Birmingham Black Barons History - 1969 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1969 Birmingham Black Barons	93	69	.574	1^st	-	95-67	-2	.268	3.90	X	X	3,221,872	$57,716,202	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Most Impactful Player Award	Larry Doby	1
Ozzie Award	Don Kessinger (SS), Roy White (RF)	2
All-Star	Ron Cey, Roger Connor, Larry Doby, Red Donahue, Bruce Petway, CC Sabathia, Ismael Valdez	7
Batter of the Month	Bob Watson (Jul)	1
Player of the Week	CC Sabathia (May 5), Ron Cey (Jun 2), CC Sabathia (Jun 9), Bob Watson (Jul 7), Roy White (Jul 21), Steve Rogers (Sep 8), Roger Connor (Sep 29)	7

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
1B	Roger Connor	29	162	650	218	39	6	11	77	123	85	9	0	4	30	36	17	.335	.417	.465	.882	4.9	132
2B	Dave Malarcher	26	157	586	142	30	3	8	68	93	92	6	6	10	62	21	6	.242	.346	.345	.691	1.5	82
SS	Don Kessinger	27	153	539	145	31	9	2	59	63	57	4	7	2	47	1	2	.269	.342	.371	.713	2.4	88
LF	Bob Watson	22	141	552	176	36	2	24	86	89	42	9	0	3	85	0	0	.319	.375	.522	.896	3.7	132
RF	Roy White	31	147	503	138	24	3	20	68	70	62	3	1	6	51	13	8	.274	.354	.453	.807	3.4	110
C	Bruce Petway	28	133	482	133	32	3	11	77	78	80	5	1	6	34	20	8	.276	.380	.423	.804	4.6	111
CF	Larry Doby	32	137	456	141	22	2	29	92	79	73	11	0	5	119	0	0	.309	.413	.557	.970	6.9	152
3B	Ron Cey	33	107	407	111	14	3	28	91	72	52	8	0	3	78	1	0	.273	.364	.528	.892	4.4	131
CF	Jim Piersall	28	130	338	86	14	3	9	51	35	28	1	0	4	35	6	0	.254	.310	.393	.703	1.3	83
2B	Starlin Castro	30	61	145	27	5	0	4	19	20	7	6	0	2	26	0	0	.186	.250	.303	.553	-0.5	45
CF	Tony Womack	35	50	131	30	5	1	0	13	20	9	0	1	0	15	8	4	.229	.279	.282	.561	-0.8	48
C	Ken Suarez	31	31	101	27	5	0	2	14	13	7	2	0	1	7	0	0	.267	.324	.376	.701	0.4	84
P	Steve Rogers	32	36	84	9	2	0	0	4	4	2	0	22	2	36	0	0	.107	.125	.131	.256	-1.9	-33
P	CC Sabathia	22	38	84	11	3	0	0	4	3	2	0	13	0	32	0	0	.131	.151	.167	.318	-1.2	-16
P	Harry Krause	18	34	81	11	4	0	0	6	7	0	0	17	0	15	0	0	.136	.136	.185	.321	-1.2	-17
P	Juan Guzman	29	33	72	13	2	0	0	4	5	1	0	9	0	22	0	0	.181	.192	.208	.400	-0.8	5
LF	Rick Leach	32	66	62	11	3	0	0	7	5	7	0	0	0	13	0	0	.177	.261	.226	.487	-0.4	30
3B	Mark Belanger	28	25	56	12	2	0	0	8	5	3	4	0	0	8	0	1	.214	.302	.250	.552	-0.2	47
3B	Luis A Rivera	30	18	38	11	0	0	1	3	10	2	1	1	0	5	0	0	.289	.341	.368	.710	0.2	87
P	Shane Rawley	27	28	25	6	0	0	1	5	3	1	0	8	1	6	0	0	.240	.259	.360	.619	-0.2	61
SS	Alvaro Espinoza	30	18	21	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	.048	.130	.190	.321	-0.3	-17
P	Ismael Valdez	23	78	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	7	0	0	.053	.100	.053	.153	-0.4	-58
P	Red Donahue	36	21	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5	-100
P	Bruce Kison	35	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0.0	154
P	Ray Herbert	20	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.1	-100
P	Ian Krol	24	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Gordon Jones	25	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
27 Players		28.4	1888	5456	1461	274	35	151	760	799	614	70	96	49	741	106	46	.268	.347	.414	.760	25.4	98
NL Rank				6	4	1	3	4	3	2	1	4	1	1	6	1	3	3	2	4	3	2
ABBA Rank				11	4	4	7	5	3	2	1	4	2	2	12	4	6	3	2	4	3	3

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
CC Sabathia	22	38	38	17	12	0	3.76	266.0	247	116	111	28	75	175	0	11	7	1.21	.274	5.1	117
Steve Rogers	32	36	36	17	9	0	3.27	259.0	223	103	94	31	52	160	0	12	3	1.06	.246	4.6	135
Harry Krause	18	34	34	15	14	0	4.36	239.3	244	122	116	21	81	142	0	8	3	1.36	.297	3.6	101
Juan Guzman	29	33	32	15	7	1	3.75	216.0	218	95	90	30	53	174	0	4	0	1.25	.296	4.1	118
Ismael Valdez	23	78	0	7	8	24	3.18	147.3	141	54	52	15	37	113	3	0	0	1.21	.285	3.0	139
Shane Rawley	27	28	14	8	7	0	6.12	107.3	130	74	73	21	40	66	0	1	0	1.58	.309	-0.1	72
Red Donahue	36	21	7	6	2	1	2.69	70.3	59	23	21	7	23	28	0	1	0	1.17	.228	0.5	164
Ray Herbert	20	36	0	4	6	6	3.94	48.0	46	23	21	4	16	20	1	0	0	1.29	.266	0.3	112
Gordon Jones	25	26	0	1	3	1	7.99	32.7	44	31	29	9	11	24	0	0	0	1.68	.343	-0.5	55
Ian Krol	24	21	0	1	1	3	4.45	28.3	30	16	14	3	9	23	0	0	0	1.38	.310	0.3	99
Al Shealy	36	18	0	1	0	0	2.33	19.3	12	6	5	0	10	9	0	0	0	1.14	.211	0.3	189
Bruce Kison	35	1	1	1	0	0	0.00	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	.33	.111	0.3	0
Orlin Collier	32	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	.000	0.0	0
13 Pitchers	25.6	371	162	93	69	36	3.90	1443.7	1397	663	626	169	407	936	4	38	14	1.25	.278	21.3	117
NL Rank		2	1	1	6	1	1	4	2	1	1	4	1	2	5	5	1	1	2	2
ABBA Rank		4	1	2	11	1	5	10	5	4	5	10	2	7	9	9	2	4	5	4

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Sabathia	38	38	14	48	4	63	1	.984	266.0	2.10	0.9
S. Rogers	36	36	23	35	3	60	2	.967	259.0	2.02	-1.1
H. Krause	34	34	16	25	4	41	0	1.000	239.3	1.54	1.4
J. Guzman	33	32	16	21	2	38	1	.974	216.0	1.54	0.4
I. Valdez	78	0	7	15	2	22	0	1.000	147.3	1.34	0.4
S. Rawley	28	14	8	17	0	26	1	.962	107.3	2.10	-0.0
R. Donahue	21	7	4	6	0	10	0	1.000	70.3	1.28	-0.0
R. Herbert	36	0	3	5	2	8	0	1.000	48.0	1.50	1.0
G. Jones	26	0	0	7	0	7	0	1.000	32.7	1.93	-0.0
I. Krol	21	0	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	28.3	1.27	-0.0
A. Shealy	18	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	19.3	1.40	-0.0
B. Kison	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00	-0.0
O. Collier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	-0.0
Totals	371	162	98	181	17	284	5	.982	1443.7	1.74	3.0

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
B. Petway	133	133	788	52	11	848	8	.991	1185.0	6.38	1.9	7	39.6
K. Suarez	30	29	183	11	1	197	3	.985	258.7	6.75	0.4	1	40.0
Totals	163	162	971	63	12	1045	11	.989	1443.7	6.45	2.4	8	39.7

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Connor	162	162	1375	102	132	1497	20	.987	1425.7	9.32	-3.4
L. Rivera	5	0	8	1	1	9	0	1.000	11.3	7.15	0.0
B. Watson	1	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	6.0	7.50	0.0
A. Espinoza	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0.7	13.50	0.0
Totals	169	162	1389	103	133	1512	20	.987	1443.7	9.30	-3.4

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Malarcher	130	130	278	348	87	639	13	.980	1155.0	4.88	-3.2
S. Castro	32	32	59	78	26	138	1	.993	273.7	4.51	-0.5
A. Espinoza	5	0	4	2	0	6	0	1.000	6.0	9.00	-0.0
T. Womack	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	5.0	1.80	-0.0
M. Belanger	3	0	1	5	1	7	1	.857	4.0	13.50	-0.5
Totals	173	162	342	434	114	791	15	.981	1443.7	4.84	-4.2

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Cey	107	107	71	236	16	309	2	.994	947.0	2.92	3.9
D. Malarcher	29	27	20	52	2	73	1	.986	242.7	2.67	0.7
M. Belanger	13	10	7	30	4	37	0	1.000	89.3	3.73	0.6
T. Womack	13	8	7	11	2	19	1	.947	82.7	1.96	-3.3
L. Rivera	10	9	5	13	1	18	0	1.000	72.3	2.24	0.6
A. Espinoza	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	9.7	0.93	0.0
Totals	174	162	110	343	25	457	4	.991	1443.7	2.82	2.5

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Kessinger	153	153	190	450	100	658	18	.973	1348.3	4.27	5.0
M. Belanger	5	5	1	15	2	17	1	.941	43.7	3.30	-0.6
A. Espinoza	8	4	6	11	2	17	0	1.000	39.7	3.86	-0.1
L. Rivera	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	7.0	2.57	-0.0
T. Womack	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	171	162	198	477	104	694	19	.973	1443.7	4.21	4.3

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Watson	140	140	300	4	1	313	9	.971	1190.0	2.30	-7.9
J. Piersall	32	15	49	1	0	50	0	1.000	167.7	2.68	2.4
L. Doby	6	3	12	0	0	12	0	1.000	33.7	3.21	-0.1
T. Womack	6	2	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	26.0	2.77	0.6
R. White	3	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	15.3	1.17	-0.0
R. Leach	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	11.0	2.45	-0.0
Totals	190	161	374	5	1	388	9	.977	1443.7	2.36	-5.0

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Doby	116	115	320	12	3	334	2	.994	1009.7	2.96	6.5
J. Piersall	38	34	92	4	1	96	0	1.000	304.7	2.84	2.1
T. Womack	21	13	41	0	0	41	0	1.000	125.3	2.94	-1.1
R. White	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	-0.0
R. Leach	2	0	2	1	1	4	1	.750	2.0	13.50	-0.8
Totals	178	162	456	17	5	476	3	.994	1443.7	2.95	6.6

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. White	135	127	303	5	2	311	3	.990	1138.0	2.44	10.3
J. Piersall	32	32	70	1	0	71	0	1.000	258.0	2.48	1.4
T. Womack	7	3	12	0	0	13	1	.923	36.7	2.95	-0.1
R. Leach	4	0	3	0	0	4	1	.750	9.0	3.00	-0.0
L. Doby	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	-0.0
Totals	180	162	389	6	2	400	5	.988	1443.7	2.46	11.5

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Roger Connor	.335
On-Base Percentage	Roger Connor	.417
Slugging Percentage	Larry Doby	.557
OPS	Larry Doby	.970
Games	Roger Connor	162
At-Bats	Roger Connor	650
Runs	Roger Connor	123
Hits	Roger Connor	218
Doubles	Roger Connor	39
Triples	Don Kessinger	9
Home Runs	Larry Doby	29
Runs Batted In	Larry Doby	92
Stolen Bases	Roger Connor	36
Caught Stealing	Roger Connor	17
Walks	Dave Malarcher	92
Strikeouts	Larry Doby	119

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	CC Sabathia, Steve Rogers	17
Losses	Harry Krause	14
Saves	Ismael Valdez	24
Games	Ismael Valdez	78
Games Started	CC Sabathia	38
Complete Games	Steve Rogers	12
Shutouts	CC Sabathia	7
Innings Pitched	CC Sabathia	266.0
Hits Allowed	CC Sabathia	247
Home Runs Allowed	Steve Rogers	31
Strikeouts	CC Sabathia	175
Walks Allowed	Harry Krause	81
Earned Run Average	Steve Rogers	3.27
Walks + Hits per IP	Steve Rogers	1.06
BABIP	Steve Rogers	.246