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1968 Memphis Blues

1968 > Class AA > 1968 Texas League (East)
Overall: 67-69
Scored 526 runs, Allowed 510 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-66

Affiliation: New York Mets-NL
Manager: Roy Sievers
Represented: Memphis, TN
Ballpark: Tim McCarver Stadium (Memphis, TN)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1969

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Jim Bethke 21 25 31 29 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .069 .129 .069 .198 2
2 Curtis Brown 22 129 503 458 49 128 20 8 9 69 8 5 45 85 .279 .344 .417 .761 191
3 Joe Campbell 24 23 69 64 5 11 3 1 0 4 0 0 5 36 .172 .232 .250 .482 16
4 Stu Cann* 22 66 240 225 30 57 9 5 5 16 2 3 15 29 .253 .300 .404 .704 91
5 Tony Canzano# 21 113 409 362 47 86 12 4 1 28 4 3 47 94 .238 .325 .301 .626 109
6 Terry Christman* 24 52 141 127 11 35 2 2 2 11 2 2 14 14 .276 .348 .370 .718 47
7 Steven Christopher# 21 19 9 8 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .500 .556 .500 1.056 4
8 Michael Collins# 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
9 Terry DeWald 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
10 Arsenio Diaz 22 77 273 256 37 64 6 1 12 42 1 0 17 45 .250 .297 .422 .719 108
11 James Dix# 25 11 14 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .214 .214 .214 .429 3
12 Glenn Ezell 23 64 218 209 18 54 10 0 1 17 0 0 9 28 .258 .289 .321 .610 67
13 Lloyd Flodin 28 94 353 324 39 86 19 1 10 37 2 1 29 49 .265 .326 .423 .749 137
14 Tim Foli 17 5 22 20 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .250 .318 .250 .568 5
15 Rich Folkers* 21 27 57 53 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 15 .170 .228 .189 .417 10
16 Roy Foster 22 110 423 389 49 105 16 12 7 57 10 6 34 46 .270 .329 .427 .755 166
17 Rod Gaspar# 22 135 582 517 81 160 15 6 2 47 25 6 65 42 .309 .387 .373 .760 193
18 Greg Goossen 22 10 39 38 3 8 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 8 .211 .231 .342 .573 13
19 Bill Hepler* 22 33 48 45 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 13 .133 .188 .133 .321 6
20 Jerry Hinsley 23 24 46 42 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 15 .167 .239 .190 .430 8
21 Wilbur Huckle 30 9 31 29 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .172 .226 .241 .467 7
22 Mike Jorgensen* 19 28 108 100 7 16 1 2 0 10 4 0 8 20 .160 .222 .210 .432 21
23 Hiram Lewis 21 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
24 Ron Locke 26 9 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 1
25 Sherwin Minster 25 6 24 21 7 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 .333 .417 .333 .750 7
26 Joe Moock* 24 53 208 188 19 36 9 1 1 15 2 0 20 35 .191 .269 .266 .535 50
27 Dennis Musgraves 24 45 12 12 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .333 .583 4
28 Samuel Narron 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
29 Ronald Paul 23 24 30 30 4 5 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 10 .167 .167 .267 .433 8
30 Barry Raziano# 21 42 45 41 4 8 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 10 .195 .267 .268 .535 11
31 Steve Renko 23 22 52 50 5 7 2 0 1 9 0 0 2 17 .140 .173 .240 .413 12
32 Willie Richardson 21 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
33 Juan Rios 25 17 60 59 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 9 .085 .100 .119 .219 7
34 Don Rose 21 7 11 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .100 .182 .100 .282 1
35 Al Schmelz 24 5 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
36 Dave Schneck* 19 16 56 55 8 9 1 0 2 8 1 1 1 17 .164 .179 .291 .469 16
37 David Smith 23 80 292 287 20 57 10 3 3 21 0 2 5 45 .199 .212 .286 .498 82
38 Roger Stevens* 22 108 390 367 53 100 16 5 4 39 4 10 23 45 .272 .315 .376 .691 138
39 Jack Tracy 25 20 84 80 8 27 4 1 1 11 0 0 4 8 .338 .369 .450 .819 36
39 Players 22.7 136 5038 4529 526 1117 163 54 63 467 66 40 371 790 .247 .311 .348 .659 1577 63 54 21 32
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Jim Bethke 21 5 3 .625 3.38 25 8 88.0 93 42 33 3 21 57 1.295 9.5 0.3 2.1 5.8 2.71
2 Terry Christman* 24 2 2 .500 3.00 8 2 30.0 33 14 10 0 6 27 1.300 9.9 0.0 1.8 8.1 4.50
3 Steven Christopher* 21 2 1 .667 5.79 19 0 42.0 48 32 27 2 26 35 1.762 10.3 0.4 5.6 7.5 1.35
4 Rich Folkers* 21 13 9 .591 2.41 27 26 168.0 153 63 45 4 48 142 1.196 8.2 0.2 2.6 7.6 2.96
5 Bill Hepler* 22 9 6 .600 3.12 33 23 156.0 145 68 54 9 54 107 1.276 8.4 0.5 3.1 6.2 1.98
6 Jerry Hinsley 23 9 12 .429 3.59 24 24 143.0 128 76 57 11 56 115 1.287 8.1 0.7 3.5 7.2 2.05
7 Hiram Lewis 21 0 0 2.25 3 0 8.0 7 2 2 0 3 2 1.250 7.9 0.0 3.4 2.2 0.67
8 Ron Locke* 26 0 1 .000 2.25 9 1 20.0 21 6 5 0 4 12 1.250 9.4 0.0 1.8 5.4 3.00
9 Dennis Musgraves 24 4 2 .667 1.56 45 0 75.0 47 16 13 1 25 63 0.960 5.6 0.1 3.0 7.6 2.52
10 Ronald Paul* 23 6 9 .400 3.54 24 14 117.0 127 57 46 9 37 83 1.402 9.8 0.7 2.8 6.4 2.24
11 Barry Raziano 21 8 8 .500 1.75 42 5 139.0 103 43 27 4 58 120 1.158 6.7 0.3 3.8 7.8 2.07
12 Steve Renko 23 7 11 .389 3.29 22 22 145.0 116 63 53 10 73 106 1.303 7.2 0.6 4.5 6.6 1.45
13 Willie Richardson 21 0 0 0.00 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 2 1 1.250 6.8 0.0 4.5 2.2 0.50
14 Les Rohr* 22 0 1 .000 9.00 1 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
15 Don Rose 21 1 4 .200 3.09 7 7 35.0 28 18 12 3 17 33 1.286 7.2 0.8 4.4 8.5 1.94
16 Al Schmelz 24 1 0 1.000 2.42 5 5 26.0 25 8 7 3 8 19 1.269 8.7 1.0 2.8 6.6 2.38
16 Players 22.3 67 69 .493 2.95 136 136 96 40 12 1198.0 1079 510 393 59 440 34 922 38 5 71 1.268 8.1 0.4 3.3 6.9 2.10

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Lloyd Flodin 90 658 75 8 7 .989 8.14 8
Glenn Ezell 49 298 34 8 3 .976 6.78 9

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Arsenio Diaz 49 390 34 9 35 .979 8.65
Terry Christman 39 290 21 3 18 .990 7.97
Mike Jorgensen 27 211 11 0 19 1.000 8.22
Joe Campbell 11 84 8 4 9 .958 8.36
Greg Goossen 10 66 4 0 5 1.000 7.00
Curtis Brown 8 61 6 1 7 .985 8.38
James Dix 8 23 3 0 3 1.000 3.25
Dave Schneck 3 24 0 2 2 .923 8.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
David Smith 56 117 130 11 34 .957 4.41
Stu Cann 40 76 104 5 19 .973 4.50
Jack Tracy 20 42 55 3 13 .970 4.85
Joe Moock 12 29 23 3 8 .945 4.33
Wilbur Huckle 7 12 13 0 2 1.000 3.57
Sherwin Minster 6 19 17 2 4 .947 6.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Curtis Brown 74 65 119 26 17 .876 2.49
Joe Moock 38 33 86 19 6 .862 3.13
David Smith 17 17 29 4 6 .920 2.71
Stu Cann 12 12 29 3 4 .932 3.42
Arsenio Diaz 1 0 2 3 0 .400 2.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tony Canzano 112 181 341 36 61 .935 4.66
Juan Rios 17 29 40 11 8 .863 4.06
Tim Foli 5 8 10 2 2 .900 3.60
Stu Cann 4 6 11 2 2 .895 4.25
Joe Moock 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
Wilbur Huckle 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rod Gaspar 132 276 16 9 4 .970 2.21
Roy Foster 103 169 10 3 5 .984 1.74
Roger Stevens 92 125 5 3 2 .977 1.41
Curtis Brown 42 84 4 0 1 1.000 2.10
Arsenio Diaz 14 19 0 1 0 .950 1.36
Dave Schneck 11 18 1 2 1 .905 1.73
Joe Campbell 7 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.71
Stu Cann 7 17 3 0 0 1.000 2.86
Glenn Ezell 5 7 1 1 0 .889 1.60
James Dix 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Barry Raziano 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Jim Bethke 21 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Nov 5, 1946 Falls City, NE, US
Curtis Brown 22 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Sep 14, 1945 Sacramento, CA, US
Joe Campbell 24 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Mar 10, 1944 Louisville, KY, US
Stu Cann 22 L R 5' 11.0" 165 Jun 18, 1946 Kankakee, IL, US
Tony Canzano 21 S R 5' 11.0" 175 Dec 3, 1946 San Jose, CA, US
Terry Christman 24 L L 6' 1.0" 180 Dec 11, 1943 San Francisco, CA, US
Steven Christopher 21 S L 6' 1.0" 200 1947
Michael Collins 22 S R 5' 11.0" 200 1946
Terry DeWald 22 R R 5' 11.0" 168 1946
Arsenio Diaz 22 R R 6' 2.0" 203 Dec 14, 1945
James Dix 25 S L 5' 10.0" 165 1943
Glenn Ezell 23 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Oct 29, 1944 Kentwood, LA, US
Lloyd Flodin 28 R R 6' 1.0" 190 May 12, 1940
Tim Foli 17 R R 6' 0.0" 179 Dec 6, 1950 Culver City, CA, US
Rich Folkers 21 L L 6' 2.0" 180 Oct 17, 1946 Waterloo, IA, US
Roy Foster 22 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Jul 29, 1945 Bixby, OK, US
Rod Gaspar 22 S L 5' 11.0" 165 Apr 3, 1946 Long Beach, CA, US
Greg Goossen 22 R R 6' 1.0" 210 Dec 14, 1945 Los Angeles, CA, US
Bill Hepler 22 L L 6' 0.0" 160 Sep 25, 1945 Covington, VA, US
Jerry Hinsley 23 R R 5' 11.0" 165 Apr 9, 1945 Hugo, OK, US
Wilbur Huckle 30 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Dec 23, 1937
Mike Jorgensen 19 L L 6' 0.0" 195 Aug 16, 1948 Passaic, NJ, US
Hiram Lewis 21 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Oct 10, 1946
Ron Locke 26 R L 5' 11.0" 168 Apr 4, 1942 Wakefield, RI, US
Sherwin Minster 25 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Aug 19, 1942
Joe Moock 24 L R 6' 1.0" 180 Mar 12, 1944 Plaquemine, LA, US
Dennis Musgraves 24 R R 6' 4.0" 188 Dec 25, 1943 Indianapolis, IN, US
Samuel Narron 23 R R 5' 11.0" 190 1945
Ronald Paul 23 R L 6' 3.0" 210 Jun 10, 1945
Barry Raziano 21 S R 5' 10.0" 175 Feb 5, 1947 New Orleans, LA, US
Steve Renko 23 R R 6' 5.0" 230 Dec 10, 1944 Kansas City, KS, US
Willie Richardson 21 R R 6' 0.0" 1947
Juan Rios 25 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Jul 14, 1942 Mayaguez, PR
Les Rohr 22 L L 6' 5.0" 205 Mar 5, 1946 Lowestoft, Suffolk, GB
Don Rose 21 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Mar 19, 1947 Covina, CA, US
Al Schmelz 24 R R 6' 4.0" 210 Nov 12, 1943 Whittier, CA, US
Dave Schneck 19 L L 5' 10.0" 200 Jun 18, 1949 Allentown, PA, US
David Smith 23 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Jul 19, 1944
Roger Stevens 22 L L 5' 10.0" 178 Feb 13, 1946
Jack Tracy 25 R R 5' 11.0" 178 Aug 11, 1942

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