1969 Shelby Senators Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 61-63
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Joe Klein (61-63)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Shelby, North Carolina
Ballpark: City Park
Attendance: 31,563, Avg. 509
1969 Shelby Senators RosterTeam Record: 61-63
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Joe Klein (61-63)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Shelby, North Carolina
Ballpark: City Park
Attendance: 31,563, Avg. 509
Playoffs - Greenwood Braves 2 games, Shelby Senators 1
The Shelby Senators of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1969 season with a record of 61 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the WCL.
The Senators scored 620 runs and allowed 660 runs, most in the circuit. Dalton Renfroe led Shelby with 27 home runs and accounted for 113 RBI. Rick Stelmaszek paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .288. Jimmy Blackmon topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.43 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1969 Shelby Senators who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Rick Stelmaszek, John Wockenfuss, Bob Jones and Joe Lovitto.
Joe Klein 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Blackmon | 15 | 5 | .750 | 3.43 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 189.0 | 190 | 87 | 72 | 14 | 44 | 0 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bernard McDonald | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.94 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 113.0 | 126 | 75 | 62 | 8 | 70 | 0 | 85 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Gary Carter | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.09 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 99.0 | 88 | 46 | 34 | 6 | 44 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| William Davidson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.11 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 57.0 | 70 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Robert George | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.14 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 111.0 | 110 | 63 | 51 | 10 | 63 | 1 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Wilfredo Marrero | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.62 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 37 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Elgin | 2 | 1 | .667 | 12.43 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 30 | 36 | 29 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Hector Santos | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.35 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Berg | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.97 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 36 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| William Holt | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.54 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 56.0 | 43 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| James Keenan | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.74 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 | 68 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Kevin Fallon | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ennio Mata | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.77 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gene Wiley | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.97 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Sargent | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.93 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55.0 | 70 | 39 | 24 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Robert Love | 23 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| William Riley | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Dexter Baker | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Americo Sanchez | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Henry Newman | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Shutts | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Schooff | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Fred Williams | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Delbert Marcus | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.0 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John Dennington | 0 | 2 | .000 | 27.00 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 56 | 59 | .487 | 4.60 | 295 | 123 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 14 | 992.0 | 1043 | 631 | 507 | 82 | 503 | 8 | 645 | 42 | 6 | 84 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton Renfroe | 123 | 517 | 467 | 87 | 132 | 17 | 2 | 27 | 113 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 55 | .283 | .337 | .501 | .838 | 234 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Rick Stelmaszek | 115 | 459 | 358 | 54 | 103 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 91 | 43 | .288 | .429 | .402 | .831 | 144 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Richard Bechtel | 102 | 408 | 364 | 57 | 98 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 51 | .269 | .335 | .434 | .769 | 158 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Pat Kuehner | 104 | 443 | 341 | 73 | 85 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 58 | 1 | 6 | 93 | 50 | .249 | .414 | .408 | .822 | 139 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| John Michael | 88 | 333 | 274 | 50 | 66 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 46 | .241 | .359 | .288 | .647 | 79 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Gary Kolumbus | 94 | 315 | 227 | 41 | 57 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 75 | 75 | .251 | .444 | .392 | .836 | 89 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Joe Lovitto | 67 | 271 | 231 | 43 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 36 | 54 | .229 | .341 | .342 | .683 | 79 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rick Guarnera | 62 | 228 | 197 | 20 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 24 | .264 | .352 | .310 | .662 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Wockenfuss | 39 | 172 | 157 | 26 | 51 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | .325 | .384 | .535 | .919 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Albert Richards | 69 | 219 | 187 | 29 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 36 | .246 | .346 | .294 | .640 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Taylor | 90 | 297 | 234 | 47 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 53 | 49 | .188 | .347 | .222 | .569 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Johnny Williams | 35 | 130 | 113 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 26 | .195 | .273 | .310 | .583 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bob Jones | 20 | 81 | 74 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 | .270 | .321 | .351 | .672 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dexter Baker | 24 | 64 | 54 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 16 | .278 | .375 | .296 | .671 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Darrel Hetzler | 30 | 83 | 72 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 19 | .208 | .313 | .306 | .619 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jasper Dixon | 28 | 95 | 79 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 18 | .190 | .319 | .215 | .534 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Blackmon | 26 | 80 | 61 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 26 | .213 | .333 | .311 | .645 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| David Schmid | 24 | 71 | 61 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .197 | .286 | .361 | .646 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dale Hillard | 27 | 61 | 52 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .212 | .317 | .250 | .567 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Melvin Lowe | 15 | 60 | 49 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .204 | .300 | .265 | .565 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rickey Rogers | 21 | 84 | 74 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .135 | .238 | .135 | .373 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Carter | 18 | 41 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .194 | .293 | .361 | .654 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Berg | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .308 | .308 | .308 | .615 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Holt | 13 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .308 | .438 | .308 | .745 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Davidson | 13 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .111 | .158 | .167 | .325 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bernard McDonald | 37 | 33 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .071 | .156 | .107 | .263 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Michael Schooff | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Keenan | 12 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .045 | .087 | .045 | .132 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert George | 23 | 39 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .030 | .111 | .030 | .141 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fred Williams | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Wiley | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Bolick | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ennio Mata | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Henry Newman | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Sargent | 17 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .000 | .417 | .000 | .417 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hector Santos | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Delbert Marcus | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wilfredo Marrero | 17 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Elgin | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1435 | 4732 | 3943 | 631 | 952 | 129 | 26 | 88 | 530 | 82 | 40 | 648 | 772 | .241 | .352 | .354 | .707 | 1397 | 0 | 49 | 53 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Kuehner | 1B | 103 | 949 | 57 | 17 | 87 | .983 | 9.767 | ||||
| Dalton Renfroe | 1B | 18 | 165 | 12 | 2 | 18 | .989 | 9.833 | ||||
| David Schmid | 1B | 3 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 8.000 | ||||
| Rick Guarnera | 1B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Bob Jones | 1B | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 14.000 | ||||
| Dale Hillard | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Bechtel | 2B | 98 | 241 | 294 | 23 | 75 | .959 | 5.459 | ||||
| Albert Richards | 2B | 19 | 36 | 53 | 6 | 11 | .937 | 4.684 | ||||
| John Taylor | 2B | 14 | 36 | 32 | 5 | 12 | .932 | 4.857 | ||||
| John Michael | 3B | 83 | 70 | 161 | 26 | 19 | .899 | 2.783 | ||||
| Dalton Renfroe | 3B | 47 | 39 | 103 | 12 | 14 | .922 | 3.021 | ||||
| Albert Richards | 3B | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| John Taylor | 3B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rick Stelmaszek | C | 98 | 522 | 54 | 12 | 6 | .980 | 5.878 | 13 | |||
| Dalton Renfroe | C | 20 | 89 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 4.750 | 3 | |||
| Joe Lovitto | C | 14 | 72 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .943 | 5.929 | 4 | |||
| Gary Kolumbus | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Gary Kolumbus | OF | 88 | 122 | 12 | 8 | 0 | .944 | 1.523 | ||||
| Joe Lovitto | OF | 49 | 67 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .960 | 1.469 | ||||
| Dalton Renfroe | OF | 46 | 43 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .939 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Wockenfuss | OF | 39 | 77 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .955 | 2.154 | ||||
| John Taylor | OF | 32 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .907 | 1.219 | ||||
| Johnny Williams | OF | 30 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Jasper Dixon | OF | 20 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 1.650 | ||||
| Bob Jones | OF | 18 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dale Hillard | OF | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Stelmaszek | OF | 17 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.529 | ||||
| Darrel Hetzler | OF | 15 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .826 | 1.267 | ||||
| Dexter Baker | OF | 15 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.867 | ||||
| David Schmid | OF | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .929 | ||||
| Melvin Lowe | OF | 14 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .857 | 1.714 | ||||
| Bernard McDonald | P | 37 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .967 | .784 | ||||
| Jimmy Blackmon | P | 26 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 2 | .975 | 1.500 | ||||
| Robert Love | P | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert George | P | 22 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .913 | .955 | ||||
| Gary Carter | P | 18 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 3 | .968 | 1.667 | ||||
| Gary Sargent | P | 17 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .353 | ||||
| Wilfredo Marrero | P | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .471 | ||||
| Thomas Elgin | P | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .400 | .118 | ||||
| William Holt | P | 13 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .692 | ||||
| William Davidson | P | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| James Keenan | P | 12 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.250 | ||||
| Gene Wiley | P | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .700 | ||||
| Joe Berg | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .100 | ||||
| Ennio Mata | P | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Michael Schooff | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Hector Santos | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Fred Williams | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .167 | ||||
| Americo Sanchez | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Delbert Marcus | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .333 | ||||
| Robert Shutts | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Kevin Fallon | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Henry Newman | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| John Dennington | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| William Riley | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dexter Baker | P | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rick Guarnera | SS | 56 | 87 | 182 | 14 | 39 | .951 | 4.804 | ||||
| Albert Richards | SS | 28 | 39 | 80 | 8 | 8 | .937 | 4.250 | ||||
| John Taylor | SS | 24 | 22 | 65 | 12 | 11 | .879 | 3.625 | ||||
| Rickey Rogers | SS | 19 | 27 | 58 | 17 | 12 | .833 | 4.474 | ||||
| Bruce Bolick | SS | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| John Michael | SS | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Darrel Hetzler | SS | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 7.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1373 | 3074 | 1385 | 226 | 334 | .952 | 3.248 | 20 | 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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