SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Ned Andreoni was the batting story of the 1969 Southern League. The Moose Jaw shortstop ran away with the batting championship compiling a .380 mark over 100 at bats. He also led in runs batted in, with 25, and tied Wayne Commodore of Swift Current for the most homers, each with 6.
Andreoni's teammate, Jim Booth, was the runnerup with a .348 average, just a point ahead of Gord Johnston of Melville. Ed Stefureak, also of the Millionaires, was next, at .338. Barry Day of the Regals was tops in runs scored, with 26, and speedster Bev Hickie of Melville swiped the most bases, 11.
With a 6-1, won-lost mark, Dale Hogg of Moose Jaw was the top hurler in the circuit. Les Wall of Swift Current posted the best earned run average, 2.12. Hogg finished at 3.18. Gary Brunetti of Yorkton was the workhorse with 92 innings pitched. He also led in strikeouts, 60, walks, 52, and losses, 8.
AVE : Andreoni MJR - .380
RUNS : Day MJR - 26
2B : Rowley, Gelowitz MJR - 6
3B : Herback RGR, Booth MJR - 2
HR : Andreoni MJR, Commodore SC - 6
RBI : Andreoni MJR - 25
SB : Hickie Bev MM - 11
SOUTHERN LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO RBI PCT 1969 SBL Andreoni Ned MJR 100 16 38 .380 1969 SBL Booth Jim MJR 89 18 31 .348 1969 SBL Johnson Gord MM 72 15 25 .347 1969 SBL Stefureak Ed MM 56 14 19 .339 1969 SBL Buck Terry MM 84 18 28 .333 1969 SBL Rowley Roy MJR 88 19 29 .330 1969 SBL Gelowitz Don MM 82 12 27 .329 1969 SBL Logan Andy RGR 69 11 22 .319 1969 SBL Simon Doug RGR 68 9 21 .309 1969 SBL Hickie Bev MM 80 22 24 .300 1969 SBL Mein Cliff SC 69 12 20 .290 1969 SBL Gergley Rich RGR 77 8 22 .286
MJR=Moose Jaw Regals, MM=Melville Millionaires, RGR=Regina Red Sox, SC=Swift Current Indians,
YK=Yorkton Cardinals
Source : Regina Leader-Post, August 27, 1969 Wins : Hogg MJR - 6 Pct : Stone MM, 3-0 - 1.000 Games : Brunetti YK - 12
Started : Brunetti YK - 12
Completed : Brunetti YK - 9
ERA : Wall SC - 2.12
IP : Brunetti SC - 92
SO : Brunetti SC - 60
BB : Brunetti SC - 52 SOUTHERN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA 1969 SBL Hogg Dale MJR 9 8 4 6 1 .857 3.18 1969 SBL Bock Gary MJR 7 6 4 5 1 .833 1969 SBL Wall Les SC 11 8 3 5 2 .714 2.12 1969 SBL Buck Terry MM 11 7 6 5 3 .625 1969 SBL Brunetti Gary YK 12 12 9 4 8 .333 92 52 60 1969 SBL Stone Ross MM 4 4 4 3 0 1.000 1969 SBL Pipes Ralph YK 4 2 1 3 1 .750 1969 SBL Homme Doug RGR 6 5 5 3 2 .600 1969 SBL Waterer Lloyd MJR 4 2 2 2 1 .667 1969 SBL Thompson Wayne MM 5 3 2 2 1 .667 1969 SBL Duff Gord MM 5 4 1 2 2 .500 1969 SBL Fellner Bob RGR 6 4 1 2 2 .500 1969 SBL Sawa Randy RGR 7 5 3 2 2 .500 1969 SBL Korven Gary RGR 6 0 0 1 0 1.000 1969 SBL Kammerer Mel SC 6 2 1 1 0 1.000 1969 SBL Nybo Harvey SC 2 0 0 1 0 1.000 1969 SBL Simon Doug RGR 3 3 0 1 1 .500 1969 SBL Henderson Jim SC 2 2 0 1 1 .500 1969 SBL Danbrook Merv YK 2 2 1 1 1 .500 1969 SBL Markowsky Zenon YK 5 1 1 1 1 .500 1969 SBL Rowley Roy MJR 5 1 1 1 2 .333 1969 SBL Seeley Dave RGR 4 3 1 1 2 .333 1969 SBL McLeod Jackie SC 3 3 0 1 2 .333 1969 SBL Willis Jim SC 5 3 2 1 2 .333 1969 SBL Andreoni Ned MJR 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1969 SBL Gelowtiz Don MM 2 1 1 0 0 .000 1969 SBL Twardolchleb Tim MM 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1969 SBL Willison Ralph MM 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1969 SBL Lulashnyk Russell MM 1 1 0 0 0 .000 1969 SBL Gergley Rich RGR 1 1 0 0 0 .000 1969 SBL Mahaffey Wayne RGR 2 1 0 0 0 .000 1969 SBL Yellowega Gene RGR 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1969 SBL Mein Cliff SC 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1969 SBL Keegan Brian SC 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1969 SBL Sobkow Bill YK 3 1 0 0 0 .000 1969 SBL LeBere Wayne MJR 2 2 0 0 1 .000 1969 SBL Simonian Dennis MM 2 1 1 0 1 .000 1969 SBL Stefureak Ed MM 1 1 1 0 1 .000 1969 SBL Hoult Bob RGR 1 1 0 0 1 .000 1969 SBL Ball Dick SC 1 1 0 0 1 .000 1969 SBL Wionzek Lorne YK 3 1 1 0 1 .000 1969 SBL Longmore Paul MJR 6 3 0 0 2 .000 1969 SBL Cargill Len MM 2 2 0 0 2 .000 1969 SBL Fyfe Ron YK 7 4 2 0 2 .000 1969 SBL Sharpe Tom SC 5 3 2 0 3 .000 Source : Regina Leader-Post, August 27, 1969 & Linescores, game reports
NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE
A pair of Neilburg Monarchs finished one-two in the 1969 batting race. Rich Householder, with a .403 average, took the crown over Neil Urlacher, at .372. Pete Duncan of North Battleford had a .400 average but fell four plate appearances short of qualifying for the title. Greg Dvorak, the pitching star of the summer, finished third with a .370 percentage. Duncan and teammate Cam Sternig tied for the lead in home runs, each with 5. Sternig's 34 runs batted in topped the loop. Jim Johnston of the Beavers led in runs, 36, and stolen bases, 15.
Dvorak had a sensational summer finishing with an undefeated 12-0 mark, a league-leading 130 strikeouts, and second-best ERA, 1.76. Larry Haylor of Unity posted a 1.72 earned run average.
AVE : Householder NM - .403
RUNS : Johnston NB - 36
2B : Urlacher NM - 12
3B : Dvorak NB - 5
HR : Duncan, Sternig NB - 5
RBI : Sternig NB - 34
SB : Johnston NB - 15
NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
1969 NSBL Householder Rich NM 21 77 11 31 7 0 3 4 7 8 14 .403
1969 NSBL Duncan Pete NB 18 60 21 24 6 2 5 7 15 14 17 .400
1969 NSBL Urlacher Neil NM 24 78 12 29 12 1 3 4 10 12 17 .372
1969 NSBL Dvorak Greg NB 28 100 24 37 9 5 3 6 14 13 23 .370
1969 NSBL Sternig Cam NB 29 102 21 37 4 0 5 1 13 21 34 .363
1969 NSBL Haanen Ken SK 27 92 23 33 7 1 1 9 22 10 15 .359
1969 NSBL Belluomini Don BG 18 62 8 22 3 2 1 2 9 9 14 .355
1969 NSBL Doerksen Erwin UN 25 76 16 25 4 0 2 2 24 12 22 .329
1969 NSBL Rowley Jack NB 22 72 10 23 5 0 1 0 16 19 18 .319
1969 NSBL Marchenko Brian BG 22 76 7 24 8 1 0 1 5 18 8 .316
1969 NSBL VanDyke Dirk SK 20 68 10 20 5 0 1 3 5 8 15 .294
1969 NSBL Maxemiuk Fred SK 25 96 15 28 1 2 0 2 2 13 10 .292
1969 NSBL Flanagan Jerry KI 28 98 12 28 2 0 2 0 5 21 11 .286
1969 NSBL Gutfriend Ivan UN 24 83 11 23 3 0 0 1 11 21 14 .277
1969 NSBL Johnston Jim NB 30 120 36 33 5 1 0 15 19 16 9 .275
1969 NSBL Graham Bob BG 21 80 7 22 4 0 0 0 8 5 1 .275
1969 NSBL Jackson Lane KI 24 81 9 22 2 0 1 7 20 16 6 .272
1969 NSBL Munch Randy SK 28 122 21 33 3 3 0 10 1 8 10 .270
1969 NSBL Gosselin Ed KI 26 90 9 24 6 0 0 6 8 23 6 .267
1969 NSBL McIntrye Brian NM 28 99 19 26 7 1 1 10 16 19 9 .263
Source : Batter-Up, The Story of the Northern Saskatchewan Baseball League WINS : Dvorak NB - 12
PCT : Dvorak NB, 12-0 - 1.000
INNINGS : Middleton SK - 99
STRIKEOUTS : Dvorak NB - 130
ERA : Haylor UN - 1.72 NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA 1969 NSBL Haylor Larry UN 8 2 .800 68 47 13 21 63 1.72 1969 NSBL Dvorak Greg NB 12 0 1.000 97 69 19 17 130 1.76 1969 NSBL Paganucci Al KI 5 7 .417 98 96 20 21 107 1.84 1969 NSBL Rucobo Vince UN 4 3 .571 61 43 13 36 75 1.92 1969 NSBL Houston Gary KI 3 1 .750 30 20 7 13 30 2.12 1969 NSBL Ferchuk Al UN 5 2 .714 62 56 16 22 43 2.34 1969 NSBL Duncan Pete NB 2 2 .500 29 25 8 5 35 2.45 1969 NSBL Henricks Don NM 7 2 .778 71 61 20 29 72 2.55 1969 NSBL Tabashniuk Edd SK 4 3 .571 54 45 16 30 29 2.65 1969 NSBL Arroyo Rudy UN 4 1 .800 37 25 11 22 46 2.68 1969 NSBL Sewell Ron NM-BG 2 4 .333 50 57 15 10 37 2.70 1969 NSBL Middleton Dave SK 6 6 .500 99 83 32 29 104 2.91 1969 NSBL Hayden Tim KI 2 4 .333 46 51 16 10 23 3.15 1969 NSBL Marchenko Brian BG 0 8 .000 70 70 29 27 51 3.73 1969 NSBL VanDyke Dirk SK 3 5 .375 65 46 27 59 63 3.74 1969 NSBL Lister Jerry NB 7 2 .778 66 63 28 25 77 3.84 1969 NSBL McIntyre Don NM 2 4 .333 56 59 25 31 33 4.04 1969 NSBL Hawes Dave BG 0 7 .000 49 61 32 33 15 5.88 1969 NSBL Belluomini Don BG 2 6 .250 45 54 34 37 51 6.85 1969 NSBL Zaichkowski Bob NM 1 7 .125 59 67 49 38 43 7.52 1969 NSBL Sallaway Tom NB 3 0 1.000 1969 NSBL Doerkson Erwin UN 1 0 1.000 1969 NSBL Cliff Harold NB 1 1 .500 1969 NSBL Slotsve Lou SK 1 1 .500 1969 NSBL Gosselin Ed KI 1 1 .500 1969 NSBL Orsk G. KI 1 1 .500 1969 NSBL Schommer Jim KI 1 1 .500 1969 NSBL Haanen Ken SK 0 1 .000 1969 NSBL Hunchak Harold KI 0 1 .000 1969 NSBL Uzelman Glen KI 0 1 .000 1969 NSBL Docken Conrad NM 0 1 .000 1969 NSBL Seel Jack BG 0 1 .000 1969 NSBL Krysak Pete NM 0 2 .000 BG=Biggar Nationals, KI=Kindersley Klippers, NB=North Battleford Beavers, NM=Neilburg Monarchs,
SK=Saskatoon Commodores, UN=Unity Cardinals
ALBERTA MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUE
In statistics published July 24th, Ed Ashton of the Edmonton Oilers was the leading hitter in the Alberta Major Baseball League with an even .400 average, ahead of Rich Dawson of the Calgary Odeons and Don Kadatz of the Oilers, tied at .364.
Harold Hunchak of Drumheller had the most pitching wins, 9, while Bill Chahley of the Edmonton Tigers had the best earned run average, 1.85. Hunchak also led in innings pitched, 103, and strikeouts, 92.
(Incomplete)
AVE : Ashton EDO - .400
RUNS : Dawson COD - 24
2B : Tucker DH, Watamaniuk EDT - 7
3B : Ashton EDO - 4
HR : McGeachie COD, Kosteniuk EDO - 3
RBI : McGeachie COD - 19
SB : Darling EDW - 16
ALBERTA MAJOR BB LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
1969 AMBL Ashton Ed EDO 65 26 12 .400
1969 AMBL Dawson Rich COD 66 24 7 .364
1969 AMBL Kadatz Don EDO 66 24 8 .364
1969 AMBL Tucker Gordie DH 89 32 17 .360
1969 AMBL Johnson Al CGG 92 29 5 .315
1969 AMBL Bonham Laverne DH 89 28 18 .315
1969 AMBL Kosteniuk Dave EDO 71 22 11 .310
1969 AMBL McGeachie Bob COD 78 24 19 .308
1969 AMBL Maxwell Don COD 107 32 10 .299
1969 AMBL Swinehart Al CGG 71 21 8 .296
1969 AMBL Trogan Gary DH 61 18 8 .295
1969 AMBL Walker Gerry EDW 89 26 15 .292
1969 AMBL Berlando Jim DH 69 20 11 .290
1969 AMBL Skujins Andy EDT 105 30 6 .286
1969 AMBL Moffat Don COD 95 27 18 .284
1969 AMBL Ketcham Frank EDT 65 18 14 .277
1969 AMBL Hodgson Harry EDW 78 21 11 .269
1969 AMBL Ernie Ron COD 79 20 8 .253
1969 AMBL Bester Bill DH 84 21 14 .250
1969 AMBL Darling Don EDW 98 23 12 .235
1969 AMBL Waddle Wally EDT 86 20 10 .233
1969 AMBL Brimacombe Doug EDO 69 16 2 .232
1969 AMBL Chilton Doug CGG 88 20 6 .227
1969 AMBL Heron Stu CGG 72 16 6 .222
1969 AMBL Samis EDW 77 17 8 .221
1969 AMBL Watamaniuk Ron EDT 105 23 17 .219
1969 AMBL Gauf Rod EDW 73 16 12 .219
Source : Calgary Herald, July 24, 1969 CGG=Calgary Giants, COD=Calgary Odeons, DH=Drumheller Miners, EDO=Edmonton Oilers,
EDT=Edmonton Tigers, EDW=Edmonton Angels (Incomplete)
WINS : Hunchak DH - 9
GAMES : Cross COD - 13
IP : Hunchak DH - 103
SO : Hunchak DH - 92
ERA : Chahley EDT - 1.85 ALBERTA MAJOR BB LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA 1969 AMBL Chahley Bill EDT 44 41 44 1.85 1969 AMBL McKee Wayne EDW 33 23 35 2.16 1969 AMBL Horb Rick CGG 36 27 26 2.27 1969 AMBL McCarthy George EDO 73 60 50 65 2.47 1969 AMBL Hunchak Harold DH 9 103 94 92 2.70 1969 AMBL Lynn Malcolm EDW 62 57 65 2.73 1969 AMBL Pushkarenko Ernie DH 38 33 40 2.82 1969 AMBL Pasutto Don DH 48 48 20 2.97 1969 AMBL Taylor Al CGG 67 61 64 3.07 1969 AMBL Marian Ross EDT 37 26 13 3.19 1969 AMBL Poelzer Jim EDW 37 29 31 3.19 1969 AMBL Leeck Ernie EDT 53 49 35 3.20 1969 AMBL Kadatz Don EDO 67 64 72 3.20 1969 AMBL Sedran Alf COD 52 53 50 3.44 1969 AMBL Cross Wally COD 14 63 75 43 4.00 1969 AMBL Twa Dave CGG 6 43 43 41 4.00 1969 AMBL Murray Larry EDT 61 68 26 4.13
INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE :
Bob McKillop, the Kitchener Panthers' playing manager topped the hitters in the Intercounty League with a .381 average, six points ahead of fellow catcher Wayne Fenlon of the London Pontiacs. Ty Crawford of London was right behind at .372.
Paul Knight of Kitchener, with a 10-1 record, had the most pitching victories and the best winning percentage. Dan Camp of Listowel finished with the best ERA, 1.05 while Camp's teammate, Bill McAlpine led in innings, 98, and strikeouts, 99.
[80 or more plate appearances]
Average : McKillop KR - .381
Hits : DeWaele GT - 37
Runs : Crawford LDN - 28
Home Runs : McAlpine LS - 7
RBI : McKillop GT, DeWaele GT, McAlpine LS - 28
Stolen Bases : Eddie LDN - 19
INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
1969 IC McKillop Bob KR 84 23 32 6 2 1 28 .381
1969 IC Fenlon Wayne LDN 96 18 36 8 3 2 19 .375
1969 IC Crawford Ty LDN 86 28 32 8 0 1 16 .372
1969 IC Eddie Arden LDN 105 27 35 3 1 1 19 15 .333
1969 IC Sinclair Gerry TOR 81 5 27 3 0 1 11 .333
1969 IC Harvey Terry HM 105 21 34 4 1 3 21 .324
1969 IC Kyle Steve STR 96 23 31 8 0 3 19 .323
1969 IC Heibein Hugh KR 93 22 30 3 1 1 11 .323
1969 IC DeWaele Roger GT 115 22 37 6 4 5 28 .322
1969 IC Speier Chris STR 103 26 33 7 1 1 12 .320
1969 IC Ebel Gary KR 76 18 24 3 2 2 10 .316
1969 IC Detlor Jim GT 99 13 31 4 3 2 16 .313
1969 IC Pearen Brian LDN 110 25 34 8 1 1 15 .309
1969 IC Upper Wray GT 120 19 37 4 2 0 17 .308
1969 IC Earl Ron STR 78 15 24 7 2 1 11 .308
1969 IC McTavish John HM 73 16 22 1 0 3 14 .301
1969 IC McAlpine Bill LS 103 27 31 4 2 7 28 .301
1969 IC Bell Bryan LS 110 16 33 8 1 1 20 .300
1969 IC DeMarchi Rick LS 117 20 35 7 1 1 17 .299
1969 IC Hall Dave LDN 114 20 34 7 1 1 24 .298
1969 IC Allen Paul LDN 108 20 31 7 2 2 21 .287
1969 IC Roberts Jack HM 84 12 24 4 0 1 11 .286
1969 IC Hatt Ernie GT 95 27 27 4 3 1 9 .284
1969 IC Heffernan Dave GT 106 16 30 10 0 0 19 .283
1969 IC Newitt Gary HM 96 15 27 7 2 0 16 .281
Source - London Free Press, 1969
[40 OR MORE INNINGS PITCHED]
Wins : Knight KR - 10
Innings : McAlpine LS - 98
Strikeouts : McAlpine LS - 99
ERA : Camp LS - 1.05
INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
1969 IC Camp Dan LS 5 1 .833 60 26 12 7 27 84 1.05
1969 IC Moharter Dave LDN 8 1 .889 75 44 27 15 31 98 1.80
1969 IC Hubert Doug GT 5 1 .833 64 48 24 16 17 57 2.25
1969 IC Coryell Roger STR 3 3 .500 43 28 20 11 30 55 2.32
1969 IC Madden Trevor HM 4 4 .500 73 70 32 19 21 61 2.34
1969 IC Murphy Brian LDN 7 2 .778 70 54 31 20 34 72 2.56
1969 IC Appel Larry STR 4 1 .800 45 33 18 13 27 39 2.58
1969 IC McAlpine Bill LS 7 5 .583 98 75 45 29 69 99 2.66
1969 IC Knight Paul KR 10 1 .909 87 52 38 27 23 80 2.79
1969 IC Landreth Doug STR 1 5 .167 43 42 27 15 26 35 3.14
1969 IC Birmingham Rick LDN 4 1 .800 45 37 19 16 18 54 3.20
1969 IC Peterson Gord GT 7 6 .538 95 85 57 37 55 70 3.52
1969 IC Boyd Mark STR 5 6 .455 74 74 38 29 30 85 3.54
1969 IC Heinbuch Court KR 4 1 .800 44 48 21 18 11 29 3.65
1969 IC Sleeman Robbie GU 2 7 .222 87 98 53 43 34 73 4.47
GU=Guelph C-Joys, GT=Galt Terriers, KW=Kitchener-Waterloo Panthers, LDN=London Pontiacs,
HM=Hamilton Red Wings, STR=Stratford Hoods