1968 El Paso Sun Kings

1968 > Class AA > 1968 Texas League (West)
Overall: 77-60
Scored 661 runs, Allowed 608 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-63

Affiliation: California Angels-AL
Manager: Chuck Tanner
Represented: El Paso, TX
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	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Gordie Avery	23	114	405	365	45	88	9	2	4	32	7	2	40	45	.241	.316	.310	.626	113
2	Bill Bethea	26	109	365	310	53	84	31	1	14	46	10	4	55	59	.271	.381	.513	.894	159
3	William Boehlert*	28	47	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	.167	.000	.167	0
4	Pete Cimino	25	2	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1
5	Bruce Davis	19	8	23	22	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.136	.174	.182	.356	4
6	Jim DeNeff	21	93	369	324	64	78	13	2	19	52	8	3	45	110	.241	.333	.469	.802	152
7	Richard Evans*	24	5	12	11	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.182	.250	.273	.523	3
8	Vern Geishert	22	30	59	59	1	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	30	.136	.136	.153	.288	9
9	Bill Harrelson#	22	7	20	18	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.167	.250	.167	.417	3
10	Jim Hibbs	23	48	117	104	6	16	2	1	0	8	1	2	13	27	.154	.248	.192	.440	20
11	James Holbrook	26	23	21	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.105	.190	.105	.296	2
12	Steve Kealey	21	49	17	15	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	6	.133	.235	.133	.369	2
13	Daniel Keller	23	16	22	22	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.136	.136	.182	.318	4
14	Gene Leek	31	14	41	38	5	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	7	.132	.195	.158	.353	6
15	Jon Lervig*	20	4	6	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.500	.667	3
16	Lee Massey	22	23	60	59	8	11	1	1	2	4	0	1	1	3	.186	.200	.339	.539	20
17	Rudy May*	23	22	52	45	2	6	2	0	1	5	0	0	7	26	.133	.250	.244	.494	11
18	Tom Murphy	22	2	8	8	2	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	10
19	Fred Newman	26	19	20	20	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.200	.200	.200	.400	4
20	John Olerud	24	54	178	156	21	44	9	2	4	17	0	3	22	30	.282	.371	.442	.813	69
21	Joe Overton	27	24	38	38	3	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.263	.263	.289	.553	11
22	Dennis Paepke	23	87	307	277	38	80	13	0	10	39	7	1	30	26	.289	.358	.444	.802	123
23	Marty Perez	22	116	446	404	50	102	12	3	5	36	8	9	42	61	.252	.323	.334	.657	135
24	Patrick Rogan	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
25	Edward Sennett	23	43	13	12	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.333	.385	.417	.801	5
26	Tom Silverio*	22	124	462	403	85	106	9	10	23	59	5	9	59	101	.263	.357	.506	.863	204
27	Jim Spencer*	21	135	546	493	85	144	29	5	28	96	5	4	53	67	.292	.361	.542	.902	267
28	Moose Stubing*	30	75	174	147	16	36	4	0	8	26	1	1	27	33	.245	.362	.435	.797	64
29	Jim Suskiewich*	20	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
30	Chuck Tanner*	39	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
31	Jarvis Tatum	21	110	458	415	82	128	21	7	15	52	22	4	43	98	.308	.373	.501	.875	208
32	Ken Tatum	24	27	59	57	7	17	3	1	2	9	0	0	2	20	.298	.322	.491	.813	28
33	Bobby Trevino	22	34	139	132	14	41	8	2	3	23	1	0	7	15	.311	.345	.470	.815	62
34	Ken Turner	24	7	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	1
35	Charlie Vinson*	24	8	31	27	2	3	2	0	1	3	0	0	4	9	.111	.226	.296	.522	8
36	Don Wilkinson	22	96	399	343	56	79	22	2	14	61	8	2	56	116	.230	.338	.429	.767	147
37	Wally Wolf	26	13	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
	37 Players	22.9	137	4983	4384	661	1116	197	40	155	585	85	46	500	970	.255	.336	.424	.760	1858	48	28	23	36

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	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	William Boehlert*	28	8	2	.800	2.59	47	1				66.0	58	23	19	5	26		69				1.273	7.9	0.7	3.5	9.4	2.65
2	Pete Cimino	25	0	1	.000	3.86	2	2				7.0	8	3	3	1	2		2				1.429	10.3	1.3	2.6	2.6	1.00
3	Richard Evans*	24	2	1	.667	5.40	5	5				25.0	28	19	15	2	25		25				2.120	10.1	0.7	9.0	9.0	1.00
4	Vern Geishert	22	10	15	.400	5.37	30	29				161.0	207	102	96	13	44		126				1.559	11.6	0.7	2.5	7.0	2.86
5	Bill Harrelson	22	3	2	.600	3.60	7	7				50.0	44	25	20	6	20		50				1.280	7.9	1.1	3.6	9.0	2.50
6	James Holbrook	26	2	4	.333	4.62	23	3				72.0	79	41	37	7	33		62				1.556	9.9	0.9	4.1	7.8	1.88
7	Steve Kealey	21	5	2	.714	2.41	49	0				71.0	66	24	19	5	26		57				1.296	8.4	0.6	3.3	7.2	2.19
8	Daniel Keller	23	3	4	.429	3.80	16	11				71.0	70	34	30	8	31		43				1.423	8.9	1.0	3.9	5.5	1.39
9	Jon Lervig*	20	2	1	.667	4.50	4	3				20.0	19	14	10	2	6		13				1.250	8.6	0.9	2.7	5.8	2.17
10	Rudy May*	23	8	7	.533	4.47	22	21				129.0	133	71	64	17	39		112				1.333	9.3	1.2	2.7	7.8	2.87
11	Tom Murphy	22	2	0	1.000	4.50	2	2				16.0	14	9	8	0	11		8				1.562	7.9	0.0	6.2	4.5	0.73
12	Fred Newman	26	3	1	.750	4.70	19	0				44.0	47	28	23	3	12		28				1.341	9.6	0.6	2.5	5.7	2.33
13	Joe Overton	27	7	4	.636	4.42	24	21				112.0	128	63	55	12	28		64				1.393	10.3	1.0	2.2	5.1	2.29
14	Patrick Rogan	24	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1				4.0	10	11	3	1	3		2				3.250	22.5	2.2	6.8	4.5	0.67
15	Edward Sennett	23	6	4	.600	3.65	43	0				79.0	72	34	32	4	40		56				1.418	8.2	0.5	4.6	6.4	1.40
16	Moose Stubing*	30	0	0		1.80	4	1				5.0	3	1	1	0	2						1.000	5.4	0.0	3.6
17	Jim Suskiewich*	20	1	1	.500	6.75	5	4				12.0	13	11	9	1	12		4				2.083	9.8	0.8	9.0	3.0	0.33
18	Ken Tatum	24	11	7	.611	3.41	27	21				148.0	142	66	56	11	47		117				1.277	8.6	0.7	2.9	7.1	2.49
19	Ken Turner*	24	2	1	.667	5.40	7	5				25.0	27	15	15	4	11		14				1.520	9.7	1.4	4.0	5.0	1.27
20	Wally Wolf	26	2	2	.500	3.90	13	1				30.0	35	14	13	2	8		18				1.433	10.5	0.6	2.4	5.4	2.25
	20 Players	24.0	77	60	.562	4.14	137	137	110	27	8	1149.0	1203	608	528	104	426	40	871	34	6	55	1.418	9.4	0.8	3.3	6.8	2.04

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Dennis Paepke	78	480	48	6	3	.989	6.77	4
John Olerud	48	290	23	12	2	.963	6.52	7
Jim Hibbs	22	115	15	1	2	.992	5.91	2
Moose Stubing	2	3	1	2	0	.667	2.00	2

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jim Spencer	135	1170	80	11	100	.991	9.26
Moose Stubing	7	30	1	0	2	1.000	4.43
Dennis Paepke	2	17	0	0	1	1.000	8.50

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gordie Avery	104	190	258	14	60	.970	4.31
Bill Bethea	33	68	106	6	25	.967	5.27
Don Wilkinson	4	9	13	2	2	.917	5.50
Jim DeNeff	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Gene Leek	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Marty Perez	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Moose Stubing	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jim DeNeff	68	60	115	10	13	.946	2.57
Bill Bethea	49	73	93	4	8	.976	3.39
Gene Leek	11	12	19	1	2	.969	2.82
Don Wilkinson	7	4	7	0	1	1.000	1.57
Bruce Davis	5	3	9	3	1	.800	2.40
Dennis Paepke	2	0	1	1	0	.500	0.50
Jim Hibbs	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00
Moose Stubing	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Jarvis Tatum	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Marty Perez	116	171	362	29	72	.948	4.59
Bill Bethea	19	30	44	1	9	.987	3.89
Jim DeNeff	7	10	13	1	3	.958	3.29
Moose Stubing	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Jarvis Tatum	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tom Silverio	116	182	11	11	3	.946	1.66
Jarvis Tatum	110	190	15	6	0	.972	1.86
Don Wilkinson	87	140	15	3	5	.981	1.78
Bobby Trevino	33	40	1	2	0	.953	1.24
Moose Stubing	32	30	2	1	0	.970	1.00
Lee Massey	17	13	0	3	0	.813	0.76
Jim DeNeff	16	24	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
Jim Hibbs	13	11	0	1	0	.917	0.85
Charlie Vinson	8	10	0	1	0	.909	1.25
Gordie Avery	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Bill Bethea	1	2	1	0	1	1.000	3.00
Vern Geishert	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Steve Kealey	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Fred Newman	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Dennis Paepke	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Marty Perez	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Jim Spencer	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Gordie Avery	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Dec 26, 1944
Bill Bethea	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jan 1, 1942	Houston, TX, US
William Boehlert	28	L	L	6' 0.0"	190	Jun 21, 1940
Pete Cimino	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Oct 17, 1942	Philadelphia, PA, US
Bruce Davis	19	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Sep 12, 1948
Jim DeNeff	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Nov 5, 1946
Richard Evans	24	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Sep 1, 1943	Seattle, WA, US
Vern Geishert	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	215	Jan 10, 1946	Madison, WI, US
Bill Harrelson	22	S	R	6' 5.0"	215	Nov 17, 1945	Tahlequah, OK, US
Jim Hibbs	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Sep 10, 1944	Klamath Falls, OR, US
James Holbrook	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Aug 15, 1941
Steve Kealey	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	May 13, 1947	Torrance, CA, US
Daniel Keller	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Jun 27, 1945	Twin Falls, ID, US
Gene Leek	31	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jul 15, 1936	San Diego, CA, US
Jon Lervig	20	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Feb 12, 1948
Neil MacClellan	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Aug 13, 1943
Lee Massey	22	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	May 27, 1946
Rudy May	23	L	L	6' 2.0"	205	Jul 18, 1944	Coffeyville, KS, US
Tom Murphy	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Dec 30, 1945	Cleveland, OH, US
Fred Newman	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	180	Feb 21, 1942	Boston, MA, US
John Olerud	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Nov 26, 1943
Joe Overton	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jul 21, 1940
Dennis Paepke	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	202	Apr 17, 1945	Long Beach, CA, US
Marty Perez	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Feb 28, 1946	Visalia, CA, US
Patrick Rogan	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Nov 29, 1943
Edward Sennett	23	R	R	5' 8.0"	160	Apr 24, 1945
Tom Silverio	22	L	L	5' 10.0"	170	Oct 14, 1945	Santiago, Santiago, DO
Jim Spencer	21	L	L	6' 2.0"	195	Jul 30, 1946	Hanover, PA, US
Moose Stubing	30	L	L	6' 3.0"	220	Mar 31, 1938	Bronx, NY, US
Jim Suskiewich	20	L	L	6' 2.0"	230	Sep 15, 1947
Chuck Tanner	39	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	Jul 4, 1928	New Castle, PA, US
Jarvis Tatum	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Oct 11, 1946	Fresno, CA, US
Ken Tatum	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Apr 25, 1944	Alexandria, LA, US
Bobby Trevino	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Aug 15, 1945	Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, MX
Ken Turner	24	R	L	6' 2.0"	190	Aug 17, 1943	Framingham, MA, US
Charlie Vinson	24	L	L	6' 3.0"	207	Jan 5, 1944	Washington, DC, US
Don Wilkinson	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Dec 5, 1945
Wally Wolf	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	191	Jan 5, 1942	South Gate, CA, US

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