1968 Aberdeen Pheasants Statistics
Northern League (NL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 26-44
Finished 6th in the NL
Manager: Bill Werle (26-44)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Baseball Park
Attendance: 15,517, Avg. 443
1968 Aberdeen Pheasants RosterTeam Record: 26-44
Finished 6th in the NL
Manager: Bill Werle (26-44)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Baseball Park
Attendance: 15,517, Avg. 443
The Aberdeen Pheasants of the Northern League ended the 1968 season with a record of 26 wins and 44 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.
The Pheasants plated 248 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 338 runs. Rich Coggins led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .292 clip. Ronald Curlee topped Aberdeen with 6 wins and a team-best 1.94 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1968 Aberdeen Pheasants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Junior Kennedy, Ron Dunn, Dave Johnson, Rich Coggins and Leon Brown.
Bill Werle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Curlee | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1.94 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 65.0 | 53 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 43 | 4 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Michael Houck | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.98 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 61.0 | 66 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Dave Johnson | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.92 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 79 | 45 | 34 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 17 | |||
| Winston Presley | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.76 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 34.0 | 36 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Douglas LaCoss | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.14 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 66.0 | 70 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Roth | 2 | 7 | .222 | 3.33 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 81.0 | 77 | 36 | 30 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Joseph Bloom | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ronald Hofmeister | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 34 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Edward Menaker | 1 | 3 | .250 | 1.75 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 39 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| David Harter | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.63 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 62.0 | 72 | 38 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| George Manz | 0 | 0 | 1.23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| William Grimes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.31 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 40 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Carl Miller | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 26 | 44 | .371 | 3.68 | 181 | 70 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 590.0 | 598 | 338 | 241 | 47 | 270 | 20 | 492 | 15 | 2 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Coggins | 68 | 302 | 264 | 38 | 77 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 34 | 49 | .292 | .379 | .356 | .735 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leon Brown | 70 | 272 | 251 | 30 | 67 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 34 | .267 | .316 | .367 | .683 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Junior Kennedy | 65 | 255 | 225 | 32 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 39 | .262 | .335 | .284 | .619 | 64 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Ron Dunn | 68 | 268 | 234 | 23 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 36 | .239 | .326 | .355 | .680 | 83 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Scott McDonald | 37 | 150 | 137 | 16 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 29 | .299 | .347 | .416 | .763 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Donnie Collins | 51 | 176 | 161 | 20 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 19 | .248 | .305 | .342 | .646 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Walker | 57 | 187 | 164 | 16 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 26 | .238 | .314 | .299 | .612 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Charles Lacy | 41 | 119 | 109 | 12 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 12 | .275 | .322 | .303 | .625 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Gage | 44 | 145 | 134 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .201 | .250 | .269 | .519 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Philip Kiszie | 32 | 120 | 111 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 34 | .207 | .261 | .324 | .585 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Victor Torruellas | 40 | 124 | 112 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | .188 | .242 | .241 | .483 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Carnegie | 19 | 75 | 66 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | .242 | .333 | .318 | .652 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Kelly | 30 | 95 | 89 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 23 | .157 | .202 | .213 | .416 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Roth | 24 | 39 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .314 | .324 | .314 | .639 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| David Harter | 21 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .375 | .333 | .708 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Winston Presley | 8 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .400 | .538 | .600 | 1.138 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Houck | 13 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .158 | .200 | .211 | .411 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Curlee | 15 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .143 | .182 | .143 | .325 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Henvey | 5 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .200 | .385 | .500 | .885 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Hamm | 6 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Derk Hoving | 6 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .133 | .350 | .133 | .483 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Menaker | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 1.500 | 2.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Bloom | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Manz | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Grimes | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Johnson | 17 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .045 | .125 | .182 | .307 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Randolph Coon | 7 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Hofmeister | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carl Miller | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Douglas LaCoss | 20 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .000 | .048 | .000 | .048 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 837 | 2529 | 2268 | 248 | 547 | 71 | 18 | 20 | 207 | 69 | 30 | 211 | 432 | .241 | .308 | .315 | .623 | 714 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott McDonald | 1B | 37 | 333 | 18 | 4 | 17 | .989 | 9.486 | ||||
| Donnie Collins | 1B | 21 | 165 | 10 | 2 | 8 | .989 | 8.333 | ||||
| Daniel Walker | 1B | 12 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .989 | 7.750 | ||||
| Victor Torruellas | 1B | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 6.500 | ||||
| Ron Dunn | 2B | 64 | 132 | 147 | 21 | 26 | .930 | 4.359 | ||||
| Victor Torruellas | 2B | 5 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 5.000 | ||||
| Charles Lacy | 2B | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 3.600 | ||||
| Daniel Walker | 3B | 36 | 32 | 55 | 8 | 5 | .916 | 2.417 | ||||
| Charles Lacy | 3B | 22 | 16 | 32 | 6 | 3 | .889 | 2.182 | ||||
| Leon Brown | 3B | 12 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 0 | .816 | 2.583 | ||||
| Victor Torruellas | 3B | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| John Gage | C | 39 | 272 | 21 | 8 | 2 | .973 | 7.513 | 15 | |||
| James Kelly | C | 29 | 200 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .977 | 7.379 | 7 | |||
| Derk Hoving | C | 5 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 5.800 | 3 | |||
| Randolph Coon | C | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 3.800 | 1 | |||
| Rich Coggins | OF | 68 | 99 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .923 | 1.588 | ||||
| Leon Brown | OF | 56 | 94 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .960 | 1.732 | ||||
| Philip Kiszie | OF | 31 | 54 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .937 | 1.903 | ||||
| Donnie Collins | OF | 22 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.409 | ||||
| Victor Torruellas | OF | 19 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.105 | ||||
| Gary Carnegie | OF | 17 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .886 | 1.824 | ||||
| Walter Hamm | OF | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Edward Menaker | P | 24 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| David Harter | P | 21 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Douglas LaCoss | P | 20 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .900 | ||||
| Dave Johnson | P | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .824 | .824 | ||||
| Don Roth | P | 15 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Ronald Hofmeister | P | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ronald Curlee | P | 15 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .880 | 1.467 | ||||
| Michael Houck | P | 13 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| George Manz | P | 11 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| William Grimes | P | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Joseph Bloom | P | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Winston Presley | P | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Carl Miller | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Junior Kennedy | SS | 65 | 68 | 186 | 33 | 12 | .885 | 3.908 | ||||
| Thomas Henvey | SS | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 3.667 | ||||
| Ron Dunn | SS | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 5.333 | ||||
| Victor Torruellas | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 767 | 1767 | 712 | 140 | 89 | .947 | 3.232 | 26 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
