1968 Cedar Rapids Cardinals Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 63-53
Finished 3rd in the MWL
Manager: Jack Krol (63-53)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 52,109, Avg. 898

1968 Cedar Rapids Cardinals Roster

The Cedar Rapids Cardinals of the Midwest League ended the 1968 season with a record of 63 wins and 53 losses, finishing third in the MWL.

The Cardinals scored 531 runs and surrendered 513 runs. Wayne Boultinghouse led Cedar Rapids with 13 home runs Dewey Freeman drove in 58 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .286 average. Bob Chlupsa paced the squad with 10 wins, while Rafael Salazar registered a 2.61 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1968 Cedar Rapids Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jack Whillock, Jorge Roque, Bob Chlupsa, Luis Meléndez and Tom Heintzelman.

Jack Krol 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
Bob Chlupsa	10	6	.625	2.30	51	0		0	0		86.0	67	28	22	0	25	7	77	4	0	6
Buddy Smith	8	2	.800	2.97	16	16		2	0		97.0	78	39	32	4	53	0	80	5	1	6
Rafael Salazar	7	6	.538	2.61	43	3		1	0		107.0	107	41	31	3	37	6	86	3	0	5
Jesse DuBose	7	6	.538	3.41	24	24		5	0		153.0	154	67	58	14	56	2	110	1	2	9
Mike Maselbas	6	3	.667	2.84	11	11		5	0		73.0	71	33	23	5	24	2	53	0	0	3
Dick McVay	5	4	.556	4.01	13	11		3	1		83.0	75	40	37	7	41	3	66	3	0	3
Ron Ebner	5	5	.500	4.46	20	18		3	0		105.0	112	72	52	15	17	2	69	1	0	3
Jim Williamson	4	2	.667	3.00	29	3		0	0		54.0	47	26	18	2	33	3	33	1	0	3
Jack Whillock	4	4	.500	2.89	28	1		0	0		56.0	47	27	18	3	17	8	42	4	0	4
Dick Estrella	3	7	.300	4.65	12	11		2	0		62.0	77	39	32	9	21	0	32	1	0	2
Mike Rakow	2	0	1.000	3.27	7	0		0	0		11.0	11	5	4	0	8	2	9	0	1	1
Dan Ford	1	0	1.000	3.86	10	1		0	0		21.0	20	9	9	2	15	2	24	0	0	5
Stan Davis	1	1	.500	4.50	13	3		0	0		38.0	37	22	19	2	23	2	22	4	0	3
Joe Atilee	0	1	.000	9.75	4	3		0	0		12.0	16	18	13	2	9	0	6	3	0	3
Larry Heilman	0	2	.000	6.14	6	5		0	0		22.0	27	29	15	3	14	0	16	2	0	3
Dave Sagaser	0	4	.000	3.86	6	6		0	0		35.0	40	18	15	7	21	0	22	1	0	1
Totals	63	53	.543	3.53	293	116	0	21	1	0	1015.0	986	513	398	78	414	39	747	33	4	60	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
Luis Meléndez	113	498	438	63	120	19	6	6	57	20	7	46	70	.274	.341	.386	.727	169		3	2	9
Bobby Diaz	102	459	407	65	104	7	1	0	26	20	8	41	34	.256	.327	.278	.605	113		3	7	1
Dewey Freeman	98	402	329	51	94	8	0	10	58	2	1	63	52	.286	.396	.401	.797	132		2	0	8
Wayne Boultinghouse	107	442	380	58	92	15	2	13	49	5	1	51	57	.242	.338	.395	.733	150		5	4	2
Bob Bonalewicz	86	348	283	63	81	16	1	8	52	0	1	56	41	.286	.405	.435	.840	123		4	0	5
Tim Morgan	86	298	271	40	74	13	0	8	44	6	0	19	57	.273	.322	.410	.732	111		2	3	3
Tony Auferio	93	343	298	27	71	14	0	4	33	3	1	33	55	.238	.328	.326	.654	97		8	2	2
Bob Schaefer	58	229	192	33	49	6	5	5	27	4	3	31	29	.255	.366	.417	.782	80		3	2	1
Tom Heintzelman	45	187	165	27	45	4	1	1	11	0	1	15	22	.273	.342	.327	.670	54		3	3	1
Terry Milani	58	189	176	17	43	5	0	5	21	0	1	12	26	.244	.293	.358	.651	63		0	1	0
Butch Hairston	26	117	103	13	32	7	2	0	13	4	4	13	29	.311	.388	.417	.805	43		0	1	0
Don Cooksey	60	186	168	18	29	5	0	4	14	1	0	18	66	.173	.253	.274	.526	46		0	0	0
Larry Snyder	41	118	103	12	23	3	1	0	9	0	0	13	32	.223	.322	.272	.594	28		2	0	0
Fred Grooms	30	110	95	10	19	4	1	1	9	4	0	10	30	.200	.269	.295	.563	28		0	2	3
Manny Abreu	28	79	67	10	11	2	0	1	9	0	1	10	25	.164	.266	.239	.505	16		0	0	2
Ron Ebner	21	44	38	4	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	10	.237	.256	.289	.546	11		0	5	0
Jesse DuBose	24	60	55	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	27	.127	.186	.127	.314	7		0	1	0
Bob Chlupsa	51	24	23	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.217	.250	.217	.467	5		0	0	0
Danny Barrett	15	35	30	2	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	13	.167	.242	.267	.509	8		0	2	0
Buddy Smith	16	39	35	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.143	.143	.143	.286	5		0	4	0
Rafael Salazar	44	28	24	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.167	.167	.167	.333	4		0	4	0
Dick McVay	17	33	31	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	.129	.182	.129	.311	4		0	0	0
Hank Marion	6	26	21	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.143	.269	.143	.412	3		1	0	1
Joe Atilee	16	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.333	2.000	4		0	1	0
Dick Estrella	12	22	22	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.182	.273	4		0	0	0
Mike Maselbas	15	24	23	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.087	.125	.087	.212	2		0	0	0
Dan Ford	11	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Eddie Dixon	8	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.167	.375	.167	.542	1		0	0	0
Jack Whillock	28	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Dave Sagaser	6	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.091	.000	.091	0		0	1	0
Jorge Roque	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0
Ron McCollum	5	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	0	0
Paul Kacera	7	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.111	.000	.111	0		0	0	0
Larry Heilman	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Stan Davis	14	12	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.083	.000	.083	0		0	0	0
Bill Caudell	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Jim Williamson	29	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0
Mike Rakow	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	1396	4435	3859	535	937	134	20	67	445	69	29	454	784	.243	.325	.340	.665	1312	0	36	48	38	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dewey Freeman	1B	97	826	50	13	85	.985	9.031
Terry Milani	1B	19	136	13	1	10	.993	7.842
Wayne Boultinghouse	1B	5	16	0	3	0	.842	3.200
Paul Kacera	1B	2	11	2	1	0	.929	6.500
Bobby Diaz	2B	77	193	210	17	60	.960	5.234
Tom Heintzelman	2B	35	89	94	7	16	.963	5.229
Wayne Boultinghouse	2B	9	21	21	0	6	1.000	4.667
Danny Barrett	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Tony Auferio	3B	75	65	121	32	22	.853	2.480
Wayne Boultinghouse	3B	32	29	47	10	4	.884	2.375
Bobby Diaz	3B	11	12	28	0	2	1.000	3.636
Danny Barrett	3B	8	5	9	1	0	.933	1.750
Bob Bonalewicz	C	81	516	55	18	5	.969	7.049	15
Larry Snyder	C	22	169	7	7	0	.962	8.000	5
Tony Auferio	C	15	86	11	3	0	.970	6.467	3
Ron McCollum	C	2	7	1	1	0	.889	4.000	1
Luis Meléndez	OF	111	258	8	7	1	.974	2.396
Tim Morgan	OF	77	119	9	8	3	.941	1.662
Wayne Boultinghouse	OF	46	62	6	1	0	.986	1.478
Don Cooksey	OF	45	59	7	4	0	.943	1.467
Fred Grooms	OF	30	47	4	10	0	.836	1.700
Terry Milani	OF	26	39	1	2	0	.952	1.538
Butch Hairston	OF	26	38	4	2	1	.955	1.615
Eddie Dixon	OF	6	3	1	1	0	.800	.667
Larry Snyder	OF	3	4	0	2	0	.667	1.333
Bob Chlupsa	P	51	5	22	0	2	1.000	.529
Rafael Salazar	P	43	7	22	2	0	.935	.674
Jim Williamson	P	29	2	8	0	0	1.000	.345
Jack Whillock	P	28	3	10	2	1	.867	.464
Jesse DuBose	P	24	3	29	3	2	.914	1.333
Ron Ebner	P	20	13	15	5	1	.848	1.400
Buddy Smith	P	16	5	8	1	1	.929	.812
Dick McVay	P	13	6	9	0	0	1.000	1.154
Stan Davis	P	13	4	4	0	0	1.000	.615
Dick Estrella	P	12	2	11	0	0	1.000	1.083
Mike Maselbas	P	11	4	13	1	2	.944	1.545
Dan Ford	P	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Mike Rakow	P	7	1	2	0	0	1.000	.429
Dave Sagaser	P	6	0	7	1	0	.875	1.167
Larry Heilman	P	6	0	7	0	0	1.000	1.167
Joe Atilee	P	4	1	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Bob Schaefer	SS	57	86	128	16	34	.930	3.754
Manny Abreu	SS	21	26	54	19	13	.808	3.810
Wayne Boultinghouse	SS	17	27	49	8	11	.905	4.471
Bobby Diaz	SS	16	25	40	6	2	.915	4.062
Tom Heintzelman	SS	8	12	31	4	8	.915	5.375
Hank Marion	SS	6	8	14	0	3	1.000	3.667
Totals		1279	3051	1195	219	295	.951	3.320	24	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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