1968 Birmingham A's Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 66-74
Finished 4th in the SL
Manager: Gus Niarhos (66-74)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 46,356, Avg. 662

1968 Birmingham A's Roster

The Birmingham A's of the Southern League ended the 1968 season with a record of 66 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the SL.

The A's plated 518 runs and surrendered 563 runs. Freddie Velázquez and Jackie Warner paced Birmingham with 16 home runs apiece. Jackie Warner drove in 65 runs. Allan Lewis led all regular hitters by hitting .283. Rollie Fingers topped the squad with 10 wins, while Jimmy Ward recorded a 2.68 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Marcel Lachemann, Allan Lewis, Gil Blanco, Freddie Velázquez, Jackie Warner, Ethan Blackaby, Don Buschhorn, Bill McNulty, Elmo Plaskett, Weldon Bowlin, Rollie Fingers, Skip Lockwood, Warren Bogle, Bill Stafford, Joe Keough, Tim Talton and Darrell Evans were all players from the 1968 Birmingham A's who played in the Majors during their careers.

Gus Niarhos served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Rollie Fingers	10	4	.714	3.00	18	14		8	3		108.0	94	38	36	8	28	3	93	3	0	3
Paul Seitz	8	7	.533	3.38	24	19		6	1		128.0	121	55	48	2	62	2	93	2	0	12
Mike Canfield	8	8	.500	3.58	47	0		0	0		83.0	66	41	33	16	26	2	63	2	0	10
Jimmy Ward	8	11	.421	2.68	25	24		8	0		185.0	178	83	55	13	26	1	145	7	2	7
Don Buschhorn	6	10	.375	4.36	20	20		6	2		128.0	144	70	62	14	36	2	88	4	0	9
Nicky Curtis	5	5	.500	3.57	29	13		2	0		106.0	117	51	42	5	37	2	66	4	2	4
Juan Campos	4	1	.800	3.60	21	0		0	0		40.0	43	20	16	7	6	1	23	1	1	3
Robert Stickels	4	2	.667	3.75	11	11		1	1		60.0	65	31	25	4	26	0	48	2	1	5
Mike Olivo	4	7	.364	4.44	15	12		4	2		77.0	78	41	38	6	18	0	70	0	3	5
Jackie Earls	4	7	.364	5.38	25	11		0	0		77.0	84	48	46	8	37	4	76	0	0	8
Marcel Lachemann	2	2	.500	0.80	22	0		0	0		45.0	31	8	4	1	8	2	33	1	0	0
Warren Bogle	1	1	.500	1.08	3	3		2	1		25.0	15	3	3	1	8	1	29	1	0	1
Geo Bosworth	1	1	.500	4.24	9	4		1	0		34.0	38	19	16	1	7	0	29	0	0	3
Gil Blanco	1	3	.250	2.52	5	3		2	0		25.0	20	10	7	2	12	0	22	1	0	3
Bill Stafford	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Skip Lockwood	0	0		5.40	4	0		0	0		10.0	13	6	6	2	6	0	8	0	0	1
Rick Johnson	0	1	.000	3.72	9	2		0	0		29.0	24	15	12	2	11	1	25	2	0	7
Bob Taylor	0	4	.000	5.91	14	4		0	0		35.0	38	24	23	4	9	2	17	0	0	0
Totals	66	74	.471	3.55	302	140	0	40	10	0	1196.0	1169	563	472	96	363	23	930	30	9	81	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
Danny Greenfield	126	551	469	79	131	22	6	0	29	10	14	73	66	.279	.380	.352	.732	165		4	4	1
Allan Lewis	97	412	385	66	109	10	6	1	13	37	9	21	60	.283	.327	.348	.675	134		4	2	0
Jackie Warner	124	476	442	48	100	6	5	16	65	2	0	27	151	.226	.273	.371	.644	164		3	0	4
Joe Keough	87	354	321	40	96	19	5	7	52	2	0	28	42	.299	.358	.455	.813	146		2	2	1
Freddie Velázquez	106	369	354	44	91	12	3	16	54	5	1	12	73	.257	.279	.444	.723	157		0	0	3
Anselmo Martinez	114	414	374	29	84	11	6	7	41	2	4	36	52	.225	.291	.342	.633	128		0	1	3
Weldon Bowlin	102	387	353	38	80	12	2	0	21	4	5	29	48	.227	.288	.272	.560	96		2	2	1
Wayne Norton	76	312	280	36	79	16	1	9	35	1	0	28	40	.282	.345	.443	.788	124		0	2	2
Elmo Plaskett	67	220	203	17	49	9	2	5	27	0	1	13	33	.241	.292	.379	.672	77		2	1	1
Darrell Evans	56	205	187	18	45	6	3	3	25	1	0	16	36	.241	.299	.353	.652	66		0	1	1
Stan Wojcik	60	231	208	17	41	6	0	2	21	1	0	17	61	.197	.261	.255	.516	53		2	1	3
Tim Talton	37	124	109	19	34	5	1	4	21	0	0	10	13	.312	.369	.486	.855	53		1	2	2
Bill McNulty	48	191	176	18	33	4	1	6	17	0	1	13	42	.188	.241	.324	.565	57		0	0	2
Ethan Blackaby	43	142	126	6	22	2	1	3	12	0	1	13	33	.175	.257	.278	.535	35		1	2	0
Tom Cook	33	90	79	4	15	2	0	2	7	0	0	10	25	.190	.278	.291	.569	23		0	0	1
Orlando Gomez	34	77	68	6	12	4	0	0	3	0	0	9	20	.176	.273	.235	.508	16		0	0	0
Richard Rowe	16	32	28	6	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	.357	.406	.393	.799	11		0	0	1
Don Buschhorn	21	49	43	4	8	4	0	1	3	0	0	2	17	.186	.222	.349	.571	15		0	4	0
Rollie Fingers	21	42	40	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.150	.150	.150	.300	6		0	2	0
Jimmy Ward	25	70	63	2	6	3	0	1	2	0	0	3	31	.095	.136	.190	.327	12		0	4	0
Nicky Curtis	31	32	27	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	12	.185	.312	.222	.535	6		0	0	0
Paul Seitz	25	47	43	1	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	20	.116	.156	.163	.318	7		0	2	0
Gil Blanco	5	9	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.500	.556	.500	1.056	4		0	0	0
Warren Bogle	5	10	10	1	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.800	1.200	8		0	0	0
Robert Stickels	11	23	21	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.143	.182	.143	.325	3		0	1	0
Eusebio Rosas	20	47	39	5	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	10	.077	.234	.077	.311	3		0	0	0
Rick Johnson	9	8	8	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	3		0	0	0
Skip Lockwood	8	10	9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.300	.444	.744	4		0	0	0
Arturo Miranda	9	22	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	.118	.318	.118	.436	2		0	0	0
Marcel Lachemann	22	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.077	.077	.077	.154	1		0	1	0
Mike Canfield	47	16	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.067	.067	.133	.200	2		0	1	0
Mike Olivo	17	28	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	.040	.040	.040	.080	1		0	3	0
Bob Taylor	14	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	0		0	0	0
Geo Bosworth	10	10	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.222	.000	.222	0		0	1	0
Juan Campos	21	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	0		0	0	0
Jackie Earls	25	20	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	.000	.211	.000	.211	0		0	1	0
Totals	1572	5061	4579	516	1084	160	43	84	457	66	37	395	964	.237	.299	.345	.644	1582	0	21	40	26	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Keough	1B	57	453	32	7	29	.986	8.509
Elmo Plaskett	1B	53	384	37	7	31	.984	7.943
Tim Talton	1B	19	134	10	5	13	.966	7.579
Weldon Bowlin	1B	12	97	8	1	7	.991	8.750
Darrell Evans	1B	8	57	8	0	6	1.000	8.125
Freddie Velázquez	1B	2	9	1	0	0	1.000	5.000
Anselmo Martinez	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Danny Greenfield	2B	118	230	351	23	60	.962	4.924
Weldon Bowlin	2B	15	33	32	4	9	.942	4.333
Darrell Evans	2B	7	20	18	2	5	.950	5.429
Bill McNulty	3B	48	53	89	9	8	.940	2.958
Weldon Bowlin	3B	45	41	70	4	5	.965	2.467
Darrell Evans	3B	37	26	75	8	4	.927	2.730
Wayne Norton	3B	5	4	5	1	1	.900	1.800
Elmo Plaskett	3B	2	4	5	0	0	1.000	4.500
Danny Greenfield	3B	2	5	7	0	0	1.000	6.000
Anselmo Martinez	3B	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000
Freddie Velázquez	C	91	637	60	5	15	.993	7.659	10
Tom Cook	C	24	130	8	3	0	.979	5.750	3
Orlando Gomez	C	21	117	8	1	1	.992	5.952	2
Tim Talton	C	8	52	6	0	1	1.000	7.250	0
Elmo Plaskett	C	5	25	3	0	0	1.000	5.600	0
Jackie Warner	OF	116	157	10	8	1	.954	1.440
Allan Lewis	OF	93	165	3	8	1	.955	1.806
Wayne Norton	OF	71	157	6	2	2	.988	2.296
Stan Wojcik	OF	60	134	6	1	0	.993	2.333
Ethan Blackaby	OF	36	55	1	3	0	.949	1.556
Joe Keough	OF	32	39	1	2	0	.952	1.250
Weldon Bowlin	OF	11	17	0	0	0	1.000	1.545
Richard Rowe	OF	5	5	0	1	0	.833	1.000
Freddie Velázquez	OF	4	11	0	1	0	.917	2.750
Tom Cook	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Mike Canfield	P	47	10	16	1	3	.963	.553
Nicky Curtis	P	29	7	15	0	1	1.000	.759
Jimmy Ward	P	25	14	25	3	0	.929	1.560
Jackie Earls	P	25	3	7	0	1	1.000	.400
Paul Seitz	P	24	8	22	1	2	.968	1.250
Marcel Lachemann	P	22	5	3	0	0	1.000	.364
Juan Campos	P	21	2	5	0	0	1.000	.333
Don Buschhorn	P	20	13	16	0	0	1.000	1.450
Rollie Fingers	P	18	8	25	0	4	1.000	1.833
Mike Olivo	P	15	7	4	1	2	.917	.733
Bob Taylor	P	14	2	3	0	1	1.000	.357
Robert Stickels	P	11	2	10	1	0	.923	1.091
Rick Johnson	P	9	2	2	0	0	1.000	.444
Geo Bosworth	P	9	1	6	0	1	1.000	.778
Gil Blanco	P	5	0	3	0	0	1.000	.600
Skip Lockwood	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Warren Bogle	P	3	1	8	0	1	1.000	3.000
Bill Stafford	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Anselmo Martinez	SS	110	173	268	14	46	.969	4.009
Weldon Bowlin	SS	13	17	32	1	11	.980	3.769
Eusebio Rosas	SS	9	15	19	4	3	.895	3.778
Arturo Miranda	SS	7	5	13	0	2	1.000	2.571
Danny Greenfield	SS	5	3	14	2	1	.895	3.400
Totals		1458	3554	1379	134	278	.974	3.383	15	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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