1968 Louisville Colonels Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 72-75
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Eddie Kasko (72-75)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Cardinal Stadium
Attendance: 244,018, Avg. 3,320

1968 Louisville Colonels Roster

The Louisville Colonels of the International League ended the 1968 season with a record of 72 wins and 75 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.

The Colonels plated 527 runs and surrendered 574 runs. Syd O'Brien paced Louisville with 12 home runs Jose Calero drove in 66 runs. George Thomas led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .288 clip. Darrell Brandon topped the squad with 13 wins, while Galen Cisco recorded a 2.21 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1968 Louisville Colonels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gerry Janeski, Al Yates, Ray Jarvis, Stan Johnson, Darrell Brandon, Bill Pleis, Garry Roggenburk, Ed Phillips, George Thomas, Fred Wenz, Bob Montgomery, Mark Schaeffer, Billy Rohr, Joe Lahoud, Bobby Mitchell, Ken Brett, Syd O'Brien, Dave Morehead, Galen Cisco and Jerry Moses.

Eddie Kasko 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
Darrell Brandon	13	11	.542	3.32	27	26		9	2		190.0	173	79	70	10	49	6	132	12	0	11
John Thibdeau	12	7	.632	3.37	37	16		5	1		139.0	139	60	52	5	76	4	109	4	0	8
Galen Cisco	11	12	.478	2.21	29	29		13	6		204.0	157	58	50	16	60	4	157	4	0	3
Robert Myer	8	7	.533	3.66	47	6		1	0		123.0	128	57	50	7	28	4	82	1	3	2
Ray Jarvis	6	6	.500	3.28	16	10		3	0		74.0	69	35	27	2	30	0	35	3	0	1
Dave Morehead	6	7	.462	3.18	18	16		3	1		102.0	101	47	36	11	34	2	77	3	0	3
Billy Farmer	5	9	.357	4.97	28	24		4	1		145.0	152	87	80	9	60	0	98	2	2	0
Bill Pleis	3	5	.375	8.27	23	0		0	0		37.0	45	34	34	9	31	5	24	5	0	4
Ken Brett	2	1	.667	3.10	9	4		0	0		29.0	25	12	10	1	13	2	20	2	1	5
Ivy Washington	2	1	.667	4.00	8	1		0	0		18.0	18	8	8	0	16	3	15	0	1	4
Mark Schaeffer	2	6	.250	5.30	14	13		0	0		73.0	82	49	43	5	42	2	48	1	0	10
Ed Phillips	1	0	1.000	1.88	10	1		1	0		24.0	28	6	5	2	8	3	17	0	1	0
Billy Rohr	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1		1	0		9.0	9	3	3	0	2	0	6	0	0	1
Stan Johnson	0	0		0.00	4	0		0	0		7.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	1
Garry Roggenburk	0	0		1.80	4	0		0	0		5.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	1
Fred Wenz	0	1	.000	1.06	30	0		0	0		34.0	15	5	4	2	13	4	46	1	0	9
Gerry Janeski	0	1	.000	5.76	17	0		0	0		25.0	31	18	16	3	5	0	10	0	0	4
Raul Mercado	0	1	.000	9.00	8	0		0	0		15.0	27	15	15	2	9	1	6	2	0	0
Totals	72	75	.490	3.62	330	147	0	40	11	0	1253.0	1210	574	504	84	478	40	895	40	8	67	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
George Thomas	136	515	475	47	137	33	7	6	52	2	6	34	92	.288	.337	.425	.762	202		2	1	3
Jose Calero	131	501	467	49	134	26	1	8	66	2	0	26	56	.287	.327	.398	.726	186		3	3	2
Albert Lehrer	145	560	516	55	132	17	5	3	53	12	2	35	67	.256	.304	.326	.630	168		2	4	3
Bobby Mitchell	140	577	539	82	126	23	15	10	45	42	11	25	105	.234	.265	.388	.653	209		1	3	9
Syd O'Brien	129	516	471	63	124	24	5	12	60	6	5	34	71	.263	.316	.412	.728	194		4	3	4
Jerry Moses	123	447	407	45	97	17	7	9	52	6	0	36	80	.238	.302	.381	.683	155		2	0	2
Joe Lahoud	101	402	326	47	89	10	4	8	40	2	1	70	60	.273	.401	.402	.803	131		2	1	3
John Ryan	109	356	329	32	82	18	3	2	20	1	2	25	38	.249	.301	.340	.641	112		0	0	2
Al Yates	110	364	334	40	77	13	2	8	43	0	2	25	56	.231	.286	.353	.639	118		2	0	3
Stan Johnson	84	251	228	27	47	10	3	1	10	3	3	18	25	.206	.265	.289	.555	66		1	2	2
Richard Kratz	59	165	154	14	33	5	2	3	16	1	1	9	43	.214	.255	.331	.586	51		0	0	2
Bob Montgomery	48	119	109	9	31	5	0	0	6	0	0	9	19	.284	.339	.330	.669	36		0	1	0
Galen Cisco	29	70	60	4	11	0	1	0	2	0	0	7	14	.183	.269	.217	.485	13		0	3	0
John Thibdeau	38	49	46	1	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	21	.174	.191	.196	.387	9		1	2	0
Dave Morehead	18	35	32	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.188	.235	.188	.423	6		0	1	0
Billy Farmer	28	52	47	1	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	22	.128	.146	.149	.295	7		0	4	0
Darrell Brandon	27	68	61	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	29	.098	.167	.115	.281	7		1	2	0
Mark Schaeffer	14	26	22	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.182	.250	.182	.432	4		1	2	0
Tony Torchia	8	10	10	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.600	.800	6		0	0	0
Ken Brett	9	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	2		0	0	0
Gerry Janeski	17	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	1		0	0	0
Ed Phillips	10	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.400	.600	2		0	0	0
Fred Wenz	30	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Ray Jarvis	16	23	21	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.048	.091	.048	.139	1		0	1	0
Robert Myer	47	33	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.034	.067	.034	.101	1		0	3	0
Billy Rohr	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Ivy Washington	8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Bill Pleis	23	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Raul Mercado	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1646	5176	4718	527	1159	206	55	71	478	77	33	364	849	.246	.301	.358	.658	1688	0	22	37	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jose Calero	1B	82	710	53	8	48	.990	9.305
George Thomas	1B	65	519	44	5	45	.991	8.662
Syd O'Brien	2B	124	226	284	16	53	.970	4.113
Richard Kratz	2B	26	45	70	1	13	.991	4.423
John Ryan	2B	2	3	4	0	1	1.000	3.500
John Ryan	3B	91	54	167	12	5	.948	2.429
Jose Calero	3B	44	43	72	7	12	.943	2.614
Richard Kratz	3B	19	15	22	0	1	1.000	1.947
Syd O'Brien	3B	4	6	4	2	0	.833	2.500
Jerry Moses	C	118	784	81	10	7	.989	7.331	18
Bob Montgomery	C	33	173	17	3	3	.984	5.758	4
Bobby Mitchell	OF	136	305	14	12	6	.964	2.346
Joe Lahoud	OF	100	174	11	8	3	.959	1.850
Al Yates	OF	95	195	10	4	2	.981	2.158
George Thomas	OF	62	100	5	4	1	.963	1.694
Stan Johnson	OF	57	78	1	3	0	.963	1.386
Tony Torchia	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Robert Myer	P	47	4	21	1	1	.962	.532
John Thibdeau	P	37	6	22	3	1	.903	.757
Fred Wenz	P	30	0	4	0	1	1.000	.133
Galen Cisco	P	29	13	41	3	7	.947	1.862
Billy Farmer	P	28	16	17	1	1	.971	1.179
Darrell Brandon	P	27	22	42	3	1	.955	2.370
Bill Pleis	P	23	1	5	0	0	1.000	.261
Dave Morehead	P	18	10	10	0	0	1.000	1.111
Gerry Janeski	P	17	3	2	0	0	1.000	.294
Ray Jarvis	P	16	4	9	2	1	.867	.812
Mark Schaeffer	P	14	2	9	2	0	.846	.786
Ed Phillips	P	10	2	1	0	0	1.000	.300
Ken Brett	P	9	1	8	0	1	1.000	1.000
Ivy Washington	P	8	1	5	0	0	1.000	.750
Raul Mercado	P	8	1	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Garry Roggenburk	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Stan Johnson	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Billy Rohr	P	1	0	2	2	0	.500	2.000
Albert Lehrer	SS	144	240	369	19	68	.970	4.229
Richard Kratz	SS	4	6	7	1	0	.929	3.250
Totals		1537	3763	1435	132	282	.975	3.382	22	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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