1968 Lynchburg White Sox Statistics
Team Record: 68-72
Finished 3rd in the CL's West Division
Manager: Alex Cosmidis (68-72)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 45,771, Avg. 654
Playoffs - High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms 2 games, Lynchburg White Sox 0
Playoffs - Lynchburg White Sox 1 game, Salem Rebels 0
The Lynchburg White Sox of the Carolina League ended the 1968 season with a record of 68 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The White Sox scored 544 runs and allowed 562 runs. Carlos May and John Matias led Lynchburg with 13 home runs apiece. Carlos May drove in 74 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .330 clip. Eddie Smith paced the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.39 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Bob Spence, Al Fitzmorris, Ron Lolich, Carlos May, Chuck Brinkman, John Matias and Rich Severson were all players from the 1968 Lynchburg White Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.
Alex Cosmidis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Smith | 16 | 7 | .696 | 2.39 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 215.0 | 188 | 77 | 57 | 11 | 85 | 6 | 173 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Al Fitzmorris | 11 | 11 | .500 | 2.73 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 198.0 | 152 | 81 | 60 | 20 | 78 | 6 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Marcelino Dominguez | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.35 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111.0 | 76 | 39 | 29 | 7 | 35 | 8 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Samuel Dunbar | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.33 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 162.0 | 157 | 78 | 60 | 12 | 70 | 5 | 107 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Rube Rubilotta | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.74 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 106.0 | 104 | 53 | 44 | 5 | 70 | 3 | 85 | 5 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Thomas Rowe | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.45 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 89.0 | 98 | 57 | 44 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Durant Cooper | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.97 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 115.0 | 111 | 51 | 38 | 6 | 56 | 9 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Charles Kline | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.22 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 67.0 | 56 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Pete Lentine | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.50 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Gary Prestesater | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Warren | 1 | 9 | .100 | 2.88 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 87 | 40 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Albert Shaw | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.80 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Orville Hollrah | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.82 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ken Murphy | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.09 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 68 | 72 | .486 | 3.11 | 298 | 140 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 1231.0 | 1127 | 562 | 426 | 87 | 535 | 54 | 961 | 31 | 1 | 79 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Jedelsky | 116 | 519 | 467 | 66 | 140 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 42 | .300 | .366 | .368 | .735 | 172 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Joe Jones | 137 | 593 | 524 | 79 | 137 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 19 | 2 | 55 | 70 | .261 | .332 | .302 | .634 | 158 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Carlos May | 113 | 476 | 397 | 62 | 131 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 74 | 6 | 3 | 68 | 60 | .330 | .435 | .516 | .951 | 205 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Joseph Monty | 140 | 561 | 515 | 53 | 116 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 95 | .225 | .264 | .336 | .599 | 173 | 5 | 7 | 9 | ||
| John Matias | 81 | 342 | 317 | 36 | 86 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 50 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 33 | .271 | .313 | .483 | .795 | 153 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Roy Radmaker | 82 | 314 | 271 | 31 | 64 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 53 | .236 | .330 | .295 | .625 | 80 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jose Silva | 55 | 213 | 180 | 30 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 22 | .283 | .378 | .383 | .761 | 69 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Brinkman | 76 | 262 | 230 | 20 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 29 | .204 | .293 | .257 | .550 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Spence | 55 | 208 | 179 | 23 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 33 | .235 | .337 | .369 | .705 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Hunter | 59 | 212 | 183 | 21 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 23 | .208 | .300 | .306 | .606 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jim Procopio | 48 | 177 | 150 | 20 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 23 | .207 | .305 | .347 | .652 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Al Fitzmorris | 56 | 127 | 110 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | .273 | .362 | .382 | .744 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stanley Jaciuk | 39 | 144 | 132 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 24 | .220 | .278 | .265 | .543 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Von Eps | 59 | 199 | 175 | 12 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 48 | .166 | .258 | .234 | .492 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ron Lolich | 42 | 169 | 151 | 11 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 33 | .185 | .256 | .272 | .527 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Eddie Smith | 34 | 99 | 88 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 25 | .250 | .312 | .341 | .653 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rich Severson | 19 | 69 | 59 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | .254 | .348 | .288 | .636 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Newhart | 15 | 66 | 63 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .206 | .231 | .238 | .469 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Durant Cooper | 35 | 43 | 41 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .244 | .262 | .439 | .701 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Rowe | 25 | 43 | 37 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .243 | .349 | .270 | .619 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Weatherly | 21 | 64 | 62 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .129 | .156 | .129 | .285 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marcelino Dominguez | 57 | 33 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .250 | .276 | .393 | .669 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Dunbar | 25 | 62 | 55 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .109 | .155 | .164 | .319 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ben Farrell | 13 | 39 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .114 | .184 | .114 | .298 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Plesha | 22 | 54 | 50 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .080 | .148 | .140 | .288 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Warren | 25 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .158 | .200 | .211 | .411 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Kline | 17 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .125 | .250 | .125 | .375 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rube Rubilotta | 25 | 39 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .081 | .128 | .108 | .236 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Prestesater | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Albert Shaw | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Lentine | 15 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .067 | .125 | .133 | .258 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Orville Hollrah | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Cherry | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Murphy | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Howell | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1548 | 5219 | 4620 | 544 | 1109 | 174 | 43 | 59 | 481 | 47 | 27 | 479 | 768 | .240 | .314 | .335 | .649 | 1546 | 0 | 36 | 53 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Hunter | 1B | 56 | 439 | 40 | 6 | 39 | .988 | 8.554 | ||||
| Bob Spence | 1B | 53 | 369 | 28 | 8 | 34 | .980 | 7.491 | ||||
| John Matias | 1B | 29 | 240 | 21 | 8 | 28 | .970 | 9.000 | ||||
| Stanley Jaciuk | 1B | 13 | 90 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 7.769 | ||||
| Ken Plesha | 1B | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.333 | ||||
| Pete Lentine | 1B | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.333 | ||||
| Joe Jones | 2B | 136 | 315 | 397 | 21 | 94 | .971 | 5.235 | ||||
| Rich Severson | 2B | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Roy Radmaker | 2B | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Stanley Jaciuk | 2B | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Robert Von Eps | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Roy Radmaker | 3B | 79 | 51 | 160 | 16 | 14 | .930 | 2.671 | ||||
| James Jedelsky | 3B | 24 | 21 | 40 | 3 | 3 | .953 | 2.542 | ||||
| Stanley Jaciuk | 3B | 23 | 14 | 34 | 4 | 5 | .923 | 2.087 | ||||
| Richard Newhart | 3B | 15 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 5 | .949 | 2.467 | ||||
| Robert Von Eps | 3B | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 2.800 | ||||
| Jim Procopio | 3B | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Rich Severson | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chuck Brinkman | C | 75 | 506 | 74 | 15 | 4 | .975 | 7.733 | 3 | |||
| Robert Von Eps | C | 41 | 275 | 33 | 11 | 3 | .966 | 7.512 | 10 | |||
| Jim Procopio | C | 22 | 144 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .982 | 7.409 | 7 | |||
| Ken Plesha | C | 10 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 5.800 | 2 | |||
| Greg Howell | C | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Joe Cherry | C | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 8.000 | 0 | |||
| Carlos May | OF | 112 | 223 | 13 | 22 | 2 | .915 | 2.107 | ||||
| James Jedelsky | OF | 95 | 177 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .964 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Matias | OF | 58 | 82 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .989 | 1.586 | ||||
| Jose Silva | OF | 52 | 79 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .977 | 1.654 | ||||
| Ron Lolich | OF | 41 | 47 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .883 | 1.293 | ||||
| Wayne Weatherly | OF | 20 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.100 | ||||
| Jim Procopio | OF | 17 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.412 | ||||
| Rich Severson | OF | 14 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.857 | ||||
| Ben Farrell | OF | 13 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.231 | ||||
| Robert Von Eps | OF | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Stanley Jaciuk | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Marcelino Dominguez | P | 56 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .970 | .571 | ||||
| Eddie Smith | P | 27 | 21 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 1.852 | ||||
| Al Fitzmorris | P | 27 | 18 | 34 | 2 | 2 | .963 | 1.926 | ||||
| Durant Cooper | P | 26 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Robert Warren | P | 25 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .960 | ||||
| Rube Rubilotta | P | 25 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .840 | ||||
| Thomas Rowe | P | 25 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .720 | ||||
| Samuel Dunbar | P | 25 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .938 | 1.200 | ||||
| Charles Kline | P | 16 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.188 | ||||
| Pete Lentine | P | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .417 | ||||
| Ken Murphy | P | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Orville Hollrah | P | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .273 | ||||
| Gary Prestesater | P | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Albert Shaw | P | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joseph Monty | SS | 140 | 234 | 433 | 49 | 81 | .932 | 4.764 | ||||
| Totals | 1475 | 3633 | 1594 | 212 | 350 | .961 | 3.544 | 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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