1968 Pittsfield Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 84-55
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Billy Gardner (84-55)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Wahconah Stadium (Park)
Attendance: 48,067, Avg. 692
Playoffs - Pittsfield Red Sox 2 games, Elmira Pioneers 0
Finals - Reading Phillies 3 games, Pittsfield Red Sox 1
The Pittsfield Red Sox of the Eastern League ended the 1968 season with a record of 84 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the EL.
The Red Sox scored 483 runs, best in the league. Pittsfield yielded 366 runs, fewest in the league. Carmen Fanzone led the squad with 17 home runs and accounted for 75 RBI. Tony Torchia paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .294 clip. Dick Baney topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 1.84 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1968 Pittsfield Red Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Chris Coletta, Dick Baney, Carmen Fanzone, Bill Schlesinger, Ken Wright, Luis Alvarado, Al Montreuil, Mark Schaeffer, Bobby Guindon, Dave Gray, Billy Conigliaro, Russ Nixon and Gerry Janeski.
Billy Gardner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Baney | 14 | 6 | .700 | 1.84 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 176.0 | 121 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 42 | 5 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bobby Guindon | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.46 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 117.0 | 91 | 40 | 32 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 80 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| George Pfeiffer | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.30 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 74 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 44 | 15 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Ken Wright | 8 | 9 | .471 | 2.40 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 131.0 | 90 | 41 | 35 | 3 | 62 | 12 | 96 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Gerry Janeski | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1.32 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 68.0 | 48 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dave Gray | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.54 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 78.0 | 38 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 50 | 3 | 76 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Donald Cook | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.77 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 78.0 | 65 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| James Thornton | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.74 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 71 | 42 | 32 | 3 | 74 | 15 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Raul Mercado | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.52 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 46 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Thomas | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.74 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 77.0 | 63 | 36 | 32 | 6 | 34 | 6 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Paul Dowd | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.69 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 97.0 | 79 | 37 | 29 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Mark Schaeffer | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.65 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 68.0 | 38 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 84 | 55 | .604 | 2.39 | 299 | 140 | 0 | 45 | 20 | 0 | 1166.0 | 824 | 366 | 309 | 31 | 481 | 72 | 794 | 27 | 4 | 40 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Alvarado | 129 | 526 | 486 | 55 | 125 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 57 | .257 | .299 | .294 | .594 | 143 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Carmen Fanzone | 140 | 561 | 448 | 71 | 121 | 22 | 2 | 17 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 52 | .270 | .405 | .442 | .847 | 198 | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Tony Torchia | 106 | 414 | 381 | 52 | 112 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 24 | .294 | .341 | .386 | .727 | 147 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Donato Fazio | 135 | 545 | 458 | 63 | 104 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 78 | 59 | .227 | .341 | .275 | .616 | 126 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Billy Conigliaro | 107 | 418 | 383 | 40 | 91 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 81 | .238 | .297 | .358 | .655 | 137 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Russin | 120 | 406 | 371 | 37 | 84 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 68 | .226 | .281 | .337 | .618 | 125 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bill Schlesinger | 84 | 303 | 274 | 36 | 75 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 44 | .274 | .337 | .442 | .778 | 121 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Al Montreuil | 89 | 294 | 263 | 27 | 63 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 22 | .240 | .304 | .316 | .620 | 83 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Brendon Ounjian | 86 | 268 | 236 | 18 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 89 | .169 | .259 | .212 | .471 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Robert Speer | 50 | 189 | 162 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 23 | .198 | .309 | .216 | .525 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Rudanovich | 69 | 227 | 195 | 22 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27 | .164 | .262 | .195 | .457 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Russ Nixon | 41 | 151 | 137 | 15 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | .212 | .278 | .263 | .541 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Guindon | 42 | 66 | 64 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .219 | .242 | .375 | .617 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Jackson | 30 | 72 | 56 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | .196 | .366 | .232 | .598 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chris Coletta | 11 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .263 | .310 | .342 | .652 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Dowd | 17 | 39 | 36 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .289 | .333 | .623 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Schaeffer | 12 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .360 | .417 | .777 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dick Baney | 25 | 62 | 56 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .143 | .172 | .232 | .405 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| George Pfeiffer | 48 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .350 | .350 | .350 | .700 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Thomas | 29 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .231 | .250 | .231 | .481 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Thornton | 50 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .263 | .300 | .316 | .616 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ken Wright | 24 | 48 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .119 | .178 | .143 | .321 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jack Rudowski | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .571 | .571 | .571 | 1.143 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Gray | 16 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .120 | .154 | .160 | .314 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Mahoney | 21 | 56 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .064 | .185 | .085 | .270 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Janeski | 15 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .053 | .100 | .053 | .153 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Donald Cook | 14 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .042 | .080 | .042 | .122 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Raul Mercado | 31 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1547 | 4890 | 4313 | 483 | 1003 | 153 | 24 | 53 | 420 | 38 | 27 | 471 | 711 | .233 | .310 | .316 | .626 | 1363 | 0 | 24 | 52 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Russin | 1B | 99 | 894 | 60 | 4 | 69 | .996 | 9.636 | ||||
| Carmen Fanzone | 1B | 26 | 222 | 14 | 2 | 18 | .992 | 9.077 | ||||
| Tony Torchia | 1B | 20 | 176 | 14 | 1 | 17 | .995 | 9.500 | ||||
| Bobby Guindon | 1B | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.333 | ||||
| Al Montreuil | 2B | 72 | 133 | 173 | 11 | 29 | .965 | 4.250 | ||||
| Donato Fazio | 2B | 68 | 158 | 209 | 3 | 44 | .992 | 5.397 | ||||
| Carmen Fanzone | 2B | 6 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| James Russin | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Carmen Fanzone | 3B | 114 | 93 | 161 | 14 | 11 | .948 | 2.228 | ||||
| Donato Fazio | 3B | 26 | 19 | 57 | 5 | 5 | .938 | 2.923 | ||||
| James Russin | 3B | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
| Brendon Ounjian | 3B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brendon Ounjian | C | 76 | 374 | 40 | 5 | 2 | .988 | 5.447 | 17 | |||
| Russ Nixon | C | 36 | 208 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .987 | 6.417 | 1 | |||
| Richard Jackson | C | 24 | 127 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .971 | 5.667 | 2 | |||
| Kevin Mahoney | C | 16 | 81 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 5.562 | 1 | |||
| Jack Rudowski | C | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | 1 | |||
| Billy Conigliaro | OF | 106 | 200 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .963 | 1.981 | ||||
| Tony Torchia | OF | 86 | 143 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.686 | ||||
| Bill Schlesinger | OF | 83 | 154 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .981 | 1.916 | ||||
| Daniel Rudanovich | OF | 54 | 76 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .941 | 1.481 | ||||
| Robert Speer | OF | 48 | 75 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .963 | 1.625 | ||||
| Donato Fazio | OF | 33 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| Chris Coletta | OF | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.700 | ||||
| James Russin | OF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Russ Nixon | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bobby Guindon | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| James Thornton | P | 50 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .380 | ||||
| George Pfeiffer | P | 48 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .870 | .417 | ||||
| Raul Mercado | P | 31 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .806 | ||||
| James Thomas | P | 28 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .536 | ||||
| Dick Baney | P | 25 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.640 | ||||
| Ken Wright | P | 24 | 10 | 35 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 1.875 | ||||
| Bobby Guindon | P | 21 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Paul Dowd | P | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 1.059 | ||||
| Dave Gray | P | 16 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.250 | ||||
| Gerry Janeski | P | 15 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 2.133 | ||||
| Donald Cook | P | 13 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Mark Schaeffer | P | 11 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Luis Alvarado | SS | 128 | 156 | 395 | 25 | 69 | .957 | 4.305 | ||||
| Donato Fazio | SS | 16 | 16 | 43 | 2 | 7 | .967 | 3.688 | ||||
| Al Montreuil | SS | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1474 | 3496 | 1495 | 118 | 293 | .977 | 3.386 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
