1968 Charlotte Hornets Statistics
Team Record: 72-68
Finished 3rd in the SL
Manager: Harry Warner (72-68)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 89,898, Avg. 1,284
The Charlotte Hornets of the Southern League ended the 1968 season with a record of 72 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the SL.
The Hornets plated 527 runs and conceded 548 runs. Charlie Manuel paced Charlotte with 13 home runs and accounted for 79 RBI. Minnie Mendoza topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .303 clip. Garland Shifflett and Jose Paredes led the squad with 12 wins each, while Jose Paredes recorded a 2.78 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1968 Charlotte Hornets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were John Sevcik, Minnie Mendoza, Buzz Stephen, Garland Shifflett, Charlie Shoemaker, Tom Hall, Dick Woodson, Chuck Nieson, Charlie Manuel, Herman Hill, Jim Ollom and Johnnie Seale.
Harry Warner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Paredes | 12 | 3 | .800 | 2.78 | 58 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 175.0 | 135 | 65 | 54 | 17 | 58 | 7 | 132 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Garland Shifflett | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.00 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 132.0 | 120 | 47 | 44 | 8 | 45 | 11 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Buzz Stephen | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.96 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 141.0 | 122 | 75 | 62 | 8 | 74 | 2 | 115 | 5 | 1 | 22 | |||
| Dick Woodson | 7 | 15 | .318 | 3.83 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 148.0 | 143 | 80 | 63 | 13 | 51 | 4 | 114 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Jim Ollom | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.72 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 53.0 | 40 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Tom Hall | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1.36 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 73.0 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Chuck Nieson | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.65 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 78.0 | 68 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Carl Finafrock | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.21 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 94.0 | 102 | 48 | 44 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bill Ferrell | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.73 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 37 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Moe Ogier | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.00 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 30.0 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| John Randolph | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.60 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 80.0 | 92 | 40 | 32 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Rich Peterson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.03 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 42 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Paul Epperson | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6.91 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 54 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Don Gregson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnnie Seale | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.77 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | 38 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 72 | 68 | .514 | 3.59 | 310 | 140 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 1163.0 | 1076 | 548 | 464 | 84 | 417 | 37 | 843 | 25 | 5 | 67 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnie Mendoza | 139 | 594 | 545 | 85 | 165 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 67 | 30 | 8 | 37 | 32 | .303 | .347 | .400 | .747 | 218 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Charlie Manuel | 138 | 570 | 505 | 59 | 143 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 89 | .283 | .338 | .455 | .793 | 230 | 3 | 10 | 9 | ||
| Herman Hill | 102 | 417 | 392 | 57 | 96 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 36 | 12 | 22 | 72 | .245 | .285 | .314 | .599 | 123 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Luke Vasser | 125 | 386 | 347 | 46 | 90 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 52 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 63 | .259 | .319 | .415 | .734 | 144 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Al Nordberg | 113 | 367 | 330 | 31 | 74 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 48 | .224 | .287 | .330 | .617 | 109 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Jim Jenkins | 79 | 308 | 268 | 30 | 71 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 43 | .265 | .343 | .332 | .675 | 89 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| John Sevcik | 80 | 268 | 246 | 19 | 64 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 29 | .260 | .308 | .333 | .642 | 82 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Roger Sugimoto | 98 | 320 | 281 | 34 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 69 | .224 | .307 | .313 | .620 | 88 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Nestor Velazquez | 95 | 295 | 267 | 22 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 27 | .213 | .276 | .270 | .545 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Red Rambo | 89 | 253 | 227 | 19 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 28 | .233 | .294 | .326 | .620 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Chuck Weatherspoon | 63 | 172 | 139 | 24 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 33 | .295 | .424 | .468 | .892 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Danny DiPace | 66 | 181 | 159 | 22 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 41 | .233 | .318 | .352 | .671 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Buzz Stephen | 28 | 52 | 47 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .170 | .188 | .234 | .422 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jose Paredes | 58 | 50 | 47 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .170 | .188 | .191 | .379 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carl Finafrock | 17 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .194 | .242 | .194 | .436 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Smith | 20 | 52 | 50 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .120 | .154 | .220 | .374 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Hall | 11 | 29 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .179 | .179 | .250 | .429 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Woodson | 28 | 55 | 47 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .106 | .192 | .128 | .320 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Moe Ogier | 7 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Peterson | 15 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garland Shifflett | 77 | 32 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .069 | .069 | .069 | .138 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Don Gregson | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnnie Seale | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 | .429 | .400 | .829 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Ferrell | 9 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Epperson | 10 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .071 | .071 | .143 | .214 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Ollom | 9 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Nieson | 16 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .050 | .174 | .050 | .224 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Randolph | 12 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .042 | .179 | .042 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1524 | 4569 | 4101 | 483 | 1007 | 155 | 33 | 63 | 452 | 101 | 43 | 344 | 744 | .246 | .307 | .346 | .652 | 1417 | 0 | 34 | 52 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Nordberg | 1B | 97 | 744 | 52 | 9 | 66 | .989 | 8.206 | ||||
| Luke Vasser | 1B | 55 | 328 | 16 | 5 | 24 | .986 | 6.255 | ||||
| Nestor Velazquez | 1B | 11 | 74 | 8 | 1 | 10 | .988 | 7.455 | ||||
| Chuck Weatherspoon | 1B | 5 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.600 | ||||
| Roger Sugimoto | 2B | 94 | 175 | 228 | 15 | 56 | .964 | 4.287 | ||||
| Nestor Velazquez | 2B | 13 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 5 | .974 | 2.923 | ||||
| Minnie Mendoza | 3B | 77 | 54 | 151 | 8 | 14 | .962 | 2.662 | ||||
| Nestor Velazquez | 3B | 59 | 65 | 110 | 15 | 6 | .921 | 2.966 | ||||
| John Sevcik | C | 74 | 450 | 36 | 4 | 2 | .992 | 6.568 | 7 | |||
| Red Rambo | C | 73 | 415 | 35 | 5 | 6 | .989 | 6.164 | 7 | |||
| Chuck Weatherspoon | C | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 4.000 | 1 | |||
| Charlie Manuel | OF | 138 | 202 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .977 | 1.522 | ||||
| Herman Hill | OF | 99 | 195 | 11 | 12 | 1 | .945 | 2.081 | ||||
| Luke Vasser | OF | 61 | 106 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .957 | 1.803 | ||||
| Danny DiPace | OF | 53 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 1.434 | ||||
| Chuck Weatherspoon | OF | 37 | 53 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .915 | 1.459 | ||||
| Glenn Smith | OF | 18 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.667 | ||||
| Garland Shifflett | P | 77 | 10 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Jose Paredes | P | 58 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .972 | .603 | ||||
| Dick Woodson | P | 28 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| Buzz Stephen | P | 23 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.435 | ||||
| Carl Finafrock | P | 17 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.529 | ||||
| Chuck Nieson | P | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.375 | ||||
| Rich Peterson | P | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| John Randolph | P | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Johnnie Seale | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .091 | ||||
| Tom Hall | P | 11 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Paul Epperson | P | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Jim Ollom | P | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Don Gregson | P | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bill Ferrell | P | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Moe Ogier | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Jim Jenkins | SS | 79 | 124 | 240 | 14 | 52 | .963 | 4.608 | ||||
| Minnie Mendoza | SS | 63 | 101 | 167 | 8 | 36 | .971 | 4.254 | ||||
| Totals | 1420 | 3312 | 1286 | 124 | 295 | .974 | 3.238 | 15 | 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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