1968 Burlington Senators Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 56-84
Finished 6th in the CL's West Division
Manager: Len Johnston (56-84)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Burlington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Burlington Athletic Park
Attendance: 20,806, Avg. 297
1968 Burlington Senators RosterTeam Record: 56-84
Finished 6th in the CL's West Division
Manager: Len Johnston (56-84)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Burlington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Burlington Athletic Park
Attendance: 20,806, Avg. 297
The Burlington Senators of the Carolina League ended the 1968 season with a record of 56 wins and 84 losses, finishing sixth in the league's West Division.
The Senators plated 517 runs and surrendered 614 runs. Gene Martin paced Burlington with 15 home runs Mike Maloney drove in 45 runs. Gene Martin led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .259 clip. George Valesente topped the squad with 11 wins, while Wallace Smallwood earned a 3.37 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1968 Burlington Senators who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Toby Harrah, Dick Such, Jackie Brown, Tom Grieve, Bill Haywood and Gene Martin.
Len Johnston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Valesente | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.99 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 185.0 | 195 | 106 | 82 | 13 | 106 | 5 | 147 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Dick Such | 10 | 17 | .370 | 3.47 | 30 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 187.0 | 159 | 89 | 72 | 11 | 93 | 5 | 169 | 12 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Harvey Mattingly | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.87 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 93.0 | 96 | 53 | 40 | 7 | 50 | 6 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Robert Richmond | 5 | 5 | .500 | 1.05 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 77.0 | 53 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Wallace Smallwood | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.37 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 147.0 | 140 | 69 | 55 | 11 | 53 | 6 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joe Berg | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.49 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 111.0 | 99 | 52 | 43 | 9 | 70 | 8 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Timothy Zajeski | 5 | 11 | .312 | 3.89 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 118.0 | 130 | 66 | 51 | 11 | 42 | 8 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Gene Baker | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.65 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 69.0 | 57 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 31 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Bill Haywood | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.38 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Clayton Bittinger | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.62 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Larry Herring | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.00 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 42.0 | 36 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jackie Brown | 19 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Schroer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Holt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.60 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Robert George | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 54 | 80 | .403 | 3.51 | 283 | 135 | 0 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 1125.0 | 1059 | 582 | 439 | 79 | 550 | 49 | 904 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toby Harrah | 135 | 568 | 468 | 73 | 112 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 7 | 90 | 88 | .239 | .364 | .325 | .689 | 152 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Dick Baldwin | 128 | 527 | 463 | 69 | 107 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 27 | 10 | 50 | 58 | .231 | .313 | .292 | .604 | 135 | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Gene Martin | 112 | 455 | 390 | 44 | 101 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 56 | 78 | .259 | .358 | .436 | .794 | 170 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mike Maloney | 111 | 401 | 343 | 53 | 84 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 50 | 65 | .245 | .341 | .356 | .697 | 122 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| John Biedenbach | 124 | 435 | 369 | 41 | 69 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 72 | .187 | .299 | .257 | .556 | 95 | 9 | 3 | 3 | ||
| LaMar Davis | 83 | 310 | 267 | 34 | 66 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 39 | .247 | .343 | .363 | .706 | 97 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jim Martin | 83 | 287 | 255 | 20 | 65 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 26 | .255 | .318 | .318 | .636 | 81 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Billy Vickery | 71 | 236 | 208 | 23 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 28 | .255 | .329 | .312 | .642 | 65 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Robert Weigle | 58 | 211 | 189 | 18 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 28 | .233 | .305 | .270 | .575 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dave Hirtz | 53 | 194 | 167 | 12 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 23 | .234 | .332 | .311 | .643 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tim Hill | 49 | 190 | 151 | 21 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 16 | .252 | .394 | .298 | .692 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Robert Miller | 52 | 182 | 151 | 17 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 20 | .245 | .346 | .351 | .697 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Ron Robinson | 56 | 175 | 157 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 32 | .197 | .280 | .242 | .522 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Czopczyc | 58 | 197 | 166 | 18 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 37 | .187 | .310 | .241 | .551 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Merlet | 47 | 165 | 146 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 32 | .192 | .280 | .308 | .589 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harvey Mattingly | 41 | 53 | 49 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .286 | .340 | .469 | .809 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Valesente | 41 | 76 | 66 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .212 | .284 | .273 | .557 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dick Such | 32 | 72 | 66 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .197 | .250 | .227 | .477 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wallace Smallwood | 28 | 60 | 57 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .175 | .175 | .193 | .368 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tom Grieve | 9 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .296 | .367 | .667 | 1.033 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Berg | 27 | 42 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .216 | .310 | .216 | .526 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Zajeski | 21 | 44 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .125 | .146 | .125 | .271 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Frank Gable | 13 | 54 | 43 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | .116 | .296 | .116 | .413 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Haywood | 27 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .357 | .417 | .774 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Richmond | 12 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .115 | .115 | .115 | .231 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Herring | 12 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gene Baker | 30 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Brescher | 8 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .053 | .182 | .211 | .392 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Schroer | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert George | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Clayton Bittinger | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Holt | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1546 | 5076 | 4372 | 518 | 993 | 139 | 21 | 62 | 425 | 93 | 40 | 582 | 795 | .227 | .322 | .311 | .634 | 1360 | 0 | 44 | 55 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaMar Davis | 1B | 81 | 618 | 41 | 12 | 62 | .982 | 8.136 | ||||
| Robert Miller | 1B | 23 | 177 | 14 | 3 | 16 | .985 | 8.304 | ||||
| Jim Martin | 1B | 17 | 128 | 11 | 2 | 12 | .986 | 8.176 | ||||
| Billy Vickery | 1B | 12 | 87 | 5 | 1 | 7 | .989 | 7.667 | ||||
| Mike Maloney | 1B | 9 | 59 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .971 | 7.333 | ||||
| Robert Weigle | 1B | 8 | 59 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .938 | 7.500 | ||||
| Dave Hirtz | 1B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Tim Hill | 2B | 46 | 106 | 101 | 11 | 22 | .950 | 4.500 | ||||
| Jack Merlet | 2B | 38 | 63 | 99 | 13 | 25 | .926 | 4.263 | ||||
| Dave Hirtz | 2B | 19 | 45 | 38 | 2 | 11 | .976 | 4.368 | ||||
| John Biedenbach | 2B | 18 | 21 | 30 | 6 | 8 | .895 | 2.833 | ||||
| Mike Maloney | 2B | 17 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 3 | .924 | 3.588 | ||||
| Frank Gable | 2B | 13 | 29 | 34 | 1 | 10 | .984 | 4.846 | ||||
| John Biedenbach | 3B | 94 | 68 | 169 | 9 | 16 | .963 | 2.521 | ||||
| Robert Miller | 3B | 17 | 15 | 36 | 5 | 2 | .911 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dave Hirtz | 3B | 16 | 15 | 34 | 2 | 6 | .961 | 3.062 | ||||
| Ron Robinson | 3B | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Maloney | 3B | 6 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Tim Hill | 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Martin | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Billy Vickery | C | 59 | 421 | 23 | 5 | 3 | .989 | 7.525 | 5 | |||
| Walter Czopczyc | C | 57 | 379 | 31 | 9 | 3 | .979 | 7.193 | 6 | |||
| Ron Robinson | C | 29 | 188 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .976 | 6.966 | 1 | |||
| Wayne Brescher | C | 8 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 4.875 | 0 | |||
| Dick Baldwin | OF | 126 | 214 | 13 | 11 | 3 | .954 | 1.802 | ||||
| Gene Martin | OF | 101 | 128 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .978 | 1.307 | ||||
| Mike Maloney | OF | 68 | 94 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .962 | 1.471 | ||||
| Jim Martin | OF | 56 | 95 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .961 | 1.768 | ||||
| Robert Weigle | OF | 43 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.465 | ||||
| Ron Robinson | OF | 13 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
| Dave Hirtz | OF | 10 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Tom Grieve | OF | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1.143 | ||||
| Robert Miller | OF | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| John Biedenbach | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| George Valesente | P | 30 | 14 | 35 | 4 | 1 | .925 | 1.633 | ||||
| Dick Such | P | 30 | 17 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 1.467 | ||||
| Gene Baker | P | 30 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .857 | .400 | ||||
| Harvey Mattingly | P | 29 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .875 | .966 | ||||
| Bill Haywood | P | 27 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .407 | ||||
| Joe Berg | P | 27 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.074 | ||||
| Wallace Smallwood | P | 24 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Timothy Zajeski | P | 19 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.158 | ||||
| Larry Herring | P | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Robert Richmond | P | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.182 | ||||
| Steve Schroer | P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Robert George | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Clayton Bittinger | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| William Holt | P | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Toby Harrah | SS | 132 | 217 | 356 | 50 | 63 | .920 | 4.341 | ||||
| Dave Hirtz | SS | 5 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 3 | .957 | 4.400 | ||||
| John Biedenbach | SS | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .905 | 4.750 | ||||
| Totals | 1433 | 3506 | 1341 | 202 | 308 | .960 | 3.382 | 12 | 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.
