1969 Greenville Red Sox Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 56-68
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Bill Slack (56-68)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Ballpark: Meadowbrook Park
Attendance: 52,991, Avg. 855
1969 Greenville Red Sox RosterTeam Record: 56-68
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Bill Slack (56-68)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Ballpark: Meadowbrook Park
Attendance: 52,991, Avg. 855
The Greenville Red Sox of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1969 season with a record of 56 wins and 68 losses, finishing sixth in the WCL.
The Red Sox plated 536 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 618 runs. Ben Oglivie drove in 62 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .317 clip. Dick Pole led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.18 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1969 Greenville Red Sox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dick Pole, Ben Oglivie, Cecil Cooper and John Curtis.
Bill Slack 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Pole | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.18 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 164.0 | 165 | 83 | 58 | 5 | 45 | 3 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Charles Prediger | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.79 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 133.0 | 125 | 77 | 56 | 8 | 59 | 5 | 108 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Doug Beckett | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.67 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 103.0 | 90 | 54 | 42 | 2 | 49 | 4 | 118 | 4 | 0 | 14 | ||
| John Curtis | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.47 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 149.0 | 141 | 91 | 74 | 12 | 97 | 5 | 158 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Michael Mazerall | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.16 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 77.0 | 70 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Francisco Mercado | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.51 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 82.0 | 69 | 45 | 32 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Samuel Phillips | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.53 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 62 | 39 | 35 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Mike Skane | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.93 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46.0 | 46 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Glenn Lohfink | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.48 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29.0 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Phil Corddry | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.94 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 40 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Richard Robinson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.27 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Ronald White | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.50 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Anthony Vincent | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Walsh | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.64 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64.0 | 60 | 45 | 33 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ronald Falls | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.09 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 46 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Keith MacDonald | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 56 | 68 | .452 | 3.96 | 296 | 125 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 17 | 1048.0 | 991 | 613 | 461 | 55 | 559 | 36 | 882 | 37 | 1 | 95 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Mello | 124 | 552 | 454 | 89 | 118 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 82 | 47 | .260 | .378 | .350 | .728 | 159 | 6 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Ben Oglivie | 106 | 415 | 363 | 48 | 115 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 62 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 74 | .317 | .395 | .463 | .858 | 168 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Coley | 111 | 460 | 410 | 49 | 112 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 21 | 6 | 42 | 42 | .273 | .338 | .327 | .665 | 134 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Max Oliveras | 104 | 404 | 352 | 46 | 97 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 35 | 8 | 45 | 66 | .276 | .357 | .381 | .737 | 134 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Frank Mannerino | 85 | 345 | 308 | 54 | 93 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 35 | .302 | .364 | .409 | .774 | 126 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Bob Schultz | 95 | 375 | 326 | 41 | 83 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 41 | 21 | .255 | .336 | .291 | .627 | 95 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Michael Leppa | 96 | 327 | 287 | 34 | 81 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 57 | .282 | .367 | .338 | .705 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Cecil Cooper | 62 | 224 | 212 | 27 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27 | .297 | .320 | .387 | .706 | 82 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Walt Ransom | 83 | 292 | 243 | 36 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 48 | 15 | .255 | .378 | .292 | .670 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Allen Collins | 47 | 151 | 132 | 12 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 37 | .227 | .315 | .280 | .596 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Charles Cornett | 56 | 170 | 154 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 37 | .162 | .224 | .260 | .483 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Fletcher | 31 | 98 | 91 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 26 | .231 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Stephen | 30 | 101 | 82 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 19 | .232 | .370 | .329 | .699 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Campbell | 36 | 116 | 88 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 19 | .205 | .383 | .432 | .814 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steve Eagan | 22 | 73 | 63 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .270 | .370 | .302 | .671 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Cummings | 26 | 67 | 63 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 9 | .270 | .313 | .302 | .615 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Prediger | 24 | 50 | 44 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dick Pole | 25 | 64 | 60 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .133 | .161 | .167 | .328 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Roy Handel | 11 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .188 | .222 | .219 | .441 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Phil Corddry | 14 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .312 | .389 | .375 | .764 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Joiner | 14 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .227 | .292 | .409 | .701 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francisco Mercado | 20 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .160 | .250 | .160 | .410 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Phillips | 13 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .150 | .292 | .150 | .442 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Beckett | 35 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .107 | .167 | .107 | .274 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John Curtis | 25 | 55 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .065 | .102 | .065 | .167 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Ronald White | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alfred Riverso | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Zbercot | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Boris | 13 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .091 | .130 | .091 | .221 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Falls | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .100 | .111 | .211 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Walsh | 23 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .067 | .176 | .067 | .243 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Mazerall | 37 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .062 | .167 | .062 | .229 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Robinson | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Lohfink | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Skane | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .000 | .444 | .000 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Vincent | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1452 | 4618 | 4016 | 531 | 1027 | 138 | 36 | 33 | 449 | 148 | 54 | 504 | 686 | .256 | .340 | .333 | .673 | 1336 | 0 | 25 | 43 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Cooper | 1B | 54 | 429 | 32 | 7 | 37 | .985 | 8.537 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | 1B | 49 | 379 | 27 | 11 | 37 | .974 | 8.286 | ||||
| Paul Campbell | 1B | 30 | 223 | 22 | 7 | 18 | .972 | 8.167 | ||||
| Allen Collins | 1B | 5 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .968 | 6.000 | ||||
| Ed Mello | 2B | 123 | 269 | 325 | 30 | 71 | .952 | 4.829 | ||||
| Bob Schultz | 2B | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .909 | 5.000 | ||||
| Michael Leppa | 3B | 82 | 55 | 129 | 20 | 8 | .902 | 2.244 | ||||
| Bob Schultz | 3B | 29 | 9 | 35 | 8 | 6 | .846 | 1.517 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | 3B | 21 | 24 | 45 | 7 | 2 | .908 | 3.286 | ||||
| Alfred Riverso | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Charles Cornett | C | 42 | 308 | 34 | 12 | 1 | .966 | 8.143 | 16 | |||
| Allen Collins | C | 34 | 222 | 11 | 10 | 1 | .959 | 6.853 | 15 | |||
| John Fletcher | C | 23 | 137 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .948 | 6.391 | 5 | |||
| Steve Eagan | C | 21 | 143 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 7.381 | 6 | |||
| Roy Handel | C | 10 | 77 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 9.200 | 7 | |||
| John Zbercot | C | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.333 | 0 | |||
| Steve Coley | OF | 111 | 214 | 10 | 6 | 3 | .974 | 2.018 | ||||
| Ben Oglivie | OF | 103 | 128 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .918 | 1.301 | ||||
| Frank Mannerino | OF | 83 | 108 | 12 | 8 | 1 | .938 | 1.446 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | OF | 31 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.677 | ||||
| John Stephen | OF | 24 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .892 | 1.375 | ||||
| Bob Schultz | OF | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| Cecil Cooper | OF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| James Boris | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| John Fletcher | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Cummings | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Michael Leppa | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Mazerall | P | 37 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .405 | ||||
| Doug Beckett | P | 35 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .812 | .371 | ||||
| Dick Pole | P | 25 | 16 | 42 | 5 | 8 | .921 | 2.320 | ||||
| John Curtis | P | 25 | 5 | 33 | 4 | 1 | .905 | 1.520 | ||||
| Charles Prediger | P | 24 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.500 | ||||
| Thomas Walsh | P | 23 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .652 | ||||
| Mike Skane | P | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .474 | ||||
| Francisco Mercado | P | 19 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.105 | ||||
| Glenn Lohfink | P | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Phil Corddry | P | 14 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Anthony Vincent | P | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .462 | ||||
| Samuel Phillips | P | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ronald Falls | P | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .308 | ||||
| Richard Robinson | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ronald White | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Keith MacDonald | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walt Ransom | SS | 65 | 94 | 168 | 17 | 40 | .939 | 4.031 | ||||
| Bob Schultz | SS | 43 | 83 | 98 | 13 | 19 | .933 | 4.209 | ||||
| Mike Cummings | SS | 13 | 13 | 37 | 9 | 3 | .847 | 3.846 | ||||
| Terry Joiner | SS | 7 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 2.571 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | SS | 6 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | .767 | 3.833 | ||||
| Totals | 1340 | 3164 | 1267 | 228 | 271 | .951 | 3.307 | 49 | 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.
