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1969 Reno Silver Sox

1969 > Class A > 1969 California League
Overall: 72-68
Scored 643 runs, Allowed 615 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-67

Affiliation: Cleveland Indians-AL
Manager: Ken Aspromonte
Represented: Reno, NV
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 Butch Allen# 22 82 341 297 55 100 11 3 6 46 29 2 36 62 .337 .415 .455 .869 135 5 1 2
2 Mark Ballinger 20 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
3 David Beber 22 136 512 440 53 104 21 3 6 55 11 2 55 129 .236 .321 .339 .659 149 3 7 7
4 Thomas Boyles 21 16 64 57 6 9 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 3 .158 .238 .193 .431 11 1 1 0
5 James Braxton 25 4 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 0 1 0
6 Jack Brohamer* 19 133 566 501 75 139 19 4 10 64 6 4 49 58 .277 .343 .391 .734 196 5 3 8
7 Mike Carruthers* 22 121 493 450 65 159 26 3 13 89 0 5 32 55 .353 .398 .511 .909 230 5 1 5
8 Kevin Casey 20 109 373 332 33 78 12 1 5 38 3 2 32 77 .235 .306 .322 .629 107 4 1 4
9 Jerry Clark* 21 10 48 42 6 9 1 0 0 4 5 1 4 11 .214 .283 .238 .521 10 0 2 0
10 Vince Colbert 23 36 70 62 7 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 36 .129 .206 .145 .351 9 0 2 0
11 Mac Crossan 21 20 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 0 0 0
12 Leon Filbeck 19 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0
13 Richard Hoban* 21 21 19 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .000 .158 .000 .158 0 0 0 0
14 John Howell* 19 4 14 9 4 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 4 .333 .500 .444 .944 4 0 0 1
15 Bob Kaiser# 19 2 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .667 .750 .667 1.417 2 0 0 0
16 James Koch 21 5 10 7 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .286 .444 .429 .873 3 0 1 0
17 Gary Lear 21 62 187 157 22 38 7 0 1 11 0 0 27 60 .242 .364 .306 .669 48 3 0 0
18 Denny Lortscher 23 33 15 13 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .231 .333 .308 .641 4 0 0 0
19 John Lowenstein* 22 26 80 67 7 19 4 2 1 11 5 1 11 13 .284 .388 .448 .835 30 1 0 1
20 Chuck Machemehl 23 31 18 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .063 .167 .063 .229 1 0 0 0
21 Rick Magnante 21 33 78 74 7 10 3 0 1 2 1 0 4 23 .135 .179 .216 .396 16 0 0 0
22 Richard Napolitano 23 10 8 8 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 .250 .250 .625 .875 5 0 0 0
23 Michael Pierce* 22 16 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 1 1 0
24 Ronald Pietila 21 136 544 490 57 140 20 10 2 55 7 5 41 75 .286 .349 .380 .728 186 8 2 3
25 Timothy Sanders 20 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
26 Rick Sawyer 21 26 34 30 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .033 .065 .033 .098 1 0 3 0
27 Robert Shaps 19 75 211 186 23 42 4 0 0 11 4 3 20 47 .226 .311 .247 .558 46 3 2 0
28 David Singerman 24 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1 0
29 Edward Southard 22 125 543 457 93 143 22 7 3 46 23 8 75 59 .313 .413 .411 .825 188 4 6 1
30 Edwin Staples 23 101 359 311 41 74 12 0 11 34 2 0 44 73 .238 .334 .383 .717 119 2 0 2
31 Jack Stroud# 26 14 13 12 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .167 .231 .167 .397 2 0 0 0
32 Terry Thompson 22 30 70 58 11 13 2 1 0 7 1 0 9 16 .224 .338 .293 .631 17 1 2 0
33 Dick Tidrow 22 25 76 67 9 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 30 .119 .169 .119 .288 8 0 5 0
34 William Tsoukalas* 21 23 34 28 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 7 .143 .273 .179 .451 5 1 1 0
35 Michael Weaver* 19 83 308 268 48 80 5 5 2 28 41 9 28 54 .299 .367 .377 .744 101 2 8 2
36 Max Winfield 22 16 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .250 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0
37 Ronald Zuber 22 29 74 63 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 26 .111 .164 .111 .275 7 0 7 0
37 Players 21.2 140 5214 4563 643 1202 174 40 62 521 134 43 510 989 .263 .341 .360 .701 1642 49 56 36 33
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 Mark Ballinger 20 0 2 .000 4.91 7 3 0 0 0 22.0 19 17 12 2 26 1 22 0 0 3 2.045 7.8 0.8 10.6 9.0 0.85
2 James Braxton 25 3 0 1.000 2.42 4 4 0 0 0 26.0 22 9 7 0 8 0 28 0 0 0 1.154 7.6 0.0 2.8 9.7 3.50
3 Vince Colbert 23 7 11 .389 2.69 28 26 9 1 0 184.0 196 87 55 11 59 1 183 4 1 13 1.386 9.6 0.5 2.9 9.0 3.10
4 John Crain 21 0 1 .000 3.00 2 0 0 0 1 3.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
5 Mac Crossan 21 1 3 .250 4.93 19 5 0 0 2 42.0 49 29 23 2 24 1 37 3 0 3 1.738 10.5 0.4 5.1 7.9 1.54
6 Leon Filbeck 19 1 0 1.000 3.86 4 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 4 3 1 8 0 3 0 0 1 2.143 9.0 1.3 10.3 3.9 0.38
7 Richard Hoban* 21 4 3 .571 5.62 21 9 1 0 0 56.0 61 45 35 3 44 0 53 1 1 8 1.875 9.8 0.5 7.1 8.5 1.20
8 John Howell* 19 3 1 .750 2.90 4 4 2 0 0 31.0 33 15 10 3 7 0 26 0 0 0 1.290 9.6 0.9 2.0 7.5 3.71
9 Bob Kaiser* 19 0 1 .000 0.90 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 7 2 1 0 4 0 11 0 0 1 1.100 6.3 0.0 3.6 9.9 2.75
10 Denny Lortscher 23 1 3 .250 3.86 33 2 0 0 3 63.0 68 39 27 6 13 1 49 4 0 5 1.286 9.7 0.9 1.9 7.0 3.77
11 Chuck Machemehl 23 5 5 .500 3.63 31 0 0 0 11 62.0 55 28 25 4 36 5 70 3 1 2 1.468 8.0 0.6 5.2 10.2 1.94
12 Rick Magnante 21 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
13 Richard Napolitano 23 2 3 .400 3.96 10 2 0 0 0 25.0 24 16 11 5 12 1 26 1 0 5 1.440 8.6 1.8 4.3 9.4 2.17
14 Michael Pierce* 22 2 2 .500 3.86 16 2 0 0 0 28.0 30 25 12 3 8 0 33 0 0 3 1.357 9.6 1.0 2.6 10.6 4.13
15 Timothy Sanders 20 0 0 5.73 9 0 0 0 0 11.0 12 9 7 1 12 0 7 0 0 1 2.182 9.8 0.8 9.8 5.7 0.58
16 Rick Sawyer 21 7 7 .500 3.15 26 14 4 3 4 100.0 106 43 35 4 33 2 99 3 0 3 1.390 9.5 0.4 3.0 8.9 3.00
17 David Singerman 24 0 2 .000 6.75 8 0 0 0 1 12.0 17 13 9 1 8 1 16 0 0 0 2.083 12.8 0.8 6.0 12.0 2.00
18 Jack Stroud* 26 3 3 .500 4.38 14 4 0 0 1 37.0 35 23 18 3 18 0 29 1 0 4 1.432 8.5 0.7 4.4 7.1 1.61
19 Dick Tidrow 22 15 6 .714 2.65 25 25 11 2 0 187.0 170 71 55 9 48 4 189 1 2 15 1.166 8.2 0.4 2.3 9.1 3.94
20 William Tsoukalas* 21 4 7 .364 3.60 16 8 3 0 2 70.0 67 39 28 13 14 1 64 4 2 3 1.157 8.6 1.7 1.8 8.2 4.57
21 Max Winfield 22 2 1 .667 4.50 16 2 0 0 6 30.0 29 16 15 1 16 0 32 0 0 3 1.500 8.7 0.3 4.8 9.6 2.00
22 Ronald Zuber 22 12 7 .632 3.33 29 29 6 2 0 184.0 177 84 68 14 58 1 230 7 0 7 1.277 8.7 0.7 2.8 11.2 3.97
22 Players 22.1 72 68 .514 140 140 615

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
Edwin Staples 99 809 55 18 2 .980 8.73 19
Gary Lear 50 396 27 15 2 .966 8.46 11
James Koch 3 21 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mike Carruthers 119 947 48 21 71 .979 8.36
John Lowenstein 10 84 5 2 6 .978 8.90
Kevin Casey 7 63 3 1 3 .985 9.43
Terry Thompson 6 34 1 5 6 .875 5.83
William Tsoukalas 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Edward Southard 111 231 250 18 51 .964 4.33
Ronald Pietila 25 59 58 5 10 .959 4.68
Jack Brohamer 10 18 20 2 4 .950 3.80

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ronald Pietila 105 83 184 22 15 .924 2.54
Rick Magnante 25 13 37 6 2 .893 2.00
Michael Weaver 21 9 35 2 2 .957 2.10

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jack Brohamer 123 143 376 43 57 .923 4.22
Jerry Clark 10 11 29 12 3 .769 4.00
Ronald Pietila 8 14 15 2 5 .935 3.63
Thomas Boyles 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Rick Magnante 1 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
David Beber 130 209 10 4 2 .982 1.68
Kevin Casey 88 89 4 7 0 .930 1.06
Butch Allen 82 113 6 8 1 .937 1.45
Robert Shaps 58 58 1 6 0 .908 1.02
Michael Weaver 58 68 4 3 0 .960 1.24
Thomas Boyles 14 16 3 1 1 .950 1.36
Edward Southard 13 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.46
Terry Thompson 12 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.08
John Lowenstein 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.13

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Denny Lortscher 33 1 11 1 1 .923 0.36
Chuck Machemehl 31 4 11 1 0 .938 0.48
Ronald Zuber 29 5 21 5 1 .839 0.90
Vince Colbert 28 12 26 2 4 .950 1.36
Rick Sawyer 26 3 20 2 0 .920 0.88
Dick Tidrow 25 5 19 6 1 .800 0.96
Richard Hoban 21 0 10 4 0 .714 0.48
Mac Crossan 19 2 4 2 0 .750 0.32
Michael Pierce 16 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.44
William Tsoukalas 16 4 14 1 1 .947 1.13
Max Winfield 16 0 3 1 0 .750 0.19
Jack Stroud 14 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.29
Richard Napolitano 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.20
Timothy Sanders 9 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.44
David Singerman 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.13
Mark Ballinger 7 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.86
James Braxton 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50
Leon Filbeck 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25
John Howell 4 0 3 2 0 .600 0.75
John Crain 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bob Kaiser 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00
Rick Magnante 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Butch Allen 22 S R 5' 10.0" 190 Apr 24, 1947 Toledo, OH, US
Mark Ballinger 20 R R 6' 6.0" 205 Jan 31, 1949 Glendale, CA, US
David Beber 22 R R 5' 11.0" 178 1947
Thomas Boyles 21 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Jan 16, 1948
James Braxton 25 R R 6' 7.0" 220 Sep 11, 1943 Greenville, NC, US
Jack Brohamer 19 L R 5' 10.0" 165 Feb 26, 1950 Maywood, CA, US
Mike Carruthers 22 L R 6' 3.0" 220 Oct 19, 1946
Kevin Casey 20 R R 6' 2.0" 185 1949
Jerry Clark 21 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Mar 26, 1948
Vince Colbert 23 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Dec 20, 1945 Washington, DC, US
John Crain 21 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Jan 26, 1948
Mac Crossan 21 R R 6' 3.0" 165 Apr 24, 1948 Portland, OR, US
Leon Filbeck 19 R R 6' 2.0" 187 Nov 10, 1949 Santa Ana, CA, US
Richard Hoban 21 L L 6' 2.0" 190 Nov 19, 1947 Cleveland, OH, US
John Howell 19 L L 6' 0.0" 170 Jun 3, 1950
Bob Kaiser 19 S L 5' 10.0" 175 Apr 29, 1950 Cincinnati, OH, US
James Koch 21 R R 5' 9.0" 180 Aug 8, 1947
Gary Lear 21 R R 6' 2.0" 190 1948
Denny Lortscher 23 R R 6' 0.0" 174 Sep 18, 1945
John Lowenstein 22 L R 6' 0.0" 175 Jan 27, 1947 Wolf Point, MT, US
Chuck Machemehl 23 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Apr 20, 1946 Brenham, TX, US
Rick Magnante 21 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Dec 12, 1947
Richard Napolitano 23 R R 6' 0.0" 177 1946
Michael Pierce 22 L L 6' 0.0" 200 1947
Ronald Pietila 21 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Sep 6, 1947
Timothy Sanders 20 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Apr 23, 1949
Rick Sawyer 21 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Apr 7, 1948 Bakersfield, CA, US
Robert Shaps 19 R R 6' 0.0" 185 1950
David Singerman 24 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Apr 20, 1945
Edward Southard 22 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Jan 1, 1947
Edwin Staples 23 R R 6' 0.0" 185 1946
Jack Stroud 26 S L 6' 0.0" 185 1943
Terry Thompson 22 R R 6' 3.0" 198 Feb 19, 1947
Dick Tidrow 22 R R 6' 4.0" 210 May 14, 1947 San Francisco, CA, US
William Tsoukalas 21 L L 6' 1.0" 175 Aug 24, 1947 Renton, WA, US
Michael Weaver 19 L R 6' 0.0" 175 Mar 7, 1950 Jacksonville, FL, US
Max Winfield 22 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Feb 17, 1947
Ronald Zuber 22 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Jul 19, 1946 Kansas City, MO, US

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