1968 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 62-75
Finished 4th in the FSL's East Division
Manager: Billy Shantz (62-75)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 29,108, Avg. 425

1968 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Roster

The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League ended the 1968 season with a record of 62 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.

The Yankees scored 423 runs and allowed 490 runs. Robert Carson drove in 59 runs. Fred Winston led hitters with significant playing time with a .247 average. Gerry Pirtle topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.09 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Rusty Torres, Gary Timberlake, Steve Kline, Loyd Colson, Al Closter, César Gerónimo, Gerry Pirtle, John Ellis and Mario Guerrero were all players from the 1968 Fort Lauderdale Yankees who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Billy Shantz 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
Gerry Pirtle	14	8	.636	2.09	24	24		13	3		172.0	139	51	40	5	35	0	141	3	0	5
William Goble	9	8	.529	3.47	24	24		9	3		148.0	142	71	57	5	35	1	99	15	2	5
Walter Walters	7	11	.389	2.78	22	22		11	1		139.0	121	65	43	3	29	0	74	11	0	6
Gary Timberlake	5	3	.625	1.80	10	8		5	3		60.0	46	18	12	0	15	0	52	0	0	2
Charles Burton	4	6	.400	2.42	15	10		4	0		78.0	72	25	21	0	22	1	28	2	0	5
Tom Foster	3	2	.600	1.89	19	5		4	2		57.0	49	14	12	2	12	0	23	4	1	1
Thomas Lawton	3	4	.429	1.67	21	0		0	0		27.0	26	11	5	1	4	1	22	2	0	0
Rich Leavell	3	5	.375	2.14	15	9		6	2		80.0	67	24	19	3	20	2	63	1	0	1
Michael Brown	2	1	.667	3.54	12	2		0	0		28.0	22	11	11	2	13	0	14	0	0	2
Al Closter	2	2	.500	0.72	5	4		2	1		25.0	12	7	2	1	6	0	19	0	0	0
Bill Fisher	2	2	.500	4.50	15	5		0	0		42.0	42	28	21	1	32	0	29	4	0	6
Loyd Colson	2	5	.286	4.60	21	2		1	0		43.0	47	23	22	2	12	3	38	3	0	1
Neil Swanson	1	1	.500	4.09	4	1		0	0		11.0	11	9	5	0	9	0	13	0	0	0
Perry Pappas	1	2	.333	3.60	15	3		0	0		45.0	42	22	18	1	18	2	24	5	0	1
Robert Elliott	1	2	.333	4.15	3	3		0	0		13.0	12	13	6	0	10	0	11	0	2	0
Alonzo Ramirez	1	3	.250	3.27	4	4		2	1		22.0	23	11	8	1	6	0	14	0	0	1
Steve Kline	1	4	.200	3.90	5	5		2	1		30.0	40	20	13	2	3	0	28	0	0	0
Steve Moyer	1	4	.200	6.52	14	5		0	0		40.0	49	36	29	2	20	0	21	3	2	5
David Walsh	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
John Martin	0	0		10.80	2	0		0	0		5.0	8	11	6	1	9	0	3	1	0	1
William Tomlinson	0	0		15.75	4	0		0	0		4.0	6	7	7	0	8	0	0	1	0	3
Craig Fellows	0	2	.000	5.06	6	1		0	0		16.0	17	13	9	1	7	0	10	0	0	2
Totals	62	75	.453	3.03	261	137	0	59	17	0	1086.0	993	490	366	33	325	10	729	55	7	47	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
Fred Winston	122	465	384	69	95	13	4	8	23	55	17	71	125	.247	.371	.365	.735	140		6	1	3
Robert Carson	108	401	344	40	86	11	9	6	59	3	3	46	81	.250	.347	.387	.733	133		7	0	4
Rusty Torres	126	417	340	47	78	6	13	3	26	11	5	68	86	.229	.365	.350	.715	119		5	3	1
Mario Guerrero	91	345	317	28	72	5	1	1	14	4	0	21	30	.227	.282	.259	.540	82		3	4	0
César Gerónimo	109	354	324	35	63	11	5	1	27	7	2	23	76	.194	.258	.269	.526	87		5	1	1
Lew Lawson	88	316	271	18	61	10	3	2	32	2	1	38	78	.225	.328	.306	.634	83		4	2	1
John Ellis	70	238	207	28	51	10	3	6	22	2	2	27	46	.246	.332	.411	.743	85		1	0	3
Patrick Cluney	69	211	194	15	45	4	4	3	23	3	1	15	26	.232	.286	.340	.626	66		0	1	1
George Blaum	107	319	271	32	38	5	2	1	14	7	9	29	77	.140	.256	.185	.440	50		14	2	3
Charles Lelas	73	217	176	19	36	2	2	1	14	4	1	34	51	.205	.343	.256	.598	45		4	1	2
David Gunderman	43	177	158	22	29	3	2	5	24	2	3	15	60	.184	.256	.323	.578	51		1	1	2
Alfonzo Neal	66	203	179	13	24	4	0	1	10	3	3	16	42	.134	.211	.173	.384	31		2	4	2
Willie Elmore	43	134	120	6	19	4	1	0	5	0	0	12	15	.158	.246	.208	.455	25		2	0	0
Gary Lautzenhiser	26	100	83	1	11	2	0	0	5	0	0	15	17	.133	.265	.157	.422	13		0	2	0
David Walsh	30	69	59	4	10	1	0	2	11	0	0	7	12	.169	.265	.288	.553	17		1	1	1
Evelio Ramos	10	41	41	5	8	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	9	.195	.195	.244	.439	10		0	0	0
William Goble	26	54	51	6	8	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	25	.157	.173	.196	.369	10		0	2	0
Terry Echan	13	46	40	5	7	1	0	0	4	1	0	5	6	.175	.267	.200	.467	8		0	1	0
Richard Buff	20	55	47	2	7	0	1	1	7	0	0	3	15	.149	.189	.255	.444	12		0	2	3
Gerry Pirtle	24	62	56	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.125	.169	.125	.294	7		2	3	0
Walter Walters	22	50	42	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	9	.143	.213	.143	.356	6		0	3	1
Michael Gallego	15	58	44	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	10	.136	.328	.136	.464	6		0	0	1
Steven Grotemeyer	23	60	55	3	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	5	30	.091	.167	.145	.312	8		0	0	0
Steve Kline	6	11	10	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.400	.400	.400	.800	4		0	1	0
Perry Pappas	15	10	10	1	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	4	.300	.300	.600	.900	6		0	0	0
Gary Timberlake	10	23	19	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	.158	.273	.158	.431	3		0	1	0
Rich Leavell	15	29	27	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.111	.143	.111	.254	3		0	1	0
Al Closter	5	10	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.286	.444	.429	.873	3		0	1	0
Steve Moyer	14	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.273	.200	.473	2		0	1	0
Tom Foster	19	17	16	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	2		0	1	0
Paul Branca	11	25	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	.100	.250	.100	.350	2		1	1	0
William Tomlinson	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Craig Fellows	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Robert Elliott	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0
Robert Hefflinger	6	38	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	2	.167	.868	.167	1.035	1		0	0	0
Michael Brown	12	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	1	0
Alonzo Ramirez	4	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	1	0
Loyd Colson	22	10	9	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.111	.200	.222	.422	2		0	0	0
Charles Burton	15	29	23	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	12	.043	.241	.043	.285	1		1	0	0
John Martin	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Neil Swanson	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Thomas Lawton	21	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Bill Fisher	15	10	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		1	0	0
Totals	1534	4650	4000	423	801	94	52	43	348	104	49	518	1005	.200	.299	.282	.581	1128	0	60	43	29	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Patrick Cluney	1B	60	441	28	10	31	.979	7.817
Charles Lelas	1B	47	392	25	5	22	.988	8.872
Gary Lautzenhiser	1B	23	197	12	3	19	.986	9.087
Evelio Ramos	1B	10	89	10	0	7	1.000	9.900
Robert Hefflinger	1B	2	4	1	0	0	1.000	2.500
George Blaum	1B	1	11	1	0	0	1.000	12.000
Alfonzo Neal	2B	64	102	109	9	16	.959	3.297
George Blaum	2B	38	54	75	8	12	.942	3.395
David Gunderman	2B	30	57	67	18	15	.873	4.133
Terry Echan	2B	12	26	34	6	10	.909	5.000
Rusty Torres	2B	6	19	16	1	3	.972	5.833
Michael Gallego	2B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Lew Lawson	3B	86	63	145	18	8	.920	2.419
George Blaum	3B	43	40	78	5	5	.959	2.744
Richard Buff	3B	15	12	34	1	3	.979	3.067
David Gunderman	3B	4	4	5	4	0	.692	2.250
Alfonzo Neal	3B	2	1	3	1	0	.800	2.000
John Ellis	C	61	327	32	6	0	.984	5.885	14
Willie Elmore	C	40	219	17	6	1	.975	5.900	6
David Walsh	C	20	114	6	2	0	.984	6.000	6
Steven Grotemeyer	C	20	82	11	1	1	.989	4.650	6
Paul Branca	C	5	28	2	1	1	.968	6.000	0
Fred Winston	OF	114	150	2	14	0	.916	1.333
Robert Carson	OF	103	147	11	4	1	.975	1.534
Rusty Torres	OF	99	150	13	14	0	.921	1.646
César Gerónimo	OF	99	186	17	4	0	.981	2.051
Charles Lelas	OF	11	15	0	2	0	.882	1.364
Richard Buff	OF	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.250
Gerry Pirtle	P	24	10	29	3	2	.929	1.625
William Goble	P	24	13	36	4	1	.925	2.042
Walter Walters	P	22	19	43	3	2	.954	2.818
Thomas Lawton	P	21	0	5	0	0	1.000	.238
Loyd Colson	P	21	5	9	1	0	.933	.667
Tom Foster	P	19	1	12	0	2	1.000	.684
Perry Pappas	P	15	3	10	1	1	.929	.867
Rich Leavell	P	15	7	12	1	0	.950	1.267
Bill Fisher	P	15	0	8	1	2	.889	.533
Charles Burton	P	15	6	15	1	2	.955	1.400
Steve Moyer	P	14	3	13	0	1	1.000	1.143
Michael Brown	P	12	2	4	0	0	1.000	.500
Gary Timberlake	P	10	3	13	3	0	.842	1.600
Craig Fellows	P	6	4	2	1	0	.857	1.000
Steve Kline	P	5	2	6	1	0	.889	1.600
Al Closter	P	5	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.200
William Tomlinson	P	4						.000
Neil Swanson	P	4	0	2	1	0	.667	.500
Alonzo Ramirez	P	4	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.500
Robert Elliott	P	3	2	5	0	0	1.000	2.333
John Martin	P	2	0	1	2	0	.333	.500
Mario Guerrero	SS	91	110	195	25	25	.924	3.352
George Blaum	SS	27	35	83	5	15	.959	4.370
Michael Gallego	SS	14	12	39	5	4	.911	3.643
David Gunderman	SS	10	15	26	4	4	.911	4.100
Totals		1422	3192	1331	205	216	.957	3.181	32	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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