1968 Sioux Falls Packers Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 41-29
Finished 3rd in the NL
Manager: Jim Snyder (41-29)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Ballpark: Sioux Falls Stadium
Attendance: 36,838, Avg. 1,053
1968 Sioux Falls Packers Roster

The Sioux Falls Packers of the Northern League ended the 1968 season with a record of 41 wins and 29 losses, finishing third in the NL.

The Packers scored 310 runs and yielded 266 runs. Gregg Slape led Sioux Falls with 10 home runs Richard Hooper accounted for 36 RBI. Carl Barnes paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .330 clip. Mel Behney topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.05 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Mel Behney and Danny Godby both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Jim Snyder served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Mel Behney93.7502.05151552101.0692623650194401
Stephen Cochran87.5332.77171642104.0924032831068006
Wayne Holsopple64.6002.482271080.06030223362592012
Jim Coady42.6672.331072054.0482114218263004
Tom Upstone42.6674.6214141078.0865040233135212
Eddie Hill43.5713.442521155.0532121127266401
William Mottershead301.0003.601700035.0321614121328101
Don Goodwin23.4004.611640041.0392421340244606
Randy Blanken101.0000.00810015.095018113000
Larry Feltner02.0006.43710014.017151008211002
Bob Renninger03.0004.06930031.02218141270354012
Totals4129.5863.121607001450608.05272662112829916516231470

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
Richard Hooper672762323171100736103235.306.393.440.833102291
Carl Barnes5424321240701021131232825.330.405.410.81587012
Bobby Lemley693202854465722271132942.228.305.288.59382321
Gregg Slape582282052859521030732145.288.352.478.83098011
Danny Godby50211185294840622401826.259.335.378.71370422
William Goodman64239216294393427621866.199.260.324.58470041
Norman Singleton68284225294060535224558.178.318.271.58961446
Wayne Britton38132106173191418102223.292.412.509.92254112
Glenn Bisbing54190164202920614102064.177.274.299.57349240
Ned Eades3310090915200601621.167.232.189.42117211
Dick Pooschke227471714200600212.197.230.225.45516100
Stephen Cochran174137310100300210.270.308.297.60511020
Patrick Moriarty17423759100222311.243.333.270.60410200
George McKenzie185746109201601914.196.351.304.65514200
Jim Coady28363428001210214.235.278.324.60111000
Mel Behney15434025000000317.125.186.125.3115000
Don Goodwin18181804200200010.222.222.333.5566000
Tom Upstone14312924000200211.138.194.138.3314000
Jerry Cole41191201000024.222.364.444.8084000
Wayne Holsopple22242012001100010.100.100.250.3505040
Randy Blanken8220100000000.500.500.5001.0001000
Bob Renninger91090100000005.111.111.111.2221010
Eddie Hill2516130100020025.077.200.077.2771010
Larry Feltner7440000000000.000.000.000.0000000
William Mottershead18771000000002.000.000.000.0000000
James Cartlidge2770000010003.000.000.000.0000000
Totals799264623033105417211482554817266533.235.318.338.65677902337170


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Norman Singleton1B67522311139.9808.254
Jerry Cole1B3213021.0008.000
Bobby Lemley2B691731401323.9604.536
Dick Pooschke2B12110.7503.000
Richard Hooper3B67511321310.9342.731
Glenn Bisbing3B32110.7501.000
Don Goodwin3B201001.000.500
Dick Pooschke3B10110.5001.000
Glenn BisbingC523582471.9827.34611
Ned EadesC281651340.9786.3574
William GoodmanOF61114320.9831.918
Gregg SlapeOF5893781.9261.724
Danny GodbyOF5057650.9261.260
Wayne BrittonOF3246310.9801.531
George McKenzieOF1314130.8331.154
Patrick MoriartyOF980001.000.889
James CartlidgeOF250001.0002.500
Eddie HillP25210011.000.480
Wayne HolsoppleP2222510.9641.227
William MottersheadP1714001.000.294
Stephen CochranP1769011.000.882
Don GoodwinP1622001.000.250
Mel BehneyP1543113.9722.333
Tom UpstoneP140920.818.643
Jim CoadyP103921.8571.200
Bob RenningerP901010.9091.111
Randy BlankenP826001.0001.000
Larry FeltnerP70210.667.286
Carl BarnesSS54671221320.9363.500
Dick PooschkeSS16224972.9104.438
Totals748174265598104.9613.2051500

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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