1968 Greensboro Patriots Statistics
Team Record: 61-79
Finished 4th in the CL's West Division
Manager: Brandy Davis (61-79)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 26,465, Avg. 378
Playoffs - High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms 1 game, Greensboro Patriots 0
The Greensboro Patriots of the Carolina League ended the 1968 season with a record of 61 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Patriots tallied 539 runs and allowed 631 runs, most in the league. Oliverio Sparks paced Greensboro with 22 home runs and accounted for 76 RBI, while leading all regular hitters by connecting at a .319 clip. Scipio Spinks topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.27 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1968 Greensboro Patriots who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Glenn Adams, Ken Forsch, Alonzo Harris, Enzo Hernández, Jack Lind, John Mayberry, Celerino Sánchez, Jay Schlueter, Scipio Spinks, Otis Thornton, Wayne Twitchell and Larry Yount.
Brandy Davis 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scipio Spinks | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.27 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 123.0 | 83 | 54 | 31 | 2 | 76 | 4 | 149 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |||
Joel McMasters | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.47 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 87 | 44 | 28 | 9 | 35 | 7 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
Edward Harrar | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.06 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 44 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
Wayne Twitchell | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.74 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 102.0 | 68 | 42 | 31 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 115 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
Frank Bolick | 6 | 12 | .333 | 3.47 | 38 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 148.0 | 132 | 77 | 57 | 16 | 51 | 6 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
Kim Hillstrom | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.00 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 108.0 | 101 | 71 | 48 | 10 | 71 | 3 | 75 | 7 | 0 | 13 | |||
Mike Flanagan | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.19 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 67 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
Nick Radakovic | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.64 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 99.0 | 102 | 66 | 51 | 7 | 50 | 3 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |||
Ron Crook | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.95 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 64.0 | 47 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 49 | 2 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
Dane Messick | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.24 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 85 | 60 | 46 | 8 | 47 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||
Roy Shrawder | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.93 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Danny LeBright | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.54 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 75 | 47 | 40 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
Don Ragsdale | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 63.0 | 66 | 36 | 29 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
Roy Bethell | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.85 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
Larry Yount | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.21 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 47.0 | 39 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
Ken Forsch | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Respondek | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Totals | 61 | 79 | .436 | 3.62 | 341 | 140 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1167.0 | 1029 | 631 | 470 | 89 | 578 | 47 | 985 | 38 | 5 | 91 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glenn Adams | 129 | 500 | 451 | 58 | 132 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 50 | .293 | .354 | .381 | .735 | 172 | 9 | 3 | 2 | ||
Oliverio Sparks | 115 | 431 | 379 | 71 | 121 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 76 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 72 | .319 | .400 | .549 | .949 | 208 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jack Lind | 104 | 431 | 368 | 57 | 97 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 87 | .264 | .368 | .375 | .743 | 138 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
Roy Bethell | 113 | 378 | 329 | 33 | 77 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 81 | .234 | .329 | .347 | .675 | 114 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Enzo Hernández | 89 | 365 | 323 | 41 | 73 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 22 | .226 | .295 | .269 | .564 | 87 | 2 | 9 | 1 | ||
Jay Schlueter | 106 | 384 | 345 | 32 | 65 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 100 | .188 | .256 | .249 | .505 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
Donald Moore | 78 | 229 | 216 | 20 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .245 | .273 | .269 | .542 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
John Mayberry | 43 | 181 | 158 | 31 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 23 | .329 | .409 | .582 | .991 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Alfredo Preciado | 67 | 212 | 192 | 23 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 32 | .234 | .297 | .302 | .599 | 58 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
David Grangaard | 73 | 235 | 209 | 22 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 74 | .187 | .266 | .311 | .577 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Dale Weatherford | 52 | 159 | 140 | 14 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 41 | .257 | .335 | .429 | .764 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Tony Paulino | 30 | 108 | 87 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 29 | .241 | .389 | .356 | .745 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Celerino Sánchez | 18 | 61 | 53 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | .321 | .400 | .566 | .966 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Shane Hummell | 58 | 153 | 143 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 37 | .119 | .170 | .133 | .303 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Otis Thornton | 58 | 121 | 112 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 45 | .143 | .207 | .188 | .394 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Edward Ford | 34 | 68 | 62 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .242 | .288 | .274 | .562 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Ricky Wilson | 18 | 51 | 47 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .298 | .353 | .383 | .736 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Alex Barrett | 15 | 56 | 50 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .260 | .321 | .380 | .701 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Martin Cott | 21 | 60 | 52 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .212 | .317 | .269 | .586 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Bolick | 43 | 51 | 44 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .205 | .300 | .273 | .573 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Scipio Spinks | 31 | 45 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .200 | .200 | .333 | .533 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Walters | 12 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .207 | .324 | .448 | .772 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nick Radakovic | 26 | 35 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .188 | .188 | .219 | .406 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Alonzo Harris | 17 | 55 | 50 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | .120 | .200 | .140 | .340 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joel McMasters | 48 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .278 | .316 | .444 | .760 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Don Ragsdale | 24 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .278 | .278 | .389 | .667 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Flanagan | 33 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joseph Arnold | 14 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .105 | .146 | .105 | .252 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Larry Mansfield | 4 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .231 | .412 | .462 | .873 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Yount | 9 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Kim Hillstrom | 25 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .120 | .214 | .160 | .374 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Danny LeBright | 17 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Wayne Twitchell | 19 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .065 | .121 | .161 | .283 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
Dane Messick | 21 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .043 | .083 | .043 | .127 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Roy Shrawder | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Edward Harrar | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .000 | .300 | .000 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Tommy Fullen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Crook | 11 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .000 | .050 | .000 | .050 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
John Respondek | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1615 | 4701 | 4173 | 501 | 982 | 154 | 21 | 77 | 431 | 66 | 37 | 418 | 939 | .235 | .310 | .338 | .648 | 1409 | 0 | 42 | 51 | 17 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Mayberry | 1B | 43 | 297 | 22 | 3 | 33 | .991 | 7.419 | ||||
Roy Bethell | 1B | 37 | 252 | 15 | 7 | 20 | .974 | 7.216 | ||||
Otis Thornton | 1B | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 4.750 | ||||
Larry Mansfield | 1B | 4 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 7.500 | ||||
David Grangaard | 1B | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
Ricky Wilson | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Alfredo Preciado | 2B | 45 | 76 | 95 | 9 | 24 | .950 | 3.800 | ||||
Enzo Hernández | 2B | 38 | 72 | 88 | 8 | 17 | .952 | 4.211 | ||||
Donald Moore | 2B | 33 | 64 | 61 | 11 | 16 | .919 | 3.788 | ||||
Tony Paulino | 2B | 27 | 36 | 48 | 2 | 6 | .977 | 3.111 | ||||
Joseph Arnold | 2B | 10 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 6 | .922 | 4.700 | ||||
David Grangaard | 3B | 57 | 34 | 84 | 8 | 11 | .937 | 2.070 | ||||
Donald Moore | 3B | 34 | 32 | 54 | 4 | 8 | .956 | 2.529 | ||||
Celerino Sánchez | 3B | 16 | 12 | 33 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 2.812 | ||||
Enzo Hernández | 3B | 14 | 11 | 29 | 4 | 4 | .909 | 2.857 | ||||
Alex Barrett | 3B | 13 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .897 | 2.000 | ||||
Alfredo Preciado | 3B | 10 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
Jack Lind | 3B | 6 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 3.000 | ||||
Fred Walters | 3B | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
Joseph Arnold | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Dale Weatherford | C | 49 | 358 | 22 | 6 | 3 | .984 | 7.755 | 9 | |||
Shane Hummell | C | 49 | 234 | 28 | 5 | 2 | .981 | 5.347 | 12 | |||
Otis Thornton | C | 39 | 193 | 14 | 6 | 3 | .972 | 5.308 | 7 | |||
Martin Cott | C | 17 | 107 | 9 | 8 | 2 | .935 | 6.824 | 6 | |||
Ricky Wilson | C | 12 | 79 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .956 | 7.250 | 3 | |||
Fred Walters | C | 7 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 7.000 | 6 | |||
Glenn Adams | OF | 122 | 139 | 11 | 12 | 1 | .926 | 1.230 | ||||
Oliverio Sparks | OF | 106 | 161 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .966 | 1.594 | ||||
Jay Schlueter | OF | 104 | 193 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .957 | 1.942 | ||||
Roy Bethell | OF | 58 | 104 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .948 | 1.879 | ||||
Edward Ford | OF | 14 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
Alonzo Harris | OF | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.833 | ||||
David Grangaard | OF | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.571 | ||||
Donald Moore | OF | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
Otis Thornton | OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Joel McMasters | P | 48 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .935 | .604 | ||||
Frank Bolick | P | 38 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .889 | .842 | ||||
Mike Flanagan | P | 32 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .344 | ||||
Scipio Spinks | P | 29 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .793 | ||||
Nick Radakovic | P | 24 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 1.208 | ||||
Kim Hillstrom | P | 24 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | .829 | 1.208 | ||||
Don Ragsdale | P | 23 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .696 | ||||
Edward Harrar | P | 23 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .391 | ||||
Dane Messick | P | 20 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .850 | ||||
Wayne Twitchell | P | 19 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .810 | .895 | ||||
Danny LeBright | P | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .824 | .824 | ||||
Roy Shrawder | P | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Ron Crook | P | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
Larry Yount | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
John Respondek | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Ken Forsch | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
Jack Lind | SS | 96 | 173 | 230 | 30 | 42 | .931 | 4.198 | ||||
Enzo Hernández | SS | 37 | 80 | 84 | 17 | 17 | .906 | 4.432 | ||||
Alfredo Preciado | SS | 10 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 2 | .838 | 3.100 | ||||
Donald Moore | SS | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
Fred Walters | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
Totals | 1481 | 2978 | 1246 | 216 | 236 | .951 | 2.852 | 43 | 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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