1968 Asheville Tourists Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 86-54
Finished 1st in the SL
Manager: Sparky Anderson (86-54)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 43,324, Avg. 619

1968 Asheville Tourists Roster

The Asheville Tourists of the Southern League ended the 1968 season with a record of 86 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the SL.

The Tourists led the league with 614 runs, powered by 120 home runs. Asheville surrendered 533 runs. Darrel Chaney paced the squad with 23 home runs, while Goldie Francis, Archie Moore and Bernie Carbo each walloped 15 or more also. Archie Moore drove in 79 runs. David Burge topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .317 clip. Grover Powell paced the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.54 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1968 Asheville Tourists who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Archie Moore, Dan McGinn, Darrel Chaney, Grover Powell, Bill Henry, Aurelio Monteagudo, Steve Blateric, Fred Kendall, Bernie Carbo, Wayne Simpson, John Noriega and Frank Duffy.

Sparky Anderson 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
Grover Powell	16	6	.727	2.54	29	29		3	0		188.0	169	67	53	17	66	3	115	2	1	6
John Noriega	9	3	.750	2.66	62	4		2	1		122.0	110	52	36	6	33	3	116	3	0	8
Thomas Frondorf	9	4	.692	3.88	27	16		3	1		116.0	106	53	50	12	40	6	88	7	1	4
Aurelio Monteagudo	8	2	.800	2.78	17	13		1	0		94.0	77	31	29	7	19	3	89	0	0	1
Steve Blateric	7	2	.778	2.50	30	7		3	2		90.0	75	28	25	4	24	4	58	2	1	6
Wayne Simpson	7	9	.438	3.92	26	25		2	0		131.0	122	70	57	5	86	11	97	3	2	24
Dan McGinn	6	3	.667	2.29	74	3		0	0		110.0	77	33	28	3	51	1	133	4	0	6
Bill Henry	5	4	.556	3.30	21	11		1	1		71.0	58	34	26	1	38	1	60	2	0	3
Malcolm Warren	4	5	.444	3.00	41	2		0	0		72.0	70	33	24	9	10	3	72	1	0	0
Claude Passeau	2	1	.667	7.94	9	1		0	0		17.0	20	17	15	1	9	0	10	0	0	0
Kenneth Widman	1	1	.500	6.88	5	4		0	0		17.0	23	14	13	6	9	0	5	1	0	2
Joseph Earl	1	2	.333	6.60	5	2		0	0		15.0	19	13	11	3	7	0	10	0	0	0
Daryl Hallmark	1	3	.250	5.91	11	5		0	0		35.0	49	32	23	4	15	1	37	1	0	4
Scott Seger					27						0.0
James Baten	0	0		1.64	4	0		0	0		11.0	9	3	2	0	8	0	8	2	0	4
Mike Oates	0	3	.000	108.00	3	3		0	0		0.3	2	5	4	0	8	0	1	1	0	3
Totals	76	48	.613	3.27	391	125	0	15	5	0	1089.3	986	485	396	78	423	36	899	29	5	71	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
David Burge	123	480	438	73	139	22	4	7	36	10	7	36	42	.317	.371	.434	.805	190		2	3	1
Bernie Carbo	127	516	417	87	117	20	7	20	66	16	2	91	116	.281	.411	.506	.917	211		3	2	3
Archie Moore	118	499	413	75	116	23	1	20	79	7	1	80	85	.281	.399	.487	.885	201		3	0	3
Fred Kendall	117	424	395	38	115	13	2	7	50	4	3	22	54	.291	.329	.387	.716	153		1	4	2
Darrel Chaney	132	514	468	64	108	21	7	23	78	8	2	32	159	.231	.282	.453	.735	212		4	4	6
Goldie Francis	117	450	378	56	91	13	1	19	61	1	0	62	103	.241	.352	.431	.783	163		5	1	4
Wayne Meadows	112	399	345	49	90	13	2	3	34	6	3	47	22	.261	.352	.336	.688	116		2	4	1
Frank Duffy	93	375	346	34	85	12	4	4	25	6	4	26	73	.246	.297	.338	.635	117		0	1	2
Donald Anderson	69	226	209	19	58	14	2	7	42	1	0	15	34	.278	.327	.464	.792	97		1	0	1
Ernest Davis	53	179	153	25	33	7	1	6	25	2	1	23	55	.216	.324	.392	.716	60		2	0	1
George Lattera	83	194	171	19	32	4	2	2	9	6	2	15	48	.187	.268	.269	.537	46		4	4	0
Pedro Martinez	63	179	159	13	27	3	0	2	13	1	0	14	29	.170	.240	.226	.467	36		2	0	4
Grover Powell	40	85	76	15	22	4	0	0	4	1	0	4	19	.289	.325	.342	.667	26		0	5	0
George Runk	20	53	50	1	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	7	.160	.189	.160	.349	8		0	0	1
Aurelio Monteagudo	19	41	35	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	12	.200	.243	.200	.443	7		0	4	0
Steve Blateric	30	29	27	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.185	.214	.222	.437	6		1	1	0
Sherwin Minster	19	31	29	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	10	.103	.133	.138	.271	4		0	1	0
Wayne Simpson	37	51	49	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	.061	.061	.061	.122	3		0	2	0
Bill Henry	22	25	19	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	11	.105	.227	.105	.333	2		0	3	0
Peter Berens	14	22	21	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.095	.095	.143	.238	3		0	1	0
Dan McGinn	76	28	28	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.071	.071	.107	.179	3		0	0	0
Claude Passeau	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Joseph Earl	7	8	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.286	.536	2		0	0	0
Daryl Hallmark	11	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.083	.083	.083	.167	1		0	0	0
Thomas Frondorf	27	36	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.033	.094	.033	.127	1		0	4	0
John Noriega	62	28	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	16	.000	.036	.000	.036	0		0	0	0
James Baten	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Malcolm Warren	41	15	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Kenneth Widman	5	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Totals	1650	4909	4325	587	1069	174	33	120	532	70	25	479	975	.247	.324	.386	.710	1669	0	30	46	29	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Archie Moore	1B	115	958	67	10	74	.990	8.913
Goldie Francis	1B	13	80	5	4	10	.955	6.538
Donald Anderson	1B	8	76	7	2	5	.976	1.375
Pedro Martinez	1B	5	33	1	0	3	1.000	6.800
Fred Kendall	1B	2	20	2	0	1	1.000	11.000
Darrel Chaney	2B	85	183	243	17	40	.962	5.012
Wayne Meadows	2B	54	110	122	7	17	.971	4.296
Sherwin Minster	2B	6	11	8	1	1	.950	3.167
George Lattera	2B	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Goldie Francis	3B	89	44	150	26	9	.882	2.180
Wayne Meadows	3B	34	16	59	7	5	.915	2.206
George Runk	3B	20	14	32	6	3	.885	2.300
Bernie Carbo	3B	16	8	17	3	0	.893	1.562
Peter Berens	3B	8	0	1	1	0	.500	.125
Pedro Martinez	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Fred Kendall	C	102	694	55	6	8	.992	7.343	21
Pedro Martinez	C	42	283	16	7	1	.977	7.119	4
Goldie Francis	C	8	42	6	1	0	.980	6.000	6
David Burge	OF	119	234	6	10	1	.960	2.017
Bernie Carbo	OF	117	145	17	6	3	.964	1.385
George Lattera	OF	72	89	3	5	1	.948	1.278
Donald Anderson	OF	52	57	3	2	0	.968	1.154
Ernest Davis	OF	48	59	3	4	0	.939	1.292
Wayne Meadows	OF	20	23	3	1	0	.963	1.300
Fred Kendall	OF	12	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Goldie Francis	OF	7	11	1	1	0	.923	1.714
Pedro Martinez	OF	6	1	0	1	0	.500	.167
Dan McGinn	P	74	6	22	1	0	.966	.378
John Noriega	P	62	2	21	2	5	.920	.371
Malcolm Warren	P	41	3	11	1	0	.933	.341
Steve Blateric	P	30	8	14	0	2	1.000	.733
Grover Powell	P	29	9	34	5	0	.896	1.483
Scott Seger	P	27						.000
Thomas Frondorf	P	27	5	12	2	1	.895	.630
Wayne Simpson	P	26	11	35	1	2	.979	1.769
Bill Henry	P	21	2	13	1	1	.938	.714
Aurelio Monteagudo	P	17	5	14	1	1	.950	1.118
Daryl Hallmark	P	11	3	12	2	1	.882	1.364
Claude Passeau	P	9	2	2	0	0	1.000	.444
Kenneth Widman	P	5	4	3	0	0	1.000	1.400
Joseph Earl	P	5	2	2	0	0	1.000	.800
James Baten	P	4	1	1	0	1	1.000	.500
Mike Oates	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Frank Duffy	SS	93	162	259	13	51	.970	4.527
Darrel Chaney	SS	45	73	116	14	16	.931	4.200
Peter Berens	SS	5	9	10	3	0	.864	3.800
Totals		1598	3510	1411	174	263	.966	3.079	31	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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