1968 Marion Mets Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 42-30
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Lloyd Gearhart (42-30)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Marion, Virginia
Ballpark: Marion Stadium
Attendance: 16,203, Avg. 450
1968 Marion Mets RosterTeam Record: 42-30
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Lloyd Gearhart (42-30)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Marion, Virginia
Ballpark: Marion Stadium
Attendance: 16,203, Avg. 450
The Marion Mets of the Appalachian League ended the 1968 season with a record of 42 wins and 30 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Mets plated 417 runs and surrendered 383 runs. Charlie Carr drove in 46 runs and topped all regular batters with a .332 average. Eugene Zawatski led the team with 7 wins and a team-best 4.67 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1968 Marion Mets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dave Schneck, Tim Foli and John Milner.
Lloyd Gearhart 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Zawatski | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.67 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 79.0 | 84 | 49 | 41 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Scott Goodwin | 5 | 4 | .556 | 6.41 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 59.0 | 69 | 49 | 42 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 56 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |||
| Raul Vives | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.68 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 47.0 | 32 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 49 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Juan Veintidos | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.95 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 55.0 | 43 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| John Gurganus | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.62 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 40.0 | 47 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jim Malone | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.78 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 50.0 | 54 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Marvin Leonard | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.57 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 49.0 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Glenn Brenner | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.50 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 48 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Joseph Fitzgerald | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.50 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 49 | 37 | 26 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Mike Derrig | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.43 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| David Colon | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.73 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ron Mayes | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.25 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 33 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Doug Connor | 0 | 0 | 45.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Dave Schneck | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Josh Bedford | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 28 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 42 | 30 | .583 | 4.55 | 149 | 74 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 587.0 | 584 | 383 | 297 | 37 | 325 | 10 | 523 | 29 | 8 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Carr | 70 | 299 | 262 | 58 | 87 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 41 | .332 | .393 | .462 | .854 | 121 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| John Milner | 67 | 278 | 234 | 51 | 75 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 46 | .321 | .422 | .419 | .841 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tim Foli | 63 | 255 | 235 | 38 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 28 | .281 | .327 | .400 | .727 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Donald Dickerson | 69 | 274 | 217 | 42 | 54 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 52 | .249 | .394 | .456 | .850 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Plant | 63 | 227 | 194 | 36 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 70 | .232 | .327 | .428 | .755 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tomas Arias | 52 | 169 | 143 | 14 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 40 | .252 | .351 | .329 | .680 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jackie Holmes | 31 | 126 | 109 | 25 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 31 | .294 | .389 | .440 | .829 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Wall | 43 | 131 | 109 | 23 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 22 | .294 | .392 | .486 | .879 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Antonio Marrero | 42 | 141 | 118 | 20 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 21 | .271 | .376 | .314 | .689 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dave Schneck | 26 | 110 | 97 | 24 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .289 | .364 | .608 | .972 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Glenn Stitzel | 34 | 106 | 85 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 12 | .318 | .429 | .447 | .876 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Macauley | 31 | 108 | 84 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 28 | .226 | .393 | .286 | .678 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Martin Gearhart | 42 | 122 | 98 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 34 | .184 | .339 | .204 | .543 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Collins | 17 | 56 | 47 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | .255 | .375 | .340 | .715 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Didieo | 11 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .222 | .364 | .333 | .697 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raul Vives | 13 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tito Santiago | 8 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .208 | .240 | .375 | .615 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eugene Zawatski | 15 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .208 | .269 | .208 | .478 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Juan Veintidos | 13 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .222 | .300 | .278 | .578 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marvin Leonard | 8 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Yodice | 5 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .273 | .429 | .455 | .883 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Freddie Howard | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .500 | .714 | 1.250 | 1.964 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Goodwin | 13 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .125 | .167 | .188 | .354 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Glenn Brenner | 8 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Josh Bedford | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Malone | 10 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .062 | .118 | .062 | .180 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Young | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Gurganus | 10 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Mayes | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .182 | .000 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Colon | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Derrig | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Peter Dzierzak | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .182 | .000 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Fitzgerald | 14 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Doug Connor | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 836 | 2705 | 2290 | 417 | 603 | 105 | 18 | 49 | 343 | 47 | 9 | 347 | 566 | .263 | .360 | .389 | .750 | 891 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Dickerson | 1B | 66 | 476 | 36 | 18 | 39 | .966 | 7.758 | ||||
| Joseph Wall | 1B | 5 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .958 | 9.200 | ||||
| Peter Dzierzak | 1B | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| James Plant | 1B | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Freddie Howard | 1B | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Glenn Stitzel | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Thomas Macauley | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tim Foli | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Tomas Arias | 2B | 44 | 78 | 104 | 15 | 17 | .924 | 4.136 | ||||
| Glenn Stitzel | 2B | 23 | 31 | 52 | 5 | 9 | .943 | 3.609 | ||||
| Tito Santiago | 2B | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.250 | ||||
| Thomas Macauley | 2B | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 4.000 | ||||
| Doug Connor | 2B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| James Plant | 3B | 58 | 46 | 92 | 8 | 7 | .945 | 2.379 | ||||
| Thomas Macauley | 3B | 10 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | .767 | 2.300 | ||||
| Antonio Marrero | 3B | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 2.750 | ||||
| Donald Dickerson | 3B | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .571 | 1.333 | ||||
| Antonio Marrero | C | 32 | 201 | 23 | 8 | 2 | .966 | 7.000 | 13 | |||
| Joseph Wall | C | 25 | 168 | 18 | 5 | 0 | .974 | 7.440 | 11 | |||
| Mike Collins | C | 15 | 106 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .983 | 7.533 | 4 | |||
| James Didieo | C | 9 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .968 | 6.667 | 3 | |||
| Robert Yodice | C | 3 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.000 | 1 | |||
| Charlie Carr | OF | 70 | 92 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .926 | 1.429 | ||||
| John Milner | OF | 66 | 88 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .941 | 1.439 | ||||
| Martin Gearhart | OF | 33 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 1.212 | ||||
| Jackie Holmes | OF | 31 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .961 | 1.581 | ||||
| Dave Schneck | OF | 26 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Joseph Wall | OF | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Antonio Marrero | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Eugene Zawatski | P | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .933 | ||||
| Mike Derrig | P | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .778 | .467 | ||||
| Joseph Fitzgerald | P | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .429 | ||||
| Raul Vives | P | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Scott Goodwin | P | 13 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .810 | 1.308 | ||||
| Juan Veintidos | P | 12 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Ron Mayes | P | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .333 | ||||
| Jim Malone | P | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| John Gurganus | P | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Josh Bedford | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .444 | ||||
| Marvin Leonard | P | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Glenn Brenner | P | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| David Colon | P | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Dave Schneck | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Doug Connor | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tim Foli | SS | 62 | 97 | 167 | 23 | 29 | .920 | 4.258 | ||||
| Thomas Macauley | SS | 13 | 24 | 34 | 7 | 4 | .892 | 4.462 | ||||
| Tito Santiago | SS | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 777 | 1761 | 722 | 149 | 131 | .943 | 3.196 | 32 | 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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