1969 Iowa Oaks Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 62-78
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Jimy Williams (62-78)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 129,432, Avg. 1,849

1969 Iowa Oaks Roster

The Iowa Oaks of the American Association ended the 1969 season with a record of 62 wins and 78 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.

The Oaks plated 706 runs and conceded 758 runs. Rene Lachemann paced Iowa with 20 home runs, while José Morales walloped 15 or more, too. Ossie Chavarria accounted for 90 RBI. Jim Driscoll led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .286 clip. Bob Meyer topped the team with 8 wins, and Ken Sanders recorded a 3.39 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Freddie Velázquez, Allan Lewis, Jim Driscoll, Jim Dickson, Marcel Lachemann, Ramon Webster, Ken Sanders, Tony LaRussa, Ed Sprague, Gil Blanco, Ernie Fazio, Paul Gilliford, Bill McNulty, Bob Duliba, Vern Handrahan, Joe Nossek, José Tartabull, Dick Egan, José Morales, Joe Rudi, Larry Elliot, Bill Kelso, Bob Meyer, Rene Lachemann, George Lauzerique, Tim Talton, Roberto Rodríguez and Ossie Chavarria were all players from the 1969 Iowa Oaks who played in the Majors during their careers.

Jimy Williams 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
Bob Meyer	8	11	.421	4.00	27	24		7	2	0	162.0	180	91	72	13	72	0	128	8	0	8
Ed Sprague	7	5	.583	3.57	15	15		5	0	0	111.0	121	63	44	4	50	4	66	3	3	7
Bob Duliba	6	4	.600	3.68	35	0		0	0	9	66.0	76	30	27	6	20	6	45	0	0	3
Ken Sanders	6	7	.462	3.39	29	10		5	1	1	114.0	117	55	43	8	34	3	49	2	1	3
Marcel Lachemann	5	2	.714	2.47	20	0		0	0	5	51.0	54	16	14	3	8	1	36	0	0	3
George Lauzerique	5	3	.625	3.12	10	10		4	1	0	78.0	67	29	27	7	24	1	62	1	0	7
Don Yingling	5	8	.385	4.46	20	15		1	0	0	101.0	122	54	50	11	29	1	49	1	0	4
Roberto Rodríguez	5	8	.385	4.92	33	15		3	0	4	130.0	139	81	71	12	70	0	108	0	0	10
Mike Olivo	5	12	.294	5.72	25	20		2	0	0	140.0	156	97	89	19	56	4	61	3	0	1
Vern Handrahan	4	2	.667	5.80	30	1		0	0	3	76.0	86	61	49	6	44	2	44	0	0	6
Geo Bosworth	2	4	.333	7.20	8	8		2	0	0	40.0	65	34	32	2	23	1	22	1	0	2
Bill Kelso					13						0.0
Dick Egan					10						0.0
Gil Blanco					16						0.0
Jim Dickson	0	0		8.40	5	0		0	0	1	15.0	29	17	14	1	2	0	8	0	0	1
Paul Gilliford	0	1	.000	9.39	9	3		0	0	0	23.0	40	26	24	4	5	0	7	1	0	2
Totals	58	67	.464	4.52	305	121	0	29	4	23	1107.0	1252	654	556	96	437	23	685	20	4	57	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
Ossie Chavarria	139	638	557	87	159	29	6	11	90	6	3	62	108	.285	.351	.418	.770	233		1	6	12
Jim Driscoll	137	640	542	89	155	28	7	9	58	9	13	82	99	.286	.381	.413	.794	224		5	5	6
Wayne Norton	127	536	479	66	124	20	4	8	47	6	6	42	58	.259	.318	.367	.685	176		2	7	6
Allan Lewis	89	421	388	64	108	9	6	3	46	43	8	23	62	.278	.323	.356	.679	138		4	3	3
Rene Lachemann	107	459	415	47	106	18	1	20	66	1	1	35	91	.255	.310	.448	.758	186		0	4	5
José Morales	98	399	363	54	102	11	3	16	61	0	3	30	87	.281	.337	.460	.797	167		1	4	1
Joe Rudi	57	266	240	42	85	15	2	11	65	1	0	21	30	.354	.410	.571	.981	137		3	0	2
Tony LaRussa	67	283	235	37	72	11	1	4	27	5	3	42	30	.306	.418	.413	.831	97		3	3	0
Richard Rowe	95	344	307	38	71	13	2	2	29	3	1	33	75	.231	.309	.306	.615	94		2	1	1
Ernie Fazio	84	320	274	43	68	10	2	6	24	8	4	41	57	.248	.348	.365	.713	100		1	4	0
Tim Talton	47	194	168	19	55	15	0	0	21	0	0	25	17	.327	.412	.417	.829	70		0	0	1
Freddie Velázquez	38	146	139	19	41	8	0	7	21	1	1	6	21	.295	.322	.504	.826	70		0	0	1
Ramon Webster	21	90	81	7	23	6	1	1	11	1	0	6	10	.284	.333	.420	.753	34		1	0	2
Bill McNulty	26	107	96	8	19	3	2	2	13	1	0	8	34	.198	.262	.333	.595	32		1	0	2
José Tartabull	17	73	66	9	17	2	1	1	3	2	2	6	3	.258	.319	.364	.683	24		0	1	0
Roger Washington	9	39	37	5	10	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	8	.270	.282	.378	.660	14		1	0	1
Orlando Gomez	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	1159	4956	4387	634	1215	200	39	101	586	87	45	463	790	.277	.346	.409	.756	1796	0	25	38	43	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Rene Lachemann	1B	62	526	35	6	51	.989	9.048
Joe Rudi	1B	44	411	34	6	40	.987	1.114
Joe Solimine	1B	40	356	21	5	35	.987	9.425
Tony LaRussa	2B	67	177	222	15	58	.964	5.955
Ernie Fazio	2B	58	116	162	10	39	.965	4.793
Ossie Chavarria	2B	19	42	50	3	14	.968	4.842
Ossie Chavarria	3B	118	94	261	34	27	.913	3.008
Bill McNulty	3B	15	20	31	3	4	.944	3.400
Ernie Fazio	3B	5	8	6	2	2	.875	2.800
Joe Nossek	3B	2	2	1	2	0	.600	1.500
Rene Lachemann	C	45	256	27	4	2	.986	6.289	6
José Morales	C	35	350	60	18	8	.958	11.714	21
Freddie Velázquez	C	34	205	22	5	4	.978	6.676	4
Wayne Norton	OF	127	290	17	10	1	.968	2.417
Allan Lewis	OF	79	145	5	7	0	.955	1.899
Richard Rowe	OF	64	94	5	5	1	.952	1.547
Ramon Webster	OF	19	35	1	2	0	.947	1.895
José Tartabull	OF	15	26	1	0	0	1.000	1.800
Joe Rudi	OF	13	25	5	2	2	.938	2.308
Bill McNulty	OF	11	21	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Roger Washington	OF	9	17	0	1	0	.944	1.889
Ernie Fazio	OF	5	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.400
Bob Duliba	P	35	4	18	0	2	1.000	.629
Roberto Rodríguez	P	33	9	18	1	1	.964	.818
Vern Handrahan	P	30	7	12	1	1	.950	.633
Ken Sanders	P	29	7	26	1	2	.971	1.138
Bob Meyer	P	27	8	24	4	1	.889	1.185
Mike Olivo	P	25	9	12	4	2	.840	.840
Don Yingling	P	20	4	12	0	0	1.000	.800
Marcel Lachemann	P	20	2	11	2	1	.867	.650
Gil Blanco	P	16						.000
Ed Sprague	P	15	15	26	7	4	.854	2.733
Bill Kelso	P	13						.000
George Lauzerique	P	10	3	15	1	0	.947	1.800
Dick Egan	P	10						.000
Paul Gilliford	P	9	2	5	0	0	1.000	.778
Geo Bosworth	P	8	1	6	0	1	1.000	.875
Jim Dickson	P	5	4	4	0	0	1.000	1.600
Jim Driscoll	SS	137	269	402	40	89	.944	4.898
Ossie Chavarria	SS	3	5	7	2	1	.857	4.000
Totals		1331	3572	1565	203	393	.962	3.860	31	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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