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1969 Batavia Trojans

1969 > Class Short-Season A > 1969 New York-Pennsylvania League
Overall: 42-33
Scored 415 runs, Allowed 373 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 41-34

Affiliation: Detroit Tigers-AL
Manager: Bob Dustal
Represented: Batavia, NY
Ballpark: n/a
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 Lynn Adams* 20 66 272 218 37 50 5 0 3 24 12 4 46 45 .229 .357 .294 .650 64 0 3 5
2 Michael Baker* 20 33 102 91 13 27 3 2 1 11 2 1 7 18 .297 .356 .407 .763 37 2 1 1
3 Bernie Beckman* 18 14 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .100 .250 .100 .350 1 0 0 0
4 Rodger Beckman 21 8 21 17 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .176 .333 .235 .569 4 0 0 0
5 Thomas Breving* 22 48 207 185 30 58 9 0 5 17 2 1 20 27 .314 .382 .443 .825 82 1 0 1
6 Tom Casteller 20 8 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0
7 Daniel Colombo 21 28 65 58 6 14 1 1 0 3 0 0 6 12 .241 .308 .293 .601 17 0 0 1
8 Donald DeDonatis* 20 22 65 58 4 13 3 0 0 10 0 2 5 5 .224 .297 .276 .573 16 1 1 0
9 David Fore 21 28 104 98 9 22 3 0 0 10 2 0 6 17 .224 .269 .255 .524 25 0 0 0
10 Michael Fremuth 21 8 12 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 0 2 0
11 Arthur Grassing 19 17 18 18 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .167 .167 .167 .333 3 0 0 0
12 John Grobelny* 23 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
13 Michael Hastings* 21 11 43 37 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 12 .216 .326 .243 .569 9 0 0 0
14 John Hetrick 22 39 162 146 24 38 4 1 0 11 8 1 13 28 .260 .325 .301 .626 44 1 2 0
15 Michael Jacobs 21 52 143 119 18 30 5 0 3 20 5 0 18 29 .252 .352 .370 .722 44 2 1 3
16 Edward Laborio 20 18 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1 0
17 Robert LaFrance 18 15 44 39 5 10 4 0 0 2 0 0 5 12 .256 .341 .359 .700 14 0 0 0
18 Nils Lambert* 20 9 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 1 0
19 Dwight Martinek 22 69 278 230 39 58 9 0 9 38 3 2 42 41 .252 .371 .409 .779 94 3 0 3
20 Donald Murphy* 23 27 104 91 13 18 3 2 1 8 0 0 10 18 .198 .291 .308 .599 28 2 1 0
21 John Nelson* 21 18 23 23 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .130 .130 .261 .391 6 0 0 0
22 James Rodrigues 22 19 44 42 4 7 1 0 0 4 1 0 2 15 .167 .205 .190 .395 8 0 0 0
23 Lee Sage* 20 16 5 5 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .800 1.200 4 0 0 0
24 John Sharkey* 22 49 196 169 32 54 4 2 11 39 7 1 26 30 .320 .410 .562 .972 95 0 1 0
25 Bill Slayback 21 4 7 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .571 1.000 4 0 0 0
26 Stephen Smith 21 75 312 262 58 85 15 3 7 52 3 2 46 53 .324 .423 .485 .908 127 1 0 3
27 Bob Strampe# 19 24 34 31 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 .129 .182 .194 .375 6 0 1 0
28 Ronald Thomas 22 30 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0
29 Richard Walls 21 74 330 285 67 94 20 2 6 32 14 5 37 47 .330 .409 .477 .886 136 3 2 3
30 James Wosman 21 47 203 170 37 65 11 3 10 51 0 1 27 32 .382 .473 .659 1.132 112 4 0 2
31 Gerald Wycallis 24 14 50 44 6 15 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 12 .341 .388 .409 .797 18 0 1 1
31 Players 21.1 75 2893 2493 415 689 108 17 57 337 60 20 338 496 .276 .365 .402 .766 1002 21 18 23 18
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 Bernie Beckman* 18 3 5 .375 4.43 14 11 2 1 0 63.0 74 41 31 4 42 0 52 2 0 9 1.841 10.6 0.6 6.0 7.4 1.24
2 Rodger Beckman 21 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
3 Tom Casteller 20 0 0 4.15 8 1 0 0 2 13.0 16 12 6 1 7 2 7 0 0 0 1.769 11.1 0.7 4.8 4.8 1.00
4 Michael Fremuth 21 3 2 .600 4.70 8 7 4 0 0 46.0 51 30 24 4 23 0 44 2 0 7 1.609 10.0 0.8 4.5 8.6 1.91
5 Arthur Grassing 19 6 4 .600 3.82 17 13 4 1 0 92.0 104 49 39 9 26 4 88 1 1 1 1.413 10.2 0.9 2.5 8.6 3.38
6 John Grobelny* 23 1 3 .250 6.86 7 3 1 0 0 21.0 27 20 16 0 11 0 14 0 0 1 1.810 11.6 0.0 4.7 6.0 1.27
7 Edward Laborio 20 3 3 .500 3.60 17 1 0 0 0 50.0 46 24 20 2 16 2 27 0 0 3 1.240 8.3 0.4 2.9 4.9 1.69
8 Nils Lambert* 20 2 3 .400 8.10 9 7 1 0 0 30.0 41 28 27 5 21 0 12 1 0 3 2.067 12.3 1.5 6.3 3.6 0.57
9 John Nelson 21 4 3 .571 4.88 16 7 2 0 0 59.0 68 42 32 7 43 0 49 2 1 8 1.881 10.4 1.1 6.6 7.5 1.14
10 Mark Pratt 20 0 1 .000 9.00 4 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.667 15.0 3.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
11 Lee Sage* 20 1 1 .500 4.97 16 3 0 0 2 38.0 49 33 21 4 21 0 22 1 0 7 1.842 11.6 0.9 5.0 5.2 1.05
12 Bill Slayback 21 3 1 .750 0.35 4 3 0 0 0 26.0 11 7 1 0 11 1 27 2 0 3 0.846 3.8 0.0 3.8 9.3 2.45
13 Bob Strampe 19 10 5 .667 2.97 19 17 10 1 2 115.0 99 60 38 9 46 2 138 3 0 8 1.261 7.7 0.7 3.6 10.8 3.00
14 Ronald Thomas 22 6 2 .750 1.75 30 2 0 0 11 67.0 46 21 13 2 37 2 63 2 0 6 1.239 6.2 0.3 5.0 8.5 1.70
14 Players 20.2 42 33 .560 3.93 75 75 51 24 7 17 625.0 643 373 273 48 310 13 544 16 2 56 1.525 9.3 0.7 4.5 7.8 1.75

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
David Fore 27 213 19 5 6 .979 8.59 4
Donald Murphy 27 176 16 6 2 .970 7.11 7
Gerald Wycallis 14 93 7 4 0 .962 7.14 4
Robert LaFrance 12 98 3 2 0 .981 8.42 5

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
James Wosman 46 363 16 6 38 .984 8.24
Dwight Martinek 29 226 17 4 21 .984 8.38

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Lynn Adams 60 149 130 17 34 .943 4.65
James Rodrigues 10 17 17 1 7 .971 3.40
Daniel Colombo 6 19 8 3 4 .900 4.50
Rodger Beckman 5 9 9 2 2 .900 3.60
Stephen Smith 2 4 7 0 0 1.000 5.50
Michael Jacobs 1 2 2 1 0 .800 4.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Stephen Smith 69 54 115 22 10 .885 2.45
Daniel Colombo 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.60
Dwight Martinek 2 2 1 1 1 .750 1.50
Rodger Beckman 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Richard Walls 73 97 139 41 35 .852 3.23
Lynn Adams 1 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00
James Rodrigues 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 6.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Sharkey 46 60 3 4 0 .940 1.37
Thomas Breving 43 60 2 6 0 .912 1.44
John Hetrick 38 59 5 5 0 .928 1.68
Dwight Martinek 34 48 3 4 2 .927 1.50
Michael Baker 30 26 2 2 0 .933 0.93
Michael Jacobs 27 23 2 4 1 .862 0.93
Donald DeDonatis 13 20 0 1 0 .952 1.54
Michael Hastings 8 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.38
Daniel Colombo 4 1 1 1 0 .667 0.50
Edward Laborio 1 4 0 1 0 .800 4.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ronald Thomas 30 3 11 2 2 .875 0.47
Bob Strampe 19 8 17 4 1 .862 1.32
Arthur Grassing 17 9 13 1 0 .957 1.29
Edward Laborio 17 4 8 0 0 1.000 0.71
John Nelson 16 2 4 1 0 .857 0.38
Lee Sage 16 3 5 1 0 .889 0.50
Bernie Beckman 14 1 6 1 0 .875 0.50
Nils Lambert 9 1 3 1 0 .800 0.44
Tom Casteller 8 0 1 1 0 .500 0.13
Michael Fremuth 8 1 8 2 0 .818 1.13
John Grobelny 7 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.86
Mark Pratt 4 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bill Slayback 4 1 4 2 0 .714 1.25
Rodger Beckman 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Lynn Adams 20 L R 6' 0.0" 170 1949
Michael Baker 20 L R 6' 3.0" 200 1949
Bernie Beckman 18 L L 6' 4.0" 190 Nov 4, 1950 Groningen, NL
Rodger Beckman 21 R R 5' 11.0" 175 1948
Thomas Breving 22 L R 5' 10.0" 170 1947
Tom Casteller 20 R R 6' 2.0" 185 1949
Daniel Colombo 21 R R 6' 1.0" 180 1948
Donald DeDonatis 20 L L 5' 10.0" 170 1949
David Fore 21 R R 6' 0.0" 190 1948
Michael Fremuth 21 R R 6' 0.0" 178 Aug 29, 1947
Arthur Grassing 19 R R 6' 2.0" 190 1950
John Grobelny 23 L L 5' 11.0" 185 1946
Michael Hastings 21 L R 6' 1.0" 185 1948
John Hetrick 22 R R 6' 0.0" 195 1947
Michael Jacobs 21 R R 5' 10.0" 175 1948
Edward Laborio 20 R R 6' 3.0" 195 1949
Robert LaFrance 18 R R 6' 1.0" 200 Oct 29, 1950 Natick, MA, US
Nils Lambert 20 L L 6' 3.0" 210 1949
Dwight Martinek 22 R R 6' 2.0" 195 1947
Donald Murphy 23 L R 6' 1.0" 185 1946
John Nelson 21 L R 6' 3.0" 195 1948
Mark Pratt 20 R R 6' 3.0" 185 1949
James Rodrigues 22 R R 5' 11.0" 161 1947
Lee Sage 20 L L 6' 1.0" 185 1949
John Sharkey 22 L L 5' 10.0" 170 1947
Bill Slayback 21 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Feb 21, 1948 Hollywood, CA, US
Stephen Smith 21 R R 6' 1.0" 190 1948
Bob Strampe 19 S R 6' 1.0" 185 Jun 13, 1950 Janesville, WI, US
Ronald Thomas 22 R R 6' 3.0" 195 1947
Richard Walls 21 R R 6' 2.0" 182 May 21, 1948
James Wosman 21 R R 6' 3.0" 230 1948
Gerald Wycallis 24 R R 5' 11.0" 180 1945

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