1968 Savannah Senators Statistics
Team Record: 57-79
Finished 5th in the SL
Manager: Buddy Hicks (57-79)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 50,639, Avg. 745
The Savannah Senators of the Southern League ended the 1968 season with a record of 57 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the SL.
The Senators scored 464 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 534 runs. Paul Ratliff led Savannah with 13 home runs John Orsino drove in 48 runs. Rick Hense paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .270 clip. Dick Bates topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.78 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1968 Savannah Senators who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Rupe Toppin, Jackie Brown, Dick Bates, Paul Ratliff, Charlie Shoemaker, Larry Biittner, John Orsino, Dick Smith, Jim Miles, Bill Gogolewski, Gerry Schoen, Dick Nold, Chris Coletta and Dick Smith.
Buddy Hicks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Bates | 9 | 10 | .474 | 2.78 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 139.0 | 121 | 51 | 43 | 13 | 32 | 1 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bill Gogolewski | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.42 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 112.0 | 116 | 66 | 55 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Dick Nold | 7 | 12 | .368 | 3.24 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 153.0 | 137 | 67 | 55 | 18 | 44 | 4 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Carlos Medrano | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.19 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 76 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Rupe Toppin | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.91 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 99 | 43 | 34 | 3 | 44 | 5 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||
| John Miklos | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.40 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 119.0 | 117 | 69 | 45 | 10 | 43 | 3 | 107 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Robert Parchem | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.66 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 85.0 | 83 | 54 | 44 | 10 | 50 | 3 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Jackie Brown | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.43 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gerry Schoen | 3 | 9 | .250 | 3.20 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 118.0 | 107 | 57 | 42 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Timothy Zajeski | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.55 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 47.0 | 59 | 31 | 29 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gene Baker | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Miles | 1 | 3 | .250 | 0.98 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Doug Ritter | 19 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 52 | 72 | .419 | 3.35 | 288 | 122 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1025.0 | 971 | 487 | 381 | 87 | 327 | 21 | 776 | 22 | 4 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Garnett | 120 | 470 | 438 | 56 | 111 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 28 | 64 | .253 | .301 | .352 | .653 | 154 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rick Hense | 103 | 404 | 374 | 46 | 101 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 41 | .270 | .307 | .398 | .705 | 149 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Robert Lucas | 122 | 451 | 393 | 32 | 92 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 88 | .234 | .321 | .285 | .606 | 112 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Paul Ratliff | 103 | 375 | 332 | 47 | 89 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 92 | .268 | .352 | .431 | .783 | 143 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Brown | 120 | 427 | 402 | 43 | 89 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 53 | .221 | .254 | .318 | .573 | 128 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Dick Smith | 99 | 378 | 358 | 33 | 85 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 88 | .237 | .268 | .321 | .589 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| John Orsino | 94 | 331 | 284 | 37 | 80 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 33 | .282 | .372 | .433 | .805 | 123 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Joe Klein | 105 | 353 | 319 | 34 | 80 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 51 | .251 | .309 | .304 | .614 | 97 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Chris Coletta | 69 | 264 | 236 | 39 | 74 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 20 | .314 | .384 | .479 | .863 | 113 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Biittner | 58 | 215 | 199 | 24 | 57 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 22 | .286 | .330 | .382 | .712 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Frederic Jacobs | 68 | 236 | 210 | 19 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 32 | .200 | .277 | .252 | .529 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dick Smith | 53 | 132 | 115 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 38 | .209 | .303 | .339 | .642 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Vlasin | 48 | 147 | 118 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 18 | .186 | .333 | .237 | .571 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Robert Miller | 24 | 77 | 69 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .217 | .289 | .391 | .681 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Parchem | 18 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .241 | .290 | .345 | .635 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bates | 33 | 47 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .167 | .222 | .214 | .437 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Brescher | 19 | 62 | 57 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | .123 | .194 | .175 | .369 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Gogolewski | 24 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .167 | .250 | .222 | .472 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duane Kalmer | 7 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .294 | .333 | .471 | .804 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Schoen | 20 | 45 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .125 | .186 | .175 | .361 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Brown | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Nold | 27 | 51 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .044 | .122 | .044 | .167 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gene Baker | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Zajeski | 9 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Miles | 16 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rupe Toppin | 56 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .056 | .190 | .167 | .357 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Miklos | 19 | 41 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .026 | .026 | .026 | .051 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Medrano | 45 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tim Hill | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1492 | 4665 | 4210 | 459 | 1007 | 163 | 26 | 66 | 417 | 48 | 27 | 362 | 815 | .239 | .303 | .337 | .640 | 1420 | 0 | 33 | 34 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Klein | 1B | 89 | 635 | 58 | 14 | 37 | .980 | 7.787 | ||||
| John Orsino | 1B | 48 | 326 | 25 | 15 | 25 | .959 | 7.312 | ||||
| Larry Biittner | 1B | 11 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.455 | ||||
| Frank Garnett | 2B | 75 | 153 | 166 | 16 | 28 | .952 | 4.253 | ||||
| Frederic Jacobs | 2B | 56 | 109 | 118 | 12 | 15 | .950 | 4.054 | ||||
| Ronald Vlasin | 2B | 9 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .947 | 4.000 | ||||
| Tim Hill | 2B | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Rick Hense | 3B | 66 | 50 | 117 | 8 | 6 | .954 | 2.530 | ||||
| Frank Garnett | 3B | 40 | 41 | 63 | 7 | 3 | .937 | 2.600 | ||||
| Robert Miller | 3B | 17 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .909 | 1.765 | ||||
| Robert Lucas | 3B | 10 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Frederic Jacobs | 3B | 7 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 3.143 | ||||
| Paul Ratliff | C | 76 | 502 | 46 | 12 | 5 | .979 | 7.211 | 11 | |||
| John Orsino | C | 39 | 243 | 15 | 9 | 2 | .966 | 6.615 | 1 | |||
| Wayne Brescher | C | 19 | 101 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .947 | 5.684 | 1 | |||
| Duane Kalmer | C | 5 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 5.200 | 0 | |||
| William Brown | OF | 113 | 248 | 10 | 11 | 1 | .959 | 2.283 | ||||
| Dick Smith | OF | 96 | 177 | 7 | 12 | 0 | .939 | 1.917 | ||||
| Chris Coletta | OF | 63 | 120 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .962 | 2.000 | ||||
| Larry Biittner | OF | 45 | 80 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .966 | 1.867 | ||||
| Rick Hense | OF | 37 | 76 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .976 | 2.216 | ||||
| Dick Smith | OF | 35 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.657 | ||||
| Paul Ratliff | OF | 22 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .884 | 1.727 | ||||
| Robert Miller | OF | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
| Charlie Shoemaker | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rupe Toppin | P | 53 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 2 | .973 | .679 | ||||
| Carlos Medrano | P | 45 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .378 | ||||
| Dick Bates | P | 33 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .788 | ||||
| Dick Nold | P | 27 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 1.111 | ||||
| Bill Gogolewski | P | 21 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.333 | ||||
| Gerry Schoen | P | 20 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.150 | ||||
| Doug Ritter | P | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Miklos | P | 19 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 0 | .815 | 1.158 | ||||
| Robert Parchem | P | 17 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .765 | ||||
| Jim Miles | P | 16 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .938 | ||||
| Timothy Zajeski | P | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jackie Brown | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Gene Baker | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Robert Lucas | SS | 110 | 137 | 259 | 24 | 37 | .943 | 3.600 | ||||
| Ronald Vlasin | SS | 27 | 47 | 61 | 8 | 11 | .931 | 4.000 | ||||
| Frank Garnett | SS | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1415 | 3362 | 1225 | 195 | 193 | .959 | 3.242 | 13 | 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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