1969 Columbus Jets Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 74-66
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Don Hoak (74-66)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 153,802, Avg. 2,197

1969 Columbus Jets Roster

Playoffs - Columbus Jets 3 games, Tidewater Tides 1
Finals - Syracuse Chiefs 4 games, Columbus Jets 1

The Columbus Jets of the International League ended the 1969 season with a record of 74 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the IL.

The Jets scored 615 runs and allowed 591 runs. Bob Robertson walloped 34 home runs for Columbus, while Emerito Lopez and Johnny Jeter swatted 15 or more, too. Bob Robertson drove in 76 runs. Dave Cash topped hitters with significant playing time with a .291 average. Silvano Quezada and Thomas Frondorf led the squad with 10 wins each, and Gene Garber recorded a 3.07 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1969 Columbus Jets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Elvio Jiménez, Ron Campbell, Ángel Mangual, Johnny Jeter, Steve Arlin, Ed Hobaugh, Bobby Klaus, Pedro Ramos, Shaun Fitzmaurice, Dave Cash, Tom Dettore, Frank Kreutzer, José Martínez, Denny Riddleberger, Jim Nelson, Cotton Nash, Gene Garber, Dick Colpaert, Del Bates, Bob Robertson and George Kopacz.

Don Hoak 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
Thomas Frondorf	10	3	.769	3.67	26	12		3	0	3	103.0	98	46	42	8	39	7	58	8	0	5
Silvano Quezada	10	9	.526	4.01	29	22		10	2	2	148.0	172	75	66	8	27	3	64	0	1	4
Dick Colpaert	8	2	.800	2.95	31	1		0	0	2	64.0	50	23	21	5	39	4	57	4	0	2
Danilo Rivas	8	5	.615	4.12	59	4		1	1	12	129.0	116	63	59	12	59	9	103	4	2	6
Bob Settle	8	9	.471	4.17	22	22		7	0	0	136.0	134	72	63	13	59	4	79	1	0	11
Denny Riddleberger	7	4	.636	2.19	46	0		0	0	6	78.0	66	22	19	6	29	6	44	3	0	1
Gene Garber	7	6	.538	3.07	17	16		11	2	0	123.0	116	51	42	8	37	5	74	5	0	4
Pedro Ramos	4	0	1.000	1.17	8	0		0	0	3	23.0	11	3	3	1	6	2	11	0	0	0
Jim Nelson	3	5	.375	5.49	18	18		0	0	0	82.0	79	52	50	7	52	7	52	3	1	7
Larry Killingsworth	3	5	.375	5.91	20	12		1	0	0	70.0	77	48	46	5	53	2	57	4	1	7
Steve Arlin	2	5	.286	4.73	12	12		1	0	0	59.0	60	33	31	2	42	4	41	1	0	5
Dick Hendrix	2	5	.286	5.48	12	10		2	0	1	64.0	76	48	39	15	16	2	32	5	0	2
Tom Dettore	0	0		3.86	3	0		0	0	0	7.0	12	3	3	1	5	1	3	1	0	0
Jerry Wild	0	1	.000	6.75	5	1		0	0	0	8.0	4	6	6	0	7	0	8	0	0	2
Ed Hobaugh	0	2	.000	4.33	18	1		0	0	2	27.0	26	14	13	0	10	2	17	0	0	1
Totals	72	61	.541	4.04	326	131	0	36	5	31	1121.0	1097	559	503	91	480	58	700	39	5	57	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
Elvio Jiménez	130	534	509	52	140	21	8	7	58	0	1	16	38	.275	.296	.389	.685	198		1	4	4
Johnny Jeter	118	482	442	67	126	13	6	25	60	11	6	32	104	.285	.336	.511	.847	226		3	3	2
Dave Cash	115	484	426	57	124	17	12	4	49	9	6	45	43	.291	.361	.415	.777	177		3	8	2
Ron Campbell	137	506	462	47	116	17	4	2	48	6	2	27	60	.251	.290	.318	.608	147		1	9	7
Emerito Lopez	124	476	424	54	107	20	3	20	69	3	3	48	121	.252	.333	.455	.788	193		3	1	0
Bob Robertson	105	422	360	71	94	14	1	34	76	0	2	60	79	.261	.370	.589	.959	212		2	0	0
Wilbert Hammond	92	337	310	37	81	9	4	0	21	19	6	19	46	.261	.311	.316	.628	98		4	3	1
Charles Howard	108	382	341	52	75	14	4	10	43	7	5	30	63	.220	.287	.372	.659	127		4	2	5
Del Bates	91	311	268	38	65	11	3	8	32	3	1	34	54	.243	.334	.396	.730	106		4	3	2
Cotton Nash	69	280	244	40	62	12	1	13	35	2	0	30	54	.254	.336	.471	.807	115		2	0	4
Woody Huyke	81	262	236	18	56	9	0	1	21	0	1	17	28	.237	.286	.288	.574	68		0	7	2
Bobby Klaus	69	264	184	35	37	9	1	6	19	0	4	75	31	.201	.431	.359	.790	66		1	2	2
José Martínez	6	24	20	3	9	1	2	0	1	1	0	4	2	.450	.542	.700	1.242	14		0	0	0
Ángel Mangual	3	12	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.222	.364	.222	.586	2		0	1	0
Denny Riddleberger	46	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Bob Settle	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Dick Colpaert	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Larry Killingsworth	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1368	4779	4238	572	1094	167	49	130	532	61	37	439	725	.258	.330	.413	.742	1749	0	28	43	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bob Robertson	1B	84	656	68	7	65	.990	8.619
Cotton Nash	1B	42	338	18	5	37	.986	8.476
Charles Howard	1B	22	185	8	3	11	.985	8.773
Dave Cash	2B	115	262	342	10	75	.984	5.252
Bobby Klaus	2B	25	40	80	4	16	.968	4.800
Ron Campbell	3B	126	91	228	19	20	.944	2.532
Bobby Klaus	3B	17	26	31	1	4	.983	3.353
Bob Robertson	3B	4	3	8	1	0	.917	2.750
José Martínez	3B	3	3	3	1	1	.857	2.000
Del Bates	C	82	382	32	6	1	.986	5.049	17
Woody Huyke	C	76	397	35	6	3	.986	5.684	4
Elvio Jiménez	OF	119	192	11	2	2	.990	1.706
Johnny Jeter	OF	118	283	8	9	3	.970	2.466
Charles Howard	OF	78	134	7	2	2	.986	1.808
Wilbert Hammond	OF	64	105	12	5	1	.959	1.828
Cotton Nash	OF	8	8	0	1	0	.889	1.000
Ángel Mangual	OF	3	6	1	0	0	1.000	2.333
Bobby Klaus	OF	3	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.667
Danilo Rivas	P	59	6	20	2	2	.929	.441
Denny Riddleberger	P	46	6	12	0	1	1.000	.391
Dick Colpaert	P	31	3	8	0	0	1.000	.355
Silvano Quezada	P	29	8	35	1	5	.977	1.483
Thomas Frondorf	P	26	3	15	1	0	.947	.692
Bob Settle	P	22	9	18	1	1	.964	1.227
Larry Killingsworth	P	20	5	3	0	0	1.000	.400
Jim Nelson	P	18	3	16	2	0	.905	1.056
Ed Hobaugh	P	18	2	5	0	0	1.000	.389
Gene Garber	P	17	15	28	3	2	.935	2.529
Dick Hendrix	P	12	2	12	0	1	1.000	1.167
Steve Arlin	P	12	6	7	0	0	1.000	1.083
Pedro Ramos	P	8	2	3	0	1	1.000	.625
Jerry Wild	P	5	2	1	1	0	.750	.600
Tom Dettore	P	3	1	0	0	1	1.000	.333
Emerito Lopez	SS	124	185	346	28	75	.950	4.282
Ron Campbell	SS	16	28	33	2	5	.968	3.812
José Martínez	SS	3	5	8	1	3	.929	4.333
Totals		1458	3410	1462	124	338	.975	3.342	21	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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