1969 Tidewater Tides Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 76-59
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Clyde McCullough (76-59)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Ballpark: Frank Lawrence Stadium
Attendance: 67,292, Avg. 997

1969 Tidewater Tides Roster

Playoffs - Columbus Jets 3 games, Tidewater Tides 1

The Tidewater Tides of the International League ended the 1969 season with a record of 76 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the IL.Played at Portsmouth, Virginia.

The Tides paced the circuit with just 588 runs allowed. Tidewater scored 685 runs. Roy Foster powered the team with 24 home runs, while Mike Jorgensen walloped 15 or more also. Roy Foster drove in 92 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .281. Jon Matlack led the squad with 14 wins, and Danny Frisella registered a 2.76 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Duffy Dyer, Orlando McFarlane, Roy Foster, Larry Bearnarth, Kevin Collins, Steve Renko, Bob Johnson, Dennis Musgraves, Jim Bibby, Art Shamsky, Curtis Brown, Jon Matlack, Billy Sorrell, Jack DiLauro, Danny Frisella, Bobby Pfeil, Bill Connors, Choo-Choo Coleman, Bernie Smith, Amos Otis, Bob Heise, Bob Hendley, Mike Jorgensen, Rich Beck, Ron Locke, Jim Gosger and Steve Hertz were all players from the 1969 Tidewater Tides who played in the Majors during their careers.

Clyde McCullough 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
Jon Matlack	14	7	.667	4.14	26	26		10	3	0	176.0	176	83	81	19	66	0	99	0	0	9
Danny Frisella	11	2	.846	2.76	15	14		10	1	0	111.0	97	37	34	10	26	1	55	2	0	2
Larry Bearnarth	11	4	.733	3.82	42	7		2	0	6	106.0	109	47	45	13	51	7	41	6	0	5
Dennis Musgraves	7	1	.875	4.25	34	0		0	0	3	72.0	77	35	34	15	30	5	62	7	0	8
Bill Connors	7	13	.350	4.76	33	15		5	0	5	140.0	148	90	74	18	72	6	68	1	1	6
Bob Hendley	6	6	.500	3.52	27	19		5	0	1	128.0	145	57	50	15	37	1	71	4	0	4
Jim Bibby	4	4	.500	3.48	11	11		6	1	0	75.0	64	33	29	6	34	1	65	3	0	6
Fred Reahm	4	5	.444	3.14	12	10		4	0	0	63.0	57	26	22	4	27	2	32	5	0	1
Steve Renko	3	6	.333	5.45	12	11		4	0	0	66.0	56	43	40	12	43	2	57	2	0	6
Jack DiLauro	2	1	.667	2.67	4	4		2	1	0	27.0	24	8	8	1	6	0	22	0	0	3
Ronnie Paul	2	3	.400	5.59	22	1		0	0	1	37.0	50	28	23	7	18	2	24	0	0	8
Ron Locke	2	4	.333	5.88	23	4		0	0	0	49.0	56	35	32	7	26	2	22	1	0	3
Donald Camy	0	0		2.57	3	0		0	0	0	7.0	9	3	2	1	2	0	2	1	0	0
Bob Johnson	0	1	.000	6.00	14	3		0	0	2	33.0	31	24	22	3	13	1	32	1	0	2
Totals	73	57	.562	4.10	278	125	0	48	6	18	1090.0	1099	549	496	131	451	30	652	33	1	63	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
Roy Foster	124	493	438	77	123	10	4	24	92	10	6	44	61	.281	.352	.486	.838	213		6	1	4
Bob Heise	110	443	407	52	113	10	3	2	36	20	9	25	28	.278	.320	.332	.651	135		1	8	2
Mike Jorgensen	105	418	359	75	104	15	5	21	69	10	6	43	61	.290	.369	.535	.904	192		7	1	8
Billy Sorrell	112	440	370	49	95	18	2	9	44	9	6	62	53	.257	.367	.389	.756	144		4	1	3
Bobby Pfeil	66	284	263	33	83	13	0	3	28	4	4	14	23	.316	.352	.399	.752	105		2	3	2
Amos Otis	71	286	248	55	81	14	2	10	43	19	4	31	34	.327	.398	.520	.918	129		1	2	4
Choo-Choo Coleman	94	330	305	39	78	10	1	5	32	11	9	17	32	.256	.300	.344	.644	105		3	3	2
Jim Gosger	58	248	217	42	74	14	3	10	31	9	5	29	25	.341	.423	.571	.995	124		2	0	0
Tony Canzano	94	283	256	32	66	7	9	3	26	4	3	18	38	.258	.314	.391	.705	100		3	6	0
Curtis Brown	74	244	218	35	59	8	0	14	41	3	6	23	36	.271	.337	.500	.837	109		0	1	2
Wilbur Huckle	64	215	194	27	55	6	0	0	29	4	3	16	16	.284	.340	.314	.654	61		1	3	1
Jack Tracy	64	248	201	30	53	8	0	3	24	6	9	34	34	.264	.392	.348	.740	70		9	3	1
Orlando McFarlane	39	153	140	22	45	6	0	4	24	1	1	11	32	.321	.373	.450	.823	63		1	0	1
Duffy Dyer	35	131	112	22	35	6	1	5	26	1	2	16	18	.312	.405	.518	.922	58		2	0	1
Lloyd Flodin	42	136	120	15	29	5	0	3	13	0	1	10	24	.242	.301	.358	.659	43		1	3	2
Art Shamsky	11	45	38	9	11	5	0	4	12	0	0	5	7	.289	.378	.737	1.115	28		1	0	1
Jim Dugan	7	26	22	5	9	2	0	2	10	0	0	3	9	.409	.480	.773	1.253	17		0	1	0
Kevin Collins	11	39	32	10	8	1	0	3	5	1	1	6	9	.250	.385	.562	.947	18		1	0	0
Stu Cann	9	29	26	4	7	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	4	.269	.310	.462	.772	12		0	0	1
Steve Renko	18	18	16	3	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	3	.312	.333	.562	.896	9		0	0	1
Jon Matlack	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0
Larry Bearnarth	42	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Steve Hertz	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Danny Frisella	16	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	1		0	0	0
Bill Connors	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Dennis Musgraves	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Glenn Ezell	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	0	0
Totals	1362	4532	4003	636	1137	161	30	127	594	112	75	411	553	.284	.354	.434	.789	1739	0	45	37	36	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mike Jorgensen	1B	105	882	50	5	77	.995	8.876
Billy Sorrell	1B	26	219	17	7	18	.971	9.077
Jim Dugan	1B	5	33	1	0	4	1.000	6.800
Steve Renko	1B	2	13	1	0	0	1.000	7.000
Bobby Pfeil	1B	1	6	1	0	0	1.000	7.000
Jack Tracy	2B	59	127	158	2	33	.993	4.831
Tony Canzano	2B	52	83	106	6	17	.969	3.635
Wilbur Huckle	2B	21	47	64	3	10	.974	5.286
Kevin Collins	2B	6	15	14	2	4	.935	4.833
Stu Cann	2B	5	11	20	0	1	1.000	6.200
Bobby Pfeil	3B	66	62	134	9	17	.956	2.970
Wilbur Huckle	3B	21	19	29	0	1	1.000	2.286
Billy Sorrell	3B	18	22	30	3	2	.945	2.889
Tony Canzano	3B	17	17	28	1	1	.978	2.647
Curtis Brown	3B	7	7	10	0	2	1.000	2.429
Stu Cann	3B	2	1	0	1	0	.500	.500
Steve Hertz	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Choo-Choo Coleman	C	48	201	27	6	7	.974	4.750	3
Lloyd Flodin	C	41	232	16	4	4	.984	6.049	6
Duffy Dyer	C	34	155	15	0	1	1.000	5.000	3
Orlando McFarlane	C	24	132	10	1	3	.993	5.917	6
Glenn Ezell	C	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Roy Foster	OF	122	184	5	7	0	.964	1.549
Amos Otis	OF	69	157	9	1	1	.994	2.406
Jim Gosger	OF	58	137	7	6	2	.960	2.483
Billy Sorrell	OF	54	94	4	2	1	.980	1.815
Curtis Brown	OF	37	76	2	3	1	.963	2.108
Art Shamsky	OF	8	19	0	0	0	1.000	2.375
Kevin Collins	OF	3	3	0	2	0	.600	1.000
Wilbur Huckle	OF	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500
Choo-Choo Coleman	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Larry Bearnarth	P	42	7	18	1	0	.962	.595
Dennis Musgraves	P	34	5	8	0	0	1.000	.382
Bill Connors	P	33	8	14	2	1	.917	.667
Bob Hendley	P	27	4	13	2	3	.895	.630
Jon Matlack	P	26	1	20	0	2	1.000	.808
Ron Locke	P	23	3	6	0	0	1.000	.391
Ronnie Paul	P	22	1	12	3	0	.812	.591
Danny Frisella	P	15	7	8	1	2	.938	1.000
Bob Johnson	P	14	0	5	0	0	1.000	.357
Steve Renko	P	12	2	3	1	0	.833	.417
Fred Reahm	P	12	1	3	0	0	1.000	.333
Jim Bibby	P	11	5	11	2	1	.889	1.455
Jack DiLauro	P	4	1	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Donald Camy	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Bob Heise	SS	110	184	334	25	54	.954	4.709
Tony Canzano	SS	18	28	49	7	10	.917	4.278
Wilbur Huckle	SS	5	13	11	1	4	.960	4.800
Totals		1328	3236	1276	116	284	.975	3.398	18	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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