1968 Lakeland Tigers Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 58-81
Finished 4th in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Len Okrie (58-81)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Joker Marchant Stadium
Attendance: 8,335, Avg. 120
1968 Lakeland Tigers Roster

The Lakeland Tigers of the Florida State League ended the 1968 season with a record of 58 wins and 81 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.

The Tigers plated 487 runs and allowed 561 runs. Paul Jata recorded 65 runs batted in. Ike Blessitt led batters with significant playing time by hitting .271. Dennis Saunders topped the squad with 10 wins, while Matthew Hoar recorded a 1.26 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Paul Jata, Chuck Scrivener, Tim Hosley, Ike Blessitt, Dennis Saunders, Don Leshnock, Phil Meeler, Gary Ignasiak and Elliott Maddox were all players from the 1968 Lakeland Tigers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Len Okrie 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
Dennis Saunders108.5562.582524154171.014958496595133619
Joseph Brauer901.0002.1011117073.0742617317148011
Matthew Hoar83.7271.26151474114.08826162273111615
Arnold Helwig713.3502.942826122162.016174539406108303
Millard Smith58.3853.8717145093.08752402370443010
Don Leshnock42.6672.25764044.0411611116237002
Phil Meeler31.7503.411600029.0311411019024103
Gary Ignasiak201.0001.38222113.010220706000
Dan Bootcheck21.6673.81441026.030121105014100
Timothy Grisdale22.5003.502100036.0431914015124122
Darrell Schneller27.2224.662590085.08652446674503313
George Murphy11.5004.85600013.012770305001
Raymond Blosse14.2003.82753033.0242114220026006
David Baldwin14.2005.85860040.0563526115114103
Robert Nauman14.2008.36831028.0423026312217200
John Bevil004.5010004.04220301000
Charles Kuhn009.0011001.01210201001
Edward Brancaccio01.0007.2040005.06440503012
James Blight02.0006.00220012.012882408000
Nathanael Dixon03.0003.862721049.0342821130338706
James Bourbeau04.0003.00950036.0331912116213001
Dennis Grossini04.0003.21730028.0191310117021003
Phillip Bartolone04.0007.501040024.0342420216017100
Mike Cook05.0004.031500029.0321713115127102
Totals5881.4173.392761410581101148.011095614324346731790369730

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
Ike Blessitt1265374617612514122363306085.271.357.367.724169484
Paul Jata12850844556115166265324327.258.317.335.65214901010
John Faehr1134273724392104545425054.247.333.336.669125014
Milton Bender1083563173675125127203454.237.312.315.627100203
Tim Hosley98325276306691739313465.239.338.355.69398852
Tommy Grayson592352103862114216231915.295.351.414.76587042
Hagan Andersen8028425326601010241372230.237.309.285.59372522
Dave Yoakum95315289216043220302158.208.265.263.52876221
Chuck Scrivener66242223225632322431634.251.302.323.62572102
Elliott Maddox40146118133733119612216.314.414.415.82949114
Michael Baker6616015114362101210621.238.281.265.54640300
John Hetrick5818117415347021230431.195.221.270.49147201
Craig Carter4514912515281309312030.224.333.280.61335121
Richard Walls279686823200332827.267.337.291.62825110
James Tanner371161071022211910931.206.267.271.53829000
Doug Swiss277875315201300227.200.221.267.48720010
George DeVito301069291501110001118.163.267.217.48420210
Alex Bike15635981440180338.237.270.356.62621001
Tim Marting19857871440080045.179.214.231.44518012
Dennis Saunders256260411200001114.183.197.217.41313010
Mike Adams1543366900031062.250.372.250.6229100
Millard Smith2138305720000055.233.343.300.6439030
Gary McGhee2643401710141037.175.233.275.50811000
Darrell Schneller2530272600020019.222.250.222.4726020
Joseph Brauer1131264510040036.192.276.231.5076020
Arnold Helwig285746640000001024.087.263.087.3504100
David Baldwin813100300000501.300.364.300.6643120
Matthew Hoar15433713000000323.081.150.081.2313030
Michael Dugan3550200010002.400.400.400.8002000
Timothy Grisdale21770200000004.286.286.286.5712000
Dennis Grossini81081210000012.250.333.375.7083010
Raymond Blosse71091200000004.222.222.222.4442010
Edward Brancaccio52101000000101.0001.0001.0002.0001000
Phil Meeler16330110000000.333.333.6671.0002000
Dan Bootcheck51062100000031.167.444.167.6111010
Gary Ignasiak2661100000002.167.167.167.3331000
Don Leshnock717141100000005.071.071.071.1431030
John Bevil1110000000000.000.000.000.0000000
Phillip Bartolone11650000000001.000.000.000.0000010
Robert Nauman8760000000013.000.143.000.1430000
George Murphy6531000000021.000.400.000.4000000
James Blight2330000000000.000.000.000.0000000
James Bourbeau9880000000000.000.000.000.0000000
Nathanael Dixon2710101000000005.000.000.000.0000000
Mike Cook15860000000022.000.250.000.2500000
Totals156448874324487101712447324018631430759.235.307.308.615133103559390

Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
John Faehr1B85636391726.9757.941
Milton Bender1B45344211215.9688.111
Alex Bike1B12102635.9739.000
Dave Yoakum2B921981771522.9624.076
Hagan Andersen2B477988157.9183.553
Mike Adams2B345001.0003.000
Gary McGhee2B10110.5001.000
Michael Dugan2B123001.0005.000
Craig Carter2B111001.0002.000
Tommy Grayson3B595992124.9262.559
Milton Bender3B453255133.8701.933
Craig Carter3B282557107.8912.929
Hagan Andersen3B1081842.8672.600
Gary McGhee3B5510001.0003.000
Chuck Scrivener3B10010.000.000
Tim HosleyC9254054221.9646.45719
George DeVitoC271661952.9746.8529
Doug SwissC26124932.9785.1157
Alex BikeC3191011.0006.6670
Paul JataOF12717512100.9491.472
Ike BlessittOF12627310122.9592.246
John HetrickOF5060720.9711.340
Michael BakerOF3945621.9621.308
Elliott MaddoxOF3860610.9851.737
James TannerOF3363530.9582.061
John FaehrOF2031120.9411.600
Milton BenderOF210001.000.500
Arnold HelwigP2853021.9461.250
Nathanael DixonP273740.714.370
Darrell SchnellerP2531231.833.600
Dennis SaundersP25132431.9251.480
Timothy GrisdaleP210610.857.286
Millard SmithP17516001.0001.235
Phil MeelerP1624001.000.375
Matthew HoarP15727011.0002.267
Mike CookP151310.800.267
Joseph BrauerP1149001.0001.182
Phillip BartoloneP101810.900.900
James BourbeauP902001.000.222
Robert NaumanP81810.9001.125
David BaldwinP81330.571.500
Don LeshnockP723001.000.714
Dennis GrossiniP720001.000.286
Raymond BlosseP714001.000.714
George MurphyP6.000
Edward BrancaccioP402001.000.500
Dan BootcheckP417001.0002.000
Gary IgnasiakP202001.0001.000
James BlightP205001.0002.500
Charles KuhnP1.000
John BevilP102001.0002.000
Chuck ScrivenerSS65961622316.9183.969
Richard WallsSS273865124.8963.815
Hagan AndersenSS21193160.8932.381
Tim MartingSS19294755.9384.000
Mike AdamsSS992062.8293.222
Craig CarterSS38711.9385.000
Totals143833031219237132.9503.1453500

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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