1968 Greenwood Braves Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 73-51
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Lou Fitzgerald (73-51)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Greenwood, South Carolina
Ballpark: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 62,033, Avg. 1,001

1968 Greenwood Braves Roster

Playoffs - Greenwood Braves 2 games, Spartanburg Phillies 1

The Greenwood Braves of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1968 season with a record of 73 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the WCL.

The Braves scored 634 runs, most in the league. Greenwood conceded 467 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Jim Breazeale led the squad with 19 home runs and drove in 88 runs, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .310. Pablo Torrealba topped the squad with 10 wins, and Stanley Bell recorded a 2.36 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1968 Greenwood Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Didier, Dusty Baker, Pablo Torrealba, Hal Breeden, Garry Hill, Earl Williams, Jim Breazeale, Ron Schueler, Charlie Vaughan and Rick Kester.

Lou Fitzgerald served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Pablo Torrealba	10	7	.588	2.62	44	2		1	1		103.0	82	34	30	4	34	6	91	0	0	3
Stanley Bell	9	1	.900	2.36	17	15		6	3		103.0	90	37	27	3	28	1	60	6	0	6
Ray Allen	9	2	.818	1.97	16	13		9	3		96.0	65	27	21	3	28	2	84	2	0	2
Carlos Moreno	9	5	.643	3.29	32	9		3	0		93.0	80	43	34	8	37	2	67	7	3	5
Robert Wiswell	5	2	.714	3.60	11	6		1	0		50.0	41	20	20	4	19	1	56	2	0	0
Frank Ballard	5	6	.455	2.30	36	4		1	0		98.0	96	37	25	8	34	6	77	1	0	4
Dave Lobb	5	8	.385	3.73	18	16		2	1		94.0	100	48	39	9	32	1	63	4	0	1
Douglas Duffie	4	2	.667	4.12	17	5		2	0		59.0	66	28	27	2	15	3	39	3	0	3
Ronald White	3	1	.750	2.57	6	4		1	0		28.0	19	11	8	0	15	1	15	1	0	2
Garry Hill	2	0	1.000	1.23	4	4		0	0		22.0	14	6	3	1	5	0	21	1	0	0
Larry Haines	2	1	.667	4.24	6	6		0	0		34.0	37	17	16	3	17	0	15	1	0	2
Doyle Barringer	2	2	.500	3.68	12	3		0	0		44.0	46	21	18	3	9	1	44	5	1	1
Jeffrey Kennon	2	3	.400	3.43	10	8		1	1		42.0	28	25	16	2	39	0	34	3	0	1
Jimmy Britton	1	0	1.000	0.00	6	2		0	0		16.0	6	1	0	0	5	0	15	0	0	0
Rick Kester	1	0	1.000	2.08	5	5		0	0		26.0	17	7	6	0	14	1	33	1	0	2
Robert Connolly	1	0	1.000	4.50	3	3		0	0		10.0	10	6	5	0	2	0	5	1	0	2
Charlie Vaughan	1	1	.500	7.29	7	6		0	0		21.0	33	19	17	3	14	0	17	2	0	0
Steve Franklin	1	3	.250	2.74	9	1		1	0		23.0	20	10	7	1	12	1	18	0	0	1
Ron Schueler	1	3	.250	4.94	11	6		0	0		31.0	36	21	17	3	25	0	30	2	1	4
James Johnson	0	0			1	0		0	0		0.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
Armando Ortiz	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0		3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0
Richard Wilson	0	0		4.50	2	0		0	0		4.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	1
Dick Grant	0	0		7.20	2	0		0	0		5.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	6	2	0	0
Candy Robinson	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0		3.0	3	4	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Iran Paz	0	0		9.00	1	1		0	0		3.0	3	3	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	0
Marlan Murphy	0	1	.000		1	0		0	0		0.0	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Dalton	0	1	.000	3.18	8	3		0	0		17.0	17	10	6	0	14	0	16	0	0	2
Allen Jillson	0	1	.000	4.50	10	0		0	0		20.0	28	11	10	3	9	0	18	1	0	0
James Mathis	0	1	.000	5.06	6	2		0	0		16.0	12	10	9	0	13	1	20	2	0	5
Totals	73	51	.589	3.20	304	124	0	28	9	0	1064.0	967	467	378	62	431	27	851	51	5	47	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
Jim Breazeale	120	499	429	73	133	24	5	19	88	2	2	61	56	.310	.398	.522	.920	224		4	1	4
Dick Grant	98	387	333	52	103	25	2	8	67	5	0	43	37	.309	.389	.468	.857	156		4	1	6
Armando Ortiz	103	370	335	59	96	16	0	11	48	7	3	25	53	.287	.350	.433	.782	145		8	1	1
Charles Garrett	81	341	277	51	84	5	2	0	17	4	0	57	30	.303	.421	.336	.757	93		1	4	2
Marlan Murphy	111	398	354	42	81	16	7	10	52	11	2	41	102	.229	.307	.398	.706	141		0	1	2
Bob Didier	82	312	284	22	69	9	1	1	28	1	1	20	24	.243	.297	.292	.590	83		2	6	0
Dusty Baker	52	225	199	45	68	11	3	6	39	6	3	23	39	.342	.404	.518	.922	103		0	0	3
Alberto Cambero	47	206	193	37	63	4	3	0	13	13	2	8	13	.326	.361	.378	.739	73		3	1	1
John Spottke	60	248	212	32	59	5	0	8	24	1	1	30	54	.278	.381	.415	.796	88		5	1	0
Douglas King	49	223	181	48	54	9	2	6	42	1	0	37	17	.298	.413	.470	.882	85		1	0	4
Iran Paz	72	252	214	33	48	3	1	0	7	9	4	32	34	.224	.329	.248	.577	53		2	3	1
Albert Thompson	46	172	146	32	42	2	3	5	14	3	0	23	25	.288	.395	.445	.841	65		3	0	0
Faustino Zabala	42	127	113	15	35	5	1	1	15	0	1	12	5	.310	.381	.398	.779	45		1	1	0
Roger Reid	49	177	149	25	34	4	0	2	14	1	1	25	20	.228	.343	.295	.638	44		1	2	0
Hal Breeden	18	60	53	6	16	3	1	0	8	0	0	6	5	.302	.383	.396	.780	21		1	0	0
Robert Connolly	35	107	91	13	16	4	0	2	13	2	1	14	18	.176	.280	.286	.566	26		0	0	2
Juan Guzman	13	51	47	7	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.255	.314	.255	.569	12		0	0	0
John Burns	9	30	28	2	11	2	0	0	5	1	0	2	3	.393	.433	.464	.898	13		0	0	0
Stanley Bell	20	45	44	1	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	12	.227	.244	.227	.472	10		0	0	0
Juan Joa	18	61	54	5	10	0	0	0	5	1	0	6	8	.185	.262	.185	.447	10		0	0	1
Earl Williams	8	30	29	5	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	4	.276	.300	.379	.679	11		0	0	0
Carlos Moreno	33	34	32	2	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	9	.250	.294	.250	.544	8		0	0	0
Alan Venz	18	50	42	4	8	0	0	0	3	2	1	6	10	.190	.292	.190	.482	8		0	2	0
Ray Allen	16	40	37	1	6	1	0	1	7	0	0	2	16	.162	.200	.270	.470	10		0	0	1
Ronald White	6	11	11	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.364	.364	.455	.818	5		0	0	0
Jeffrey Kennon	13	16	11	0	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	5	.364	.417	.545	.962	6		0	4	0
Douglas Duffie	17	25	23	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	13	.174	.208	.304	.513	7		0	1	0
Pablo Torrealba	44	35	28	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	9	.143	.250	.143	.393	4		0	3	0
Frank Ballard	36	38	30	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	12	.133	.278	.133	.411	4		0	2	0
Jimmy Britton	7	6	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.600	.600	.600	1.200	3		0	1	0
Eddie Odom	2	7	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.571	.500	1.071	3		1	0	0
Dave Lobb	18	38	31	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	16	.097	.222	.194	.416	6		0	2	0
Ron Schueler	11	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.167	.167	.167	.333	2		0	0	0
Byron Kennedy	7	18	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.111	.111	.111	.222	2		0	0	0
Richard Wilson	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Dennis Sutherland	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2		0	0	0
Garry Hill	4	9	8	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.375	.597	3		0	0	0
Rick Kester	5	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	1		0	1	0
Larry Haines	7	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.071	.071	.071	.143	1		0	0	0
Robert Wiswell	11	18	17	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	4	.059	.056	.059	.114	1		0	0	1
Alan Goldberg	1	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	0	0
Charlie Vaughan	7	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Doyle Barringer	12	15	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.000	.067	.000	.067	0		1	0	0
Dennis Dalton	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
James Mathis	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Allen Jillson	10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Steve Franklin	9	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Candy Robinson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000			0		0	0	1
Totals	1445	4750	4142	633	1113	150	33	83	542	71	22	500	706	.269	.351	.381	.732	1578	0	38	40	30	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dick Grant	1B	90	736	48	15	63	.981	8.711
Jim Breazeale	1B	21	139	9	2	11	.987	7.048
Hal Breeden	1B	12	93	6	2	11	.980	8.250
Albert Thompson	1B	4	29	3	1	2	.970	8.000
Marlan Murphy	1B	2	13	0	0	2	1.000	6.500
Charles Garrett	2B	76	173	181	12	43	.967	4.658
Iran Paz	2B	39	86	94	10	23	.947	4.615
Juan Joa	2B	11	23	24	0	4	1.000	4.273
Juan Guzman	2B	7	11	13	4	1	.857	3.429
Alberto Cambero	3B	45	32	67	9	9	.917	2.200
Armando Ortiz	3B	34	36	57	10	6	.903	2.735
Robert Connolly	3B	27	19	56	8	5	.904	2.778
Iran Paz	3B	8	7	12	3	0	.864	2.375
Juan Guzman	3B	6	4	11	0	2	1.000	2.500
Alan Venz	3B	5	4	8	1	0	.923	2.400
John Spottke	3B	5	3	11	0	1	1.000	2.800
Alan Goldberg	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bob Didier	C	80	578	42	10	4	.984	7.750	14
Faustino Zabala	C	36	219	18	8	4	.967	6.583	9
John Burns	C	8	59	6	2	1	.970	8.125	1
Byron Kennedy	C	7	36	2	1	0	.974	5.429	2
Eddie Odom	C	2	15	0	0	0	1.000	7.500	1
Dennis Sutherland	C	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Jim Breazeale	C	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Marlan Murphy	OF	101	193	5	9	3	.957	1.960
Jim Breazeale	OF	86	135	8	6	3	.960	1.663
Armando Ortiz	OF	55	80	4	4	1	.955	1.527
Dusty Baker	OF	51	82	1	3	0	.965	1.627
Douglas King	OF	48	92	6	1	1	.990	2.042
Albert Thompson	OF	36	40	4	0	1	1.000	1.222
Earl Williams	OF	7	6	2	2	0	.800	1.143
Iran Paz	OF	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Pablo Torrealba	P	44	6	18	4	0	.857	.545
Frank Ballard	P	36	0	23	1	2	.958	.639
Carlos Moreno	P	32	4	14	0	2	1.000	.562
Dave Lobb	P	18	5	22	1	2	.964	1.500
Douglas Duffie	P	17	2	9	0	0	1.000	.647
Stanley Bell	P	17	4	18	2	1	.917	1.294
Ray Allen	P	16	7	9	0	0	1.000	1.000
Doyle Barringer	P	12	2	6	1	0	.889	.667
Robert Wiswell	P	11	3	5	1	0	.889	.727
Ron Schueler	P	11	1	2	0	0	1.000	.273
Jeffrey Kennon	P	10	1	9	2	1	.833	1.000
Allen Jillson	P	10	0	2	0	1	1.000	.200
Steve Franklin	P	9	0	4	1	0	.800	.444
Dennis Dalton	P	8	2	2	0	1	1.000	.500
Charlie Vaughan	P	7	1	3	1	0	.800	.571
Ronald White	P	6	0	7	0	0	1.000	1.167
James Mathis	P	6	2	3	0	0	1.000	.833
Larry Haines	P	6	3	10	0	0	1.000	2.167
Jimmy Britton	P	6	0	1	1	0	.500	.167
Rick Kester	P	5	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.400
Garry Hill	P	4	1	2	0	1	1.000	.750
Richard Wilson	P	2						.000
Candy Robinson	P	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
James Johnson	P	1						.000
John Spottke	SS	55	86	171	14	32	.948	4.673
Roger Reid	SS	48	70	117	18	22	.912	3.896
Iran Paz	SS	11	12	19	3	4	.912	2.818
Alan Venz	SS	7	9	8	2	1	.895	2.429
Juan Joa	SS	6	8	12	2	1	.909	3.333
Alberto Cambero	SS	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Totals		1338	3179	1201	179	272	.961	3.274	27	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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