1969 Burlington Senators Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 71-71
Finished 3rd in the CL's West Division
Manager: Buddy Hicks (0-0), Bill Haywood (0-0)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Burlington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Burlington Athletic Park
Attendance: 20,550, Avg. 289
1969 Burlington Senators RosterTeam Record: 71-71
Finished 3rd in the CL's West Division
Manager: Buddy Hicks (0-0), Bill Haywood (0-0)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Burlington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Burlington Athletic Park
Attendance: 20,550, Avg. 289
Playoffs - Burlington Senators 2 games, Salem Rebels 0
Playoffs - Burlington Senators 2 games, Winston-Salem Red Sox 1
Finals - Raleigh-Durham Phillies 2 games, Burlington Senators 1
The Burlington Senators of the Carolina League ended the 1969 season with a record of 71 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Senators plated 507 runs and allowed 531 runs. Don Castle drove in 59 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .283 clip. Dick Nold led the squad with 13 wins, while Jeffrey Vollweiler earned a 3.18 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
John Wockenfuss, Bill Haywood, Don Castle, Mike Thompson, Dick Nold, Toby Harrah and Bob Jones were all players from the 1969 Burlington Senators who played in the Majors during their careers.
Buddy Hicks and Bill Haywood served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Nold | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.78 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 169.0 | 177 | 79 | 71 | 11 | 52 | 4 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jeffrey Vollweiler | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.18 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 150.0 | 120 | 72 | 53 | 6 | 68 | 2 | 128 | 13 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Frank Bolick | 10 | 3 | .769 | 2.00 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 108.0 | 95 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 91 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Mike Thompson | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.09 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 99.0 | 62 | 35 | 23 | 2 | 68 | 0 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Timothy Zajeski | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.69 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 139.0 | 143 | 69 | 57 | 15 | 32 | 1 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Wallace Smallwood | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.71 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 63.0 | 55 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Scally | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.93 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71.0 | 79 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Gene Baker | 3 | 7 | .300 | 2.16 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 104.0 | 85 | 37 | 25 | 5 | 34 | 4 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Parchem | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 47 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Schroer | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.09 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 64 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Shutts | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.35 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20.0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bill Haywood | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dexter Baker | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Parker | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.33 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jeffery Janek | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.66 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64.0 | 46 | 34 | 26 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Don Castle | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Sargent | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Harvey Mattingly | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.87 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Holt | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.75 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 71 | 71 | .500 | 3.22 | 296 | 142 | 0 | 46 | 14 | 26 | 1175.0 | 1090 | 531 | 421 | 65 | 459 | 21 | 913 | 37 | 6 | 67 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Castle | 122 | 468 | 417 | 60 | 118 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 57 | .283 | .348 | .396 | .743 | 165 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Frederic Jacobs | 123 | 518 | 455 | 51 | 95 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 74 | .209 | .292 | .233 | .525 | 106 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||
| LaMar Davis | 100 | 393 | 331 | 47 | 88 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 38 | .266 | .366 | .366 | .731 | 121 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Dick Baldwin | 78 | 331 | 289 | 45 | 72 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 37 | 37 | .249 | .333 | .311 | .645 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Billy Vickery | 68 | 249 | 229 | 15 | 70 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 19 | .306 | .353 | .354 | .707 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gary Ratliff | 77 | 279 | 240 | 30 | 62 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 64 | .258 | .353 | .383 | .736 | 92 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Sonny Bowers | 92 | 338 | 308 | 26 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 77 | .195 | .254 | .260 | .514 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Biedenbach | 67 | 247 | 220 | 21 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 30 | .264 | .331 | .386 | .717 | 85 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Roger Sheridan | 54 | 207 | 173 | 26 | 51 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 28 | 22 | .295 | .401 | .387 | .788 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Toby Harrah | 46 | 172 | 147 | 27 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | .306 | .395 | .442 | .838 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Weigle | 50 | 188 | 164 | 27 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 19 | .274 | .349 | .293 | .642 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Larry Iten | 56 | 183 | 166 | 21 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 29 | .241 | .311 | .301 | .613 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Wockenfuss | 62 | 222 | 197 | 23 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 28 | .168 | .252 | .274 | .526 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Brescher | 64 | 174 | 161 | 15 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 83 | .199 | .259 | .342 | .600 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Gifford | 41 | 132 | 113 | 15 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 26 | .265 | .364 | .345 | .709 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gerald Merlet | 37 | 123 | 103 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | .243 | .361 | .369 | .730 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Walter Czopczyc | 26 | 86 | 76 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 18 | .289 | .360 | .566 | .926 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bob Jones | 39 | 128 | 111 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 30 | .198 | .288 | .234 | .522 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Walker | 26 | 64 | 59 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .288 | .328 | .525 | .854 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick Guarnera | 36 | 80 | 77 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .169 | .200 | .169 | .369 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wallace Smallwood | 18 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .200 | .242 | .233 | .476 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Zajeski | 22 | 52 | 40 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .150 | .261 | .175 | .436 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Dick Nold | 27 | 64 | 57 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .255 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Vollweiler | 24 | 59 | 53 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | .094 | .127 | .094 | .222 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jeffery Janek | 28 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Schroer | 10 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .250 | .368 | .312 | .681 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dexter Baker | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .273 | .333 | .273 | .606 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Baker | 55 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .136 | .174 | .136 | .310 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Bolick | 25 | 35 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .088 | .088 | .088 | .176 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Thompson | 20 | 40 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .086 | .135 | .086 | .221 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Richard Bechtel | 7 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | .105 | .393 | .105 | .498 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Parchem | 9 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .067 | .125 | .133 | .258 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Haywood | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Holt | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Shutts | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Scally | 21 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .000 | .105 | .000 | .105 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary Sargent | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Parker | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .000 | .300 | .000 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harvey Mattingly | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .000 | .308 | .000 | .308 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1586 | 5040 | 4429 | 504 | 1044 | 141 | 35 | 48 | 438 | 63 | 31 | 489 | 852 | .236 | .315 | .316 | .631 | 1399 | 0 | 39 | 47 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Castle | 1B | 117 | 926 | 65 | 17 | 73 | .983 | 8.470 | ||||
| LaMar Davis | 1B | 22 | 167 | 13 | 2 | 15 | .989 | 8.182 | ||||
| Billy Vickery | 1B | 9 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Bob Jones | 1B | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 12.000 | ||||
| James Walker | 1B | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 14.000 | ||||
| Rick Guarnera | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Frederic Jacobs | 2B | 122 | 276 | 282 | 34 | 63 | .943 | 4.574 | ||||
| Rick Guarnera | 2B | 8 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 2.875 | ||||
| Richard Bechtel | 2B | 7 | 18 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 7.143 | ||||
| Toby Harrah | 2B | 5 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 6.200 | ||||
| John Biedenbach | 2B | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Roger Gifford | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Biedenbach | 3B | 59 | 38 | 95 | 9 | 5 | .937 | 2.254 | ||||
| Roger Sheridan | 3B | 35 | 40 | 47 | 8 | 5 | .916 | 2.486 | ||||
| Gerald Merlet | 3B | 32 | 20 | 45 | 6 | 3 | .915 | 2.031 | ||||
| Billy Vickery | 3B | 12 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 1 | .846 | 2.750 | ||||
| Rick Guarnera | 3B | 12 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.417 | ||||
| Wayne Brescher | C | 44 | 284 | 20 | 8 | 9 | .974 | 6.909 | 11 | |||
| Larry Iten | C | 43 | 255 | 16 | 1 | 5 | .996 | 6.302 | 10 | |||
| Billy Vickery | C | 32 | 219 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .996 | 7.406 | 1 | |||
| Walter Czopczyc | C | 25 | 130 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 5.560 | 3 | |||
| James Walker | C | 24 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.250 | 6 | |||
| LaMar Davis | OF | 80 | 100 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .948 | 1.375 | ||||
| Dick Baldwin | OF | 78 | 152 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .982 | 2.051 | ||||
| Gary Ratliff | OF | 74 | 105 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .974 | 1.514 | ||||
| John Wockenfuss | OF | 61 | 110 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .966 | 1.869 | ||||
| Robert Weigle | OF | 47 | 67 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .961 | 1.553 | ||||
| Roger Gifford | OF | 39 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .923 | .923 | ||||
| Bob Jones | OF | 32 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 1.625 | ||||
| Billy Vickery | OF | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.154 | ||||
| Roger Sheridan | OF | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.300 | ||||
| Larry Iten | OF | 9 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.556 | ||||
| Dexter Baker | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gene Baker | P | 55 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .960 | .436 | ||||
| Jeffery Janek | P | 28 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .464 | ||||
| Dick Nold | P | 27 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.370 | ||||
| Frank Bolick | P | 25 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .895 | .680 | ||||
| Jeffrey Vollweiler | P | 24 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.208 | ||||
| Timothy Zajeski | P | 22 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .972 | 1.591 | ||||
| Mark Scally | P | 21 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .476 | ||||
| Mike Thompson | P | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Shutts | P | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Steve Schroer | P | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Wallace Smallwood | P | 9 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.778 | ||||
| Gary Sargent | P | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Robert Parchem | P | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Bill Haywood | P | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .375 | ||||
| Harvey Mattingly | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| William Holt | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| John Parker | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dexter Baker | P | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Don Castle | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sonny Bowers | SS | 92 | 134 | 260 | 28 | 45 | .934 | 4.283 | ||||
| Toby Harrah | SS | 40 | 62 | 135 | 9 | 17 | .956 | 4.925 | ||||
| Roger Sheridan | SS | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | .818 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Biedenbach | SS | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .952 | 4.000 | ||||
| Rick Guarnera | SS | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1501 | 3516 | 1363 | 182 | 283 | .964 | 3.250 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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