	3	0	0	1	25.0	41	23	22	6	11	1	27	1	0	1	2.080	14.8	2.2	4.0	9.7	2.45
20	Fred Reahm*	21	5	3	.625	4.17	8	8	2	1	0	54.0	56	33	25	5	22	0	54	0	0	5	1.444	9.3	0.8	3.7	9.0	2.45
21	Don Rose	22	13	6	.684	3.88	21	20	12	0	0	160.0	163	82	69	19	47	0	146	4	1	11	1.312	9.2	1.1	2.6	8.2	3.11
22	Byron Von Hoff	21	9	11	.450	4.63	23	18	7	0	0	136.0	170	88	70	18	27	2	103	4	2	6	1.449	11.2	1.2	1.8	6.8	3.81
23	Charlie Williams	21	3	6	.333	4.75	16	14	2	0	0	91.0	114	54	48	13	37	1	91	3	1	6	1.659	11.3	1.3	3.7	9.0	2.46
	23 Players	22.3	80	60	.571		140	140						677

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
David Nitschke	81	601	49	9	10	.986	8.02	15
Michael Collins	67	463	35	13	5	.975	7.43	18
Michael Minster	5	35	1	0	0	1.000	7.20	1
Bill Cotton	2	17	1	0	0	1.000	9.00	1

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tom Robson	76	535	27	10	63	.983	7.39
John Milner	36	299	17	6	26	.981	8.78
Arsenio Diaz	9	62	3	0	6	1.000	7.22
Joseph Wall	9	62	3	0	5	1.000	7.22
Steven Chilcott	7	50	3	2	1	.964	7.57
Glenn Stitzel	6	36	1	0	3	1.000	6.17
Fred Howard	3	17	1	0	2	1.000	6.00
Michael Minster	3	10	1	3	0	.786	3.67
David Nitschke	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Terry DeWald	102	225	258	24	56	.953	4.74
Steven McMillan	36	84	86	5	18	.971	4.72
Larry Quinn	4	7	14	0	5	1.000	5.25
Glenn Stitzel	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Terry Dailey	103	77	165	27	12	.900	2.35
Glenn Stitzel	33	28	47	6	3	.926	2.27
Steven McMillan	5	3	8	1	0	.917	2.20
Arsenio Diaz	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
David Nitschke	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tim Foli	93	154	280	36	72	.923	4.67
Rich Hacker	27	43	85	13	12	.908	4.74
Gary King	18	26	34	4	5	.938	3.33
Glenn Stitzel	5	4	11	1	1	.938	3.00
Larry Quinn	3	5	7	1	1	.923	4.00
Gary Hill	2	4	4	0	1	1.000	4.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tommy Moore	117	182	28	19	1	.917	1.79
John Milner	75	89	9	7	0	.933	1.31
Gary Hill	64	120	4	5	1	.961	1.94
Dennis Gilbert	50	53	4	1	0	.983	1.14
Tommy Williams	45	79	7	8	2	.915	1.91
Christopher Putnam	31	32	2	4	1	.895	1.10
Arsenio Diaz	18	24	3	2	0	.931	1.50
Glenn Stitzel	18	18	0	1	0	.947	1.00
Terry DeWald	17	22	3	1	0	.962	1.47
Jackie Adams	15	21	5	4	0	.867	1.73
Joseph Wall	7	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.71
David Nitschke	4	3	0	0	0	1.000	0.75
Terry Dailey	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Fred Howard	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joseph Fitzgerald	29	0	5	0	1	1.000	0.17
Ray Allen	25	3	4	0	0	1.000	0.28
Jerry Perkins	24	3	15	1	2	.947	0.75
Byron Von Hoff	23	11	19	2	1	.938	1.30
Bruce Harkey	22	1	11	3	1	.800	0.55
Don Rose	21	10	19	2	3	.935	1.38
Terry Christman	19	7	27	4	2	.895	1.79
Steven Christopher	17	2	9	2	0	.846	0.65
Christopher Putnam	16	1	5	0	0	1.000	0.38
Charlie Williams	16	7	12	1	1	.950	1.19
Chuck Estrada	14	5	7	0	0	1.000	0.86
Ray Ewing	12	1	6	0	0	1.000	0.58
Gerald Hebert	11	0	5	1	0	.833	0.45
Jerry Ray	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.10
Jay Carden	9	0	7	2	1	.778	0.78
Fred Reahm	8	1	2	1	0	.750	0.38
Scott Goodwin	6	0	4	0	0	1.000	0.67
Allan Clements	5	0	7	0	0	1.000	1.40
Frank Lolich	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.20
Amador Alvarez	4	0	0	0	0		0.00
Arsenio Diaz	3	0	0	0	0		0.00
Al Dodson	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Tommy Moore	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Jackie Adams	20	R	R	5' 9.0"	186	Apr 24, 1949	Pasadena, CA, US
Ray Allen	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Feb 8, 1947
Amador Alvarez	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	1945
Jay Carden	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	May 6, 1944	La Marque, TX, US
Steven Chilcott	20	L	R	5' 11.0"	185	Sep 23, 1948
Terry Christman	25	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Dec 11, 1943	San Francisco, CA, US
Steven Christopher	22	S	L	6' 1.0"	200	1947
Allan Clements	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	1946
Michael Collins	23	S	R	5' 11.0"	200	1946
Bill Cotton	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	195	Oct 20, 1947	McCook, NE, US
Terry Dailey	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Sep 13, 1946
Terry DeWald	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	168	1946
Arsenio Diaz	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	203	Dec 14, 1945
Al Dodson	19	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Feb 23, 1950	Newport, RI, US
Chuck Estrada	31	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Feb 15, 1938	San Luis Obispo, CA, US
Ray Ewing	22	S	L	6' 3.0"	195	May 22, 1947	Bremerton, WA, US
Joseph Fitzgerald	19	R	R	5' 11.0"	155	Nov 29, 1949
Tim Foli	18	R	R	6' 0.0"	179	Dec 6, 1950	Culver City, CA, US
Dennis Gilbert	22	L	L	5' 10.0"	180	Apr 20, 1947	Bronx, NY, US
Scott Goodwin	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	198	Jul 4, 1950	Reseda, CA, US
Rich Hacker	21	S	R	6' 0.0"	160	Oct 6, 1947	Belleville, IL, US
Bruce Harkey	20	R	R	6' 5.0"	205	Jan 29, 1949
Gerald Hebert	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	1945
Gary Hill	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jul 30, 1946	Redding, CA, US
Fred Howard	20	R	L	6' 1.0"	180	1949
Gary King	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	1949
Frank Lolich	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 29, 1945
Steven McMillan	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	May 22, 1948
John Milner	19	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	Dec 28, 1949	Atlanta, GA, US
Michael Minster	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	May 11, 1948	Chicago, IL, US
Tommy Moore	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jul 7, 1948	Lynwood, CA, US
David Nitschke	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Jan 17, 1947	Fresno, CA, US
Jerry Perkins	20	S	L	6' 0.0"	205	Jan 20, 1949
Christopher Putnam	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jan 6, 1944
Larry Quinn	20	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Apr 19, 1949
Jerry Ray	20	L	L	6' 5.0"	200	Jul 24, 1948	Dallas, TX, US
Fred Reahm	21	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Apr 12, 1948
Tom Robson	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	215	Jan 15, 1946	Rochester, NY, US
Don Rose	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Mar 19, 1947	Covina, CA, US
Glenn Stitzel	22	L	R	6' 0.0"	165	Oct 31, 1946	Pottsville, PA, US
Byron Von Hoff	21	L	R	6' 2.0"	190	May 22, 1948
Joseph Wall	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	1946
Charlie Williams	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Oct 11, 1947	Flushing, NY, US
Tommy Williams	21	S	R	6' 2.0"	195	Feb 17, 1948	Los Angeles, CA, US

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