1968 Amarillo Giants Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 67-71
Finished 3rd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Andy Gilbert (67-71)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 54,261, Avg. 786

1968 Amarillo Giants Roster

The Amarillo Giants of the Texas League ended the 1968 season with a record of 67 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.

The Giants plated 618 runs and allowed 590 runs. Bob Taylor drove in 66 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .321. Ron Bryant led the squad with 11 wins, while Wes Scott earned a 2.47 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Damaso Blanco, Ron Bryant, Bob Reynolds, José Morales, John Harrell, Jimmy Rosario, Mike Corkins, Bob Taylor and Al Gallagher were all players from the 1968 Amarillo Giants who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Andy Gilbert served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ron Bryant	11	11	.500	4.01	28	27		10	4		173.0	181	90	77	15	83	3	140	2	0	11
Larry Tolliver	10	7	.588	3.43	27	22		7	3		155.0	158	81	59	11	55	0	114	4	1	7
Bob Reynolds	8	6	.571	4.11	18	18		8	2		116.0	115	59	53	7	42	0	120	1	0	10
Wes Scott	8	7	.533	2.47	37	13		6	1		131.0	106	53	36	7	52	2	104	5	1	12
Harold Jeffcoat	8	10	.444	3.86	23	23		11	1		140.0	128	73	60	7	55	0	108	4	1	11
Mike Corkins	8	12	.400	3.40	29	22		8	2		143.0	132	78	54	5	58	0	140	8	0	9
William Frost	4	1	.800	2.77	5	5		4	1		39.0	41	16	12	3	8	1	22	3	2	2
Tom Burgess	3	0	1.000	6.32	23	0		0	0		37.0	44	29	26	6	18	3	31	5	0	7
Michael Wysocki	3	6	.333	4.68	31	6		1	0		77.0	84	48	40	9	12	1	50	5	1	8
Al Gallagher	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1		1	0		9.0	2	1	1	0	7	0	9	0	0	0
Ronald Welsch	1	2	.333	2.80	28	0		0	0		45.0	35	21	14	2	20	3	42	3	0	3
Joseph Pollack	1	3	.250	2.18	18	0		0	0		33.0	38	13	8	1	13	3	18	0	0	1
Ernest Quimby	1	4	.200	2.11	44	2		0	0		64.0	75	26	15	3	23	1	41	2	1	8
John Wojcik	0	2	.000	6.00	3	0		0	0		3.0	5	2	2	1	5	2	2	0	0	0
Totals	67	71	.486	3.53	315	139	0	56	14	0	1165.0	1144	590	457	77	451	19	941	42	7	89	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
John Marsden	129	547	509	80	143	21	7	6	55	9	1	28	56	.281	.317	.385	.702	196		1	5	4
Bob Taylor	126	526	442	81	142	26	7	6	66	2	8	75	45	.321	.422	.452	.875	200		3	5	1
Damaso Blanco	126	510	462	54	122	25	4	3	42	8	3	31	28	.264	.313	.355	.668	164		4	8	5
James Mallon	114	414	377	43	118	17	4	0	50	3	2	27	36	.313	.360	.379	.740	143		2	6	2
Al Gallagher	106	419	366	48	101	16	5	3	50	2	3	44	59	.276	.356	.372	.728	136		4	1	4
Don Engbers	106	396	348	40	100	19	1	2	55	1	1	41	27	.287	.359	.365	.724	127		1	1	5
José Morales	105	343	307	35	88	22	4	8	41	1	0	33	55	.287	.359	.463	.821	142		2	0	1
Jimmy Rosario	81	349	291	57	83	15	7	5	30	9	4	55	57	.285	.401	.436	.837	127		1	2	0
Julio Linares	87	308	286	36	81	14	5	2	34	2	0	15	38	.283	.317	.388	.705	111		0	5	2
Robert Holbert	99	363	325	35	81	13	1	0	30	1	1	34	36	.249	.320	.295	.616	96		1	1	2
Frank Ferro	105	360	300	49	72	6	1	3	37	3	1	48	29	.240	.357	.297	.653	89		8	1	3
John Harrell	45	152	138	18	29	3	0	1	9	0	0	13	36	.210	.283	.254	.537	35		1	0	0
Larry Himes	16	62	55	10	18	5	1	2	16	1	0	5	7	.327	.387	.564	.951	31		1	0	1
Wes Scott	46	48	42	10	17	3	1	0	4	0	0	2	10	.405	.432	.524	.956	22		0	4	0
Ron Bryant	29	74	65	6	13	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	21	.200	.264	.262	.525	17		0	2	1
Harold Jeffcoat	28	54	47	7	9	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	15	.191	.255	.255	.510	12		0	3	0
Mike Corkins	31	54	50	1	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	24	.160	.176	.160	.336	8		0	3	0
William Frost	5	19	17	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.294	.333	.412	.745	7		0	1	0
Michael Wysocki	32	22	21	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.238	.273	.286	.558	6		0	0	0
Bob Reynolds	18	48	44	3	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	28	.114	.152	.114	.266	5		0	2	0
Larry Tolliver	27	54	45	2	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	5	32	.067	.157	.111	.268	5		0	3	1
Ernest Quimby	44	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	1		0	0	0
Joseph Pollack	18	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	1		0	0	0
Tom Burgess	23	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0
Ronald Welsch	28	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1574	5148	4560	618	1245	212	49	42	540	42	24	474	658	.273	.343	.369	.712	1681	0	29	53	32	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Don Engbers	1B	98	760	63	8	69	.990	8.398
James Mallon	1B	43	366	30	6	36	.985	9.209
Frank Ferro	2B	73	137	185	24	40	.931	4.411
Damaso Blanco	2B	49	95	150	8	36	.968	5.000
Julio Linares	2B	20	48	41	3	7	.967	4.450
Robert Holbert	2B	2	2	3	1	0	.833	2.500
Al Gallagher	3B	102	85	162	13	16	.950	2.422
Damaso Blanco	3B	22	12	38	9	2	.847	2.273
Julio Linares	3B	14	9	27	3	8	.923	2.571
Frank Ferro	3B	2	0	0	0	0		.000
John Marsden	3B	1	1	4	0	0	1.000	5.000
José Morales	C	96	566	70	19	7	.971	6.625	14
John Harrell	C	40	263	28	6	1	.980	7.275	7
Larry Himes	C	16	106	12	2	2	.983	7.375	2
Frank Ferro	C	5	28	2	0	0	1.000	6.000	0
Bob Taylor	OF	126	218	13	3	0	.987	1.833
John Marsden	OF	121	159	13	6	2	.966	1.421
Jimmy Rosario	OF	78	176	11	4	1	.979	2.397
James Mallon	OF	50	86	2	1	0	.989	1.760
Julio Linares	OF	36	57	4	1	2	.984	1.694
Frank Ferro	OF	8	15	1	1	0	.941	2.000
Wes Scott	OF	2	6	1	0	0	1.000	3.500
Michael Wysocki	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ernest Quimby	P	44	1	7	1	0	.889	.182
Wes Scott	P	37	10	25	3	3	.921	.946
Michael Wysocki	P	31	3	8	1	1	.917	.355
Mike Corkins	P	29	9	22	3	2	.912	1.069
Ronald Welsch	P	28	0	6	1	0	.857	.214
Ron Bryant	P	28	9	42	1	5	.981	1.821
Larry Tolliver	P	27	8	23	3	1	.912	1.148
Harold Jeffcoat	P	23	7	23	1	1	.968	1.304
Tom Burgess	P	23	1	9	0	0	1.000	.435
Bob Reynolds	P	18	6	21	3	1	.900	1.500
Joseph Pollack	P	18	2	6	0	0	1.000	.444
William Frost	P	5	4	7	1	0	.917	2.200
John Wojcik	P	3	0	1	0	1	1.000	.333
Al Gallagher	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Robert Holbert	SS	92	154	233	23	50	.944	4.207
Damaso Blanco	SS	51	90	154	15	30	.942	4.784
Totals		1463	3499	1448	174	324	.966	3.381	23	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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