1968 Spartanburg Phillies Statistics
Team Record: 71-54
Finished 2nd in the WCL
Manager: Bobby Malkmus (71-54)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 112,789, Avg. 1,805
Playoffs - Greenwood Braves 2 games, Spartanburg Phillies 1
The Spartanburg Phillies of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1968 season with a record of 71 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the WCL.
The Phillies scored 590 runs and allowed 510 runs. Nick Van Lue led Spartanburg with 23 home runs and drove in 77 runs. Jesus Padron paced all regular hitters with a .278 average. Steve Cates, Gordon Knutson and John Herbst topped the team with 9 wins each, while Gordon Knutson registered a 2.16 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1968 Spartanburg Phillies who spent time in the Majors during their careers included George Banks, Larry Cox, Buck Martinez, Bob Terlecki and John Vukovich.
Bobby Malkmus 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gordon Knutson | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.16 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 125.0 | 102 | 44 | 30 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 121 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |||
John Herbst | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.69 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 107.0 | 112 | 42 | 32 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
Steve Cates | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.49 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 147.0 | 130 | 72 | 57 | 9 | 61 | 2 | 120 | 10 | 0 | 22 | |||
Robert Kenny | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.68 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 57 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 32 | 7 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
Robert Snyder | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.14 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 74.0 | 76 | 38 | 34 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
Bob Terlecki | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.18 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 84.0 | 83 | 47 | 39 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
Robert McLachlin | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 63.0 | 60 | 33 | 29 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||
Gregg Cunnyngham | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.47 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 49 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Chuck Wilz | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.00 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 67 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 54 | 4 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
Phil Meyer | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.80 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 37 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
Jose Sanchez | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.81 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 43.0 | 52 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
Larry Cox | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Jim Alviso | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.85 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 27 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Terry Tollestrup | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Jeff Beattie | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Lou Lanehardt | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.50 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Marty Meagher | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Kenneth Bangsberg | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Juan Rugero | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Mike Coble | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Anthony Giresi | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
Larry Keener | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Michael Beaver | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.90 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 33 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
Totals | 71 | 53 | .573 | 3.46 | 292 | 124 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 1055.0 | 974 | 501 | 406 | 52 | 492 | 25 | 899 | 29 | 3 | 106 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Van Lue | 123 | 507 | 444 | 83 | 122 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 77 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 93 | .275 | .349 | .495 | .845 | 220 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
Robert Leatherwood | 105 | 458 | 406 | 55 | 107 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 42 | 48 | .264 | .333 | .320 | .654 | 130 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
Roger Nelson | 97 | 368 | 328 | 65 | 103 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 47 | 23 | 11 | 38 | 35 | .314 | .386 | .463 | .849 | 152 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jesus Padron | 115 | 431 | 370 | 39 | 103 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 39 | .278 | .368 | .295 | .662 | 109 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
Henry Jacquez | 82 | 331 | 291 | 45 | 75 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 76 | .258 | .329 | .361 | .690 | 105 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
Gerardo Rodriguez | 90 | 337 | 314 | 42 | 74 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 63 | .236 | .275 | .344 | .619 | 108 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
Richard Wissel | 82 | 282 | 236 | 47 | 71 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 57 | .301 | .402 | .411 | .813 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Raymond Starnes | 60 | 269 | 237 | 31 | 71 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 40 | .300 | .372 | .350 | .722 | 83 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
Ernie Aguirre | 55 | 223 | 201 | 29 | 58 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 37 | .289 | .348 | .408 | .756 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
John Vukovich | 37 | 153 | 134 | 23 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 16 | .313 | .375 | .463 | .838 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
George Banks | 45 | 185 | 140 | 26 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 31 | .257 | .432 | .443 | .875 | 62 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
Jim Magnuson | 45 | 155 | 124 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 26 | .226 | .368 | .395 | .763 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
Ken Huebner | 37 | 114 | 105 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .248 | .281 | .314 | .595 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Richard Solis | 36 | 114 | 97 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 28 | .258 | .339 | .330 | .669 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
Gary York | 32 | 63 | 53 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .264 | .365 | .358 | .724 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Gary McGhee | 26 | 69 | 60 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | .200 | .294 | .233 | .527 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Buck Martinez | 8 | 32 | 28 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .393 | .469 | .536 | 1.004 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Kirik | 13 | 43 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .250 | .372 | .444 | .817 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Robert Kenny | 39 | 29 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .286 | .310 | .321 | .632 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Cates | 24 | 61 | 52 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .154 | .224 | .173 | .397 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
Phil Meyer | 9 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .500 | .562 | .643 | 1.205 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Gregory Frick | 13 | 43 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .139 | .262 | .139 | .401 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
John Herbst | 19 | 41 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .128 | .171 | .128 | .299 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brian Hansen | 9 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .250 | .368 | .250 | .618 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Terlecki | 23 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Robert Snyder | 11 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .138 | .167 | .207 | .374 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Larry Cox | 11 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .200 | .333 | .467 | .800 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gordon Knutson | 19 | 47 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .079 | .186 | .079 | .265 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Marty Meagher | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lou Lanehardt | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Michael Beaver | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gregg Cunnyngham | 24 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chuck Wilz | 37 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Eulises Urrieta | 8 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .100 | .167 | .100 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Robert McLachlin | 11 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .095 | .174 | .143 | .317 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Anthony Giresi | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Alviso | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .143 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jose Sanchez | 8 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Coble | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Terry Tollestrup | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jeff Beattie | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kenneth Bangsberg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Keener | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1415 | 4610 | 4019 | 595 | 1054 | 151 | 32 | 66 | 490 | 88 | 47 | 477 | 777 | .262 | .342 | .365 | .707 | 1467 | 0 | 30 | 44 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Van Lue | 1B | 121 | 984 | 38 | 13 | 100 | .987 | 8.446 | ||||
Gary York | 1B | 8 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 4.250 | ||||
Richard Wissel | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
Robert Leatherwood | 2B | 100 | 255 | 253 | 10 | 75 | .981 | 5.080 | ||||
Ernie Aguirre | 2B | 19 | 47 | 42 | 2 | 10 | .978 | 4.684 | ||||
Gary York | 2B | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
Jesus Padron | 2B | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 4.000 | ||||
Gary McGhee | 2B | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
John Vukovich | 3B | 37 | 37 | 78 | 5 | 8 | .958 | 3.108 | ||||
Ernie Aguirre | 3B | 35 | 17 | 54 | 11 | 5 | .866 | 2.029 | ||||
George Banks | 3B | 33 | 22 | 52 | 8 | 7 | .902 | 2.242 | ||||
Gary McGhee | 3B | 12 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .893 | 2.083 | ||||
Gary York | 3B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
Eulises Urrieta | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
Raymond Starnes | 3B | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
Gerardo Rodriguez | C | 88 | 650 | 58 | 16 | 6 | .978 | 8.045 | 23 | |||
Gregory Frick | C | 12 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .965 | 6.833 | 4 | |||
John Kirik | C | 10 | 69 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .962 | 7.700 | 1 | |||
Buck Martinez | C | 8 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.625 | 1 | |||
Gary York | C | 4 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 7.250 | 3 | |||
Brian Hansen | C | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.250 | 3 | |||
Larry Cox | C | 4 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 6.250 | 2 | |||
Roger Nelson | OF | 90 | 163 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .971 | 1.856 | ||||
Richard Wissel | OF | 78 | 82 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .956 | 1.103 | ||||
Henry Jacquez | OF | 76 | 104 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .940 | 1.434 | ||||
Raymond Starnes | OF | 55 | 72 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .961 | 1.345 | ||||
Jim Magnuson | OF | 35 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.257 | ||||
Ken Huebner | OF | 34 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 1.235 | ||||
Richard Solis | OF | 27 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .979 | 1.704 | ||||
George Banks | OF | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
Gary McGhee | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Robert Kenny | P | 38 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .368 | ||||
Chuck Wilz | P | 37 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .568 | ||||
Gregg Cunnyngham | P | 24 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .542 | ||||
Steve Cates | P | 24 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .870 | .833 | ||||
Bob Terlecki | P | 23 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .870 | ||||
Gordon Knutson | P | 19 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .947 | ||||
John Herbst | P | 18 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.556 | ||||
Robert Snyder | P | 11 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.909 | ||||
Robert McLachlin | P | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
Jeff Beattie | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .091 | ||||
Anthony Giresi | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
Michael Beaver | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .600 | .300 | ||||
Jim Alviso | P | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .500 | ||||
Phil Meyer | P | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
Jose Sanchez | P | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .875 | ||||
Terry Tollestrup | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
Larry Cox | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
Lou Lanehardt | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Marty Meagher | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Juan Rugero | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Mike Coble | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Larry Keener | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Kenneth Bangsberg | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Jesus Padron | SS | 113 | 194 | 310 | 33 | 62 | .939 | 4.460 | ||||
George Banks | SS | 7 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 3.857 | ||||
Robert Leatherwood | SS | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .950 | 3.167 | ||||
Eulises Urrieta | SS | 5 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 3 | .783 | 3.600 | ||||
Totals | 1340 | 3159 | 1189 | 156 | 313 | .965 | 3.245 | 37 | 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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