1968 Orlando Twins Statistics
Team Record: 81-59
Finished 1st in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Ralph Rowe (81-59)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Orlando, Florida
Ballpark: Tinker Field
Attendance: 54,166, Avg. 774
Playoffs - Orlando Twins 2 games, Cocoa Astros 0
Finals - Orlando Twins 2 games, Miami Marlins 1
The Orlando Twins of the Florida State League ended the 1968 season with a record of 81 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Twins topped the circuit with 569 runs, spearheaded by 68 home runs. Orlando surrendered 503 runs. Nathaniel King paced the team with 16 home runs, and Robert Alexander walloped 15 or more also. Nathaniel King accounted for 73 RBI. Robert Alexander topped batters with significant playing time with a .280 average. Larry Bohannon led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.63 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1968 Orlando Twins who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ray Corbin, Mike Sadek, Steve Brye, Eric Soderholm and Pete Hamm.
Ralph Rowe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Bohannon | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.63 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 154.0 | 137 | 51 | 45 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Raymond O'Neill | 12 | 9 | .571 | 2.75 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 167.0 | 156 | 58 | 51 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 114 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |||
| James Merrick | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2.80 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 180.0 | 177 | 67 | 56 | 9 | 42 | 6 | 154 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Gale Kennedy | 10 | 3 | .769 | 2.16 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 104.0 | 81 | 38 | 25 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 94 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Robert Crosby | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.07 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 82.0 | 66 | 35 | 28 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Ken Gill | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.88 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 100.0 | 102 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Gary McGroarty | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.14 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 86.0 | 69 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 55 | 1 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Gerald Gleisner | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.60 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 46 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Pete Hamm | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.93 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 45 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dave Bryce | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.12 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 75.0 | 81 | 61 | 51 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 13 | |||
| William Hosey | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.71 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17.0 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Corbin | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| George Gaskins | 21 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Archuleta | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Chuck Murray | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Wright | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 77 | 57 | .575 | 3.19 | 281 | 136 | 0 | 52 | 17 | 0 | 1102.0 | 1022 | 471 | 391 | 48 | 393 | 23 | 790 | 37 | 5 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Alexander | 128 | 503 | 440 | 74 | 123 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 23 | 0 | 58 | 125 | .280 | .361 | .457 | .818 | 201 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ray Shoup | 140 | 590 | 497 | 71 | 122 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 11 | 8 | 73 | 41 | .245 | .341 | .282 | .623 | 140 | 5 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Nathaniel King | 134 | 519 | 461 | 61 | 120 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 73 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 100 | .260 | .330 | .410 | .740 | 189 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Lee Robinson | 116 | 417 | 375 | 39 | 95 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 32 | 70 | .253 | .315 | .328 | .643 | 123 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Steven Free | 107 | 398 | 349 | 40 | 90 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 39 | .258 | .327 | .304 | .631 | 106 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Nelson Castellanos | 112 | 442 | 381 | 48 | 89 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 45 | .234 | .327 | .310 | .636 | 118 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Eric Soderholm | 84 | 328 | 293 | 51 | 80 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 44 | .273 | .336 | .464 | .801 | 136 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Stephen Thornton | 86 | 305 | 269 | 30 | 57 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 61 | .212 | .297 | .283 | .580 | 76 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Steve Brye | 49 | 187 | 159 | 27 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 21 | .333 | .414 | .541 | .955 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Larry Housley | 63 | 233 | 199 | 26 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 27 | .256 | .362 | .317 | .679 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Sadek | 60 | 202 | 162 | 29 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 34 | 30 | .265 | .395 | .284 | .679 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jose Stennett | 34 | 111 | 103 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 21 | .252 | .306 | .320 | .627 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Perkins | 26 | 95 | 90 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .244 | .277 | .389 | .665 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Terry Graham | 27 | 76 | 65 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .200 | .316 | .262 | .577 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Merrick | 24 | 70 | 56 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .214 | .333 | .214 | .548 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Raymond O'Neill | 26 | 67 | 61 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .197 | .246 | .197 | .443 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Agrella | 14 | 39 | 36 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .306 | .359 | .389 | .748 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary McGroarty | 22 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .237 | .293 | .237 | .530 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Gill | 27 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .280 | .419 | .280 | .699 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Bohannon | 28 | 59 | 52 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .115 | .193 | .231 | .424 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Moran | 21 | 51 | 44 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .114 | .235 | .136 | .372 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Hamm | 10 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 | .312 | .267 | .579 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Holbrook | 22 | 55 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .095 | .278 | .143 | .421 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dave Bryce | 23 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gale Kennedy | 15 | 38 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .086 | .158 | .086 | .244 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Gleisner | 35 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Crosby | 32 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .087 | .222 | .130 | .353 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ray Corbin | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Hosey | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Murray | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Wright | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Archuleta | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1488 | 4953 | 4315 | 568 | 1067 | 133 | 31 | 68 | 471 | 97 | 41 | 499 | 827 | .247 | .330 | .340 | .669 | 1466 | 0 | 53 | 41 | 45 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathaniel King | 1B | 125 | 1076 | 67 | 21 | 73 | .982 | 9.144 | ||||
| Terry Graham | 1B | 16 | 130 | 8 | 5 | 8 | .965 | 8.625 | ||||
| Robert Alexander | 1B | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Steven Free | 2B | 86 | 162 | 211 | 17 | 43 | .956 | 4.337 | ||||
| Nelson Castellanos | 2B | 39 | 73 | 92 | 5 | 11 | .971 | 4.231 | ||||
| Larry Agrella | 2B | 10 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | .853 | 2.900 | ||||
| Larry Housley | 2B | 5 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .950 | 3.800 | ||||
| Mike Sadek | 2B | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 2.750 | ||||
| Robert Alexander | 2B | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Larry Housley | 3B | 58 | 34 | 95 | 17 | 9 | .884 | 2.224 | ||||
| Steve Brye | 3B | 49 | 35 | 133 | 7 | 11 | .960 | 3.429 | ||||
| Nelson Castellanos | 3B | 11 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 1 | .861 | 2.818 | ||||
| Mike Sadek | 3B | 7 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
| Bill Perkins | 3B | 7 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .810 | 2.429 | ||||
| Steven Free | 3B | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.400 | ||||
| Robert Alexander | 3B | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4 | .842 | 3.200 | ||||
| Lee Robinson | C | 111 | 699 | 81 | 18 | 11 | .977 | 7.027 | 21 | |||
| Bill Perkins | C | 18 | 112 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .976 | 6.722 | 4 | |||
| Mike Sadek | C | 15 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 4.533 | 3 | |||
| Ray Shoup | OF | 140 | 267 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .972 | 1.979 | ||||
| Robert Alexander | OF | 114 | 208 | 19 | 7 | 3 | .970 | 1.991 | ||||
| Stephen Thornton | OF | 75 | 120 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .977 | 1.707 | ||||
| Mike Sadek | OF | 30 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| Jose Stennett | OF | 25 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .875 | 1.120 | ||||
| Michael Moran | OF | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Mike Holbrook | OF | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .938 | ||||
| Steven Free | OF | 14 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
| Nathaniel King | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Larry Housley | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Gerald Gleisner | P | 35 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .086 | ||||
| Robert Crosby | P | 32 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .900 | .562 | ||||
| Ken Gill | P | 27 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Larry Bohannon | P | 27 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.259 | ||||
| Raymond O'Neill | P | 26 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.423 | ||||
| James Merrick | P | 24 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.667 | ||||
| Dave Bryce | P | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .348 | ||||
| George Gaskins | P | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary McGroarty | P | 18 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Gale Kennedy | P | 15 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.800 | ||||
| Pete Hamm | P | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Ray Corbin | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| John Wright | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Frank Archuleta | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| William Hosey | P | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chuck Murray | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric Soderholm | SS | 83 | 115 | 272 | 17 | 25 | .958 | 4.663 | ||||
| Nelson Castellanos | SS | 56 | 86 | 166 | 19 | 32 | .930 | 4.500 | ||||
| Robert Alexander | SS | 6 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 2.667 | ||||
| Larry Agrella | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1436 | 3440 | 1454 | 189 | 257 | .963 | 3.408 | 28 | 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.
