1968 High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 2nd in the CL's West Division
Manager: Jack McKeon (69-71)
Location: High Point, North Carolina; Thomasville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Finch Field, Finch Field
Attendance: 42,574, Avg. 608
1968 High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms RosterTeam Record: 69-71
Finished 2nd in the CL's West Division
Manager: Jack McKeon (69-71)
Location: High Point, North Carolina; Thomasville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Finch Field, Finch Field
Attendance: 42,574, Avg. 608
Playoffs - High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms 1 game, Greensboro Patriots 0
Playoffs - High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms 2 games, Lynchburg White Sox 0
Finals - High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms 2 games, Raleigh-Durham Mets 0
The High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms of the Carolina League ended the 1968 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
Jack McKeon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Heintz | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.50 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 130.0 | 132 | 92 | 65 | 19 | 46 | 3 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Jack Van Vleck | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.12 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 121.0 | 125 | 57 | 42 | 14 | 55 | 6 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Bill Ferrell | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.48 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 88.0 | 95 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 35 | 3 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Miller | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.73 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 123.0 | 117 | 63 | 51 | 12 | 52 | 2 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Monty Montgomery | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.34 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 116.0 | 102 | 57 | 43 | 11 | 35 | 2 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Dick Bicek | 5 | 5 | .500 | 8.20 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 48 | 46 | 41 | 6 | 44 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Jack Cooke | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.40 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 51 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Norbert Rodgers | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.03 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 59.0 | 70 | 41 | 33 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Donald McKinley | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.12 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 80 | 59 | 44 | 8 | 66 | 2 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||
| John Rawls | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.09 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 43 | 31 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Richard Pecore | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.34 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 47 | 33 | 31 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Michael Zirkle | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Wright | 38 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Martin Willoughby | 33 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Pettis | 39 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Moxey | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Campbell | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Fischer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Karp | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 55 | 58 | .487 | 4.35 | 356 | 121 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 924.0 | 946 | 574 | 447 | 110 | 416 | 26 | 619 | 27 | 1 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Green | 136 | 580 | 485 | 106 | 153 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 55 | 22 | 12 | 78 | 95 | .315 | .420 | .431 | .851 | 209 | 12 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Tony Solaita | 138 | 589 | 467 | 106 | 141 | 20 | 3 | 49 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 112 | .302 | .434 | .672 | 1.106 | 314 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Tom Ragland | 141 | 585 | 496 | 69 | 119 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 62 | 88 | .240 | .332 | .296 | .629 | 147 | 10 | 10 | 7 | ||
| Jim Clark | 113 | 448 | 373 | 67 | 100 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 54 | 7 | 2 | 64 | 80 | .268 | .382 | .440 | .822 | 164 | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Joe Dodder | 118 | 442 | 372 | 64 | 93 | 17 | 0 | 24 | 93 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 89 | .250 | .358 | .489 | .848 | 182 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ed Moxey | 114 | 390 | 344 | 62 | 91 | 18 | 2 | 21 | 72 | 13 | 4 | 43 | 91 | .265 | .350 | .512 | .861 | 176 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Hertz | 118 | 445 | 395 | 49 | 84 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 72 | .213 | .297 | .324 | .621 | 128 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Phillip Spyres | 93 | 298 | 262 | 26 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 87 | .210 | .292 | .248 | .540 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ken Poulsen | 54 | 169 | 148 | 14 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 39 | .264 | .351 | .331 | .682 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Francis | 83 | 235 | 205 | 19 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 55 | .190 | .258 | .268 | .526 | 55 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Benjamin Bracy | 75 | 167 | 145 | 20 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 37 | .214 | .307 | .366 | .673 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Harold Smith | 60 | 148 | 133 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27 | .165 | .250 | .218 | .468 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Leek | 29 | 104 | 93 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 26 | .204 | .272 | .333 | .605 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Manders | 33 | 69 | 64 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .266 | .319 | .500 | .819 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Heintz | 28 | 49 | 46 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .326 | .340 | .543 | .884 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jack Van Vleck | 40 | 39 | 36 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .250 | .289 | .306 | .595 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald McKinley | 38 | 43 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .216 | .310 | .270 | .580 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Miller | 20 | 47 | 43 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .163 | .217 | .233 | .450 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Ferrell | 12 | 36 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .214 | .353 | .286 | .639 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Rawls | 8 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .235 | .235 | .588 | .824 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Cooke | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norbert Rodgers | 13 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .105 | .190 | .105 | .296 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Monty Montgomery | 18 | 43 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 | .056 | .125 | .056 | .181 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Gary Fischer | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .333 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Snyder | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .400 | 1.000 | 1.400 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Karp | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bicek | 24 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Sanders | 4 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Pecore | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Campbell | 13 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .067 | .364 | .267 | .630 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Scott | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Wells | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1574 | 5058 | 4323 | 679 | 1065 | 176 | 20 | 149 | 610 | 63 | 32 | 612 | 1045 | .246 | .344 | .400 | .743 | 1728 | 0 | 44 | 50 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Solaita | 1B | 137 | 1102 | 95 | 20 | 127 | .984 | 8.737 | ||||
| Joe Dodder | 1B | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Paul Campbell | 1B | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Benjamin Bracy | 1B | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Ragland | 2B | 141 | 355 | 385 | 26 | 98 | .966 | 5.248 | ||||
| Ed Moxey | 2B | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.800 | ||||
| Ken Poulsen | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ken Poulsen | 3B | 43 | 21 | 48 | 16 | 4 | .812 | 1.605 | ||||
| Ed Moxey | 3B | 43 | 38 | 68 | 8 | 13 | .930 | 2.465 | ||||
| Steve Hertz | 3B | 41 | 32 | 59 | 17 | 6 | .843 | 2.220 | ||||
| Gene Leek | 3B | 29 | 29 | 38 | 8 | 5 | .893 | 2.310 | ||||
| John Francis | C | 80 | 416 | 46 | 7 | 4 | .985 | 5.775 | 7 | |||
| Harold Smith | C | 58 | 257 | 24 | 9 | 2 | .969 | 4.845 | 10 | |||
| Ed Moxey | C | 25 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.320 | 3 | |||
| Joseph Scott | C | 6 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 4.667 | 0 | |||
| Lee Green | OF | 132 | 312 | 17 | 11 | 3 | .968 | 2.492 | ||||
| Joe Dodder | OF | 107 | 141 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .941 | 1.346 | ||||
| Jim Clark | OF | 105 | 149 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .963 | 1.486 | ||||
| Benjamin Bracy | OF | 53 | 58 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .938 | 1.151 | ||||
| Ed Moxey | OF | 42 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 1.238 | ||||
| Ronald Manders | OF | 14 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.357 | ||||
| John Sanders | OF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Phillip Spyres | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tony Solaita | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Snyder | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jack Van Vleck | P | 38 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 5 | .895 | .895 | ||||
| Donald McKinley | P | 36 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .964 | .750 | ||||
| Chris Heintz | P | 27 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 1.074 | ||||
| Dick Bicek | P | 24 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .542 | ||||
| John Miller | P | 19 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 0 | .853 | 1.526 | ||||
| Monty Montgomery | P | 18 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jack Cooke | P | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .353 | ||||
| Norbert Rodgers | P | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Bill Ferrell | P | 12 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Richard Pecore | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Gary Fischer | P | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| John Rawls | P | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Joe Karp | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Phillip Spyres | SS | 79 | 117 | 186 | 33 | 47 | .902 | 3.835 | ||||
| Steve Hertz | SS | 74 | 114 | 196 | 28 | 37 | .917 | 4.189 | ||||
| Tom Ragland | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Totals | 1465 | 3406 | 1354 | 225 | 371 | .955 | 3.249 | 20 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
