1968 Athletics Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 39-21
Finished 1st in the GCL
Manager: Billy Herman (39-21)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Sarasota, Florida
1968 Athletics RosterTeam Record: 39-21
Finished 1st in the GCL
Manager: Billy Herman (39-21)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Sarasota, Florida
The Athletics of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1968 season with a record of 39 wins and 21 losses, finishing first in the GCL.
The Athletics paced the league with just 225 runs allowed. The team scored 304 runs. Augustus Massingill topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .280 clip. Bill Ingram led the team with 8 wins, while Russ Vitallo recorded a 1.64 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
John Strohmayer played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Athletics to do so.
Billy Herman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Ingram | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.41 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 82.0 | 72 | 32 | 22 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Donald Camy | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 72.0 | 65 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| John Strohmayer | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.66 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 41.0 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Russ Vitallo | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.64 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 55.0 | 48 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
| William Fulginite | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gil Marcano | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.37 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 34 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Alan Hefferon | 3 | 5 | .375 | 1.67 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 81.0 | 61 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Robert Gibble | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Ortiz | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.75 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gabriel Rivera | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.00 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Buddy Copeland | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Mark Pena | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Pitrelli | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Benjamin Hernandez | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Floethe | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.57 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Phillip Murnahan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.41 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 39 | 21 | .650 | 3.02 | 123 | 60 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 501.0 | 437 | 225 | 168 | 13 | 214 | 3 | 442 | 11 | 4 | 36 | 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 Cooley | 50 | 195 | 149 | 27 | 50 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 23 | .336 | .487 | .456 | .943 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Augustus Massingill | 46 | 199 | 175 | 34 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 37 | .280 | .357 | .320 | .677 | 56 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Simeon Humes | 49 | 185 | 167 | 31 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 33 | .251 | .321 | .299 | .620 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Miguel Davila | 39 | 143 | 109 | 26 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 12 | .330 | .476 | .394 | .870 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Yingling | 51 | 196 | 160 | 20 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 16 | .206 | .344 | .231 | .575 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gary Coleman | 38 | 131 | 114 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 10 | .263 | .354 | .316 | .670 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Ebel | 34 | 120 | 95 | 25 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | .305 | .429 | .432 | .860 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Reyes Ortiz | 26 | 105 | 93 | 15 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .290 | .362 | .366 | .727 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ray Elder | 35 | 121 | 94 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 10 | .245 | .385 | .319 | .704 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jose Santana | 35 | 121 | 101 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 16 | .218 | .328 | .238 | .565 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Joe Paulson | 23 | 78 | 60 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | .300 | .434 | .350 | .784 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Michael Marrs | 25 | 94 | 82 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .220 | .298 | .280 | .578 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Josue Candelaria | 23 | 87 | 72 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | .208 | .345 | .264 | .609 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arthur PlanaDeBall | 23 | 58 | 52 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .269 | .333 | .308 | .641 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Steele | 25 | 76 | 62 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 17 | .226 | .368 | .323 | .691 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Burns | 14 | 53 | 45 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .222 | .314 | .289 | .603 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Pirnik | 21 | 67 | 55 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 21 | .145 | .299 | .309 | .608 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Ingram | 13 | 35 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .194 | .286 | .194 | .479 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lazaro Mata | 15 | 40 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .139 | .225 | .139 | .364 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Schubert | 5 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .444 | .688 | .667 | 1.354 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Copeland | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .600 | 1.000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Camy | 11 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .167 | .259 | .167 | .426 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alan Hefferon | 15 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phillip Murnahan | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gabriel Rivera | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gil Marcano | 8 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .083 | .154 | .167 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Russ Vitallo | 9 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ramon Diaz | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Ortiz | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fernando Caraballo | 7 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .118 | .000 | .118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Floethe | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Gibble | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Strohmayer | 7 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .056 | .000 | .056 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lucas | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 691 | 2286 | 1908 | 304 | 470 | 75 | 8 | 8 | 251 | 52 | 19 | 307 | 308 | .246 | .358 | .307 | .665 | 585 | 0 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Davila | 1B | 33 | 259 | 16 | 7 | 14 | .975 | 8.333 | ||||
| Joe Paulson | 1B | 18 | 92 | 9 | 1 | 4 | .990 | 5.611 | ||||
| Gary Ebel | 1B | 13 | 98 | 4 | 2 | 7 | .981 | 7.846 | ||||
| Robert Yingling | 2B | 49 | 109 | 145 | 9 | 20 | .966 | 5.184 | ||||
| Michael Marrs | 2B | 8 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 3.125 | ||||
| Ray Elder | 2B | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 3.333 | ||||
| Ray Elder | 3B | 24 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 5 | .838 | 2.375 | ||||
| Augustus Massingill | 3B | 22 | 23 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.545 | ||||
| Gary Ebel | 3B | 13 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 0 | .872 | 2.615 | ||||
| Jose Santana | 3B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joe Paulson | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bill Lucas | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gary Coleman | C | 36 | 234 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .976 | 6.917 | 9 | |||
| Bob Pirnik | C | 20 | 117 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .954 | 6.250 | 0 | |||
| Lazaro Mata | C | 15 | 90 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .944 | 6.733 | 4 | |||
| Stephen Cooley | OF | 45 | 57 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .953 | 1.356 | ||||
| Simeon Humes | OF | 44 | 70 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Jose Santana | OF | 24 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Reyes Ortiz | OF | 24 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Lawrence Steele | OF | 22 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Arthur PlanaDeBall | OF | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| James Burns | OF | 12 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Fernando Caraballo | OF | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Greg Schubert | OF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Gabriel Rivera | P | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .200 | ||||
| Alan Hefferon | P | 15 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .933 | ||||
| Bill Ingram | P | 13 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| William Ortiz | P | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Donald Camy | P | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Russ Vitallo | P | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Gil Marcano | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| John Strohmayer | P | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Phillip Murnahan | P | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .714 | ||||
| Benjamin Hernandez | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Pitrelli | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| William Fulginite | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Buddy Copeland | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Mark Pena | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Chris Floethe | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Robert Gibble | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Augustus Massingill | SS | 23 | 26 | 58 | 11 | 6 | .884 | 3.652 | ||||
| Josue Candelaria | SS | 20 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 3 | .863 | 3.150 | ||||
| Michael Marrs | SS | 17 | 23 | 53 | 2 | 7 | .974 | 4.471 | ||||
| Ray Elder | SS | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .800 | 8.000 | ||||
| Totals | 642 | 1434 | 545 | 101 | 77 | .951 | 3.083 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
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