1970 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 84-56
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Frank Verdi (84-56)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 221,376, Avg. 3,163

1970 Syracuse Chiefs Roster

Playoffs - Syracuse Chiefs 3 games, Tidewater Tides 0
Finals - Syracuse Chiefs 3 games, Columbus Jets 1

The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1970 season with a record of 84 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the IL.

The Chiefs allowed 550 runs, least in the league. Syracuse plated 646 runs. Tony Solaita paced the team with 19 home runs, and George Pena walloped 15 or more, too. Tony Solaita drove in 87 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .308. Rob Gardner led the squad with 16 wins, while Hal Reniff recorded a 2.4 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1970 Syracuse Chiefs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Thad Tillotson, Frank Tepedino, Joe Verbanic, Rick Bladt, José Vidal, Gerry Schoen, Len Boehmer, Charlie Sands, Ron Piché, Rob Gardner, Al Closter, Bill Burbach, Hal Reniff, Ron Blomberg, Tony Solaita, Steve Kline, Bobby Mitchell, Ossie Chavarria, Frank Baker, Gary Jones, Bobby Cox and Bill Robinson.

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
Rob Gardner	16	5	.762	2.53	30	24		13	4	2	192.0	162	59	54	16	53	2	126	4	0	6
Thad Tillotson	11	9	.550	4.44	45	11		1	1	8	142.0	144	77	70	17	41	3	72	1	0	4
Hal Reniff	10	3	.769	2.40	58	1		0	0	13	120.0	109	38	32	4	57	8	61	2	0	8
Steve Kline	8	2	.800	2.54	11	11		4	2	0	78.0	78	27	22	5	13	1	54	1	2	2
Al Closter	8	3	.727	5.12	19	19		3	1	0	95.0	108	60	54	9	50	1	66	2	0	5
Gary Jones	7	5	.583	3.08	49	4		1	0	8	79.0	74	29	27	3	30	5	43	1	0	5
Dale Spier	7	5	.583	3.50	27	14		3	1	2	103.0	104	42	40	13	26	3	74	3	0	1
Joe Verbanic	5	4	.556	3.96	15	13		2	1	0	75.0	77	39	33	6	33	3	32	0	1	7
Bill Burbach	5	10	.333	4.32	21	21		7	2	0	127.0	134	70	61	12	56	5	43	2	0	5
Archie Dawson	1	1	.500	5.06	5	2		1	0	0	16.0	15	9	9	3	8	0	5	0	0	2
Ron Piché					12						0.0
Gerry Schoen					18						0.0
Len Boehmer	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0
Edward Fiskland	0	0		7.20	7	0		0	0	0	10.0	13	9	8	2	6	2	6	0	0	0
Douglas Hansen	0	7	.000	5.71	20	9		0	0	0	52.0	60	36	33	7	23	5	34	0	0	1
Totals	78	54	.591	3.65	339	129	0	35	12	33	1091.0	1078	495	443	97	397	39	617	16	4	46	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
Tony Solaita	130	501	396	62	122	24	2	19	87	3	2	95	89	.308	.442	.523	.964	207		3	3	4
Len Boehmer	123	457	417	45	120	10	0	11	67	0	3	26	29	.288	.327	.391	.718	163		1	8	5
Bobby Mitchell	107	431	384	68	103	18	8	13	57	18	8	40	75	.268	.335	.458	.793	176		1	1	5
Ossie Chavarria	123	443	399	42	103	20	3	8	49	1	3	40	68	.258	.324	.383	.707	153		0	1	3
Bill Robinson	115	428	372	68	96	20	0	13	43	12	10	46	66	.258	.340	.417	.756	155		2	4	4
Frank Baker	104	391	332	47	86	11	3	3	40	3	5	49	54	.259	.358	.337	.696	112		4	3	3
Rick Bladt	117	379	328	51	85	15	4	8	34	10	2	43	51	.259	.352	.402	.754	132		4	4	0
Ron Blomberg	92	338	289	50	79	13	2	10	38	10	6	47	44	.273	.376	.436	.812	126		1	0	1
George Pena	87	306	264	38	65	10	2	15	41	0	0	37	55	.246	.344	.470	.814	124		3	1	1
Bobby Cox	90	305	251	34	55	15	0	9	30	0	1	49	40	.219	.349	.386	.735	97		2	1	2
José Vidal	73	234	195	36	51	7	2	7	22	6	3	37	48	.262	.379	.426	.805	83		0	2	0
Matt Galante	66	208	175	29	42	4	2	0	19	3	1	29	11	.240	.343	.286	.629	50		0	1	3
Frank Tepedino	31	117	107	20	38	9	0	5	15	2	0	8	15	.355	.410	.579	.990	62		2	0	0
Charlie Sands	41	131	105	15	25	4	0	4	8	0	1	24	30	.238	.382	.390	.772	41		1	0	1
Jorge Maduro	35	117	104	8	22	2	1	0	9	1	0	10	20	.212	.287	.250	.537	26		1	2	0
Rob Gardner	30	73	65	4	8	1	0	0	11	0	0	6	31	.123	.194	.138	.333	9		0	1	1
Al Closter	19	41	35	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	17	.171	.256	.200	.456	7		0	2	0
Steve Kline	11	32	25	4	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	2	.200	.300	.240	.540	6		1	2	1
Thad Tillotson	45	48	34	5	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	9	12	.147	.326	.147	.473	5		0	5	0
Joe Verbanic	19	26	23	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.130	.167	.174	.341	4		0	2	0
Bill Burbach	21	48	39	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	15	.077	.077	.103	.179	4		0	9	0
Gary Jones	49	19	15	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.133	.222	.133	.356	2		0	1	1
Hal Reniff	58	30	28	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.071	.103	.071	.175	2		0	1	0
Dale Spier	27	36	29	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	.034	.067	.034	.101	1		0	6	0
Douglas Hansen	20	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Edward Fiskland	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Archie Dawson	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
Totals	1649	5154	4424	644	1127	187	29	125	586	69	46	608	818	.255	.346	.395	.741	1747	0	26	61	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Tony Solaita	1B	129	1097	69	16	113	.986	9.039
Len Boehmer	1B	25	194	17	1	23	.995	8.440
Frank Tepedino	1B	2	15	1	0	0	1.000	8.000
Matt Galante	2B	55	95	152	5	33	.980	4.491
Len Boehmer	2B	54	109	141	3	38	.988	4.630
Ossie Chavarria	2B	52	96	129	6	33	.974	4.327
Bobby Cox	3B	77	83	157	11	28	.956	3.117
Ossie Chavarria	3B	65	38	114	10	16	.938	2.338
Matt Galante	3B	6	6	12	0	2	1.000	3.000
Len Boehmer	3B	6	4	9	0	1	1.000	2.167
Rick Bladt	3B	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
George Pena	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
George Pena	C	80	394	35	7	4	.984	5.362	4
Charlie Sands	C	37	180	13	5	3	.975	5.216	7
Jorge Maduro	C	32	144	13	4	3	.975	4.906	0
Bill Robinson	OF	102	166	6	2	1	.989	1.686
Bobby Mitchell	OF	99	234	11	5	2	.980	2.475
Rick Bladt	OF	93	161	8	9	3	.949	1.817
Ron Blomberg	OF	80	124	11	4	2	.971	1.688
José Vidal	OF	60	73	1	6	1	.925	1.233
Frank Tepedino	OF	28	44	2	1	0	.979	1.643
Hal Reniff	P	58	10	13	1	0	.958	.397
Gary Jones	P	49	2	12	0	1	1.000	.286
Thad Tillotson	P	45	8	17	3	1	.893	.556
Rob Gardner	P	30	3	25	2	0	.933	.933
Dale Spier	P	27	1	15	1	2	.941	.593
Bill Burbach	P	21	9	24	1	2	.971	1.571
Douglas Hansen	P	20	3	10	1	1	.929	.650
Al Closter	P	19	6	9	1	1	.938	.789
Gerry Schoen	P	18						.000
Joe Verbanic	P	15	8	10	4	2	.818	1.200
Ron Piché	P	12						.000
Steve Kline	P	11	6	24	1	1	.968	2.727
Edward Fiskland	P	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	.143
Archie Dawson	P	5	0	4	0	0	1.000	.800
Len Boehmer	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Frank Baker	SS	104	172	301	17	63	.965	4.548
Len Boehmer	SS	51	71	126	4	21	.980	3.863
Bobby Cox	SS	4	3	6	2	2	.818	2.250
Ossie Chavarria	SS	2	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.500
Totals		1587	3562	1505	133	403	.974	3.193	11	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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