1968 Pirates Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 27-33
Finished 6th in the GCL
Manager: Buddy Pritchard (27-33)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Bradenton, Florida
1968 Pirates RosterTeam Record: 27-33
Finished 6th in the GCL
Manager: Buddy Pritchard (27-33)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Bradenton, Florida
The Pirates of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1968 season with a record of 27 wins and 33 losses, finishing sixth in the GCL.
The Pirates scored 311 runs and allowed 350 runs, most in the circuit. Steve Jones drove in 35 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .317 clip. Alvin Sells led the team with 8 wins and a team-best 2.55 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1968 Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Babcock, Bruce Kison, Frank Taveras, Milt May and Dick Sharon.
Buddy Pritchard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Sells | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.55 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 74.0 | 61 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Terry Gardner | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 30 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Michael Cooper | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.88 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 58 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bruce Kison | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.25 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Merideth Cox | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.73 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 41.0 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Edward Northrop | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.96 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 56 | 37 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Brad Gratz | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 31 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ronald Masterson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.70 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Mike Marine | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.00 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Harry Tobergte | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Neil Bradbury | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.68 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 31 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Larry Barefoot | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.68 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Bob Johnson | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dennis Lingenfelter | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Gary Conboy | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Stephen Bentley | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Hessler | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| James Skovron | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bob Babcock | 0 | 5 | .000 | 7.00 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 32 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 27 | 33 | .450 | 4.59 | 152 | 60 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 496.0 | 497 | 350 | 253 | 11 | 324 | 2 | 406 | 22 | 6 | 61 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Jones | 54 | 222 | 186 | 42 | 59 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 37 | .317 | .428 | .435 | .863 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve McFarland | 55 | 244 | 218 | 31 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 21 | 29 | .234 | .303 | .266 | .569 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Tommy Whalen | 48 | 203 | 167 | 34 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 28 | .293 | .416 | .383 | .799 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Fratto | 56 | 226 | 176 | 28 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 29 | .244 | .378 | .330 | .708 | 58 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Milt May | 52 | 201 | 166 | 21 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 13 | .241 | .357 | .265 | .622 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Sidney McKinney | 37 | 132 | 115 | 16 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 17 | .278 | .366 | .322 | .688 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Sharon | 53 | 218 | 193 | 25 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 43 | .166 | .257 | .233 | .490 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rudolph Brooks | 36 | 114 | 95 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 23 | .263 | .386 | .411 | .796 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Spikes | 35 | 83 | 74 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 18 | .257 | .325 | .297 | .623 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frank Taveras | 14 | 63 | 50 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 7 | .340 | .476 | .420 | .896 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Roberts | 31 | 89 | 71 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 21 | .225 | .371 | .310 | .681 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lewis Krause | 35 | 120 | 105 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 33 | .152 | .235 | .200 | .435 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Frank Barlow | 30 | 71 | 55 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 16 | .182 | .366 | .236 | .603 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Simoncic | 13 | 40 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .250 | .325 | .278 | .603 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alvin Sells | 11 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Michael Cooper | 11 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .444 | .400 | .844 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brad Gratz | 7 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .385 | .500 | .885 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alberto Leaver | 47 | 65 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 29 | .078 | .254 | .078 | .332 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Merideth Cox | 10 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .308 | .417 | .724 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Terry Gardner | 12 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Northrop | 9 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .211 | .333 | .544 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Lingenfelter | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Lyles | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Conboy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Saunches | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .667 | 1.167 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Skovron | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Kison | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Babcock | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Deacon | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Tobergte | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Barefoot | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Bentley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neil Bradbury | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Marine | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Masterson | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Hessler | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Abene | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bob Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 765 | 2293 | 1924 | 311 | 455 | 59 | 20 | 9 | 248 | 88 | 11 | 301 | 394 | .236 | .345 | .302 | .646 | 581 | 0 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolph Brooks | 1B | 27 | 160 | 18 | 8 | 13 | .957 | 6.593 | ||||
| Lewis Krause | 1B | 20 | 151 | 5 | 2 | 11 | .987 | 7.800 | ||||
| Donald Simoncic | 1B | 10 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .922 | 4.700 | ||||
| William Spikes | 1B | 9 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.111 | ||||
| Sidney McKinney | 2B | 32 | 59 | 67 | 12 | 10 | .913 | 3.938 | ||||
| Tommy Whalen | 2B | 31 | 57 | 57 | 13 | 15 | .898 | 3.677 | ||||
| Steve McFarland | 2B | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 2.500 | ||||
| Frank Barlow | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Roberts | 3B | 28 | 21 | 26 | 3 | 4 | .940 | 1.679 | ||||
| Thomas Fratto | 3B | 17 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | .841 | 2.176 | ||||
| Tommy Whalen | 3B | 9 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 1 | .846 | 3.667 | ||||
| Frank Barlow | 3B | 7 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steve McFarland | 3B | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Milt May | C | 50 | 337 | 31 | 13 | 4 | .966 | 7.360 | 12 | |||
| Steve Jones | C | 18 | 68 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 4.167 | 6 | |||
| Howard Deacon | C | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | 4 | |||
| John Lyles | C | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 4 | |||
| Frank Barlow | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Dick Sharon | OF | 53 | 97 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .936 | 1.943 | ||||
| Steve Jones | OF | 42 | 60 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .925 | 1.476 | ||||
| Alberto Leaver | OF | 41 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .927 | ||||
| Thomas Fratto | OF | 38 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .942 | 1.289 | ||||
| William Spikes | OF | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.067 | ||||
| Frank Barlow | OF | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
| Lewis Krause | OF | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .455 | ||||
| Tommy Whalen | OF | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Donald Simoncic | OF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Rudolph Brooks | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Terry Gardner | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .417 | ||||
| Alvin Sells | P | 11 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.455 | ||||
| Michael Cooper | P | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .727 | ||||
| Larry Barefoot | P | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Harry Tobergte | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .400 | .200 | ||||
| Bruce Kison | P | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Merideth Cox | P | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.100 | ||||
| Neil Bradbury | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Edward Northrop | P | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .889 | ||||
| Bob Babcock | P | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .444 | ||||
| Ronald Masterson | P | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| James Skovron | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .429 | ||||
| Robert Hessler | P | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.286 | ||||
| Brad Gratz | P | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Marine | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Dennis Lingenfelter | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .167 | ||||
| Stephen Bentley | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Johnson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Conboy | P | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Steve McFarland | SS | 43 | 70 | 94 | 22 | 13 | .882 | 3.814 | ||||
| Frank Taveras | SS | 14 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 7 | .826 | 4.071 | ||||
| Sidney McKinney | SS | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Frank Barlow | SS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Lyles | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 716 | 1453 | 511 | 153 | 101 | .928 | 2.743 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
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