1968 Miami Marlins Statistics
Team Record: 87-55
Finished 1st in the FSL's East Division
Manager: Harry Malmberg (87-55)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Miami, Florida
Ballpark: Miami Stadium
Attendance: 85,572, Avg. 1,205
Playoffs - Miami Marlins 2 games, St. Petersburg Cardinals 1
Finals - Orlando Twins 2 games, Miami Marlins 1
The Miami Marlins of the Florida State League ended the 1968 season with a record of 87 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Marlins surrendered 404 runs, fewest in the league. Miami plated 546 runs. Moe Hill paced the squad with 10 home runs Larry Johnson drove in 74 runs. Stanley Martin topped batters with significant playing time with a .303 average. Vaughn Kovach and Anthony Sebastian led the squad with 11 wins each, while Jeff Williamson registered a 1.98 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1968 Miami Marlins who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Johnny Oates, Pancho Herrera, Marcelino López, Tom Walker, Lew Beasley and Jim Palmer.
Harry Malmberg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughn Kovach | 11 | 2 | .846 | 2.33 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 112.0 | 93 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 41 | 4 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Anthony Sebastian | 11 | 10 | .524 | 2.63 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 161.0 | 127 | 58 | 47 | 6 | 41 | 6 | 120 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Richard Rhine | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.12 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 55 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Greg Arnold | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.70 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 130.0 | 101 | 47 | 39 | 0 | 71 | 5 | 106 | 8 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Michael Herson | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1.26 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 93.0 | 48 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jeff Williamson | 8 | 8 | .500 | 1.98 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 123.0 | 92 | 42 | 27 | 6 | 38 | 7 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Tom Walker | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.62 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 103.0 | 92 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 29 | 3 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |||
| John Hilts | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.95 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 60.0 | 44 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Marcelino López | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.50 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 72.0 | 60 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| George Manz | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25.0 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jose Geigel | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.70 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 32 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Brent Vines | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.35 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 62 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| William Grimes | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.74 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Jerry Meadows | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.90 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Randy Cohen | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.77 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 39 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 39 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Jim Palmer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Michael Shields | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| William Ray | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 87 | 55 | .613 | 2.46 | 283 | 142 | 0 | 60 | 17 | 0 | 1159.0 | 896 | 404 | 317 | 29 | 465 | 58 | 896 | 36 | 3 | 53 | 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 Johnson | 140 | 532 | 490 | 52 | 135 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 17 | .276 | .314 | .378 | .692 | 185 | 10 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Stanley Martin | 128 | 500 | 423 | 64 | 128 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 36 | 8 | 51 | 70 | .303 | .380 | .326 | .706 | 138 | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Lew Beasley | 126 | 436 | 403 | 55 | 111 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 25 | 35 | .275 | .326 | .337 | .663 | 136 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steven Green | 136 | 516 | 443 | 62 | 108 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 64 | 89 | .244 | .343 | .345 | .689 | 153 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Clifton Matthew | 124 | 494 | 383 | 70 | 104 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 53 | 40 | 2 | 86 | 93 | .272 | .407 | .413 | .820 | 158 | 7 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Moe Hill | 123 | 424 | 372 | 46 | 97 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 65 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 102 | .261 | .336 | .473 | .809 | 176 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Kremer | 119 | 384 | 339 | 32 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 81 | .198 | .267 | .242 | .509 | 82 | 2 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Johnny Oates | 70 | 233 | 194 | 24 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 14 | .263 | .372 | .340 | .713 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Victor Torruellas | 63 | 212 | 189 | 18 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 32 | .259 | .319 | .349 | .668 | 66 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| William Ray | 93 | 210 | 181 | 27 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 22 | .260 | .354 | .320 | .675 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lou Coccia | 64 | 208 | 167 | 20 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 40 | .228 | .359 | .311 | .671 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Pancho Herrera | 31 | 92 | 80 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | .338 | .424 | .612 | 1.036 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Carnegie | 38 | 93 | 84 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | .274 | .311 | .298 | .609 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Anthony Sellari | 32 | 92 | 83 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .217 | .286 | .241 | .527 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ted Parks | 32 | 131 | 114 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 17 | .158 | .236 | .228 | .464 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Greg Arnold | 21 | 51 | 46 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .174 | .208 | .283 | .491 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Marcelino López | 16 | 34 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .250 | .419 | .250 | .669 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Michael Herson | 15 | 35 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .188 | .212 | .219 | .431 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Sebastian | 25 | 58 | 48 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .125 | .160 | .146 | .306 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Tom Walker | 18 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .156 | .206 | .188 | .393 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jose Geigel | 30 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .800 | .800 | 1.800 | 2.600 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Williamson | 28 | 43 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .088 | .225 | .118 | .343 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Vaughn Kovach | 25 | 44 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .081 | .171 | .081 | .252 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| George Manz | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .762 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Joyal | 9 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .182 | .250 | .364 | .614 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Randy Cohen | 9 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .125 | .176 | .188 | .364 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Grimes | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Rhine | 37 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .067 | .125 | .133 | .258 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Palmer | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hilts | 10 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .095 | .000 | .095 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Meadows | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Vines | 43 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1623 | 4969 | 4297 | 544 | 1070 | 172 | 43 | 43 | 460 | 149 | 33 | 488 | 774 | .249 | .330 | .339 | .669 | 1457 | 0 | 48 | 102 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Johnson | 1B | 128 | 884 | 57 | 7 | 63 | .993 | 7.352 | ||||
| Pancho Herrera | 1B | 25 | 170 | 12 | 2 | 21 | .989 | 7.280 | ||||
| Clifton Matthew | 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Stanley Martin | 2B | 124 | 260 | 313 | 14 | 68 | .976 | 4.621 | ||||
| Jerry Kremer | 2B | 24 | 45 | 37 | 2 | 9 | .976 | 3.417 | ||||
| Clifton Matthew | 2B | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Steven Green | 3B | 135 | 146 | 230 | 35 | 20 | .915 | 2.785 | ||||
| Clifton Matthew | 3B | 11 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gary Carnegie | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Johnny Oates | C | 65 | 381 | 42 | 3 | 6 | .993 | 6.508 | 4 | |||
| Lou Coccia | C | 60 | 356 | 34 | 14 | 1 | .965 | 6.500 | 5 | |||
| Anthony Sellari | C | 28 | 193 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .995 | 7.429 | 3 | |||
| Frank Joyal | C | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Clifton Matthew | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Moe Hill | OF | 117 | 163 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .978 | 1.487 | ||||
| Clifton Matthew | OF | 114 | 196 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .990 | 1.772 | ||||
| Lew Beasley | OF | 108 | 172 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .967 | 1.639 | ||||
| William Ray | OF | 61 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.082 | ||||
| Ted Parks | OF | 32 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.562 | ||||
| Gary Carnegie | OF | 30 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .960 | .800 | ||||
| Larry Johnson | OF | 20 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Victor Torruellas | OF | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Johnny Oates | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Brent Vines | P | 43 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .186 | ||||
| Richard Rhine | P | 37 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .432 | ||||
| Jose Geigel | P | 30 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .367 | ||||
| Vaughn Kovach | P | 25 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.040 | ||||
| Anthony Sebastian | P | 24 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jeff Williamson | P | 22 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .727 | ||||
| Greg Arnold | P | 19 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.158 | ||||
| Tom Walker | P | 18 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .722 | ||||
| Michael Herson | P | 15 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.533 | ||||
| Marcelino López | P | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| John Hilts | P | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
| Randy Cohen | P | 9 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1.111 | ||||
| George Manz | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| William Grimes | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Jim Palmer | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry Meadows | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Michael Shields | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Kremer | SS | 95 | 132 | 214 | 21 | 38 | .943 | 3.642 | ||||
| Victor Torruellas | SS | 48 | 61 | 110 | 20 | 17 | .895 | 3.562 | ||||
| Steven Green | SS | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Stanley Martin | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Totals | 1535 | 3447 | 1278 | 148 | 250 | .970 | 3.078 | 12 | 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.
