1969 Peninsula Astros Statistics
Team Record: 67-76
Finished 4th in the CL's East Division
Manager: Tony Pacheco (67-76)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 60,414, Avg. 845
Playoffs - Peninsula Astros 2 games, Rocky Mount Leafs 0
Playoffs - Raleigh-Durham Phillies 2 games, Peninsula Astros 1
The Peninsula Astros of the Carolina League ended the 1969 season with a record of 67 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Astros scored 474 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 584 runs. Cliff Johnson led Peninsula with 11 home runs David Grangaard accounted for 60 RBI. César Cedeño paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .274. Buddy Harris topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 1.84 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1969 Peninsula Astros who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Larry Yount, Bill Greif, César Cedeño, Otis Thornton, Oscar Zamora, Ray Busse, Rich Chiles, Cliff Johnson, Jay Schlueter, Ed Armbrister, Alonzo Harris, Ken Forsch, Glenn Adams and Buddy Harris.
Tony Pacheco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Harris | 12 | 4 | .750 | 1.84 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 132.0 | 95 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 50 | 5 | 129 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Michael McFarland | 8 | 9 | .471 | 2.72 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 139.0 | 134 | 63 | 42 | 2 | 77 | 11 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Larry Yount | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 41 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 37 | 4 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ken Forsch | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.16 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 94.0 | 67 | 40 | 33 | 4 | 53 | 6 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Danny LeBright | 6 | 6 | .500 | 1.62 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 78.0 | 63 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Roy Bethell | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.88 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 137.0 | 99 | 76 | 59 | 3 | 117 | 4 | 85 | 8 | 2 | 20 | ||
| Cliff Davis | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.00 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 90.0 | 71 | 34 | 30 | 5 | 44 | 6 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Doug Olson | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.38 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 149.0 | 142 | 73 | 56 | 5 | 72 | 6 | 123 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| George Wolger | 3 | 5 | .375 | 7.14 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 59 | 60 | 50 | 1 | 78 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Craig Hilden | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.81 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32.0 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Russ Rothermel | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.57 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53.0 | 57 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Herman Johnson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.76 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 31 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bill Greif | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.30 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Humphrey | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Oscar Zamora | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Arnold | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Don Ragsdale | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jerry Lensing | 0 | 3 | .000 | 12.46 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 64 | 74 | .464 | 3.35 | 318 | 138 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 26 | 1144.0 | 979 | 562 | 426 | 45 | 670 | 60 | 845 | 46 | 9 | 90 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| César Cedeño | 142 | 551 | 497 | 62 | 136 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 7 | 36 | 79 | .274 | .339 | .380 | .720 | 189 | 14 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ed Armbrister | 126 | 457 | 420 | 59 | 114 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 7 | 32 | 69 | .271 | .325 | .393 | .717 | 165 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| David Grangaard | 139 | 531 | 458 | 49 | 111 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 16 | 2 | 59 | 17 | .242 | .335 | .330 | .664 | 151 | 6 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Carl Richardson | 130 | 480 | 421 | 59 | 97 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 23 | 8 | 53 | 66 | .230 | .318 | .297 | .615 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ray Busse | 109 | 423 | 395 | 45 | 96 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 72 | .243 | .284 | .365 | .649 | 144 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Cliff Johnson | 103 | 378 | 327 | 37 | 75 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 81 | .229 | .326 | .385 | .712 | 126 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Tom Koziol | 93 | 323 | 289 | 22 | 74 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 24 | .256 | .324 | .291 | .615 | 84 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Glenn Adams | 71 | 286 | 247 | 32 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 22 | .279 | .371 | .348 | .719 | 86 | 11 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Alonzo Harris | 67 | 197 | 176 | 18 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 32 | .233 | .311 | .290 | .601 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Murray | 48 | 176 | 155 | 19 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 38 | .219 | .301 | .400 | .701 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rich Chiles | 35 | 140 | 128 | 8 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 24 | .242 | .300 | .336 | .636 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mickey Yates | 42 | 141 | 129 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 43 | .225 | .291 | .302 | .593 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Schlueter | 46 | 167 | 155 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 38 | .187 | .241 | .265 | .505 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Otis Thornton | 55 | 146 | 132 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 31 | .212 | .281 | .311 | .591 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Oliverio Sparks | 54 | 154 | 135 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 36 | .193 | .279 | .267 | .546 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joseph Arnold | 26 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .235 | .316 | .324 | .639 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Bethell | 36 | 56 | 52 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .154 | .182 | .269 | .451 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cliff Davis | 53 | 41 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .146 | .146 | .293 | .439 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Harris | 19 | 52 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .089 | .146 | .089 | .235 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Herman Johnson | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Dickman | 8 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .200 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Forsch | 17 | 34 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .097 | .125 | .129 | .254 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Yount | 12 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Michael McFarland | 28 | 49 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .053 | .182 | .053 | .234 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Doug Olson | 27 | 51 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .045 | .106 | .045 | .152 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Lensing | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny LeBright | 32 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| George Wolger | 16 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .050 | .136 | .050 | .186 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fernando Tatis | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Greif | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Hilden | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Russ Rothermel | 19 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .133 | .000 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Zamora | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1595 | 5009 | 4463 | 470 | 1034 | 169 | 33 | 59 | 407 | 158 | 36 | 421 | 839 | .232 | .304 | .324 | .628 | 1446 | 0 | 55 | 50 | 20 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| César Cedeño | 1B | 92 | 682 | 46 | 12 | 52 | .984 | 7.913 | ||||
| Mickey Yates | 1B | 38 | 249 | 24 | 7 | 20 | .975 | 7.184 | ||||
| Oliverio Sparks | 1B | 26 | 151 | 9 | 2 | 17 | .988 | 6.154 | ||||
| Charles Murray | 1B | 6 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 8 | .958 | 7.667 | ||||
| Tom Koziol | 2B | 91 | 226 | 227 | 16 | 55 | .966 | 4.978 | ||||
| Carl Richardson | 2B | 59 | 123 | 153 | 19 | 23 | .936 | 4.678 | ||||
| David Grangaard | 3B | 110 | 97 | 168 | 17 | 14 | .940 | 2.409 | ||||
| Carl Richardson | 3B | 35 | 24 | 57 | 7 | 5 | .920 | 2.314 | ||||
| Joseph Arnold | 3B | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Fernando Tatis | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tom Koziol | 3B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Cliff Johnson | C | 99 | 615 | 68 | 21 | 3 | .970 | 6.899 | 11 | |||
| Otis Thornton | C | 54 | 292 | 22 | 5 | 1 | .984 | 5.815 | 12 | |||
| Robert Dickman | C | 5 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 4.800 | 1 | |||
| Ed Armbrister | OF | 118 | 244 | 19 | 17 | 3 | .939 | 2.229 | ||||
| Glenn Adams | OF | 71 | 92 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .941 | 1.338 | ||||
| César Cedeño | OF | 62 | 79 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .944 | 1.371 | ||||
| Alonzo Harris | OF | 55 | 80 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .926 | 1.582 | ||||
| Jay Schlueter | OF | 46 | 100 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .965 | 2.370 | ||||
| Charles Murray | OF | 41 | 64 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .971 | 1.634 | ||||
| Rich Chiles | OF | 34 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .967 | 1.735 | ||||
| Carl Richardson | OF | 27 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .902 | 1.370 | ||||
| Oliverio Sparks | OF | 22 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.591 | ||||
| Cliff Davis | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Cliff Davis | P | 46 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .457 | ||||
| Danny LeBright | P | 32 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .850 | .531 | ||||
| Roy Bethell | P | 30 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .900 | 1.200 | ||||
| Michael McFarland | P | 28 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Doug Olson | P | 27 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 1.296 | ||||
| Russ Rothermel | P | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .421 | ||||
| Buddy Harris | P | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .632 | .632 | ||||
| Ken Forsch | P | 17 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.059 | ||||
| George Wolger | P | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .692 | .562 | ||||
| Joseph Arnold | P | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .438 | ||||
| John Humphrey | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Yount | P | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Herman Johnson | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .455 | ||||
| Bill Greif | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .636 | ||||
| Craig Hilden | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| Jerry Lensing | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Oscar Zamora | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Don Ragsdale | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ray Busse | SS | 109 | 183 | 332 | 53 | 54 | .907 | 4.725 | ||||
| David Grangaard | SS | 30 | 33 | 73 | 13 | 14 | .891 | 3.533 | ||||
| Joseph Arnold | SS | 7 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.571 | ||||
| Fernando Tatis | SS | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1566 | 3591 | 1436 | 251 | 286 | .952 | 3.210 | 24 | 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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