1968 Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs Statistics
Team Record: 60-79
Finished 4th in the TL's East Division
Manager: Hub Kittle (60-79)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Dallas, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: Turnpike Stadium
Attendance: 215,756, Avg. 3,104
The Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs of the Texas League ended the 1968 season with a record of 60 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Spurs plated 446 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 537 runs. Glen Clark drove in 43 runs. Gene Etter led hitters with significant playing time with a .282 average. George Gerberman topped the squad with 11 wins, while Paul Doyle recorded a 2.34 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Fred Stanley, Lee Bales, Danny Walton, Ron Henry, Larry Howard, George Gerberman, Hal King, Arnold Umbach, Jackie Brandt, Rafael Batista, Bob Watkins, Greg Sims, Glen Clark, Paul Doyle, Brock Davis, Bruce Von Hoff, Roric Harrison and Wayne Twitchell were all players from the 1968 Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs who played in the Majors during their careers.
Hub Kittle 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Gerberman | 11 | 15 | .423 | 2.61 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 217.0 | 190 | 87 | 63 | 8 | 44 | 6 | 132 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |||
Secundino Almonte | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.95 | 36 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 122.0 | 111 | 48 | 40 | 4 | 59 | 8 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
Bob Watkins | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.72 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 116.0 | 79 | 41 | 35 | 1 | 72 | 3 | 134 | 8 | 2 | 8 | |||
Rick Pierini | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.79 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 114.0 | 121 | 55 | 48 | 6 | 40 | 6 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||
Paul Doyle | 7 | 12 | .368 | 2.34 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 154.0 | 126 | 48 | 40 | 5 | 47 | 4 | 149 | 11 | 0 | 3 | |||
Tommy Fullen | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.45 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 77.0 | 65 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Luis Penalver | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.81 | 34 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 130.0 | 136 | 63 | 55 | 8 | 32 | 5 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
Wayne Twitchell | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.50 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 54.0 | 48 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
Roy Shrawder | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.68 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 50 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
Dave Woods | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.48 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 32 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Roric Harrison | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.60 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 47.0 | 39 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
James Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ron Crook | 0 | 0 | 8.36 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Arnold Umbach | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Brian Murphy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.86 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Edward Harrar | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
Bruce Von Hoff | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.94 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 34 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
Totals | 60 | 79 | .432 | 3.33 | 326 | 139 | 0 | 42 | 14 | 0 | 1186.0 | 1091 | 537 | 439 | 50 | 444 | 49 | 855 | 42 | 8 | 59 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gene Etter | 107 | 428 | 411 | 41 | 116 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | .282 | .286 | .309 | .595 | 127 | 2 | 15 | 0 | |||||
Glen Clark | 121 | 449 | 406 | 46 | 104 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 66 | .256 | .312 | .369 | .681 | 150 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
Rafael Batista | 111 | 373 | 344 | 32 | 86 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 85 | .250 | .295 | .358 | .653 | 123 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
Jim McDonald | 97 | 371 | 315 | 39 | 75 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 50 | 32 | .238 | .344 | .330 | .674 | 104 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Greg Sims | 82 | 283 | 255 | 34 | 72 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 58 | .282 | .350 | .486 | .836 | 124 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
James Monin | 89 | 312 | 273 | 29 | 69 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 40 | .253 | .329 | .315 | .644 | 86 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
Danny Walton | 78 | 307 | 279 | 32 | 69 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 68 | .247 | .304 | .398 | .702 | 111 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
Fred Stanley | 106 | 379 | 337 | 26 | 66 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 73 | .196 | .278 | .252 | .530 | 85 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
Brock Davis | 70 | 296 | 258 | 28 | 62 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 31 | 40 | .240 | .332 | .302 | .635 | 78 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
Hal King | 56 | 214 | 183 | 27 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 48 | .257 | .355 | .437 | .792 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Larry Howard | 62 | 221 | 193 | 21 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 49 | .244 | .330 | .389 | .719 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Ernest Foli | 61 | 208 | 199 | 10 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 36 | .231 | .264 | .291 | .556 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lee Bales | 63 | 196 | 175 | 22 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 35 | .206 | .282 | .251 | .533 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Alex Barrett | 22 | 80 | 72 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .222 | .282 | .292 | .574 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Sam Thompson | 26 | 82 | 73 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | .219 | .288 | .315 | .603 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Fred Walters | 52 | 126 | 107 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 21 | .140 | .264 | .178 | .442 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
George Gerberman | 38 | 80 | 79 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | .177 | .188 | .228 | .415 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roy Bethell | 14 | 59 | 54 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .241 | .263 | .315 | .578 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Rick Pierini | 51 | 44 | 38 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .263 | .310 | .289 | .599 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Secundino Almonte | 35 | 38 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .226 | .351 | .323 | .674 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Rick Lynn | 15 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .206 | .270 | .294 | .564 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Doyle | 40 | 52 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .140 | .136 | .163 | .299 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
Ron Henry | 9 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .278 | .381 | .444 | .825 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommy Fullen | 10 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .185 | .179 | .222 | .401 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Bob Watkins | 23 | 42 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Keith Graffagnini | 18 | 46 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .111 | .109 | .200 | .309 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
George Alvarez | 5 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bruce Von Hoff | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roric Harrison | 9 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .250 | .357 | .333 | .690 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Miguel Hernandez | 9 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | .158 | .304 | .211 | .515 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Luis Penalver | 34 | 40 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .083 | .175 | .083 | .258 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Murphy | 7 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .143 | .368 | .286 | .654 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Crook | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Woods | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roy Shrawder | 29 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Wayne Twitchell | 8 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .050 | .095 | .050 | .145 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Edward Harrar | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jackie Brandt | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brian Murphy | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 1619 | 4936 | 4429 | 446 | 1040 | 160 | 42 | 50 | 394 | 63 | 37 | 389 | 874 | .235 | .299 | .324 | .623 | 1434 | 0 | 31 | 61 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rafael Batista | 1B | 87 | 784 | 64 | 3 | 69 | .996 | 9.747 | ||||
Larry Howard | 1B | 24 | 212 | 17 | 3 | 12 | .987 | 9.542 | ||||
Keith Graffagnini | 1B | 11 | 83 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 8.364 | ||||
Ernest Foli | 1B | 11 | 97 | 7 | 9 | 12 | .920 | 9.455 | ||||
Fred Walters | 1B | 7 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.714 | ||||
James Murphy | 1B | 6 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 6.833 | ||||
Roy Bethell | 1B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
Jim McDonald | 2B | 69 | 157 | 249 | 11 | 47 | .974 | 5.884 | ||||
Lee Bales | 2B | 35 | 65 | 89 | 5 | 18 | .969 | 4.400 | ||||
James Monin | 2B | 30 | 51 | 74 | 5 | 14 | .962 | 4.167 | ||||
Fred Stanley | 2B | 9 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 4 | .929 | 4.333 | ||||
Ernest Foli | 2B | 9 | 25 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .962 | 5.667 | ||||
Fred Walters | 2B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
James Monin | 3B | 48 | 45 | 76 | 8 | 12 | .938 | 2.521 | ||||
Ernest Foli | 3B | 31 | 19 | 54 | 3 | 1 | .961 | 2.355 | ||||
Gene Etter | 3B | 20 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | .829 | 1.700 | ||||
Alex Barrett | 3B | 20 | 14 | 36 | 4 | 2 | .926 | 2.500 | ||||
Lee Bales | 3B | 12 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 6 | .892 | 2.750 | ||||
Rick Lynn | 3B | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.300 | ||||
Fred Walters | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
Jim McDonald | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Larry Howard | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
Hal King | C | 53 | 331 | 35 | 8 | 2 | .979 | 6.906 | 6 | |||
Glen Clark | C | 42 | 251 | 29 | 6 | 1 | .979 | 6.667 | 6 | |||
Fred Walters | C | 27 | 134 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.444 | 2 | |||
Larry Howard | C | 27 | 145 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .982 | 5.926 | 8 | |||
Ron Henry | C | 6 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .959 | 7.833 | 4 | |||
Danny Walton | OF | 75 | 110 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .959 | 1.547 | ||||
Greg Sims | OF | 71 | 112 | 5 | 9 | 1 | .929 | 1.648 | ||||
Brock Davis | OF | 70 | 124 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .962 | 1.800 | ||||
Glen Clark | OF | 67 | 101 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 1.582 | ||||
Sam Thompson | OF | 19 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.158 | ||||
Roy Bethell | OF | 14 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.571 | ||||
Rafael Batista | OF | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.333 | ||||
Miguel Hernandez | OF | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.875 | ||||
Larry Howard | OF | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
Alex Barrett | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
George Alvarez | OF | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
George Gerberman | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Jackie Brandt | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Rick Pierini | P | 45 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .964 | .600 | ||||
Paul Doyle | P | 40 | 11 | 38 | 6 | 3 | .891 | 1.225 | ||||
Secundino Almonte | P | 35 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .909 | .857 | ||||
Luis Penalver | P | 34 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.294 | ||||
George Gerberman | P | 32 | 11 | 41 | 3 | 5 | .945 | 1.625 | ||||
Roy Shrawder | P | 29 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .414 | ||||
Bob Watkins | P | 19 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .966 | 1.474 | ||||
Edward Harrar | P | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .105 | ||||
Dave Woods | P | 17 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .706 | ||||
Ron Crook | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
Tommy Fullen | P | 10 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
Roric Harrison | P | 9 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .875 | 1.556 | ||||
Bruce Von Hoff | P | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .750 | ||||
Wayne Twitchell | P | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.375 | ||||
Brian Murphy | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Arnold Umbach | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Fred Stanley | SS | 97 | 151 | 311 | 24 | 59 | .951 | 4.763 | ||||
Jim McDonald | SS | 29 | 39 | 41 | 11 | 11 | .879 | 2.759 | ||||
James Monin | SS | 11 | 15 | 34 | 5 | 8 | .907 | 4.455 | ||||
Lee Bales | SS | 8 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 4.000 | ||||
Ernest Foli | SS | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 5.500 | ||||
Totals | 1416 | 3435 | 1548 | 177 | 331 | .966 | 3.519 | 26 | 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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