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1970 Bakersfield Dodgers

1970 > Class A > 1970 California League
Overall: 93-46
Scored 766 runs, Allowed 562 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-50

Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers-NL
Manager: Don LeJohn
Represented: Bakersfield, CA
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Park (Bakersfield, CA)
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	Eduardo Acosta	21	10	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	1	0
2	David Allen	22	17	53	49	6	13	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	19	.265	.308	.306	.614	15	0	1	0
3	James Allen*	23	25	12	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.200	.333	.200	.533	2	0	0	0
4	Robert Buckner	22	71	222	196	28	49	9	1	0	17	4	5	24	36	.250	.335	.306	.641	60	1	1	0
5	Romel Canada*	22	93	384	330	77	110	25	4	16	84	23	11	44	61	.333	.416	.579	.995	191	5	2	3
6	Robert Cummings	24	114	510	457	87	144	20	3	3	45	33	6	40	53	.315	.369	.392	.761	179	2	6	5
7	Bobby Darwin	27	86	338	303	52	90	9	1	23	70	10	2	28	127	.297	.365	.561	.926	170	5	1	1
8	Al Dawson	18	28	82	71	6	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	35	.141	.173	.183	.356	13	0	7	1
9	Norman Dermody#	24	25	11	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.222	.364	.222	.586	2	0	0	0
10	Joe Dodder*	23	86	310	282	39	87	11	1	8	44	0	2	24	78	.309	.361	.440	.801	124	1	0	3
11	Ron Estes	24	54	190	170	40	58	5	3	8	34	12	4	15	40	.341	.400	.547	.947	93	3	0	2
12	James Frye	23	36	27	23	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	16	.087	.192	.217	.410	5	0	1	0
13	Theodore Gilje*	19	29	71	64	5	10	0	0	1	4	1	0	5	35	.156	.229	.203	.432	13	1	1	0
14	William Graves	25	22	10	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0
15	James Harrison	24	24	92	76	11	22	1	0	0	7	1	0	12	19	.289	.382	.303	.685	23	0	3	1
16	William Homik	24	93	357	319	40	93	18	0	6	49	3	3	28	87	.292	.347	.404	.751	129	1	5	4
17	Michael Hughes	21	9	19	16	1	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	5	.188	.263	.438	.701	7	1	0	1
18	Dennis James#	22	24	50	47	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	25	.149	.167	.170	.337	8	0	2	0
19	Sonny Johnson*	23	113	489	452	89	158	28	4	9	68	44	11	24	94	.350	.387	.489	.876	221	7	1	5
20	Lee Lacy	22	124	571	502	96	151	19	5	4	49	21	12	59	91	.301	.379	.382	.761	192	5	3	2
21	Patrick Manahan*	21	50	126	107	9	30	5	0	0	10	1	3	15	14	.280	.371	.327	.698	35	1	2	1
22	Mark Meschuk	19	24	38	32	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	19	.063	.189	.094	.283	3	1	1	0
23	Rodney Poteete	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
24	Mike Price	23	20	22	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	.000	.095	.000	.095	0	0	1	0
25	Gary Pullins	27	12	34	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	15	.065	.147	.065	.212	2	0	0	0
26	Bob Randall	22	98	401	362	48	97	14	3	3	39	11	5	30	51	.268	.330	.348	.678	126	5	1	3
27	Doug Rau*	21	15	51	43	6	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	11	.116	.208	.140	.348	6	1	3	0
28	Bob Rauch	21	25	28	26	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	.077	.077	.115	.192	3	0	2	0
29	Sergio Robles	24	99	383	350	44	88	14	2	3	34	5	5	22	61	.251	.296	.329	.624	115	2	4	5
30	Royle Stillman*	19	103	419	336	68	115	15	4	9	76	15	5	73	63	.342	.453	.491	.945	165	2	0	8
31	Gary Wedel	21	7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0
	31 Players	22.7	139	5316	4704	766	1353	203	31	95	651	183	75	472	1098	.288	.355	.405	.760	1903	44	51	45	32

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	Eduardo Acosta	21	0	1	.000	1.59	10	0	0	0	1	17.0	13	5	3	0	11	0	23	0	0	3	1.412	6.9	0.0	5.8	12.2	2.09
2	David Allen*	22	12	1	.923	2.95	17	17	8	2	0	122.0	101	47	40	7	44	2	143	2	1	3	1.189	7.5	0.5	3.2	10.5	3.25
3	James Allen*	23	1	2	.333	1.50	25	1	1	1	8	48.0	32	9	8	3	19	3	55	1	0	5	1.062	6.0	0.6	3.6	10.3	2.89
4	Al Dawson	18	17	6	.739	2.47	28	27	9	4	0	182.0	134	72	50	10	100	0	244	4	2	12	1.286	6.6	0.5	4.9	12.1	2.44
5	Norman Dermody	24	4	3	.571	3.64	25	0	0	0	9	42.0	45	24	17	5	17	6	32	1	0	2	1.476	9.6	1.1	3.6	6.9	1.88
6	Robert Dorn*	25	0	0		1.80	4	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	2	0	1.600	9.0	0.0	5.4	7.2	1.33
7	Elvin Ervin*	20	0	0		9.00	6	1	0	0	1	7.0	13	7	7	1	2	0	11	0	0	1	2.143	16.7	1.3	2.6	14.1	5.50
8	James Frye	23	8	6	.571	3.60	36	2	0	0	6	80.0	69	41	32	4	41	11	84	1	1	4	1.375	7.8	0.4	4.6	9.4	2.05
9	Theodore Gilje*	19	14	8	.636	2.95	28	24	11	0	1	183.0	151	78	60	14	69	6	235	5	2	7	1.202	7.4	0.7	3.4	11.6	3.41
10	William Graves	25	1	1	.500	5.82	22	0	0	0	2	34.0	48	27	22	2	15	1	29	2	0	3	1.853	12.7	0.5	4.0	7.7	1.93
11	Dennis James*	22	6	5	.545	3.46	24	20	6	1	0	130.0	121	72	50	12	62	3	158	8	0	16	1.408	8.4	0.8	4.3	10.9	2.55
12	Mark Meschuk	19	9	5	.643	5.85	24	19	5	0	0	100.0	108	77	65	16	39	1	109	7	0	3	1.470	9.7	1.4	3.5	9.8	2.79
13	Rodney Poteete	23	0	0		2.25	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	4	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	1.000	6.8	0.0	2.2	6.8	3.00
14	Mike Price*	23	5	2	.714	3.05	20	7	1	1	1	62.0	65	28	21	4	20	2	62	1	1	7	1.371	9.4	0.6	2.9	9.0	3.10
15	Doug Rau*	21	12	2	.857	1.75	15	15	11	2	0	113.0	86	34	22	5	18	3	140	1	0	0	0.920	6.8	0.4	1.4	11.2	7.78
16	Bob Rauch	21	4	4	.500	2.82	25	6	1	0	3	83.0	68	36	26	5	41	3	91	2	2	6	1.313	7.4	0.5	4.4	9.9	2.22
	16 Players	21.3	93	46	.669		139	139						562

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
Sergio Robles	98	955	63	23	8	.978	10.39	11
William Homik	45	420	34	12	5	.974	10.09	12
Michael Hughes	4	49	1	0	1	1.000	12.50	1

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Dodder	68	535	33	8	42	.986	8.35
William Homik	48	363	26	10	31	.975	8.10
Ron Estes	15	94	8	2	8	.981	6.80
Bobby Darwin	9	81	5	1	4	.989	9.56
Robert Buckner	6	41	0	1	1	.976	6.83

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bob Randall	96	174	272	15	51	.967	4.65
James Harrison	24	42	52	13	12	.879	3.92
Robert Buckner	21	34	44	9	7	.897	3.71
Patrick Manahan	2	3	4	0	0	1.000	3.50

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Robert Cummings	94	65	161	17	15	.930	2.40
Patrick Manahan	24	14	42	6	3	.903	2.33
Robert Buckner	16	12	27	6	1	.867	2.44
Lee Lacy	12	7	24	3	5	.912	2.58

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Lee Lacy	111	182	267	63	45	.877	4.05
Robert Cummings	22	20	51	9	7	.888	3.23
Gary Pullins	11	18	24	3	7	.933	3.82
Bob Randall	1	2	2	0	1	1.000	4.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Sonny Johnson	111	135	5	10	2	.933	1.26
Royle Stillman	100	139	3	4	0	.973	1.42
Romel Canada	90	106	10	10	3	.921	1.29
Bobby Darwin	71	59	4	4	1	.940	0.89
Ron Estes	33	37	2	2	0	.951	1.18
Robert Buckner	12	11	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Patrick Manahan	4	3	0	0	0	1.000	0.75

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
James Frye	36	3	11	3	1	.824	0.39
Al Dawson	28	11	25	2	0	.947	1.29
Theodore Gilje	28	7	27	3	1	.919	1.21
James Allen	25	3	13	1	0	.941	0.64
Norman Dermody	25	4	6	1	0	.909	0.40
Bob Rauch	25	5	14	1	1	.950	0.76
Dennis James	24	7	17	5	1	.828	1.00
Mark Meschuk	24	8	11	2	0	.905	0.79
William Graves	22	2	5	1	0	.875	0.32
Mike Price	20	4	6	2	1	.833	0.50
David Allen	17	4	21	2	0	.926	1.47
Doug Rau	15	4	11	3	2	.833	1.00
Eduardo Acosta	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.10
Elvin Ervin	6	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.50
Robert Dorn	4	0	1	0	1	1.000	0.25
Rodney Poteete	1	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Eduardo Acosta	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	154	Mar 26, 1949
David Allen	22	R	L	6' 0.0"	170	Jan 18, 1948	Detroit, MI, US
James Allen	23	L	L	5' 10.0"	162	Jul 23, 1946	Detroit, MI, US
Robert Buckner	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jan 11, 1948
Romel Canada	22	L	R	6' 2.0"	185	Jul 8, 1947	Philadelphia, PA, US
Robert Cummings	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jun 11, 1946	Santa Ana, CA, US
Bobby Darwin	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Feb 16, 1943	Los Angeles, CA, US
Al Dawson	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Sep 1, 1951	Jersey City, NJ, US
Norman Dermody	24	S	R	5' 11.0"	180	Nov 13, 1945
Joe Dodder	23	L	L	6' 3.0"	225	Mar 15, 1947
Robert Dorn	25	L	L	6' 4.0"	190	Mar 31, 1945
Elvin Ervin	20	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	1950
Ron Estes	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jul 20, 1945	Maywood, CA, US
James Frye	23	R	R	6' 5.0"	210	Jun 26, 1947
Theodore Gilje	19	L	L	6' 6.0"	205	Jul 18, 1950	Albany, CA, US
William Graves	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Mar 16, 1945
James Harrison	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	1946
William Homik	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	212	Aug 12, 1945
Michael Hughes	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Feb 16, 1949
Dennis James	22	S	L	6' 0.0"	175	Nov 21, 1947	Gulfport, MS, US
Sonny Johnson	23	L	R	6' 3.0"	190	Jan 18, 1947	Washington, DC, US
Lee Lacy	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Apr 10, 1948	Longview, TX, US
Patrick Manahan	21	L	R	5' 11.0"	176	Jun 2, 1949
Mark Meschuk	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Feb 11, 1951
Rodney Poteete	23	R	R	6' 7.0"	205	1947
Mike Price	23	R	L	6' 4.0"	205	Dec 1, 1946	Bakersfield, CA, US
Gary Pullins	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	150	1943
Bob Randall	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Jun 6, 1948	Norton, KS, US
Doug Rau	21	L	L	6' 2.0"	175	Dec 15, 1948	Columbus, TX, US
Bob Rauch	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	200	Jun 16, 1949	Brookings, SD, US
Sergio Robles	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Apr 16, 1946	Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, MX
Royle Stillman	19	L	L	5' 11.0"	180	Jan 2, 1951	Santa Monica, CA, US
Gary Wedel	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	1949

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