1969 Batavia Trojans Statistics
New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 42-33
Finished 2nd in the NYPL
Manager: Bob Dustal (42-33)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Batavia, New York
Ballpark: Dwyer Stadium
Attendance: 45,239, Avg. 1,206
1969 Batavia Trojans RosterTeam Record: 42-33
Finished 2nd in the NYPL
Manager: Bob Dustal (42-33)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Batavia, New York
Ballpark: Dwyer Stadium
Attendance: 45,239, Avg. 1,206
The Batavia Trojans of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1969 season with a record of 42 wins and 33 losses, finishing second in the NYPL.
The Trojans paced the league with 415 runs, sparked by 57 home runs. Batavia surrendered 373 runs. John Sharkey powered the team with 11 home runs Steve Smith drove in 52 runs. Richard Walls led all regular batters by hitting .330. Bob Strampe topped the squad with 10 wins, while Ronald Thomas recorded a 1.75 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Bob Strampe and Bill Slayback both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bob Dustal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Strampe | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.97 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 115.0 | 99 | 60 | 38 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 138 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Ronald Thomas | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.75 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 67.0 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Arthur Grassing | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.82 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 92.0 | 104 | 49 | 39 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Nelson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.88 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 68 | 42 | 32 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Bill Slayback | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0.35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Fremuth | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.70 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 51 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Edward Laborio | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.60 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 46 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bernie Beckman | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.43 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | 74 | 41 | 31 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Nils Lambert | 2 | 3 | .400 | 8.10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 41 | 28 | 27 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Lee Sage | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.97 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.0 | 49 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| John Grobelny | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.86 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Casteller | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.0 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rod Beckman | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Pratt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 42 | 33 | .560 | 3.92 | 170 | 75 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 17 | 626.0 | 643 | 373 | 273 | 48 | 310 | 13 | 544 | 16 | 2 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Walls | 74 | 330 | 285 | 67 | 94 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 37 | 47 | .330 | .409 | .477 | .886 | 136 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Steve Smith | 75 | 312 | 262 | 58 | 85 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 53 | .324 | .423 | .485 | .908 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Wosman | 47 | 203 | 170 | 37 | 65 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 32 | .382 | .473 | .659 | 1.132 | 112 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Breving | 48 | 207 | 185 | 30 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 27 | .314 | .382 | .443 | .825 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dwight Martinek | 69 | 278 | 230 | 39 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 41 | .252 | .371 | .409 | .779 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Sharkey | 49 | 196 | 169 | 32 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 30 | .320 | .410 | .562 | .972 | 95 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Adams | 66 | 272 | 218 | 37 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 46 | 45 | .229 | .357 | .294 | .650 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| John Hetrick | 39 | 162 | 146 | 24 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 28 | .260 | .325 | .301 | .626 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Jacobs | 52 | 143 | 119 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 29 | .252 | .352 | .370 | .722 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Michael Baker | 33 | 102 | 91 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 18 | .297 | .356 | .407 | .763 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Fore | 28 | 104 | 98 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .224 | .269 | .255 | .524 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Murphy | 27 | 104 | 91 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | .198 | .291 | .308 | .599 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Wycallis | 14 | 50 | 44 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .341 | .388 | .409 | .797 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Colombo | 28 | 65 | 58 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .241 | .308 | .293 | .601 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Donald DeDonatis | 22 | 65 | 58 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | .224 | .297 | .276 | .573 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert LaFrance | 15 | 44 | 39 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .256 | .341 | .359 | .700 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Hastings | 11 | 43 | 37 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .216 | .326 | .243 | .569 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Rodrigues | 19 | 44 | 42 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .167 | .205 | .190 | .395 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Strampe | 24 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .129 | .182 | .194 | .375 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Slayback | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .429 | .571 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rod Beckman | 8 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .176 | .333 | .235 | .569 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Grassing | 17 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Nelson | 18 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .130 | .130 | .261 | .391 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Sage | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 1.200 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nils Lambert | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Thomas | 30 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Fremuth | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Beckman | 14 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Casteller | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Grobelny | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Laborio | 18 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 897 | 2891 | 2494 | 417 | 689 | 108 | 17 | 57 | 342 | 60 | 20 | 336 | 498 | .276 | .364 | .402 | .765 | 1002 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Wosman | 1B | 46 | 363 | 16 | 6 | 38 | .984 | 8.239 | ||||
| Dwight Martinek | 1B | 29 | 226 | 17 | 4 | 21 | .984 | 8.379 | ||||
| Mike Adams | 2B | 60 | 149 | 130 | 17 | 34 | .943 | 4.650 | ||||
| James Rodrigues | 2B | 10 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 7 | .971 | 3.400 | ||||
| Daniel Colombo | 2B | 6 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Rod Beckman | 2B | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 3.600 | ||||
| Steve Smith | 2B | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Mike Jacobs | 2B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Steve Smith | 3B | 69 | 54 | 115 | 22 | 10 | .885 | 2.449 | ||||
| Daniel Colombo | 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Dwight Martinek | 3B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Rod Beckman | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Donald Murphy | C | 27 | 176 | 16 | 6 | 2 | .970 | 7.111 | 7 | |||
| David Fore | C | 27 | 213 | 19 | 5 | 6 | .979 | 8.593 | 4 | |||
| Gerald Wycallis | C | 14 | 93 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .962 | 7.143 | 4 | |||
| Robert LaFrance | C | 12 | 98 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 8.417 | 5 | |||
| John Sharkey | OF | 46 | 60 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .940 | 1.370 | ||||
| Thomas Breving | OF | 43 | 60 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .912 | 1.442 | ||||
| John Hetrick | OF | 38 | 59 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .928 | 1.684 | ||||
| Dwight Martinek | OF | 34 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .927 | 1.500 | ||||
| Michael Baker | OF | 30 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .933 | .933 | ||||
| Mike Jacobs | OF | 27 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .862 | .926 | ||||
| Donald DeDonatis | OF | 13 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.538 | ||||
| Michael Hastings | OF | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Daniel Colombo | OF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Edward Laborio | OF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ronald Thomas | P | 30 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .875 | .467 | ||||
| Bob Strampe | P | 19 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .862 | 1.316 | ||||
| Edward Laborio | P | 17 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .706 | ||||
| Arthur Grassing | P | 17 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.294 | ||||
| Lee Sage | P | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .500 | ||||
| John Nelson | P | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .375 | ||||
| Bernie Beckman | P | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| Nils Lambert | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .444 | ||||
| Michael Fremuth | P | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.125 | ||||
| Tom Casteller | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .125 | ||||
| John Grobelny | P | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Bill Slayback | P | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1.250 | ||||
| Mark Pratt | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rod Beckman | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Walls | SS | 73 | 97 | 139 | 41 | 35 | .852 | 3.233 | ||||
| James Rodrigues | SS | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Mike Adams | SS | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 805 | 1875 | 618 | 161 | 166 | .939 | 3.097 | 20 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
