1968 Quad Cities Angels Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 65-50
Finished 2nd in the MWL
Manager: Fred Koenig (0-0), Tom Morgan (0-0)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: Moline, Illinois; Rock Island, Illinois; Bettendorf, Iowa; Davenport, Iowa
Ballpark: John O'Donnell Stadium
Attendance: 63,233, Avg. 1,100

1968 Quad Cities Angels Roster

Playoffs - Quad Cities Angels 2 games, Decatur Commodores 1

The Quad Cities Angels of the Midwest League ended the 1968 season with a record of 65 wins and 50 losses, finishing second in the MWL.

The Angels scored 543 runs and allowed 460 runs. Dayle Campbell led Quad Cities with 12 home runs Don Cunnigan, Jim Vopicka and Dayle Campbell each accounted for 47 RBI. Ike McCraw paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .291 clip. Pat Knutzen topped the team with 9 wins, while Terry Cox earned a 2.78 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1968 Quad Cities Angels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Terry Cox, Greg Washburn and Dave LaRoche.

Fred Koenig and Tom Morgan served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Pat Knutzen	9	7	.562	3.24	23	19		5	0		125.0	116	61	45	7	46	3	70	6	1	2
Greg Washburn	8	2	.800	2.86	12	11		7	3		85.0	66	34	27	5	28	1	67	1	1	4
Terry Cox	8	9	.471	2.78	24	18		7	1		120.0	93	50	37	7	36	2	84	3	0	3
Ed Merritt	6	0	1.000	1.65	19	8		3	2		71.0	55	18	13	3	17	2	59	1	0	5
Dave McCormick	6	1	.857	3.41	14	8		1	1		58.0	49	25	22	6	22	0	51	0	1	5
Martin Pavlik	5	3	.625	3.30	13	11		4	0		60.0	49	27	22	3	24	1	46	2	0	6
Dave LaRoche	5	7	.417	2.36	33	5		0	0		84.0	76	33	22	3	29	6	80	2	0	6
Don Richards	3	4	.429	2.35	37	0		0	0		65.0	47	27	17	4	22	6	58	1	0	1
Al Martin	2	1	.667	5.06	7	2		0	0		16.0	15	13	9	2	16	0	8	0	0	1
Jeff Browne	2	2	.500	5.34	9	6		1	0		32.0	31	19	19	0	17	0	20	1	0	6
Jeff Pryor	2	3	.400	2.83	10	7		2	0		54.0	47	21	17	1	21	1	48	0	0	1
Bob Smithson	2	3	.400	5.35	18	0		0	0		37.0	45	33	22	3	17	3	29	1	1	2
Ed Bauer	1	0	1.000	9.00	5	0		0	0		3.0	9	5	3	2	3	0	2	0	0	0
Carlton Gaston	1	1	.500	3.27	4	1		0	0		11.0	14	4	4	2	3	0	7	0	0	0
Gerald Lanning	1	4	.200	3.32	24	12		0	0		84.0	74	38	31	2	37	7	78	4	1	12
Alonso Olivares					12						0.0									3
John Jackson	0	0		4.50	1	0		0	0		2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Lou Mellini	0	1	.000	5.57	7	3		0	0		21.0	25	17	13	2	9	0	17	0	0	1
Larry Rybicki	0	1	.000	11.25	2	1		0	0		4.0	7	8	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	2
Totals	61	49	.555	3.18	274	112	0	30	7	0	932.0	820	434	329	54	348	32	729	22	8	57	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
Ike McCraw	111	497	437	82	127	15	6	2	32	55	16	48	69	.291	.364	.366	.731	160		5	3	4
Jim Vopicka	109	452	394	55	103	19	5	5	47	13	3	47	87	.261	.343	.373	.716	147		4	3	4
Dayle Campbell	104	415	365	68	98	14	2	12	47	12	5	36	100	.268	.350	.416	.767	152		10	4	0
Don Cunnigan	104	390	319	49	73	14	4	5	47	14	8	57	64	.229	.348	.345	.693	110		4	5	5
Lee Massey	67	252	226	38	68	11	2	4	38	12	1	23	24	.301	.363	.420	.783	95		0	1	2
Neil MacClellan	80	263	233	34	67	11	0	6	38	3	1	23	34	.288	.349	.412	.761	96		1	2	4
Steve Schneider	70	260	236	27	60	1	4	3	35	11	4	12	56	.254	.307	.331	.638	78		7	3	2
Tommy Gray	73	217	190	22	49	11	2	0	22	2	1	24	17	.258	.341	.337	.678	64		0	3	0
John Jackson	68	224	194	31	49	15	0	3	34	3	3	23	48	.253	.342	.376	.719	73		4	2	1
Mike Nunn	71	241	210	24	42	12	2	1	20	2	4	26	66	.200	.303	.290	.593	61		5	0	0
Larry Hanson	28	108	100	13	23	6	0	1	14	3	2	5	25	.230	.269	.320	.589	32		1	0	2
Jim Cesario	25	96	74	17	22	5	0	3	11	3	0	18	14	.297	.438	.486	.924	36		2	0	2
Dave LaRoche	58	116	98	15	21	3	0	2	9	1	0	16	20	.214	.322	.306	.628	30		0	1	1
Scott Morey	16	60	55	9	14	1	0	3	8	2	1	5	13	.255	.317	.436	.753	24		0	0	0
Charlie Oakes	18	63	58	6	14	2	1	0	4	0	0	3	14	.241	.302	.310	.612	18		2	0	0
Bob Perruchon	23	70	56	7	13	4	0	0	2	2	3	12	12	.232	.386	.304	.689	17		2	0	0
Albert Holland	15	62	52	9	12	1	1	0	6	3	0	10	14	.231	.355	.288	.643	15		0	0	0
Greg Washburn	13	38	36	3	10	3	0	1	7	0	0	1	7	.278	.297	.444	.742	16		0	1	0
Terry Cox	24	49	47	7	10	3	0	0	4	0	1	2	13	.213	.245	.277	.521	13		0	0	0
Pat Knutzen	23	49	41	5	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	14	.220	.304	.268	.573	11		1	3	0
Roger Morris	19	40	35	4	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	10	.200	.263	.257	.520	9		0	2	0
Bruce Davis	14	47	40	5	6	1	1	0	2	2	1	7	12	.150	.277	.225	.502	9		0	0	0
Dave McCormick	14	21	20	4	5	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	8	.250	.286	.350	.636	7		0	0	0
Bob Smithson	18	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.300	.300	.300	.600	3		0	0	0
Martin Pavlik	16	25	23	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.130	.130	.130	.261	3		0	2	0
Al Martin	8	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	0	0
Jeff Browne	14	12	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.111	.273	.111	.384	1		0	1	0
Don Richards	37	13	12	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.083	.154	.167	.321	2		0	0	0
Jeff Pryor	10	17	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.071	.071	.071	.143	1		0	3	0
Jim Suskiewich	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0	0
Carlton Gaston	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
Larry Rybicki	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Ed Merritt	19	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Gerald Lanning	24	27	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	.000	.120	.000	.120	0		0	2	0
Lou Mellini	7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Mike Brown	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1312	4181	3649	538	912	155	32	51	439	143	54	414	790	.250	.332	.352	.684	1284	0	48	43	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dayle Campbell	1B	96	793	50	11	63	.987	8.781
Charlie Oakes	1B	16	110	8	4	9	.967	7.375
Dave LaRoche	1B	4	18	3	0	2	1.000	5.250
Jim Vopicka	1B	1	6	2	0	1	1.000	8.000
Jim Suskiewich	1B	1	10	1	0	2	1.000	11.000
Neil MacClellan	1B	1	9	2	0	0	1.000	11.000
John Jackson	2B	61	123	129	16	32	.940	4.131
Steve Schneider	2B	33	48	72	4	20	.968	3.636
Tommy Gray	2B	28	41	62	4	9	.963	3.679
Jim Vopicka	2B	7	15	12	0	3	1.000	3.857
Tommy Gray	3B	36	26	63	10	2	.899	2.472
Larry Hanson	3B	28	21	36	8	4	.877	2.036
Steve Schneider	3B	23	25	42	7	2	.905	2.913
Jim Cesario	3B	22	19	37	4	4	.933	2.545
Bruce Davis	3B	11	7	23	2	2	.938	2.727
Mike Nunn	C	66	441	48	10	3	.980	7.409	23
Neil MacClellan	C	59	357	34	7	3	.982	6.627	12
Tommy Gray	C	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000	0
Mike Brown	C	1	6	2	0	0	1.000	8.000	0
Ike McCraw	OF	111	227	9	8	1	.967	2.126
Don Cunnigan	OF	103	193	14	13	4	.941	2.010
Lee Massey	OF	63	84	9	3	1	.969	1.476
Bob Perruchon	OF	17	18	0	1	0	.947	1.059
Dave LaRoche	OF	15	28	1	3	1	.906	1.933
Albert Holland	OF	15	28	2	0	1	1.000	2.000
Scott Morey	OF	14	24	2	4	0	.867	1.857
Neil MacClellan	OF	13	13	0	1	0	.929	1.000
Dayle Campbell	OF	4	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Don Richards	P	37	3	11	3	0	.824	.378
Dave LaRoche	P	33	5	14	0	1	1.000	.576
Gerald Lanning	P	24	1	13	0	0	1.000	.583
Terry Cox	P	24	7	15	2	0	.917	.917
Pat Knutzen	P	23	2	27	4	1	.879	1.261
Ed Merritt	P	19	5	13	1	1	.947	.947
Bob Smithson	P	18	5	2	1	0	.875	.389
Dave McCormick	P	14	5	10	0	1	1.000	1.071
Martin Pavlik	P	13	3	9	1	0	.923	.923
Greg Washburn	P	12	5	12	1	1	.944	1.417
Jeff Pryor	P	10	3	12	2	1	.882	1.500
Jeff Browne	P	9	2	5	0	0	1.000	.778
Lou Mellini	P	7	0	4	0	0	1.000	.571
Al Martin	P	7	3	5	0	1	1.000	1.143
Ed Bauer	P	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	.400
Carlton Gaston	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Larry Rybicki	P	2						.000
Jim Vopicka	SS	104	156	324	38	45	.927	4.615
Roger Morris	SS	8	12	22	5	5	.872	4.250
Steve Schneider	SS	7	5	22	5	7	.844	3.857
Totals		1230	2919	1187	184	233	.957	3.338	35	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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