1970 Waterbury Pirates Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 79-62
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: John Davis (79-62)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Waterbury, Connecticut
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 70,031, Avg. 993

1970 Waterbury Pirates Roster

The Waterbury Pirates of the Eastern League ended the 1970 season with a record of 79 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the EL.

The Pirates allowed 522 runs, least in the league. Waterbury tallied 629 runs. Richie Zisk walloped 34 home runs for the team, while Zelman Jack, Lou Quinn and Charles Howard each swatted 15 or more, too. Richie Zisk drove in 88 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .296 clip. Dave Bennett led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.22 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Dave Bennett, Bruce Kison, Tom Dettore, Charlie Shoemaker, John Lamb, Ed Acosta, Gene Clines and Richie Zisk were all players from the 1970 Waterbury Pirates who played in the Majors during their careers.

John Davis 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
Dave Bennett	12	7	.632	2.22	29	22		10	4	2	154.0	132	59	38	8	59	5	96	6	0	5
Bruce Kison	10	4	.714	2.28	19	19		10	3	0	130.0	93	42	33	3	54	2	82	21	0	2
Silvano Quezada	10	7	.588	2.33	26	16		7	4	5	143.0	130	45	37	10	25	6	72	1	0	1
Dick Hendrix	9	3	.750	3.03	26	4		1	1	0	98.0	91	37	33	7	27	7	57	2	0	1
Barry Houser	9	6	.600	3.37	22	22		6	2	0	123.0	138	62	46	10	67	2	62	4	0	3
Tom Dettore	6	11	.353	5.04	23	22		5	2	0	125.0	142	82	70	16	61	3	58	5	0	3
John Lamb	5	2	.714	1.47	30	0		0	0	11	49.0	27	8	8	2	25	2	39	1	1	1
Bob Cluck	5	3	.625	3.10	22	8		4	1	2	90.0	70	38	31	6	55	12	56	1	0	4
Cal Bailey	5	5	.500	3.88	20	6		1	0	0	65.0	63	36	28	1	45	3	29	4	0	3
Alvin Sells	3	5	.375	5.90	12	12		0	0	0	61.0	60	44	40	12	36	4	33	2	0	1
Jimmy Marrujo	2	0	1.000	2.18	13	0		0	0	1	33.0	27	9	8	3	10	0	20	0	0	0
Raymond Cordeiro	2	3	.400	2.70	36	0		0	0	7	60.0	43	25	18	4	42	3	87	1	0	1
Ed Acosta	1	4	.200	5.25	5	5		1	0	0	24.0	22	15	14	3	11	1	20	2	0	2
Roger Hayward	0	2	.000	10.00	7	5		0	0	0	18.0	27	20	20	4	16	1	8	1	0	1
Totals	79	62	.560	3.25	290	141	0	45	17	28	1173.0	1065	522	424	89	533	51	719	51	1	28	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
Mel Civil	139	593	489	70	138	25	4	11	69	29	4	88	80	.282	.394	.417	.811	204		5	7	4
Richie Zisk	125	512	450	83	133	17	6	34	88	5	1	57	110	.296	.378	.587	.965	264		3	2	0
Charles Howard	135	586	489	83	130	30	0	25	85	12	4	88	71	.266	.378	.481	.858	235		3	1	5
Gene Clines	95	424	371	62	115	19	3	6	42	32	16	39	46	.310	.375	.426	.801	158		2	8	4
Lou Quinn	118	483	416	76	115	16	0	24	75	6	3	58	99	.276	.368	.488	.856	203		4	2	3
Charlie Shoemaker	116	448	396	39	94	11	1	1	32	0	1	43	37	.237	.315	.278	.593	110		3	4	2
Darrell Brown	117	423	369	34	84	17	6	3	42	3	2	41	54	.228	.305	.331	.636	122		1	10	2
Zelman Jack	78	307	264	47	64	4	2	16	51	8	3	40	69	.242	.339	.455	.793	120		0	0	3
Woody Huyke	70	249	232	18	53	4	0	8	36	3	2	12	22	.228	.263	.349	.612	81		0	2	3
Jerry Branch	78	277	224	28	50	8	0	1	15	1	1	49	38	.223	.362	.272	.635	61		1	1	2
Felix Santana	64	226	187	24	45	4	2	2	17	1	2	26	31	.241	.338	.316	.653	59		2	10	1
Mike Santos	38	159	130	21	29	4	2	1	11	4	4	22	15	.223	.342	.308	.650	40		2	4	1
Ed Pacheco	41	153	140	12	29	4	0	2	8	1	1	9	21	.207	.270	.279	.548	39		3	1	0
Perry Dunn	17	65	61	7	16	4	1	0	7	1	2	3	8	.262	.292	.361	.653	22		0	0	1
Wilbert Hammond	18	65	57	9	13	0	1	2	5	1	1	8	8	.228	.323	.368	.691	21		0	0	0
Tim Murtaugh	23	89	66	11	13	2	0	0	2	0	0	21	7	.197	.391	.227	.618	15		0	2	0
Hector Herrera	27	78	72	5	13	4	0	0	5	0	2	2	11	.181	.213	.236	.449	17		1	3	0
Tom Dettore	27	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	.091	.231	.091	.322	1		0	0	0
Cal Bailey	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1347	5151	4425	629	1135	173	28	136	590	108	49	608	731	.256	.348	.400	.749	1772	0	30	57	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Charles Howard	1B	116	1002	81	16	105	.985	9.336
Zelman Jack	1B	23	173	14	3	14	.984	8.130
Lou Quinn	1B	6	33	1	0	2	1.000	5.667
Mike Santos	1B	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000
Charlie Shoemaker	2B	103	273	279	12	64	.979	5.359
Lou Quinn	2B	37	69	88	9	21	.946	4.243
Charles Howard	2B	3	9	8	3	1	.850	5.667
Felix Santana	2B	1	2	4	0	2	1.000	6.000
Lou Quinn	3B	76	64	139	32	12	.864	2.671
Ed Pacheco	3B	33	22	60	8	7	.911	2.485
Felix Santana	3B	28	24	66	4	6	.957	3.214
Mel Civil	3B	8	10	12	3	0	.880	2.750
Charlie Shoemaker	3B	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Woody Huyke	C	66	336	21	5	3	.986	5.409	1
Jerry Branch	C	56	313	39	6	5	.983	6.286	13
Tim Murtaugh	C	17	97	5	4	1	.962	6.000	2
Hector Herrera	C	8	36	4	0	0	1.000	5.000	2
Mel Civil	OF	132	261	10	9	1	.968	2.053
Richie Zisk	OF	122	175	10	8	1	.959	1.516
Gene Clines	OF	95	233	15	5	2	.980	2.611
Mike Santos	OF	33	52	1	3	0	.946	1.606
Perry Dunn	OF	16	17	0	2	0	.895	1.062
Zelman Jack	OF	15	23	1	3	0	.889	1.600
Charles Howard	OF	11	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.455
Wilbert Hammond	OF	6	5	1	1	0	.857	1.000
Raymond Cordeiro	P	36	1	9	2	0	.833	.278
John Lamb	P	30	1	10	1	0	.917	.367
Dave Bennett	P	29	14	24	3	1	.927	1.310
Silvano Quezada	P	26	10	28	1	2	.974	1.462
Dick Hendrix	P	26	6	15	1	1	.955	.808
Tom Dettore	P	23	10	20	3	0	.909	1.304
Barry Houser	P	22	11	19	2	2	.938	1.364
Bob Cluck	P	22	6	13	4	2	.826	.864
Cal Bailey	P	20	2	12	2	1	.875	.700
Bruce Kison	P	19	10	29	2	1	.951	2.053
Jimmy Marrujo	P	13	0	3	1	0	.750	.231
Alvin Sells	P	12	1	10	1	0	.917	.917
Roger Hayward	P	7	0	3	1	0	.750	.429
Ed Acosta	P	5	0	4	1	0	.800	.800
Darrell Brown	SS	117	155	340	16	82	.969	4.231
Felix Santana	SS	22	30	53	3	12	.965	3.773
Ed Pacheco	SS	5	8	10	1	2	.947	3.600
Charlie Shoemaker	SS	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		1448	3518	1462	181	353	.965	3.439	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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