1968 Duluth-Superior Dukes Statistics
Team Record: 31-39
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: Bruce Andrew (31-39)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Duluth, Minnesota; Superior, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Wade Stadium
Attendance: 12,955, Avg. 370
The Duluth-Superior Dukes of the Northern League ended the 1968 season with a record of 31 wins and 39 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Dukes scored 285 runs and surrendered 293 runs. Dan Haynes drove in 42 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .284 average. Denny O'Toole led the team with 7 wins, while Pete Lentine recorded a 2.14 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1968 Duluth-Superior Dukes who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Denny O'Toole, Scott Northey, Dan Neumeier and Don Eddy.
Bruce Andrew 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denny O'Toole | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.56 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 102.0 | 79 | 45 | 29 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 97 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Pete Lentine | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.14 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 63.0 | 49 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| George Weimer | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.03 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dan Neumeier | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.30 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 86.0 | 81 | 38 | 22 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Neil Weber | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.89 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 84.0 | 83 | 36 | 27 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Steve O'Neill | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 71.0 | 68 | 37 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Willie Garrison | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.76 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 44 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Don Eddy | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.60 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jim Limke | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.80 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 33 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Joseph Jancaric | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Steward | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.89 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Gary Reiten | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| James Daun | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1.29 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 31 | 39 | .443 | 2.65 | 151 | 70 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 595.0 | 531 | 293 | 175 | 25 | 242 | 12 | 510 | 12 | 3 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Kolb | 64 | 263 | 234 | 36 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 24 | 32 | .278 | .350 | .308 | .658 | 72 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dan Haynes | 63 | 248 | 222 | 32 | 63 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 41 | .284 | .346 | .450 | .796 | 100 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Scott Northey | 65 | 248 | 214 | 38 | 55 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 33 | 52 | .257 | .359 | .369 | .728 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dana Ryan | 51 | 202 | 181 | 24 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 11 | .282 | .345 | .348 | .693 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Larry Linville | 55 | 215 | 180 | 20 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 35 | .233 | .335 | .311 | .646 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Steven Agerton | 48 | 166 | 143 | 24 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 30 | .224 | .317 | .280 | .597 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ron Williams | 38 | 138 | 120 | 21 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 27 | .258 | .328 | .342 | .670 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Richard Newhart | 37 | 161 | 141 | 23 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 20 | .220 | .317 | .298 | .615 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Dail | 46 | 182 | 157 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 50 | .197 | .298 | .338 | .636 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Richard Ortner | 37 | 119 | 112 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 21 | .188 | .227 | .214 | .441 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Lewis | 21 | 75 | 70 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .286 | .320 | .400 | .720 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gregory Merkerson | 38 | 138 | 120 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 28 | .167 | .270 | .192 | .462 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Karl Simon | 37 | 127 | 115 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 30 | .139 | .206 | .174 | .380 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pete Lentine | 15 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .441 | .487 | .559 | 1.046 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ken Plesha | 23 | 70 | 65 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .231 | .286 | .369 | .655 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Champion | 24 | 58 | 52 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .154 | .241 | .154 | .395 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Neumeier | 12 | 33 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .250 | .438 | .250 | .688 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve O'Neill | 11 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .182 | .217 | .227 | .445 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gary Reiten | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .750 | 1.250 | 2.000 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denny O'Toole | 15 | 38 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .083 | .132 | .139 | .270 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Steward | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Weimer | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Garrison | 22 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .111 | .273 | .222 | .495 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neil Weber | 13 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .042 | .179 | .042 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Limke | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Eddy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Daun | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Jancaric | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 804 | 2611 | 2295 | 285 | 537 | 80 | 21 | 20 | 238 | 76 | 19 | 262 | 472 | .234 | .315 | .313 | .628 | 719 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Haynes | 1B | 60 | 510 | 36 | 13 | 28 | .977 | 9.100 | ||||
| Thomas Dail | 1B | 5 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .978 | 8.800 | ||||
| Carl Champion | 1B | 4 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 1.250 | ||||
| Pete Lentine | 1B | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Dana Ryan | 2B | 47 | 111 | 119 | 5 | 20 | .979 | 4.894 | ||||
| Richard Newhart | 2B | 15 | 29 | 33 | 1 | 6 | .984 | 4.133 | ||||
| Steven Agerton | 2B | 13 | 31 | 35 | 2 | 6 | .971 | 5.077 | ||||
| Jeff Kolb | 3B | 47 | 36 | 84 | 21 | 1 | .851 | 2.553 | ||||
| Steven Agerton | 3B | 23 | 12 | 32 | 12 | 1 | .786 | 1.913 | ||||
| Richard Newhart | 3B | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 3.200 | ||||
| Richard Ortner | C | 32 | 233 | 37 | 3 | 0 | .989 | 8.438 | 2 | |||
| Gary Lewis | C | 20 | 147 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .988 | 8.300 | 4 | |||
| Ken Plesha | C | 18 | 125 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .979 | 7.667 | 1 | |||
| Carl Champion | C | 4 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Scott Northey | OF | 60 | 78 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .933 | 1.383 | ||||
| Larry Linville | OF | 50 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .957 | 1.780 | ||||
| Thomas Dail | OF | 38 | 56 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .922 | 1.553 | ||||
| Ron Williams | OF | 34 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .917 | 1.294 | ||||
| Karl Simon | OF | 31 | 47 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .941 | 1.548 | ||||
| Carl Champion | OF | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Willie Garrison | P | 22 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .682 | ||||
| George Weimer | P | 21 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .190 | ||||
| Jim Limke | P | 20 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .400 | ||||
| Denny O'Toole | P | 15 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.933 | ||||
| Neil Weber | P | 13 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.385 | ||||
| Larry Steward | P | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .417 | ||||
| Dan Neumeier | P | 12 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
| Steve O'Neill | P | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.091 | ||||
| Pete Lentine | P | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.222 | ||||
| James Daun | P | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .778 | ||||
| Gary Reiten | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Don Eddy | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Joseph Jancaric | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gregory Merkerson | SS | 37 | 46 | 103 | 25 | 14 | .856 | 4.027 | ||||
| Richard Newhart | SS | 19 | 20 | 48 | 10 | 10 | .872 | 3.579 | ||||
| Jeff Kolb | SS | 16 | 13 | 37 | 5 | 3 | .909 | 3.125 | ||||
| Steven Agerton | SS | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | .818 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 740 | 1783 | 736 | 150 | 105 | .944 | 3.404 | 7 | 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.
