1969 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 75-65
Finished 3rd in the IL
Manager: Frank Verdi (75-65)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 124,663, Avg. 1,781

1969 Syracuse Chiefs Roster

Playoffs - Syracuse Chiefs 3 games, Louisville Colonels 2
Finals - Syracuse Chiefs 4 games, Columbus Jets 1

The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1969 season with a record of 75 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the IL.

The Chiefs paced the circuit with 698 runs. Syracuse surrendered 623 runs. Dave McDonald powered the team with 24 home runs, while Frank Tepedino walloped 15 or more also. Dave McDonald drove in 82 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .281. Ron Klimkowski led the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 2.18 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1969 Syracuse Chiefs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Thurman Munson, Mickey Scott, Ross Moschitto, Rich Beck, Ron Klimkowski, Pete Magrini, Frank Tepedino, John Ellis, Marv Staehle, Charlie Sands, Lee Elia, José Vidal, Thad Tillotson, Gordy Lund, Danny Breeden, John Cumberland, Frank Baker, Steve Demeter, Gary Jones, Jim Kennedy, Dave McDonald, Jim Deidel, Hal Reniff, Rob Gardner, Al Closter, Ossie Blanco, Jim Lyttle, Tony Solaita, Steve Kline, Bobby Locke, Tom Shopay, John Orsino and Bobby Mitchell.

Frank Verdi 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
Ron Klimkowski	15	7	.682	2.18	26	24		13	3	0	173.0	150	55	42	8	48	1	57	6	0	3
John Cumberland	12	8	.600	3.92	23	21		6	2	0	140.0	149	72	61	12	48	1	68	1	2	6
Thad Tillotson	10	8	.556	3.43	47	12		5	2	14	147.0	155	65	56	14	45	7	79	2	0	6
Al Closter	9	5	.643	3.76	35	17		7	1	0	134.0	139	72	56	13	52	3	84	1	0	7
Rob Gardner	6	4	.600	3.64	24	6		3	1	3	84.0	81	41	34	12	20	0	53	4	0	5
Mickey Scott	6	5	.545	4.76	21	19		2	0	2	119.0	140	69	63	13	25	1	63	2	1	3
Hal Reniff	5	5	.500	4.30	38	4		1	0	2	90.0	110	56	43	4	43	4	55	8	0	3
Steve Kline	3	6	.333	7.00	15	10		3	0	0	54.0	76	44	42	4	13	1	17	0	0	1
Pete Magrini	3	7	.300	4.17	34	8		1	0	3	95.0	103	55	44	8	48	6	54	5	1	5
Gary Jones	2	1	.667	4.38	14	6		0	0	0	37.0	47	22	18	2	10	0	14	2	1	2
Bobby Locke	2	2	.500	3.46	12	2		1	0	2	26.0	32	15	10	3	11	3	16	1	0	0
Edward Fiskland	1	1	.500	11.00	4	3		0	0	0	9.0	17	15	11	1	9	0	4	2	0	0
Totals	74	59	.556	3.90	293	132	0	42	9	26	1108.0	1199	581	480	94	372	27	564	34	5	41	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
Steve Demeter	134	538	486	64	136	23	3	10	76	4	3	38	59	.280	.336	.401	.738	195		6	3	5
Dave McDonald	117	447	391	71	110	23	3	24	82	4	2	46	68	.281	.359	.540	.898	211		4	1	5
Ossie Blanco	94	372	318	63	108	17	6	9	53	6	2	45	51	.340	.424	.516	.940	164		4	2	3
Frank Tepedino	109	401	357	58	107	19	3	16	61	5	8	36	48	.300	.358	.504	.862	180		0	1	7
Frank Baker	132	446	394	59	96	18	4	2	40	5	4	40	62	.244	.319	.325	.644	128		4	7	1
Jim Lyttle	76	311	284	53	89	12	5	7	37	2	3	24	42	.313	.367	.465	.831	132		1	0	2
Bobby Mitchell	67	259	232	40	76	11	4	6	36	10	3	20	42	.328	.378	.487	.865	113		0	5	2
Matt Galante	82	257	217	36	64	10	2	0	14	3	1	24	6	.295	.358	.359	.717	78		0	11	5
Tom Shopay	65	279	242	43	62	9	5	7	32	25	3	26	39	.256	.336	.421	.757	102		5	2	4
Ross Moschitto	88	288	257	37	58	7	4	11	35	4	2	24	67	.226	.296	.412	.708	106		2	4	1
José Vidal	86	270	231	30	49	8	2	7	35	10	4	34	60	.212	.313	.355	.668	82		1	2	2
Marv Staehle	47	168	136	17	43	6	0	0	23	1	0	24	15	.316	.409	.360	.769	49		0	4	4
Lou Howell	66	232	200	32	42	11	6	1	20	1	4	25	45	.210	.300	.340	.640	68		2	2	3
John Ellis	38	136	123	24	41	8	3	8	31	0	2	12	20	.333	.393	.642	1.035	79		0	1	0
Thurman Munson	28	115	102	13	37	9	1	2	17	1	1	13	11	.363	.435	.529	.964	54		0	0	0
Gordy Lund	40	132	109	18	27	4	0	0	7	2	1	22	17	.248	.379	.284	.663	31		1	0	0
John Orsino	32	112	90	8	25	2	0	4	17	0	0	19	9	.278	.402	.433	.835	39		1	0	2
Danny Breeden	35	121	102	11	22	2	0	1	6	0	2	16	16	.216	.322	.265	.587	27		0	3	0
Lee Elia	17	57	53	3	15	3	0	1	5	0	0	3	9	.283	.333	.396	.730	21		1	0	0
Tony Solaita	19	69	58	7	14	3	0	2	5	0	0	9	12	.241	.348	.397	.744	23		1	0	1
Charlie Sands	26	77	65	4	14	2	1	0	4	1	0	7	8	.215	.311	.277	.588	18		2	3	0
Mickey Scott	27	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Jim Kennedy	1	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1		0	0	0
Al Closter	35	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Jim Deidel	2	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	2		0	0	0
Hal Reniff	38	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Pete Magrini	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
John Cumberland	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Ron Klimkowski	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1589	5109	4468	698	1239	208	52	118	640	84	45	508	709	.277	.352	.426	.779	1905	0	35	51	47	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dave McDonald	1B	87	716	55	13	73	.983	8.862
Ossie Blanco	1B	37	276	17	7	33	.977	7.919
Tony Solaita	1B	17	132	6	6	10	.958	8.118
John Orsino	1B	10	67	2	2	9	.972	6.900
Frank Tepedino	1B	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000
Matt Galante	2B	71	168	154	6	40	.982	4.535
Marv Staehle	2B	41	90	107	8	26	.961	4.805
Gordy Lund	2B	31	82	82	4	23	.976	5.290
Lee Elia	2B	10	16	18	1	5	.971	3.400
Bobby Mitchell	2B	3	4	7	2	0	.846	3.667
Steve Demeter	2B	2	1	4	0	1	1.000	2.500
Thurman Munson	2B	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000
Steve Demeter	3B	132	103	268	15	34	.961	2.811
Matt Galante	3B	15	13	25	4	3	.905	2.533
Gordy Lund	3B	3	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.333
José Vidal	3B	2	2	2	0	1	1.000	2.000
Thurman Munson	3B	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Dave McDonald	3B	1	3	0	1	0	.750	3.000
Danny Breeden	3B	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000
Lou Howell	C	56	229	28	8	5	.970	4.589	3
Danny Breeden	C	28	110	19	3	0	.977	4.607	3
Charlie Sands	C	19	79	7	1	2	.989	4.526	2
Thurman Munson	C	19	81	12	4	2	.959	4.895	1
John Ellis	C	16	54	5	1	0	.983	3.688	5
John Orsino	C	14	73	11	3	0	.966	6.000	0
Jim Deidel	C	2	9	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	1
Ross Moschitto	OF	84	174	8	10	2	.948	2.167
Jim Lyttle	OF	76	177	10	4	2	.979	2.461
José Vidal	OF	74	133	4	8	0	.945	1.851
Frank Tepedino	OF	66	85	8	3	0	.969	1.409
Tom Shopay	OF	62	108	4	3	1	.974	1.806
Bobby Mitchell	OF	62	88	5	3	0	.969	1.500
Dave McDonald	OF	21	30	1	1	1	.969	1.476
Ossie Blanco	OF	20	32	0	2	0	.941	1.600
Jim Kennedy	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Lee Elia	OF	1	2	0	1	0	.667	2.000
Thad Tillotson	P	47	14	18	2	0	.941	.681
Hal Reniff	P	38	5	13	0	2	1.000	.474
Al Closter	P	35	6	20	0	2	1.000	.743
Pete Magrini	P	34	5	9	0	1	1.000	.412
Ron Klimkowski	P	26	19	40	1	4	.983	2.269
Rob Gardner	P	24	4	9	1	0	.929	.542
John Cumberland	P	23	5	7	1	0	.923	.522
Mickey Scott	P	21	8	11	1	0	.950	.905
Steve Kline	P	15	7	15	0	0	1.000	1.467
Gary Jones	P	14	2	4	0	0	1.000	.429
Bobby Locke	P	12	0	3	0	0	1.000	.250
Edward Fiskland	P	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Frank Baker	SS	131	216	415	39	73	.942	4.817
Marv Staehle	SS	10	12	26	3	3	.927	3.800
Gordy Lund	SS	9	12	24	1	5	.973	4.000
Lee Elia	SS	3	3	3	1	14	.857	2.000
Totals		1533	3466	1494	176	377	.966	3.235	15	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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