1968 Decatur Commodores Statistics
Team Record: 69-48
Finished 1st in the MWL
Manager: Denny Sommers (69-48)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 51,789, Avg. 885
Playoffs - Quad Cities Angels 2 games, Decatur Commodores 1
The Decatur Commodores of the Midwest League ended the 1968 season with a record of 69 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the MWL.
The Commodores yielded 426 runs, fewest in the league. Decatur plated 558 runs. Roe Skidmore paced the team with 27 home runs and drove in 94 runs. Jesus Aristimuno topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .268 clip. Steve Sibley led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.01 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1968 Decatur Commodores who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Greg Garrett, Roe Skidmore, Jim Johnson, Dave Sells, Jim Howarth and Don Carrithers.
Denny Sommers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Sibley | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.01 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 161.0 | 126 | 51 | 36 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dennis Leathers | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.45 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 110.0 | 97 | 38 | 30 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 76 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Mike Welker | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.76 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 134.0 | 138 | 65 | 56 | 10 | 47 | 1 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dave Sells | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.18 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 43 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 85 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Marty Waldeck | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.03 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 105.0 | 106 | 61 | 47 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Jim Johnson | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.28 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 87.0 | 79 | 38 | 22 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 89 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
| David Hernandez | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.25 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 67 | 35 | 26 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Don Carrithers | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.76 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 98.0 | 82 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 82 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Greg Garrett | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.69 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 105.0 | 89 | 51 | 43 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 135 | 5 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Jeff Campbell | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.41 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Alan Cowgill | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bob Mikels | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Leo Mazzone | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 69 | 48 | .590 | 3.03 | 241 | 117 | 0 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 986.0 | 890 | 426 | 332 | 46 | 379 | 18 | 803 | 41 | 7 | 74 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roe Skidmore | 117 | 491 | 464 | 70 | 114 | 12 | 4 | 27 | 94 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 60 | .246 | .281 | .463 | .744 | 215 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jesus Aristimuno | 107 | 447 | 396 | 68 | 106 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 33 | 29 | .268 | .322 | .326 | .648 | 129 | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Bob Frazier | 117 | 477 | 406 | 59 | 99 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 9 | 3 | 62 | 103 | .244 | .347 | .392 | .739 | 159 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Chico Cedeno | 101 | 404 | 326 | 57 | 87 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 67 | 55 | .267 | .403 | .414 | .817 | 135 | 8 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Keith Wade | 90 | 339 | 308 | 55 | 77 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 92 | .250 | .314 | .445 | .758 | 137 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Noel Finley | 91 | 347 | 288 | 47 | 74 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 26 | .257 | .379 | .330 | .708 | 95 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Celestino Burgos | 83 | 290 | 254 | 29 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 29 | .256 | .328 | .315 | .642 | 80 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Gary Pinnow | 66 | 248 | 227 | 30 | 64 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 30 | .282 | .336 | .383 | .719 | 87 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jim Howarth | 51 | 195 | 167 | 23 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 42 | .293 | .376 | .431 | .807 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Roberto Santiago | 76 | 268 | 240 | 28 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 28 | .204 | .266 | .288 | .553 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Osvaldo Bosch | 57 | 203 | 181 | 22 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 46 | .243 | .312 | .309 | .621 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jake Jacobsen | 46 | 175 | 168 | 22 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 45 | .232 | .263 | .339 | .602 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Leathers | 18 | 45 | 42 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .310 | .356 | .500 | .856 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Welker | 26 | 55 | 49 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .224 | .283 | .245 | .528 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Johnson | 16 | 36 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .290 | .371 | .290 | .662 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pete Cappelli | 12 | 39 | 35 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .229 | .308 | .343 | .651 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Garrett | 24 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .212 | .316 | .212 | .528 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Sibley | 26 | 63 | 56 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .125 | .140 | .161 | .301 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Don Carrithers | 15 | 38 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .167 | .189 | .250 | .439 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Sells | 44 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .400 | .455 | .700 | 1.155 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Hernandez | 35 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Marty Waldeck | 19 | 42 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .103 | .125 | .128 | .253 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Campbell | 12 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Cook | 10 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Mikels | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Mazzone | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Cowgill | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1273 | 4302 | 3803 | 558 | 944 | 155 | 30 | 77 | 476 | 50 | 22 | 395 | 703 | .248 | .322 | .366 | .688 | 1390 | 0 | 35 | 38 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roe Skidmore | 1B | 117 | 894 | 82 | 8 | 84 | .992 | 8.342 | ||||
| Chico Cedeno | 1B | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Roberto Santiago | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Noel Finley | 2B | 62 | 129 | 131 | 12 | 32 | .956 | 4.194 | ||||
| Celestino Burgos | 2B | 57 | 140 | 142 | 13 | 34 | .956 | 4.947 | ||||
| Gene Cook | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Bob Frazier | 3B | 117 | 104 | 252 | 18 | 21 | .952 | 3.043 | ||||
| Roberto Santiago | C | 71 | 482 | 48 | 12 | 4 | .978 | 7.465 | 18 | |||
| Jake Jacobsen | C | 40 | 169 | 25 | 8 | 3 | .960 | 4.850 | 15 | |||
| Pete Cappelli | C | 10 | 85 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 9.100 | 3 | |||
| Chico Cedeno | OF | 97 | 120 | 12 | 11 | 1 | .923 | 1.361 | ||||
| Keith Wade | OF | 82 | 108 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .945 | 1.476 | ||||
| Gary Pinnow | OF | 62 | 74 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.339 | ||||
| Osvaldo Bosch | OF | 53 | 86 | 6 | 11 | 1 | .893 | 1.736 | ||||
| Jim Howarth | OF | 49 | 75 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .964 | 1.653 | ||||
| Jesus Aristimuno | OF | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.778 | ||||
| Jake Jacobsen | OF | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Celestino Burgos | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gene Cook | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dave Sells | P | 44 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .227 | ||||
| David Hernandez | P | 35 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .944 | .486 | ||||
| Steve Sibley | P | 24 | 4 | 54 | 2 | 0 | .967 | 2.417 | ||||
| Greg Garrett | P | 24 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Mike Welker | P | 22 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 1 | .895 | 1.545 | ||||
| Marty Waldeck | P | 19 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 1.316 | ||||
| Dennis Leathers | P | 18 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 4 | .900 | 2.000 | ||||
| Don Carrithers | P | 15 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.067 | ||||
| Jim Johnson | P | 14 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jeff Campbell | P | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .250 | ||||
| Leo Mazzone | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alan Cowgill | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Bob Mikels | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jesus Aristimuno | SS | 93 | 144 | 264 | 32 | 47 | .927 | 4.387 | ||||
| Noel Finley | SS | 15 | 24 | 37 | 8 | 8 | .884 | 4.067 | ||||
| Celestino Burgos | SS | 9 | 8 | 25 | 11 | 4 | .750 | 3.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1200 | 2736 | 1258 | 174 | 251 | .958 | 3.328 | 36 | 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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