1968 Kinston Eagles Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 62-75
Finished 6th in the CL's East Division
Manager: Bob Bauer (62-75)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kinston, North Carolina
Ballpark: Grainger Stadium
Attendance: 55,516, Avg. 810
1968 Kinston Eagles RosterTeam Record: 62-75
Finished 6th in the CL's East Division
Manager: Bob Bauer (62-75)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kinston, North Carolina
Ballpark: Grainger Stadium
Attendance: 55,516, Avg. 810
The Kinston Eagles of the Carolina League ended the 1968 season with a record of 62 wins and 75 losses, finishing sixth in the league's East Division.
The Eagles tallied 499 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 495 runs. Gary Washington paced Kinston with 16 home runs and accounted for 70 RBI, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .289. Brian Clark topped the squad with 11 wins, and Wayne Swango recorded a 2.41 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1968 Kinston Eagles who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Frank Baker, Charlie Sands and Ron Blomberg.
Bob Bauer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Clark | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.94 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 147.0 | 123 | 60 | 48 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Wayne Swango | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.41 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 164.0 | 136 | 64 | 44 | 6 | 74 | 1 | 110 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Robert Darrah | 7 | 11 | .389 | 2.18 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 103.0 | 79 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Larry Shown | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.05 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 115.0 | 87 | 42 | 39 | 8 | 42 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| William Drummond | 5 | 7 | .417 | 2.43 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 122.0 | 98 | 47 | 33 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Denis Murray | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.27 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 70 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Charley Baudier | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.43 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 44.0 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Jeran | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.94 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Gerald Wickman | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 41.0 | 40 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dale Spier | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.68 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 52 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Larry McDowell | 3 | 8 | .273 | 2.88 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 78.0 | 73 | 39 | 25 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Neil Swanson | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.90 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Dorian Clawson | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.24 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 72 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Perry Pappas | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Palazzo | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.58 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | 62 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Martin Willoughby | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Zirkle | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Kirk | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Leavell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 62 | 75 | .453 | 3.00 | 297 | 137 | 0 | 40 | 14 | 0 | 1156.0 | 1014 | 493 | 385 | 85 | 371 | 13 | 790 | 30 | 2 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Washington | 135 | 576 | 506 | 70 | 146 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 87 | .289 | .365 | .435 | .800 | 220 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Frank Baker | 128 | 557 | 487 | 75 | 121 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 61 | 87 | .248 | .333 | .337 | .669 | 164 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Bob Biletnikoff | 110 | 438 | 389 | 45 | 99 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 68 | .254 | .329 | .342 | .671 | 133 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Kirk | 116 | 465 | 393 | 47 | 91 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 76 | .232 | .335 | .316 | .651 | 124 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Ron Blomberg | 105 | 410 | 359 | 41 | 90 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 88 | .251 | .336 | .359 | .695 | 129 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Schultz | 102 | 370 | 342 | 25 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 33 | .225 | .265 | .272 | .537 | 93 | 3 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Baldridge | 80 | 295 | 267 | 33 | 73 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 51 | .273 | .328 | .412 | .740 | 110 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Donald Van Deusen | 94 | 368 | 327 | 35 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 24 | .223 | .298 | .232 | .530 | 76 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Sands | 88 | 332 | 261 | 41 | 70 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 58 | .268 | .411 | .425 | .836 | 111 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Yawn | 95 | 283 | 255 | 23 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 44 | .247 | .311 | .310 | .621 | 79 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Allen Rhea | 53 | 164 | 145 | 14 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 24 | .234 | .323 | .317 | .640 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Starr | 28 | 83 | 68 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 21 | .265 | .390 | .382 | .773 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Shown | 33 | 62 | 54 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .185 | .267 | .204 | .470 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lew Lawson | 23 | 86 | 75 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 21 | .120 | .224 | .187 | .410 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry McDowell | 18 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .280 | .333 | .320 | .653 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Ash | 21 | 54 | 43 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | .163 | .321 | .256 | .577 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Drummond | 21 | 45 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .135 | .238 | .135 | .373 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steven Grotemeyer | 29 | 65 | 56 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 35 | .089 | .215 | .125 | .340 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Haar | 8 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .200 | .368 | .333 | .702 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Lelas | 14 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .143 | .419 | .143 | .562 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charley Baudier | 9 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dale Spier | 11 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Palazzo | 18 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .143 | .250 | .214 | .464 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Wickman | 12 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Darrah | 38 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .091 | .130 | .091 | .221 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Brian Clark | 22 | 58 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .041 | .113 | .041 | .154 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Neil Swanson | 8 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denis Murray | 25 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Swango | 24 | 62 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .018 | .082 | .018 | .100 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Perry Pappas | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dorian Clawson | 27 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .000 | .208 | .000 | .208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Jeran | 33 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rich Leavell | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1538 | 5004 | 4362 | 499 | 1019 | 127 | 31 | 61 | 426 | 33 | 21 | 530 | 900 | .234 | .319 | .319 | .638 | 1391 | 0 | 26 | 64 | 22 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Washington | 1B | 135 | 1297 | 103 | 18 | 108 | .987 | 1.370 | ||||
| Michael Ash | 1B | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.500 | ||||
| Donald Van Deusen | 2B | 77 | 163 | 219 | 7 | 49 | .982 | 4.961 | ||||
| Jimmy Yawn | 2B | 64 | 115 | 192 | 12 | 30 | .962 | 4.797 | ||||
| Jerry Schultz | 3B | 97 | 89 | 226 | 25 | 21 | .926 | 3.247 | ||||
| Lew Lawson | 3B | 23 | 24 | 38 | 1 | 5 | .984 | 2.696 | ||||
| Dennis Baldridge | 3B | 16 | 11 | 28 | 5 | 4 | .886 | 2.438 | ||||
| Jimmy Yawn | 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Charlie Sands | C | 82 | 482 | 40 | 17 | 7 | .968 | 6.366 | 6 | |||
| Allen Rhea | C | 40 | 233 | 28 | 8 | 0 | .970 | 6.525 | 5 | |||
| Steven Grotemeyer | C | 12 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 4.750 | 3 | |||
| Michael Ash | C | 7 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 6.571 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Kirk | OF | 110 | 161 | 15 | 6 | 3 | .967 | 1.600 | ||||
| Bob Biletnikoff | OF | 107 | 178 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .944 | 1.729 | ||||
| Ron Blomberg | OF | 103 | 181 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .964 | 1.835 | ||||
| Dennis Baldridge | OF | 58 | 76 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 1.397 | ||||
| Robert Starr | OF | 20 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .897 | 1.750 | ||||
| Charles Lelas | OF | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| John Haar | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Allen Rhea | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Michael Ash | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Steven Grotemeyer | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Darrah | P | 38 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .958 | .605 | ||||
| Joseph Jeran | P | 33 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Dorian Clawson | P | 26 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .731 | ||||
| Denis Murray | P | 25 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | .867 | .520 | ||||
| Wayne Swango | P | 24 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Larry Shown | P | 24 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Brian Clark | P | 22 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 0 | .872 | 1.545 | ||||
| William Drummond | P | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .950 | .950 | ||||
| Dennis Palazzo | P | 18 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .500 | ||||
| Larry McDowell | P | 16 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dale Spier | P | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Gerald Wickman | P | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Charley Baudier | P | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Neil Swanson | P | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Perry Pappas | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Rich Leavell | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Frank Baker | SS | 127 | 194 | 407 | 46 | 61 | .929 | 4.732 | ||||
| Donald Van Deusen | SS | 11 | 20 | 29 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 4.455 | ||||
| Ronald Kirk | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1405 | 3464 | 1543 | 188 | 309 | .964 | 3.564 | 14 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
