1970 Magic Valley Cowboys Statistics
Pioneer League (PL) - Class: R
Team Record: 41-29
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Paul Snyder (41-29)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Twin Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 17,657, Avg. 504
1970 Magic Valley Cowboys RosterTeam Record: 41-29
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Paul Snyder (41-29)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Twin Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 17,657, Avg. 504
The Magic Valley Cowboys of the Pioneer League ended the 1970 season with a record of 41 wins and 29 losses, finishing third in the PL.
The Cowboys paced the league with 455 runs, fueled by 53 home runs. Magic Valley surrendered 434 runs. Marc Mengo powered the squad with 12 home runs and drove in 59 runs. Chico Ruiz led batters with significant playing time with a .316 average. Stan Babieracki topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 3.8 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1970 Magic Valley Cowboys who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Chico Ruiz, Adrian Devine, Rod Gilbreath and Jack Pierce.
Paul Snyder 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Babieracki | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.80 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 64.0 | 64 | 30 | 27 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Glen Landesberg | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.36 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 66.0 | 55 | 40 | 32 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Adrian Devine | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.18 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 80 | 45 | 38 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Luis Serrano | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.30 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Bogacki | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.42 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 53 | 37 | 27 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Edward Childress | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.82 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40.0 | 38 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Knox | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.09 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53.0 | 70 | 36 | 30 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Gary Hagen | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.58 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57.0 | 60 | 45 | 29 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Charles Chapple | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.06 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53.0 | 45 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| David Ford | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 56.0 | 62 | 47 | 38 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Wilson Stallworth | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 17.25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Domingo Figueroa | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Watson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richmond Young | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||
| George Keller | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sigmund Gancasz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Terry Smythe | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 41 | 29 | .586 | 5.22 | 169 | 70 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 598.0 | 648 | 435 | 347 | 52 | 345 | 0 | 596 | 32 | 14 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Mengo | 70 | 325 | 282 | 53 | 86 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 46 | .305 | .394 | .489 | .883 | 138 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Pierce | 70 | 313 | 281 | 44 | 79 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 69 | .281 | .348 | .441 | .790 | 124 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chico Ruiz | 63 | 261 | 225 | 47 | 71 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 33 | 33 | .316 | .410 | .449 | .859 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rod Gilbreath | 56 | 222 | 198 | 37 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 50 | .278 | .356 | .460 | .815 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Cox | 61 | 231 | 170 | 46 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 64 | .265 | .459 | .376 | .835 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Galindez | 53 | 208 | 188 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 41 | .223 | .298 | .340 | .639 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Heierle | 39 | 157 | 136 | 29 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 23 | .279 | .369 | .441 | .811 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nelly Cana | 55 | 245 | 195 | 38 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 48 | 58 | .185 | .351 | .210 | .561 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Pedersen | 50 | 168 | 126 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 27 | .278 | .452 | .397 | .849 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Nageleisen | 21 | 98 | 73 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 24 | 18 | .342 | .510 | .507 | 1.017 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lendon Brookins | 40 | 89 | 68 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 14 | .279 | .449 | .397 | .846 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Forrest Hartline | 27 | 71 | 60 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .233 | .352 | .333 | .685 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scotty Selph | 21 | 70 | 61 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 32 | .197 | .300 | .328 | .628 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howie Duckworth | 22 | 68 | 60 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .183 | .265 | .267 | .531 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Calvin Kelly | 7 | 32 | 31 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .290 | .281 | .323 | .604 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stan Babieracki | 15 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .269 | .367 | .346 | .713 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Chapple | 17 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .167 | .211 | .167 | .377 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Watson | 17 | 39 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Bogacki | 14 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Ford | 14 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .255 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Adrian Devine | 14 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Landesberg | 15 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .091 | .200 | .182 | .382 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Smythe | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gilbert Sanborn | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sigmund Gancasz | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Hagen | 13 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .071 | .300 | .143 | .443 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Michael Knox | 14 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .059 | .111 | .059 | .170 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edward Childress | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Serrano | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Domingo Figueroa | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wilson Stallworth | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richmond Young | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 845 | 2819 | 2381 | 458 | 603 | 96 | 18 | 53 | 356 | 71 | 22 | 396 | 611 | .253 | .365 | .375 | .741 | 894 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Pierce | 1B | 67 | 497 | 30 | 20 | 34 | .963 | 7.866 | ||||
| Marc Mengo | 1B | 5 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.800 | ||||
| Ernie Pedersen | 1B | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Thomas Cox | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chico Ruiz | 2B | 43 | 100 | 78 | 9 | 20 | .952 | 4.140 | ||||
| Ernie Pedersen | 2B | 27 | 54 | 62 | 5 | 5 | .959 | 4.296 | ||||
| Calvin Kelly | 2B | 6 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 4.833 | ||||
| Gilbert Sanborn | 2B | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Forrest Hartline | 2B | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Marc Mengo | 3B | 67 | 64 | 123 | 25 | 13 | .882 | 2.791 | ||||
| Forrest Hartline | 3B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Lendon Brookins | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Ernie Pedersen | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tom Heierle | C | 39 | 324 | 26 | 9 | 6 | .975 | 8.974 | 18 | |||
| Howie Duckworth | C | 20 | 149 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .952 | 7.950 | 6 | |||
| Scotty Selph | C | 19 | 137 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .987 | 7.737 | 5 | |||
| Jack Pierce | C | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.667 | 3 | |||
| Thomas Cox | OF | 55 | 55 | 12 | 7 | 2 | .905 | 1.218 | ||||
| Luis Galindez | OF | 51 | 48 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .902 | 1.078 | ||||
| Nelly Cana | OF | 47 | 86 | 13 | 5 | 3 | .952 | 2.106 | ||||
| Chico Ruiz | OF | 20 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.100 | ||||
| James Nageleisen | OF | 20 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 2.700 | ||||
| Lendon Brookins | OF | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Watson | OF | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .500 | ||||
| Ernie Pedersen | OF | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.875 | ||||
| Charles Chapple | P | 16 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .625 | ||||
| Glen Landesberg | P | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Edward Childress | P | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .267 | ||||
| Michael Knox | P | 14 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| David Ford | P | 14 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Adrian Devine | P | 14 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| David Bogacki | P | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Luis Serrano | P | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Gary Hagen | P | 13 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | .462 | ||||
| Stan Babieracki | P | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richmond Young | P | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Terry Smythe | P | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Wilson Stallworth | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Sigmund Gancasz | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Domingo Figueroa | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Watson | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| George Keller | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rod Gilbreath | SS | 54 | 62 | 133 | 30 | 14 | .867 | 3.611 | ||||
| Forrest Hartline | SS | 11 | 25 | 33 | 6 | 8 | .906 | 5.273 | ||||
| Nelly Cana | SS | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 2 | .812 | 3.714 | ||||
| Totals | 776 | 1809 | 694 | 164 | 125 | .939 | 3.226 | 32 | 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.
