1970 Montgomery Rebels Statistics
Team Record: 79-60
Finished 1st in the SL
Manager: Stubby Overmire (79-60)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Ballpark: Paterson Field
Attendance: 57,631, Avg. 829
The Montgomery Rebels of the Southern League ended the 1970 season with a record of 79 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the SL.
The Rebels led the league with just 410 runs allowed. Montgomery scored 493 runs. Tim Hosley paced the squad with 20 home runs Tommy Grayson drove in 61 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .253 clip. Bill Gilbreth paced the squad with 13 wins, while Charles Swanson registered a 1.88 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1970 Montgomery Rebels who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dennis Saunders, Ike Blessitt, Paul Jata, Chuck Scrivener, John Young, Jim Foor, Jack Whillock, Tim Hosley, Bob Molinaro, Lerrin LaGrow, Bob Strampe, Phil Meeler, Leroy Reams and Bill Gilbreth.
Stubby Overmire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Gilbreth | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2.48 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 221.0 | 166 | 71 | 61 | 9 | 75 | 2 | 192 | 8 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Charles Swanson | 12 | 5 | .706 | 1.88 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 134.0 | 120 | 35 | 28 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 102 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Lerrin LaGrow | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.10 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 146.0 | 111 | 49 | 34 | 8 | 49 | 3 | 126 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Jim Foor | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.09 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 151.0 | 104 | 45 | 35 | 6 | 53 | 1 | 122 | 10 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Bob Strampe | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.27 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 157.0 | 159 | 67 | 57 | 6 | 49 | 2 | 134 | 2 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Jerome Donahue | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.65 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 60.0 | 39 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dennis Saunders | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Spicer | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.14 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 84.0 | 70 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stephen Cushmore | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.16 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 77.0 | 60 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jack Whillock | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.40 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 45.0 | 45 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Cook | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.41 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66.0 | 66 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 33 | 6 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Arnold Helwig | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Ware | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gene Voss | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Phil Meeler | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Coleman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 79 | 60 | .568 | 2.52 | 267 | 139 | 0 | 55 | 15 | 23 | 1200.3 | 990 | 410 | 336 | 49 | 424 | 41 | 922 | 33 | 10 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hagan Andersen | 131 | 568 | 507 | 68 | 127 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 8 | 47 | 49 | .250 | .323 | .331 | .655 | 168 | 8 | 5 | 1 | ||
| John Young | 128 | 535 | 470 | 53 | 118 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 50 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 124 | .251 | .331 | .353 | .685 | 166 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Tommy Grayson | 123 | 481 | 447 | 56 | 113 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 50 | .253 | .299 | .394 | .693 | 176 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Paul Jata | 101 | 385 | 358 | 43 | 106 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 16 | .296 | .339 | .447 | .786 | 160 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Marty Barski | 110 | 373 | 336 | 47 | 89 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 43 | .265 | .329 | .354 | .683 | 119 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ike Blessitt | 104 | 383 | 345 | 37 | 89 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 31 | 87 | .258 | .323 | .394 | .717 | 136 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bob Molinaro | 96 | 363 | 335 | 30 | 82 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 43 | .245 | .291 | .322 | .613 | 108 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Tim Hosley | 110 | 384 | 326 | 41 | 70 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 99 | .215 | .317 | .451 | .768 | 147 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Chuck Scrivener | 82 | 272 | 243 | 31 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 34 | .235 | .298 | .358 | .656 | 87 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| George McKenzie | 56 | 227 | 202 | 25 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 19 | .238 | .295 | .317 | .611 | 64 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Ronnie Chambers | 77 | 236 | 198 | 20 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 36 | .237 | .352 | .288 | .640 | 57 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Michael Murray | 59 | 176 | 158 | 9 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 23 | .190 | .256 | .234 | .490 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Richard Walls | 31 | 113 | 103 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 19 | .165 | .230 | .252 | .483 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Harry Kendrick | 18 | 61 | 55 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .236 | .295 | .255 | .550 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Gilbreth | 40 | 80 | 76 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .132 | .154 | .145 | .299 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lerrin LaGrow | 19 | 56 | 54 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .167 | .167 | .185 | .352 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Foor | 20 | 57 | 52 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .135 | .182 | .154 | .336 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Strampe | 25 | 62 | 53 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .132 | .179 | .208 | .386 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Keith Spicer | 32 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .200 | .273 | .267 | .539 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Charles Swanson | 24 | 46 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | .105 | .186 | .105 | .291 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Leroy Reams | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .714 | 1.000 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerome Donahue | 37 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Whillock | 27 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Saunders | 4 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Cushmore | 17 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .045 | .087 | .045 | .132 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mike Cook | 25 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Coleman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Ware | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Leyland | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1507 | 4987 | 4469 | 490 | 1055 | 178 | 22 | 83 | 434 | 58 | 27 | 398 | 801 | .236 | .302 | .341 | .643 | 1526 | 0 | 33 | 62 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Young | 1B | 127 | 1087 | 62 | 13 | 74 | .989 | 9.047 | ||||
| Paul Jata | 1B | 11 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 8.182 | ||||
| Tim Hosley | 1B | 5 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .946 | 7.000 | ||||
| Hagan Andersen | 2B | 95 | 202 | 230 | 13 | 43 | .971 | 4.547 | ||||
| Tommy Grayson | 2B | 29 | 69 | 83 | 3 | 16 | .981 | 5.241 | ||||
| Marty Barski | 2B | 18 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 6 | .959 | 3.944 | ||||
| Tommy Grayson | 3B | 82 | 59 | 149 | 13 | 9 | .941 | 2.537 | ||||
| George McKenzie | 3B | 55 | 39 | 120 | 7 | 11 | .958 | 2.891 | ||||
| Marty Barski | 3B | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.286 | ||||
| Tim Hosley | C | 81 | 590 | 55 | 12 | 4 | .982 | 7.963 | 14 | |||
| Michael Murray | C | 48 | 274 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .986 | 6.000 | 9 | |||
| Harry Kendrick | C | 18 | 103 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .973 | 6.056 | 3 | |||
| Jim Leyland | C | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Ike Blessitt | OF | 101 | 226 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .979 | 2.297 | ||||
| Bob Molinaro | OF | 92 | 150 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .963 | 1.717 | ||||
| Paul Jata | OF | 86 | 147 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .981 | 1.814 | ||||
| Marty Barski | OF | 69 | 97 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 1.493 | ||||
| Ronnie Chambers | OF | 62 | 91 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .960 | 1.548 | ||||
| Tim Hosley | OF | 20 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.300 | ||||
| Tommy Grayson | OF | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| Leroy Reams | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerome Donahue | P | 37 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .351 | ||||
| Bill Gilbreth | P | 30 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 1 | .925 | 1.233 | ||||
| Jack Whillock | P | 27 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .407 | ||||
| Keith Spicer | P | 26 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .885 | ||||
| Bob Strampe | P | 25 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.040 | ||||
| Mike Cook | P | 25 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .640 | ||||
| Charles Swanson | P | 23 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 1.174 | ||||
| Jim Foor | P | 20 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .969 | 1.550 | ||||
| Lerrin LaGrow | P | 19 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.474 | ||||
| Stephen Cushmore | P | 17 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .647 | ||||
| Arnold Helwig | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Robert Ware | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Dennis Saunders | P | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Phil Meeler | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Gene Voss | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Coleman | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Scrivener | SS | 76 | 102 | 243 | 11 | 44 | .969 | 4.539 | ||||
| Hagan Andersen | SS | 39 | 60 | 117 | 12 | 9 | .937 | 4.538 | ||||
| Richard Walls | SS | 31 | 35 | 85 | 8 | 7 | .938 | 3.871 | ||||
| Totals | 1433 | 3601 | 1419 | 142 | 249 | .972 | 3.503 | 26 | 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.
