
1968 Louisville Colonels Statistics
Team Record: 72-75
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Eddie Kasko (72-75)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Cardinal Stadium
Attendance: 244,018, Avg. 3,320
The Louisville Colonels of the International League ended the 1968 season with a record of 72 wins and 75 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.
The Colonels plated 527 runs and surrendered 574 runs. Syd O'Brien paced Louisville with 12 home runs Jose Calero drove in 66 runs. George Thomas led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .288 clip. Darrell Brandon topped the squad with 13 wins, while Galen Cisco recorded a 2.21 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1968 Louisville Colonels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Al Yates, Gerry Janeski, Stan Johnson, Ray Jarvis, Darrell Brandon, Bill Pleis, Bob Montgomery, Ed Phillips, Garry Roggenburk, George Thomas, Fred Wenz, Bobby Mitchell, Joe Lahoud, Billy Rohr, Mark Schaeffer, Jerry Moses, Galen Cisco, Ken Brett, Syd O'Brien and Dave Morehead.
Eddie Kasko 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Darrell Brandon | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.32 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 190.0 | 173 | 79 | 70 | 10 | 49 | 6 | 132 | 12 | 0 | 11 | |||
John Thibdeau | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.37 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 139.0 | 139 | 60 | 52 | 5 | 76 | 4 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |||
Galen Cisco | 11 | 12 | .478 | 2.21 | 29 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 204.0 | 157 | 58 | 50 | 16 | 60 | 4 | 157 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
Robert Myer | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.66 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 123.0 | 128 | 57 | 50 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 82 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
Ray Jarvis | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.28 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 74.0 | 69 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
Dave Morehead | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.18 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 102.0 | 101 | 47 | 36 | 11 | 34 | 2 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
Billy Farmer | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.97 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 145.0 | 152 | 87 | 80 | 9 | 60 | 0 | 98 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
Bill Pleis | 3 | 5 | .375 | 8.27 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 45 | 34 | 34 | 9 | 31 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
Ken Brett | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
Ivy Washington | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.00 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
Mark Schaeffer | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.30 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 82 | 49 | 43 | 5 | 42 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |||
Ed Phillips | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.88 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Billy Rohr | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Stan Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Garry Roggenburk | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Fred Wenz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.06 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
Gerry Janeski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.76 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 31 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
Raul Mercado | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 72 | 75 | .490 | 3.62 | 330 | 147 | 0 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 1253.0 | 1210 | 574 | 504 | 84 | 478 | 40 | 895 | 40 | 8 | 67 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Thomas | 136 | 515 | 475 | 47 | 137 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 52 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 92 | .288 | .337 | .425 | .762 | 202 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Jose Calero | 131 | 501 | 467 | 49 | 134 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 56 | .287 | .327 | .398 | .726 | 186 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
Albert Lehrer | 145 | 560 | 516 | 55 | 132 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 35 | 67 | .256 | .304 | .326 | .630 | 168 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
Bobby Mitchell | 140 | 577 | 539 | 82 | 126 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 42 | 11 | 25 | 105 | .234 | .265 | .388 | .653 | 209 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||
Syd O'Brien | 129 | 516 | 471 | 63 | 124 | 24 | 5 | 12 | 60 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 71 | .263 | .316 | .412 | .728 | 194 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
Jerry Moses | 123 | 447 | 407 | 45 | 97 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 80 | .238 | .302 | .381 | .683 | 155 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Joe Lahoud | 101 | 402 | 326 | 47 | 89 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 60 | .273 | .401 | .402 | .803 | 131 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
John Ryan | 109 | 356 | 329 | 32 | 82 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 38 | .249 | .301 | .340 | .641 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Al Yates | 110 | 364 | 334 | 40 | 77 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 56 | .231 | .286 | .353 | .639 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
Stan Johnson | 84 | 251 | 228 | 27 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 25 | .206 | .265 | .289 | .555 | 66 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Richard Kratz | 59 | 165 | 154 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 43 | .214 | .255 | .331 | .586 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Bob Montgomery | 48 | 119 | 109 | 9 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .284 | .339 | .330 | .669 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Galen Cisco | 29 | 70 | 60 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .183 | .269 | .217 | .485 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
John Thibdeau | 38 | 49 | 46 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .174 | .191 | .196 | .387 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Dave Morehead | 18 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .423 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Billy Farmer | 28 | 52 | 47 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .128 | .146 | .149 | .295 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Darrell Brandon | 27 | 68 | 61 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | .098 | .167 | .115 | .281 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Mark Schaeffer | 14 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Tony Torchia | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .600 | .800 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Brett | 9 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gerry Janeski | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Phillips | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Wenz | 30 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Jarvis | 16 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .139 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Robert Myer | 47 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .034 | .067 | .034 | .101 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Billy Rohr | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ivy Washington | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bill Pleis | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Raul Mercado | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1646 | 5176 | 4718 | 527 | 1159 | 206 | 55 | 71 | 478 | 77 | 33 | 364 | 849 | .246 | .301 | .358 | .658 | 1688 | 0 | 22 | 37 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jose Calero | 1B | 82 | 710 | 53 | 8 | 48 | .990 | 9.305 | ||||
George Thomas | 1B | 65 | 519 | 44 | 5 | 45 | .991 | 8.662 | ||||
Syd O'Brien | 2B | 124 | 226 | 284 | 16 | 53 | .970 | 4.113 | ||||
Richard Kratz | 2B | 26 | 45 | 70 | 1 | 13 | .991 | 4.423 | ||||
John Ryan | 2B | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
John Ryan | 3B | 91 | 54 | 167 | 12 | 5 | .948 | 2.429 | ||||
Jose Calero | 3B | 44 | 43 | 72 | 7 | 12 | .943 | 2.614 | ||||
Richard Kratz | 3B | 19 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.947 | ||||
Syd O'Brien | 3B | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
Jerry Moses | C | 118 | 784 | 81 | 10 | 7 | .989 | 7.331 | 18 | |||
Bob Montgomery | C | 33 | 173 | 17 | 3 | 3 | .984 | 5.758 | 4 | |||
Bobby Mitchell | OF | 136 | 305 | 14 | 12 | 6 | .964 | 2.346 | ||||
Joe Lahoud | OF | 100 | 174 | 11 | 8 | 3 | .959 | 1.850 | ||||
Al Yates | OF | 95 | 195 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .981 | 2.158 | ||||
George Thomas | OF | 62 | 100 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .963 | 1.694 | ||||
Stan Johnson | OF | 57 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .963 | 1.386 | ||||
Tony Torchia | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Robert Myer | P | 47 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .962 | .532 | ||||
John Thibdeau | P | 37 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .903 | .757 | ||||
Fred Wenz | P | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .133 | ||||
Galen Cisco | P | 29 | 13 | 41 | 3 | 7 | .947 | 1.862 | ||||
Billy Farmer | P | 28 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.179 | ||||
Darrell Brandon | P | 27 | 22 | 42 | 3 | 1 | .955 | 2.370 | ||||
Bill Pleis | P | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .261 | ||||
Dave Morehead | P | 18 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
Gerry Janeski | P | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .294 | ||||
Ray Jarvis | P | 16 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .812 | ||||
Mark Schaeffer | P | 14 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .786 | ||||
Ed Phillips | P | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
Ken Brett | P | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Ivy Washington | P | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
Raul Mercado | P | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Garry Roggenburk | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Stan Johnson | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Billy Rohr | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2.000 | ||||
Albert Lehrer | SS | 144 | 240 | 369 | 19 | 68 | .970 | 4.229 | ||||
Richard Kratz | SS | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 3.250 | ||||
Totals | 1537 | 3763 | 1435 | 132 | 282 | .975 | 3.382 | 22 | 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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