1970 Reno Silver Sox Statistics
California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Merrill May (79-61)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Reno, Nevada
Ballpark: Moana Stadium (Field)
Attendance: 29,887, Avg. 427
1970 Reno Silver Sox RosterTeam Record: 79-61
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Merrill May (79-61)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Reno, Nevada
Ballpark: Moana Stadium (Field)
Attendance: 29,887, Avg. 427
The Reno Silver Sox of the California League ended the 1970 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the CL.
The Silver Sox tallied 699 runs and gave up 599 runs. Alvin McGrew paced Reno with 15 home runs Jerry Bond and Reggie Thomas each recorded 64 runs batted in. Reggie Thomas led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .286. Rick Sawyer and Rick Hoban topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Bill Tsoukalas registered a 3.3 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Jim Kern, Mark Ballinger, Dick Tidrow, Alan Ashby, Larry Johnson, Rick Sawyer and Ralph Gagliano were all players from the 1970 Reno Silver Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.
Merrill May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Sawyer | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.39 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 130.0 | 125 | 60 | 49 | 10 | 42 | 2 | 122 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Rick Hoban | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.76 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 134.0 | 121 | 68 | 56 | 10 | 86 | 0 | 145 | 1 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Mark Ballinger | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.35 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 147.0 | 128 | 91 | 71 | 13 | 114 | 1 | 180 | 8 | 2 | 26 | ||
| Bill Tsoukalas | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.30 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 128.0 | 131 | 66 | 47 | 10 | 43 | 1 | 151 | 8 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Leon Filbeck | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.34 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 97.0 | 87 | 46 | 36 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Crain | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.68 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 93.0 | 95 | 53 | 38 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Biko | 6 | 4 | .600 | 5.58 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71.0 | 85 | 50 | 44 | 11 | 43 | 2 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Max Winfield | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.26 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 94.0 | 86 | 53 | 34 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 114 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill James | 4 | 2 | .667 | 0.43 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 63.0 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Queen | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.06 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | 43 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Howell | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.32 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 103.0 | 97 | 47 | 38 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Richard Schwartz | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.32 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Tidrow | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.57 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Kern | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 79 | 61 | .564 | 3.48 | 314 | 140 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 35 | 1194.0 | 1094 | 599 | 462 | 100 | 540 | 13 | 1248 | 44 | 5 | 86 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Bond | 112 | 454 | 420 | 73 | 115 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 64 | 32 | 5 | 21 | 104 | .274 | .311 | .469 | .780 | 197 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Reggie Thomas | 109 | 449 | 384 | 75 | 110 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 64 | 40 | 10 | 55 | 121 | .286 | .382 | .492 | .874 | 189 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Victor Ambrose | 116 | 481 | 409 | 74 | 102 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 64 | 102 | .249 | .354 | .323 | .676 | 132 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ray Johnson | 97 | 388 | 346 | 49 | 99 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 71 | .286 | .347 | .457 | .804 | 158 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Ralph Gagliano | 104 | 402 | 320 | 39 | 88 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 78 | 54 | .275 | .415 | .391 | .806 | 125 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mike Easom | 87 | 306 | 279 | 38 | 84 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 48 | .301 | .356 | .437 | .793 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Johnson | 89 | 329 | 293 | 36 | 76 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 56 | .259 | .335 | .358 | .694 | 105 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Clark | 57 | 262 | 226 | 37 | 73 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 27 | 52 | .323 | .394 | .416 | .810 | 94 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Michael Weaver | 67 | 277 | 242 | 50 | 63 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 28 | 4 | 26 | 57 | .260 | .333 | .318 | .652 | 77 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Pietila | 54 | 204 | 186 | 23 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 25 | .306 | .350 | .414 | .764 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Alvin McGrew | 74 | 272 | 239 | 49 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 30 | 100 | .238 | .327 | .464 | .792 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Boyles | 75 | 233 | 209 | 19 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 31 | .225 | .283 | .249 | .531 | 52 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Dan Stoligrosz | 63 | 246 | 187 | 25 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 59 | .225 | .404 | .374 | .778 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Harry Shaughnessy | 37 | 154 | 131 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 33 | .267 | .342 | .382 | .724 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Edward Southard | 24 | 105 | 90 | 22 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 8 | .367 | .447 | .522 | .969 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alan Ashby | 40 | 145 | 121 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 31 | .190 | .299 | .322 | .621 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Rick Hoban | 30 | 61 | 57 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .333 | .361 | .544 | .905 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Ballinger | 27 | 64 | 59 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .271 | .306 | .407 | .713 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rick Sawyer | 24 | 55 | 49 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .265 | .333 | .347 | .680 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Kyle | 18 | 69 | 60 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 23 | .183 | .275 | .300 | .575 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Derryl Cousins | 15 | 44 | 40 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .225 | .295 | .300 | .595 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Tsoukalas | 39 | 46 | 42 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .214 | .261 | .262 | .523 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Howell | 34 | 35 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .219 | .286 | .250 | .536 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Biko | 30 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .217 | .217 | .261 | .478 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Crain | 30 | 33 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .148 | .207 | .148 | .355 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Rankhorn | 9 | 35 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .138 | .286 | .172 | .458 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leon Filbeck | 17 | 38 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .118 | .167 | .176 | .343 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill James | 33 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .176 | .300 | .176 | .476 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Queen | 8 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Max Winfield | 37 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .083 | .120 | .083 | .203 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Kern | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Schwartz | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .125 | .300 | .125 | .425 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Tidrow | 6 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1571 | 5305 | 4617 | 699 | 1215 | 181 | 61 | 93 | 604 | 201 | 52 | 567 | 1156 | .263 | .345 | .389 | .734 | 1797 | 0 | 32 | 46 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Johnson | 1B | 93 | 701 | 49 | 17 | 63 | .978 | 8.065 | ||||
| Ralph Gagliano | 1B | 22 | 159 | 8 | 2 | 9 | .988 | 7.591 | ||||
| Mike Easom | 1B | 15 | 116 | 2 | 2 | 12 | .983 | 7.867 | ||||
| William Kyle | 1B | 10 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .987 | 7.800 | ||||
| Ronald Pietila | 1B | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Mike Easom | 2B | 46 | 86 | 114 | 10 | 17 | .952 | 4.348 | ||||
| Thomas Boyles | 2B | 33 | 58 | 68 | 10 | 19 | .926 | 3.818 | ||||
| Harry Shaughnessy | 2B | 32 | 73 | 86 | 6 | 15 | .964 | 4.969 | ||||
| Edward Southard | 2B | 17 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 10 | .961 | 4.294 | ||||
| Victor Ambrose | 2B | 15 | 32 | 35 | 7 | 5 | .905 | 4.467 | ||||
| Dan Stoligrosz | 3B | 62 | 30 | 115 | 15 | 3 | .906 | 2.339 | ||||
| Ronald Pietila | 3B | 43 | 40 | 74 | 8 | 7 | .934 | 2.651 | ||||
| Michael Weaver | 3B | 18 | 12 | 28 | 5 | 2 | .889 | 2.222 | ||||
| Ralph Gagliano | 3B | 12 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 1.917 | ||||
| Mike Easom | 3B | 11 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 4 | .960 | 2.182 | ||||
| Larry Johnson | C | 85 | 745 | 63 | 14 | 8 | .983 | 9.506 | 25 | |||
| Alan Ashby | C | 38 | 321 | 27 | 7 | 2 | .980 | 9.158 | 10 | |||
| Derryl Cousins | C | 12 | 96 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.667 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Boyles | C | 12 | 101 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .964 | 8.917 | 12 | |||
| Jerry Bond | OF | 105 | 151 | 13 | 6 | 3 | .965 | 1.562 | ||||
| Reggie Thomas | OF | 104 | 148 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .951 | 1.490 | ||||
| Victor Ambrose | OF | 83 | 127 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .986 | 1.639 | ||||
| Alvin McGrew | OF | 65 | 128 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .985 | 2.031 | ||||
| Michael Weaver | OF | 46 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.196 | ||||
| Thomas Boyles | OF | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Wayne Rankhorn | OF | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Edward Southard | OF | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Kyle | OF | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Larry Johnson | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Hoban | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Tsoukalas | P | 38 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | .905 | .500 | ||||
| Max Winfield | P | 37 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .297 | ||||
| Bill James | P | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .212 | ||||
| John Howell | P | 33 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| John Crain | P | 30 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .800 | ||||
| Michael Biko | P | 28 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Mark Ballinger | P | 27 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 1 | .848 | 1.037 | ||||
| Rick Hoban | P | 25 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .880 | ||||
| Rick Sawyer | P | 23 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.348 | ||||
| Leon Filbeck | P | 17 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.176 | ||||
| Dennis Queen | P | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Dick Tidrow | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Richard Schwartz | P | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Jim Kern | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Ralph Gagliano | SS | 63 | 68 | 184 | 20 | 28 | .926 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jerry Clark | SS | 57 | 62 | 157 | 24 | 24 | .901 | 3.842 | ||||
| Victor Ambrose | SS | 13 | 21 | 33 | 4 | 9 | .931 | 4.154 | ||||
| Harry Shaughnessy | SS | 5 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.800 | ||||
| Ronald Pietila | SS | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 2.750 | ||||
| Totals | 1471 | 3574 | 1347 | 198 | 264 | .961 | 3.345 | 48 | 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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