SOUTHERN LEAGUE
So far, the only mention of the 1970 results we've found is in a 1971 pre-season item in the Regina Leader-Post. Ned Andreoni captured the batting title, and the Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy for the second consecutive year, finishing with a .417 average. The Moose Jaw shortstop set a Southern League record with 31 runs batted in and led in hits, 48, runs scored, 35, and slugging percentage, .670. Andreoni belted six homers to finish one back of the leader, Ed Stefureak of Yorkton, who had seven.
Terry Buck of the Melville Millionaires was a force both on the mound and at the plate. He was the runnerup to Andreoni, hitting .371, and was second in earned run average, 1.93. Fred Cardwell of Moose Jaw was the top hurler, with a 7-1 record and ERA of 1.57.
Don Laube of Yorkton was third in the batting race with a .343 average. He was second in hits, with 37, and had nine doubles and four homers. His 26 RBI trailed only Andreoni. Bev Hickie led in stolen bases, with 10.
Ron Snell, Regina Red Sox outfielder, won the Father Athol Murray trophy as the league's outstanding rookie for 1970.
AVE : Andreoni MJR - .417
RUNS : Andreoni MJR - 35
HR : Stefureak YK 7
RBI - Andreoni MJR - 31
SB : Hickie MM - 10
SOUTHERN LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO RBI PCT 1970 SBL Andreoni Ned MJR 115 35 48 6 31 .417 1970 SBL Buck Terry MM .371 1970 SBL Laube Don YK 108 37 9 4 26 .343
MJR=Moose Jaw Regals, MM=Melville Millionaires, RGR=Regina Red Sox, SC=Swift Current Indians,
YK=Yorkton Cardinals Wins : Cardwell MJR, Krik YK - 7
Pct : Cardwell MJR - .875
Games : Krick YK - 16
Started : Kirk YK - 14
Completed : Stone MM - 10
ERA : Cardwell MJR - 1.57
SOUTHERN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA 1970 SBL Cardwell Fred MJR 8 8 7 7 1 .875 1.57 1970 SBL Krick Don YK 16 14 9 7 7 .500 1970 SBL Buck Terry MM 9 9 8 6 3 .667 1.93 1970 SBL Stone Ross MM 11 11 10 6 3 .667 1970 SBL Sawa Randy RGR 11 6 6 5 3 .625 1970 SBL Keller Tom MM 9 8 8 4 3 .571 1970 SBL Beyn Bob YK 10 9 7 4 4 .500 1970 SBL Wall Les SC 10 7 5 4 5 .444 1970 SBL Hemphill Larry SC 5 5 4 3 2 .600 1970 SBL Rowley Roy MJR 9 7 6 3 5 .375 1970 SBL Commodore Wayne SC 5 1 1 2 0 1.000 1970 SBL Seeley Dave RGR 4 3 2 2 0 1.000 1970 SBL McLeod Jackie SC 7 6 2 2 2 .500 1970 SBL Doerksen Erwin MJR 4 2 1 2 2 .500 1970 SBL Flegel Murray RGR 8 6 4 2 3 .400 1970 SBL Fyfe Ron YK 4 1 1 1 0 1.000 1970 SBL Herback Al RGR 1 1 0 1 0 1.000 1970 SBL Simon Doug RGR 2 2 1 1 0 1.000 1970 SBL Cox Tim SC 3 3 2 1 1 .500 1970 SBL Waterer Lloyd MJR 2 2 0 1 1 .500 1970 SBL Wright Bob RGR 4 1 1 1 1 .500 1970 SBL Andrews John SC 4 3 2 1 2 .333 1970 SBL Bellegarde Alex MJR 9 6 1 1 2 .333 1970 SBL Olheiser Fred SC 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1970 SBL Nybo Harvey SC 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1970 SBL Migneault John SC 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1970 SBL Wintonyk Terry YK 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1970 SBL Neal Vern YK 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1970 SBL Andreoni Ned MJR 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1970 SBL LeBere Wayne MJR 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1970 SBL Valberg Mike MM 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1970 SBL Gelowtiz Don MM 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1970 SBL Rieben Pete MM 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1970 SBL Ash Al RGR 1 1 0 0 0 .000 1970 SBL Currie Bob RGR 2 1 0 0 0 .000 1970 SBL Papp Ken RGR 1 1 0 0 0 .000 1970 SBL Duff Gord RGR 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1970 SBL Birchfield Jim SC 1 1 1 0 1 .000 1970 SBL Kambeitz Andy SC 2 1 0 0 1 .000 1970 SBL Mahaffey Wayne SC 3 1 0 0 1 .000 1970 SBL Bradford Arden YK 2 2 0 0 1 .000 1970 SBL Engdahl Jim YK 1 1 0 0 1 .000 1970 SBL Syrota Gary YK 5 1 0 0 1 .000 1970 SBL Sobkow Steve YK 2 0 0 0 1 .000 1970 SBL Hogg Dale MJR 2 1 0 0 1 .000 1970 SBL Valberg Ben MM 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1970 SBL Fellner Bob RGR 3 2 0 0 1 .000 1970 SBL Dimen Brian RGR 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1970 SBL Homme Doug RGR 3 3 1 0 3 .000 Source : Linescores, game reports
NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE
Cam Sternig of the North Battleford Beavers beat out three of his teammates for the 1970 batting title in the Northern Saskatchewan Baseball League. Sternig, who also led in doubles and home runs, finished with a .421 average, well ahead of Mark Perkins, at .397. Greg Dvorak checked in with a .379 mark and Hugh McIvor had a .352 percentage. John Miller of Unity was fifth at .342. Dvorak, the top pitcher in the circuit with 10 wins, was tied for the lead in runs scored with Tim Young of Unity, each with 30. Jim Shaw of the Cardinals was tops in runs batted in, with 30, one more than Sternig.
The batting statistics are incomplete with a half-dozen games missing from the totals. The pitching statistics, shown below, are complete only up to July 15th. The final, incomplete, statistics from league statistician Eldon Elliott did not include detailed pitching results. Elliott's final report had just three lines about pitching to show Greg Dvorak, with a 10-2 record, and Tom Sallaway, at 7-1, with the most wins and best winning percentages. Dvorak was also creditied with the lowest earned run average, 1.60, with Edd Tabashniuk second at 2.56.
Of the games shown as missing from the totals, there were two involving the North Battleford Beavers, one in which Dvorak was the winning pitcher and the other in which Sallaway took the loss. Thus Dvorak's would finish with an 11-2 won-lost record and Sallaway at 7-2.
Average : Sternig NB - .421
Runs : Dvorak NB, Young UN - 30
2B : Sternig NB - 11
3B : Phelps KI - 4
HR : Sternig NB - 4
RBI : Shaw UN - 30
SB : Brown SK - 12
NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
1970 NSBL Sternig Cam NB 23 95 28 40 11 2 4 0 10 11 29 .421
1970 NSBL Perkins Mark NB 23 78 28 31 8 0 2 3 24 15 15 .397
1970 NSBL Dvorak Greg NB 25 100 30 37 9 2 2 4 15 12 16 .370
1970 NSBL McIvor Hugh NB 24 88 26 31 3 1 0 5 13 13 12 .352
1970 NSBL Miller John UN 23 73 13 25 1 2 1 2 9 15 13 .342
1970 NSBL Brown Bob SK 21 82 17 28 2 0 0 12 6 4 11 .341
1970 NSBL Haanen Ken SK 21 78 19 26 10 2 1 1 14 9 14 .333
1970 NSBL McIntyre Bob NM 23 91 18 29 3 1 1 4 13 11 8 .319
1970 NSBL Sobkow Bill NM 24 86 10 27 5 1 2 2 14 13 19 .314
1970 NSBL Shaw Jim UN 25 99 22 30 3 1 2 9 11 13 30 .303
(Others, .200 or better, 25 or more plate appearances)
1970 NSBL Primeau Manny NB 7 26 17 9 3 0 0 1 3 0 6 .346
1970 NSBL Urlacher Neil NM 17 50 6 17 10 0 3 2 15 8 15 .340
1970 NSBL Sharpe Tom UN 13 24 7 8 1 0 0 3 8 1 8 .333
1970 NSBL Jackson Lane KI 10 25 10 8 1 0 0 3 12 3 1 .320
1970 NSBL Woodward Scott NM 18 69 10 22 2 0 1 1 2 16 6 .319
1970 NSBL Schmidt Dick UN 20 63 7 19 4 1 1 0 8 18 13 .302
1970 NSBL Phelps Corky KI 24 83 14 25 9 4 0 1 13 17 12 .301
1970 NSBL Syrota Ernie KI 25 87 12 26 5 0 3 2 9 19 16 .299
1970 NSBL Clements Gary NM 17 57 11 17 4 0 0 0 9 7 5 .298
1970 NSBL Hilsendager Don NB 23 81 13 24 1 1 0 2 13 13 16 .296
1970 NSBL Dahlseide Mel UN 21 76 14 21 3 1 1 1 11 10 13 .276
1970 NSBL McIntyre Don NM 24 74 14 20 2 1 3 1 18 26 17 .270
1970 NSBL Gosselin Ed KI 19 64 14 17 4 1 1 2 11 4 10 .266
1970 NSBL Anderson Dave SK 19 69 12 18 3 0 0 2 2 21 10 .261
1970 NSBL Maxemiuk Fred SK 22 81 12 21 2 0 0 3 5 12 12 .259
1970 NSBL Hein Ron NM 20 66 12 17 4 0 0 0 8 15 9 .258
1970 NSBL Young Tim UN 26 96 30 24 1 2 0 9 25 30 4 .250
1970 NSBL Koroll Mel SK 12 24 2 6 2 0 0 0 2 6 3 .250
1970 NSBL Munch Randy NB 24 93 18 23 1 2 0 7 6 18 10 .247
1970 NSBL Miles Lonnie KI 18 66 7 16 1 3 0 0 5 5 13 .242
1970 NSBL Wilkinson Doug UN 24 92 20 22 2 2 0 6 13 6 23 .239
1970 NSBL Holzman Ed UN 23 67 19 16 0 0 1 3 18 15 12 .239
1970 NSBL Sallaway Tom NB 17 39 6 9 4 0 1 1 6 7 4 .231
1970 NSBL Lampitt Neil NB 25 98 16 22 7 0 0 3 9 11 16 .224
1970 NSBL Bunyan Lorne NM 26 94 17 21 6 0 1 2 15 11 25 .223
1970 NSBL Henricks Don NM 17 46 5 10 1 1 0 0 6 11 3 .217
1970 NSBL Ralston Ed UN 15 42 10 9 2 0 0 2 9 9 3 .214
1970 NSBL Brandon Gary SK 21 75 9 16 1 0 0 2 6 14 6 .213
1970 NSBL Johnston Jim NB 23 96 21 20 2 1 1 4 18 10 11 .208
1970 NSBL Mitchell Al SK 23 82 13 17 1 0 0 4 6 10 12 .207
1970 NSBL Mitchell Ian SK 20 58 9 12 3 0 0 3 15 20 3 .207
1970 NSBL Flanagan Jerry UN 25 73 17 15 3 0 0 2 16 8 6 .205
Source : Eldon Elliott, NSBL Final Statistics. Northwest Herald, August 26, 1970 WINS : Dvorak NB - 7Source : Batter-Up, The Story of the Northern Saskatchewan Baseball League
PCT : Sallaway NB, 6-0 - 1.000
INNINGS : Dvorak NB - 68 2/3
SO : Dvorak NB - 64 NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA 1970 NSBL Dvorak Greg NB 7 1 .875 69 48 10 18 64 1.31 1970 NSBL Tabashniuk Edd SK 3 1 .750 27 19 4 8 14 1.33 1970 NSBL Sallaway Tom NB 6 0 1.000 44 32 14 18 37 2.89 1970 NSBL Henricks Don NM 2 1 .667 20 21 7 10 17 3.10 1970 NSBL Haanen Ken SK 1 1 .500 17 20 6 5 11 3.24 1970 NSBL Ferchuck Al UN 4 3 .571 55 45 20 25 36 3.27 1970 NSBL Miles Lonnie KI 0 1 .000 22 25 9 17 7 3.74 1970 NSBL Anderson John SK 2 3 .400 38 36 16 13 27 3.82 1970 NSBL Phelps Corky KI 1 2 .333 23 29 13 18 16 5.09 1970 NSBL Woodward Scott NM 1 3 .250 23 15 14 20 17 5.56 1970 NSBL Hunchak Harold NM 0 4 .000 31 26 19 16 11 5.58 1970 NSBL Haylor Larry UN 1 5 .167 31 30 20 14 25 5.81 1970 NSBL Hendershott Dana KI 3 4 .429 40 54 26 13 36 5.90 1970 NSBL Hilleary Gil NB 0 0 .000 16 20 12 13 8 6.89 1970 NSBL McIntyre Don NM 0 2 .000 20 30 16 11 12 7.20 KI=Kindersley Klippers, NB=North Battleford Beavers, NM=Neilburg Monarchs, SK=Saskatoon Commodores,
UN=Unity Cardinals
ALBERTA MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUE
It couldn't get much closer as Stu Heron of the Calgary Giants edged out Ron Moffat of the Calgary Cubs for the batting crown, .3801 to .3796. Laverne Bonham of Drumheller was third at .3789. Heron also topped the circuit in doubles, 12, triples, 5, and runs batted in, 38. Bruce Lofting of the Giants was best with 39 runs scored and 6 home runs. Dave Sowinski of Edmonton Tigers led in stolen bases, with 12.
Al Taylor of the Giants was the top hurler with an outstanding 10-2 record. He led the league in wins, innings pitched 90 2/3s, strikeouts, 91, and complete games, 6. Wayne McKee of the Edmonton Blue Willow Angels registered the best earned run average, 1.76, ahead of teammate Malcolm Lynn, at 1.87.
AVE : Heron CGG - .380 RUNS : Lofting CGG - 39
2B : Heron CGG - 12
3B : Heron CGG - 5
HR : Lofting CGG - 6
RBI : Heron CGG - 38
SB : Sowinski EDT - 12 ALBERTA MAJOR BB LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT 1970 AMBL Heron Stu CGG 121 35 46 12 5 38 .380 1970 AMBL Moffat Ron CGC 108 41 23 .380 1970 AMBL Bonham Laverne DH 95 36 4 15 .379 1970 AMBL Billey Vance EDO 104 36 15 .346 1970 AMBL Franchuk Orv EDT 87 28 7 16 .322 1970 AMBL Berlando Jim DH 93 29 16 .312 1970 AMBL Lofting Bruce CGG 123 39 38 7 6 10 23 .309 1970 AMBL Johnston Ron CGC 107 33 16 .308 1970 AMBL Morris Dave CGC 108 33 16 .306 1970 AMBL Thompson Dick EDO 92 27 7 22 .293 1970 AMBL Miller EDW 94 27 12 .287 1970 AMBL Waddle Wally EDT 88 25 12 .284 1970 AMBL Owchar Julie EDT 92 26 13 .283 1970 AMBL Simpson Dennis EDT 96 27 13 .281 1970 AMBL Kadatz Don EDO 70 19 4 .271 1970 AMBL Johnson Al CGG 82 22 9 .268 1970 AMBL Graham Bruce EDO 99 25 10 .253 1970 AMBL Speers Ross EDT 100 25 16 .250 1970 AMBL Watamaniuk Ron EDT 104 25 14 .240 1970 AMBL Tucker Gordie DH 96 22 4 20 .229 1970 AMBL White Rod CCG/DH 88 20 15 .227 1970 AMBL Sowinski Dave EDT 120 25 12 8 .208 Other CGG
1970 AMBL Lewis Hy CGG 50 22 9 .440
1970 AMBL Heatley Murray CGG 50 18 8 .360
1970 AMBL McFadyen Doug CGG 72 24 13 .333
1970 AMBL Duncan Bob CGG 3 1 0 .333
1970 AMBL Moffat Lyle CGG 53 17 11 .321
1970 AMBL Twa Al CGG 75 24 11 .320
1970 AMBL Jones Mark CGG 21 6 3 .286
1970 AMBL Chilton Doug CGG 53 14 11 .264
1970 AMBL Taylor Al CGG 39 10 0 .256
1970 AMBL Jarvis Rod CGG 83 20 4 .241
1970 AMBL Iverson Hal CGG 65 14 4 .215
1970 AMBL Bjerke Grant CGG 29 6 5 .207
1970 AMBL Horb Rick CGG 31 6 2 .194
1970 AMBL McBride Rick CGG 18 1 0 .056
1970 AMBL Strachan Jim CGG 7 0 0 .000 Source : Calgary Herald, August 13-14, 1970 CGG=Foothills (Calgary) Giants, CGC=Calgary Cubs, DH=Drumheller Miners, EDO=Edmonton Oilers,
EDW=Edmonton Blue Willow Angels, EDT=Edmonton Tigers WINS : Taylor CGG - 10
GAMES : Sedran CGC - 15
CG : Taylor CGG - 6
IP : Taylor CGG - 90 2/3s
SO : Taylor CGG - 91
ERA : McKee EDW - 1.76 ALBERTA MAJOR BB LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
1970 AMBL McKee Wayne EDW 4 2 .667 71 73 1.76
1970 AMBL Lynn Malcolm EDW 4 2 .667 34 40 1.87
1970 AMBL Mein Cliff EDO 3 2 .600 36 34 2.27
1970 AMBL Murray Larry EDT 6 3 .667 73 29 2.60
1970 AMBL Lupul Gerry EDO 2 2 .500 40 12 2.67
1970 AMBL Taylor Al CGG 10 2 .833 91 91 2.78
1970 AMBL Chahley Bill EDT 4 1 .800 58 48 2.81
1970 AMBL Curtis Rick EDW 2 3 .400 39 27 2.97
1970 AMBL Sedran Alf CGC 7 6 .538 84 64 3.00
1970 AMBL Lederer Ken EDT 3 3 .500 39 23 3.20
1970 AMBL Miller Wayne CGC 3 1 .750 45 31 3.42
1970 AMBL McCarthy George EDO 2 5 .286 62 53 4.76
1970 AMBL Horb Rick CGG 4 5 .444 75 59 4.82
1970 AMBL Marian Ross EDT 2 3 .400 33 15 5.13
1970 AMBL Pasutto Don DH 5 5 .500 77 47 5.17
1970 AMBL Pushkarenko Ernie CGC 4 3 .571 50 36 5.44
1970 AMBL Cross Wally DH 1 3 .250 36 16 5.80
1970 AMBL Trogan Gary DH 3 3 .500 35 13 8.16 Other CGG
1970 AMBL Lewis Hy CGG 0 0 3 1 0.00
1970 AMBL Chilton Doug CGG 3 0 24 13 0.75
1970 AMBL Strachan Jim CGG 1 1 23 14 3.92