1969 Cedar Rapids Cardinals Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 55-68
Finished 6th in the MWL
Manager: Roy Majtyka (55-68)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 34,101, Avg. 554

1969 Cedar Rapids Cardinals Roster

The Cedar Rapids Cardinals of the Midwest League ended the 1969 season with a record of 55 wins and 68 losses, finishing sixth in the MWL.

The Cardinals tallied 459 runs and allowed 500 runs. Jorge Roque drove in 52 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .289 average. Mike Brandt led the team with 8 wins, while Dionicio Gonzalez earned a 2.64 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Members of the 1969 Cedar Rapids Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jorge Roque, Bob Sadowski and Ken Reitz.

Roy Majtyka served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Mike Brandt	8	4	.667	2.46	19	12		6	3	0	84.0	54	30	23	5	35	1	48	0	5	3
Bob Holtzman	7	1	.875	3.09	45	0		0	0	7	67.0	65	34	23	6	34	3	38	1	0	3
Dick Estrella	6	2	.750	3.13	13	12		3	1	0	69.0	71	33	24	7	21	1	26	1	0	9
Dionicio Gonzalez	5	6	.455	2.64	24	11		3	0	0	99.0	90	43	29	9	48	1	61	3	1	1
John Kitchen	4	2	.667	2.50	9	9		3	0	0	54.0	44	19	15	3	29	2	41	1	0	2
Danny Jaster	3	0	1.000	0.82	3	3		2	0	0	22.0	12	2	2	0	6	0	17	0	1	0
Dick McVay	3	1	.750	2.38	5	5		3	2	0	34.0	28	11	9	3	7	0	26	0	0	1
Thomas Cole	3	2	.600	1.64	30	0		0	0	3	44.0	24	15	8	2	20	5	33	7	0	4
John Susce	3	3	.500	2.38	33	0		0	0	0	53.0	41	24	14	5	26	4	40	4	0	2
Larry Heilman	3	6	.333	4.29	15	10		2	0	0	65.0	68	39	31	8	30	2	36	5	0	3
Jesse DuBose	3	9	.250	4.61	17	15		4	0	0	80.0	73	50	41	5	46	2	78	5	0	1
Ken Beebe	2	2	.500	4.35	15	0		0	0	2	31.0	34	19	15	1	9	4	11	5	0	2
Dave Sagaser	1	2	.333	11.25	4	4		0	0	0	16.0	25	26	20	7	10	0	14	2	0	0
Jack Price	1	4	.200	4.19	13	7		0	0	0	43.0	43	25	20	4	18	3	24	2	0	0
Ron Kinney	1	5	.167	2.06	22	5		0	0	1	48.0	41	19	11	0	27	2	41	3	0	1
Ted Hemenway	1	5	.167	4.50	6	6		1	0	0	30.0	28	21	15	3	21	1	19	1	0	2
Larry Bowlby	1	6	.143	2.85	20	10		1	1	1	60.0	56	32	19	4	25	2	43	6	0	3
Benny Haynie	0	0		4.15	9	0		0	0	0	13.0	12	6	6	2	3	0	10	0	0	0
Fred Grooms	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
John Howard	0	1	.000	11.25	7	1		0	0	0	8.0	13	12	10	1	9	0	4	1	0	3
Benny Farley	0	2	.000	2.37	4	3		1	0	0	19.0	23	7	5	1	11	0	15	0	0	0
Jim Jackson	0	5	.000	4.35	14	11		0	0	0	60.0	59	32	29	6	28	0	57	3	1	1
Totals	55	68	.447	3.33	328	124	0	29	7	14	1000.0	905	500	370	83	463	33	683	50	8	41	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
Jorge Roque	118	429	384	60	111	17	10	9	52	7	9	38	72	.289	.359	.456	.815	175		5	0	2
Jerry Bartee	110	408	341	46	91	11	2	0	35	25	12	56	67	.267	.375	.311	.686	106		5	3	3
Mel Pettigrew	115	411	358	62	82	18	1	1	27	29	5	45	95	.229	.321	.293	.614	105		4	3	1
Jorge Millan	106	353	309	40	69	6	3	9	36	7	4	27	107	.223	.301	.350	.650	108		8	7	2
Hank Marion	69	254	212	33	58	11	5	1	24	5	1	35	32	.274	.378	.387	.765	82		2	3	2
Dave Cichon	76	245	212	16	45	12	0	4	25	2	0	26	40	.212	.302	.325	.627	69		2	3	2
Lazaro Del Orbe	50	171	157	16	43	2	0	0	10	5	1	11	23	.274	.329	.287	.616	45		2	1	0
Ken Reitz	35	141	136	7	38	8	0	2	15	1	1	1	16	.279	.300	.382	.682	52		3	1	0
Andrew Ondesko	53	148	129	17	32	3	0	3	19	0	1	14	28	.248	.340	.341	.681	44		4	1	0
Hector Navarro	44	151	143	15	29	4	2	0	13	2	1	6	31	.203	.240	.259	.499	37		1	1	0
Barry Poris	30	103	88	9	27	7	0	0	10	0	1	14	10	.307	.398	.386	.784	34		0	0	1
Lou Cosenza	48	141	115	9	26	5	0	2	13	1	0	23	23	.226	.348	.322	.669	37		0	0	3
Larry Snyder	46	155	123	22	26	7	1	1	13	1	0	24	35	.211	.349	.309	.658	38		3	3	2
Hank Daugherty	43	120	105	9	22	5	0	2	11	0	0	14	42	.210	.308	.314	.623	33		1	0	0
Rick Schmidt	27	90	79	6	19	3	1	1	5	3	1	10	21	.241	.326	.342	.668	27		0	1	0
Terry Milani	26	82	74	4	17	1	0	0	8	2	1	6	14	.230	.293	.243	.536	18		1	0	1
Steve Frohman	38	134	97	23	17	0	1	3	16	2	0	33	18	.175	.388	.289	.677	28		2	0	2
Bill Caudell	32	97	76	6	16	2	0	0	4	0	0	20	16	.211	.375	.237	.612	18		0	1	0
Gary Collins	26	79	72	8	15	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	18	.208	.247	.236	.483	17		0	2	1
Bobby Diaz	15	62	59	6	14	1	0	0	4	1	3	1	7	.237	.262	.254	.517	15		1	1	0
Bob Sadowski	22	91	71	6	14	4	1	0	8	0	1	18	18	.197	.360	.282	.641	20		0	2	0
Dionicio Gonzalez	28	39	35	6	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.229	.250	.229	.479	8		0	3	0
Fred Grooms	26	45	39	5	8	0	0	0	2	4	1	5	14	.205	.311	.205	.516	8		1	0	0
Phil Trombino	7	23	19	3	7	2	0	1	3	0	0	2	3	.368	.391	.632	1.023	12		0	0	2
Mike Brandt	19	31	29	0	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	6	.241	.241	.345	.586	10		0	2	0
Bob Holtzman	45	14	12	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	4		0	2	0
Dick Estrella	13	30	25	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.160	.160	.200	.360	5		0	5	0
Jesse DuBose	17	30	27	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.148	.148	.148	.296	4		0	3	0
Gene Laws	18	48	42	8	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	8	.095	.208	.095	.304	4		1	0	0
Lonny Croslow	6	17	15	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	.200	.250	.267	.517	4		0	1	0
Thomas Cole	30	7	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.429	.500	.929	3		0	0	0
Don Cooksey	5	11	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.222	.364	.222	.586	2		0	0	0
Danny Jaster	3	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.222	.444	2		0	0	0
Ron Kinney	26	11	9	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.222	.273	.222	.495	2		0	0	1
Juan Romagosa	14	25	23	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	15	.087	.160	.130	.290	3		0	0	0
John Howard	8	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	1		0	0	0
Dick McVay	5	12	10	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	.100	.250	.400	.650	4		0	0	0
Jack Price	13	15	11	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.091	.167	.091	.258	1		0	3	0
Larry Bowlby	21	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	.077	.250	.077	.327	1		0	0	0
Jim Jackson	14	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.071	.133	.071	.205	1		0	0	0
John Kitchen	9	18	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.062	.118	.062	.180	1		0	1	0
Dale Hill	5	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.091	.000	.091	0		0	0	0
Ted Hemenway	6	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0
Benny Farley	4	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Dave Sagaser	4	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Benny Haynie	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Larry Heilman	15	25	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	.000	.174	.000	.174	0		0	2	0
John Susce	33	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Ken Beebe	15	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0
Totals	1547	4360	3768	459	876	136	28	40	379	97	44	460	887	.232	.321	.315	.637	1188	0	46	61	25	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Andrew Ondesko	1B	41	270	20	11	24	.963	7.073
Barry Poris	1B	24	173	14	6	13	.969	7.792
Lou Cosenza	1B	22	151	17	4	10	.977	7.636
Gary Collins	1B	22	138	12	3	11	.980	6.818
Steve Frohman	1B	19	101	3	1	11	.990	5.474
Ken Reitz	1B	14	109	7	2	4	.983	8.286
Dave Cichon	1B	2	13	0	0	1	1.000	6.500
Larry Snyder	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Jorge Roque	1B	1	8	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Terry Milani	1B	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000
Jerry Bartee	1B	1	7	0	0	0	1.000	7.000
Hank Marion	2B	60	137	129	7	32	.974	4.433
Lazaro Del Orbe	2B	32	62	45	6	11	.947	3.344
Bob Sadowski	2B	18	53	43	1	6	.990	5.333
Jorge Millan	2B	10	24	15	4	3	.907	3.900
Ken Reitz	2B	8	8	13	4	3	.840	2.625
Bobby Diaz	2B	5	18	15	1	6	.971	6.600
Mel Pettigrew	2B	2	3	1	1	2	.800	2.000
Hank Daugherty	2B	1	3	2	0	1	1.000	5.000
Jerry Bartee	2B	1	6	2	1	0	.889	8.000
Hector Navarro	3B	32	24	65	15	7	.856	2.781
Hank Daugherty	3B	31	23	43	4	4	.943	2.129
Terry Milani	3B	15	22	38	5	5	.923	4.000
Jorge Roque	3B	11	5	20	3	0	.893	2.273
Lou Cosenza	3B	11	9	15	3	1	.889	2.182
Ken Reitz	3B	8	8	13	4	3	.840	2.625
Hank Marion	3B	6	5	13	1	1	.947	3.000
Bobby Diaz	3B	6	3	10	2	1	.867	2.167
Bob Sadowski	3B	5	3	2	1	0	.833	1.000
Jorge Millan	3B	4	2	2	1	1	.800	1.000
Phil Trombino	3B	3	0	3	1	1	.750	1.000
Juan Romagosa	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Fred Grooms	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Lonny Croslow	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jerry Bartee	3B	1	0	4	2	0	.667	4.000
Dave Cichon	C	63	335	38	6	6	.984	5.921	11
Larry Snyder	C	41	231	20	6	2	.977	6.122	14
Bill Caudell	C	29	149	25	7	2	.961	6.000	3
Dale Hill	C	3	12	2	0	0	1.000	4.667	0
Mel Pettigrew	OF	108	222	9	6	2	.975	2.139
Jorge Roque	OF	106	177	12	11	2	.945	1.783
Jerry Bartee	OF	102	154	17	8	3	.955	1.676
Steve Frohman	OF	23	29	2	1	0	.969	1.348
Rick Schmidt	OF	22	31	1	2	0	.941	1.455
Gene Laws	OF	10	10	0	1	0	.909	1.000
Fred Grooms	OF	9	9	2	0	0	1.000	1.222
Terry Milani	OF	6	4	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Phil Trombino	OF	4	5	0	1	0	.833	1.250
Barry Poris	OF	3	4	1	0	1	1.000	1.667
Don Cooksey	OF	3	5	1	0	1	1.000	2.000
Dave Cichon	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bob Holtzman	P	45	3	10	1	0	.929	.289
John Susce	P	33	3	7	2	0	.833	.303
Thomas Cole	P	30	0	14	1	0	.933	.467
Dionicio Gonzalez	P	24	4	16	1	1	.952	.833
Ron Kinney	P	22	0	5	4	1	.556	.227
Larry Bowlby	P	20	4	8	0	0	1.000	.600
Mike Brandt	P	19	6	12	2	1	.900	.947
Jesse DuBose	P	17	4	9	4	0	.765	.765
Larry Heilman	P	15	3	13	2	1	.889	1.067
Ken Beebe	P	15	2	7	0	0	1.000	.600
Jim Jackson	P	14	4	9	1	0	.929	.929
Jack Price	P	13	6	18	1	1	.960	1.846
Dick Estrella	P	13	2	10	2	0	.857	.923
John Kitchen	P	9	1	3	1	0	.800	.444
Benny Haynie	P	9	0	1	1	0	.500	.111
John Howard	P	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	.143
Ted Hemenway	P	6	2	5	1	1	.875	1.167
Dick McVay	P	5	2	5	1	0	.875	1.400
Dave Sagaser	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Benny Farley	P	4	1	4	1	0	.833	1.250
Danny Jaster	P	3	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.000
Fred Grooms	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jorge Millan	SS	86	97	176	31	32	.898	3.174
Lazaro Del Orbe	SS	19	41	60	10	6	.910	5.316
Hector Navarro	SS	10	14	21	4	3	.897	3.500
Bobby Diaz	SS	6	10	13	2	4	.920	3.833
Lonny Croslow	SS	5	5	9	2	1	.875	2.800
Juan Romagosa	SS	2	0	7	1	1	.875	3.500
Jorge Roque	SS	1	0	5	1	0	.833	5.000
Mel Pettigrew	SS	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Hank Daugherty	SS	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		1414	2992	1155	220	234	.950	2.933	28	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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