1970 Eugene Emeralds Statistics
Team Record: 66-80
Finished 3rd in the PCL's North Division
Manager: Bob Wellman (0-0), Lou Kahn (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Ballpark: Civic Stadium
Attendance: 101,142, Avg. 1,386
The Eugene Emeralds of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1970 season with a record of 66 wins and 80 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Emeralds scored 732 runs and surrendered 743 runs. Joe Lis walloped 36 home runs for Eugene, while John Vukovich, Willie Montañez and Chico DeCastris each added 15 or more, too. Joe Lis recorded 107 runs batted in and topped all regular batters by hitting .324. Ken Reynolds led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.43 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1970 Eugene Emeralds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Compton, Joe Lis, Larry Cox, Fred Wenz, Sam Parrilla, Bill Wilson, Oscar Gamble, Bobby Pfeil, Al Raffo, Dale Roberts, Bill Schlesinger, Rubén Amaro, John Vukovich, Ed Sukla, Willie Montañez, Bill Champion, Jeff James, Mike Jackson, Al McBean, Ken Reynolds, Del Bates, Scott Reid and Bill Laxton.
Bob Wellman and Lou Kahn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Reynolds | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.43 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 202.0 | 175 | 95 | 77 | 18 | 106 | 2 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Mike Jackson | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.66 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 164.0 | 168 | 92 | 85 | 16 | 82 | 4 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bill Champion | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.97 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 152.0 | 165 | 99 | 84 | 9 | 70 | 6 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Jerry Messerly | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2.91 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 105.0 | 116 | 46 | 34 | 4 | 46 | 14 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Jeff James | 6 | 14 | .300 | 5.94 | 34 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 156.0 | 182 | 121 | 103 | 8 | 79 | 5 | 99 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Jack Nutter | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.24 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 104.0 | 118 | 70 | 49 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Al Raffo | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6.14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Al McBean | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.03 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 43 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Lanning | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.65 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 61 | 36 | 32 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gordon Knutson | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.69 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 61.0 | 52 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gerald Herron | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Wenz | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.81 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill Wilson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.85 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| William Wolfe | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.60 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45.0 | 62 | 34 | 33 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bill Laxton | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.59 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 36 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ed Sukla | 36 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dale Roberts | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stirling Coward | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 62 | 77 | .446 | 4.56 | 362 | 146 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 17 | 1183.0 | 1251 | 710 | 600 | 93 | 567 | 51 | 747 | 33 | 4 | 72 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Lis | 139 | 590 | 487 | 102 | 158 | 24 | 5 | 36 | 107 | 6 | 3 | 89 | 84 | .324 | .429 | .616 | 1.045 | 300 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| John Vukovich | 138 | 566 | 520 | 58 | 143 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 96 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 81 | .275 | .323 | .454 | .777 | 236 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Vopicka | 136 | 539 | 482 | 64 | 123 | 21 | 4 | 14 | 63 | 7 | 5 | 45 | 101 | .255 | .322 | .402 | .725 | 194 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Willie Montañez | 119 | 492 | 434 | 65 | 120 | 24 | 9 | 16 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 66 | .276 | .347 | .484 | .831 | 210 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Chico DeCastris | 100 | 425 | 378 | 74 | 109 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 52 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 62 | .288 | .359 | .492 | .851 | 186 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Pfeil | 96 | 417 | 371 | 55 | 103 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 27 | .278 | .332 | .391 | .723 | 145 | 5 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Sam Parrilla | 67 | 245 | 224 | 31 | 74 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 38 | .330 | .377 | .442 | .819 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Scott Reid | 79 | 319 | 253 | 56 | 74 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 46 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 61 | .292 | .434 | .545 | .979 | 138 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rubén Amaro | 106 | 386 | 310 | 54 | 72 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 66 | 31 | .232 | .367 | .306 | .673 | 95 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Del Bates | 49 | 151 | 127 | 21 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 31 | .299 | .404 | .488 | .892 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Oscar Gamble | 28 | 117 | 108 | 26 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .296 | .328 | .426 | .754 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Stump Merrill | 55 | 142 | 111 | 12 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 12 | .261 | .418 | .297 | .716 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stirling Coward | 69 | 120 | 113 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .230 | .261 | .274 | .535 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robert Kelly | 27 | 76 | 73 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | .260 | .289 | .315 | .605 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Reynolds | 37 | 87 | 77 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .221 | .256 | .312 | .568 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Mike Compton | 27 | 102 | 88 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | .193 | .297 | .273 | .570 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Champion | 24 | 65 | 61 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .230 | .242 | .328 | .570 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Schlesinger | 29 | 69 | 58 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 22 | .190 | .304 | .224 | .528 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Nutter | 29 | 41 | 37 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .216 | .293 | .270 | .563 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff James | 34 | 58 | 55 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .127 | .143 | .182 | .325 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Cox | 16 | 46 | 40 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .125 | .239 | .125 | .364 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Wilson | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | .600 | .800 | 1.400 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Messerly | 60 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .188 | .316 | .188 | .503 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Laxton | 9 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .490 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al McBean | 7 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .154 | .154 | .385 | .538 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Wolfe | 19 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Lanning | 18 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Jackson | 32 | 70 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30 | .034 | .138 | .069 | .207 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Al Raffo | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Knutson | 21 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .077 | .294 | .077 | .371 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Francis | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Jagutis | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Herron | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Wenz | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1619 | 5246 | 4571 | 688 | 1217 | 193 | 45 | 143 | 618 | 61 | 36 | 541 | 795 | .266 | .347 | .422 | .769 | 1929 | 0 | 42 | 53 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Montañez | 1B | 100 | 813 | 65 | 4 | 98 | .995 | 8.780 | ||||
| Bobby Pfeil | 1B | 15 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .990 | 6.733 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | 1B | 8 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Sam Parrilla | 1B | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .882 | 5.000 | ||||
| Joe Lis | 1B | 3 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .963 | 8.667 | ||||
| John Vukovich | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Vopicka | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Del Bates | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rubén Amaro | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Vopicka | 2B | 130 | 328 | 319 | 17 | 92 | .974 | 4.977 | ||||
| Bobby Pfeil | 2B | 15 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 8 | .938 | 3.000 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | 2B | 6 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 4 | .893 | 4.167 | ||||
| Robert Kelly | 2B | 5 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | .958 | 4.600 | ||||
| John Vukovich | 3B | 138 | 122 | 334 | 22 | 29 | .954 | 3.304 | ||||
| Bobby Pfeil | 3B | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | 3B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.333 | ||||
| Hank McGraw | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Lis | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Stump Merrill | C | 41 | 176 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .995 | 4.805 | 2 | |||
| Del Bates | C | 37 | 199 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .991 | 5.919 | 9 | |||
| Hank McGraw | C | 36 | 200 | 18 | 7 | 1 | .969 | 6.056 | 6 | |||
| Mike Compton | C | 27 | 149 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .982 | 5.963 | 2 | |||
| Larry Cox | C | 15 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 4.533 | 3 | |||
| Bobby Pfeil | C | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 2.167 | 2 | |||
| John Francis | C | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Joe Lis | OF | 135 | 258 | 16 | 10 | 4 | .965 | 2.030 | ||||
| Chico DeCastris | OF | 97 | 238 | 9 | 10 | 0 | .961 | 2.546 | ||||
| Scott Reid | OF | 78 | 117 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .963 | 1.667 | ||||
| Sam Parrilla | OF | 56 | 86 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .957 | 1.571 | ||||
| Oscar Gamble | OF | 26 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.192 | ||||
| Bill Schlesinger | OF | 20 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 1.900 | ||||
| Willie Montañez | OF | 16 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.875 | ||||
| Bobby Pfeil | OF | 14 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.643 | ||||
| Robert Kelly | OF | 10 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 2.600 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | OF | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| Jerry Messerly | P | 60 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .864 | .317 | ||||
| Ed Sukla | P | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff James | P | 34 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .962 | .735 | ||||
| Ken Reynolds | P | 29 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 1.276 | ||||
| Mike Jackson | P | 28 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .963 | .929 | ||||
| Jack Nutter | P | 26 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .913 | .808 | ||||
| Bill Champion | P | 23 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.435 | ||||
| Gordon Knutson | P | 21 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .524 | ||||
| William Wolfe | P | 19 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .421 | ||||
| Gerald Lanning | P | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Al Raffo | P | 15 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .733 | ||||
| Fred Wenz | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Bill Wilson | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Bill Laxton | P | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| Dale Roberts | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al McBean | P | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.143 | ||||
| Gerald Herron | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rubén Amaro | SS | 104 | 142 | 300 | 26 | 66 | .944 | 4.250 | ||||
| Bobby Pfeil | SS | 52 | 79 | 158 | 11 | 33 | .956 | 4.558 | ||||
| Jim Vopicka | SS | 6 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 4 | .829 | 4.833 | ||||
| John Jagutis | SS | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 3.500 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Totals | 1595 | 3496 | 1554 | 165 | 396 | .968 | 3.166 | 24 | 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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