Birmingham Black Barons History - 1970 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1970 Birmingham Black Barons	78	84	.481	5^th	8	78-84	0	.243	3.90			3,112,201	$61,135,374	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Ron Cey (3B), Carlos Correa (SS)	2
All-Star	Ron Cey, Larry Doby, Ray Herbert, Bruce Petway	4
Pitcher of the Month	CC Sabathia (Jun)	1
Player of the Week	Larry Doby (Apr 27), Roger Connor (Jul 27), Bob Watson (Aug 17)	3

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	30	162	658	178	24	5	23	102	96	74	6	0	9	59	28	20	.271	.345	.427	.772	2.4	105
RF	Larry Doby	33	157	588	159	23	2	28	72	80	72	5	3	1	152	1	0	.270	.354	.459	.814	4.7	115
3B	Ron Cey	34	153	574	131	15	1	34	86	69	56	15	0	4	117	0	0	.228	.311	.436	.747	3.6	97
2B	Dave Malarcher	27	150	526	117	9	1	14	50	74	59	17	10	3	77	16	7	.222	.319	.323	.642	1.1	72
LF	Bob Watson	23	138	552	155	28	1	21	56	63	35	11	1	5	94	0	1	.281	.333	.449	.783	2.1	107
CF	Jim Piersall	29	140	516	127	22	6	8	52	53	46	3	0	2	46	6	7	.246	.310	.359	.669	1.5	78
SS	Carlos Correa	29	129	480	126	30	3	23	70	69	53	2	2	4	85	9	3	.263	.336	.481	.817	4.6	115
C	Bruce Petway	29	131	482	111	18	0	15	44	56	47	6	0	5	88	12	10	.230	.304	.361	.665	1.7	77
SS	Don Kessinger	28	78	203	52	11	2	1	24	21	30	1	1	4	13	0	3	.256	.349	.345	.694	0.6	86
LF	Rajai Davis	36	72	165	41	7	1	6	18	18	10	1	0	0	34	8	2	.248	.295	.412	.708	0.4	87
RF	Mickey Rivers	26	48	134	35	2	8	1	17	21	8	2	0	1	12	7	2	.261	.310	.418	.728	0.6	92
C	Ken Suarez	32	35	107	27	7	0	0	12	8	13	4	0	0	6	0	0	.252	.355	.318	.673	0.4	82
P	CC Sabathia	23	41	89	7	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	20	0	30	0	0	.079	.099	.079	.178	-2.2	-52
P	Harry Krause	19	39	87	11	3	0	0	7	5	1	0	11	1	20	0	0	.126	.135	.161	.296	-1.6	-21
RF	Rick Leach	33	81	77	20	1	0	0	7	7	4	4	0	2	12	0	0	.260	.322	.273	.595	-0.0	61
P	Bob Brown	19	36	72	16	0	0	1	8	8	6	0	5	0	39	0	0	.222	.282	.264	.546	-0.2	47
P	Ismael Valdez	24	19	42	7	3	0	0	3	4	2	0	9	0	19	0	0	.167	.205	.238	.443	-0.5	18
3B	Jim Gilliam	32	26	40	6	1	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	4	0	1	.150	.261	.175	.436	-0.3	20
SS	Mark Belanger	29	29	31	5	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	0	7	0	1	.161	.188	.226	.413	-0.3	10
P	Willie E Adams	24	16	21	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	0	7	0	0	.143	.217	.190	.408	-0.4	10
CF	Doug Glanville	35	15	25	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	.120	.154	.120	.274	-0.4	-25
P	Shane Rawley	28	41	21	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	.048	.048	.095	.143	-0.4	-63
P	Rick Reuschel	22	9	11	3	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	5	0	4	0	0	.273	.333	.455	.788	-0.2	108
3B	Alvaro Espinoza	31	7	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	-0.1	26
P	Steve Rogers	33	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
P	Billy Wagner	36	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Jack Fee	30	42	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Ray Herbert	21	53	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
P	Gordon Jones	26	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
P	Ian Krol	25	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.1	-100
30 Players		29.1	1946	5526	1342	211	30	175	640	663	528	79	79	42	942	87	57	.243	.316	.387	.703	16.8	86
NL Rank				3	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	4	2	1	5	4	5	5	5
ABBA Rank				5	9	10	10	5	7	7	4	2	5	5	7	4	2	9	7	8	8	8

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	23	41	41	18	15	0	3.68	298.3	300	138	122	43	85	182	0	11	2	1.29	.274	3.7	113
Harry Krause	19	39	39	14	16	0	3.87	279.0	235	126	120	48	94	266	0	10	3	1.18	.261	3.8	107
Bob Brown	19	36	31	11	16	0	4.60	230.7	249	124	118	27	105	139	0	3	0	1.53	.301	2.4	90
Ismael Valdez	24	19	19	5	9	0	3.87	142.0	137	61	61	20	33	68	0	5	0	1.20	.261	1.6	107
Shane Rawley	28	41	7	0	8	1	4.09	103.3	109	49	47	16	38	60	0	0	0	1.42	.284	0.2	101
Willie E Adams	24	16	13	3	1	0	4.90	79.0	80	45	43	13	38	47	0	0	0	1.49	.271	-0.1	85
Ray Herbert	21	53	0	6	7	11	2.90	71.3	62	26	23	4	25	65	1	0	0	1.22	.287	2.5	143
Jack Fee	30	42	0	2	1	1	3.39	63.7	71	30	24	12	23	40	1	0	0	1.48	.292	-0.3	122
Billy Wagner	36	37	0	7	3	11	3.22	58.7	49	21	21	6	13	54	1	0	0	1.06	.277	1.7	129
Rick Reuschel	22	9	9	2	2	0	2.98	57.3	54	22	19	5	21	23	0	0	0	1.31	.258	0.8	139
Ian Krol	25	31	0	3	1	1	3.11	46.3	39	18	16	2	12	22	0	0	0	1.10	.261	0.7	133
Gordon Jones	26	28	0	5	4	1	6.34	32.7	41	23	23	9	7	29	1	0	0	1.47	.327	-0.3	65
Steve Rogers	33	3	3	2	1	0	2.75	19.7	15	6	6	1	9	9	0	1	1	1.22	.233	0.4	151
Orlin Collier	33	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	.250	0.0	0
14 Pitchers	23.1	396	162	78	84	26	3.90	1484.0	1443	689	643	206	503	1004	4	30	6	1.31	.277	17.1	109
NL Rank		2	1	5	2	5	3	2	4	3	3	5	3	2	5	5	6	3	3	4
ABBA Rank		3	1	8	5	10	7	3	9	7	7	11	6	3	10	9	9	7	6	8

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Sabathia	41	41	17	29	3	51	5	.902	298.3	1.39	-2.5
H. Krause	39	39	10	26	0	39	3	.923	279.0	1.16	-1.9
B. Brown	36	31	23	27	1	50	0	1.000	230.7	1.95	1.0
I. Valdez	19	19	9	13	1	23	1	.957	142.0	1.39	0.1
S. Rawley	41	7	8	12	0	20	0	1.000	103.3	1.74	0.5
W. Adams	16	13	4	11	0	17	2	.882	79.0	1.71	-1.0
R. Herbert	53	0	6	4	0	10	0	1.000	71.3	1.26	0.5
J. Fee	42	0	1	14	1	17	2	.882	63.7	2.12	0.5
B. Wagner	36	0	3	4	1	7	0	1.000	58.7	1.07	0.0
R. Reuschel	9	9	4	6	0	13	3	.769	57.3	1.57	-1.5
I. Krol	31	0	2	8	1	10	0	1.000	46.3	1.94	1.0
G. Jones	28	0	2	3	0	5	0	1.000	32.7	1.38	0.5
S. Rogers	3	3	2	0	0	3	1	.667	19.7	0.92	-0.5
O. Collier	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
Totals	395	162	92	157	8	266	17	.936	1484.0	1.51	-3.2

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
B. Petway	131	131	838	47	11	888	3	.997	1193.7	6.67	0.6	4	32.3
K. Suarez	33	31	192	16	1	209	1	.995	290.3	6.45	0.2	3	38.1
Totals	164	162	1030	63	12	1097	4	.996	1484.0	6.63	0.8	7	33.7

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Connor	162	162	1387	103	137	1506	16	.989	1484.0	9.04	-0.7
Totals	162	162	1387	103	137	1506	16	.989	1484.0	9.04	-0.7

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Malarcher	145	145	327	390	113	724	7	.990	1315.0	4.91	1.8
D. Kessinger	17	16	40	47	10	92	5	.946	147.3	5.31	-1.2
M. Belanger	6	1	7	5	2	12	0	1.000	21.7	4.98	-0.1
Totals	168	162	374	442	125	828	12	.986	1484.0	4.95	0.6

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Cey	151	150	87	342	31	437	8	.982	1343.7	2.87	6.3
J. Gilliam	11	7	3	20	4	23	0	1.000	64.3	3.22	-0.6
D. Kessinger	6	4	4	10	0	15	1	.933	45.7	2.76	-0.0
M. Belanger	7	0	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	19.0	1.42	-0.0
A. Espinoza	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	10.3	1.74	-0.0
D. Malarcher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	178	162	94	377	35	480	9	.981	1484.0	2.86	5.7

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Correa	129	129	161	362	83	534	11	.979	1136.7	4.14	4.9
D. Kessinger	37	30	41	94	18	137	2	.985	301.7	4.03	1.6
M. Belanger	13	3	6	11	2	17	0	1.000	39.0	3.92	-0.1
R. Cey	4	0	2	2	0	5	1	.800	6.7	5.40	-0.5
Totals	183	162	210	469	103	693	14	.980	1484.0	4.12	5.9

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Watson	137	137	351	5	1	363	7	.981	1227.0	2.61	-6.1
R. Davis	23	21	49	1	0	51	1	.980	203.0	2.22	-0.7
J. Piersall	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	18.0	0.50	-0.0
D. Glanville	4	1	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	15.0	4.20	-0.1
M. Rivers	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	13.0	0.69	-0.0
R. Leach	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	5.0	3.60	-0.0
L. Doby	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	3.0	6.00	-0.0
Totals	175	161	413	6	1	427	8	.981	1484.0	2.54	-6.9

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Piersall	118	118	345	13	3	364	6	.984	1070.0	3.01	2.2
L. Doby	39	39	101	5	1	109	3	.972	346.0	2.76	-1.1
R. Davis	5	4	10	2	0	12	0	1.000	39.0	2.77	-0.2
D. Glanville	2	1	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	27.3	1.65	-0.1
M. Rivers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	166	162	461	20	4	490	9	.982	1484.0	2.92	0.9

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Doby	110	110	252	6	2	262	4	.985	981.7	2.37	6.9
M. Rivers	32	29	77	3	1	80	0	1.000	264.3	2.72	1.3
J. Piersall	15	14	30	1	0	32	1	.969	139.0	2.01	2.9
R. Davis	9	8	20	2	1	22	0	1.000	70.3	2.82	-0.1
D. Glanville	7	1	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	20.7	2.18	-0.0
R. Leach	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12	-0.0
Totals	174	162	385	12	4	402	5	.988	1484.0	2.41	11.1

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Bob Watson	.281
On-Base Percentage	Larry Doby	.354
Slugging Percentage	Carlos Correa	.481
OPS	Carlos Correa	.817
Games	Roger Connor	162
At-Bats	Roger Connor	658
Runs	Roger Connor	96
Hits	Roger Connor	178
Doubles	Carlos Correa	30
Triples	Mickey Rivers	8
Home Runs	Ron Cey	34
Runs Batted In	Roger Connor	102
Stolen Bases	Roger Connor	28
Caught Stealing	Roger Connor	20
Walks	Roger Connor	74
Strikeouts	Larry Doby	152

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	CC Sabathia	18
Losses	Harry Krause, Bob Brown	16
Saves	Ray Herbert, Billy Wagner	11
Games	Ray Herbert	53
Games Started	CC Sabathia	41
Complete Games	CC Sabathia	11
Shutouts	Harry Krause	3
Innings Pitched	CC Sabathia	298.3
Hits Allowed	CC Sabathia	300
Home Runs Allowed	Harry Krause	48
Strikeouts	Harry Krause	266
Walks Allowed	Bob Brown	105
Earned Run Average	CC Sabathia	3.68
Walks + Hits per IP	Harry Krause	1.18
BABIP	Harry Krause	.261

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
June 21st	RF Mickey Rivers P Steve Rogers	to the Houston Eagles for	P Billy Wagner