
1968 Clinton Pilots Statistics
Team Record: 54-67
Finished 9th in the MWL
Manager: Bob Clear (54-67)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Clinton, Iowa
Ballpark: Alliant Energy Field
Attendance: 49,148, Avg. 812
The Clinton Pilots of the Midwest League ended the 1968 season with a record of 54 wins and 67 losses, finishing ninth in the MWL.
The Pilots plated 526 runs and conceded 637 runs, most in the circuit. Vic Ramirez drove in 54 runs. Rimp Lanier led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .313. Joe Barnett topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.49 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1968 Clinton Pilots who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rimp Lanier, Frank Taveras and Jim Minshall.
Bob Clear 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Barnett | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.49 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 112.0 | 108 | 48 | 31 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 81 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||
Steve Lewis | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.52 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 | 63 | 33 | 21 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |||
Bobby Arpoika | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.79 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 87.0 | 82 | 47 | 27 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
Manuel Giron | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.60 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 106.0 | 105 | 88 | 66 | 12 | 58 | 0 | 105 | 7 | 2 | 10 | |||
Larry Whitley | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.29 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 61 | 37 | 15 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
Jim Minshall | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.57 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 70.0 | 56 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||
Robert Quezada | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.64 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 92.0 | 84 | 37 | 27 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
Victor Cruz | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.29 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 60 | 47 | 31 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
Dick Jackson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
John Floyd | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.71 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 80 | 38 | 22 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Gerry McCabe | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.80 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Bob Cluck | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.69 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ernest Swan | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
John Wojcik | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.60 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 36 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
Manrique Zavala | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.27 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 47 | 42 | 28 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
Ted Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Terry Crabb | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gary Vingle | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.92 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 38 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
Dick Grimaldi | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.00 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tom Buchenberger | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.91 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 32.0 | 39 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Daryl French | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.17 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 61 | 39 | 31 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
Totals | 54 | 67 | .446 | 3.66 | 291 | 123 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1049.0 | 1016 | 637 | 427 | 72 | 500 | 10 | 793 | 40 | 9 | 81 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rimp Lanier | 120 | 544 | 422 | 99 | 132 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 46 | 39 | 13 | 118 | 69 | .313 | .463 | .448 | .911 | 189 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Maximo Torres | 121 | 489 | 464 | 43 | 118 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 87 | .254 | .273 | .323 | .596 | 150 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
Ted Taylor | 111 | 446 | 402 | 70 | 111 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 24 | 9 | 31 | 78 | .276 | .342 | .376 | .717 | 151 | 9 | 4 | 0 | ||
Bill McBrayer | 73 | 277 | 250 | 31 | 83 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 22 | .332 | .383 | .420 | .803 | 105 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
Vic Ramirez | 74 | 304 | 261 | 47 | 69 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 54 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 51 | .264 | .359 | .425 | .784 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Vic Antonetty | 69 | 263 | 233 | 31 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 47 | .266 | .341 | .386 | .727 | 90 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
Wayne Dickerson | 82 | 299 | 265 | 25 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 32 | .234 | .305 | .302 | .607 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
Joe Grigas | 69 | 272 | 237 | 27 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 46 | .257 | .342 | .329 | .671 | 78 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
Mel Civil | 70 | 270 | 255 | 28 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 29 | .235 | .269 | .282 | .551 | 72 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Dave Lambert | 71 | 246 | 215 | 22 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 52 | .209 | .278 | .353 | .631 | 76 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
Robin Porter | 33 | 127 | 113 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | .292 | .352 | .372 | .724 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Stan Thomas | 29 | 110 | 96 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 20 | .260 | .333 | .344 | .677 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Victor Colina | 42 | 147 | 120 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 29 | .183 | .312 | .217 | .529 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||
Hector Herrera | 34 | 139 | 121 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 23 | .165 | .259 | .248 | .507 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
Frank Taveras | 21 | 60 | 58 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .207 | .207 | .224 | .431 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Manuel Giron | 24 | 44 | 42 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .214 | .250 | .357 | .607 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Wieczezak | 16 | 42 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .200 | .317 | .229 | .546 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bobby Arpoika | 23 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .194 | .265 | .194 | .458 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Joe Barnett | 19 | 43 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .162 | .225 | .162 | .387 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Larry Whitley | 28 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .300 | .700 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Steve Lewis | 17 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .154 | .241 | .154 | .395 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
Robert Quezada | 20 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ramon Ramos | 7 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .125 | .167 | .125 | .292 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Daryl French | 19 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .105 | .227 | .105 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Grimaldi | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Vingle | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Dick Jackson | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Buchenberger | 8 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
John Wojcik | 8 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Manrique Zavala | 29 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Victor Cruz | 21 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .048 | .167 | .048 | .214 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Minshall | 12 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .048 | .167 | .048 | .214 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
John Floyd | 21 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .040 | .111 | .040 | .151 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bob Cluck | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ernest Swan | 9 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Gerry McCabe | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1345 | 4452 | 3911 | 516 | 969 | 161 | 32 | 38 | 441 | 123 | 43 | 415 | 778 | .248 | .324 | .334 | .658 | 1308 | 0 | 41 | 52 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vic Antonetty | 1B | 63 | 458 | 31 | 19 | 41 | .963 | 7.762 | ||||
Wayne Dickerson | 1B | 32 | 265 | 11 | 9 | 16 | .968 | 8.625 | ||||
Vic Ramirez | 1B | 26 | 209 | 12 | 6 | 20 | .974 | 8.500 | ||||
Dave Lambert | 1B | 4 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.500 | ||||
Ramon Ramos | 1B | 3 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 11.667 | ||||
John Lyles | 1B | 2 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 11.000 | ||||
Bill McBrayer | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
Bill McBrayer | 2B | 68 | 131 | 130 | 18 | 30 | .935 | 3.838 | ||||
Ted Taylor | 2B | 42 | 82 | 89 | 23 | 41 | .881 | 4.071 | ||||
Frank Taveras | 2B | 12 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 5 | .841 | 4.417 | ||||
John Lyles | 2B | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .867 | 3.250 | ||||
Dave Lambert | 2B | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
Mel Civil | 2B | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
Vic Ramirez | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 3.000 | ||||
Ted Taylor | 3B | 53 | 51 | 88 | 23 | 6 | .858 | 2.623 | ||||
Vic Ramirez | 3B | 34 | 26 | 64 | 12 | 6 | .882 | 2.647 | ||||
Dave Lambert | 3B | 16 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 6 | .952 | 2.500 | ||||
Rimp Lanier | 3B | 13 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 2 | .872 | 2.615 | ||||
Dick Wieczezak | 3B | 8 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
Frank Taveras | 3B | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.750 | ||||
Victor Colina | C | 41 | 255 | 30 | 9 | 0 | .969 | 6.951 | 19 | |||
Hector Herrera | C | 34 | 231 | 25 | 8 | 3 | .970 | 7.529 | 12 | |||
Robin Porter | C | 30 | 198 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .981 | 6.933 | 4 | |||
John Lyles | C | 20 | 123 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .979 | 7.000 | 13 | |||
Rimp Lanier | OF | 109 | 207 | 12 | 6 | 2 | .973 | 2.009 | ||||
Mel Civil | OF | 69 | 144 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .968 | 2.174 | ||||
Joe Grigas | OF | 68 | 137 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .979 | 2.059 | ||||
Wayne Dickerson | OF | 43 | 76 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .963 | 1.837 | ||||
Dave Lambert | OF | 38 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .930 | 1.395 | ||||
Stan Thomas | OF | 25 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .872 | 1.360 | ||||
Ted Taylor | OF | 13 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
Vic Ramirez | OF | 11 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 2.091 | ||||
Vic Antonetty | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1.250 | ||||
Robin Porter | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
Manrique Zavala | P | 29 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .750 | .517 | ||||
Bobby Arpoika | P | 23 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .846 | .957 | ||||
Larry Whitley | P | 22 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .850 | .773 | ||||
Manuel Giron | P | 22 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 3 | .808 | .955 | ||||
John Floyd | P | 21 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
Victor Cruz | P | 21 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .762 | ||||
Robert Quezada | P | 20 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .920 | 1.150 | ||||
Joe Barnett | P | 19 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 1.579 | ||||
Steve Lewis | P | 17 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 1.353 | ||||
Daryl French | P | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .556 | .312 | ||||
Dick Jackson | P | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
Jim Minshall | P | 12 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
Gary Vingle | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
Gerry McCabe | P | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .273 | ||||
John Wojcik | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .500 | ||||
Tom Buchenberger | P | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
Dick Grimaldi | P | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
Ernest Swan | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Bob Cluck | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
Terry Crabb | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Maximo Torres | SS | 121 | 205 | 348 | 65 | 55 | .895 | 4.570 | ||||
Bill McBrayer | SS | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 2.667 | ||||
Frank Taveras | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Totals | 1313 | 3147 | 1200 | 288 | 256 | .938 | 3.311 | 48 | 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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