1968 Burlington Bees Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 47-69
Finished 10th in the MWL
Manager: Jim Hughes (47-69)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 40,097, Avg. 691
1968 Burlington Bees RosterTeam Record: 47-69
Finished 10th in the MWL
Manager: Jim Hughes (47-69)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 40,097, Avg. 691
The Burlington Bees of the Midwest League ended the 1968 season with a record of 47 wins and 69 losses, finishing tenth in the MWL.
The Bees scored 452 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 559 runs. Reggie Sanders led Burlington with 22 home runs and accounted for 74 RBI. George Hendrick paced all regular batters by hitting .327. Dennis Coull topped the team with 9 wins, while Vida Blue earned a 2.49 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1968 Burlington Bees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were George Hendrick, Reggie Sanders and Vida Blue.
Jim Hughes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Coull | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.80 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 123.0 | 106 | 64 | 52 | 14 | 70 | 2 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| John Shearer | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.95 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 113.0 | 110 | 52 | 37 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Vida Blue | 8 | 11 | .421 | 2.49 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 152.0 | 102 | 67 | 42 | 4 | 80 | 1 | 231 | 8 | 1 | 18 | |||
| Bill Aubertin | 6 | 11 | .353 | 3.28 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 140.0 | 130 | 71 | 51 | 6 | 59 | 1 | 96 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Brien Bickerton | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.87 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 93.0 | 77 | 53 | 40 | 3 | 77 | 1 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Stan Jones | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.41 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 48 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Von Achen | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.68 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Darrell Baker | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.02 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 32 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Bill Harkins | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Clyde Brooks | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.00 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bill Geiger | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.38 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 87.0 | 90 | 69 | 52 | 6 | 50 | 1 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Gil Marcano | 0 | 0 | 0.90 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Francis Mulligan | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Leonard Zandy | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.74 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Don Lohse | 0 | 8 | .000 | 5.14 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 64 | 56 | 32 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Totals | 48 | 68 | .414 | 3.51 | 284 | 117 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 999.0 | 885 | 559 | 390 | 62 | 532 | 14 | 865 | 28 | 8 | 87 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Hendrick | 103 | 404 | 364 | 58 | 119 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 53 | .327 | .381 | .459 | .840 | 167 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Reggie Sanders | 111 | 453 | 421 | 60 | 111 | 24 | 7 | 22 | 74 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 124 | .264 | .307 | .511 | .818 | 215 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Nick DeFlorio | 105 | 415 | 377 | 48 | 86 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 56 | .228 | .290 | .281 | .571 | 106 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Sam Lovelace | 87 | 363 | 328 | 43 | 79 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 64 | .241 | .298 | .317 | .615 | 104 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Denny McKernan | 71 | 272 | 240 | 32 | 66 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 46 | .275 | .341 | .375 | .716 | 90 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Roger Cain | 101 | 367 | 296 | 38 | 59 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 63 | 160 | .199 | .354 | .368 | .722 | 109 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Tassone | 78 | 283 | 257 | 22 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 36 | .210 | .269 | .253 | .521 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Larry Vlasin | 58 | 234 | 213 | 27 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 32 | .249 | .310 | .300 | .611 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Martin Olson | 81 | 306 | 268 | 30 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 87 | .190 | .280 | .340 | .619 | 91 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Vic Sciamarelli | 88 | 277 | 240 | 22 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 69 | .208 | .307 | .238 | .544 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jim Pamlanye | 43 | 171 | 157 | 21 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | .261 | .310 | .331 | .641 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Heinitz | 26 | 76 | 74 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .216 | .237 | .297 | .534 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Ebel | 38 | 70 | 61 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .246 | .343 | .295 | .638 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Peden | 35 | 109 | 100 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 | .150 | .204 | .220 | .424 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Reyes Ortiz | 22 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .289 | .282 | .342 | .624 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jim Hughes | 17 | 59 | 50 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .200 | .268 | .220 | .488 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bill Aubertin | 22 | 54 | 49 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .184 | .184 | .184 | .367 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Vida Blue | 24 | 54 | 46 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24 | .152 | .250 | .196 | .446 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Coull | 24 | 45 | 39 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .103 | .205 | .128 | .333 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Coleman | 6 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .250 | .267 | .517 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Lohse | 13 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .176 | .263 | .176 | .440 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brien Bickerton | 17 | 36 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .088 | .139 | .118 | .257 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Shearer | 33 | 39 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .088 | .114 | .088 | .203 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Baker | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Geiger | 31 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ramon Diaz | 14 | 40 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | .067 | .300 | .067 | .367 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clyde Brooks | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Von Achen | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jose Santana | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gil Marcano | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Pirnik | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Harkins | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Jones | 40 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .050 | .000 | .050 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Francis Mulligan | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leonard Zandy | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1385 | 4290 | 3827 | 451 | 875 | 153 | 24 | 58 | 386 | 61 | 20 | 360 | 932 | .229 | .299 | .327 | .626 | 1250 | 0 | 36 | 39 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denny McKernan | 1B | 65 | 516 | 37 | 2 | 25 | .996 | 8.508 | ||||
| Reggie Sanders | 1B | 38 | 281 | 14 | 13 | 21 | .958 | 7.763 | ||||
| Jim Pamlanye | 1B | 16 | 113 | 9 | 3 | 7 | .976 | 7.625 | ||||
| Gary Ebel | 1B | 9 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .969 | 3.444 | ||||
| Vic Sciamarelli | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Roger Cain | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Sam Lovelace | 2B | 81 | 164 | 176 | 24 | 28 | .934 | 4.198 | ||||
| Larry Vlasin | 2B | 25 | 50 | 49 | 4 | 5 | .961 | 3.960 | ||||
| Ramon Diaz | 2B | 10 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Hughes | 2B | 8 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 2.125 | ||||
| Jim Pamlanye | 3B | 27 | 40 | 41 | 5 | 4 | .942 | 3.000 | ||||
| Larry Vlasin | 3B | 14 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 3 | .905 | 2.714 | ||||
| Martin Olson | 3B | 13 | 54 | 127 | 21 | 7 | .896 | 13.923 | ||||
| Jim Hughes | 3B | 6 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .905 | 3.167 | ||||
| Gary Ebel | 3B | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 3.250 | ||||
| Mike Heinitz | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Denny McKernan | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ramon Diaz | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Tassone | C | 71 | 548 | 54 | 15 | 6 | .976 | 8.479 | 20 | |||
| Mike Peden | C | 27 | 209 | 31 | 7 | 5 | .972 | 8.889 | 8 | |||
| Mike Heinitz | C | 21 | 114 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .967 | 5.667 | 7 | |||
| Bob Pirnik | C | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | 0 | |||
| Gary Coleman | C | 4 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .886 | 7.750 | 2 | |||
| George Hendrick | OF | 100 | 134 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .947 | 1.420 | ||||
| Roger Cain | OF | 97 | 202 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .977 | 2.227 | ||||
| Reggie Sanders | OF | 76 | 93 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .904 | 1.368 | ||||
| Vic Sciamarelli | OF | 66 | 106 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .908 | 1.652 | ||||
| Reyes Ortiz | OF | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.333 | ||||
| Gary Ebel | OF | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Joe Tassone | OF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Martin Olson | OF | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 2.667 | ||||
| Stan Jones | P | 36 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .611 | ||||
| John Shearer | P | 33 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Bill Geiger | P | 31 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .944 | .548 | ||||
| John Von Achen | P | 24 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .625 | ||||
| Vida Blue | P | 24 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .880 | .917 | ||||
| Dennis Coull | P | 23 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .826 | ||||
| Bill Aubertin | P | 22 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 0 | .930 | 1.818 | ||||
| Darrell Baker | P | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .211 | ||||
| Brien Bickerton | P | 17 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .912 | 1.824 | ||||
| Don Lohse | P | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Clyde Brooks | P | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Francis Mulligan | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .091 | ||||
| Bill Harkins | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Leonard Zandy | P | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Gil Marcano | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nick DeFlorio | SS | 96 | 154 | 234 | 34 | 42 | .919 | 4.042 | ||||
| Larry Vlasin | SS | 16 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 1 | .909 | 3.125 | ||||
| Jim Hughes | SS | 6 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Martin Olson | SS | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Ramon Diaz | SS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jose Santana | SS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1222 | 2992 | 1113 | 210 | 181 | .951 | 3.359 | 37 | 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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