1970 Evansville Triplets Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 67-71
Finished 4th in the AA's East Division
Manager: Ralph Rowe (67-71)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 130,809, Avg. 1,896

1970 Evansville Triplets Roster

The Evansville Triplets of the American Association ended the 1970 season with a record of 67 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.

The Triplets led the circuit with just 537 runs allowed. Evansville scored 521 runs, worst in the league,. Cotton Nash walloped 33 home runs for the squad, while Eric Soderholm swatted 15 or more also. Cotton Nash drove in 83 runs. Jim Nettles paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .317 clip. Hal Haydel topped the squad with 12 wins, and Garland Shifflett earned a 2.23 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1970 Evansville Triplets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Weldon Bowlin, Danny Thompson, Steve Barber, Cotton Nash, Herman Hill, Dick Estelle, Paul Powell, Pete Hamm, Bert Blyleven, Bruce Look, Charlie Manuel, Garland Shifflett, Hal Haydel, Eric Soderholm, Dick Woodson, Minnie Mendoza, Jim Nettles, John Sevcik, Bob Gebhard, Dick Rusteck and Danny Morris.

Ralph Rowe 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
Hal Haydel	12	12	.500	3.35	28	26		9	2	0	196.0	185	80	73	13	92	5	152	6	0	9
Danny Morris	10	16	.385	4.87	35	30		10	2	1	181.0	222	103	98	18	57	4	103	1	0	4
Dick Estelle	9	11	.450	3.73	29	28		7	1	0	169.0	181	75	70	14	63	7	81	2	0	9
Pete Hamm	8	4	.667	2.84	15	13		6	1	0	95.0	83	32	30	5	33	3	66	2	0	3
Garland Shifflett	8	7	.533	2.23	50	2		2	0	15	117.0	103	40	29	4	43	8	80	3	0	3
Dick Rusteck	6	5	.545	2.81	30	12		3	1	3	93.0	80	42	29	6	50	1	48	0	1	2
Bert Blyleven	4	2	.667	2.50	8	7		2	1	0	54.0	48	18	15	1	12	0	63	0	2	1
Carl Finafrock	4	4	.500	3.93	23	6		0	0	0	71.0	84	36	31	4	24	1	43	4	0	3
Rich Peterson	3	2	.600	4.25	17	8		1	1	0	55.0	57	28	26	6	32	0	28	4	0	7
Dick Woodson	2	3	.400	5.79	9	5		0	0	1	28.0	32	20	18	2	19	2	31	2	0	2
Bob Gebhard	1	5	.167	3.18	44	0		0	0	7	68.0	60	34	24	5	28	6	57	2	0	1
Steve Barber	0	0		6.00	12	1		0	0	0	24.0	30	17	16	4	16	0	18	0	0	1
Gene Baker	0	0		15.75	4	0		0	0	0	4.0	13	11	7	1	3	1	6	2	0	0
Totals	67	71	.486	3.63	304	138	0	40	9	27	1155.0	1178	536	466	83	472	38	776	28	3	45	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
Jim Nettles	112	444	385	62	122	22	3	8	34	4	4	55	64	.317	.400	.452	.851	174		0	1	3
Jim Glover	115	463	432	41	112	8	3	2	36	3	3	24	46	.259	.300	.306	.606	132		2	3	2
Herman Hill	112	485	452	50	112	15	8	3	35	24	13	31	99	.248	.295	.336	.632	152		0	1	1
Cotton Nash	120	446	383	60	97	12	0	33	83	5	2	55	90	.253	.348	.543	.891	208		3	1	4
Minnie Mendoza	84	335	314	37	87	14	0	2	16	8	6	17	16	.277	.313	.341	.654	107		0	3	1
Eric Soderholm	98	361	310	44	77	11	3	15	42	7	2	42	68	.248	.344	.448	.793	139		5	1	3
Paul Powell	86	274	254	47	74	15	2	11	33	7	3	17	66	.291	.339	.496	.835	126		2	0	1
Luke Vasser	109	281	261	30	69	11	2	7	29	2	2	17	54	.264	.306	.402	.708	105		0	0	3
Bruce Look	99	315	284	17	69	14	1	2	23	0	1	27	34	.243	.311	.320	.632	91		2	0	2
Weldon Bowlin	87	279	252	26	67	8	3	0	28	2	0	24	32	.266	.326	.321	.648	81		0	0	3
John Sevcik	69	225	196	19	55	12	1	2	31	1	0	19	24	.281	.345	.383	.728	75		3	2	5
Danny Thompson	58	236	215	26	53	13	3	0	18	5	1	16	29	.247	.305	.335	.640	72		2	3	0
Charlie Manuel	21	77	70	13	23	5	0	6	26	0	0	6	5	.329	.390	.657	1.047	46		1	0	0
Bob Wissler	47	133	109	11	22	1	1	1	12	2	2	20	28	.202	.338	.257	.595	28		3	0	1
Dick Estelle	35	62	59	2	10	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	31	.169	.169	.220	.390	13		0	3	0
Bobbye Beckner	18	65	55	8	9	3	0	0	3	1	0	9	16	.164	.281	.218	.499	12		0	1	0
Al Nordberg	33	66	57	5	9	1	0	0	1	1	0	9	10	.158	.273	.175	.448	10		0	0	0
Danny Morris	35	70	63	4	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	26	.143	.191	.143	.334	9		0	2	1
Carl Finafrock	28	28	25	1	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.320	.333	.320	.653	8		0	1	1
George McKenzie	13	29	28	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.214	.241	.250	.491	7		0	0	0
Pete Hamm	15	36	34	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	.176	.200	.265	.465	9		0	1	0
Hal Haydel	28	74	66	6	6	0	1	1	5	0	0	3	33	.091	.130	.167	.297	11		0	5	0
Garland Shifflett	53	34	28	6	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	10	.179	.303	.179	.482	5		0	1	0
Bert Blyleven	8	22	21	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.190	.190	.190	.381	4		0	1	0
Dick Rusteck	30	25	20	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	.150	.150	.250	.400	5		0	5	0
Bob Gebhard	44	15	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.167	.231	.167	.397	2		0	2	0
Steve Barber	12	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.400	.600	2		0	1	0
Rich Peterson	17	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.067	.000	.067	0		0	1	0
Ralph Nasif	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Dick Woodson	9	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	0	0
Totals	1600	4914	4415	521	1117	169	34	93	470	72	40	406	838	.253	.317	.370	.687	1633	0	23	39	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Cotton Nash	1B	108	818	68	7	98	.992	8.204
Luke Vasser	1B	23	136	10	1	14	.993	6.348
Al Nordberg	1B	21	112	8	3	16	.976	5.714
John Sevcik	1B	3	24	1	0	2	1.000	8.333
Charlie Manuel	1B	2	18	3	1	3	.955	1.500
Jim Glover	2B	111	281	285	13	84	.978	5.099
Weldon Bowlin	2B	25	56	58	5	17	.958	4.560
Minnie Mendoza	2B	4	6	11	0	0	1.000	4.250
Minnie Mendoza	3B	79	69	155	7	25	.970	2.835
Eric Soderholm	3B	21	28	36	4	4	.941	3.048
Weldon Bowlin	3B	17	17	39	3	1	.949	3.294
Bobbye Beckner	3B	17	7	28	3	4	.921	2.059
George McKenzie	3B	7	8	8	1	1	.941	2.286
John Sevcik	3B	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	.667
Paul Powell	3B	2	1	5	2	0	.750	3.000
Bruce Look	C	96	519	73	6	11	.990	6.167	3
John Sevcik	C	58	322	20	6	4	.983	5.897	5
Herman Hill	OF	112	268	14	9	2	.969	2.518
Jim Nettles	OF	110	156	15	6	4	.966	1.555
Paul Powell	OF	72	104	8	3	1	.974	1.556
Luke Vasser	OF	57	62	11	6	2	.924	1.281
Bob Wissler	OF	42	57	2	3	1	.952	1.405
Weldon Bowlin	OF	26	41	3	1	2	.978	1.692
Charlie Manuel	OF	18	25	3	3	0	.903	1.556
Cotton Nash	OF	8	8	0	1	0	.889	1.000
Garland Shifflett	P	50	11	24	3	3	.921	.700
Bob Gebhard	P	44	3	9	2	1	.857	.273
Danny Morris	P	35	12	30	0	6	1.000	1.200
Dick Rusteck	P	30	1	15	3	5	.842	.533
Dick Estelle	P	29	6	42	4	3	.923	1.655
Hal Haydel	P	28	16	35	4	3	.927	1.821
Carl Finafrock	P	23	5	14	0	1	1.000	.826
Rich Peterson	P	17	2	6	0	0	1.000	.471
Pete Hamm	P	15	7	12	0	0	1.000	1.267
Steve Barber	P	12	0	2	0	0	1.000	.167
Dick Woodson	P	9	3	3	1	0	.857	.667
Bert Blyleven	P	8	6	9	1	0	.938	1.875
Gene Baker	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Eric Soderholm	SS	75	140	243	14	53	.965	5.107
Danny Thompson	SS	58	94	181	5	34	.982	4.741
Ralph Nasif	SS	3	2	1	2	0	.600	1.000
Weldon Bowlin	SS	3	9	8	1	2	.944	5.667
Jim Glover	SS	2	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.500
Totals		1487	3463	1502	134	407	.974	3.339	8	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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