1968 El Paso Sun Kings Statistics
Team Record: 77-60
Finished 1st in the TL's West Division
Manager: Chuck Tanner (77-60)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 78,137, Avg. 1,141
Playoffs - El Paso Sun Kings 3 games, Arkansas Travelers 1
The El Paso Sun Kings of the Texas League ended the 1968 season with a record of 77 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Sun Kings scored 661 runs and conceded 608 runs. Jim Spencer led El Paso with 28 home runs, while Jim DeNeff, Tom Silverio and Jarvis Tatum each walloped 15 or more, too. Jim Spencer drove in 96 runs. Jarvis Tatum paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .308 clip. Ken Tatum topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.41 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1968 El Paso Sun Kings who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Wally Wolf, Charlie Vinson, Ken Turner, Rudy May, Moose Stubing, Dennis Paepke, Steve Kealey, Marty Perez, Ken Tatum, Jarvis Tatum, Bill Harrelson, Bobby Treviño, Bill Bethea, Jim Hibbs, Chuck Tanner, Tom Murphy, Pete Cimino, Jim Spencer, Gene Leek, Vern Geishert, Fred Newman and Tom Silverio.
Chuck Tanner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Tatum | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.41 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 148.0 | 142 | 66 | 56 | 11 | 47 | 6 | 117 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Vern Geishert | 10 | 15 | .400 | 5.37 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 161.0 | 207 | 102 | 96 | 13 | 44 | 0 | 126 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| William Boehlert | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.59 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 58 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Rudy May | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.47 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 129.0 | 133 | 71 | 64 | 17 | 39 | 3 | 112 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Joe Overton | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.42 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 112.0 | 128 | 63 | 55 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ed Sennett | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.65 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 72 | 34 | 32 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Steve Kealey | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.41 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 66 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Fred Newman | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.70 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 47 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Bill Harrelson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.60 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 50.0 | 44 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Daniel Keller | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.80 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 71.0 | 70 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 31 | 6 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Tom Murphy | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jon Lervig | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.50 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20.0 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Richard Evans | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.40 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Ken Turner | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.40 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Wally Wolf | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.90 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 35 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| James Holbrook | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.62 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 79 | 41 | 37 | 7 | 33 | 8 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Suskiewich | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.75 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Moose Stubing | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pete Cimino | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Pat Rogan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 77 | 60 | .562 | 4.14 | 350 | 138 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1147.0 | 1203 | 608 | 528 | 104 | 426 | 40 | 871 | 34 | 6 | 54 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Spencer | 135 | 566 | 493 | 85 | 144 | 29 | 5 | 28 | 96 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 67 | .292 | .365 | .542 | .906 | 267 | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Jarvis Tatum | 110 | 469 | 415 | 82 | 128 | 21 | 7 | 15 | 52 | 22 | 4 | 43 | 98 | .308 | .388 | .501 | .889 | 208 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Silverio | 124 | 464 | 403 | 85 | 106 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 59 | 5 | 9 | 59 | 101 | .263 | .359 | .506 | .865 | 204 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marty Perez | 116 | 451 | 404 | 50 | 102 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 61 | .252 | .327 | .334 | .661 | 135 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gordie Avery | 114 | 412 | 365 | 45 | 88 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 45 | .241 | .314 | .310 | .624 | 113 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Bill Bethea | 109 | 373 | 310 | 53 | 84 | 31 | 1 | 14 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 55 | 59 | .271 | .382 | .513 | .895 | 159 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Paepke | 87 | 310 | 277 | 38 | 80 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 26 | .289 | .362 | .444 | .807 | 123 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Wilkinson | 96 | 387 | 343 | 56 | 79 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 61 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 116 | .230 | .313 | .429 | .741 | 147 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim DeNeff | 96 | 377 | 324 | 64 | 78 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 52 | 8 | 3 | 45 | 110 | .241 | .345 | .469 | .814 | 152 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Olerud | 54 | 182 | 156 | 21 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 30 | .282 | .367 | .442 | .809 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Treviño | 34 | 139 | 132 | 14 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .311 | .345 | .470 | .815 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Moose Stubing | 75 | 174 | 147 | 16 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 33 | .245 | .362 | .435 | .797 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Tatum | 35 | 63 | 57 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .298 | .333 | .491 | .825 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hibbs | 48 | 121 | 104 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 27 | .154 | .258 | .192 | .451 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lee Massey | 23 | 61 | 59 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .186 | .200 | .339 | .539 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Overton | 24 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .263 | .263 | .289 | .553 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Vern Geishert | 32 | 61 | 59 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .136 | .133 | .153 | .286 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rudy May | 30 | 53 | 45 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | .133 | .264 | .244 | .509 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Leek | 14 | 41 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | .132 | .195 | .158 | .353 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Murphy | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | 1.250 | 1.750 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Sennett | 43 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .385 | .417 | .801 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Newman | 21 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .200 | .190 | .200 | .390 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Harrelson | 7 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .167 | .250 | .167 | .417 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Keller | 16 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .136 | .136 | .182 | .318 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Davis | 8 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .136 | .240 | .182 | .422 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Vinson | 8 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .111 | .226 | .296 | .522 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Evans | 5 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .182 | .250 | .273 | .523 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Kealey | 50 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .133 | .235 | .133 | .369 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Holbrook | 24 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .105 | .190 | .105 | .296 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Cimino | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jon Lervig | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .500 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Turner | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Boehlert | 47 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Tanner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Suskiewich | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Rogan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Wolf | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1622 | 4983 | 4384 | 661 | 1116 | 197 | 40 | 155 | 585 | 85 | 46 | 500 | 970 | .255 | .336 | .424 | .760 | 1858 | 0 | 48 | 28 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Spencer | 1B | 135 | 1170 | 80 | 11 | 109 | .991 | 9.259 | ||||
| Moose Stubing | 1B | 7 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.429 | ||||
| Dennis Paepke | 1B | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
| Gordie Avery | 2B | 104 | 190 | 258 | 14 | 60 | .970 | 4.308 | ||||
| Bill Bethea | 2B | 33 | 68 | 106 | 6 | 25 | .967 | 5.273 | ||||
| Don Wilkinson | 2B | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 5.500 | ||||
| Moose Stubing | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Marty Perez | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gene Leek | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim DeNeff | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim DeNeff | 3B | 68 | 60 | 115 | 10 | 13 | .946 | 2.574 | ||||
| Bill Bethea | 3B | 49 | 73 | 93 | 4 | 8 | .976 | 3.388 | ||||
| Gene Leek | 3B | 11 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 2.818 | ||||
| Don Wilkinson | 3B | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Bruce Davis | 3B | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .800 | 2.400 | ||||
| Dennis Paepke | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Jarvis Tatum | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Moose Stubing | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Hibbs | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dennis Paepke | C | 78 | 480 | 48 | 6 | 3 | .989 | 6.769 | 4 | |||
| John Olerud | C | 48 | 290 | 23 | 12 | 2 | .963 | 6.521 | 7 | |||
| Jim Hibbs | C | 22 | 115 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 5.909 | 2 | |||
| Moose Stubing | C | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | 2 | |||
| Tom Silverio | OF | 116 | 182 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .946 | 1.664 | ||||
| Jarvis Tatum | OF | 110 | 190 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .972 | 1.864 | ||||
| Don Wilkinson | OF | 87 | 140 | 15 | 3 | 5 | .981 | 1.782 | ||||
| Bobby Treviño | OF | 33 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .953 | 1.242 | ||||
| Moose Stubing | OF | 32 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lee Massey | OF | 17 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .765 | ||||
| Jim DeNeff | OF | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jim Hibbs | OF | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| Charlie Vinson | OF | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jim Spencer | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Marty Perez | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dennis Paepke | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Fred Newman | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Kealey | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Vern Geishert | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Bethea | OF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Gordie Avery | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steve Kealey | P | 49 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .245 | ||||
| William Boehlert | P | 47 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .170 | ||||
| Ed Sennett | P | 43 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .279 | ||||
| Vern Geishert | P | 30 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.200 | ||||
| Ken Tatum | P | 27 | 13 | 34 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 1.741 | ||||
| Joe Overton | P | 24 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.542 | ||||
| James Holbrook | P | 23 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .435 | ||||
| Rudy May | P | 22 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.727 | ||||
| Fred Newman | P | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .316 | ||||
| Daniel Keller | P | 16 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.312 | ||||
| Wally Wolf | P | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Ken Turner | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Bill Harrelson | P | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Jim Suskiewich | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| Richard Evans | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Moose Stubing | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jon Lervig | P | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tom Murphy | P | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Pete Cimino | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pat Rogan | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Marty Perez | SS | 116 | 171 | 362 | 29 | 72 | .948 | 4.595 | ||||
| Bill Bethea | SS | 19 | 30 | 44 | 1 | 9 | .987 | 3.895 | ||||
| Jim DeNeff | SS | 7 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .958 | 3.286 | ||||
| Jarvis Tatum | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Moose Stubing | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1518 | 3446 | 1457 | 142 | 330 | .972 | 3.230 | 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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