1968 Memphis Blues Statistics
Team Record: 67-69
Finished 3rd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Roy Sievers (67-69)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Tim McCarver Stadium
Attendance: 141,418, Avg. 2,080
The Memphis Blues of the Texas League ended the 1968 season with a record of 67 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Blues plated 526 runs and allowed 510 runs. Arsenio Diaz paced Memphis with 12 home runs Curtis Brown drove in 69 runs. Rod Gaspar led batters with significant playing time with a .309 average. Rich Folkers topped the squad with 13 wins, while Barry Raziano recorded a 1.75 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1968 Memphis Blues who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Roy Foster, Jerry Hinsley, Dave Schneck, Juan Ríos, Curtis Brown, Rich Folkers, Les Rohr, Dennis Musgraves, Greg Goossen, Steve Renko, Joe Moock, Tim Foli, Bill Hepler, Joe Campbell, Al Schmelz, Rod Gaspar, Mike Jorgensen, Don Rose, Barry Raziano, Ron Locke and Jim Bethke.
Roy Sievers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Folkers | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.41 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 168.0 | 153 | 63 | 45 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 142 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Bill Hepler | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.12 | 33 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 156.0 | 145 | 68 | 54 | 9 | 54 | 2 | 107 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Jerry Hinsley | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.59 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 143.0 | 128 | 76 | 57 | 11 | 56 | 5 | 115 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Barry Raziano | 8 | 8 | .500 | 1.75 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 139.0 | 103 | 43 | 27 | 4 | 58 | 8 | 120 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Steve Renko | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.29 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 145.0 | 116 | 63 | 53 | 10 | 73 | 3 | 106 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Ronnie Paul | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.54 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 117.0 | 127 | 57 | 46 | 9 | 37 | 3 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Bethke | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.38 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 88.0 | 93 | 42 | 33 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 57 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Dennis Musgraves | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.56 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 47 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Steven Christopher | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.79 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 48 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Terry Christman | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.00 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Al Schmelz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.42 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Don Rose | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.09 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willie Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Hiram Lewis | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Locke | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Les Rohr | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 67 | 69 | .493 | 2.95 | 296 | 137 | 0 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 1198.0 | 1079 | 510 | 393 | 59 | 440 | 34 | 922 | 39 | 5 | 71 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Gaspar | 135 | 592 | 517 | 81 | 160 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 25 | 6 | 65 | 42 | .309 | .391 | .373 | .764 | 193 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Curtis Brown | 129 | 511 | 458 | 49 | 128 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 69 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 85 | .279 | .345 | .417 | .762 | 191 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Roy Foster | 110 | 438 | 389 | 49 | 105 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 57 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 46 | .270 | .337 | .427 | .764 | 166 | 8 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Roger Stevens | 108 | 393 | 367 | 53 | 100 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 45 | .272 | .316 | .376 | .692 | 138 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lloyd Flodin | 94 | 360 | 324 | 39 | 86 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 49 | .265 | .334 | .423 | .757 | 137 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tony Canzano | 113 | 419 | 362 | 47 | 86 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 94 | .238 | .334 | .301 | .635 | 109 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Arsenio Diaz | 77 | 284 | 256 | 37 | 64 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 45 | .250 | .309 | .422 | .730 | 108 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Stu Cann | 66 | 244 | 225 | 30 | 57 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 29 | .253 | .306 | .404 | .710 | 91 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Smith | 80 | 302 | 287 | 20 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 45 | .199 | .233 | .286 | .519 | 82 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Ezell | 64 | 220 | 209 | 18 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 28 | .258 | .292 | .321 | .613 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Moock | 53 | 211 | 188 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 35 | .191 | .271 | .266 | .537 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Terry Christman | 52 | 146 | 127 | 11 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | .276 | .354 | .370 | .724 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jack Tracy | 20 | 85 | 80 | 8 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .338 | .376 | .450 | .826 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Jorgensen | 28 | 112 | 100 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .160 | .250 | .210 | .460 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Campbell | 23 | 73 | 64 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 | .172 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rich Folkers | 28 | 60 | 53 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .170 | .228 | .189 | .417 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dave Schneck | 16 | 58 | 55 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .164 | .207 | .291 | .498 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Goossen | 10 | 40 | 38 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .211 | .250 | .342 | .592 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Raziano | 48 | 47 | 41 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .195 | .267 | .268 | .535 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sherwin Minster | 6 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .333 | .462 | .333 | .795 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Hinsley | 26 | 51 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .167 | .239 | .190 | .430 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Steve Renko | 27 | 55 | 50 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .140 | .170 | .240 | .410 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bill Hepler | 34 | 54 | 45 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .133 | .200 | .133 | .333 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Tim Foli | 5 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .318 | .250 | .568 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wilbur Huckle | 9 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .172 | .226 | .241 | .467 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Paul | 25 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .167 | .167 | .267 | .433 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Juan Ríos | 17 | 64 | 59 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .085 | .115 | .119 | .233 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steven Christopher | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .556 | .500 | 1.056 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Musgraves | 45 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Dix | 11 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .214 | .267 | .214 | .481 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Bethke | 25 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .069 | .129 | .069 | .198 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Locke | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Rose | 7 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Narron | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Richardson | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Schmelz | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry DeWald | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Collins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hiram Lewis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1531 | 5038 | 4529 | 526 | 1117 | 163 | 54 | 63 | 467 | 66 | 40 | 371 | 790 | .247 | .311 | .348 | .659 | 1577 | 0 | 63 | 54 | 21 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenio Diaz | 1B | 49 | 390 | 34 | 9 | 35 | .979 | 8.653 | ||||
| Terry Christman | 1B | 39 | 290 | 21 | 3 | 18 | .990 | 7.974 | ||||
| Mike Jorgensen | 1B | 27 | 211 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 1.000 | 8.222 | ||||
| Joe Campbell | 1B | 11 | 84 | 3 | 4 | 9 | .956 | 7.909 | ||||
| Greg Goossen | 1B | 10 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Curtis Brown | 1B | 8 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 7 | .985 | 8.375 | ||||
| Dave Schneck | 1B | 3 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 8.000 | ||||
| Jim Dix | 1B | 3 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.667 | ||||
| David Smith | 2B | 56 | 117 | 130 | 11 | 34 | .957 | 4.411 | ||||
| Stu Cann | 2B | 40 | 76 | 104 | 5 | 19 | .973 | 4.500 | ||||
| Jack Tracy | 2B | 20 | 42 | 55 | 3 | 13 | .970 | 4.850 | ||||
| Joe Moock | 2B | 12 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 8 | .945 | 4.333 | ||||
| Wilbur Huckle | 2B | 7 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.571 | ||||
| Sherwin Minster | 2B | 6 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | .947 | 6.000 | ||||
| Curtis Brown | 3B | 74 | 65 | 119 | 26 | 17 | .876 | 2.486 | ||||
| Joe Moock | 3B | 38 | 33 | 86 | 19 | 6 | .862 | 3.132 | ||||
| David Smith | 3B | 17 | 17 | 29 | 4 | 6 | .920 | 2.706 | ||||
| Stu Cann | 3B | 12 | 12 | 29 | 3 | 4 | .932 | 3.417 | ||||
| Arsenio Diaz | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 2.000 | ||||
| Lloyd Flodin | C | 90 | 658 | 75 | 8 | 7 | .989 | 8.144 | 8 | |||
| Glenn Ezell | C | 49 | 298 | 34 | 8 | 3 | .976 | 6.776 | 9 | |||
| Rod Gaspar | OF | 132 | 276 | 16 | 9 | 4 | .970 | 2.212 | ||||
| Roy Foster | OF | 103 | 169 | 10 | 3 | 5 | .984 | 1.738 | ||||
| Roger Stevens | OF | 92 | 125 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .977 | 1.413 | ||||
| Curtis Brown | OF | 42 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.095 | ||||
| Arsenio Diaz | OF | 14 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| Dave Schneck | OF | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.727 | ||||
| Stu Cann | OF | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.857 | ||||
| Joe Campbell | OF | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Glenn Ezell | OF | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Barry Raziano | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Dix | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dennis Musgraves | P | 45 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Barry Raziano | P | 42 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .935 | .690 | ||||
| Bill Hepler | P | 33 | 5 | 24 | 8 | 2 | .784 | .879 | ||||
| Rich Folkers | P | 27 | 13 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Ronnie Paul | P | 25 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.120 | ||||
| Jim Bethke | P | 25 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .960 | ||||
| Jerry Hinsley | P | 24 | 17 | 27 | 5 | 2 | .898 | 1.833 | ||||
| Steve Renko | P | 22 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 3 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Steven Christopher | P | 19 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .632 | ||||
| Ron Locke | P | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Terry Christman | P | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Don Rose | P | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Al Schmelz | P | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Tony Canzano | SS | 112 | 181 | 341 | 36 | 61 | .935 | 4.661 | ||||
| Juan Ríos | SS | 17 | 29 | 40 | 11 | 8 | .862 | 4.059 | ||||
| Tim Foli | SS | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 3.600 | ||||
| Stu Cann | SS | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .895 | 4.250 | ||||
| Joe Moock | SS | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Wilbur Huckle | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1419 | 3593 | 1455 | 208 | 322 | .960 | 3.557 | 17 | 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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