TOTS Senior Baseball Network
60-and-over baseball
The "young men" of the Tucson Old Timers baseball club shattered a hand full of batting records in 2014. Pete Peters, 65, Lloyd Barzell, 64, and 62-year old Tim Tolson broke individual season records in hits and RBIs -- all of which were established way back in 2005 and 2006.
Tim Tolson, who played in just 82 games in 2014, established a new record for RBI in a season with 175. The young power hitter collected 177 hits in just 274 at bats, while he scored 128 runs, drilled 56 doubles and led the club in home runs with 12. Tolson's .646 batting average for the year was the best on the ball club.
But it was Peters and Barzell who made the most "noise" in 2014 as they both broke the individual season hits record of 228, established in 2005 by Chico Bigham, who is now a young 76-year-old. Peters played in 121 games (the most by a TOT) and collected 241 hits in 414 at bats for a healthy batting average for the year of .582. Barzell, on the other hand, played in 116 games and hit safely 239 times in 421 at bats, which calculates out to .568 average.
The two players spent a lot of time on the bases. Barzell led the club in runs scored with 194 (a new club record as well), while Peters crossed the plate 167 times (third on the club in that category). Another "young man" -- 63-year-old Brian Reilly snuck in for second in the club in runs scored with 168.
Four players drove in 100 runs or more for the season. Tolson, of course, led the way with 175, followed by Peters (113), Bigham (110) and Pigpen Price (100).
In the 80-and-over group, it was 89-year-old Floyd Lance leading the way. Lance, the oldest member of the TOTS, played in 111 games and batted a respectable .332. He collected 103 hits in just 310 at bats. He also walked 57 times, led the club in sacrifices with 10 and drove in 71 runs.
It was a record-shattering year in 2014 for the TOTS. Forty-nine members stepped to plate in 2014 -- the 47th year for the organization.
The following is the batting statistics for all 49 players (Games played, AB, R, H, RBIs and season-ending batting averages, in that order):
G AB R H RBI Avg.
Archie Burke 79 202 17 27 17 .134
Arnie White 28 90 24 37 26 .411
Art Radtke 8 22 0 2 0 .091
Billy Heiny 93 273 36 54 34 .198
Bob Daliege 63 201 65 114 70 .567
Bob Katz 69 138 18 4 6 .029
Bob Royer 82 198 26 19 18 .096
Bob Stofft 63 173 19 47 31 .272
Brian Reilly 103 365 168 174 42 .477
Carl Brutovsky 63 199 29 70 35 .352
Chico Bigham 101 334 98 146 110 .437
Chuck Sabalos 28 82 7 27 20 . 329
Dan Boxberger 31 104 22 56 41 .538
Dan Lundwall 58 168 40 54 22 .321
Danny Price 101 347 74 144 100 .415
Dave Rhoades 55 151 34 75 53 .497
Dennis Crowley 90 287 139 156 37 .545
Denny Leonard 99 295 29 74 58 .251
Dick Ducklow 48 167 33 74 41 .443
Doc Thompson 38 113 23 63 57 .558
Ed Eckert 5 17 1 12 10 .706
Ed Rife 15 48 7 20 12 .417
Ed Seelbinder 37 116 15 29 15 .250
Floyd Lance 111 310 40 103 71 .332
George Staas 6 22 4 8 6 .364
Jack Glickman 46 122 9 9 4 .074
Jeff Helzel 4 11 1 5 0 .455
Jeff Rein 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jerry Hamelin 53 161 27 39 40 .242
Jerry Smarik 115 331 11 48 30 .145
Jesse Ochoa 43 141 14 64 44 .454
Jim Sears 12 46 25 31 15 .674
Joe Aparicio 113 315 27 50 36 .159
Joe Dinich 17 52 11 21 5 .404
Joe Opocensky 20 46 12 23 18 .500
John Misiaszek 12 32 8 19 9 .594
John Petrick 14 50 11 20 7 .400
Leon Glasshoffer 42 101 9 17 16 .168
Lloyd Barzell 116 421 194 239 96 .568
Mike Steele 36 127 41 79 29 .622
Mike Taylor 11 29 2 15 12 .517
Pete Cerenzia 4 11 6 5 4 .455
Pete Peters 121 414 167 241 113 .582
Richard McCorkle 2 7 3 3 0 .429
Ron Carlson 95 295 41 118 81 .400
Ron Petersen 50 156 58 79 60 .506
Ted Davis 43 121 28 55 29 .455
Tim Tolson 82 274 128 177 175 .646
Tom Potter 13 36 4 12 6 .333
Photos: Tim Tolson (established a new season record for RBI), Floyd Lance (led all 80-over-players in hitting for 2014), Pete Peters (breaks nine-year old TOTS' hits record for a season) and Lloyd Barzell (also breaks single season hits record and led the club in runs-scored with 194 -- also a new record).
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