1968 Wilson Tobs Statistics
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 4th in the CL's East Division
Manager: Vern Morgan (71-68)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wilson, North Carolina
Ballpark: Fleming Stadium
Attendance: 22,811, Avg. 328
Playoffs - Wilson Tobs 1 game, Portsmouth Tides 0
Playoffs - Raleigh-Durham Mets 2 games, Wilson Tobs 1
The Wilson Tobs of the Carolina League ended the 1968 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Tobs scored 501 runs and yielded 515 runs. Stephen Waters led Wilson with 16 home runs and accounted for 61 RBI, while leading all regular batters with a .232 average. Jerry Cram topped the team with 16 wins, and Jerry Magness recorded a 2.19 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1968 Wilson Tobs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Herman Hill, Jerry Cram, Bob Gebhard, Charlie Walters and Dan Monzon.
Vern Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Cram | 16 | 10 | .615 | 2.51 | 30 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 208.0 | 164 | 74 | 58 | 13 | 48 | 2 | 204 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Chuck Murray | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2.84 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 187.0 | 149 | 83 | 59 | 8 | 89 | 3 | 157 | 13 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Jerry Magness | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.19 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 177.0 | 144 | 56 | 43 | 11 | 49 | 2 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bob Gebhard | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.01 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 86 | 28 | 19 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Carl Finafrock | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.37 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 91.0 | 85 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Epperson | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.59 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 80.0 | 75 | 32 | 23 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dennis Heger | 4 | 7 | .364 | 2.44 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 81.0 | 56 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| John Healy | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.10 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 82 | 51 | 38 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Sandy Hopper | 3 | 11 | .214 | 3.08 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 111.0 | 89 | 59 | 38 | 6 | 78 | 2 | 104 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Ollie Brantley | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.30 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 81 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Pitt | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| William Boyce | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Walters | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bobbye Beckner | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19.0 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Allan Bara | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 71 | 68 | .511 | 2.88 | 258 | 140 | 0 | 62 | 16 | 0 | 1200.0 | 1066 | 515 | 384 | 68 | 438 | 15 | 988 | 33 | 6 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Waters | 138 | 558 | 470 | 57 | 109 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 138 | .232 | .333 | .381 | .714 | 179 | 5 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Rufus Anderson | 110 | 447 | 417 | 52 | 95 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 80 | .228 | .265 | .329 | .593 | 137 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Dan Monzon | 135 | 497 | 419 | 54 | 94 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 70 | 58 | .224 | .335 | .267 | .603 | 112 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Franklyn Sands | 122 | 461 | 425 | 49 | 90 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 87 | .212 | .251 | .329 | .580 | 140 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Bobbye Beckner | 119 | 454 | 397 | 36 | 88 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 74 | .222 | .307 | .312 | .620 | 124 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Craig MacKay | 93 | 342 | 308 | 30 | 75 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 36 | .244 | .310 | .315 | .625 | 97 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ezell Carter | 102 | 387 | 334 | 39 | 75 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 45 | 85 | .225 | .321 | .305 | .627 | 102 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Glenn Smith | 103 | 397 | 341 | 44 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 45 | 43 | .191 | .299 | .308 | .607 | 105 | 8 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Pitt | 84 | 318 | 256 | 35 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 31 | .207 | .350 | .312 | .663 | 80 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Herman Hill | 23 | 98 | 85 | 19 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 14 | .341 | .418 | .482 | .901 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Danny DiPace | 34 | 140 | 114 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 26 | .246 | .365 | .412 | .777 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Paul Mankowski | 37 | 138 | 123 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 19 | .195 | .283 | .252 | .535 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Boyce | 54 | 128 | 112 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 29 | .179 | .260 | .286 | .546 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Allan Bara | 38 | 119 | 112 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .161 | .203 | .196 | .400 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Cole | 34 | 91 | 76 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 24 | .197 | .315 | .276 | .591 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Murray | 30 | 78 | 58 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .172 | .314 | .259 | .573 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Magness | 32 | 63 | 55 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .164 | .233 | .164 | .397 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Cram | 30 | 80 | 72 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .083 | .120 | .097 | .217 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Sandy Hopper | 19 | 40 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .147 | .194 | .147 | .342 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ollie Brantley | 31 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gebhard | 44 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .211 | .348 | .263 | .611 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carl Finafrock | 12 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .133 | .188 | .200 | .388 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Paul Epperson | 13 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .115 | .148 | .154 | .302 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Heger | 12 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .087 | .120 | .130 | .250 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Healy | 25 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lanny Vessell | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Walters | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1482 | 4989 | 4340 | 495 | 926 | 129 | 32 | 70 | 427 | 75 | 22 | 503 | 881 | .213 | .299 | .306 | .605 | 1329 | 0 | 37 | 86 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Waters | 1B | 138 | 1056 | 68 | 10 | 72 | .991 | 8.145 | ||||
| Bobbye Beckner | 1B | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.200 | ||||
| Craig MacKay | 2B | 85 | 164 | 200 | 18 | 25 | .953 | 4.282 | ||||
| Rufus Anderson | 2B | 32 | 49 | 65 | 6 | 13 | .950 | 3.562 | ||||
| Paul Mankowski | 2B | 24 | 48 | 41 | 8 | 7 | .918 | 3.708 | ||||
| Bobbye Beckner | 2B | 6 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .857 | 5.000 | ||||
| Bobbye Beckner | 3B | 105 | 96 | 169 | 31 | 18 | .895 | 2.524 | ||||
| Rufus Anderson | 3B | 33 | 35 | 41 | 10 | 6 | .884 | 2.303 | ||||
| Dan Monzon | 3B | 9 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 2.000 | ||||
| Craig MacKay | 3B | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Franklyn Sands | C | 116 | 824 | 72 | 15 | 10 | .984 | 7.724 | 9 | |||
| William Boyce | C | 27 | 190 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .971 | 7.556 | 5 | |||
| Glenn Smith | OF | 102 | 182 | 12 | 10 | 2 | .951 | 1.902 | ||||
| Ezell Carter | OF | 101 | 194 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .976 | 2.010 | ||||
| James Pitt | OF | 70 | 107 | 2 | 9 | 2 | .924 | 1.557 | ||||
| Rufus Anderson | OF | 45 | 64 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .957 | 1.489 | ||||
| Danny DiPace | OF | 33 | 57 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .969 | 1.909 | ||||
| Allan Bara | OF | 29 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.793 | ||||
| Herman Hill | OF | 23 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tommy Cole | OF | 21 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Gebhard | P | 44 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Ollie Brantley | P | 31 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .290 | ||||
| Jerry Magness | P | 30 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .975 | 1.300 | ||||
| Jerry Cram | P | 30 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .925 | 1.233 | ||||
| Chuck Murray | P | 28 | 14 | 39 | 4 | 0 | .930 | 1.893 | ||||
| John Healy | P | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .360 | ||||
| Sandy Hopper | P | 19 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 1.263 | ||||
| Paul Epperson | P | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .923 | ||||
| Dennis Heger | P | 12 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.583 | ||||
| Carl Finafrock | P | 12 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.917 | ||||
| Charlie Walters | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Bobbye Beckner | P | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| Dan Monzon | SS | 123 | 189 | 260 | 45 | 44 | .909 | 3.650 | ||||
| Paul Mankowski | SS | 10 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 4 | .900 | 3.600 | ||||
| Rufus Anderson | SS | 10 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.300 | ||||
| Lanny Vessell | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Totals | 1406 | 3542 | 1208 | 205 | 219 | .959 | 3.378 | 14 | 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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