1969 Reading Phillies Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 81-59
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Bob Wellman (81-59)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: First Energy Stadium
Attendance: 69,350, Avg. 991

1969 Reading Phillies Roster

Playoffs - Elmira Pioneers 1 game, Reading Phillies 0

The Reading Phillies of the Eastern League ended the 1969 season with a record of 81 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the EL.

The Phillies paced the league with 722 runs, spearheaded by 98 home runs. Reading surrendered 564 runs. Ron Allen led the team with 25 home runs, and Hank McGraw walloped 15 or more, too. Ron Allen recorded 97 runs batted in. Robert Kelly topped all regular hitters by hitting .323. Jack Nutter and Ken Reynolds paced the squad with 16 wins each, while Chris Heintz recorded a 2.95 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1969 Reading Phillies who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gene Stone, Bill Laxton, Gene Leek, Howie Bedell, Ken Reynolds, Leroy Reams, Ron Diorio, Ron Allen, John Vukovich and Dave Bennett.

Bob Wellman served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ken Reynolds	16	6	.727	3.38	27	27		11	2	0	192.0	154	91	72	16	110	1	180	1	0	12
Jack Nutter	16	9	.640	3.62	29	27		17	2	2	194.0	203	92	78	11	63	0	130	5	0	7
Harold Clem	10	5	.667	3.77	22	12		6	1	2	105.0	117	48	44	7	36	2	44	1	0	9
Smith Holland	8	7	.533	4.33	24	17		5	0	1	129.0	139	72	62	12	37	1	68	2	0	4
Chris Heintz	7	5	.583	2.95	17	16		7	0	1	113.0	99	47	37	7	59	2	76	1	0	10
Bill Laxton	7	9	.438	3.62	20	20		5	0	0	107.0	69	46	43	1	105	1	94	4	0	15
Donald Hammitt	6	4	.600	3.40	31	1		1	0	9	53.0	41	21	20	3	35	7	28	3	1	4
Dave Bennett	6	7	.462	3.50	28	10		5	1	5	113.0	116	51	44	8	35	2	80	6	0	6
Gary Schlieve	5	3	.625	3.22	22	6		3	0	1	81.0	75	38	29	6	22	1	58	2	0	2
Ron Diorio	0	0		9.00	1	1		0	0	0	3.0	6	4	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Richard Sadler	0	1	.000	5.14	1	1		1	0	0	7.0	12	5	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	1
Gary Weldon	0	1	.000	7.88	2	1		0	0	0	8.0	13	8	7	0	3	0	4	1	0	0
Michael Everett	0	1	.000	12.21	7	1		0	0	0	14.0	28	22	19	3	14	1	10	0	0	3
Totals	81	58	.583	3.72	231	140	0	61	6	21	1119.0	1072	545	462	75	522	18	775	26	1	73	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
Robert Kelly	118	537	477	78	154	20	3	0	58	10	9	51	35	.323	.391	.377	.768	180		4	2	3
Ron Allen	132	546	490	91	147	25	4	25	97	8	3	46	70	.300	.368	.520	.889	255		8	0	2
Patrick Locanto	109	435	378	68	107	12	3	8	41	11	2	43	49	.283	.356	.394	.750	149		1	11	2
Steve Kolinsky	94	371	316	65	106	17	8	7	50	28	4	43	53	.335	.420	.506	.926	160		6	2	4
Hank McGraw	95	357	311	54	94	17	3	16	66	3	1	39	46	.302	.375	.531	.906	165		1	0	6
John Vukovich	110	417	372	39	94	9	4	6	45	9	6	37	56	.253	.325	.347	.671	129		4	1	3
John Jagutis	117	503	435	68	94	12	3	2	49	10	4	52	48	.216	.301	.271	.572	118		3	8	5
Pat Skrable	98	386	338	45	90	13	4	5	51	5	3	41	48	.266	.347	.373	.720	126		3	0	4
Ron Cox	97	367	325	43	85	15	1	7	49	0	0	36	60	.262	.332	.378	.711	123		0	3	3
Gene Stone	71	266	214	41	59	4	2	5	37	3	0	50	48	.276	.411	.383	.794	82		0	1	1
Stump Merrill	80	282	226	35	57	9	2	1	29	1	2	50	23	.252	.385	.323	.708	73		0	4	2
Charles Murray	51	211	186	31	49	7	1	11	37	1	3	18	52	.263	.341	.489	.830	91		5	0	2
John Francis	57	176	154	21	40	6	0	1	15	1	0	18	35	.260	.335	.318	.653	49		1	0	3
Gene Leek	58	197	159	33	34	6	0	3	24	0	1	31	38	.214	.342	.308	.650	49		2	1	4
Howie Bedell	4	17	15	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	.267	.294	.333	.627	5		0	0	1
Jackie Disher	14	45	32	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	12	14	.094	.356	.188	.543	6		1	0	0
Leroy Reams	3	12	11	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.182	.250	.273	.523	3		0	0	0
Harold Clem	22	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	1	0
Ken Reynolds	36	14	13	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.077	.143	.077	.220	1		0	0	0
Chris Heintz	17	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
John Fouse	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1395	5148	4460	722	1221	174	38	98	657	90	40	570	685	.274	.358	.396	.754	1765	0	39	34	45	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ron Allen	1B	126	998	67	14	80	.987	8.452
Gene Stone	1B	9	63	2	0	12	1.000	7.222
Ron Cox	1B	6	28	2	1	0	.968	5.000
Jackie Disher	1B	1	6	0	0	1	1.000	6.000
Patrick Locanto	2B	109	205	233	14	52	.969	4.018
Gene Leek	2B	31	72	66	4	16	.972	4.452
Robert Kelly	2B	2	2	6	1	0	.889	4.000
John Vukovich	3B	110	114	187	15	21	.953	2.736
Ron Cox	3B	31	30	53	7	4	.922	2.677
Gene Leek	3B	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Hank McGraw	3B	1	1	1	1	0	.667	2.000
Stump Merrill	C	80	435	44	20	5	.960	5.988	10
John Francis	C	55	312	38	2	8	.994	6.364	2
Hank McGraw	C	16	94	11	1	2	.991	6.562	5
Robert Kelly	OF	112	220	16	8	1	.967	2.107
Pat Skrable	OF	92	182	6	6	2	.969	2.043
Steve Kolinsky	OF	91	204	7	9	3	.959	2.319
Charles Murray	OF	50	79	1	2	0	.976	1.600
Ron Cox	OF	38	64	2	1	1	.985	1.737
Hank McGraw	OF	36	54	4	1	1	.983	1.611
Jackie Disher	OF	5	9	0	1	0	.900	1.800
Gene Stone	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Donald Hammitt	P	31	4	10	1	0	.933	.452
Jack Nutter	P	29	14	20	0	1	1.000	1.172
Dave Bennett	P	28	6	17	4	0	.852	.821
Ken Reynolds	P	27	11	38	1	2	.980	1.815
Smith Holland	P	24	7	26	1	2	.971	1.375
Gary Schlieve	P	22	6	14	0	1	1.000	.909
Harold Clem	P	22	3	19	1	3	.957	1.000
Bill Laxton	P	20	3	27	2	0	.938	1.500
Chris Heintz	P	17	8	16	2	0	.923	1.412
Michael Everett	P	7	2	1	0	0	1.000	.429
Gary Weldon	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Richard Sadler	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ron Diorio	P	1	1	2	0	2	1.000	3.000
John Jagutis	SS	117	170	328	24	63	.954	4.256
Gene Leek	SS	21	30	42	2	4	.973	3.429
Robert Kelly	SS	3	3	5	3	1	.727	2.667
Totals		1377	3445	1313	149	288	.970	3.455	17	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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