1969 Tri-City A's Statistics

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 41-38
Finished 2nd in the NWL
Manager: Billy Herman (41-38)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Kennewick, Washington; Pasco, Washington; Richland, Washington
Ballpark: Sanders-Jacobs Field
Attendance: 28,586, Avg. 724

1969 Tri-City A's Roster

The Tri-City A's of the Northwest League ended the 1969 season with a record of 41 wins and 38 losses, finishing second in the NWL.

The A's plated 426 runs and allowed 501 runs, most in the circuit. Stephen Cooley accounted for 62 RBI. Tommy Sandt led hitters with significant playing time with a .317 average. Don Stanhouse and Mike Heinitz topped the team with 5 wins each, while Patrick Tatom recorded a 4.5 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1969 Tri-City A's who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Charlie Chant, Don Stanhouse, Tommy Sandt and Steve Lawson.

Billy Herman 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
Don Stanhouse	5	1	.833	3.10	12	6		5	2	3	61.0	50	25	21	0	31	0	88	2	0	6
Mike Heinitz	5	2	.714	3.48	15	0		0	0	3	31.0	28	18	12	1	20	1	21	0	1	6
Edward Harms	4	1	.800	4.17	23	0		0	0	5	41.0	35	23	19	5	21	0	32	1	0	3
Phillip Murnahan	4	1	.800	5.11	16	2		0	0	0	37.0	25	24	21	2	43	0	40	3	0	10
Wilson Rainer	4	2	.667	7.34	11	7		0	0	0	38.0	44	40	31	5	31	0	28	0	2	6
Charles Sprinkle	2	0	1.000	0.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	2	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0
Alan Hefferon	2	2	.500	2.91	12	2		1	0	6	34.0	26	13	11	3	11	1	43	0	1	4
Billy Swope	2	2	.500	6.00	8	3		0	0	0	21.0	23	19	14	1	21	0	25	0	0	9
Joseph Fair	2	3	.400	4.24	8	7		0	0	0	34.0	38	35	16	2	23	0	29	1	0	1
Edward Bacak	2	4	.333	6.67	17	9		0	0	0	58.0	66	55	43	5	37	0	55	1	1	11
Patrick Tatom	2	5	.286	4.50	16	12		2	0	1	80.0	83	55	40	12	58	0	81	3	0	11
David Rhodenbaugh	1	0	1.000	5.14	2	1		0	0	0	7.0	8	4	4	0	5	0	7	0	0	1
William Linehan	1	0	1.000	7.50	8	0		0	0	0	12.0	19	14	10	2	7	0	11	0	0	0
Russell Almquist	1	1	.500	5.59	9	4		0	0	0	29.0	30	24	18	2	27	1	29	0	3	0
Fred Kampf	1	1	.500	6.43	6	4		1	0	0	21.0	29	25	15	3	15	2	18	0	0	1
Chris Floethe	1	3	.250	5.65	13	5		0	0	0	43.0	41	35	27	0	42	0	67	2	0	5
Jack Knutsen	1	4	.200	6.06	13	6		1	0	0	49.0	52	47	33	9	34	1	42	3	0	7
Steve Lawson	1	6	.143	4.00	13	11		1	0	0	63.0	61	38	28	2	44	0	63	2	0	12
William Fulginite	0	0		1.50	2	0		0	0	0	6.0	5	6	1	0	3	0	2	1	0	0
Totals	41	38	.519	4.90	206	79	0	11	2	18	668.0	665	501	364	54	476	6	685	19	8	93	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
Stephen Cooley	76	323	264	43	83	9	3	8	62	0	1	55	49	.314	.427	.462	.889	122		0	0	4
Tommy Sandt	60	271	243	63	77	10	1	1	24	16	1	26	19	.317	.380	.379	.759	92		0	0	2
Michael Marostica	60	241	210	39	61	10	1	1	23	2	3	27	40	.290	.375	.362	.737	76		2	1	1
Miguel Allende	58	229	192	35	46	4	1	0	17	5	2	31	37	.240	.347	.271	.617	52		1	4	1
Don Stanhouse	53	191	165	19	44	10	0	2	36	4	2	18	34	.267	.337	.364	.700	60		2	1	5
Orlando Reyes	39	147	140	22	43	7	0	3	30	1	0	5	35	.307	.333	.421	.755	59		1	0	1
Simeon Humes	44	158	146	19	43	8	1	3	26	3	4	10	34	.295	.342	.425	.766	62		1	0	1
Charles Chaney	40	143	125	23	36	4	2	5	18	0	2	15	32	.288	.378	.472	.850	59		3	0	0
Michael Williamson	49	166	146	21	36	3	2	2	20	0	0	16	34	.247	.321	.336	.657	49		1	1	2
Charlie Chant	37	125	111	25	30	4	0	2	11	4	2	13	27	.270	.344	.360	.704	40		0	0	1
Gary Coleman	31	100	91	16	29	2	0	0	5	0	0	5	9	.319	.370	.341	.711	31		3	0	1
Bill Lucas	49	151	115	20	28	6	0	1	17	1	0	33	34	.243	.411	.322	.732	37		1	0	2
Mike Peden	33	100	91	11	23	4	0	5	11	0	0	9	16	.253	.320	.462	.782	42		0	0	0
Joseph Williamson	34	114	102	11	20	4	0	0	12	1	0	10	34	.196	.272	.235	.507	24		1	0	1
Juan Acevedo	29	97	81	16	16	4	0	0	3	1	0	11	14	.198	.295	.247	.542	20		1	2	2
David Texdahl	15	55	49	5	15	1	0	1	6	0	0	5	7	.306	.382	.388	.770	19		1	0	0
James Capehart	28	66	51	4	12	4	0	0	5	0	0	13	21	.235	.409	.314	.723	16		2	0	0
Robert Yingling	20	73	63	7	9	2	0	1	7	2	0	10	2	.143	.260	.222	.482	14		0	0	0
Lawrence Steele	8	28	26	3	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	3	.231	.286	.385	.670	10		0	0	0
Dick Meier	17	44	34	5	6	1	0	0	5	0	1	8	13	.176	.341	.206	.547	7		1	0	1
Wilson Rainer	11	14	13	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.231	.286	.308	.593	4		0	0	0
Guillermo Mercado	6	16	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.231	.375	.231	.606	3		0	0	0
Patrick Tatom	16	28	26	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.115	.148	.115	.264	3		0	1	0
Alan Hefferon	12	11	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.250	.333	.250	.583	2		0	2	0
Joseph Fair	8	11	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	2		0	1	0
Phillip Murnahan	16	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.182	.182	.182	.364	2		0	0	0
Jack Knutsen	13	17	15	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.133	.176	.200	.376	3		0	0	1
Steve Lawson	13	23	23	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	.087	.087	.217	.304	5		0	0	0
Josue Candelaria	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
David Rhodenbaugh	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1		0	0	0
Mike Heinitz	15	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.200	.429	.200	.629	1		0	1	0
Russell Almquist	9	7	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.429	.571	3		0	0	0
Chris Floethe	13	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	1	0
Sam LeClair	6	23	17	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	.059	.273	.059	.332	1		0	1	0
Ray Elder	5	11	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.182	.000	.182	0		0	0	0
William Fulginite	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Billy Swope	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Charles Sprinkle	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Edward Harms	23	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Edward Bacak	17	17	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	1	1
William Linehan	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Ronnie Wynne	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Fred Kampf	6	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	997	3064	2658	426	688	100	12	37	355	40	18	341	568	.259	.345	.347	.692	923	0	21	17	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Michael Williamson	1B	43	290	27	13	14	.961	7.372
Joseph Williamson	1B	26	191	5	13	9	.938	7.538
Orlando Reyes	1B	17	84	6	1	8	.989	5.294
Miguel Allende	2B	46	95	111	12	12	.945	4.478
Robert Yingling	2B	20	44	44	2	5	.978	4.400
Charlie Chant	2B	11	22	24	5	3	.902	4.182
Tommy Sandt	2B	2	5	4	0	0	1.000	4.500
Ray Elder	2B	2	4	1	0	1	1.000	2.500
Bill Lucas	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bill Lucas	3B	33	23	37	19	1	.759	1.818
Don Stanhouse	3B	31	35	51	13	4	.869	2.774
Charlie Chant	3B	13	9	25	7	2	.829	2.615
Juan Acevedo	3B	10	11	11	0	1	1.000	2.200
Ray Elder	3B	2	1	4	0	1	1.000	2.500
Gary Coleman	3B	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000
Josue Candelaria	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Gary Coleman	C	29	219	19	8	2	.967	8.207	10
Mike Peden	C	27	202	37	3	2	.988	8.852	7
Charles Chaney	C	21	168	14	11	0	.943	8.667	18
Juan Acevedo	C	15	113	6	3	1	.975	7.933	6
Stephen Cooley	OF	73	89	5	4	0	.959	1.288
Michael Marostica	OF	55	88	3	4	0	.958	1.655
Simeon Humes	OF	39	56	8	10	0	.865	1.641
Orlando Reyes	OF	22	23	0	3	0	.885	1.045
David Texdahl	OF	13	16	2	1	0	.947	1.385
Charles Chaney	OF	13	18	2	4	2	.833	1.538
James Capehart	OF	13	14	0	1	0	.933	1.077
Dick Meier	OF	10	15	2	2	0	.895	1.700
Lawrence Steele	OF	8	7	1	1	0	.889	1.000
Sam LeClair	OF	6	5	2	0	0	1.000	1.167
Guillermo Mercado	OF	4	3	0	0	0	1.000	.750
Juan Acevedo	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Edward Harms	P	23	1	8	0	1	1.000	.391
Edward Bacak	P	17	1	5	1	0	.857	.353
Patrick Tatom	P	16	7	7	4	0	.778	.875
Phillip Murnahan	P	16	0	3	1	0	.750	.188
Mike Heinitz	P	15	1	9	0	0	1.000	.667
Steve Lawson	P	13	2	6	1	0	.889	.615
Jack Knutsen	P	13	2	12	0	0	1.000	1.077
Chris Floethe	P	13	3	3	1	0	.857	.462
Don Stanhouse	P	12	3	8	0	0	1.000	.917
Alan Hefferon	P	12	3	8	0	1	1.000	.917
Wilson Rainer	P	11	0	5	1	0	.833	.455
Russell Almquist	P	9	1	3	1	0	.800	.444
Billy Swope	P	8	5	5	1	0	.909	1.250
William Linehan	P	8	0	0	0	0		.000
Joseph Fair	P	8	0	4	1	0	.800	.500
Fred Kampf	P	6	1	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Charles Sprinkle	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
David Rhodenbaugh	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
William Fulginite	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Tommy Sandt	SS	58	88	137	19	16	.922	3.879
Charlie Chant	SS	12	10	17	6	1	.818	2.250
Don Stanhouse	SS	8	9	11	4	1	.833	2.500
Miguel Allende	SS	7	13	17	2	3	.938	4.286
Bill Lucas	SS	2	4	3	0	0	1.000	3.500
Totals		901	2008	729	183	92	.937	3.038	41	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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