1968 Batavia Trojans Statistics
New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 37-38
Finished 5th in the NYPL
Manager: Bob Dustal (37-38)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Batavia, New York
Ballpark: Dwyer Stadium
Attendance: 25,084, Avg. 669
1968 Batavia Trojans RosterTeam Record: 37-38
Finished 5th in the NYPL
Manager: Bob Dustal (37-38)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Batavia, New York
Ballpark: Dwyer Stadium
Attendance: 25,084, Avg. 669
The Batavia Trojans of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1968 season with a record of 37 wins and 38 losses, finishing fifth in the NYPL.
The Trojans scored 361 runs and yielded 375 runs. Rod Beckman drove in 37 runs. Thomas Breving paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .271. Stephen Cushmore topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.27 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Bill Slayback and Phil Meeler both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bob Dustal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Cushmore | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.27 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 115.0 | 107 | 43 | 29 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Herbert Doebler | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.03 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 105.0 | 99 | 54 | 47 | 8 | 57 | 4 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Kenneth Strickland | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.65 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 69.0 | 58 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| John Bevil | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.12 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 75.0 | 70 | 31 | 26 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Shelburn Morton | 3 | 1 | .750 | 8.00 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 61 | 43 | 40 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Phil Meeler | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.50 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 53 | 38 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| David Baldwin | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.82 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 56.0 | 66 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Phillip Bartolone | 2 | 5 | .286 | 8.07 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 38 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Allen Diggs | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.56 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Brian Cousino | 0 | 0 | 8.36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Slayback | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.50 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| James Gilligan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Cook | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.03 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 40 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Totals | 37 | 38 | .493 | 4.22 | 180 | 75 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 638.0 | 653 | 375 | 299 | 44 | 350 | 15 | 588 | 24 | 0 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Pellechi | 71 | 313 | 271 | 51 | 73 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 36 | .269 | .361 | .343 | .704 | 93 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Breving | 69 | 278 | 251 | 30 | 68 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 34 | .271 | .335 | .382 | .717 | 96 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rod Beckman | 68 | 283 | 244 | 37 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 60 | .234 | .333 | .365 | .698 | 89 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Alex Bike | 45 | 179 | 158 | 27 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20 | .304 | .374 | .430 | .805 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Howard Johnson | 70 | 258 | 230 | 25 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 53 | .209 | .273 | .283 | .556 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Michael Murray | 41 | 152 | 129 | 16 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 19 | .341 | .437 | .504 | .941 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Nichols | 56 | 197 | 171 | 24 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 31 | .251 | .345 | .415 | .760 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Welz | 54 | 199 | 170 | 24 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 64 | .224 | .320 | .412 | .732 | 70 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Michael Hastings | 33 | 124 | 108 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 22 | .315 | .395 | .463 | .858 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Jeffries | 47 | 130 | 115 | 14 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 25 | .243 | .318 | .270 | .587 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Michael Kotzin | 38 | 110 | 91 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 29 | .275 | .400 | .473 | .873 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dwight Martinek | 34 | 122 | 101 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 24 | .248 | .377 | .455 | .832 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Smith | 43 | 126 | 109 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | .183 | .280 | .330 | .610 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Randall Hooper | 21 | 77 | 64 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .172 | .286 | .219 | .504 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Donald Murphy | 24 | 59 | 50 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .180 | .305 | .300 | .605 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Meeler | 23 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .286 | .353 | .286 | .639 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stephen Cushmore | 20 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .121 | .293 | .121 | .414 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Herbert Doebler | 16 | 41 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .111 | .111 | .167 | .278 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| James Tanner | 6 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .200 | .368 | .333 | .702 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Gilligan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2.500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Slayback | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shelburn Morton | 20 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Strickland | 17 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .100 | .143 | .250 | .393 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Baldwin | 13 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Bevil | 14 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Cook | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phillip Bartolone | 15 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .077 | .077 | .154 | .231 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Cousino | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allen Diggs | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 906 | 2857 | 2479 | 361 | 600 | 86 | 20 | 55 | 309 | 38 | 13 | 319 | 554 | .242 | .331 | .359 | .690 | 891 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Welz | 1B | 51 | 365 | 16 | 12 | 26 | .969 | 7.471 | ||||
| Michael Kotzin | 1B | 12 | 100 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .953 | 8.417 | ||||
| Alex Bike | 1B | 12 | 97 | 7 | 3 | 12 | .972 | 8.667 | ||||
| Dwight Martinek | 1B | 4 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .970 | 8.000 | ||||
| Randall Hooper | 1B | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joseph Pellechi | 2B | 67 | 134 | 161 | 25 | 37 | .922 | 4.403 | ||||
| Gary Jeffries | 2B | 12 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 4 | .885 | 3.833 | ||||
| Rod Beckman | 3B | 60 | 52 | 110 | 12 | 12 | .931 | 2.700 | ||||
| Steve Smith | 3B | 19 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 3 | .849 | 2.368 | ||||
| Michael Murray | C | 35 | 290 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .974 | 8.486 | 3 | |||
| Alex Bike | C | 31 | 259 | 25 | 3 | 0 | .990 | 9.161 | 3 | |||
| Donald Murphy | C | 14 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 4.786 | 3 | |||
| Thomas Breving | OF | 66 | 94 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .953 | 1.530 | ||||
| George Nichols | OF | 51 | 56 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .937 | 1.157 | ||||
| Michael Hastings | OF | 30 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .867 | ||||
| Dwight Martinek | OF | 28 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .939 | 1.643 | ||||
| Gary Jeffries | OF | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Kotzin | OF | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .938 | ||||
| Randall Hooper | OF | 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.062 | ||||
| Steve Smith | OF | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.091 | ||||
| James Tanner | OF | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .765 | 2.600 | ||||
| Phil Meeler | P | 23 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .522 | ||||
| Mike Cook | P | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Shelburn Morton | P | 19 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .737 | ||||
| Stephen Cushmore | P | 19 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 1.263 | ||||
| Kenneth Strickland | P | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Herbert Doebler | P | 15 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| John Bevil | P | 14 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.071 | ||||
| Phillip Bartolone | P | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| David Baldwin | P | 13 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Allen Diggs | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Brian Cousino | P | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Slayback | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| James Gilligan | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Howard Johnson | SS | 68 | 131 | 210 | 22 | 31 | .939 | 5.015 | ||||
| Rod Beckman | SS | 9 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 2.889 | ||||
| Joseph Pellechi | SS | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Steve Smith | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 825 | 1923 | 747 | 134 | 147 | .952 | 3.236 | 9 | 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.
