1969 Kinston Eagles Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 74-68
Finished 3rd in the CL's East Division
Manager: Gene Hassell (74-68)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kinston, North Carolina
Ballpark: Grainger Stadium
Attendance: 46,323, Avg. 652
1969 Kinston Eagles RosterTeam Record: 74-68
Finished 3rd in the CL's East Division
Manager: Gene Hassell (74-68)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kinston, North Carolina
Ballpark: Grainger Stadium
Attendance: 46,323, Avg. 652
Playoffs - Raleigh-Durham Phillies 2 games, Kinston Eagles 0
The Kinston Eagles of the Carolina League ended the 1969 season with a record of 74 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Eagles paced the league with 632 runs. Kinston surrendered 533 runs. Rusty Torres led the team with 13 home runs Timothy O'Connell recorded 52 runs batted in. Mario Guerrero topped all regular batters by hitting .282. Bruce Olson paced the squad with 13 wins, while Loyd Colson recorded a 1.72 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1969 Kinston Eagles who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mario Guerrero, Wayne Nordhagen, John Ellis, Gerry Pirtle, Joe Pactwa, George Zeber, Ken Poulsen, Loyd Colson, Ken Crosby and Rusty Torres.
Gene Hassell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Olson | 13 | 6 | .684 | 2.83 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 172.0 | 157 | 68 | 54 | 10 | 47 | 3 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Gerry Pirtle | 11 | 11 | .500 | 2.72 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 182.0 | 170 | 70 | 55 | 16 | 44 | 1 | 144 | 4 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Loyd Colson | 10 | 6 | .625 | 1.72 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 120.0 | 88 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 125 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Larry Shown | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.45 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 146.0 | 161 | 75 | 56 | 8 | 57 | 3 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| William Drummond | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.12 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 72.0 | 65 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Charley Baudier | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.67 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 81.0 | 78 | 35 | 24 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Denis Murray | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.54 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46.0 | 43 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dorian Clawson | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.57 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53.0 | 55 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| William Goble | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.22 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 95.0 | 104 | 55 | 34 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Raymond DeRiggi | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.95 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 42 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Walter Walters | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.50 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 110 | 53 | 35 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ken Poulsen | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gerald Wickman | 1 | 6 | .143 | 3.91 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 51 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Timothy O'Connell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Alan Tetrault | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Crosby | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neil Swanson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.38 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 74 | 68 | .521 | 2.98 | 325 | 142 | 0 | 39 | 11 | 24 | 1194.0 | 1166 | 533 | 395 | 69 | 378 | 25 | 835 | 44 | 6 | 75 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Guerrero | 132 | 539 | 496 | 61 | 140 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 44 | .282 | .321 | .349 | .670 | 173 | 4 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Rusty Torres | 139 | 616 | 507 | 96 | 137 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 98 | 115 | .270 | .392 | .442 | .834 | 224 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
| George Zeber | 132 | 531 | 459 | 59 | 111 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 61 | 82 | .242 | .335 | .318 | .653 | 146 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Timothy O'Connell | 90 | 380 | 336 | 52 | 102 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 46 | .304 | .373 | .461 | .834 | 155 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Robert Carson | 100 | 369 | 291 | 51 | 82 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 73 | .282 | .425 | .412 | .837 | 120 | 14 | 2 | 2 | ||
| George Ferguson | 93 | 342 | 299 | 31 | 80 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 39 | .268 | .341 | .341 | .682 | 102 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Ronald Kirk | 98 | 325 | 276 | 45 | 72 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 44 | .261 | .363 | .359 | .722 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Joe Pactwa | 107 | 348 | 266 | 44 | 68 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 75 | 89 | .256 | .424 | .402 | .826 | 107 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Evelio Ramos | 77 | 205 | 189 | 19 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 42 | .259 | .294 | .360 | .654 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Steven Mezich | 59 | 217 | 199 | 18 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 35 | .196 | .249 | .246 | .495 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Ellis | 24 | 103 | 97 | 17 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .361 | .379 | .619 | .997 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lew Lawson | 68 | 225 | 178 | 27 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 60 | .197 | .356 | .337 | .693 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| William Colunio | 29 | 107 | 101 | 12 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 19 | .337 | .374 | .356 | .730 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Kogut | 50 | 155 | 135 | 15 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 21 | .200 | .281 | .237 | .518 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Nordhagen | 25 | 100 | 90 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 20 | .233 | .289 | .378 | .666 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lee Choate | 21 | 80 | 62 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 16 | .258 | .425 | .355 | .780 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Shown | 31 | 63 | 57 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .263 | .311 | .281 | .592 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Philip Ranneberger | 42 | 69 | 59 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 18 | .237 | .348 | .356 | .704 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Loyd Colson | 45 | 38 | 36 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .333 | .351 | .361 | .712 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Olson | 27 | 72 | 63 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | .175 | .235 | .190 | .426 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| George Blaum | 10 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .265 | .359 | .294 | .653 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Pirtle | 29 | 70 | 62 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .113 | .127 | .129 | .256 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Charles Combs | 14 | 45 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .167 | .311 | .167 | .478 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Monroe | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .375 | .444 | .750 | 1.194 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond DeRiggi | 13 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .214 | .312 | .214 | .527 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Walters | 16 | 36 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .088 | .088 | .147 | .235 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ken Poulsen | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Goble | 35 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .074 | .138 | .074 | .212 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Counterman | 15 | 44 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .054 | .205 | .081 | .286 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Crosby | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Tetrault | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denis Murray | 28 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Wickman | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dorian Clawson | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .091 | .286 | .091 | .377 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pat Brown | 6 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Drummond | 37 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charley Baudier | 19 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .050 | .136 | .100 | .236 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Neil Swanson | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Guasp | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1674 | 5285 | 4541 | 633 | 1145 | 183 | 42 | 64 | 544 | 68 | 30 | 599 | 946 | .252 | .344 | .353 | .697 | 1604 | 0 | 54 | 53 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy O'Connell | 1B | 89 | 697 | 61 | 10 | 59 | .987 | 8.517 | ||||
| Evelio Ramos | 1B | 33 | 264 | 25 | 4 | 23 | .986 | 8.758 | ||||
| Lee Choate | 1B | 21 | 180 | 8 | 3 | 12 | .984 | 8.952 | ||||
| George Blaum | 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| George Ferguson | 1B | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| George Zeber | 2B | 128 | 232 | 278 | 24 | 50 | .955 | 3.984 | ||||
| William Colunio | 2B | 16 | 30 | 33 | 3 | 7 | .955 | 3.938 | ||||
| Lew Lawson | 2B | 8 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 4 | .919 | 4.250 | ||||
| George Ferguson | 3B | 80 | 81 | 161 | 20 | 11 | .924 | 3.025 | ||||
| Lew Lawson | 3B | 46 | 40 | 62 | 14 | 4 | .879 | 2.217 | ||||
| William Colunio | 3B | 12 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .862 | 2.083 | ||||
| Steven Mezich | 3B | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| George Zeber | 3B | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Steven Mezich | C | 53 | 311 | 22 | 5 | 3 | .985 | 6.283 | 11 | |||
| Steven Kogut | C | 44 | 242 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .992 | 5.955 | 13 | |||
| John Ellis | C | 24 | 160 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 7.167 | 2 | |||
| Robert Counterman | C | 14 | 65 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .958 | 4.929 | 6 | |||
| Charles Combs | C | 14 | 92 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .959 | 6.714 | 2 | |||
| Richard Monroe | C | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | |||
| George Guasp | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Rusty Torres | OF | 136 | 319 | 21 | 11 | 5 | .969 | 2.500 | ||||
| Robert Carson | OF | 99 | 147 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .970 | 1.606 | ||||
| Joe Pactwa | OF | 85 | 126 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .971 | 1.553 | ||||
| Ronald Kirk | OF | 76 | 134 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .979 | 1.868 | ||||
| Wayne Nordhagen | OF | 25 | 62 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .929 | 2.600 | ||||
| Evelio Ramos | OF | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.000 | ||||
| Philip Ranneberger | OF | 18 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.278 | ||||
| Pat Brown | OF | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Loyd Colson | P | 45 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .378 | ||||
| William Drummond | P | 37 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .351 | ||||
| William Goble | P | 35 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .457 | ||||
| Denis Murray | P | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .179 | ||||
| Dorian Clawson | P | 28 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Larry Shown | P | 27 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.259 | ||||
| Gerry Pirtle | P | 27 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .951 | 1.444 | ||||
| Bruce Olson | P | 27 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .828 | .889 | ||||
| Charley Baudier | P | 19 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 1.526 | ||||
| Gerald Wickman | P | 17 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .647 | ||||
| Walter Walters | P | 15 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Raymond DeRiggi | P | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Neil Swanson | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Ken Poulsen | P | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Alan Tetrault | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Timothy O'Connell | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Crosby | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mario Guerrero | SS | 130 | 180 | 329 | 45 | 58 | .919 | 3.915 | ||||
| George Blaum | SS | 9 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 7 | .868 | 5.111 | ||||
| George Ferguson | SS | 6 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 2.833 | ||||
| George Zeber | SS | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1534 | 3581 | 1330 | 199 | 266 | .961 | 3.201 | 34 | 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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