1969 York Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 89-50
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Joe Morgan (89-50)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: York, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 52,934, Avg. 762
Playoffs - Pittsfield Red Sox 1 game, York Pirates 0 - All further games cancelled due to bad weather and poor attendance.
The York Pirates of the Eastern League ended the 1969 season with a record of 89 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the EL.
The Pirates led the circuit with just 497 runs allowed. York scored 680 runs. Ángel Mangual paced the team with 26 home runs and accounted for 102 RBI, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .320 average. Lyn Fitzer topped the squad with 12 wins, and Frank Brosseau registered a 1.9 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1969 York Pirates who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ángel Mangual, Frank Brosseau, Lou Marone, John Hoffman, Charlie Shoemaker, Al Schmelz, Dick Colpaert, Gene Clines, Rimp Lanier, Fred Cambria and Gene Garber.
Joe Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyn Fitzer | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.03 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 164.0 | 135 | 52 | 37 | 7 | 78 | 4 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Brosseau | 10 | 3 | .769 | 1.90 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 123.0 | 91 | 38 | 26 | 8 | 37 | 8 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Barry Houser | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.24 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 136.0 | 148 | 91 | 64 | 16 | 58 | 2 | 91 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Fred Cambria | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.16 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 104.0 | 83 | 33 | 25 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Roger Hayward | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.82 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 115.0 | 92 | 42 | 36 | 12 | 72 | 3 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Raymond Cordeiro | 9 | 3 | .750 | 4.29 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 65.0 | 52 | 35 | 31 | 6 | 53 | 2 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Hendrix | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.05 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Garber | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.08 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 61 | 40 | 25 | 6 | 40 | 7 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Cal Bailey | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.50 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 72.0 | 62 | 43 | 28 | 6 | 43 | 2 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Lou Marone | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.93 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29.0 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Butkus | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.42 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 26.0 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Al Schmelz | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.25 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 53 | 30 | 26 | 7 | 40 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Charlie Shoemaker | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne White | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Colpaert | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.70 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Mergler | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.66 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Richard Dare | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pablo Cruz | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tim Murtaugh | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gene Clines | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dave Arrington | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Felix Santana | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Napoleon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 83 | 47 | .638 | 2.90 | 279 | 130 | 0 | 49 | 13 | 32 | 1074.0 | 921 | 465 | 346 | 82 | 541 | 44 | 731 | 35 | 3 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ángel Mangual | 133 | 541 | 497 | 88 | 159 | 24 | 5 | 26 | 102 | 15 | 2 | 35 | 75 | .320 | .364 | .545 | .909 | 271 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pablo Cruz | 139 | 581 | 518 | 72 | 146 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 10 | 6 | 40 | 53 | .282 | .339 | .351 | .690 | 182 | 7 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Rimp Lanier | 136 | 603 | 485 | 88 | 139 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 34 | 12 | 108 | 62 | .287 | .418 | .324 | .742 | 157 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Gene Clines | 135 | 535 | 470 | 86 | 126 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 47 | 63 | 12 | 48 | 45 | .268 | .337 | .355 | .692 | 167 | 3 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Dave Arrington | 137 | 535 | 463 | 78 | 124 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 68 | 28 | 2 | 54 | 93 | .268 | .345 | .380 | .725 | 176 | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Frank Vanzin | 114 | 448 | 369 | 61 | 106 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 71 | 8 | 3 | 72 | 73 | .287 | .403 | .398 | .801 | 147 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Zelman Jack | 100 | 411 | 359 | 57 | 96 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 61 | 20 | 3 | 44 | 71 | .267 | .343 | .407 | .750 | 146 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Charlie Shoemaker | 114 | 411 | 362 | 46 | 89 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 21 | .246 | .314 | .268 | .582 | 97 | 4 | 10 | 2 | ||
| John Hoffman | 108 | 347 | 275 | 40 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 86 | .244 | .383 | .396 | .779 | 109 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Tim Murtaugh | 88 | 296 | 241 | 27 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 21 | .274 | .383 | .307 | .690 | 74 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Felix Santana | 56 | 175 | 162 | 15 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 30 | .241 | .276 | .272 | .548 | 44 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ed Napoleon | 36 | 113 | 92 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8 | .185 | .321 | .217 | .539 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hector Herrera | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .455 | .444 | .899 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Calton | 9 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .125 | .364 | .125 | .489 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Butkus | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne White | 20 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Houser | 25 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Cambria | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Cordeiro | 36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Schmelz | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Brosseau | 24 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cal Bailey | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Dare | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Garber | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1519 | 5066 | 4351 | 680 | 1182 | 130 | 25 | 79 | 583 | 186 | 47 | 573 | 658 | .272 | .358 | .368 | .725 | 1599 | 0 | 37 | 59 | 46 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zelman Jack | 1B | 100 | 827 | 64 | 15 | 86 | .983 | 8.910 | ||||
| John Hoffman | 1B | 28 | 210 | 14 | 6 | 17 | .974 | 8.000 | ||||
| Felix Santana | 1B | 7 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.571 | ||||
| Ed Napoleon | 1B | 4 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 9.250 | ||||
| Tim Murtaugh | 1B | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.250 | ||||
| Charlie Shoemaker | 2B | 109 | 264 | 269 | 10 | 61 | .982 | 4.890 | ||||
| Felix Santana | 2B | 35 | 53 | 67 | 5 | 21 | .960 | 3.429 | ||||
| Gene Clines | 2B | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Larry Calton | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gene Clines | 3B | 135 | 149 | 222 | 39 | 16 | .905 | 2.748 | ||||
| Felix Santana | 3B | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Frank Brosseau | 3B | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rimp Lanier | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Calton | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Arrington | 3B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tim Murtaugh | C | 78 | 462 | 44 | 7 | 4 | .986 | 6.487 | 10 | |||
| John Hoffman | C | 75 | 321 | 31 | 12 | 0 | .967 | 4.693 | 6 | |||
| Hector Herrera | C | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.667 | 1 | |||
| Dave Arrington | OF | 137 | 249 | 14 | 7 | 3 | .974 | 1.920 | ||||
| Ángel Mangual | OF | 133 | 248 | 12 | 12 | 4 | .956 | 1.955 | ||||
| Rimp Lanier | OF | 124 | 192 | 14 | 15 | 0 | .932 | 1.661 | ||||
| Frank Vanzin | OF | 19 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.474 | ||||
| Ed Napoleon | OF | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Wayne White | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Raymond Cordeiro | P | 35 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .257 | ||||
| Lyn Fitzer | P | 33 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.212 | ||||
| Barry Houser | P | 24 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 1.708 | ||||
| Frank Brosseau | P | 22 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .926 | 1.136 | ||||
| Cal Bailey | P | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 1.000 | ||||
| Roger Hayward | P | 19 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.105 | ||||
| Richard Dare | P | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lou Marone | P | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .059 | ||||
| Fred Cambria | P | 14 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .968 | 2.143 | ||||
| Al Schmelz | P | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Dick Hendrix | P | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Robert Butkus | P | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Gene Garber | P | 11 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.091 | ||||
| Richard Mergler | P | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wayne White | P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Dick Colpaert | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Charlie Shoemaker | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Felix Santana | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ed Napoleon | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tim Murtaugh | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pablo Cruz | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Clines | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Arrington | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pablo Cruz | SS | 136 | 207 | 378 | 44 | 74 | .930 | 4.301 | ||||
| Felix Santana | SS | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1440 | 3438 | 1320 | 180 | 309 | .964 | 3.304 | 17 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
