1969 Memphis Blues

1969 > Class AA > 1969 Texas League (East)
Overall: 66-65
Scored 488 runs, Allowed 525 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-70

Affiliation: New York Mets-NL
Manager: John Antonelli, Roy McMillan and Pete Pavlick
Represented: Memphis, TN
Ballpark: Tim McCarver Stadium (Memphis, TN)
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	Jim Bethke	22	37	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	1	0
2	Jim Bibby	24	20	50	46	10	13	3	0	1	6	0	0	3	14	.283	.340	.413	.753	19	1	0	0
3	Thomas Campbell	23	121	505	462	60	102	10	4	1	29	21	10	38	124	.221	.282	.266	.549	123	2	2	1
4	Stu Cann*	23	52	163	139	13	27	6	0	1	8	1	3	19	17	.194	.304	.259	.563	36	3	2	0
5	Billy Carthel	23	81	278	242	29	65	10	3	3	36	2	1	31	53	.269	.357	.372	.729	90	3	1	1
6	Arsenio Diaz	23	91	343	304	45	89	11	5	9	40	1	1	25	53	.293	.352	.451	.803	137	6	2	6
7	Donald Engbers#	25	54	208	188	22	55	9	1	1	17	1	0	14	12	.293	.338	.367	.705	69	0	4	2
8	Glenn Ezell	24	72	245	210	23	51	8	0	3	20	1	0	33	30	.243	.343	.324	.667	68	0	0	2
9	Rich Hacker#	21	34	116	100	7	19	5	1	0	11	0	0	7	18	.190	.243	.260	.503	26	1	5	3
10	Bill Hepler*	23	21	11	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	0	0	0
11	Charlie Hudson*	19	15	23	20	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	.200	.273	.300	.573	6	0	1	0
12	Jesse Hudson*	20	24	23	23	2	8	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	.348	.348	.435	.783	10	0	0	0
13	Bob Johnson*	26	20	55	42	1	9	4	0	0	4	0	0	5	22	.214	.313	.310	.622	13	1	7	0
14	Ron Locke	27	6	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	0	0
15	Frank Lolich	23	5	10	8	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.500	.600	.500	1.100	4	0	0	0
16	Ted Martinez	21	118	432	418	42	110	12	6	3	34	9	7	6	36	.263	.273	.342	.615	143	1	4	3
17	Steven McMillan	21	40	140	122	15	26	5	1	2	14	0	3	13	23	.213	.309	.320	.629	39	4	1	0
18	Michael Minster	21	19	72	66	8	22	4	1	2	8	0	0	6	10	.333	.389	.515	.904	34	0	0	0
19	Ronald Paul	24	14	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0
20	Tom Robson	23	17	52	46	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	1	5	9	.087	.192	.152	.344	7	1	0	0
21	Les Rohr*	23	21	62	54	9	13	2	0	0	5	0	0	5	16	.241	.300	.278	.578	15	0	2	1
22	Don Rose	22	6	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0
23	Dick Rusteck	27	14	24	23	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.087	.087	.130	.217	3	0	1	0
24	Al Schmelz	25	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
25	Russell Seals	22	27	43	40	4	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	14	.125	.167	.225	.392	9	0	1	0
26	Ken Singleton#	22	115	451	366	65	113	16	6	10	65	8	5	78	69	.309	.428	.467	.895	171	2	0	5
27	David Smith	24	91	335	307	36	75	9	1	1	25	2	0	12	38	.244	.284	.290	.574	89	6	8	2
28	Leroy Stanton	23	127	509	459	47	122	15	10	4	52	17	10	36	70	.266	.318	.368	.686	169	3	3	8
29	Roger Stevens*	23	63	154	133	16	31	7	1	0	16	1	3	17	14	.233	.322	.301	.623	40	1	2	1
30	Jack Tracy	26	15	63	56	11	15	4	0	0	6	1	1	5	12	.268	.349	.339	.688	19	2	0	0
31	Larry Wallin*	23	75	229	189	15	43	3	1	4	23	1	0	38	50	.228	.358	.317	.676	60	1	0	1
32	Jerry Wild	27	18	19	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.067	.125	.067	.192	1	0	3	0
33	Charlie Williams	21	10	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
34	James Ziegler#	22	6	12	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.100	.250	.100	.350	1	0	0	0
	34 Players	22.9	131	4671	4140	488	1035	147	42	47	433	67	45	407	766	.250	.320	.340	.660	1407	38	50	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	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	Jim Bethke	22	1	3	.250	3.55	37	0		0	0	2	66.0	70	37	26	2	17	2	44	4	0	6	1.318	9.5	0.3	2.3	6.0	2.59
2	Jim Bibby	24	10	6	.625	3.32	17	16		8	3	0	122.0	94	58	45	3	57	3	115	7	0	4	1.238	6.9	0.2	4.2	8.5	2.02
3	Billy Carthel	23	0	0		6.60	6	0		0	0	0	15.0	20	12	11	0	5	0	5	3	0	2	1.667	12.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
4	Gerald Hebert	24	1	1	.500	5.45	23	0		0	0	0	33.0	36	22	20	4	19	4	22	2	0	3	1.667	9.8	1.1	5.2	6.0	1.16
5	Bill Hepler*	23	2	5	.286	6.40	21	8		0	0	0	45.0	69	44	32	3	27	0	25	2	0	6	2.133	13.8	0.6	5.4	5.0	0.93
6	Charlie Hudson*	19	2	4	.333	4.30	15	11		1	0	1	67.0	57	38	32	5	22	0	46	3	1	1	1.179	7.7	0.7	3.0	6.2	2.09
7	Jesse Hudson*	20	3	2	.600	1.38	20	4		2	1	3	65.0	46	13	10	2	25	1	67	3	1	0	1.092	6.4	0.3	3.5	9.3	2.68
8	Bob Johnson	26	13	4	.765	1.48	19	17		13	5	0	134.0	103	33	22	5	20	0	129	9	0	9	0.918	6.9	0.3	1.3	8.7	6.45
9	Ron Locke*	27	2	1	.667	3.86	6	4		2	0	0	28.0	26	13	12	2	11	1	18	1	0	1	1.321	8.4	0.6	3.5	5.8	1.64
10	Frank Lolich	23	3	1	.750	3.75	4	3		1	0	0	24.0	24	14	10	1	9	0	11	2	0	0	1.375	9.0	0.4	3.4	4.1	1.22
11	Ronald Paul*	24	3	1	.750	3.00	14	1		0	0	3	27.0	27	12	9	2	9	2	19	2	0	2	1.333	9.0	0.7	3.0	6.3	2.11
12	Les Rohr*	23	9	7	.563	3.18	21	21		8	3	0	150.0	130	58	53	11	52	0	116	2	1	6	1.213	7.8	0.7	3.1	7.0	2.23
13	Don Rose	22	0	4	.000	4.70	6	3		1	0	0	23.0	28	18	12	1	9	1	22	2	0	1	1.609	11.0	0.4	3.5	8.6	2.44
14	Dick Rusteck*	27	3	8	.273	3.73	14	9		2	0	0	70.0	72	41	29	2	34	0	51	4	0	7	1.514	9.3	0.3	4.4	6.6	1.50
15	Al Schmelz	25	0	1	.000	9.00	2	2		0	0	0	5.0	4	5	5	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	2.000	7.2	0.0	10.8	7.2	0.67
16	Russell Seals	22	8	9	.471	3.84	27	18		7	3	1	129.0	118	63	55	9	54	3	89	4	0	7	1.333	8.2	0.6	3.8	6.2	1.65
17	Jerry Wild	27	5	5	.500	3.52	18	9		3	1	2	64.0	49	28	25	9	33	0	56	0	0	4	1.281	6.9	1.3	4.6	7.9	1.70
18	Charlie Williams	21	1	3	.250	4.50	10	5		0	0	0	32.0	36	16	16	2	15	0	25	1	0	1	1.594	10.1	0.6	4.2	7.0	1.67
	18 Players	23.3	66	65	.504	3.48	131	131	83	48	17	12	1098.0	1009	525	424	63	424	17	864	51	3	60	1.305	8.3	0.5	3.5	7.1	2.04

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
Glenn Ezell	69	425	39	2	3	.996	6.72	9
Larry Wallin	57	327	32	0	8	1.000	6.30	7
Michael Minster	18	136	13	3	1	.980	8.28	4
Arsenio Diaz	2	13	0	1	0	.929	6.50	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Donald Engbers	51	372	18	5	29	.987	7.65
Arsenio Diaz	41	314	21	7	39	.980	8.17
Tom Robson	16	116	8	2	7	.984	7.75
Larry Wallin	14	76	6	0	3	1.000	5.86
Ken Singleton	9	76	3	0	2	1.000	8.78
Billy Carthel	5	36	4	3	6	.930	8.00
Roger Stevens	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
David Smith	58	137	157	9	41	.970	5.07
Stu Cann	36	81	86	9	14	.949	4.64
Jack Tracy	15	34	38	4	7	.947	4.80
Billy Carthel	11	19	21	3	4	.930	3.64
Rich Hacker	6	13	13	1	2	.963	4.33
Steven McMillan	5	11	11	0	0	1.000	4.40

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Billy Carthel	41	30	61	7	3	.929	2.22
Arsenio Diaz	41	25	73	8	8	.925	2.39
Steven McMillan	40	13	29	6	3	.875	1.05
Ted Martinez	21	30	23	2	1	.964	2.52
David Smith	8	9	18	5	4	.844	3.38
Glenn Ezell	1	1	3	1	1	.800	4.00
James Ziegler	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ted Martinez	95	134	253	23	35	.944	4.07
Rich Hacker	22	61	77	6	20	.958	6.27
David Smith	15	18	33	6	7	.895	3.40

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Leroy Stanton	127	229	15	6	3	.976	1.92
Thomas Campbell	118	275	9	7	2	.976	2.41
Ken Singleton	106	158	7	3	0	.982	1.56
Roger Stevens	41	64	4	3	0	.958	1.66
Billy Carthel	8	6	0	1	0	.857	0.75
Ted Martinez	4	9	1	0	1	1.000	2.50
Arsenio Diaz	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.50

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jim Bethke	37	3	13	0	0	1.000	0.43
Russell Seals	27	6	20	0	1	1.000	0.96
Gerald Hebert	23	1	6	0	0	1.000	0.30
Bill Hepler	21	2	6	2	1	.800	0.38
Les Rohr	21	1	18	1	2	.950	0.90
Jesse Hudson	20	1	12	0	0	1.000	0.65
Bob Johnson	19	5	18	1	3	.958	1.21
Jerry Wild	18	2	7	1	0	.900	0.50
Jim Bibby	17	2	18	2	0	.909	1.18
Charlie Hudson	15	2	10	2	1	.857	0.80
Ronald Paul	14	0	5	1	0	.833	0.36
Dick Rusteck	14	2	5	1	0	.875	0.50
Charlie Williams	10	3	7	1	1	.909	1.00
Billy Carthel	6	3	5	0	0	1.000	1.33
Ron Locke	6	0	5	0	0	1.000	0.83
Don Rose	6	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.17
Frank Lolich	4	2	6	0	0	1.000	2.00
Al Schmelz	2	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Jim Bethke	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Nov 5, 1946	Falls City, NE, US
Jim Bibby	24	R	R	6' 5.0"	235	Oct 29, 1944	Franklinton, NC, US
Thomas Campbell	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Aug 7, 1945
Stu Cann	23	L	R	5' 11.0"	165	Jun 18, 1946	Kankakee, IL, US
Billy Carthel	23	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Apr 16, 1946
Arsenio Diaz	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	203	Dec 14, 1945
Donald Engbers	25	S	L	6' 0.0"	190	Oct 12, 1943	Evansville, IN, US
Glenn Ezell	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Oct 29, 1944	Kentwood, LA, US
Rich Hacker	21	S	R	6' 0.0"	160	Oct 6, 1947	Belleville, IL, US
Gerald Hebert	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	1945
Bill Hepler	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	160	Sep 25, 1945	Covington, VA, US
Charlie Hudson	19	L	L	6' 3.0"	185	Aug 18, 1949	Ada, OK, US
Jesse Hudson	20	L	L	6' 2.0"	165	Jul 22, 1948	Mansfield, LA, US
Bob Johnson	26	L	R	6' 4.0"	220	Apr 25, 1943	Aurora, IL, US
Ron Locke	27	R	L	5' 11.0"	168	Apr 4, 1942	Wakefield, RI, US
Frank Lolich	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 29, 1945
Ted Martinez	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Dec 10, 1947	Barahona, Barahona, DO
Steven McMillan	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	May 22, 1948
Michael Minster	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	May 11, 1948	Chicago, IL, US
Ronald Paul	24	R	L	6' 3.0"	210	Jun 10, 1945
Tom Robson	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	215	Jan 15, 1946	Rochester, NY, US
Les Rohr	23	L	L	6' 5.0"	205	Mar 5, 1946	Lowestoft, Suffolk, GB
Don Rose	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Mar 19, 1947	Covina, CA, US
Dick Rusteck	27	R	L	6' 1.0"	175	Jul 12, 1941	Chicago, IL, US
Al Schmelz	25	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Nov 12, 1943	Whittier, CA, US
Russell Seals	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	183	Jan 12, 1947	Meigs County, TN, US
Ken Singleton	22	S	R	6' 4.0"	210	Jun 10, 1947	New York, NY, US
David Smith	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jul 19, 1944
Leroy Stanton	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Apr 10, 1946	Latta, SC, US
Roger Stevens	23	L	L	5' 10.0"	178	Feb 13, 1946
Jack Tracy	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	Aug 11, 1942
Larry Wallin	23	L	R	6' 3.0"	200	Nov 14, 1945
Jerry Wild	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 31, 1941	Franklin, NC, US
Charlie Williams	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Oct 11, 1947	Flushing, NY, US
James Ziegler	22	S	R	6' 1.0"	195	May 15, 1947

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