1968 Portsmouth Tides Statistics
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 2nd in the CL's East Division
Manager: Bob Wellman (80-60)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Portsmouth, Virginia
Ballpark: Frank Lawrence Stadium
Attendance: 50,014, Avg. 714
Playoffs - Wilson Tobs 1 game, Portsmouth Tides 0
The Portsmouth Tides of the Carolina League ended the 1968 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Tides plated 606 runs and yielded 535 runs. Joe Lis walloped 32 home runs for Portsmouth, while Gene Stone swatted 15 or more, too. Joe Lis recorded 94 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .293. Bill Champion led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.03 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1968 Portsmouth Tides who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ken Reynolds, Gene Stone, Bill Champion, Scott Reid, Bill Laxton, Jackie Brown, Steve Arlin, John Vukovich, Bob Terlecki, Joe Lis, Buck Martinez, Dave Bennett and Mike Compton.
Bob Wellman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Champion | 15 | 5 | .750 | 2.03 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 177.0 | 118 | 49 | 40 | 9 | 52 | 0 | 163 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Dave Bennett | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.81 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 157.0 | 134 | 55 | 49 | 8 | 46 | 3 | 124 | 5 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Ken Reynolds | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.07 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 123.0 | 97 | 47 | 42 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 132 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |||
| Rich Seminoff | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.94 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 141.0 | 143 | 63 | 46 | 16 | 41 | 3 | 116 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Wolfe | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.63 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 65.0 | 47 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Smith Holland | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.96 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 85.0 | 72 | 48 | 28 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||
| John Parker | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.72 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 109.0 | 103 | 51 | 45 | 9 | 33 | 1 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Gary Weldon | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.35 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 37 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bill Laxton | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.61 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 80.0 | 52 | 51 | 41 | 1 | 92 | 0 | 90 | 11 | 0 | 28 | |||
| John Penn | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.30 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 90.0 | 97 | 53 | 43 | 10 | 40 | 2 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| William Haag | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jack Foreman | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.50 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 52 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jackie Brown | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Kissane | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gordon Knutson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bob Terlecki | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.31 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Steve Arlin | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11.57 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 80 | 60 | .571 | 3.24 | 301 | 140 | 0 | 48 | 14 | 0 | 1165.0 | 993 | 533 | 420 | 79 | 498 | 16 | 993 | 34 | 7 | 89 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Lis | 140 | 579 | 475 | 99 | 139 | 20 | 1 | 32 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 95 | 71 | .293 | .415 | .541 | .956 | 257 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gene Stone | 123 | 506 | 408 | 63 | 107 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 66 | 4 | 4 | 89 | 86 | .262 | .393 | .458 | .851 | 187 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Thomas Silicato | 109 | 479 | 436 | 56 | 100 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 36 | 48 | .229 | .291 | .296 | .586 | 129 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Ron Cox | 93 | 379 | 349 | 55 | 99 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 52 | .284 | .332 | .407 | .738 | 142 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John Jagutis | 117 | 480 | 411 | 51 | 95 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 62 | 50 | .231 | .335 | .302 | .636 | 124 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Mel Roberts | 106 | 412 | 369 | 56 | 87 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 86 | .236 | .309 | .328 | .637 | 121 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Robert Kelly | 97 | 321 | 283 | 38 | 86 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 25 | .304 | .379 | .378 | .757 | 107 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Scott Reid | 70 | 273 | 230 | 34 | 75 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 42 | .326 | .415 | .530 | .945 | 122 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| John Vukovich | 66 | 246 | 225 | 23 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 38 | .280 | .325 | .387 | .712 | 87 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| James Snyder | 76 | 272 | 243 | 33 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 48 | .239 | .309 | .387 | .696 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Green | 65 | 223 | 191 | 11 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 32 | .236 | .341 | .288 | .629 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Arlo Engel | 76 | 206 | 181 | 29 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 67 | .227 | .316 | .420 | .735 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Compton | 39 | 125 | 109 | 15 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 21 | .330 | .416 | .532 | .948 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buck Martinez | 36 | 119 | 110 | 10 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .282 | .322 | .436 | .758 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ken Reynolds | 29 | 62 | 59 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .220 | .246 | .390 | .636 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Champion | 24 | 72 | 66 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .197 | .232 | .212 | .444 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dave Bennett | 25 | 64 | 58 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .172 | .197 | .224 | .421 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bill Laxton | 27 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .364 | .462 | .364 | .825 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rich Seminoff | 26 | 47 | 42 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .143 | .163 | .190 | .353 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Smith Holland | 35 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .200 | .259 | .200 | .459 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Schellenberg | 12 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .192 | .300 | .269 | .569 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Parker | 21 | 41 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .147 | .216 | .176 | .393 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Doug Pautz | 9 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .222 | .333 | .444 | .778 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Penn | 22 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .182 | .308 | .364 | .671 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Wolfe | 13 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .150 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Keyes | 10 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .130 | .250 | .261 | .511 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Weldon | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Knutson | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Haag | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Frick | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Terlecki | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Foreman | 21 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steve Arlin | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1553 | 5119 | 4455 | 606 | 1142 | 194 | 22 | 113 | 539 | 58 | 34 | 556 | 825 | .256 | .341 | .386 | .727 | 1719 | 0 | 29 | 54 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Stone | 1B | 118 | 926 | 60 | 16 | 66 | .984 | 8.356 | ||||
| Ron Cox | 1B | 17 | 124 | 11 | 4 | 15 | .971 | 7.941 | ||||
| Joe Lis | 1B | 3 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 8.667 | ||||
| Doug Pautz | 1B | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Thomas Keyes | 1B | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Thomas Silicato | 2B | 109 | 200 | 237 | 21 | 43 | .954 | 4.009 | ||||
| Mel Roberts | 2B | 19 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 6 | .943 | 3.474 | ||||
| John Vukovich | 2B | 8 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 3.750 | ||||
| Robert Kelly | 2B | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Joe Lis | 2B | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| John Vukovich | 3B | 57 | 52 | 86 | 7 | 6 | .952 | 2.421 | ||||
| Chuck Green | 3B | 46 | 55 | 78 | 4 | 8 | .971 | 2.891 | ||||
| Joe Lis | 3B | 21 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .927 | 1.810 | ||||
| Ron Cox | 3B | 18 | 17 | 29 | 3 | 1 | .939 | 2.556 | ||||
| James Snyder | C | 72 | 483 | 46 | 4 | 8 | .992 | 7.347 | 22 | |||
| Buck Martinez | C | 35 | 272 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .997 | 8.229 | 5 | |||
| Mike Compton | C | 33 | 225 | 14 | 2 | 4 | .992 | 7.242 | 2 | |||
| Robert Schellenberg | C | 8 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .967 | 7.250 | 1 | |||
| Joe Lis | OF | 116 | 167 | 8 | 13 | 4 | .931 | 1.509 | ||||
| Scott Reid | OF | 69 | 119 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .962 | 1.826 | ||||
| Robert Kelly | OF | 69 | 118 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .962 | 1.841 | ||||
| Mel Roberts | OF | 59 | 119 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .985 | 2.203 | ||||
| Ron Cox | OF | 56 | 90 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .958 | 1.625 | ||||
| Arlo Engel | OF | 46 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.391 | ||||
| Thomas Keyes | OF | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1.143 | ||||
| Chuck Green | OF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Doug Pautz | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Mike Compton | OF | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Smith Holland | P | 33 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .875 | .636 | ||||
| Gary Weldon | P | 27 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Bill Laxton | P | 27 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .850 | .630 | ||||
| Rich Seminoff | P | 25 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.440 | ||||
| Dave Bennett | P | 25 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.200 | ||||
| Bill Champion | P | 24 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .930 | 1.667 | ||||
| John Penn | P | 22 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .840 | .955 | ||||
| John Parker | P | 21 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.714 | ||||
| Jack Foreman | P | 21 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .810 | ||||
| Ken Reynolds | P | 19 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .857 | 1.263 | ||||
| William Wolfe | P | 14 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Bob Terlecki | P | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .077 | ||||
| William Haag | P | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .077 | ||||
| Gordon Knutson | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .200 | ||||
| Steve Arlin | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dennis Kissane | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Jagutis | SS | 117 | 169 | 334 | 29 | 49 | .945 | 4.299 | ||||
| Mel Roberts | SS | 22 | 40 | 54 | 12 | 11 | .887 | 4.273 | ||||
| Chuck Green | SS | 5 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.400 | ||||
| Robert Kelly | SS | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 7.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1445 | 3519 | 1308 | 171 | 242 | .966 | 3.340 | 30 | 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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