1968 Clinton Pilots Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
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

1968 Clinton Pilots Roster

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.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Joe Barnett	9	4	.692	2.49	19	16		6		112.0	108	48	31	4	29	0	81	5	2	7
Steve Lewis	7	3	.700	2.52	17	10		1		75.0	63	33	21	5	35	1	60	5	1	8
Bobby Arpoika	7	5	.583	2.79	23	6		3		87.0	82	47	27	5	34	0	71	5	0	5
Manuel Giron	5	10	.333	5.60	22	21		4		106.0	105	88	66	12	58	0	105	7	2	10
Larry Whitley	4	2	.667	2.29	22	5		0		59.0	61	37	15	1	21	0	42	4	1	3
Jim Minshall	4	4	.500	2.57	12	12		1		70.0	56	29	20	3	41	0	67	2	1	8
Robert Quezada	4	4	.500	2.64	20	5		1		92.0	84	37	27	6	28	0	36	4	2	1
Victor Cruz	4	6	.400	4.29	21	7		0		65.0	60	47	31	6	40	0	42	1	0	5
Dick Jackson	3	3	.500	3.32	13	0		0		19.0	24	15	7	1	11	4	17	0	0	2
John Floyd	2	3	.400	2.71	21	2		0		73.0	80	38	22	4	22	1	61	0	0	3
Gerry McCabe	1	0	1.000	4.80	11	0		0		15.0	16	11	8	1	6	1	10	0	0	1
Bob Cluck	1	1	.500	1.69	3	3		1		16.0	14	4	3	1	11	0	8	0	0	1
Ernest Swan	1	1	.500	5.14	6	4		0		21.0	18	14	12	1	21	0	15	0	0	3
John Wojcik	1	2	.333	3.60	8	5		1		40.0	36	26	16	7	14	0	31	3	0	2
Manrique Zavala	1	6	.143	4.27	29	6		0		59.0	47	42	28	1	43	0	47	1	0	8
Ted Taylor	0	0		0.00	1	0		0		4.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Crabb	0	0		27.00	1	0		0		1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gary Vingle	0	1	.000	7.92	11	1		0		25.0	38	28	22	3	12	0	17	1	0	4
Dick Grimaldi	0	3	.000	6.00	7	6		0		24.0	21	21	16	3	16	0	12	0	0	0
Tom Buchenberger	0	4	.000	5.91	8	6		1		32.0	39	30	21	2	23	3	23	0	0	2
Daryl French	0	5	.000	5.17	16	8		1		54.0	61	39	31	5	33	0	47	1	0	8
Totals	54	67	.446	3.66	291	123	0	20	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
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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