1968 Salisbury Senators Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 34-87
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Billy Klaus (34-87)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Salisbury, North Carolina
Ballpark: Newman Park (Field)
Attendance: 24,072, Avg. 398
1968 Salisbury Senators RosterTeam Record: 34-87
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Billy Klaus (34-87)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Salisbury, North Carolina
Ballpark: Newman Park (Field)
Attendance: 24,072, Avg. 398
The Salisbury Senators of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1968 season with a record of 34 wins and 87 losses, finishing sixth in the WCL.
The Senators scored 474 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 808 runs, most in the circuit. Richard Bechtel led Salisbury with 11 home runs Charles Koselke accounted for 56 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .294 clip. Mike Thompson paced the team with 7 wins, while Delbert Marcus registered a 4.08 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1968 Salisbury Senators who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Jones, Ike Brookens, Tom Grieve, Rick Stelmaszek and Mike Thompson.
Billy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Thompson | 7 | 13 | .350 | 4.27 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 156.0 | 141 | 93 | 74 | 3 | 106 | 1 | 136 | 6 | 1 | 42 | |||
| Delbert Marcus | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.08 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 130 | 78 | 48 | 10 | 65 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Robert George | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.34 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 87.0 | 85 | 57 | 42 | 12 | 59 | 1 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Gary Carter | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.21 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 71 | 62 | 33 | 8 | 36 | 5 | 63 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||
| William Holt | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.83 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 82.0 | 74 | 58 | 44 | 3 | 57 | 3 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Clayton Bittinger | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 39 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Larry Herring | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.89 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 57.0 | 75 | 40 | 31 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Fallon | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.66 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 82 | 56 | 44 | 13 | 39 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |||
| William Hosey | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.06 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Michael Shields | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.53 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 29 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jimmy Blackmon | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.65 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 77 | 40 | 32 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Ike Brookens | 1 | 3 | .250 | 10.71 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 35 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Gary Sargent | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 51 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| William Riley | 1 | 10 | .091 | 6.66 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 77.0 | 112 | 73 | 57 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Mitchell Hardy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Richard Bechtel | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charles Wagoner | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tony McGalliard | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| George McWaters | 0 | 0 | 4.80 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| John Taylor | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Corwin | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Michael Schooff | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| George Hubal | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.59 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 39 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Steve Sumner | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.80 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Elgin | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.31 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 34 | 38 | 30 | 10 | 43 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bernard McDonald | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9.86 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 35 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 34 | 87 | .281 | 5.34 | 340 | 121 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1015.3 | 1197 | 808 | 602 | 114 | 652 | 26 | 723 | 42 | 8 | 132 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Koselke | 97 | 403 | 347 | 47 | 102 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 56 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 40 | .294 | .386 | .435 | .821 | 151 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Richard Bechtel | 95 | 407 | 357 | 59 | 90 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 63 | .252 | .341 | .395 | .736 | 141 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Jones | 102 | 389 | 354 | 33 | 87 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 85 | .246 | .302 | .347 | .649 | 123 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| John Taylor | 105 | 411 | 340 | 56 | 80 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 59 | 78 | .235 | .358 | .338 | .696 | 115 | 7 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Tom Grieve | 67 | 289 | 245 | 41 | 71 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 64 | .290 | .394 | .445 | .839 | 109 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sonny Bowers | 84 | 340 | 277 | 48 | 62 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 65 | .224 | .360 | .415 | .775 | 115 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Gary Ratliff | 72 | 305 | 263 | 36 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 90 | .209 | .312 | .365 | .678 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Melvin Lowe | 76 | 236 | 208 | 21 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 42 | .202 | .289 | .293 | .583 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bob Corwin | 77 | 245 | 204 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 68 | .191 | .322 | .324 | .646 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Kolumbus | 68 | 202 | 168 | 22 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 53 | .220 | .348 | .310 | .658 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Stach | 62 | 200 | 159 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 60 | .214 | .370 | .384 | .754 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bruce Bolick | 56 | 190 | 168 | 15 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 28 | .202 | .274 | .268 | .542 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Rick Stelmaszek | 55 | 203 | 153 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 35 | .196 | .380 | .288 | .668 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| William Barkley | 22 | 75 | 56 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 16 | .214 | .387 | .446 | .833 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Herring | 19 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .381 | .435 | .476 | .911 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| June Raines | 17 | 62 | 53 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | .151 | .274 | .283 | .557 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Carter | 22 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .389 | .429 | .389 | .817 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Delbert Marcus | 39 | 43 | 39 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .179 | .220 | .179 | .399 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Thompson | 29 | 61 | 48 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25 | .146 | .232 | .146 | .378 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Gabriel Puniska | 5 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .261 | .292 | .304 | .596 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Michel | 17 | 44 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .119 | .159 | .143 | .302 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Holt | 15 | 33 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .138 | .194 | .138 | .331 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Riley | 24 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .115 | .179 | .115 | .294 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Albert Richards | 10 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .103 | .103 | .207 | .310 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert George | 17 | 33 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .094 | .121 | .125 | .246 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Blackmon | 29 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Fallon | 19 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .133 | .350 | .133 | .483 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ike Brookens | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernard McDonald | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Schooff | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Sargent | 10 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Little | 8 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .043 | .111 | .043 | .155 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Clayton Bittinger | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Stevenson | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Hosey | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Sumner | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Shields | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Elgin | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tony Paulino | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George McWaters | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony McGalliard | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Gambill | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Hubal | 24 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1446 | 4458 | 3792 | 468 | 845 | 137 | 22 | 88 | 407 | 58 | 34 | 561 | 972 | .223 | .328 | .340 | .668 | 1290 | 0 | 45 | 37 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Koselke | 1B | 94 | 837 | 55 | 15 | 80 | .983 | 9.489 | ||||
| Bob Jones | 1B | 26 | 224 | 14 | 6 | 22 | .975 | 9.154 | ||||
| Sonny Bowers | 1B | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.250 | ||||
| Richard Bechtel | 2B | 82 | 214 | 220 | 28 | 57 | .939 | 5.293 | ||||
| John Taylor | 2B | 39 | 86 | 116 | 8 | 25 | .962 | 5.179 | ||||
| Tony Paulino | 2B | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 3.500 | ||||
| Gary Kolumbus | 2B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| John Taylor | 3B | 51 | 45 | 119 | 15 | 11 | .916 | 3.216 | ||||
| Sonny Bowers | 3B | 49 | 38 | 125 | 19 | 16 | .896 | 3.327 | ||||
| Richard Bechtel | 3B | 12 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 3 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gabriel Puniska | 3B | 5 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .765 | 2.600 | ||||
| Rick Stelmaszek | 3B | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 1.750 | ||||
| Dale Gambill | 3B | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| June Raines | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Corwin | C | 68 | 379 | 27 | 12 | 6 | .971 | 5.971 | 27 | |||
| Rick Stelmaszek | C | 46 | 295 | 31 | 7 | 2 | .979 | 7.087 | 12 | |||
| June Raines | C | 14 | 88 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.643 | 3 | |||
| Gary Ratliff | OF | 72 | 139 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .961 | 2.056 | ||||
| Bob Jones | OF | 71 | 103 | 10 | 11 | 2 | .911 | 1.592 | ||||
| Tom Grieve | OF | 65 | 116 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .947 | 1.908 | ||||
| Melvin Lowe | OF | 60 | 79 | 4 | 13 | 1 | .865 | 1.383 | ||||
| Robert Stach | OF | 50 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .950 | 1.140 | ||||
| Gary Kolumbus | OF | 45 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 3 | .937 | 1.311 | ||||
| Marc Michel | OF | 11 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .647 | 1.000 | ||||
| Delbert Marcus | P | 39 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 4 | .933 | .718 | ||||
| Mike Thompson | P | 29 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.069 | ||||
| Jimmy Blackmon | P | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .138 | ||||
| George Hubal | P | 24 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Gary Carter | P | 22 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .789 | .682 | ||||
| William Riley | P | 21 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Kevin Fallon | P | 19 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.105 | ||||
| Robert George | P | 17 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .714 | .588 | ||||
| William Holt | P | 15 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .933 | ||||
| Larry Herring | P | 15 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Thomas Elgin | P | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Bernard McDonald | P | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| Michael Shields | P | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| George McWaters | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .364 | ||||
| Clayton Bittinger | P | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .636 | ||||
| Gary Sargent | P | 10 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.600 | ||||
| William Hosey | P | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .667 | ||||
| Ike Brookens | P | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Michael Schooff | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Tony McGalliard | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Steve Sumner | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Mitchell Hardy | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Wagoner | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Bolick | SS | 50 | 60 | 153 | 14 | 31 | .938 | 4.260 | ||||
| Sonny Bowers | SS | 33 | 60 | 99 | 21 | 21 | .883 | 4.818 | ||||
| William Barkley | SS | 22 | 35 | 49 | 9 | 10 | .903 | 3.818 | ||||
| John Taylor | SS | 9 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 4 | .887 | 5.222 | ||||
| Albert Richards | SS | 7 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 4 | .828 | 3.429 | ||||
| David Little | SS | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.857 | ||||
| Totals | 1343 | 3036 | 1350 | 256 | 322 | .945 | 3.266 | 42 | 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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