1968 Indians Statistics
Team Record: 33-27
Finished 3rd in the GCL
Manager: Ken Aspromonte (33-27)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Sarasota, Florida
The Indians of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1968 season with a record of 33 wins and 27 losses, finishing third in the GCL.
The Indians paced the league with 322 runs, fueled by 13 home runs. The club allowed 272 runs. Dan Covert drove in 33 runs. Larry Shaw led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .278 clip. John Howell and Billy Ray Palmer topped the team with 5 wins each, while Billy Ray Palmer registered a 2.79 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1968 Indians who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Larry Johnson, Bob Kaiser, Rick Sawyer and Jim Kern.
Ken Aspromonte 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Ray Palmer | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.79 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 55 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
John Howell | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.00 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 72.0 | 49 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
Jim Kern | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.80 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 44 | 32 | 19 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
Jimmy Hobgood | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.06 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
Bob Kaiser | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.02 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 46 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
Max Winfield | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.21 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 43 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
Ernest Majoras | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Larry Gallagher | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.71 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
Rick Sawyer | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.00 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 30.0 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Tim Sanders | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.71 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Fred Reedy | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.77 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Larry McDivitt | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 36.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Bill Kohl | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Robert Love | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.46 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
Mike Parks | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ronald Lehmer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Donald Hayward | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Totals | 33 | 27 | .550 | 3.49 | 157 | 60 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 490.0 | 438 | 272 | 190 | 10 | 277 | 4 | 429 | 22 | 6 | 36 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dan Covert | 57 | 217 | 187 | 31 | 51 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 33 | .273 | .356 | .380 | .736 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Jerry Clark | 47 | 197 | 176 | 32 | 48 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 28 | .273 | .330 | .420 | .750 | 74 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
Larry Shaw | 54 | 206 | 162 | 28 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 39 | 35 | .278 | .424 | .333 | .758 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
Kevin Casey | 45 | 164 | 142 | 25 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 19 | .310 | .396 | .437 | .833 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Wayne Rankhorn | 33 | 132 | 117 | 24 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | .316 | .364 | .504 | .868 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Jack Sexton | 49 | 176 | 145 | 38 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 25 | .241 | .364 | .393 | .757 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Roosevelt Turner | 41 | 141 | 129 | 27 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 26 | .256 | .312 | .333 | .645 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Robert Shaps | 32 | 92 | 82 | 15 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .329 | .380 | .415 | .795 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Gary Lear | 35 | 107 | 94 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | .287 | .355 | .404 | .759 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Larry Johnson | 29 | 78 | 72 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .347 | .397 | .444 | .842 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Walter Hallberg | 36 | 101 | 86 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15 | .244 | .340 | .256 | .596 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Mike Parks | 26 | 88 | 75 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | .267 | .368 | .333 | .701 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Michael Selland | 29 | 68 | 54 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | .204 | .353 | .259 | .612 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Michael Weaver | 8 | 30 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .310 | .333 | .379 | .713 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Stauffer | 21 | 53 | 45 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .178 | .302 | .289 | .591 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Stitt | 6 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .280 | .357 | .400 | .757 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Howell | 12 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .269 | .345 | .308 | .653 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Donald Hayward | 22 | 48 | 42 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .167 | .170 | .167 | .337 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
Butch Allen | 8 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .227 | .393 | .273 | .666 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Price | 28 | 59 | 55 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .091 | .153 | .182 | .334 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Ray Palmer | 13 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .286 | .474 | .286 | .759 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Bob Kaiser | 13 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .214 | .267 | .214 | .481 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Roger Sexton | 19 | 39 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | .103 | .308 | .138 | .446 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Ernest Majoras | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .286 | .545 | .429 | .974 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Hobgood | 14 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Allan Boyd | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rick Sawyer | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .091 | .100 | .191 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jim Kern | 12 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .077 | .071 | .077 | .148 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Bill Kohl | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Robert Love | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Michael Holbrook | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tim Sanders | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .182 | .000 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Larry Gallagher | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Reedy | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Max Winfield | 17 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Michael Yetter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 783 | 2222 | 1902 | 322 | 489 | 72 | 35 | 13 | 260 | 53 | 20 | 253 | 346 | .257 | .345 | .352 | .697 | 670 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dan Covert | 1B | 55 | 419 | 34 | 9 | 34 | .981 | 8.236 | ||||
Kevin Casey | 1B | 10 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 4.800 | ||||
Jack Sexton | 1B | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
Larry Shaw | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Walter Hallberg | 2B | 22 | 36 | 47 | 7 | 11 | .922 | 3.773 | ||||
Wayne Rankhorn | 2B | 20 | 44 | 50 | 3 | 6 | .969 | 4.700 | ||||
Roosevelt Turner | 2B | 14 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 8 | .889 | 4.571 | ||||
Roger Sexton | 2B | 12 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 3 | .865 | 2.667 | ||||
Jerry Clark | 2B | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 4.333 | ||||
Michael Holbrook | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Mike Parks | 3B | 23 | 15 | 34 | 9 | 4 | .845 | 2.130 | ||||
Michael Selland | 3B | 16 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.625 | ||||
Wayne Rankhorn | 3B | 8 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
Michael Weaver | 3B | 7 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | .926 | 3.571 | ||||
Roger Sexton | 3B | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
Walter Hallberg | 3B | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
Roosevelt Turner | 3B | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 3.250 | ||||
Larry Johnson | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
Donald Hayward | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
Jerry Clark | 3B | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
Gary Lear | C | 33 | 195 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .982 | 6.515 | 9 | |||
Larry Johnson | C | 26 | 114 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 5.038 | 5 | |||
Ken Stauffer | C | 21 | 111 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 6.143 | 5 | |||
Allan Boyd | C | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
Larry Shaw | OF | 50 | 72 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 1.520 | ||||
Jack Sexton | OF | 43 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .949 | 1.302 | ||||
Kevin Casey | OF | 34 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.824 | ||||
Robert Shaps | OF | 23 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.783 | ||||
Larry Price | OF | 23 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.217 | ||||
Donald Hayward | OF | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
Michael Selland | OF | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
Jerry Stitt | OF | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Butch Allen | OF | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
Max Winfield | P | 17 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .583 | .412 | ||||
Jimmy Hobgood | P | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .571 | ||||
Billy Ray Palmer | P | 13 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
Robert Love | P | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .727 | .615 | ||||
Bob Kaiser | P | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
Fred Reedy | P | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
Ernest Majoras | P | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .583 | ||||
Jim Kern | P | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
John Howell | P | 12 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
Larry Gallagher | P | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
Tim Sanders | P | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Rick Sawyer | P | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
Ronald Lehmer | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Bill Kohl | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Larry McDivitt | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Jerry Clark | SS | 43 | 46 | 119 | 20 | 15 | .892 | 3.837 | ||||
Roosevelt Turner | SS | 20 | 16 | 46 | 3 | 5 | .954 | 3.100 | ||||
Wayne Rankhorn | SS | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 2.600 | ||||
Totals | 730 | 1464 | 617 | 108 | 111 | .951 | 2.851 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
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