1968 Gastonia Pirates Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 68-55
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Frank Oceak (68-55)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 32,960, Avg. 536
1968 Gastonia Pirates RosterTeam Record: 68-55
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Frank Oceak (68-55)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 32,960, Avg. 536
The Gastonia Pirates of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1968 season with a record of 68 wins and 55 losses, finishing fourth in the WCL.
The Pirates plated 586 runs and allowed 531 runs. Zelman Jack paced Gastonia with 24 home runs and drove in 73 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .326. David Warmbrod topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.27 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1968 Gastonia Pirates who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Frank Brosseau, Tom Dettore, John Lamb and Richie Zisk.
Frank Oceak 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Warmbrod | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2.27 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 131.0 | 107 | 45 | 33 | 9 | 62 | 4 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Robert Butkus | 11 | 2 | .846 | 1.97 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 50 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 6 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| John Lamb | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.78 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 76 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 47 | 6 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Roger Brown | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.63 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 65.0 | 43 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Miguel Morales | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.30 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 90.0 | 87 | 48 | 43 | 11 | 46 | 5 | 66 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Frank Frontino | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.62 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 87.0 | 77 | 41 | 35 | 9 | 40 | 9 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Frank Brosseau | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.88 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 91.0 | 61 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Robert Johnston | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Paul Strauch | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.71 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 80.0 | 84 | 43 | 33 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Dennis Malseed | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.06 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 62.0 | 69 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Barry Houser | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.71 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 31 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Bobby Herring | 2 | 7 | .222 | 3.93 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 94.0 | 84 | 53 | 41 | 8 | 56 | 3 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Tom Dettore | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Larry Holder | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Gary Robinson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.41 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 40 | 37 | 28 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Michael Fuchs | 0 | 0 | 2.40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Merideth Cox | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Filiberto Marmolejos | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert McKee | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.82 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dennis Pierce | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.45 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 41 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Gary Vingle | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3.97 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 67 | 55 | .549 | 3.69 | 314 | 122 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1055.0 | 946 | 531 | 432 | 80 | 537 | 41 | 896 | 34 | 6 | 114 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zelman Jack | 119 | 525 | 436 | 84 | 142 | 21 | 4 | 24 | 73 | 28 | 11 | 78 | 122 | .326 | .427 | .557 | .985 | 243 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Perry Dunn | 110 | 485 | 432 | 61 | 111 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 76 | .257 | .329 | .322 | .651 | 139 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Brian Murphy | 105 | 441 | 386 | 64 | 105 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 14 | 2 | 46 | 73 | .272 | .351 | .337 | .688 | 130 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Edward Blackman | 104 | 412 | 336 | 52 | 94 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 63 | .280 | .377 | .363 | .740 | 122 | 5 | 14 | 6 | ||
| Conard Brown | 94 | 389 | 324 | 54 | 87 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 104 | .269 | .386 | .438 | .824 | 142 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Randolph Rodgers | 98 | 381 | 321 | 52 | 67 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 50 | 104 | .209 | .316 | .240 | .556 | 77 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Tom Dettore | 74 | 252 | 221 | 23 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 56 | .244 | .324 | .330 | .654 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Richie Zisk | 53 | 214 | 185 | 32 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 57 | .281 | .374 | .546 | .920 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Darrell Brown | 53 | 177 | 158 | 21 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 27 | .266 | .341 | .367 | .708 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mel Civil | 29 | 129 | 116 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | .259 | .328 | .362 | .690 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Mullet | 46 | 129 | 107 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 30 | .262 | .373 | .318 | .691 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Frank Brosseau | 55 | 132 | 112 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 20 | .232 | .336 | .330 | .666 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Landry | 30 | 141 | 119 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 35 | .202 | .326 | .328 | .654 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Sheppard | 25 | 106 | 92 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .228 | .317 | .304 | .622 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carmelo Ybes | 40 | 132 | 118 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 25 | .144 | .200 | .153 | .353 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Charles Malitz | 26 | 83 | 71 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .197 | .296 | .324 | .620 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Barbary | 19 | 58 | 51 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .176 | .276 | .196 | .472 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Strauch | 17 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .214 | .207 | .214 | .421 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Roger Brown | 15 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .200 | .273 | .400 | .673 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hector Herrera | 10 | 35 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .194 | .265 | .290 | .555 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Frontino | 34 | 38 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .171 | .216 | .200 | .416 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barry Houser | 14 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .294 | .333 | .294 | .627 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Malseed | 17 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .161 | .257 | .161 | .418 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Herring | 23 | 38 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .147 | .194 | .265 | .459 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Miguel Morales | 27 | 43 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .139 | .279 | .194 | .474 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Warmbrod | 21 | 52 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .098 | .191 | .098 | .289 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Gilberto Peynado | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Carson | 10 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .143 | .357 | .429 | .786 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Pierce | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .222 | .462 | .222 | .684 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Lamb | 31 | 33 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .091 | .310 | .136 | .447 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Howard Deacon | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Vingle | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Caldwell | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .111 | .385 | .111 | .496 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Robinson | 10 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Butkus | 45 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Holder | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Johnston | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert McKee | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Merideth Cox | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Fuchs | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1433 | 4669 | 3994 | 578 | 986 | 152 | 26 | 71 | 480 | 91 | 41 | 542 | 1000 | .247 | .340 | .351 | .692 | 1403 | 0 | 38 | 68 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zelman Jack | 1B | 77 | 601 | 21 | 7 | 46 | .989 | 8.078 | ||||
| John Landry | 1B | 30 | 308 | 11 | 3 | 27 | .991 | 1.633 | ||||
| Arthur Mullet | 1B | 7 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .980 | 7.143 | ||||
| Charles Malitz | 1B | 7 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.143 | ||||
| Barry Houser | 1B | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Gilberto Peynado | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | 2B | 104 | 237 | 298 | 21 | 63 | .962 | 5.144 | ||||
| Arthur Mullet | 2B | 17 | 38 | 39 | 5 | 11 | .939 | 4.529 | ||||
| Randolph Rodgers | 2B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Cecil Caldwell | 2B | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Perry Dunn | 3B | 107 | 113 | 185 | 26 | 16 | .920 | 2.785 | ||||
| Arthur Mullet | 3B | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 2.000 | ||||
| Randolph Rodgers | 3B | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Frank Brosseau | 3B | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 1.200 | ||||
| Cecil Caldwell | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 1.000 | ||||
| Edward Blackman | 3B | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Tom Dettore | C | 66 | 454 | 25 | 11 | 1 | .978 | 7.258 | 22 | |||
| Carmelo Ybes | C | 35 | 267 | 25 | 6 | 1 | .980 | 8.343 | 10 | |||
| Eddie Barbary | C | 17 | 76 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .966 | 5.059 | 4 | |||
| Hector Herrera | C | 10 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .958 | 6.800 | 2 | |||
| Douglas Carson | C | 6 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.833 | 6 | |||
| Howard Deacon | C | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 1 | |||
| Conard Brown | OF | 93 | 128 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .965 | 1.462 | ||||
| Edward Blackman | OF | 90 | 170 | 11 | 6 | 0 | .968 | 2.011 | ||||
| Richie Zisk | OF | 51 | 78 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .944 | 1.667 | ||||
| Zelman Jack | OF | 45 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.822 | ||||
| Mel Civil | OF | 29 | 70 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .963 | 2.690 | ||||
| Donald Sheppard | OF | 25 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.160 | ||||
| Frank Brosseau | OF | 17 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.765 | ||||
| Charles Malitz | OF | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gilberto Peynado | OF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Perry Dunn | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Robert Butkus | P | 45 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .289 | ||||
| John Lamb | P | 31 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .516 | ||||
| Frank Frontino | P | 31 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .960 | .774 | ||||
| Bobby Herring | P | 22 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .545 | ||||
| David Warmbrod | P | 21 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 1.048 | ||||
| Miguel Morales | P | 21 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Frank Brosseau | P | 20 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Paul Strauch | P | 17 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .706 | ||||
| Robert Johnston | P | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Gary Vingle | P | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Dennis Malseed | P | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dennis Pierce | P | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.100 | ||||
| Barry Houser | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| Roger Brown | P | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .889 | ||||
| Gary Robinson | P | 8 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Larry Holder | P | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Michael Fuchs | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Robert McKee | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Filiberto Marmolejos | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Merideth Cox | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Randolph Rodgers | SS | 84 | 117 | 219 | 33 | 51 | .911 | 4.000 | ||||
| Darrell Brown | SS | 42 | 69 | 107 | 16 | 21 | .917 | 4.190 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | SS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1325 | 3154 | 1184 | 184 | 261 | .959 | 3.274 | 45 | 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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