1970 Shreveport Braves Statistics
Team Record: 58-76
Finished 4th in the TL's East Division
Manager: Lou Fitzgerald (0-0), Clint Courtney (0-0)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 42,807, Avg. 639
The Shreveport Braves of the Texas League ended the 1970 season with a record of 58 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Braves plated 497 runs, worst in the circuit, and surrendered 654 runs. Earl Williams paced Shreveport with 19 home runs and drove in 63 runs. Santiago Rosario topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .291 clip. Stanley Bell paced the team with 9 wins, while Dave Lobb earned a 4.06 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1970 Shreveport Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Sam Bowens, Oscar Brown, Wenty Ford, Leo Foster, Aubrey Gatewood, Bucky Guth, Tom Kelley, Joe Moock, Grover Powell, Ron Reed, Dale Roberts, Santiago Rosario, Ron Schueler, Charlie Vaughan and Earl Williams.
Lou Fitzgerald and Clint Courtney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Bell | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.22 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 111.0 | 112 | 61 | 52 | 9 | 43 | 1 | 86 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Tom Kelley | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.61 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 76.0 | 47 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dave Lobb | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.06 | 43 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 155.0 | 158 | 84 | 70 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 90 | 8 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Jimmy Britton | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.05 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 91.0 | 100 | 48 | 41 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ron Schueler | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.46 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 115.0 | 112 | 66 | 57 | 11 | 61 | 1 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||
| David Gourieux | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.80 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Roberts | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.80 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 61.0 | 75 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Charles Sprinkle | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.55 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 93.0 | 107 | 58 | 47 | 12 | 48 | 1 | 80 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Wenty Ford | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.76 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 102.0 | 126 | 72 | 54 | 8 | 37 | 9 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dick Grant | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.06 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 32 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Charlie Vaughan | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.72 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 40 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Aubrey Gatewood | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.88 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 59.0 | 52 | 44 | 32 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
| George King | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21.0 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Brian Nelson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.14 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 45 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mike Newson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Barry | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Reed | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Charles Swanson | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Santiago Rosario | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Wilson | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Michael McCammon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Grover Powell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Richard Towers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.73 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 58 | 76 | .433 | 4.10 | 344 | 134 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 20 | 1134.0 | 1152 | 654 | 517 | 93 | 507 | 29 | 824 | 60 | 6 | 78 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Rosario | 122 | 514 | 446 | 66 | 130 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 61 | 81 | .291 | .372 | .397 | .769 | 177 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Earl Williams | 89 | 371 | 330 | 53 | 105 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 63 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 36 | .318 | .384 | .567 | .950 | 187 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Marlan Murphy | 102 | 379 | 323 | 50 | 76 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 43 | 25 | 6 | 50 | 100 | .235 | .335 | .375 | .710 | 121 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Michael Walseth | 63 | 254 | 236 | 31 | 70 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 30 | .297 | .346 | .419 | .766 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Leo Foster | 69 | 270 | 251 | 35 | 66 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 43 | .263 | .306 | .386 | .692 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Stu Cann | 98 | 352 | 309 | 31 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 36 | .210 | .293 | .282 | .575 | 87 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Mike Newson | 103 | 337 | 314 | 21 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 71 | .197 | .247 | .255 | .502 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Bob Toney | 53 | 205 | 191 | 18 | 52 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 21 | .272 | .314 | .382 | .696 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Faustino Zabala | 72 | 230 | 201 | 20 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 35 | .229 | .301 | .328 | .630 | 66 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Alberto Cambero | 59 | 202 | 193 | 23 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | .218 | .252 | .290 | .543 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Oscar Brown | 30 | 121 | 114 | 19 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .351 | .388 | .465 | .853 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Fabien Mang | 51 | 195 | 169 | 14 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 31 | .225 | .325 | .302 | .627 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Richard Sauget | 49 | 149 | 135 | 13 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 32 | .267 | .329 | .437 | .766 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dick Grant | 69 | 182 | 164 | 22 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 38 | .220 | .297 | .439 | .736 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Bowens | 34 | 138 | 123 | 19 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 33 | .252 | .333 | .325 | .659 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Burns | 59 | 130 | 118 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .178 | .227 | .254 | .481 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joe Moock | 20 | 57 | 49 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | .306 | .404 | .408 | .812 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Coleman | 30 | 60 | 60 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .217 | .217 | .267 | .483 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wenty Ford | 45 | 40 | 38 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .263 | .282 | .289 | .572 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Schueler | 29 | 47 | 44 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .227 | .239 | .341 | .580 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Bell | 24 | 42 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .211 | .250 | .263 | .513 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Vaughan | 18 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .312 | .312 | .750 | 1.062 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Gourieux | 8 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .308 | .438 | .308 | .745 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Lobb | 43 | 52 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .089 | .180 | .133 | .313 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Sprinkle | 43 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .125 | .222 | .208 | .431 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Britton | 32 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .125 | .222 | .167 | .389 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Kelley | 12 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .107 | .167 | .179 | .345 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bucky Guth | 11 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .103 | .161 | .138 | .299 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aubrey Gatewood | 14 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .255 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George King | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Towers | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Swanson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Roberts | 34 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Reed | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grover Powell | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Nelson | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael McCammon | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Barry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1539 | 4548 | 4091 | 481 | 1001 | 162 | 31 | 80 | 409 | 97 | 52 | 402 | 798 | .245 | .310 | .358 | .669 | 1465 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 26 | 38 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Rosario | 1B | 75 | 550 | 42 | 5 | 46 | .992 | 7.893 | ||||
| Dick Grant | 1B | 43 | 298 | 27 | 6 | 23 | .982 | 7.558 | ||||
| Michael Walseth | 1B | 15 | 139 | 9 | 1 | 12 | .993 | 9.867 | ||||
| Earl Williams | 1B | 14 | 92 | 5 | 1 | 9 | .990 | 6.929 | ||||
| Richard Sauget | 1B | 4 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.750 | ||||
| Gary Coleman | 1B | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Toney | 1B | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Fabien Mang | 1B | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Mike Newson | 2B | 99 | 236 | 236 | 30 | 48 | .940 | 4.768 | ||||
| Stu Cann | 2B | 27 | 53 | 59 | 3 | 11 | .974 | 4.148 | ||||
| Alberto Cambero | 2B | 22 | 31 | 49 | 5 | 9 | .941 | 3.636 | ||||
| Bob Toney | 2B | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Leo Foster | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Oscar Brown | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Earl Williams | 3B | 82 | 58 | 116 | 20 | 10 | .897 | 2.122 | ||||
| Bob Toney | 3B | 39 | 34 | 68 | 3 | 6 | .971 | 2.615 | ||||
| Faustino Zabala | 3B | 10 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .955 | 2.100 | ||||
| Alberto Cambero | 3B | 8 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .846 | 2.750 | ||||
| Stu Cann | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Richard Sauget | C | 45 | 220 | 22 | 6 | 2 | .976 | 5.378 | 15 | |||
| Faustino Zabala | C | 43 | 219 | 32 | 7 | 2 | .973 | 5.837 | 15 | |||
| John Burns | C | 27 | 122 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .965 | 5.037 | 5 | |||
| Gary Coleman | C | 10 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 3.100 | 1 | |||
| Joe Moock | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Marlan Murphy | OF | 99 | 184 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .960 | 1.929 | ||||
| Stu Cann | OF | 59 | 89 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 1.644 | ||||
| Santiago Rosario | OF | 58 | 72 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 1.362 | ||||
| Michael Walseth | OF | 51 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .967 | 1.137 | ||||
| Fabien Mang | OF | 50 | 99 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 2.120 | ||||
| Sam Bowens | OF | 34 | 51 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .932 | 1.618 | ||||
| Oscar Brown | OF | 29 | 51 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .934 | 1.966 | ||||
| Joe Moock | OF | 17 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .941 | ||||
| Faustino Zabala | OF | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Burns | OF | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Gary Coleman | OF | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wenty Ford | OF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Leo Foster | OF | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Richard Sauget | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Newson | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dick Grant | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Lobb | P | 43 | 16 | 54 | 2 | 4 | .972 | 1.628 | ||||
| Charles Sprinkle | P | 38 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .474 | ||||
| Dale Roberts | P | 33 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .485 | ||||
| Jimmy Britton | P | 32 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .594 | ||||
| Wenty Ford | P | 31 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.161 | ||||
| Ron Schueler | P | 26 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.308 | ||||
| Stanley Bell | P | 23 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .893 | 1.087 | ||||
| Charlie Vaughan | P | 13 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.615 | ||||
| Brian Nelson | P | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .538 | ||||
| Aubrey Gatewood | P | 13 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.538 | ||||
| Dick Grant | P | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Grover Powell | P | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .636 | ||||
| Tom Kelley | P | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.000 | ||||
| George King | P | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Richard Towers | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .444 | ||||
| David Gourieux | P | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Richard Wilson | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Swanson | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Santiago Rosario | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Michael McCammon | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ron Reed | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Newson | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| William Barry | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Leo Foster | SS | 63 | 78 | 178 | 26 | 20 | .908 | 4.063 | ||||
| Alberto Cambero | SS | 24 | 34 | 43 | 8 | 12 | .906 | 3.208 | ||||
| Bob Toney | SS | 19 | 17 | 32 | 5 | 5 | .907 | 2.579 | ||||
| Stu Cann | SS | 19 | 22 | 42 | 1 | 10 | .985 | 3.368 | ||||
| Bucky Guth | SS | 10 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 3.100 | ||||
| Earl Williams | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1494 | 3060 | 1322 | 188 | 257 | .959 | 2.933 | 36 | 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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