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1968 Gastonia Pirates

1968 > Class A > 1968 Western Carolinas League
Overall: 68-55
Scored 586 runs, Allowed 531 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-56

Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates-NL
Manager: Frank Oceak
Represented: Gastonia, NC
Ballpark: n/a
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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Eddie Barbary* 23 19 51 9 1 0 0 .176 .196 10
2 Edward Blackman 20 104 336 94 11 7 1 .280 .363 122
3 Frank Brosseau 23 55 112 26 8 0 1 .232 .330 37
4 Conard Brown* 26 94 324 87 14 1 13 .269 .438 142
5 Darrell Brown 20 53 158 42 7 0 3 .266 .367 58
6 Roger Brown# 22 9 30 6 0 0 2 .200 .400 12
7 Robert Butkus* 24 45 15 1 0 0 0 .067 .067 1
8 Cecil Caldwell 23 6 9 1 0 0 0 .111 .111 1
9 Douglas Carson 21 10 21 3 0 0 2 .143 .429 9
10 Mel Civil 21 29 116 30 9 0 1 .259 .362 42
11 Merideth Cox 19 5 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
12 Howard Deacon 19 1 4 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 1
13 Tom Dettore* 20 74 221 54 9 2 2 .244 .330 73
14 Perry Dunn* 19 110 432 111 15 2 3 .257 .322 139
15 Frank Frontino 19 31 35 6 1 0 0 .171 .200 7
16 Michael Fuchs* 20 6 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
17 Hector Herrera 20 10 31 6 0 0 1 .194 .290 9
18 Bobby Herring 20 22 34 5 2 1 0 .147 .265 9
19 Larry Holder 21 7 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
20 Barry Houser* 22 10 17 5 0 0 0 .294 .294 5
21 Zelman Jack 22 119 436 142 21 4 24 .326 .557 243
22 Robert Johnston 22 14 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
23 John Lamb 21 31 22 2 1 0 0 .091 .136 3
24 John Landry* 20 30 119 24 4 1 3 .202 .328 39
25 Charles Malitz* 23 26 71 14 7 1 0 .197 .324 23
26 Dennis Malseed 21 12 31 5 0 0 0 .161 .161 5
27 Robert McKee* 20 5 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
28 Miguel Morales 21 21 36 5 0 1 0 .139 .194 7
29 Arthur Mullet 23 46 107 28 4 1 0 .262 .318 34
30 Brian Murphy 24 105 386 105 17 1 2 .272 .337 130
31 Gilberto Peynado 19 10 12 3 0 0 0 .250 .250 3
32 Dennis Pierce* 23 10 9 2 0 0 0 .222 .222 2
33 Gary Robinson 25 8 13 1 0 0 0 .077 .077 1
34 Randolph Rodgers* 19 98 321 67 8 1 0 .209 .240 77
35 Donald Sheppard* 21 25 92 21 3 2 0 .228 .304 28
36 Paul Strauch 19 17 28 6 0 0 0 .214 .214 6
37 Gary Vingle 20 13 7 1 1 0 0 .143 .286 2
38 David Warmbrod 22 21 41 4 0 0 0 .098 .098 4
39 Carmelo Ybes 18 40 118 17 1 0 0 .144 .153 18
40 Richie Zisk 19 53 185 52 8 1 13 .281 .546 101
40 Players 21.2 123 4673 3995 586 986 153 26 70 480 91 41 543 1000 .247 .341 .351 .691 1401 40 68 27 24
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 Frank Brosseau 23 4 4 .500 1.88 20 10 91.0 61 22 19 1 20 0.890 6.0 0.1 2.0
2 Roger Brown* 22 6 3 .667 2.63 9 8 65.0 43 22 19 4 26 1.062 6.0 0.6 3.6
3 Robert Butkus* 24 11 2 .846 1.97 45 0 64.0 50 18 14 3 24 1.156 7.0 0.4 3.4
4 Merideth Cox 19 0 0 7.50 5 0 6.0 4 7 5 2 9 2.167 6.0 3.0 13.5
5 Tom Dettore 20 1 0 1.000 3.00 2 1 6.0 5 2 2 0 5 1.667 7.5 0.0 7.5
6 Frank Frontino 19 5 4 .556 3.62 31 4 87.0 77 41 35 9 40 1.345 8.0 0.9 4.1
7 Michael Fuchs* 20 0 0 2.40 6 1 15.0 9 5 4 1 13 1.467 5.4 0.6 7.8
8 Bobby Herring 20 2 7 .222 3.93 22 12 94.0 84 53 41 8 56 1.489 8.0 0.8 5.4
9 Larry Holder 21 1 0 1.000 4.20 7 0 15.0 15 10 7 2 9 1.600 9.0 1.2 5.4
10 Barry Houser* 22 2 3 .400 7.71 10 6 28.0 31 28 24 1 25 2.000 10.0 0.3 8.0
11 Robert Johnston 22 2 0 1.000 2.00 14 0 18.0 18 7 4 0 10 1.556 9.0 0.0 5.0
12 John Lamb 21 10 6 .625 3.78 31 0 81.0 76 39 34 3 47 1.519 8.4 0.3 5.2
13 Dennis Malseed 21 2 3 .400 4.06 12 10 62.0 69 34 28 6 31 1.613 10.0 0.9 4.5
14 Filiberto Marmolejos 19 0 0 16.20 5 0 5.0 9 9 9 0 4 2.600 16.2 0.0 7.2
15 Robert McKee* 20 0 2 .000 9.82 5 2 11.0 11 12 12 1 11 2.000 9.0 0.8 9.0
16 Miguel Morales 21 6 5 .545 4.30 21 14 90.0 87 48 43 11 46 1.478 8.7 1.1 4.6
17 Dennis Pierce* 23 0 3 .000 5.45 10 8 38.0 41 32 23 2 26 1.763 9.7 0.5 6.2
18 Gary Robinson 25 1 2 .333 7.41 8 7 34.0 40 37 28 3 17 1.676 10.6 0.8 4.5
19 Paul Strauch 19 2 3 .400 3.71 17 15 80.0 84 43 33 10 29 1.412 9.4 1.1 3.3
20 Gary Vingle 20 0 4 .000 3.97 13 3 34.0 25 17 15 4 27 1.529 6.6 1.1 7.1
21 David Warmbrod 22 12 4 .750 2.27 21 21 131.0 107 45 33 9 62 1.290 7.4 0.6 4.3
21 Players 21.4 68 55 .553 3.69 123 123 95 28 11 1054.1 946 531 432 80 537 41 896 34 6 114 4618 1.407 8.1 0.7 4.6 7.6 1.67

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
Robert Butkus 45 0.00
Frank Frontino 31 0.00
John Lamb 31 0.00
Bobby Herring 22 0.00
Miguel Morales 21 0.00
David Warmbrod 21 0.00
Paul Strauch 17 0.00
Robert Johnston 14 0.00
Gary Vingle 13 0.00
Dennis Malseed 12 0.00
Barry Houser 10 0.00
Dennis Pierce 10 0.00
Roger Brown 9 0.00
Gary Robinson 8 0.00
Larry Holder 7 0.00
Michael Fuchs 6 0.00
Merideth Cox 5 0.00
Filiberto Marmolejos 5 0.00
Robert McKee 5 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Eddie Barbary 23 L R 6' 0.0" 186 Jan 25, 1945 Greenville, SC, US
Edward Blackman 20 R R 5' 11.0" 162 1948
Frank Brosseau 23 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Jul 31, 1944 Drayton, ND, US
Conard Brown 26 L R 6' 1.0" 189 1942
Darrell Brown 20 R R 5' 11.0" 160 1948
Roger Brown 22 S L 6' 2.0" 178 May 5, 1946
Robert Butkus 24 L L 5' 10.0" 175 1944
Cecil Caldwell 23 R R 5' 9.0" 165 1945
Douglas Carson 21 R R 6' 3.0" 190 1947
Mel Civil 21 R R 5' 10.0" 174 Nov 2, 1946
Merideth Cox 19 R R 6' 3.0" 195 1949
Howard Deacon 19 R R 6' 0.0" 1949
Tom Dettore 20 L R 6' 4.0" 200 Nov 17, 1947 Canonsburg, PA, US
Perry Dunn 19 L R 5' 10.0" 170 1949
Frank Frontino 19 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Oct 23, 1948 Spangler, PA, US
Michael Fuchs 20 L L 5' 11.0" 169 1948
Hector Herrera 20 R R 5' 11.0" 172 1948
Bobby Herring 20 R R 6' 0.0" 175 1948
Larry Holder 21 R R 6' 2.0" 190 1947
Barry Houser 22 L L 6' 4.0" 200 Dec 24, 1945 Mechanicsburg, PA, US
Zelman Jack 22 R R 5' 11.0" 175 1946
Robert Johnston 22 R R 6' 2.0" 195 1946
John Lamb 21 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Jul 20, 1946 Sharon, CT, US
John Landry 20 L L 6' 1.0" 197 1948
Charles Malitz 23 L L 6' 0.0" 180 1945
Dennis Malseed 21 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Jun 27, 1947
Filiberto Marmolejos 19 R R 5' 8.0" 150 1949
Robert McKee 20 L L 6' 3.0" 198 1948
Miguel Morales 21 R R 5' 11.0" 180 1947
Arthur Mullet 23 R R 6' 0.0" 180 1945
Brian Murphy 24 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jan 11, 1944
Gilberto Peynado 19 R R 5' 11.0" 170 1949
Dennis Pierce 23 L L 6' 2.0" 165 1945
Gary Robinson 25 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Feb 13, 1943
Randolph Rodgers 19 L R 5' 10.0" 155 1949
Donald Sheppard 21 L R 6' 0.0" 180 1947
Paul Strauch 19 R R 6' 3.0" 180 1949
Gary Vingle 20 R R 6' 5.0" 220 1948
David Warmbrod 22 R R 6' 1.0" 165 1946
Carmelo Ybes 18 R R 5' 8.0" 167 1950
Richie Zisk 19 R R 6' 1.0" 200 Feb 6, 1949 Brooklyn, NY, US

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