1968 St. Cloud Rox Statistics
Team Record: 43-27
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Carroll Hardy (43-27)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 24,709, Avg. 706
The St. Cloud Rox of the Northern League ended the 1968 season with a record of 43 wins and 27 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Rox paced the circuit with 328 runs, spearheaded by 38 home runs. St. Cloud allowed 280 runs. Bob Jones recorded 43 runs batted in. Alex Rowell led all regular hitters with a .301 average. Thomas Ferraro topped the squad with 11 wins, while Dave Goltz recorded a 1.61 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1968 St. Cloud Rox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Danny Thompson, Jim Nettles, Dave Goltz and Jim Obradovich.
Carroll Hardy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Ferraro | 11 | 3 | .786 | 2.49 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 60 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dave Goltz | 10 | 3 | .769 | 1.61 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 123.0 | 103 | 39 | 22 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 122 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Robert Weisenberg | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.84 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 111.0 | 98 | 51 | 35 | 10 | 38 | 1 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Thomas Maurer | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.83 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 94.0 | 96 | 45 | 40 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Don Thomsen | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.89 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 44 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Michael Shields | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.97 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 77.0 | 78 | 43 | 34 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Danny Humphries | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.64 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 47.0 | 36 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Lloyd Brunick | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.30 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 35 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Alex Rowell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 43 | 27 | .614 | 3.15 | 133 | 70 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 603.0 | 550 | 280 | 211 | 30 | 246 | 5 | 482 | 19 | 2 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Rowell | 70 | 313 | 259 | 49 | 78 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 47 | 39 | .301 | .407 | .398 | .805 | 103 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jim Nettles | 68 | 310 | 260 | 50 | 74 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 45 | 43 | .285 | .389 | .404 | .793 | 105 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Bob Jones | 65 | 270 | 245 | 29 | 69 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 54 | .282 | .335 | .396 | .730 | 97 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Danny Thompson | 63 | 278 | 241 | 36 | 68 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 26 | .282 | .359 | .461 | .820 | 111 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Jim Obradovich | 52 | 203 | 186 | 24 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 46 | .269 | .325 | .403 | .728 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rich Donnelly | 70 | 268 | 234 | 33 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 44 | .205 | .297 | .261 | .558 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bob Storm | 56 | 223 | 188 | 25 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 66 | .218 | .338 | .335 | .673 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Russ Rolandson | 22 | 102 | 95 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .274 | .317 | .284 | .601 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Strader | 35 | 102 | 87 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20 | .276 | .382 | .437 | .819 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Shulock | 33 | 102 | 93 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 28 | .237 | .297 | .301 | .598 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Smith | 37 | 141 | 115 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 33 | .183 | .324 | .217 | .541 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Carpenter | 27 | 81 | 76 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .250 | .296 | .316 | .612 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Epperly | 29 | 63 | 55 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .236 | .323 | .400 | .723 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Ferraro | 22 | 37 | 35 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .257 | .278 | .429 | .706 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Maurer | 16 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .133 | .235 | .200 | .435 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Don Thomsen | 18 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .231 | .286 | .308 | .593 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Shields | 18 | 28 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .182 | .143 | .325 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Robert Weisenberg | 17 | 41 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .097 | .152 | .097 | .248 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Dave Goltz | 16 | 52 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .070 | .149 | .070 | .219 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Danny Humphries | 14 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Brunick | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 762 | 2688 | 2326 | 328 | 580 | 91 | 15 | 38 | 276 | 49 | 10 | 286 | 503 | .249 | .335 | .350 | .685 | 815 | 0 | 18 | 48 | 10 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Obradovich | 1B | 50 | 438 | 10 | 9 | 31 | .980 | 8.960 | ||||
| Mark Strader | 1B | 24 | 190 | 9 | 10 | 14 | .952 | 8.292 | ||||
| Ralph Carpenter | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Patrick Smith | 2B | 33 | 81 | 86 | 9 | 19 | .949 | 5.061 | ||||
| Russ Rolandson | 2B | 22 | 57 | 73 | 4 | 19 | .970 | 5.909 | ||||
| Richard Shulock | 2B | 19 | 22 | 33 | 3 | 4 | .948 | 2.895 | ||||
| Bob Jones | 3B | 65 | 58 | 134 | 27 | 10 | .877 | 2.954 | ||||
| Alex Rowell | 3B | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rich Donnelly | C | 70 | 486 | 58 | 9 | 5 | .984 | 7.771 | 14 | |||
| Mark Strader | C | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 3.250 | 2 | |||
| Jim Nettles | OF | 67 | 103 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .934 | 1.701 | ||||
| Alex Rowell | OF | 65 | 143 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .981 | 2.323 | ||||
| Bob Storm | OF | 53 | 67 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .938 | 1.415 | ||||
| Ralph Carpenter | OF | 19 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.421 | ||||
| Charles Epperly | OF | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .357 | ||||
| Thomas Ferraro | P | 22 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.045 | ||||
| Don Thomsen | P | 18 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Michael Shields | P | 18 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Robert Weisenberg | P | 17 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .941 | ||||
| Thomas Maurer | P | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .812 | ||||
| Dave Goltz | P | 16 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.438 | ||||
| Lloyd Brunick | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Danny Humphries | P | 12 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.250 | ||||
| Alex Rowell | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Danny Thompson | SS | 63 | 91 | 213 | 21 | 30 | .935 | 4.825 | ||||
| Richard Shulock | SS | 9 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 3 | .867 | 4.333 | ||||
| Totals | 717 | 1823 | 780 | 134 | 141 | .951 | 3.630 | 16 | 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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