1970 Pirates Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 23-40
Finished 8th in the GCL
Manager: Dick Cole (23-40)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Bradenton, Florida
1970 Pirates RosterTeam Record: 23-40
Finished 8th in the GCL
Manager: Dick Cole (23-40)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Bradenton, Florida
The Pirates of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1970 season with a record of 23 wins and 40 losses, finishing eighth in the GCL.
The Pirates scored 271 runs and conceded 347 runs, most in the circuit. Dave Parker drove in 41 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .314 clip, while Lafayette Currence earned a 2.45 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1970 Pirates who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jim Sadowski, Lafayette Currence, Dave Parker and Jimmy Sexton.
Dick Cole 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Currence | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.45 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 56 | 34 | 18 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Jim Sadowski | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.73 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Anthony Buckley | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.30 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 41 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Clinton Olson | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.14 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 66 | 37 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Edward Sarna | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chester Gunter | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 34 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Craig Schade | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.94 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 42 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kennon Whaley | 2 | 7 | .222 | 3.53 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 53 | 31 | 20 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| James Sanford | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Slagle | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.00 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21.0 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Parker | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Bedard | 0 | 0 | 5.54 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Terry Bowman | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| David Brown | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Estrella | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wilson Hays | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.58 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Kenneth Waiss | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.79 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.0 | 64 | 35 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 23 | 40 | .365 | 4.19 | 132 | 63 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 524.0 | 534 | 347 | 244 | 11 | 256 | 6 | 411 | 21 | 8 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Parker | 61 | 258 | 239 | 34 | 75 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 54 | .314 | .354 | .448 | .802 | 107 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Theodia Johnson | 63 | 267 | 237 | 34 | 59 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 67 | .249 | .312 | .329 | .641 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Gary Gandy | 49 | 207 | 161 | 29 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 21 | .280 | .415 | .354 | .769 | 57 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Robert Stewart | 41 | 172 | 149 | 24 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 14 | .255 | .339 | .295 | .634 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jimmy Sexton | 33 | 136 | 113 | 17 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 19 | .283 | .404 | .301 | .705 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manuel Mercedes | 45 | 163 | 139 | 12 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 37 | .230 | .337 | .273 | .611 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Charles Yesenchak | 50 | 165 | 144 | 21 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 54 | .208 | .305 | .306 | .610 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Kelley | 41 | 156 | 138 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 32 | .203 | .295 | .239 | .534 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Say | 26 | 114 | 88 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 16 | .284 | .447 | .500 | .947 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Berry | 40 | 139 | 120 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 35 | .192 | .288 | .275 | .563 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Terry Bowman | 35 | 116 | 105 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 30 | .210 | .270 | .210 | .479 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heriberto Morillo | 46 | 157 | 112 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 41 | .134 | .364 | .152 | .515 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Angel Cordova | 31 | 93 | 86 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 21 | .163 | .226 | .186 | .412 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clinton Olson | 11 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .286 | .423 | .381 | .804 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Buckley | 13 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .312 | .421 | .438 | .859 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lafayette Currence | 12 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .179 | .258 | .214 | .472 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wilson Hays | 19 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chester Gunter | 7 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .273 | .529 | .545 | 1.075 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Waiss | 13 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Sadowski | 5 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .423 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edward Sarna | 9 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Sanford | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Bedard | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Estrella | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Slagle | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Schade | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .000 | .364 | .000 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Brown | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kennon Whaley | 13 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .133 | .000 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 706 | 2367 | 2018 | 271 | 473 | 57 | 11 | 20 | 211 | 39 | 23 | 284 | 498 | .234 | .335 | .303 | .638 | 612 | 0 | 30 | 17 | 18 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Bowman | 1B | 26 | 198 | 10 | 7 | 12 | .967 | 8.000 | ||||
| Angel Cordova | 1B | 24 | 168 | 8 | 6 | 12 | .967 | 7.333 | ||||
| Richard Berry | 1B | 17 | 125 | 8 | 1 | 6 | .993 | 7.824 | ||||
| Joseph Say | 1B | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Gary Gandy | 1B | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Robert Stewart | 2B | 36 | 93 | 84 | 13 | 14 | .932 | 4.917 | ||||
| Richard Berry | 2B | 13 | 21 | 27 | 3 | 6 | .941 | 3.692 | ||||
| Jimmy Sexton | 2B | 8 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | .806 | 3.125 | ||||
| Heriberto Morillo | 2B | 6 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .967 | 4.833 | ||||
| Gary Gandy | 2B | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Theodia Johnson | 3B | 63 | 76 | 131 | 20 | 9 | .912 | 3.286 | ||||
| Jimmy Sexton | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Manuel Mercedes | C | 43 | 258 | 29 | 10 | 0 | .966 | 6.674 | 18 | |||
| Joseph Say | C | 24 | 155 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 7.375 | 12 | |||
| Dave Parker | OF | 61 | 91 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .927 | 1.656 | ||||
| Gary Gandy | OF | 46 | 73 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .963 | 1.696 | ||||
| Charles Yesenchak | OF | 45 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .952 | 1.311 | ||||
| Gary Kelley | OF | 37 | 71 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .915 | 2.027 | ||||
| Wilson Hays | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Edward Sarna | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Terry Bowman | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Richard Berry | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Heriberto Morillo | OF | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Anthony Buckley | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wilson Hays | P | 15 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .600 | ||||
| Kennon Whaley | P | 13 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 1.231 | ||||
| Kenneth Waiss | P | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Craig Schade | P | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Anthony Buckley | P | 11 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .909 | ||||
| David Brown | P | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .273 | ||||
| Clinton Olson | P | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Thomas Estrella | P | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| Lafayette Currence | P | 8 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.625 | ||||
| Edward Sarna | P | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1.143 | ||||
| Chester Gunter | P | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.714 | ||||
| Jim Sadowski | P | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| John Bedard | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Dennis Slagle | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.333 | ||||
| James Sanford | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Terry Bowman | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Parker | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Heriberto Morillo | SS | 36 | 58 | 82 | 31 | 10 | .819 | 3.889 | ||||
| Jimmy Sexton | SS | 25 | 29 | 52 | 6 | 12 | .931 | 3.240 | ||||
| Robert Stewart | SS | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Richard Berry | SS | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 1.333 | ||||
| Wilson Hays | SS | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 672 | 1569 | 631 | 154 | 92 | .935 | 3.274 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
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