1970 Columbus Jets Statistics
Team Record: 81-59
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Joe Morgan (81-59)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 140,700, Avg. 2,010
Playoffs - Columbus Jets 3 games, Rochester Red Wings 2
Finals - Syracuse Chiefs 3 games, Columbus Jets 1
The Columbus Jets of the International League ended the 1970 season with a record of 81 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the IL.
The Jets scored 673 runs and allowed 612 runs. George Kopacz led Columbus with 29 home runs, while Milt May and Ángel Mangual walloped 15 or more also. George Kopacz drove in 115 runs. Rimp Lanier paced all regular hitters with a .329 average. Dennis Ribant topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.81 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1970 Columbus Jets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Lou Marone, Chuck Goggin, Dave Cash, Sam Bowens, Rennie Stennett, Ed Acosta, Milt May, José Martínez, John Lamb, Ángel Mangual, Buddy Booker, Frank Brosseau, Ron Campbell, Gary Kolb, George Kopacz, Dennis Ribant, Dick Colpaert, Jim Nelson, Ron Davis, Denny Riddleberger, Fred Cambria, Gene Garber and Rimp Lanier.
Joe Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Ribant | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.81 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 189.0 | 194 | 96 | 80 | 23 | 50 | 7 | 102 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dick Colpaert | 12 | 3 | .800 | 2.28 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 79.0 | 64 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 42 | 4 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Fred Cambria | 12 | 7 | .632 | 4.17 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 164.0 | 167 | 81 | 76 | 23 | 57 | 9 | 91 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Larry Killingsworth | 10 | 5 | .667 | 4.57 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 138.0 | 127 | 76 | 70 | 10 | 97 | 6 | 103 | 8 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Danilo Rivas | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.50 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 114.0 | 110 | 66 | 57 | 16 | 49 | 4 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ed Acosta | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.96 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 82.0 | 69 | 32 | 27 | 7 | 53 | 8 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Gene Garber | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.74 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 95.0 | 96 | 57 | 50 | 13 | 38 | 5 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Thomas Frondorf | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.91 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92.0 | 88 | 44 | 40 | 11 | 40 | 7 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Frank Brosseau | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.85 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 84 | 53 | 49 | 9 | 44 | 5 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jim Nelson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.60 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 37 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Denny Riddleberger | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.38 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 72.0 | 57 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Lamb | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.45 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gary Kolb | 0 | 0 | 5.62 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Frontino | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lyn Fitzer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.59 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Lou Marone | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 81 | 59 | .579 | 4.00 | 367 | 140 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 37 | 1214.0 | 1164 | 612 | 540 | 134 | 559 | 70 | 824 | 36 | 7 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Kopacz | 135 | 582 | 497 | 100 | 154 | 19 | 4 | 29 | 115 | 11 | 2 | 71 | 81 | .310 | .390 | .539 | .929 | 268 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Rimp Lanier | 129 | 556 | 434 | 98 | 143 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 12 | 113 | 45 | .329 | .466 | .419 | .885 | 182 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Ángel Mangual | 135 | 561 | 509 | 74 | 143 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 87 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 77 | .281 | .335 | .472 | .807 | 240 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Pablo Cruz | 134 | 547 | 479 | 75 | 129 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 54 | 52 | .269 | .348 | .328 | .676 | 157 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Ron Davis | 132 | 472 | 430 | 59 | 114 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 47 | 12 | 6 | 36 | 92 | .265 | .321 | .412 | .733 | 177 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Milt May | 111 | 441 | 397 | 49 | 111 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 49 | .280 | .334 | .489 | .823 | 194 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| José Martínez | 91 | 382 | 333 | 52 | 103 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 60 | .309 | .380 | .429 | .809 | 143 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Gary Kolb | 104 | 380 | 319 | 50 | 85 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 52 | 46 | .266 | .372 | .342 | .714 | 109 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ron Campbell | 96 | 279 | 253 | 18 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 29 | .237 | .292 | .360 | .652 | 91 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Dave Cash | 35 | 151 | 128 | 20 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 16 | .312 | .400 | .391 | .791 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Chuck Goggin | 62 | 157 | 145 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 35 | .214 | .274 | .310 | .584 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Arrington | 26 | 83 | 81 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .259 | .277 | .420 | .697 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Bowens | 35 | 103 | 86 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 17 | .233 | .340 | .372 | .712 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Ribant | 32 | 79 | 71 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .254 | .303 | .310 | .612 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Wilbert Hammond | 45 | 76 | 70 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | .200 | .263 | .257 | .520 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Cambria | 26 | 63 | 55 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .218 | .283 | .382 | .665 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Danilo Rivas | 25 | 46 | 41 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .195 | .227 | .195 | .422 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Larry Killingsworth | 25 | 54 | 50 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .160 | .176 | .160 | .336 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Woody Huyke | 11 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .226 | .212 | .452 | .664 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Frank Brosseau | 19 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .207 | .258 | .207 | .465 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Santos | 8 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Nelson | 11 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zelman Jack | 9 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .188 | .278 | .250 | .528 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Marone | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rennie Stennett | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Acosta | 28 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Lamb | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .250 | .571 | .250 | .821 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lyn Fitzer | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denny Riddleberger | 60 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Colpaert | 46 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .083 | .267 | .083 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gene Garber | 33 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .043 | .214 | .043 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Frondorf | 38 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .042 | .080 | .042 | .122 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Frank Frontino | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1668 | 5263 | 4597 | 670 | 1249 | 175 | 42 | 113 | 619 | 97 | 49 | 548 | 747 | .272 | .348 | .402 | .750 | 1847 | 0 | 21 | 43 | 54 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Kopacz | 1B | 135 | 1136 | 77 | 11 | 126 | .991 | 8.985 | ||||
| Zelman Jack | 1B | 5 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 6.600 | ||||
| Gary Kolb | 1B | 4 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .970 | 8.000 | ||||
| José Martínez | 2B | 76 | 152 | 207 | 10 | 52 | .973 | 4.724 | ||||
| Dave Cash | 2B | 35 | 89 | 86 | 5 | 29 | .972 | 5.000 | ||||
| Gary Kolb | 2B | 22 | 40 | 48 | 8 | 9 | .917 | 4.000 | ||||
| Chuck Goggin | 2B | 20 | 32 | 42 | 4 | 7 | .949 | 3.700 | ||||
| Rennie Stennett | 2B | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Ron Campbell | 2B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Ron Campbell | 3B | 83 | 52 | 144 | 8 | 11 | .961 | 2.361 | ||||
| Gary Kolb | 3B | 53 | 34 | 74 | 8 | 10 | .931 | 2.038 | ||||
| Chuck Goggin | 3B | 16 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.812 | ||||
| Rimp Lanier | 3B | 15 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.467 | ||||
| José Martínez | 3B | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Milt May | C | 108 | 688 | 68 | 15 | 10 | .981 | 7.000 | 10 | |||
| Gary Kolb | C | 19 | 77 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 4.421 | 5 | |||
| Woody Huyke | C | 11 | 61 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .959 | 6.364 | 2 | |||
| Chuck Goggin | C | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1 | |||
| Ángel Mangual | OF | 135 | 270 | 12 | 11 | 8 | .962 | 2.089 | ||||
| Ron Davis | OF | 126 | 254 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.159 | ||||
| Rimp Lanier | OF | 110 | 185 | 12 | 11 | 3 | .947 | 1.791 | ||||
| Sam Bowens | OF | 27 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.815 | ||||
| Wilbert Hammond | OF | 20 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .818 | .900 | ||||
| Dave Arrington | OF | 20 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 2.200 | ||||
| Mike Santos | OF | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Denny Riddleberger | P | 60 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .217 | ||||
| Dick Colpaert | P | 46 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .283 | ||||
| Thomas Frondorf | P | 38 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .526 | ||||
| Gene Garber | P | 30 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .967 | ||||
| Dennis Ribant | P | 28 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 5 | .978 | 1.607 | ||||
| Ed Acosta | P | 28 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .792 | .679 | ||||
| Fred Cambria | P | 26 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 4 | .952 | 1.538 | ||||
| Danilo Rivas | P | 25 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 3 | .950 | .760 | ||||
| Larry Killingsworth | P | 25 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .760 | ||||
| Frank Brosseau | P | 19 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .526 | ||||
| Jim Nelson | P | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Lamb | P | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Lyn Fitzer | P | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Lou Marone | P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Gary Kolb | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Frontino | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Pablo Cruz | SS | 133 | 208 | 362 | 34 | 79 | .944 | 4.286 | ||||
| José Martínez | SS | 15 | 25 | 38 | 3 | 9 | .955 | 4.200 | ||||
| Ron Campbell | SS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Totals | 1577 | 3611 | 1425 | 153 | 400 | .971 | 3.193 | 18 | 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.
