1968 Mankato Mets Statistics
Northern League (NL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 42-27
Finished 2nd in the NL
Manager: Joe Frazier (42-27)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Mankato, Minnesota
Ballpark: Key City Park
Attendance: 8,056, Avg. 234
1968 Mankato Mets RosterTeam Record: 42-27
Finished 2nd in the NL
Manager: Joe Frazier (42-27)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Mankato, Minnesota
Ballpark: Key City Park
Attendance: 8,056, Avg. 234
The Mankato Mets of the Northern League ended the 1968 season with a record of 42 wins and 27 losses, finishing second in the NL.
The Mets topped the league with just 206 runs allowed. Mankato scored 310 runs. Jackie Adams drove in 36 runs. James Ziegler led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .300 average. Jesse Hudson paced the team with 9 wins, while Allan Clements registered a 1.42 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Charlie Williams and Jesse Hudson both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Joe Frazier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Hudson | 9 | 4 | .692 | 1.83 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 103.0 | 73 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Robert Walter | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.04 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 97.0 | 87 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Allan Clements | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.42 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 76.0 | 48 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Charlie Williams | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.42 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 67.0 | 56 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Byron Von Hoff | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.50 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 36.0 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Amador Alvarez | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jerry Ray | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.41 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 60 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bruce Harkey | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.40 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 60.0 | 53 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mike Derrig | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rick Sires | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Don Koonce | 1 | 6 | .143 | 1.94 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Juan Veintidos | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 42 | 27 | .609 | 2.21 | 119 | 69 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 590.0 | 475 | 206 | 145 | 32 | 219 | 3 | 497 | 14 | 3 | 37 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Quinn | 66 | 277 | 254 | 42 | 66 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 45 | .260 | .310 | .382 | .692 | 97 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| James Ziegler | 59 | 240 | 207 | 29 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 18 | .300 | .377 | .372 | .749 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Michael Eppler | 54 | 214 | 188 | 31 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 59 | .250 | .332 | .394 | .725 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gary Hill | 61 | 244 | 208 | 38 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 31 | .221 | .324 | .317 | .641 | 66 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Terry DeWald | 39 | 178 | 155 | 29 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 11 | .277 | .358 | .342 | .700 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jackie Adams | 48 | 194 | 173 | 27 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 52 | .243 | .320 | .451 | .770 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Freddie Howard | 42 | 147 | 122 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 47 | .238 | .354 | .434 | .788 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David Lipp | 34 | 132 | 109 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 26 | .229 | .364 | .321 | .685 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary King | 32 | 119 | 103 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 23 | .233 | .322 | .252 | .574 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Eugenio Guerra | 24 | 94 | 79 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 16 | .278 | .376 | .430 | .807 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Richard Drew | 30 | 105 | 87 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 38 | .184 | .317 | .287 | .605 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Holmes | 19 | 74 | 71 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 24 | .211 | .243 | .394 | .638 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Walter | 14 | 41 | 38 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .342 | .375 | .421 | .796 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Williams | 18 | 64 | 51 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 17 | .255 | .406 | .431 | .838 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Baur | 30 | 109 | 91 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 19 | .132 | .275 | .143 | .418 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Byron Von Hoff | 8 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .533 | .533 | .600 | 1.133 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Hudson | 15 | 42 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .179 | .238 | .179 | .418 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allan Clements | 10 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .231 | .276 | .231 | .507 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bob Bryant | 21 | 48 | 42 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .143 | .234 | .190 | .425 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Harkey | 9 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .227 | .227 | .227 | .455 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scotty Long | 8 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .200 | .231 | .360 | .591 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Stitzel | 4 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .308 | .500 | .808 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Williams | 11 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .115 | .172 | .115 | .288 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Ray | 10 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Sires | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Koonce | 19 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .067 | .176 | .067 | .243 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Juan Veintidos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Amador Alvarez | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .000 | .429 | .000 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Felipe Antonetty | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Derrig | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 713 | 2521 | 2199 | 310 | 523 | 80 | 14 | 41 | 260 | 101 | 24 | 265 | 512 | .238 | .324 | .343 | .667 | 754 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Howard | 1B | 38 | 328 | 22 | 8 | 23 | .978 | 9.211 | ||||
| James Ziegler | 1B | 29 | 217 | 18 | 4 | 20 | .983 | 8.103 | ||||
| Scotty Long | 1B | 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.667 | ||||
| Jackie Holmes | 1B | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Eppler | 1B | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Terry DeWald | 2B | 39 | 75 | 100 | 8 | 23 | .956 | 4.487 | ||||
| David Lipp | 2B | 30 | 60 | 80 | 5 | 15 | .966 | 4.667 | ||||
| Gary King | 3B | 30 | 25 | 55 | 19 | 5 | .808 | 2.667 | ||||
| Eugenio Guerra | 3B | 23 | 14 | 49 | 6 | 5 | .913 | 2.739 | ||||
| James Ziegler | 3B | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 1.875 | ||||
| Scotty Long | 3B | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.250 | ||||
| David Lipp | 3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Glenn Stitzel | 3B | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 3.333 | ||||
| Tommy Williams | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Richard Drew | C | 30 | 213 | 18 | 4 | 3 | .983 | 7.700 | 3 | |||
| Alan Baur | C | 30 | 207 | 16 | 7 | 3 | .970 | 7.433 | 3 | |||
| Tommy Williams | C | 10 | 69 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 7.900 | 8 | |||
| Felipe Antonetty | C | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1 | |||
| Gary Hill | OF | 61 | 95 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .962 | 1.656 | ||||
| Michael Eppler | OF | 52 | 102 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .981 | 2.038 | ||||
| Jackie Adams | OF | 48 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 1.542 | ||||
| James Ziegler | OF | 21 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.524 | ||||
| Jackie Holmes | OF | 17 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.294 | ||||
| Bob Bryant | OF | 12 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.250 | ||||
| Tommy Williams | OF | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Don Koonce | P | 19 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .632 | ||||
| Amador Alvarez | P | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
| Robert Walter | P | 14 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jesse Hudson | P | 13 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 3.077 | ||||
| Charlie Williams | P | 11 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.909 | ||||
| Jerry Ray | P | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .778 | 1.400 | ||||
| Allan Clements | P | 10 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.100 | ||||
| Bruce Harkey | P | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Byron Von Hoff | P | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Rick Sires | P | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Mike Derrig | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Juan Veintidos | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Quinn | SS | 66 | 103 | 163 | 27 | 34 | .908 | 4.030 | ||||
| Gary King | SS | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Scotty Long | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 693 | 1772 | 718 | 117 | 146 | .955 | 3.593 | 15 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
