1969 Decatur Commodores

1969 > Class A > 1969 Midwest League
Overall: 53-66
Scored 444 runs, Allowed 470 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-63

Affiliation: San Francisco Giants-NL
Manager: Frank Funk
Represented: Decatur, IL
Ballpark: Fans Field (Decatur, IL)
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	Bing Bingham*	23	20	43	38	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	23	.132	.154	.132	.285	5	0	4	0
2	Gerald Bosch*	22	66	254	207	24	52	8	3	2	27	15	0	38	21	.251	.369	.348	.717	72	3	2	4
3	Osvaldo Bosch	20	39	115	98	12	16	4	1	1	9	5	1	15	32	.163	.287	.255	.542	25	2	0	0
4	Mark Brewster*	23	22	85	73	3	13	5	1	0	8	1	1	12	24	.178	.294	.274	.568	20	0	0	0
5	Jake Brown	21	27	90	76	18	23	3	0	8	17	3	0	11	20	.303	.382	.658	1.040	50	0	1	2
6	John Brown*	23	53	201	186	20	45	6	3	1	21	3	1	13	35	.242	.289	.323	.611	60	0	0	2
7	Jeff Campbell*	24	20	19	16	1	4	0	1	1	7	0	0	1	4	.250	.333	.563	.896	9	1	1	0
8	Gene Cook	19	78	269	229	25	47	2	0	0	17	5	0	30	60	.205	.308	.214	.522	49	5	3	2
9	Ken Cornell*	18	73	232	189	23	52	9	2	1	13	6	0	42	23	.275	.409	.360	.769	68	1	0	0
10	Alan Cowgill	21	40	18	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.067	.222	.067	.289	1	0	0	0
11	Steve Davies	20	27	57	53	4	11	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	17	.208	.218	.226	.445	12	0	2	1
12	Pepe Frias	20	44	131	128	10	24	5	1	0	12	2	3	1	21	.188	.198	.242	.441	31	1	0	1
13	Ed Goodson*	21	60	225	214	32	61	11	6	1	26	0	1	8	24	.285	.307	.407	.713	87	0	0	3
14	Harold Graff	22	34	103	84	9	13	2	0	2	8	0	0	12	26	.155	.275	.250	.525	21	3	1	3
15	Tommy Hanegan*	18	100	396	335	53	77	21	2	10	37	10	5	53	59	.230	.336	.394	.730	132	2	3	3
16	Dick Hanselman*	21	25	23	20	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.150	.227	.200	.427	4	0	1	0
17	Terry Hansen	19	44	186	158	25	35	6	1	2	11	2	0	25	40	.222	.324	.310	.634	49	0	1	2
18	Bill Hathaway	21	44	130	115	12	29	7	1	2	12	3	0	10	43	.252	.318	.383	.700	44	2	1	2
19	Guy Homoly	22	27	83	76	8	21	2	0	1	6	1	0	5	20	.276	.329	.342	.671	26	1	1	0
20	Kerry Horn	19	19	35	34	2	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	9	.176	.200	.265	.465	9	0	0	0
21	Mike Hutson	24	24	90	80	6	13	2	0	0	8	0	0	7	19	.163	.236	.188	.423	15	1	1	1
22	Art Kinnaugh*	21	15	49	43	4	10	0	0	0	3	2	1	6	4	.233	.327	.233	.559	10	0	0	0
23	Don Krick*	20	21	11	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.125	.364	.125	.489	1	0	0	0
24	Gary Lavelle#	20	7	20	18	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.333	.368	.333	.702	6	1	1	0
25	Gary Matthews	18	53	206	174	31	56	11	2	8	30	9	1	29	45	.322	.424	.546	.970	95	2	1	0
26	Leo Mazzone*	20	26	70	64	4	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	12	.156	.206	.172	.378	11	1	2	0
27	Dick Miller	21	41	136	122	17	34	7	0	4	18	0	0	13	21	.279	.346	.434	.780	53	0	0	1
28	Randy Mohler	21	50	177	158	25	43	8	1	4	18	1	0	19	32	.272	.350	.411	.762	65	0	0	0
29	Emiliano Rivera	19	21	46	43	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	22	.070	.111	.093	.204	4	0	1	0
30	Andy Rodriguez	19	15	40	35	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.143	.205	.143	.348	5	0	1	1
31	Gary Schafer	19	62	208	190	25	44	9	0	0	18	1	0	16	33	.232	.290	.279	.569	53	0	1	1
32	Elias Sosa	19	9	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	1	0
33	Jack Traffenstedt	21	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
34	Dave Voss*	20	18	78	65	3	14	3	0	2	11	0	1	5	10	.215	.308	.354	.662	23	5	0	3
35	Marty Waldeck	19	9	13	12	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.333	.500	4	0	1	0
36	Jack Woolsey*	21	56	216	197	34	56	9	4	3	25	9	5	17	32	.284	.343	.416	.759	82	1	0	1
	36 Players	20.3	119	4065	3560	444	836	145	30	54	378	73	21	407	771	.235	.317	.338	.654	1203	34	31	33	30

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	Bing Bingham	23	5	10	.333	3.33	20	19		10	1	0	127.0	121	62	47	5	39	2	71	1	1	4	1.260	8.6	0.4	2.8	5.0	1.82
2	Jeff Campbell	24	4	4	.500	3.32	19	4		3	0	3	57.0	35	27	21	1	29	2	30	1	0	4	1.123	5.5	0.2	4.6	4.7	1.03
3	Alan Cowgill	21	3	4	.429	2.35	40	0		0	0	9	65.0	37	24	17	1	50	6	43	7	1	12	1.338	5.1	0.1	6.9	6.0	0.86
4	Steve Davies	20	7	11	.389	4.02	27	25		6	1	0	150.0	143	99	67	8	88	3	125	11	2	17	1.540	8.6	0.5	5.3	7.5	1.42
5	Dick Hanselman*	21	3	5	.375	5.46	21	6		2	0	1	61.0	73	52	37	2	51	2	53	4	2	7	2.033	10.8	0.3	7.5	7.8	1.04
6	Don Krick*	20	3	3	.500	2.51	21	1		0	0	3	43.0	37	15	12	0	22	0	35	0	2	4	1.372	7.7	0.0	4.6	7.3	1.59
7	Gary Lavelle*	20	4	2	.667	1.69	7	7		4	2	0	48.0	41	17	9	1	24	0	30	1	1	2	1.354	7.7	0.2	4.5	5.6	1.25
8	Leo Mazzone*	20	15	10	.600	2.52	26	26		17	4	0	186.0	177	79	52	10	58	1	151	4	0	6	1.263	8.6	0.5	2.8	7.3	2.60
9	Mike Ocon	19	0	1	.000	27.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.000	36.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
10	Emiliano Rivera	19	7	12	.368	3.09	21	21		7	2	0	131.0	115	59	45	8	47	4	94	5	1	6	1.237	7.9	0.5	3.2	6.5	2.00
11	Elias Sosa	19	0	1	.000	4.50	9	3		0	0	0	22.0	27	13	11	2	17	1	24	0	0	3	2.000	11.0	0.8	7.0	9.8	1.41
12	Marty Waldeck	19	2	3	.400	2.30	9	7		2	1	0	43.0	36	20	11	0	31	2	21	2	1	6	1.558	7.5	0.0	6.5	4.4	0.68
	12 Players	20.6	53	66	.445	3.20	119	119	68	51	13	16	934.0	846	470	332	38	457	23	677	36	11	71	1.395	8.2	0.4	4.4	6.5	1.48

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
Harold Graff	33	174	19	4	1	.980	5.85	6
Bill Hathaway	31	164	21	2	3	.989	5.97	10
Jake Brown	24	121	23	6	1	.960	6.00	3
Mike Hutson	23	170	13	5	1	.973	7.96	5
Andy Rodriguez	14	96	4	3	0	.971	7.14	3
Gary Schafer	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.00	3

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ed Goodson	52	414	30	7	34	.984	8.54
Ken Cornell	47	346	29	5	21	.987	7.98
Dave Voss	18	162	7	1	14	.994	9.39
John Brown	6	37	1	1	2	.974	6.33

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tommy Hanegan	97	215	248	32	46	.935	4.77
Gary Schafer	20	45	55	1	11	.990	5.00
Gene Cook	4	3	6	1	0	.900	2.25

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gene Cook	74	45	138	20	12	.901	2.47
Terry Hansen	44	41	86	12	7	.914	2.89
Pepe Frias	2	3	0	1	0	.750	1.50

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Randy Mohler	48	74	125	16	24	.926	4.15
Gary Schafer	32	44	82	14	10	.900	3.94
Pepe Frias	29	39	95	20	15	.870	4.62
Ed Goodson	9	12	16	3	1	.903	3.11
Bill Hathaway	2	4	5	1	1	.900	4.50

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gerald Bosch	65	116	17	16	3	.893	2.05
Jack Woolsey	54	94	3	2	1	.980	1.80
Gary Matthews	53	63	7	8	0	.897	1.32
John Brown	45	73	4	2	0	.975	1.71
Dick Miller	35	51	3	5	0	.915	1.54
Osvaldo Bosch	31	42	2	1	0	.978	1.42
Guy Homoly	23	24	0	1	0	.960	1.04
Mark Brewster	22	46	4	0	0	1.000	2.27
Ken Cornell	14	11	1	2	0	.857	0.86
Art Kinnaugh	12	15	0	0	0	1.000	1.25
Kerry Horn	7	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.43
Bill Hathaway	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Alan Cowgill	40	4	12	1	2	.941	0.40
Steve Davies	27	7	27	8	2	.810	1.26
Leo Mazzone	26	3	22	2	1	.926	0.96
Dick Hanselman	21	1	6	3	0	.700	0.33
Don Krick	21	3	8	1	1	.917	0.52
Emiliano Rivera	21	10	21	0	1	1.000	1.48
Bing Bingham	20	11	20	1	0	.969	1.55
Jeff Campbell	19	4	13	0	1	1.000	0.89
Elias Sosa	9	2	2	0	0	1.000	0.44
Marty Waldeck	9	7	11	0	0	1.000	2.00
Gary Lavelle	7	2	10	1	0	.923	1.71
Mike Ocon	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Bing Bingham	23	L	R	6' 6.0"	210	1946
Gerald Bosch	22	L	L	5' 10.0"	170	Feb 8, 1947
Osvaldo Bosch	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	165	1949
Mark Brewster	23	L	R	5' 10.0"	175	1946
Jake Brown	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Mar 22, 1948	Sumrall, MS, US
John Brown	23	L	L	5' 11.0"	170	Oct 25, 1945	San Carlos, CA, US
Jeff Campbell	24	L	R	5' 10.0"	182	Jun 26, 1945	Gordo, AL, US
Gene Cook	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Jul 26, 1949	Roosevelt, UT, US
Ken Cornell	18	L	R	5' 11.0"	185	Sep 29, 1950	Detroit, MI, US
Alan Cowgill	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Oct 3, 1947
Steve Davies	20	R	R	6' 7.0"	210	1949
Pepe Frias	20	R	R	5' 10.0"	159	Jul 14, 1948	San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Ed Goodson	21	L	R	6' 3.0"	180	Jan 25, 1948	Pulaski, VA, US
Harold Graff	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	1947
Tommy Hanegan	18	L	R	5' 11.0"	170	Oct 8, 1950
Dick Hanselman	21	L	L	5' 10.0"	170	1948
Terry Hansen	19	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Dec 10, 1949	Tyler, MN, US
Bill Hathaway	21	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	1948
Guy Homoly	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	1947
Kerry Horn	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	1950
Mike Hutson	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	1945
Art Kinnaugh	21	L	R	5' 9.0"	170	Feb 16, 1948
Don Krick	20	L	L	5' 9.0"	180	1949
Gary Lavelle	20	S	L	6' 2.0"	190	Jan 3, 1949	Scranton, PA, US
Gary Matthews	18	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Jul 5, 1950	San Fernando, CA, US
Leo Mazzone	20	L	L	5' 10.0"	180	Oct 16, 1948	Keyser, WV, US
Dick Miller	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 26, 1947
Randy Mohler	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Dec 8, 1947
Mike Ocon	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Oct 15, 1949
Emiliano Rivera	19	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Jun 29, 1950
Andy Rodriguez	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	165	Apr 16, 1950	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Gary Schafer	19	R	R	5' 9.0"	150	Jun 28, 1950	Brawley, CA, US
Elias Sosa	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	186	Jun 10, 1950	La Vega, La Vega, DO
Jack Traffenstedt	21	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	1948
Dave Voss	20	L	R	6' 2.0"	205	1949
Marty Waldeck	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Aug 16, 1949	Oakland, CA, US
Jack Woolsey	21	L	L	5' 10.0"	168	Dec 5, 1947

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