1968 San Diego Padres Statistics
Team Record: 76-70
Finished 2nd in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Bob Skinner (0-0), Bobby Klaus (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: San Diego, California
Ballpark: Jack Murphy Stadium
Attendance: 203,369, Avg. 2,786
The San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1968 season with a record of 76 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Padres scored 592 runs and allowed 530 runs.
Players from the 1968 San Diego Padres who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Steve Arlin, Doug Clemens, Rich Barry, Johnny Lewis, Mike Wegener, Billy Cowan, Larry Colton, Johnny Werhas, Lowell Palmer, Doc Edwards, Gene Rounsaville, Dick Thoenen, Bill Wilson, Don Money, Jim Gentile, Barry Lersch, Roberto Peña, Larry Hisle, Jerry Johnson, Bill Edgerton, Bobby Klaus, Larry Loughlin, John Sullivan and Al Raffo.
Bob Skinner and Bobby Klaus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell Palmer | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.44 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 204.0 | 140 | 87 | 78 | 8 | 114 | 8 | 191 | 8 | 0 | 20 | |||
| Al Raffo | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.68 | 34 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 148.0 | 123 | 56 | 44 | 11 | 49 | 6 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Barry Lersch | 11 | 8 | .579 | 2.84 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 174.0 | 157 | 65 | 55 | 10 | 38 | 2 | 114 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bill Wilson | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.44 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 55 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Jerry Johnson | 7 | 1 | .875 | 1.95 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 74.0 | 55 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Messerly | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.95 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 58 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Larry Colton | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.45 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 99.0 | 99 | 45 | 38 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Mike Wegener | 4 | 12 | .250 | 3.51 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 141.0 | 123 | 60 | 55 | 8 | 54 | 1 | 105 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Darrell Peters | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.94 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 | 67 | 29 | 28 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Steve Arlin | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.06 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 53.0 | 35 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Larry Loughlin | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.34 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 103 | 54 | 51 | 8 | 34 | 5 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Dick Thoenen | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.41 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 61 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bill Edgerton | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Gentile | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Rounsaville | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.75 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 75 | 69 | .521 | 3.26 | 332 | 146 | 0 | 51 | 12 | 0 | 1254.0 | 1089 | 521 | 454 | 66 | 470 | 45 | 859 | 29 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Cowan | 143 | 599 | 564 | 90 | 158 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 73 | 31 | 6 | 29 | 121 | .280 | .317 | .445 | .762 | 251 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Don Money | 127 | 528 | 482 | 63 | 146 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 76 | .303 | .353 | .429 | .783 | 207 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Rich Barry | 130 | 507 | 441 | 55 | 129 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 3 | 5 | 53 | 95 | .293 | .368 | .420 | .787 | 185 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Werhas | 122 | 488 | 426 | 54 | 122 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 65 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 81 | .286 | .368 | .418 | .786 | 178 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Johnny Lewis | 123 | 494 | 423 | 61 | 114 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 67 | 97 | .270 | .371 | .466 | .837 | 197 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Klaus | 138 | 611 | 492 | 74 | 114 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 107 | 86 | .232 | .370 | .299 | .669 | 147 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Doug Clemens | 104 | 406 | 343 | 53 | 85 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 2 | 6 | 54 | 53 | .248 | .347 | .423 | .769 | 145 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Larry Hisle | 69 | 298 | 267 | 37 | 81 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 76 | .303 | .365 | .446 | .811 | 119 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Doc Edwards | 83 | 287 | 270 | 17 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 36 | .259 | .296 | .281 | .578 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Sullivan | 83 | 293 | 256 | 18 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 29 | .246 | .333 | .301 | .634 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Stirling Coward | 82 | 239 | 223 | 13 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 22 | .242 | .280 | .274 | .553 | 61 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jim Gentile | 78 | 218 | 178 | 18 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 51 | .185 | .330 | .331 | .662 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Barry Lersch | 30 | 69 | 60 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .200 | .213 | .233 | .446 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lowell Palmer | 36 | 82 | 78 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | .154 | .165 | .205 | .370 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Larry Colton | 17 | 40 | 39 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .256 | .275 | .359 | .634 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Wegener | 23 | 51 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .184 | .184 | .204 | .388 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Roberto Peña | 8 | 34 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .219 | .242 | .312 | .555 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Arlin | 12 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .278 | .316 | .389 | .705 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Johnson | 11 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .200 | .320 | .520 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Dick Thoenen | 36 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .286 | .375 | .571 | .946 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Al Raffo | 41 | 51 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .083 | .102 | .083 | .185 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Wilson | 46 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Messerly | 24 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .167 | .211 | .167 | .377 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Peters | 24 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Rounsaville | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stump Merrill | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Loughlin | 33 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .043 | .083 | .043 | .127 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1629 | 5460 | 4820 | 592 | 1248 | 194 | 43 | 92 | 538 | 84 | 45 | 524 | 983 | .259 | .334 | .374 | .708 | 1804 | 0 | 32 | 53 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Clemens | 1B | 83 | 655 | 44 | 9 | 52 | .987 | 8.422 | ||||
| Jim Gentile | 1B | 51 | 395 | 23 | 6 | 36 | .986 | 8.196 | ||||
| Rich Barry | 1B | 21 | 146 | 8 | 1 | 18 | .994 | 7.333 | ||||
| Johnny Lewis | 1B | 5 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .972 | 7.000 | ||||
| Johnny Werhas | 1B | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Doc Edwards | 1B | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Bobby Klaus | 2B | 136 | 297 | 377 | 17 | 79 | .975 | 4.956 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | 2B | 11 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 8 | .956 | 3.909 | ||||
| Johnny Werhas | 3B | 121 | 105 | 216 | 26 | 14 | .925 | 2.653 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | 3B | 22 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .975 | 1.773 | ||||
| Doug Clemens | 3B | 13 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .917 | 2.538 | ||||
| John Sullivan | C | 77 | 417 | 37 | 3 | 5 | .993 | 5.896 | 5 | |||
| Doc Edwards | C | 75 | 496 | 40 | 6 | 10 | .989 | 7.147 | 4 | |||
| Stump Merrill | C | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 4.000 | 1 | |||
| Billy Cowan | OF | 140 | 285 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .983 | 2.100 | ||||
| Johnny Lewis | OF | 107 | 187 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .966 | 1.869 | ||||
| Rich Barry | OF | 102 | 164 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .971 | 1.657 | ||||
| Larry Hisle | OF | 68 | 169 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 2.529 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | OF | 18 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .925 | 2.056 | ||||
| Doug Clemens | OF | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.125 | ||||
| Bill Wilson | P | 46 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .370 | ||||
| Dick Thoenen | P | 36 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .278 | ||||
| Al Raffo | P | 34 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .931 | .794 | ||||
| Larry Loughlin | P | 33 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .576 | ||||
| Lowell Palmer | P | 31 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .815 | .710 | ||||
| Barry Lersch | P | 26 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .921 | 1.346 | ||||
| Jerry Messerly | P | 24 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .417 | ||||
| Mike Wegener | P | 23 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .920 | 1.000 | ||||
| Darrell Peters | P | 23 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .565 | ||||
| Bill Edgerton | P | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Colton | P | 15 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.533 | ||||
| Steve Arlin | P | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .750 | ||||
| Jerry Johnson | P | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.100 | ||||
| Gene Rounsaville | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jim Gentile | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Don Money | SS | 127 | 226 | 441 | 26 | 74 | .962 | 5.252 | ||||
| Stirling Coward | SS | 12 | 26 | 35 | 8 | 9 | .884 | 5.083 | ||||
| Roberto Peña | SS | 8 | 14 | 33 | 2 | 6 | .959 | 5.875 | ||||
| Totals | 1547 | 3807 | 1521 | 151 | 333 | .972 | 3.444 | 10 | 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.
