1969 Charlotte Hornets Statistics
Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 81-59
Finished 1st in the SL
Manager: Ralph Rowe (81-59)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 146,141, Avg. 2,088
1969 Charlotte Hornets RosterTeam Record: 81-59
Finished 1st in the SL
Manager: Ralph Rowe (81-59)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 146,141, Avg. 2,088
The Charlotte Hornets of the Southern League ended the 1969 season with a record of 81 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the SL.
The Hornets led the league with just 521 runs allowed. Charlotte scored 581 runs. Paul Ratliff paced the squad with 11 home runs and drove in 58 runs. Bill Zepp topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.34 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1969 Charlotte Hornets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Paul Ratliff, Bob Perry, Chuck Nieson, Eric Soderholm, Paul Powell, Bob Gebhard, Charlie Walters, Jim Nettles, Weldon Bowlin, Mike Sadek, Jim Ollom, Bill Zepp and Danny Thompson.
Ralph Rowe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Zepp | 15 | 3 | .833 | 2.34 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 150.0 | 117 | 41 | 39 | 9 | 45 | 1 | 86 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Gebhard | 13 | 3 | .812 | 1.23 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 110.0 | 84 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Nieson | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.73 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 152.0 | 157 | 75 | 63 | 17 | 33 | 1 | 74 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Carl Finafrock | 8 | 11 | .421 | 2.80 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 161.0 | 159 | 64 | 50 | 9 | 50 | 8 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Chuck Murray | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.52 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 143.0 | 126 | 74 | 56 | 10 | 50 | 3 | 89 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Charlie Walters | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.03 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 114.0 | 106 | 59 | 51 | 9 | 57 | 2 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Randolph | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.67 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 50 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Peterson | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.25 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Ollom | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6.06 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 52 | 36 | 33 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Ken Gill | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Leo Newton | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.70 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 56.0 | 49 | 32 | 23 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Crosby | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.0 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gale Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Magness | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Weisenberg | 1 | 5 | .167 | 2.60 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Heger | 0 | 0 | 3.32 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bobbye Beckner | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Raymond O'Neill | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 81 | 59 | .579 | 3.22 | 315 | 140 | 0 | 39 | 7 | 38 | 1167.0 | 1073 | 521 | 417 | 78 | 407 | 35 | 728 | 36 | 2 | 51 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Vasser | 107 | 378 | 342 | 55 | 95 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 47 | .278 | .339 | .418 | .757 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Weldon Bowlin | 93 | 373 | 322 | 51 | 89 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 35 | .276 | .371 | .357 | .728 | 115 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Danny Thompson | 82 | 329 | 291 | 45 | 88 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 22 | .302 | .365 | .419 | .784 | 122 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Al Nordberg | 104 | 349 | 319 | 37 | 85 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 35 | .266 | .317 | .342 | .659 | 109 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Bobbye Beckner | 113 | 396 | 344 | 41 | 84 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 62 | .244 | .330 | .384 | .714 | 132 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Paul Ratliff | 85 | 291 | 265 | 36 | 80 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 58 | .302 | .357 | .521 | .878 | 138 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Nestor Velazquez | 81 | 302 | 272 | 31 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | .254 | .310 | .327 | .637 | 89 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Larry Rathje | 91 | 320 | 289 | 38 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 45 | .232 | .294 | .304 | .599 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Bob Perry | 58 | 234 | 207 | 31 | 57 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 36 | .275 | .339 | .493 | .832 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Stephen Waters | 94 | 267 | 213 | 27 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 53 | .244 | .378 | .413 | .791 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mike Sadek | 81 | 269 | 224 | 28 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 36 | .192 | .327 | .259 | .586 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Powell | 54 | 198 | 177 | 25 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 45 | .237 | .310 | .339 | .649 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| George Gove | 84 | 230 | 197 | 22 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 25 | .173 | .267 | .213 | .480 | 42 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Eric Soderholm | 48 | 179 | 145 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 25 | .228 | .354 | .372 | .726 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ezell Carter | 49 | 167 | 151 | 22 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 36 | .219 | .293 | .272 | .565 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Nettles | 21 | 96 | 84 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | .262 | .344 | .429 | .772 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rufus Anderson | 29 | 88 | 84 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | .238 | .264 | .274 | .538 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alex Rowell | 28 | 101 | 80 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 17 | .188 | .340 | .350 | .690 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Murray | 29 | 54 | 45 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .267 | .320 | .289 | .609 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Carl Finafrock | 28 | 60 | 52 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .135 | .167 | .173 | .340 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Walters | 24 | 44 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .143 | .162 | .200 | .362 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Nieson | 31 | 57 | 45 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .111 | .184 | .111 | .295 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Bill Zepp | 20 | 58 | 46 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .109 | .196 | .109 | .305 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| John Randolph | 19 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .222 | .364 | .222 | .586 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Robert Weisenberg | 6 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gebhard | 51 | 36 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .087 | .300 | .087 | .387 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Gale Kennedy | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 2.000 | 2.500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Heger | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Magness | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leo Newton | 38 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Ollom | 17 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .067 | .222 | .067 | .289 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Peterson | 8 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .067 | .176 | .067 | .243 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Gill | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Crosby | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Raymond O'Neill | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1628 | 4984 | 4340 | 579 | 1054 | 166 | 46 | 70 | 520 | 68 | 46 | 496 | 773 | .243 | .323 | .351 | .674 | 1522 | 0 | 37 | 72 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Nordberg | 1B | 92 | 788 | 38 | 6 | 71 | .993 | 8.978 | ||||
| Stephen Waters | 1B | 64 | 467 | 27 | 5 | 50 | .990 | 7.719 | ||||
| Luke Vasser | 1B | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | 2B | 86 | 184 | 263 | 16 | 69 | .965 | 5.198 | ||||
| George Gove | 2B | 36 | 77 | 89 | 5 | 23 | .971 | 4.611 | ||||
| Rufus Anderson | 2B | 23 | 49 | 56 | 5 | 7 | .955 | 4.565 | ||||
| Mike Sadek | 2B | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Bobbye Beckner | 2B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Bobbye Beckner | 3B | 98 | 79 | 186 | 35 | 23 | .883 | 2.704 | ||||
| George Gove | 3B | 37 | 23 | 58 | 2 | 6 | .976 | 2.189 | ||||
| Nestor Velazquez | 3B | 17 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 1 | .929 | 2.294 | ||||
| Eric Soderholm | 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Sadek | C | 76 | 380 | 35 | 5 | 3 | .988 | 5.461 | 4 | |||
| Paul Ratliff | C | 71 | 374 | 29 | 7 | 3 | .983 | 5.676 | 5 | |||
| Stephen Waters | C | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | 0 | |||
| Luke Vasser | OF | 100 | 153 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .976 | 1.660 | ||||
| Larry Rathje | OF | 83 | 224 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .983 | 2.759 | ||||
| Bob Perry | OF | 56 | 89 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .948 | 1.625 | ||||
| Nestor Velazquez | OF | 54 | 97 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .945 | 1.907 | ||||
| Paul Powell | OF | 54 | 106 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .974 | 2.074 | ||||
| Ezell Carter | OF | 44 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 1.955 | ||||
| Alex Rowell | OF | 26 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.692 | ||||
| Jim Nettles | OF | 20 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 1.800 | ||||
| Paul Ratliff | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Al Nordberg | OF | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Bobbye Beckner | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bob Gebhard | P | 50 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Leo Newton | P | 38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .158 | ||||
| Chuck Nieson | P | 29 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 1.069 | ||||
| Carl Finafrock | P | 27 | 9 | 31 | 7 | 2 | .851 | 1.481 | ||||
| Chuck Murray | P | 25 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 4 | .906 | 1.160 | ||||
| Charlie Walters | P | 23 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .696 | ||||
| Bill Zepp | P | 20 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| John Randolph | P | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .158 | ||||
| Robert Crosby | P | 18 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .222 | ||||
| Jim Ollom | P | 17 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .353 | ||||
| Dennis Heger | P | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .100 | ||||
| Jerry Magness | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Ken Gill | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .375 | ||||
| Rich Peterson | P | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Robert Weisenberg | P | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Raymond O'Neill | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gale Kennedy | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Bobbye Beckner | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Danny Thompson | SS | 82 | 129 | 249 | 15 | 47 | .962 | 4.610 | ||||
| Eric Soderholm | SS | 46 | 69 | 129 | 9 | 28 | .957 | 4.304 | ||||
| Nestor Velazquez | SS | 6 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 3 | .821 | 3.833 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | SS | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .938 | 3.000 | ||||
| George Gove | SS | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Ezell Carter | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1515 | 3579 | 1429 | 167 | 365 | .968 | 3.306 | 9 | 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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