1968 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 72-75
Finished 6th in the IL
Manager: Gary Blaylock (0-0), Frank Verdi (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 150,455, Avg. 2,047
The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1968 season with a record of 72 wins and 75 losses, finishing sixth in the IL.
The Chiefs scored 544 runs and surrendered 553 runs. Hawk Taylor led Syracuse with 17 home runs Len Boehmer drove in 75 runs. Mike Hegan paced all regular hitters by hitting .304. John Cumberland and Thad Tillotson topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Pete Magrini recorded a 2.59 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Mike Hegan, Bill Heath, John Cumberland, Steve Whitaker, Shaun Fitzmaurice, Tom Shopay, Hawk Taylor, Ellie Rodríguez, Al Closter, Bill Burbach, Hal Reniff, Dave McDonald, Merritt Ranew, Jim Lyttle, Pete Magrini, Mike Ferraro, Ross Moschitto, Rich Beck, Cecil Perkins, Bill Melton, Steve Barber, Ron Klimkowski, Thad Tillotson, John Ellis, Len Boehmer, John Kennedy and Bob Sadowski were all players from the 1968 Syracuse Chiefs who played in the Majors during their careers.
Gary Blaylock and Frank Verdi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thad Tillotson | 10 | 4 | .714 | 1.54 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 59 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| John Cumberland | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.26 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 138.0 | 136 | 59 | 50 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Bill Burbach | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.60 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 150.0 | 140 | 76 | 60 | 8 | 63 | 1 | 108 | 8 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Robert Lasko | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.93 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 166.0 | 131 | 55 | 54 | 9 | 76 | 1 | 126 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Pete Magrini | 8 | 10 | .444 | 2.59 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 153.0 | 153 | 53 | 44 | 13 | 37 | 0 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Al Closter | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.10 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 122.0 | 113 | 46 | 42 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Hal Reniff | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.25 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 107 | 55 | 50 | 6 | 49 | 4 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Rich Beck | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.46 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 107.0 | 101 | 59 | 53 | 8 | 66 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Gary Girouard | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.59 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 96.0 | 100 | 53 | 49 | 5 | 32 | 6 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ron Klimkowski | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 41 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Teddy Dillard | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Horsford | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.67 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27.0 | 31 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Steve Barber | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.35 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 39 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Edward Fiskland | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cecil Perkins | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 72 | 75 | .490 | 3.41 | 344 | 147 | 0 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 1272.0 | 1196 | 553 | 482 | 83 | 456 | 32 | 859 | 26 | 4 | 76 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Boehmer | 144 | 578 | 518 | 60 | 139 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 75 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 44 | .268 | .330 | .384 | .714 | 199 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Mike Hegan | 119 | 504 | 424 | 83 | 129 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 78 | 123 | .304 | .413 | .465 | .877 | 197 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Ferraro | 118 | 481 | 440 | 58 | 129 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 59 | .293 | .345 | .375 | .720 | 165 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Tom Shopay | 125 | 490 | 458 | 40 | 112 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 75 | .245 | .283 | .336 | .620 | 154 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jim Lyttle | 135 | 502 | 445 | 53 | 104 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 12 | 5 | 50 | 98 | .234 | .309 | .328 | .637 | 146 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Hawk Taylor | 77 | 278 | 249 | 46 | 72 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 50 | .289 | .356 | .558 | .914 | 139 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joseph Mackey | 131 | 449 | 388 | 26 | 66 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 94 | .170 | .256 | .214 | .470 | 83 | 3 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Tommie Martz | 81 | 268 | 236 | 27 | 64 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 34 | .271 | .345 | .369 | .713 | 87 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dave McDonald | 84 | 269 | 243 | 35 | 61 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 55 | .251 | .318 | .366 | .685 | 89 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Melton | 45 | 162 | 147 | 10 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 32 | .279 | .327 | .442 | .769 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ellie Rodríguez | 45 | 151 | 127 | 18 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | .291 | .396 | .370 | .766 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Heath | 44 | 156 | 134 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | .187 | .295 | .246 | .541 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lou Howell | 37 | 111 | 101 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .238 | .306 | .307 | .613 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Merritt Ranew | 43 | 120 | 103 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 23 | .204 | .317 | .243 | .559 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ross Moschitto | 30 | 86 | 81 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .222 | .259 | .272 | .530 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Ellis | 13 | 49 | 46 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .348 | .375 | .457 | .832 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Matt Galante | 13 | 58 | 50 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .220 | .310 | .260 | .570 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Whitaker | 11 | 32 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .226 | .250 | .355 | .605 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Lasko | 33 | 58 | 54 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .093 | .109 | .093 | .202 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sadowski | 8 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .250 | .368 | .250 | .618 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thad Tillotson | 39 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .235 | .278 | .235 | .513 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Beck | 34 | 40 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .114 | .162 | .114 | .276 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Al Closter | 24 | 43 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .111 | .220 | .111 | .331 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pete Magrini | 26 | 52 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | .083 | .102 | .125 | .227 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Burbach | 27 | 57 | 51 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .078 | .113 | .078 | .192 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gary Girouard | 48 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .150 | .190 | .250 | .440 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Cantrell | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Barber | 7 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .133 | .188 | .533 | .721 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Reniff | 53 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .091 | .200 | .091 | .291 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Cumberland | 25 | 50 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .054 | .222 | .054 | .276 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Perkins | 12 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Horsford | 7 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .077 | .077 | .231 | .308 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Johnnie Fenderson | 8 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .059 | .111 | .059 | .170 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Klimkowski | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Teddy Dillard | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Dutton | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Fiskland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steven Mezich | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Kindl | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1687 | 5228 | 4646 | 531 | 1119 | 168 | 38 | 73 | 490 | 73 | 51 | 475 | 971 | .241 | .312 | .341 | .653 | 1582 | 0 | 20 | 58 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Hegan | 1B | 77 | 679 | 28 | 3 | 54 | .996 | 9.182 | ||||
| Dave McDonald | 1B | 68 | 556 | 45 | 6 | 62 | .990 | 8.838 | ||||
| Hawk Taylor | 1B | 7 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .963 | 7.429 | ||||
| Bill Melton | 1B | 6 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Merritt Ranew | 1B | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Joseph Mackey | 1B | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Len Boehmer | 2B | 128 | 273 | 340 | 14 | 87 | .978 | 4.789 | ||||
| Matt Galante | 2B | 13 | 30 | 38 | 1 | 10 | .986 | 5.231 | ||||
| Joseph Mackey | 2B | 9 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Bob Sadowski | 2B | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| John Kennedy | 2B | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Bill Heath | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Ferraro | 3B | 101 | 74 | 188 | 16 | 15 | .942 | 2.594 | ||||
| Bill Melton | 3B | 32 | 24 | 51 | 2 | 6 | .974 | 2.344 | ||||
| Len Boehmer | 3B | 15 | 9 | 50 | 4 | 1 | .937 | 3.933 | ||||
| Hawk Taylor | 3B | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| John Kennedy | 3B | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Joseph Mackey | 3B | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Tom Shopay | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Sadowski | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ellie Rodríguez | C | 40 | 237 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 6.525 | 9 | |||
| Hawk Taylor | C | 30 | 197 | 22 | 1 | 5 | .995 | 7.300 | 4 | |||
| Merritt Ranew | C | 26 | 136 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .987 | 5.846 | 10 | |||
| Lou Howell | C | 23 | 140 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .974 | 6.391 | 1 | |||
| Bill Heath | C | 21 | 110 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 5.619 | 3 | |||
| John Ellis | C | 12 | 83 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.917 | 2 | |||
| Len Boehmer | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Lyttle | OF | 127 | 265 | 16 | 7 | 7 | .976 | 2.213 | ||||
| Tom Shopay | OF | 121 | 216 | 9 | 3 | 4 | .987 | 1.860 | ||||
| Tommie Martz | OF | 68 | 99 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.618 | ||||
| Mike Hegan | OF | 44 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 1.614 | ||||
| Hawk Taylor | OF | 32 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.281 | ||||
| Ross Moschitto | OF | 27 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.556 | ||||
| Bill Heath | OF | 17 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.176 | ||||
| Bill Melton | OF | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Steve Whitaker | OF | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.333 | ||||
| Johnnie Fenderson | OF | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| John Kindl | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Gary Girouard | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Cantrell | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Steven Mezich | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Magrini | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Dutton | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Hal Reniff | P | 53 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .415 | ||||
| Gary Girouard | P | 42 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .500 | ||||
| Thad Tillotson | P | 39 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Robert Lasko | P | 33 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .968 | .909 | ||||
| Rich Beck | P | 31 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .962 | .806 | ||||
| Bill Burbach | P | 26 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .921 | 1.346 | ||||
| John Cumberland | P | 25 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .810 | .680 | ||||
| Al Closter | P | 23 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.130 | ||||
| Pete Magrini | P | 22 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.636 | ||||
| Ron Klimkowski | P | 17 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .588 | ||||
| Cecil Perkins | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .100 | ||||
| Teddy Dillard | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Steve Barber | P | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| James Horsford | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| Edward Fiskland | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joseph Mackey | SS | 120 | 173 | 365 | 28 | 65 | .951 | 4.483 | ||||
| Mike Ferraro | SS | 29 | 34 | 54 | 4 | 12 | .957 | 3.034 | ||||
| Bill Melton | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Len Boehmer | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1615 | 3769 | 1536 | 126 | 376 | .977 | 3.285 | 29 | 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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