1968 Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 60-79
Finished 4th in the TL's East Division
Manager: Hub Kittle (60-79)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Dallas, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: Turnpike Stadium
Attendance: 215,756, Avg. 3,104

1968 Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs Roster

The Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs of the Texas League ended the 1968 season with a record of 60 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.

The Spurs plated 446 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 537 runs. Glen Clark drove in 43 runs. Gene Etter led hitters with significant playing time with a .282 average. George Gerberman topped the squad with 11 wins, while Paul Doyle recorded a 2.34 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

George Gerberman, Lee Bales, Danny Walton, Ron Henry, Fred Stanley, Larry Howard, Hal King, Rafael Batista, Jackie Brandt, Arnold Umbach, Wayne Twitchell, Brock Davis, Glen Clark, Roric Harrison, Bob Watkins, Greg Sims, Bruce Von Hoff and Paul Doyle were all players from the 1968 Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs who played in the Majors during their careers.

Hub Kittle 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
George Gerberman	11	15	.423	2.61	32	31		10	3		217.0	190	87	63	8	44	6	132	5	1	9
Secundino Almonte	9	5	.643	2.95	36	16		3	1		122.0	111	48	40	4	59	8	79	2	1	7
Bob Watkins	8	6	.571	2.72	19	19		6	3		116.0	79	41	35	1	72	3	134	8	2	8
Rick Pierini	8	9	.471	3.79	45	8		2	0		114.0	121	55	48	6	40	6	63	3	1	7
Paul Doyle	7	12	.368	2.34	40	13		5	2		154.0	126	48	40	5	47	4	149	11	0	3
Tommy Fullen	5	2	.714	2.45	10	10		5	0		77.0	65	21	21	7	15	1	37	0	0	1
Luis Penalver	5	10	.333	3.81	34	18		5	2		130.0	136	63	55	8	32	5	83	2	1	5
Wayne Twitchell	4	4	.500	2.50	8	8		3	2		54.0	48	21	15	0	34	0	47	4	0	3
Roy Shrawder	1	1	.500	4.68	29	1		1	1		50.0	50	32	26	4	16	3	35	1	1	4
Dave Woods	1	2	.333	6.48	17	0		0	0		25.0	32	23	18	2	9	2	15	2	0	0
Roric Harrison	1	5	.167	4.60	9	9		1	0		47.0	39	30	24	1	28	0	28	1	1	2
James Murphy	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Crook	0	0		8.36	11	0		0	0		14.0	12	15	13	1	16	2	9	1	0	2
Arnold Umbach	0	0		9.00	2	0		0	0		2.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Murphy	0	1	.000	12.86	6	0		0	0		7.0	11	10	10	0	5	1	7	0	0	0
Edward Harrar	0	2	.000	4.50	19	0		0	0		24.0	32	16	12	2	10	4	16	0	0	5
Bruce Von Hoff	0	5	.000	4.94	8	6		1	0		31.0	34	25	17	1	16	4	20	2	0	3
Totals	60	79	.432	3.33	326	139	0	42	14	0	1186.0	1091	537	439	50	444	49	855	42	8	59	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
Gene Etter	107	428	411	41	116	7	2	0	25		5			.282	.286	.309	.595	127		2	15	0
Glen Clark	121	449	406	46	104	19	3	7	43	8	5	33	66	.256	.312	.369	.681	150		1	6	3
Rafael Batista	111	373	344	32	86	19	3	4	38	2	3	18	85	.250	.295	.358	.653	123		5	4	2
Jim McDonald	97	371	315	39	75	10	2	5	29	13	2	50	32	.238	.344	.330	.674	104		2	2	2
Greg Sims	82	283	255	34	72	15	5	9	37	1	0	26	58	.282	.350	.486	.836	124		1	0	1
James Monin	89	312	273	29	69	7	2	2	26	4	4	30	40	.253	.329	.315	.644	86		2	5	2
Danny Walton	78	307	279	32	69	7	4	9	41	1	2	19	68	.247	.304	.398	.702	111		5	1	3
Fred Stanley	106	379	337	26	66	8	4	1	26	6	5	36	73	.196	.278	.252	.530	85		3	1	2
Brock Davis	70	296	258	28	62	9	2	1	17	13	3	31	40	.240	.332	.302	.635	78		5	1	1
Hal King	56	214	183	27	47	15	3	4	23	2	0	28	48	.257	.355	.437	.792	80		1	0	2
Larry Howard	62	221	193	21	47	10	3	4	20	1	0	24	49	.244	.330	.389	.719	75		2	0	2
Ernest Foli	61	208	199	10	46	8	2	0	18	3	0	8	36	.231	.264	.291	.556	58		1	0	0
Lee Bales	63	196	175	22	36	6	1	0	6	5	3	19	35	.206	.282	.251	.533	44		0	1	1
Alex Barrett	22	80	72	2	16	3	1	0	6	0	0	6	21	.222	.282	.292	.574	21		0	2	0
Sam Thompson	26	82	73	8	16	3	2	0	3	1	1	7	15	.219	.288	.315	.603	23		0	2	0
Fred Walters	52	126	107	6	15	1	0	1	5	0	0	18	21	.140	.264	.178	.442	19		0	1	0
George Gerberman	38	80	79	6	14	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	34	.177	.188	.228	.415	18		0	0	0
Roy Bethell	14	59	54	6	13	2	1	0	5	1	0	2	14	.241	.263	.315	.578	17		0	2	1
Rick Pierini	51	44	38	5	10	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	8	.263	.310	.289	.599	11		0	2	1
Secundino Almonte	35	38	31	5	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	6	13	.226	.351	.323	.674	10		0	1	0
Rick Lynn	15	37	34	4	7	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	11	.206	.270	.294	.564	10		0	0	0
Paul Doyle	40	52	43	1	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	.140	.136	.163	.299	7		0	8	1
Ron Henry	9	21	18	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	7	.278	.381	.444	.825	8		0	0	0
Tommy Fullen	10	30	27	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	.185	.179	.222	.401	6		0	2	1
Bob Watkins	23	42	40	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.125	.125	.125	.250	5		0	2	0
Keith Graffagnini	18	46	45	2	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	16	.111	.109	.200	.309	9		0	0	1
George Alvarez	5	11	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.300	.364	.300	.664	3		0	0	0
Bruce Von Hoff	8	11	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	3		0	0	0
Roric Harrison	9	15	12	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.250	.357	.333	.690	4		1	1	0
Miguel Hernandez	9	23	19	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	3	4	4	.158	.304	.211	.515	4		0	0	0
Luis Penalver	34	40	36	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	11	.083	.175	.083	.258	3		0	0	0
James Murphy	7	19	14	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	5	6	.143	.368	.286	.654	4		0	0	0
Ron Crook	11	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Dave Woods	17	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0
Roy Shrawder	29	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	1	0
Wayne Twitchell	8	22	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.050	.095	.050	.145	1		0	1	0
Edward Harrar	19	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Jackie Brandt	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Brian Murphy	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	1619	4936	4429	446	1040	160	42	50	394	63	37	389	874	.235	.299	.324	.623	1434	0	31	61	26	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Rafael Batista	1B	87	784	64	3	69	.996	9.747
Larry Howard	1B	24	212	17	3	12	.987	9.542
Keith Graffagnini	1B	11	83	9	0	10	1.000	8.364
Ernest Foli	1B	11	97	7	9	12	.920	9.455
Fred Walters	1B	7	52	2	0	3	1.000	7.714
James Murphy	1B	6	36	5	0	5	1.000	6.833
Roy Bethell	1B	1	2	2	0	1	1.000	4.000
Jim McDonald	2B	69	157	249	11	47	.974	5.884
Lee Bales	2B	35	65	89	5	18	.969	4.400
James Monin	2B	30	51	74	5	14	.962	4.167
Fred Stanley	2B	9	14	25	3	4	.929	4.333
Ernest Foli	2B	9	25	26	2	1	.962	5.667
Fred Walters	2B	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000
James Monin	3B	48	45	76	8	12	.938	2.521
Ernest Foli	3B	31	19	54	3	1	.961	2.355
Gene Etter	3B	20	16	18	7	4	.829	1.700
Alex Barrett	3B	20	14	36	4	2	.926	2.500
Lee Bales	3B	12	15	18	4	6	.892	2.750
Rick Lynn	3B	10	4	9	2	1	.867	1.300
Fred Walters	3B	2	0	1	1	0	.500	.500
Jim McDonald	3B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Larry Howard	3B	1	1	1	1	0	.667	2.000
Hal King	C	53	331	35	8	2	.979	6.906	6
Glen Clark	C	42	251	29	6	1	.979	6.667	6
Fred Walters	C	27	134	13	0	1	1.000	5.444	2
Larry Howard	C	27	145	15	3	1	.982	5.926	8
Ron Henry	C	6	39	8	2	2	.959	7.833	4
Danny Walton	OF	75	110	6	5	0	.959	1.547
Greg Sims	OF	71	112	5	9	1	.929	1.648
Brock Davis	OF	70	124	2	5	1	.962	1.800
Glen Clark	OF	67	101	5	1	2	.991	1.582
Sam Thompson	OF	19	21	1	0	0	1.000	1.158
Roy Bethell	OF	14	20	2	1	0	.957	1.571
Rafael Batista	OF	9	11	1	1	0	.923	1.333
Miguel Hernandez	OF	8	15	0	1	0	.938	1.875
Larry Howard	OF	6	10	3	0	0	1.000	2.167
Alex Barrett	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
George Alvarez	OF	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500
George Gerberman	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jackie Brandt	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Rick Pierini	P	45	9	18	1	1	.964	.600
Paul Doyle	P	40	11	38	6	3	.891	1.225
Secundino Almonte	P	35	8	22	3	0	.909	.857
Luis Penalver	P	34	18	26	0	1	1.000	1.294
George Gerberman	P	32	11	41	3	5	.945	1.625
Roy Shrawder	P	29	4	8	1	1	.923	.414
Bob Watkins	P	19	8	20	1	3	.966	1.474
Edward Harrar	P	19	0	2	0	0	1.000	.105
Dave Woods	P	17	2	10	0	0	1.000	.706
Ron Crook	P	11	0	4	0	0	1.000	.364
Tommy Fullen	P	10	2	11	0	0	1.000	1.300
Roric Harrison	P	9	2	12	2	3	.875	1.556
Bruce Von Hoff	P	8	1	5	1	1	.857	.750
Wayne Twitchell	P	8	5	6	2	0	.846	1.375
Brian Murphy	P	6	1	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Arnold Umbach	P	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Fred Stanley	SS	97	151	311	24	59	.951	4.763
Jim McDonald	SS	29	39	41	11	11	.879	2.759
James Monin	SS	11	15	34	5	8	.907	4.455
Lee Bales	SS	8	10	22	2	1	.941	4.000
Ernest Foli	SS	2	7	4	2	1	.846	5.500
Totals		1416	3435	1548	177	331	.966	3.519	26	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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