1970 St. Petersburg Cardinals Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 78-52
Finished 1st in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Joe Cunningham (78-52)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 104,485, Avg. 1,607
1970 St. Petersburg Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - St. Petersburg Cardinals 2 games, West Palm Beach Expos 1
Finals - Miami Marlins 2 games, St. Petersburg Cardinals 0

The St. Petersburg Cardinals of the Florida State League ended the 1970 season with a record of 78 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.

The Cardinals tallied 489 runs and yielded 416 runs. Ken Reitz recorded 75 runs batted in and topped all regular batters by hitting .290. Buddy Smith led the squad with 13 wins, while Ron Ebner earned a 1.29 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1970 St. Petersburg Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ken Reitz, Mike Tyson and Bruce Von Hoff.

Joe Cunningham 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
Buddy Smith134.7652.942823630156.012962515691111402
Mike Brandt1111.5002.0926261120194.016065456574101401
Ron Ebner96.6001.295700028105.08918151199109101
David Hansen83.7272.5630710581.0702923119264305
Ron Kinney89.4712.822319200131.01376041554284106
Ted Hemenway51.8331.9924400168.0472015125259102
Wade Boyett53.6252.88131121075.0693424125247216
Thomas Cole43.5712.0024200463.0491914021339504
Michael St. John31.7503.559600038.0371715018024003
Joe Fuller33.5003.009610045.043161518025012
Benny Farley34.4293.00211011181.0793827332241206
Bruce Von Hoff21.6670.453300020.0142102015100
Artie Brown21.6671.6510921060.0481711018141213
Jim Browning101.0001.29111007.05110106001
Larry Volkening11.5006.004311012.016882407001
Jack Price009.00300004.08440113001
Charles Doggett01.00013.50400004.06660402201
Totals7852.6002.492891300289391144.010064163162637729778283450

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
Ken Reitz12754551351149331675101738.290.309.394.702202078
Russ Caldarella128536462651261799721366389.273.359.407.766188317
Mike Tyson1094404004798103437252652.245.302.315.617126833
Jerry Bartee11543236655881440251695248.240.343.301.643110662
Phil Trombino80316257318796141004921.339.449.432.881111523
Alfonso Mairena65264241266935020131719.286.333.340.67482132
Tony Auferio79300251256570125103421.259.358.299.65775744
Bill Bright532061862062102119321715.333.387.425.81279021
Ray Colin84228192214061018322739.208.316.250.56648504
Butch Hairston4415214017394101411924.279.325.321.64645111
John Nixon4418614224334117443851.232.405.296.70142411
Victor Diaz6017515021302005001312.200.264.213.477320120
Mike McDonald289682821300411137.256.365.293.65724100
David Polcari3710391102112210001012.231.320.352.67232200
Phil O'Neil237766916320701106.242.351.348.69923100
Ron Kinner176360614200411117.233.246.267.51316020
Bobby Dews15383151010030052.323.417.355.77211020
Mike Brandt30745969000200311.153.194.153.34690120
Buddy Smith28646048100100121.133.148.150.2989030
Scott Sulprizio1032261710030053.269.406.308.7148100
Jorge Millan1136343701040019.206.250.265.5159100
Timothy McEnderfer247358561002001315.103.288.121.4087200
Gary Barakat629264510011037.192.276.231.5076000
Wade Boyett1431282500010005.179.179.179.3575030
Ron Kinney24484035000000318.125.186.125.3115050
Michael St. John913120400000012.333.385.333.7184000
Benny Farley2126243400030018.167.200.167.3674010
Stanley Fenton1130281400010013.143.167.143.3104001
Ted Hemenway2419150300010036.200.333.200.5333010
David Hansen30282533000200211.120.185.120.3053010
Bart Bell1335282310030041.107.265.143.4084210
Mark Driscoll1730284300020024.107.167.107.2743000
Gary Collins1135302310150029.100.206.233.4397210
Thomas Cole2417161200010017.125.176.125.3012000
Artie Brown1022210200000016.095.136.095.2322000
Ron Ebner5726210200040013.095.130.095.2262031
Jerry Pruett2220100000001.500.500.5001.0001000
Larry Volkening4441100000001.250.250.250.5001000
Robert Sankey821181000001022.000.143.000.1430100
Jack Price3110000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Jim Browning1440000000002.000.000.000.0000000
Joe Fuller915140000000108.000.000.000.0000010
Bruce Von Hoff3640000000003.000.000.000.0000020
Totals151248784256487105513538264224936451640.248.325.316.641134405380380


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Phil Trombino1B65523291046.9828.492
Jerry Bartee1B4327925521.9847.070
Phil O'Neil1B18121415.9926.944
Gary Collins1B1081116.9888.200
Ken Reitz1B422142.8525.750
Victor Diaz2B4612093419.9824.630
Alfonso Mairena2B398391320.9834.462
Mark Driscoll2B1391232.8751.615
Bobby Dews2B92517041.0004.667
Bart Bell2B9212446.9185.000
Robert Sankey2B619615.9624.167
Gary Barakat2B616733.8853.833
Mike Tyson2B4111132.8805.500
John Nixon2B4712021.0004.750
Jorge Millan2B363021.0003.000
Ken Reitz3B1241282402315.9412.968
Alfonso Mairena3B17213030.9443.000
Russ Caldarella3B41210.750.750
Tony AuferioC774695990.9836.8573
Mike McDonaldC261461840.9766.3089
Timothy McEnderferC191131021.9846.4744
Stanley FentonC1028060.8242.8001
Scott SulprizioC9565001.0006.7782
Russ CaldarellaOF127303780.9752.441
Ray ColinOF72106742.9661.569
Jerry BarteeOF63108420.9821.778
Bill BrightOF5277230.9631.519
Butch HairstonOF3545230.9401.343
David PolcariOF2941210.9771.483
John NixonOF2848552.9141.893
Ron KinnerOF1728020.9331.647
Phil TrombinoOF13220001.0001.692
Ron EbnerP5741211.941.281
David HansenP3051521.909.667
Buddy SmithP2891822.931.964
Mike BrandtP2632311.9631.000
Ted HemenwayP24510001.000.625
Thomas ColeP2439011.000.500
Ron KinneyP2321530.850.739
Benny FarleyP2111040.733.524
Wade BoyettP132710.900.692
Artie BrownP1026001.000.800
Michael St. JohnP91420.714.556
Joe FullerP932001.000.556
Larry VolkeningP402001.000.500
Charles DoggettP410001.000.250
Bruce Von HoffP341001.0001.667
Jack PriceP30000.000
Jim BrowningP101001.0001.000
Mike TysonSS1041662683246.9314.173
Alfonso MairenaSS15203638.9493.733
John NixonSS111740125.8265.182
Jorge MillanSS8152442.9074.875
Victor DiazSS40711.8751.750
Bobby DewsSS112001.0003.000
Totals143333471241186233.9613.2021900

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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