1968 Columbus Jets Statistics
Team Record: 82-64
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Johnny Pesky (82-64)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 178,003, Avg. 2,438
Playoffs - Columbus Jets 3 games, Rochester Red Wings 2
Finals - Jacksonville Suns 4 games, Columbus Jets 0
The Columbus Jets of the International League ended the 1968 season with a record of 82 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the IL.
The Jets plated 616 runs and surrendered 584 runs. Elvio Jiménez and Al Oliver paced Columbus with 14 home runs apiece. Elvio Jiménez accounted for 77 RBI. Elvio Jiménez and Al Oliver topped batters with significant playing time with a .315 average. Dave Roberts led the team with 18 wins, while Jim Shellenback registered a 2.85 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1968 Columbus Jets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Al Oliver, Gene Garber, Bernie Smith, Dan Schneider, Chris Cannizzaro, Denny Riddleberger, Dick Colpaert, Jack Damaska, George Spriggs, John Kennedy, Chuck Hiller, Dave Wickersham, Freddie Patek, Dock Ellis, Ed Hobaugh, Jim Shellenback, Elvio Jiménez, Manny Sanguillén, Dave Roberts, Richie Hebner, Andre Rodgers, Pedro Ramos, Bruce Dal Canton, Shaun Fitzmaurice, John Gelnar and Jim O'Toole.
Johnny Pesky 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Roberts | 18 | 5 | .783 | 3.17 | 27 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 193.0 | 189 | 74 | 68 | 18 | 45 | 1 | 133 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ken Larsen | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.22 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 148.0 | 134 | 57 | 53 | 14 | 36 | 4 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| John Gelnar | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.10 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 183.0 | 186 | 71 | 63 | 18 | 29 | 5 | 97 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jim Shellenback | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.85 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 142.0 | 113 | 48 | 45 | 9 | 42 | 7 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dan Schneider | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.42 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 66 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 25 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Ed Hobaugh | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.18 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 69 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 25 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gene Garber | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.44 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 62 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dave Wickersham | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.75 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 91.0 | 103 | 54 | 48 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jim O'Toole | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.50 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 58 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dock Ellis | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.35 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jerry Wild | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.11 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 52 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Larry Killingsworth | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.20 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 45.0 | 37 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Pedro Ramos | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.09 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 75 | 49 | 43 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tony Przybycien | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Silvano Quezada | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dick Colpaert | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Denny Riddleberger | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lyn Fitzer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bruce Dal Canton | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8.25 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 33 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 82 | 64 | .562 | 3.74 | 333 | 146 | 0 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 1250.0 | 1230 | 584 | 519 | 120 | 382 | 53 | 791 | 33 | 2 | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvio Jiménez | 139 | 549 | 499 | 72 | 157 | 25 | 2 | 14 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 23 | .315 | .362 | .457 | .819 | 228 | 7 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Al Oliver | 132 | 506 | 473 | 61 | 149 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 74 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 51 | .315 | .349 | .505 | .854 | 239 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| George Spriggs | 138 | 598 | 521 | 80 | 143 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 46 | 10 | 65 | 96 | .274 | .360 | .361 | .721 | 188 | 5 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Bernie Smith | 131 | 546 | 491 | 73 | 138 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 16 | 12 | 45 | 63 | .281 | .343 | .385 | .728 | 189 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Manny Sanguillén | 105 | 405 | 377 | 45 | 119 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 27 | .316 | .346 | .448 | .794 | 169 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Richie Hebner | 104 | 420 | 381 | 50 | 105 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 43 | .276 | .337 | .402 | .738 | 153 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jack Damaska | 128 | 479 | 431 | 38 | 96 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 61 | .223 | .290 | .292 | .582 | 126 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Hiller | 87 | 304 | 273 | 33 | 75 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 29 | .275 | .337 | .359 | .696 | 98 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Chris Cannizzaro | 88 | 311 | 268 | 29 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 55 | .243 | .342 | .325 | .667 | 87 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Freddie Patek | 38 | 154 | 138 | 21 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 21 | .304 | .368 | .370 | .738 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Andre Rodgers | 43 | 115 | 98 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 26 | .296 | .386 | .367 | .753 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dave Roberts | 47 | 103 | 95 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .253 | .290 | .347 | .637 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John Gelnar | 32 | 79 | 72 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .278 | .286 | .375 | .661 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Jim Shellenback | 25 | 55 | 46 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .196 | .302 | .304 | .606 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ken Larsen | 26 | 53 | 47 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .191 | .250 | .255 | .505 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dave Wickersham | 18 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .233 | .233 | .267 | .500 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Parker | 20 | 49 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .133 | .184 | .133 | .317 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pedro Ramos | 30 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .174 | .174 | .217 | .391 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim O'Toole | 11 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .150 | .190 | .150 | .340 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Killingsworth | 8 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .154 | .143 | .154 | .297 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ed Hobaugh | 32 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tim Murtaugh | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Dal Canton | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Schneider | 48 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Garber | 23 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dock Ellis | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lyn Fitzer | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Silvano Quezada | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Wild | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1516 | 4910 | 4418 | 562 | 1208 | 182 | 37 | 72 | 516 | 98 | 35 | 362 | 638 | .273 | .332 | .380 | .712 | 1680 | 0 | 44 | 52 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Oliver | 1B | 95 | 902 | 28 | 9 | 83 | .990 | 9.789 | ||||
| Andre Rodgers | 1B | 24 | 190 | 7 | 1 | 14 | .995 | 8.208 | ||||
| Chris Cannizzaro | 1B | 23 | 190 | 12 | 2 | 19 | .990 | 8.783 | ||||
| Chuck Hiller | 1B | 17 | 142 | 11 | 2 | 15 | .987 | 9.000 | ||||
| Manny Sanguillén | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jack Damaska | 2B | 125 | 247 | 391 | 10 | 85 | .985 | 5.104 | ||||
| Chuck Hiller | 2B | 25 | 46 | 79 | 2 | 17 | .984 | 5.000 | ||||
| Richie Hebner | 3B | 97 | 73 | 211 | 19 | 10 | .937 | 2.928 | ||||
| Chuck Hiller | 3B | 28 | 14 | 52 | 6 | 2 | .917 | 2.357 | ||||
| Chris Cannizzaro | 3B | 14 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 2.214 | ||||
| Johnny Parker | 3B | 7 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 3.714 | ||||
| Bernie Smith | 3B | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Manny Sanguillén | C | 101 | 588 | 60 | 8 | 9 | .988 | 6.416 | 8 | |||
| Chris Cannizzaro | C | 46 | 263 | 24 | 3 | 0 | .990 | 6.239 | 5 | |||
| Tim Murtaugh | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| George Spriggs | OF | 136 | 196 | 17 | 7 | 1 | .968 | 1.566 | ||||
| Elvio Jiménez | OF | 126 | 214 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .965 | 1.770 | ||||
| Bernie Smith | OF | 122 | 256 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .989 | 2.156 | ||||
| Al Oliver | OF | 40 | 66 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .904 | 1.650 | ||||
| Chuck Hiller | OF | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Johnny Parker | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Manny Sanguillén | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dan Schneider | P | 48 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Ed Hobaugh | P | 32 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .719 | ||||
| Pedro Ramos | P | 29 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .690 | ||||
| Dave Roberts | P | 27 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 4 | .979 | 1.741 | ||||
| Jim Shellenback | P | 25 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 0 | .930 | 1.600 | ||||
| John Gelnar | P | 25 | 10 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Ken Larsen | P | 24 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.458 | ||||
| Gene Garber | P | 23 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .923 | .522 | ||||
| Jerry Wild | P | 20 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .550 | ||||
| Dock Ellis | P | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .368 | ||||
| Dave Wickersham | P | 18 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.167 | ||||
| Jim O'Toole | P | 11 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Bruce Dal Canton | P | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Larry Killingsworth | P | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Lyn Fitzer | P | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Denny Riddleberger | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Colpaert | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Silvano Quezada | P | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tony Przybycien | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Freddie Patek | SS | 33 | 77 | 108 | 5 | 25 | .974 | 5.606 | ||||
| Richie Hebner | SS | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .810 | 4.250 | ||||
| Johnny Parker | SS | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1411 | 3569 | 1333 | 111 | 298 | .978 | 3.474 | 13 | 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.
