1969 Waterloo Hawks Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 52-72
Finished 8th in the MWL
Manager: Rollie Hemsley (52-72)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 30,267, Avg. 488
1969 Waterloo Hawks Roster

The Waterloo Hawks of the Midwest League ended the 1969 season with a record of 52 wins and 72 losses, finishing eighth in the MWL.

The Hawks scored 492 runs and allowed 620 runs. Jim Dugan led Waterloo with 16 home runs Nick Van Lue drove in 67 runs. Ted Parks topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .307. Joe Karp and Gary DeBenedetti paced the squad with 10 wins each, while Gary DeBenedetti registered a 2.89 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Lance Clemons played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Waterloo Hawks to do so.

Rollie Hemsley 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
Gary DeBenedetti103.7692.892215923109.09345356414611112
Joe Karp105.6673.1822211120147.0138675213492101503
Bob Lawson78.4674.072419712115.01046852580379804
Greg Chlan501.0002.3018000447.0391712222041206
Steve Sharp411.2675.502118400103.011473631567262307
Paul Walton32.6005.6210400032.043252063019210
John Floyd34.4293.4928000949.0543319120548105
Rex Hein36.3334.21131110062.0624429642256304
Fred Pounders26.2506.1820910051.0444635249149207
Larry Largent101.0004.00500009.0117426111202
Frank Ward12.3339.006200014.020181411213000
Martin Downen15.1675.027730043.0473324233235206
Jimmy Whisman16.1433.8421300161.0673726522245015
Joe Nunn16.1434.799820047.0443225526134622
Terry Williams00100000.04440100001
George Nichols004.00410019.084406013102
Jerry Cole0045.00100001.05650102000
Jackson Chandler01.0007.00400009.015972407000
Bruce Morrison01.0008.5010000018.0201917211012203
Whitey Reid02.0003.006100012.0138421008110
Wade Kleckley04.0006.128500025.0312517219018004
Totals5272.4194.37260124038520963.09766204687952426704416730

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
Ted Parks110437410591262537562152039.307.339.434.773178133
Nick Van Lue118421370561072301367514544.289.362.457.819169015
George Nichols113391355421001525361852774.282.339.377.717134522
Les Roos118487387731001421423079633.258.406.313.719121121
Jim Dugan9132828237821121653843840.291.373.514.887145215
Don Wright81280257396760116811332.261.298.296.59476253
Lloyd Lightfoot78267227205761020303334.251.350.286.63665313
John Nelson84308268405471520573075.201.289.291.58178442
Lance Clemons672111862951101527022152.274.360.419.78078400
Terry Schofield782271972242121021212544.213.302.284.58656122
Dave Ginn45130110222431615101928.218.338.427.76647100
Bob Brown34121104141640211221425.154.250.250.50026012
Ralph Wells144848210200510016.208.208.250.45812000
John Marshall22645441030020098.185.302.241.54213010
Steve Graham1434304720050038.233.294.300.5949001
Jorge Rivera1028245621012024.250.321.417.73810101
Gary DeBenedetti2243332610000069.182.308.212.5207040
Joe Karp22575546000200222.109.140.109.2496000
Jerry Cole1729232511160068.217.379.478.85811000
Steve Sharp2135325500130019.156.182.250.4328020
Rex Hein1320182400000127.222.300.222.5224000
Joe Pfaff1135312400000143.129.229.129.3584000
Jimmy Whisman2522221310000005.136.136.182.3184000
Paul Walton1012101210021011.200.273.300.5733010
Fred Pounders2012110200000016.182.250.182.4322000
Martin Downen815121210000016.167.231.250.4813020
Greg Chlan1814130200000003.154.154.154.3082010
Joe Nunn1117161200010004.125.125.125.2502010
Wade Kleckley81073100000013.143.333.143.4761110
John Floyd2812110100000016.091.167.091.2581000
Ralph Stewart1015120110020023.083.200.167.3672001
Dennis Maley1129251100130047.040.172.160.3324000
Bob Lawson24403511000000126.029.056.029.0841040
Jackson Chandler4220000000002.000.000.000.0000000
Frank Ward6220000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Larry Largent5220000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Whitey Reid7330000000003.000.000.000.0000000
Bruce Morrison10550000000002.000.000.000.0000000
Totals138842133689494907151166441610737428693.246.326.348.674128202639310


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Nick Van Lue1B108852481483.9858.333
Lance Clemons1B1190218.9898.364
Jerry Cole1B832410.9734.500
Jim Dugan1B214211.9418.000
Ralph Stewart1B160001.0006.000
Les Roos2B1142592913066.9484.825
Joe Pfaff2B10213315.9825.400
Don Wright2B417021.0002.000
Ted Parks2B354011.0003.000
Jim Dugan3B76621102519.8732.263
Ted Parks3B24144684.8822.500
John Marshall3B20141890.7801.600
Dennis Maley3B981753.8332.778
Steve Graham3B202001.0001.000
Terry SchofieldC684104287.9836.64720
Dave GinnC351682194.9555.40012
Don WrightC241161342.9705.3755
Jorge RiveraC9451141.9336.2223
George NicholsOF1061339163.8991.340
Ted ParksOF821661052.9722.146
John NelsonOF76110331.9741.487
Lance ClemonsOF4651430.9481.196
Bob BrownOF3240240.9131.312
Don WrightOF1417110.9471.286
Ralph WellsOF1225010.9622.083
Jim DuganOF1119421.9202.091
Ralph StewartOF32020.500.667
Whitey ReidOF110001.0001.000
John FloydP281941.714.357
Bob LawsonP2461711.958.958
Joe KarpP2282820.9471.636
Gary DeBenedettiP2211811.950.864
Jimmy WhismanP2141412.947.857
Steve SharpP21013001.000.619
Fred PoundersP200510.833.250
Greg ChlanP185910.933.778
Rex HeinP137940.8001.231
Paul WaltonP1008001.000.800
Bruce MorrisonP1007011.000.700
Joe NunnP93730.7691.111
Wade KleckleyP80210.667.250
Martin DownenP7313001.0002.286
Frank WardP605001.000.833
Whitey ReidP610001.000.167
Larry LargentP502001.000.400
George NicholsP401001.000.250
Jackson ChandlerP403001.000.750
Terry WilliamsP10000.000
Jerry ColeP110001.0001.000
Lloyd LightfootSS781002193538.9014.090
Don WrightSS3243921011.9314.219
Steve GrahamSS991764.8122.889
Les RoosSS4810011.0004.500
Ted ParksSS223001.0002.500
Totals129628831215227273.9483.1624000

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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