1968 Jacksonville Suns Statistics
Team Record: 75-71
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Clyde McCullough (75-71)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 83,950, Avg. 1,150
Playoffs - Jacksonville Suns 3 games, Toledo Mud Hens 1
Finals - Jacksonville Suns 4 games, Columbus Jets 0
The Jacksonville Suns of the International League ended the 1968 season with a record of 75 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the IL.
The Suns led the league with just 521 runs allowed. Jacksonville scored 581 runs. Duffy Dyer paced the team with 16 home runs, and Amos Otis walloped 15 or more as well. Amos Otis recorded 70 runs batted in. Tommie Reynolds topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .319 clip. Gary Gentry paced the squad with 12 wins, while Jim McAndrew recorded a 2.54 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1968 Jacksonville Suns who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Greg Goossen, Billy Sorrell, Don Bosch, Bobby Pfeil, Bill Connors, Gary Gentry, Dennis Bennett, Steve Renko, Kevin Collins, Don Shaw, Danny Frisella, Les Rohr, Héctor Valle, Larry Stahl, Bob Hendley, Barry Raziano, Tommie Reynolds, Al Schmelz, Amos Otis, Chuck Estrada, Ron Locke, Jim McAndrew, Tug McGraw, Bob Heise, Ken Singleton, Don Wallace, Duffy Dyer, Juan Ríos, Nick Willhite, Dick Rusteck, Larry Bearnarth and Mel Nelson.
Clyde McCullough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Gentry | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.91 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 198.0 | 142 | 73 | 64 | 13 | 87 | 3 | 156 | 7 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Tug McGraw | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.42 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 166.0 | 149 | 70 | 63 | 10 | 61 | 6 | 132 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Jim McAndrew | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.54 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 117.0 | 101 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 117 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bill Connors | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.97 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 112.0 | 101 | 49 | 37 | 12 | 31 | 2 | 63 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Bob Hendley | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.10 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 93.0 | 82 | 34 | 32 | 10 | 27 | 3 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ron Locke | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.20 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 98.0 | 84 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 39 | 4 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Larry Bearnarth | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.51 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 136.0 | 142 | 57 | 53 | 8 | 41 | 5 | 87 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Steve Renko | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.00 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 35 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Danny Frisella | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.72 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 53.0 | 43 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Shaw | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.07 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 47 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dick Rusteck | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.63 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 33 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Terry Christman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Barry Raziano | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Estrada | 1 | 7 | .125 | 8.07 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 64 | 59 | 52 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Arsenio Diaz | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nick Willhite | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dennis Bennett | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mel Nelson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Les Rohr | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Al Schmelz | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.22 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 75 | 71 | .514 | 3.27 | 335 | 146 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1257.0 | 1098 | 521 | 457 | 90 | 466 | 43 | 935 | 30 | 6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Pfeil | 143 | 595 | 560 | 64 | 157 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 63 | .280 | .311 | .375 | .686 | 210 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Amos Otis | 139 | 558 | 500 | 76 | 143 | 29 | 4 | 15 | 70 | 21 | 9 | 50 | 71 | .286 | .348 | .450 | .798 | 225 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Tommie Reynolds | 114 | 450 | 404 | 59 | 129 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 18 | 3 | 33 | 38 | .319 | .377 | .460 | .838 | 186 | 7 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Billy Sorrell | 117 | 441 | 384 | 54 | 115 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 33 | .299 | .372 | .438 | .809 | 168 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Bob Heise | 114 | 437 | 415 | 42 | 104 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 35 | .251 | .277 | .313 | .590 | 130 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Larry Stahl | 59 | 247 | 224 | 40 | 82 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 23 | 36 | .366 | .425 | .607 | 1.032 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duffy Dyer | 111 | 369 | 339 | 39 | 78 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 70 | .230 | .280 | .425 | .705 | 144 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jack Tracy | 75 | 289 | 268 | 32 | 73 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 39 | .272 | .308 | .407 | .714 | 109 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Wilbur Huckle | 76 | 239 | 216 | 26 | 57 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 20 | .264 | .329 | .310 | .639 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Mitchell | 63 | 215 | 196 | 17 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 33 | .245 | .299 | .332 | .631 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Don Wallace | 28 | 122 | 109 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | .257 | .325 | .312 | .637 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Héctor Valle | 66 | 165 | 142 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | .197 | .294 | .218 | .513 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Collins | 28 | 113 | 101 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .248 | .312 | .406 | .718 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Greg Goossen | 32 | 129 | 116 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 31 | .216 | .271 | .474 | .745 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jim Dix | 30 | 88 | 80 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | .262 | .330 | .350 | .680 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Bosch | 23 | 81 | 64 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | .297 | .432 | .312 | .745 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Arsenio Diaz | 32 | 104 | 96 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .198 | .233 | .396 | .629 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ken Singleton | 29 | 91 | 78 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 26 | .205 | .311 | .372 | .683 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Bearnarth | 54 | 43 | 41 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .341 | .357 | .415 | .772 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tug McGraw | 32 | 66 | 61 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .197 | .234 | .246 | .480 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary Gentry | 30 | 74 | 68 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .147 | .194 | .162 | .356 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Connors | 23 | 44 | 42 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .190 | .190 | .214 | .405 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hendley | 30 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .226 | .250 | .452 | .702 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Juan Ríos | 9 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .182 | .229 | .212 | .441 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Renko | 7 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .263 | .300 | .421 | .721 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Flodin | 10 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .130 | .250 | .130 | .380 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Danny Frisella | 9 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .120 | .120 | .120 | .240 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Christman | 15 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .115 | .200 | .192 | .392 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Estrada | 22 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Smith | 7 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .188 | .312 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim McAndrew | 31 | 45 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .056 | .105 | .083 | .189 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nick Willhite | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Raziano | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .750 | 1.000 | 1.750 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Rusteck | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Locke | 44 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .042 | .115 | .042 | .157 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Bennett | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Shaw | 45 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Schmelz | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Rohr | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Long | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Nelson | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1677 | 5280 | 4785 | 581 | 1248 | 194 | 44 | 97 | 526 | 96 | 53 | 367 | 718 | .261 | .316 | .381 | .696 | 1821 | 0 | 37 | 48 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Goossen | 1B | 32 | 261 | 21 | 3 | 17 | .989 | 8.812 | ||||
| Amos Otis | 1B | 21 | 167 | 15 | 3 | 14 | .984 | 8.667 | ||||
| Billy Sorrell | 1B | 19 | 138 | 10 | 1 | 14 | .993 | 7.789 | ||||
| Tommie Reynolds | 1B | 14 | 113 | 5 | 2 | 9 | .983 | 8.429 | ||||
| Arsenio Diaz | 1B | 14 | 135 | 7 | 1 | 9 | .993 | 1.143 | ||||
| Larry Stahl | 1B | 9 | 246 | 13 | 3 | 20 | .989 | 28.778 | ||||
| Terry Christman | 1B | 9 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .966 | 6.333 | ||||
| Bobby Pfeil | 1B | 7 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.286 | ||||
| Jim Dix | 1B | 7 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .968 | 8.714 | ||||
| Ken Singleton | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Robert Mitchell | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jack Tracy | 2B | 67 | 146 | 175 | 6 | 32 | .982 | 4.791 | ||||
| Bob Heise | 2B | 58 | 126 | 150 | 5 | 35 | .982 | 4.759 | ||||
| Bobby Pfeil | 2B | 10 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 5 | .939 | 3.100 | ||||
| Wilbur Huckle | 2B | 10 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 5 | .953 | 4.100 | ||||
| David Smith | 2B | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 4.750 | ||||
| Kevin Collins | 2B | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Bobby Pfeil | 3B | 112 | 83 | 229 | 13 | 20 | .960 | 2.786 | ||||
| Kevin Collins | 3B | 21 | 21 | 31 | 4 | 1 | .929 | 2.476 | ||||
| Wilbur Huckle | 3B | 10 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.100 | ||||
| Billy Sorrell | 3B | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Bob Heise | 3B | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Duffy Dyer | 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Duffy Dyer | C | 101 | 652 | 62 | 10 | 8 | .986 | 7.069 | 7 | |||
| Héctor Valle | C | 52 | 292 | 31 | 3 | 6 | .991 | 6.212 | 3 | |||
| Lloyd Flodin | C | 10 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 5.000 | 2 | |||
| Amos Otis | OF | 119 | 261 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .978 | 2.261 | ||||
| Tommie Reynolds | OF | 94 | 147 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .974 | 1.606 | ||||
| Billy Sorrell | OF | 89 | 133 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .966 | 1.618 | ||||
| Robert Mitchell | OF | 55 | 83 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.636 | ||||
| Larry Stahl | OF | 30 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ken Singleton | OF | 23 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.261 | ||||
| Don Bosch | OF | 21 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.619 | ||||
| Jim Dix | OF | 16 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | ||||
| Arsenio Diaz | OF | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.600 | ||||
| Michael Long | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Bearnarth | P | 52 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .967 | .558 | ||||
| Don Shaw | P | 45 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .875 | .311 | ||||
| Ron Locke | P | 44 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .545 | ||||
| Gary Gentry | P | 30 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.133 | ||||
| Bob Hendley | P | 27 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .593 | ||||
| Tug McGraw | P | 24 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jim McAndrew | P | 23 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .609 | ||||
| Bill Connors | P | 23 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.565 | ||||
| Chuck Estrada | P | 21 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .714 | ||||
| Dick Rusteck | P | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Steve Renko | P | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
| Danny Frisella | P | 7 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Al Schmelz | P | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mel Nelson | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Arsenio Diaz | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Les Rohr | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Barry Raziano | P | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Terry Christman | P | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dennis Bennett | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Nick Willhite | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Heise | SS | 50 | 82 | 134 | 11 | 17 | .952 | 4.320 | ||||
| Wilbur Huckle | SS | 40 | 60 | 122 | 10 | 22 | .948 | 4.550 | ||||
| Don Wallace | SS | 28 | 53 | 77 | 6 | 15 | .956 | 4.643 | ||||
| Bobby Pfeil | SS | 17 | 29 | 42 | 6 | 10 | .922 | 4.176 | ||||
| Juan Ríos | SS | 9 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.111 | ||||
| Kevin Collins | SS | 6 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .920 | 3.833 | ||||
| Totals | 1547 | 3776 | 1480 | 129 | 296 | .976 | 3.398 | 12 | 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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