1968 Arkansas Travelers Statistics
Team Record: 82-58
Finished 1st in the TL's East Division
Manager: Vern Rapp (82-58)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 101,531, Avg. 1,450
Playoffs - El Paso Sun Kings 3 games, Arkansas Travelers 1
The Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League ended the 1968 season with a record of 82 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Travelers led the league with just 481 runs allowed. Arkansas scored 572 runs. Michael Christino and Boots Day paced the squad with 17 home runs apiece. Michael Christino recorded 68 runs batted in. Boots Day topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .295 clip. Santiago Guzmán, Joe DiFabio and Philip Knuckles paced the squad with 13 wins each, while Joe DiFabio and Jerry Reuss earned a 2.17 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1968 Arkansas Travelers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dave Dowling, Boots Day, Harry Parker, Jerry DaVanon, Billy Murphy, Sonny Ruberto, Santiago Guzmán, Leron Lee, John Sipin, Jim Cosman, Tom Hilgendorf, Jack Whillock, Jerry Reuss and Clay Kirby.
Vern Rapp served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe DiFabio | 13 | 6 | .684 | 2.17 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 166.0 | 158 | 58 | 40 | 8 | 42 | 2 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Philip Knuckles | 13 | 6 | .684 | 2.98 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 139.0 | 117 | 54 | 46 | 15 | 51 | 3 | 110 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Santiago Guzmán | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.16 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 168.0 | 162 | 71 | 59 | 12 | 73 | 3 | 133 | 11 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Andy Martin | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.78 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 136.0 | 126 | 56 | 42 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jerry Reuss | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2.17 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 112.0 | 75 | 43 | 27 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Joe Hamende | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.95 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 62 | 31 | 29 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Harry Parker | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.54 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 89.0 | 83 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Clay Kirby | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.15 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 67.0 | 51 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Tom Hilgendorf | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.17 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 50 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Leo Newton | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.73 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 55 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dave Dowling | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.33 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Felix Roque | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 37 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jack Whillock | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Cosman | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.14 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 37 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Brian Sinnott | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.96 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 82 | 58 | .586 | 2.91 | 316 | 140 | 0 | 36 | 16 | 0 | 1187.0 | 1070 | 481 | 384 | 79 | 419 | 25 | 832 | 38 | 3 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boots Day | 137 | 569 | 529 | 68 | 156 | 26 | 4 | 17 | 67 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 89 | .295 | .332 | .456 | .788 | 241 | 3 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Leron Lee | 135 | 515 | 462 | 66 | 123 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 65 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 87 | .266 | .334 | .398 | .732 | 184 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Sipin | 135 | 508 | 469 | 51 | 122 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 61 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 75 | .260 | .309 | .384 | .693 | 180 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Michael Christino | 131 | 501 | 440 | 63 | 116 | 25 | 3 | 17 | 68 | 3 | 4 | 51 | 94 | .264 | .347 | .450 | .797 | 198 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jerry DaVanon | 130 | 506 | 425 | 73 | 108 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 62 | 76 | .254 | .361 | .311 | .671 | 132 | 9 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Billy Wolff | 103 | 367 | 313 | 50 | 83 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 51 | 51 | .265 | .366 | .463 | .829 | 145 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Len Boyer | 109 | 356 | 312 | 40 | 78 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 52 | .250 | .329 | .353 | .681 | 110 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Quique Rivera | 92 | 296 | 283 | 37 | 73 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 20 | .258 | .276 | .343 | .619 | 97 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Sonny Ruberto | 98 | 338 | 306 | 30 | 71 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 48 | .232 | .296 | .304 | .599 | 93 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Billy Murphy | 89 | 282 | 253 | 36 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 32 | .273 | .337 | .340 | .677 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Stone | 63 | 183 | 165 | 18 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 25 | .255 | .317 | .339 | .656 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Dews | 65 | 155 | 146 | 16 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .233 | .252 | .240 | .491 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Andy Martin | 38 | 51 | 47 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .340 | .392 | .383 | .775 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Philip Knuckles | 20 | 53 | 47 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .234 | .294 | .298 | .592 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joe DiFabio | 25 | 66 | 64 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .141 | .154 | .234 | .388 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harry Parker | 18 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .129 | .129 | .129 | .258 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Reuss | 17 | 38 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .114 | .162 | .114 | .276 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Santiago Guzmán | 27 | 57 | 52 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .077 | .094 | .077 | .171 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Clay Kirby | 10 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .136 | .174 | .182 | .356 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hamende | 42 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .667 | .750 | 1.417 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Hilgendorf | 28 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Felix Roque | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Newton | 38 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Sinnott | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Cosman | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Dowling | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Whillock | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Bonalewicz | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1618 | 4957 | 4458 | 572 | 1132 | 179 | 35 | 82 | 500 | 93 | 61 | 390 | 807 | .254 | .318 | .365 | .683 | 1627 | 0 | 37 | 53 | 19 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Christino | 1B | 128 | 1050 | 70 | 18 | 90 | .984 | 8.750 | ||||
| Billy Murphy | 1B | 16 | 88 | 2 | 5 | 9 | .947 | 5.625 | ||||
| Bobby Dews | 1B | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.778 | ||||
| John Sipin | 2B | 129 | 291 | 349 | 34 | 81 | .950 | 4.961 | ||||
| Bobby Dews | 2B | 16 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 2.188 | ||||
| Quique Rivera | 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry DaVanon | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Len Boyer | 3B | 104 | 107 | 181 | 16 | 16 | .947 | 2.769 | ||||
| Quique Rivera | 3B | 43 | 21 | 64 | 9 | 4 | .904 | 1.977 | ||||
| Bobby Dews | 3B | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Billy Wolff | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| John Sipin | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Sonny Ruberto | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Billy Murphy | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Sonny Ruberto | C | 92 | 573 | 78 | 16 | 9 | .976 | 7.076 | 14 | |||
| Gary Stone | C | 54 | 307 | 32 | 9 | 2 | .974 | 6.278 | 6 | |||
| Bob Bonalewicz | C | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 2.000 | 1 | |||
| Bobby Dews | C | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | 1 | |||
| Boots Day | OF | 137 | 288 | 24 | 10 | 5 | .969 | 2.277 | ||||
| Leron Lee | OF | 131 | 224 | 15 | 13 | 1 | .948 | 1.824 | ||||
| Billy Wolff | OF | 95 | 146 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .970 | 1.674 | ||||
| Billy Murphy | OF | 59 | 78 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.390 | ||||
| Quique Rivera | OF | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.154 | ||||
| Bobby Dews | OF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Sonny Ruberto | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Hamende | P | 40 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .175 | ||||
| Leo Newton | P | 38 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .605 | ||||
| Andy Martin | P | 30 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .906 | .967 | ||||
| Tom Hilgendorf | P | 28 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .321 | ||||
| Santiago Guzmán | P | 27 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jim Cosman | P | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .222 | ||||
| Joe DiFabio | P | 24 | 9 | 29 | 3 | 4 | .927 | 1.583 | ||||
| Philip Knuckles | P | 20 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .950 | .950 | ||||
| Jerry Reuss | P | 17 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.588 | ||||
| Harry Parker | P | 17 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .941 | ||||
| Dave Dowling | P | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Felix Roque | P | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Clay Kirby | P | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1.700 | ||||
| Brian Sinnott | P | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.200 | ||||
| Jack Whillock | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jerry DaVanon | SS | 123 | 200 | 337 | 36 | 62 | .937 | 4.366 | ||||
| Quique Rivera | SS | 24 | 15 | 50 | 1 | 6 | .985 | 2.708 | ||||
| Bobby Dews | SS | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | .842 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1520 | 3561 | 1440 | 200 | 311 | .962 | 3.290 | 22 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
