1968 Johnson City Yankees Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 39-32
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: Gene Hassell (39-32)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
Ballpark: Howard Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 10,657, Avg. 300
1968 Johnson City Yankees RosterTeam Record: 39-32
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: Gene Hassell (39-32)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
Ballpark: Howard Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 10,657, Avg. 300
The Johnson City Yankees of the Appalachian League ended the 1968 season with a record of 39 wins and 32 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Yankees scored 384 runs and conceded 387 runs. David Gunderman led Johnson City with 14 home runs Jeffrey Turner accounted for 42 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .296 average. Bruce Olson paced the team with 8 wins and a team-best 1.84 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1968 Johnson City Yankees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were George Zeber, Wayne Nordhagen and Roger Hambright.
Gene Hassell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Olson | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1.84 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 88.0 | 77 | 34 | 18 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Alonzo Ramirez | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.94 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 52.0 | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Roger Hambright | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.25 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 52 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Robert Grindle | 5 | 2 | .714 | 5.26 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 65.0 | 67 | 41 | 38 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Michael Mullen | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.08 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 76.0 | 75 | 44 | 26 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Michael Fowler | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.92 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 70 | 45 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Daniel Chrystal | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.45 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 51 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Craig Keister | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.33 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Winfield Chadwick | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.29 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 56 | 41 | 34 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Howard Terry | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.25 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| David Reid | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.43 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Thomas Porthen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| John Martin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.73 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Doug Duncan | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.75 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 39 | 32 | .549 | 4.38 | 181 | 72 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 586.0 | 603 | 387 | 285 | 49 | 282 | 24 | 504 | 22 | 4 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Turner | 71 | 302 | 270 | 44 | 80 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 28 | .296 | .361 | .407 | .768 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Wayne Nordhagen | 63 | 234 | 213 | 35 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 67 | .291 | .355 | .441 | .796 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Lautzenhiser | 64 | 250 | 200 | 46 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 35 | .260 | .389 | .405 | .794 | 81 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| George Zeber | 50 | 203 | 169 | 26 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 47 | .254 | .379 | .296 | .675 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Gunderman | 58 | 210 | 180 | 39 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 70 | .239 | .348 | .517 | .864 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Choate | 53 | 205 | 183 | 24 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 66 | .235 | .312 | .404 | .717 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Johnson | 47 | 200 | 147 | 34 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 49 | 34 | .259 | .444 | .299 | .744 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Steven Kogut | 37 | 136 | 118 | 21 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | .297 | .382 | .492 | .874 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Any Torgeson | 48 | 161 | 148 | 19 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 66 | .203 | .267 | .365 | .632 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Barlow | 39 | 115 | 94 | 23 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 31 | .266 | .383 | .372 | .755 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Julius Bender | 26 | 106 | 89 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 19 | .270 | .387 | .494 | .881 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Miller | 48 | 121 | 100 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 19 | .170 | .314 | .190 | .504 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Buff | 24 | 69 | 57 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 | .211 | .348 | .263 | .611 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alonzo Ramirez | 9 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .364 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Mullen | 19 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .229 | .263 | .343 | .606 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Robert Grindle | 15 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .304 | .333 | .391 | .725 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Richard Monroe | 22 | 47 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .194 | .370 | .222 | .592 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brian Engle | 22 | 66 | 55 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .127 | .262 | .127 | .389 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Reid | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .625 | .667 | 1.292 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Roger Hambright | 31 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .300 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Chrystal | 15 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Keeler | 5 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Winfield Chadwick | 13 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Olson | 14 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .080 | .281 | .080 | .361 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Howard Terry | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Craig Keister | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Fowler | 12 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .059 | .111 | .059 | .170 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Doug Duncan | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Porthen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Martin | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 868 | 2650 | 2243 | 384 | 558 | 79 | 19 | 54 | 302 | 60 | 15 | 355 | 621 | .249 | .354 | .373 | .727 | 837 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Lautzenhiser | 1B | 59 | 476 | 30 | 11 | 28 | .979 | 8.576 | ||||
| Michael Miller | 1B | 8 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .986 | 8.625 | ||||
| Lee Choate | 1B | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.667 | ||||
| Donald Keeler | 1B | 2 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 8.500 | ||||
| Julius Bender | 1B | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 5.000 | ||||
| George Zeber | 2B | 25 | 34 | 78 | 5 | 7 | .957 | 4.480 | ||||
| David Gunderman | 2B | 23 | 41 | 47 | 7 | 5 | .926 | 3.826 | ||||
| Julius Bender | 2B | 19 | 29 | 52 | 7 | 6 | .920 | 4.263 | ||||
| Brian Engle | 2B | 12 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 6 | .907 | 3.250 | ||||
| Jeffrey Turner | 3B | 65 | 44 | 97 | 27 | 8 | .839 | 2.169 | ||||
| Brian Engle | 3B | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 1.571 | ||||
| Julius Bender | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Billy Barlow | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Steven Kogut | C | 35 | 248 | 14 | 9 | 1 | .967 | 7.486 | 11 | |||
| Billy Barlow | C | 30 | 213 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .974 | 7.400 | 15 | |||
| Richard Monroe | C | 15 | 74 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .964 | 5.400 | 3 | |||
| Wayne Nordhagen | OF | 60 | 107 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .966 | 1.917 | ||||
| Lee Choate | OF | 48 | 63 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
| Any Torgeson | OF | 42 | 50 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .917 | 1.310 | ||||
| David Gunderman | OF | 37 | 58 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .955 | 1.730 | ||||
| Michael Miller | OF | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .682 | ||||
| Richard Buff | OF | 21 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.381 | ||||
| Jeffrey Turner | OF | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| Billy Barlow | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Michael Mullen | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gary Lautzenhiser | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Roger Hambright | P | 31 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .323 | ||||
| Craig Keister | P | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .048 | ||||
| Daniel Chrystal | P | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .533 | ||||
| Bruce Olson | P | 14 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.143 | ||||
| Robert Grindle | P | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Michael Mullen | P | 13 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Winfield Chadwick | P | 13 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 4 | .889 | 1.231 | ||||
| Howard Terry | P | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .333 | ||||
| Michael Fowler | P | 12 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .909 | 1.667 | ||||
| David Reid | P | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .182 | ||||
| Alonzo Ramirez | P | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Doug Duncan | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Thomas Porthen | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John Martin | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Kenneth Johnson | SS | 45 | 62 | 124 | 23 | 15 | .890 | 4.133 | ||||
| George Zeber | SS | 25 | 39 | 64 | 8 | 10 | .928 | 4.120 | ||||
| Jeffrey Turner | SS | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 3.333 | ||||
| Totals | 800 | 1761 | 698 | 147 | 108 | .944 | 3.074 | 29 | 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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