1968 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 23-49
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Ken Rowe (23-49)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 14,405, Avg. 400
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1968 season with a record of 23 wins and 49 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Orioles scored 373 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 505 runs, most in the circuit. Edward Watts led Bluefield with 13 home runs and drove in 61 runs. Terin Andino paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .353 clip. Grady Pierce topped the team with 5 wins, while Jesse Jefferson registered a 5.09 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Milt Ramírez and Jesse Jefferson both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Ken Rowe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grady Pierce | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.72 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 42 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dexter Tielke | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.34 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 50.0 | 48 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Jesse Jefferson | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.09 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 69.0 | 64 | 65 | 39 | 5 | 66 | 4 | 99 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Larry Jones | 3 | 7 | .300 | 7.04 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 46.0 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Connie Herrmann | 3 | 9 | .250 | 5.44 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 86.0 | 84 | 63 | 52 | 7 | 55 | 5 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Alan Kwiatkowski | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7.20 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 58 | 43 | 36 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Jaime Burgos | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.43 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 63.0 | 81 | 60 | 45 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Jerrold Szostak | 1 | 6 | .143 | 10.44 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 86 | 69 | 58 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Robert Sorrentino | 1 | 8 | .111 | 4.82 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 56.0 | 42 | 42 | 30 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Robert Roth | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Terin Andino | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Lonnie Teasley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 17.18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Jacob Sweet | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.25 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 55 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 23 | 49 | .319 | 6.06 | 202 | 73 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 576.0 | 653 | 505 | 388 | 58 | 384 | 17 | 610 | 9 | 15 | 61 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terin Andino | 66 | 270 | 255 | 40 | 90 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | .353 | .389 | .455 | .844 | 116 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Watts | 68 | 280 | 250 | 64 | 81 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 31 | .324 | .380 | .572 | .952 | 143 | 8 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Milt Ramírez | 62 | 257 | 236 | 40 | 72 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 15 | .305 | .345 | .373 | .718 | 88 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Wayne Hoots | 70 | 268 | 224 | 35 | 68 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 54 | .304 | .404 | .446 | .851 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Leonard Finch | 60 | 168 | 151 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 45 | .232 | .293 | .344 | .638 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mike Mawhinney | 36 | 139 | 126 | 20 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 26 | .262 | .326 | .508 | .834 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steven Robida | 51 | 172 | 145 | 24 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 31 | .228 | .331 | .317 | .649 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Danny Hart | 58 | 180 | 155 | 23 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 39 | .213 | .317 | .303 | .620 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Carroll | 52 | 191 | 151 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 36 | 46 | .185 | .356 | .245 | .601 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Zaskoda | 44 | 150 | 131 | 22 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 50 | .206 | .302 | .252 | .554 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steven Gratz | 34 | 112 | 96 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | .167 | .277 | .198 | .475 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Harold Warden | 18 | 42 | 38 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .368 | .415 | .368 | .783 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Julian Janez | 28 | 77 | 71 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .197 | .260 | .254 | .513 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Joyal | 26 | 73 | 65 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .185 | .274 | .200 | .474 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Sellari | 9 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .241 | .290 | .241 | .532 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Petersen | 12 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | .214 | .371 | .286 | .657 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Sorrentino | 14 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .263 | .263 | .263 | .526 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jaime Burgos | 18 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .263 | .318 | .316 | .634 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jesse Jefferson | 16 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .160 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lonnie Teasley | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .800 | .667 | 1.467 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jacob Sweet | 23 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Jones | 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerrold Szostak | 20 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Connie Herrmann | 19 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .087 | .276 | .087 | .363 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Grady Pierce | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .250 | .571 | .250 | .821 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dexter Tielke | 10 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Blanchard | 11 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .038 | .107 | .077 | .184 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Kwiatkowski | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .000 | .231 | .000 | .231 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 901 | 2656 | 2325 | 373 | 596 | 88 | 17 | 39 | 309 | 49 | 24 | 267 | 487 | .256 | .338 | .359 | .697 | 835 | 0 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Mawhinney | 1B | 35 | 235 | 18 | 2 | 19 | .992 | 7.229 | ||||
| William Carroll | 1B | 32 | 205 | 17 | 12 | 17 | .949 | 6.938 | ||||
| Leonard Finch | 1B | 8 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .981 | 6.375 | ||||
| Milt Ramírez | 2B | 53 | 92 | 134 | 22 | 17 | .911 | 4.264 | ||||
| Steven Gratz | 2B | 20 | 24 | 55 | 7 | 9 | .919 | 3.950 | ||||
| Steven Robida | 3B | 45 | 30 | 36 | 10 | 3 | .868 | 1.467 | ||||
| Leonard Finch | 3B | 33 | 24 | 56 | 8 | 1 | .909 | 2.424 | ||||
| Julian Janez | C | 26 | 166 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .972 | 6.769 | 8 | |||
| Frank Joyal | C | 24 | 175 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .979 | 7.917 | 10 | |||
| Harold Warden | C | 12 | 76 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .955 | 7.000 | 5 | |||
| Ronald Petersen | C | 11 | 94 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 9.182 | 4 | |||
| Anthony Sellari | C | 9 | 79 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .989 | 9.556 | 2 | |||
| John Blanchard | C | 7 | 54 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .952 | 8.571 | 2 | |||
| Edward Watts | OF | 68 | 102 | 7 | 6 | 4 | .948 | 1.603 | ||||
| Wayne Hoots | OF | 68 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 1.044 | ||||
| Terin Andino | OF | 63 | 74 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .952 | 1.254 | ||||
| William Carroll | OF | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 2.083 | ||||
| Danny Hart | OF | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Steven Gratz | OF | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Grady Pierce | P | 33 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .818 | .273 | ||||
| Alan Kwiatkowski | P | 24 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jacob Sweet | P | 23 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .261 | ||||
| Jerrold Szostak | P | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Connie Herrmann | P | 18 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .882 | .833 | ||||
| Jaime Burgos | P | 17 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .833 | .882 | ||||
| Jesse Jefferson | P | 16 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .706 | .750 | ||||
| Robert Sorrentino | P | 14 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .786 | ||||
| Larry Jones | P | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .583 | ||||
| Dexter Tielke | P | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Lonnie Teasley | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Robert Roth | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Terin Andino | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Wayne Zaskoda | SS | 37 | 59 | 80 | 16 | 14 | .897 | 3.757 | ||||
| Danny Hart | SS | 34 | 61 | 79 | 31 | 18 | .819 | 4.118 | ||||
| Milt Ramírez | SS | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .864 | 4.750 | ||||
| William Carroll | SS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .600 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 817 | 1725 | 654 | 165 | 123 | .935 | 2.912 | 31 | 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.
