1968 Burlington Bees

1968 > Class A > 1968 Midwest League
Overall: 48-68
Scored 452 runs, Allowed 559 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 47-69

Affiliation: Oakland Athletics-AL
Manager: Jim Hughes
Represented: Burlington, IA
Ballpark: Community Field (Burlington, IA)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1967 / 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	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Bill Aubertin*	19	22		49		9	0	0	0						.184		.184		9
2	Darrell Baker	20	19		11		2	0	0	0						.182		.182		2
3	Brien Bickerton*	18	17		34		3	1	0	0						.088		.118		4
4	Vida Blue#	18	24		46		7	2	0	0						.152		.196		9
5	Clyde Brooks*	21	12		4		1	0	0	0						.250		.250		1
6	Roger Cain	18	101		296		59	13	2	11						.199		.368		109
7	Garrett Coleman	19	6		15		3	1	0	0						.200		.267		4
8	Dennis Coull	20	23		39		4	1	0	0						.103		.128		5
9	Nick DeFlorio	21	105		377		86	9	4	1						.228		.281		106
10	Ramon Diaz	19	14		30		2	0	0	0						.067		.067		2
11	Gary Ebel*	21	38		61		15	3	0	0						.246		.295		18
12	Bill Geiger	21	31		22		2	0	0	0						.091		.091		2
13	Bill Harkins	18	10		3		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
14	Mike Heinitz	19	26		74		16	1	1	1						.216		.297		22
15	George Hendrick	18	103		364		119	25	4	5						.327		.459		167
16	Jim Hughes	33	17		50		10	1	0	0						.200		.220		11
17	Stan Jones	28	36		19		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
18	Don Lohse	22	12		17		3	0	0	0						.176		.176		3
19	Sam Lovelace	19	87		328		79	17	1	2						.241		.317		104
20	Gil Marcano	17	5		1		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
21	Dennis McKernan*	23	71		240		66	11	2	3						.275		.375		90
22	Francis Mulligan	20	11		2		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
23	Martin Olson	21	80		268		51	11	1	9						.190		.340		91
24	Reyes Ortiz	18	22		38		11	2	0	0						.289		.342		13
25	Jim Pamlanye	23	43		157		41	5	0	2						.261		.331		52
26	Mike Peden	21	35		100		15	4	0	1						.150		.220		22
27	Bob Pirnik	19	6		6		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
28	Reggie Sanders	18	111		421		111	24	7	22						.264		.511		215
29	Jose Santana	19	5		3		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
30	Vic Sciamarelli*	20	88		240		50	4	0	1						.208		.238		57
31	John Shearer*	21	33		34		3	0	0	0						.088		.088		3
32	Joe Tassone	20	78		257		54	9	1	0						.210		.253		65
33	Larry Vlasin	21	58		213		53	9	1	0						.249		.300		64
34	John VonAchen	23	24		2		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
35	Leonard Zandy*	23	5		6		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
	35 Players	20.1	116	4292	3831	452	875	152	24	58	386	60	20	358	933	.228	.298	.326	.624	1249	36	39	28	12

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	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Bill Aubertin	19	6	11	.353	3.28	22	21				140.0	130	71	51	6	59							1.350	8.4	0.4	3.8
2	Darrell Baker	20	2	4	.333	5.02	19	2				43.0	32	30	24	2	36							1.581	6.7	0.4	7.5
3	Brien Bickerton*	18	5	5	.500	3.87	17	15				93.0	77	53	40	3	77							1.656	7.5	0.3	7.5
4	Vida Blue*	18	8	11	.421	2.49	24	24				152.0	102	67	42	4	80							1.197	6.0	0.2	4.7
5	Clyde Brooks*	21	1	2	.333	5.00	12	1				18.0	20	16	10	2	16							2.000	10.0	1.0	8.0
6	Dennis Coull	20	9	5	.643	3.80	23	17				123.0	106	64	52	14	70							1.431	7.8	1.0	5.1
7	Bill Geiger	21	1	7	.125	5.38	31	8				87.0	90	69	52	6	50							1.609	9.3	0.6	5.2
8	Bill Harkins	18	1	1	.500	4.50	10	0				18.0	23	16	9	3	5							1.556	11.5	1.5	2.5
9	Stan Jones	28	4	3	.571	1.41	36	0				70.0	48	19	11	3	15							0.900	6.2	0.4	1.9
10	Don Lohse	22	0	8	.000	5.14	12	11				56.0	64	56	32	8	43							1.911	10.3	1.3	6.9
11	Gil Marcano	17	0	0		0.90	5	0				10.0	8	3	1	0	4							1.200	7.2	0.0	3.6
12	Francis Mulligan	20	0	0		3.60	11	0				20.0	25	8	8	0	6							1.550	11.2	0.0	2.7
13	John Shearer*	21	8	7	.533	2.95	33	14				113.0	110	52	37	6	37							1.301	8.8	0.5	2.9
14	John VonAchen	23	3	2	.600	2.68	24	0				37.0	32	16	11	4	17							1.324	7.8	1.0	4.1
15	Leonard Zandy	23	0	2	.000	4.74	5	4				19.0	18	19	10	1	17							1.842	8.5	0.5	8.1
	15 Players	20.7	48	68	.414	3.52	116	116	97	19	9	997.1	885	559	390	62	532	14	865	28	8	87	4390	1.421	8.0	0.6	4.8	7.8	1.63

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Stan Jones	36							0.00
John Shearer	33							0.00
Bill Geiger	31							0.00
Vida Blue	24							0.00
John VonAchen	24							0.00
Dennis Coull	23							0.00
Bill Aubertin	22							0.00
Darrell Baker	19							0.00
Brien Bickerton	17							0.00
Clyde Brooks	12							0.00
Don Lohse	12							0.00
Francis Mulligan	11							0.00
Bill Harkins	10							0.00
Gil Marcano	5							0.00
Leonard Zandy	5							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Bill Aubertin	19	L	R	6' 5.0"	215	1949
Darrell Baker	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	188	1948
Brien Bickerton	18	L	L	6' 3.0"	185	Jul 6, 1949
Vida Blue	18	S	L	6' 0.0"	189	Jul 28, 1949	Mansfield, LA, US
Clyde Brooks	21	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	1947
Roger Cain	18	R	R	6' 2.0"	192	Sep 16, 1949
Garrett Coleman	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Aug 14, 1948	Gainesville, FL, US
Dennis Coull	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	1948
Nick DeFlorio	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	1947
Ramon Diaz	19	R	R	5' 10.0"	150	1949
Gary Ebel	21	L	R	6' 1.0"	200	1947
Bill Geiger	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Feb 8, 1947	Red Bank, NJ, US
Bill Harkins	18	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	1950
Mike Heinitz	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	1949
George Hendrick	18	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Oct 18, 1949	Los Angeles, CA, US
Jim Hughes	33	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Oct 21, 1934
Stan Jones	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jan 10, 1940
Don Lohse	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	187	Jun 15, 1946
Sam Lovelace	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	1949
Gil Marcano	17	R	R	6' 0.0"	183	Oct 8, 1950
Dennis McKernan	23	L	R	6' 2.0"	190	1945
Francis Mulligan	20	R	R	6' 3.0"	188	1948
Martin Olson	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	1947
Reyes Ortiz	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	1950
Jim Pamlanye	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	1945
Mike Peden	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	May 21, 1947
Bob Pirnik	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	235	1949
Reggie Sanders	18	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Sep 9, 1949	Birmingham, AL, US
Jose Santana	19	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	1949
Vic Sciamarelli	20	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	1948
John Shearer	21	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	1947
Joe Tassone	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	1948
Larry Vlasin	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	1947
John VonAchen	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	1945
Leonard Zandy	23	L	R	6' 6.0"	210	Aug 6, 1944	Coupon, PA, US

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