1970 El Paso Sun Kings Statistics
Team Record: 77-59
Finished 2nd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Del Rice (77-59)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 37,337, Avg. 549
The El Paso Sun Kings of the Texas League ended the 1970 season with a record of 77 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Sun Kings topped the league with 746 runs, spearheaded by 119 home runs. El Paso surrendered 673 runs, most in the circuit. Billy Parker paced the team with 21 home runs, while Mike Floyd walloped 15 or more, too. Jerry Feldman drove in 72 runs. Mickey Rivers led all regular hitters by connecting at a .343 clip. Joe Henderson and Lloyd Allen paced the squad with 12 wins each, and Andy Hassler recorded a 3.88 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1970 El Paso Sun Kings who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Billy Parker, Mickey Rivers, Dave Sells, Del Rice, Terry Cox, Doug Howard, Joe Henderson, Randy Brown, Andy Hassler, Rickey Clark, Tom Bradley, Lloyd Allen, John Doherty and Rudy Meoli.
Del Rice 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Henderson | 12 | 7 | .632 | 4.20 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 163.0 | 165 | 89 | 76 | 13 | 89 | 2 | 124 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Lloyd Allen | 12 | 8 | .600 | 4.56 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 152.0 | 152 | 92 | 77 | 8 | 81 | 3 | 116 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Andy Hassler | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.88 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 144.0 | 138 | 80 | 62 | 10 | 87 | 3 | 122 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Dave Sells | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.94 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 71.0 | 70 | 53 | 39 | 6 | 60 | 5 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Terry Cox | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.86 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 124.0 | 118 | 79 | 67 | 14 | 51 | 4 | 82 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Daniel Keller | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.45 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 85.0 | 81 | 53 | 42 | 6 | 57 | 2 | 68 | 5 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Rickey Clark | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.29 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 86.0 | 85 | 44 | 41 | 4 | 45 | 2 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ronnie St. Clair | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.86 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 65 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tom Bradley | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.03 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Engelhardt | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.40 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 82.0 | 83 | 38 | 31 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tony Barbosa | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.84 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 75.0 | 83 | 36 | 32 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Efrain Contreras | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.74 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.0 | 45 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Del Rice | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Knutzen | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.55 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20.0 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| David Frost | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.86 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Spellman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Moe Ogier | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 77 | 59 | .566 | 4.25 | 335 | 136 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 39 | 1181.0 | 1182 | 673 | 558 | 84 | 625 | 34 | 904 | 52 | 10 | 69 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Rivers | 114 | 518 | 449 | 99 | 154 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 56 | 30 | 13 | 66 | 62 | .343 | .426 | .537 | .963 | 241 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Billy Parker | 116 | 480 | 436 | 72 | 125 | 26 | 3 | 21 | 71 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 126 | .287 | .342 | .505 | .846 | 220 | 0 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Toy McCord | 109 | 471 | 426 | 79 | 118 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 65 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 50 | .277 | .328 | .392 | .720 | 167 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Paul Alderete | 115 | 435 | 376 | 57 | 115 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 71 | 7 | 2 | 55 | 64 | .306 | .391 | .441 | .832 | 166 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Feldman | 111 | 454 | 366 | 68 | 106 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 72 | 19 | 6 | 84 | 55 | .290 | .419 | .423 | .843 | 155 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Mike Floyd | 99 | 387 | 329 | 67 | 98 | 24 | 4 | 16 | 65 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 77 | .298 | .389 | .541 | .930 | 178 | 1 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Matt Moschetti | 100 | 374 | 309 | 48 | 78 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 65 | .252 | .375 | .343 | .718 | 106 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Randy Brown | 48 | 202 | 166 | 35 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 32 | .307 | .405 | .506 | .911 | 84 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Richard Shibley | 75 | 273 | 218 | 39 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 45 | 51 | .216 | .348 | .271 | .619 | 59 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dayle Campbell | 57 | 190 | 172 | 30 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 42 | .267 | .332 | .541 | .872 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Larry Hanson | 44 | 168 | 146 | 25 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 49 | .288 | .369 | .486 | .855 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Randy Niles | 38 | 139 | 131 | 18 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 42 | .305 | .345 | .458 | .803 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Albert Holland | 53 | 167 | 146 | 24 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 30 | .260 | .345 | .438 | .784 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Vincent Bigone | 16 | 65 | 58 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | .310 | .385 | .534 | .919 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Nunn | 42 | 125 | 106 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 44 | .151 | .266 | .245 | .511 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Joe Henderson | 37 | 72 | 68 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27 | .191 | .225 | .279 | .505 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Dehn | 21 | 81 | 75 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 24 | .173 | .210 | .213 | .423 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Don Wilkinson | 18 | 68 | 60 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .200 | .294 | .267 | .561 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Doug Howard | 16 | 58 | 55 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .200 | .224 | .273 | .497 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Jagutis | 13 | 37 | 36 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .278 | .278 | .333 | .611 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Cox | 32 | 44 | 38 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .263 | .300 | .421 | .721 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Francisco Marquez | 11 | 31 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .310 | .355 | .448 | .803 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rudy Meoli | 7 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .292 | .320 | .458 | .778 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Hassler | 22 | 54 | 48 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 23 | .146 | .226 | .250 | .476 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Allen | 27 | 69 | 61 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | .115 | .167 | .131 | .298 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dave Sells | 57 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .357 | .357 | .571 | .929 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Doherty | 6 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .238 | .238 | .333 | .571 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Barbosa | 16 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .192 | .222 | .192 | .415 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rickey Clark | 15 | 33 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .111 | .107 | .111 | .218 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Del Rice | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .750 | .667 | 1.417 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie St. Clair | 27 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Bradley | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Efrain Contreras | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Marikos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Knutzen | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Keller | 33 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .000 | .118 | .000 | .118 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Spellman | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Frost | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Engelhardt | 26 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .000 | .040 | .000 | .040 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1579 | 5195 | 4503 | 746 | 1216 | 238 | 39 | 119 | 672 | 102 | 56 | 594 | 1010 | .270 | .352 | .419 | .772 | 1889 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 39 | 46 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Feldman | 1B | 106 | 1002 | 60 | 16 | 98 | .985 | 1.019 | ||||
| Doug Howard | 1B | 13 | 135 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 1.769 | ||||
| Paul Alderete | 1B | 13 | 112 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 9.538 | ||||
| Dayle Campbell | 1B | 9 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .985 | 7.222 | ||||
| Richard Shibley | 2B | 58 | 101 | 173 | 10 | 31 | .965 | 4.724 | ||||
| Toy McCord | 2B | 48 | 85 | 133 | 13 | 26 | .944 | 4.542 | ||||
| Matt Moschetti | 2B | 33 | 61 | 95 | 6 | 20 | .963 | 4.727 | ||||
| John Jagutis | 2B | 7 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 4 | .867 | 3.714 | ||||
| Matt Moschetti | 3B | 55 | 37 | 99 | 8 | 7 | .944 | 2.473 | ||||
| Larry Hanson | 3B | 42 | 34 | 95 | 9 | 6 | .935 | 3.071 | ||||
| Toy McCord | 3B | 37 | 26 | 59 | 7 | 2 | .924 | 2.297 | ||||
| Richard Shibley | 3B | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 2.000 | ||||
| Paul Alderete | 3B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 2.000 | ||||
| Randy Niles | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Randy Brown | C | 47 | 300 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .988 | 6.936 | 12 | |||
| Randy Niles | C | 32 | 220 | 33 | 5 | 3 | .981 | 7.906 | 7 | |||
| Mike Nunn | C | 31 | 205 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .991 | 7.323 | 10 | |||
| Greg Dehn | C | 21 | 127 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .993 | 6.714 | 1 | |||
| Francisco Marquez | C | 11 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 5.545 | 1 | |||
| Vincent Bigone | C | 7 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.714 | 2 | |||
| Paul Alderete | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Mickey Rivers | OF | 113 | 235 | 13 | 12 | 3 | .954 | 2.195 | ||||
| Mike Floyd | OF | 92 | 121 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .977 | 1.380 | ||||
| Paul Alderete | OF | 89 | 113 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .960 | 1.360 | ||||
| Albert Holland | OF | 44 | 61 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .956 | 1.477 | ||||
| Dayle Campbell | OF | 37 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .962 | 1.351 | ||||
| Don Wilkinson | OF | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1.000 | ||||
| Toy McCord | OF | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.231 | ||||
| Vincent Bigone | OF | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Billy Parker | OF | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
| John Doherty | OF | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Doug Howard | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Sells | P | 57 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .263 | ||||
| Daniel Keller | P | 33 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Terry Cox | P | 31 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 3 | .964 | .871 | ||||
| Ronnie St. Clair | P | 27 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .444 | ||||
| Joe Henderson | P | 27 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 0 | .891 | 1.519 | ||||
| James Engelhardt | P | 26 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .923 | ||||
| Lloyd Allen | P | 25 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 3 | .895 | 1.360 | ||||
| Andy Hassler | P | 22 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .941 | 1.455 | ||||
| Efrain Contreras | P | 18 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Tony Barbosa | P | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pat Knutzen | P | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Rickey Clark | P | 14 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.571 | ||||
| Mike Spellman | P | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| David Frost | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Tom Bradley | P | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Del Rice | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Moe Ogier | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Parker | SS | 109 | 181 | 312 | 43 | 75 | .920 | 4.523 | ||||
| Toy McCord | SS | 14 | 17 | 42 | 7 | 7 | .894 | 4.214 | ||||
| Matt Moschetti | SS | 11 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 4 | .973 | 3.273 | ||||
| Rudy Meoli | SS | 7 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.143 | ||||
| John Jagutis | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Larry Hanson | SS | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1488 | 3538 | 1512 | 192 | 335 | .963 | 3.394 | 33 | 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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