1968 Reading Phillies Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 81-59
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Frank Lucchesi (81-59)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: First Energy Stadium
Attendance: 107,168, Avg. 1,531

1968 Reading Phillies Roster

Playoffs - Reading Phillies 2 games, Binghamton Triplets 0
Finals - Reading Phillies 3 games, Pittsfield Red Sox 1

The Reading Phillies of the Eastern League ended the 1968 season with a record of 81 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the EL.

The Phillies scored 451 runs and gave up 369 runs. Ron Allen recorded 61 runs batted in and topped all regular batters by hitting .258. Gene Rounsaville led the team with 14 wins, while Gene Rounsaville and Pat Bayless recorded a 1.76 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1968 Reading Phillies who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Christopher, Howie Bedell, Gene Rounsaville, Gene Leek, Manny Muñiz, Luis Peraza, Ron Allen, Leroy Reams, Denny Doyle, Paul Brown, Dave Watkins and Larry Bowa.

Frank Lucchesi 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
Gene Rounsaville	14	5	.737	1.76	25	22		14	6		174.0	139	45	34	6	37	7	84	1	0	6
Luis Peraza	13	3	.812	1.99	39	2		1	0		77.0	46	23	17	5	30	3	69	0	0	6
Pat Bayless	12	8	.600	1.76	25	25		9	3		179.0	139	46	35	3	71	2	130	4	0	11
Jack Nutter	10	12	.455	2.37	28	26		9	4		175.0	115	52	46	7	51	6	116	3	1	9
Harold Clem	7	5	.583	2.42	21	17		6	1		119.0	93	39	32	5	35	0	52	3	0	1
Michael Everett	7	11	.389	2.53	33	23		6	1		153.0	124	58	43	5	81	8	98	1	0	17
Donald Hammitt	6	4	.600	2.35	33	6		2	1		69.0	49	22	18	6	20	4	46	1	0	3
William Wolfe	5	2	.714	1.80	14	7		3	1		50.0	37	17	10	2	15	0	30	0	0	2
Paul Brown	5	2	.714	2.42	17	7		2	2		67.0	57	25	18	2	26	2	38	2	0	3
Gary Schlieve	2	4	.333	1.54	32	1		0	0		76.0	67	17	13	0	20	3	38	2	0	5
William Haag	0	0		1.50	7	1		0	0		12.0	4	3	2	1	6	0	7	1	0	3
Manny Muñiz	0	0		2.57	4	0		0	0		7.0	4	2	2	0	3	0	4	1	0	0
Gary Weldon	0	0		4.50	2	0		0	0		2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Dennis Kissane	0	0		18.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Harrell	0	1	.000	2.65	9	0		0	0		17.0	18	9	5	0	4	1	7	0	0	1
John Penn	0	2	.000	6.00	3	3		0	0		12.0	11	8	8	1	6	0	11	1	0	0
Totals	81	59	.579	2.16	293	140	0	52	19	0	1190.0	906	369	286	43	407	36	732	20	1	67	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
Ron Allen	132	515	453	54	117	18	6	9	61	3	1	55	87	.258	.341	.384	.725	174		3	2	2
Larry Bowa	133	522	480	47	116	14	2	3	36	14	2	24	27	.242	.280	.298	.578	143		3	11	4
Denny Doyle	125	508	464	45	114	12	5	1	26	7	8	36	42	.246	.301	.300	.601	139		2	3	3
Dave Watkins	117	426	364	49	96	26	5	4	49	8	6	47	53	.264	.350	.396	.746	144		4	6	5
Howie Bedell	88	339	310	33	88	10	5	1	30	13	9	21	27	.284	.340	.358	.698	111		6	1	1
Victor Torres	127	460	413	25	86	6	2	1	37	2	2	30	33	.208	.260	.240	.500	99		2	7	8
Leroy Reams	104	329	293	39	73	8	5	3	29	7	4	35	32	.249	.329	.341	.671	100		0	1	0
Joe Christopher	102	350	279	44	72	11	2	7	43	8	1	62	49	.258	.397	.387	.784	108		4	2	3
Steve Kolinsky	98	310	275	22	59	5	1	0	18	10	3	30	58	.215	.292	.240	.532	66		1	2	2
Gilberto Torres	71	238	215	23	48	6	1	0	11	6	1	15	24	.223	.275	.260	.535	56		1	5	2
Pat Skrable	56	203	184	24	46	8	3	1	9	3	4	11	37	.250	.302	.342	.644	63		3	4	1
Gene Leek	42	123	110	7	28	5	0	0	9	0	1	9	28	.255	.322	.300	.622	33		2	2	0
Stump Merrill	42	119	95	8	18	4	0	0	5	0	0	22	16	.189	.339	.232	.571	22		0	1	1
Hank McGraw	43	84	69	7	14	4	0	1	8	1	0	13	17	.203	.325	.304	.630	21		0	1	1
Pat Bayless	25	68	57	2	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	13	.140	.155	.158	.313	9		0	10	0
Jack Nutter	29	63	57	4	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	27	.140	.210	.140	.350	8		0	1	0
Gene Rounsaville	28	72	60	2	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	26	.133	.172	.150	.322	9		1	8	1
Luis Peraza	39	19	18	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	4		0	1	0
Arlo Engel	10	38	34	4	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	4	13	.088	.184	.206	.390	7		0	0	0
Gary Schlieve	33	15	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.167	.333	.167	.500	2		0	0	0
William Wolfe	14	17	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.118	.118	.118	.235	2		0	0	0
Michael Everett	33	49	39	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	23	.051	.136	.051	.188	2		0	5	1
Paul Brown	21	24	19	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.053	.143	.053	.195	1		0	3	0
Harold Clem	21	40	34	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	.029	.083	.059	.142	2		0	4	0
John Penn	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0
William Haag	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Donald Hammitt	36	13	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.000	.077	.000	.077	0		0	0	0
Jeff Harrell	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Manny Muñiz	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1593	4952	4369	451	1014	141	37	32	388	83	42	435	681	.232	.304	.303	.607	1325	0	32	81	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ron Allen	1B	131	1182	62	19	102	.985	9.496
Leroy Reams	1B	10	75	2	0	4	1.000	7.700
Hank McGraw	1B	2	13	1	0	4	1.000	7.000
Michael Everett	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Denny Doyle	2B	123	275	297	15	76	.974	4.650
Victor Torres	2B	20	32	54	0	6	1.000	4.300
Leroy Reams	2B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Gene Leek	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Victor Torres	3B	103	85	191	23	25	.923	2.680
Gene Leek	3B	36	27	61	3	5	.967	2.444
Leroy Reams	3B	13	9	20	5	1	.853	2.231
Hank McGraw	3B	3	1	11	1	0	.923	4.000
Paul Brown	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ron Allen	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Dave Watkins	C	107	572	61	19	9	.971	5.916	22
Stump Merrill	C	33	187	23	2	3	.991	6.364	4
Hank McGraw	C	10	28	3	1	0	.969	3.100	0
Steve Kolinsky	OF	90	172	5	1	0	.994	1.967
Joe Christopher	OF	84	120	10	4	1	.970	1.548
Howie Bedell	OF	82	164	2	5	0	.971	2.024
Leroy Reams	OF	64	103	3	1	0	.991	1.656
Gilberto Torres	OF	60	101	3	3	1	.972	1.733
Pat Skrable	OF	50	115	3	3	1	.975	2.360
Dave Watkins	OF	10	11	2	1	0	.929	1.300
Arlo Engel	OF	9	16	0	1	0	.941	1.778
Hank McGraw	OF	8	14	1	1	0	.938	1.875
Gene Leek	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Victor Torres	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Luis Peraza	P	39	2	11	1	0	.929	.333
Donald Hammitt	P	33	5	7	2	1	.857	.364
Michael Everett	P	33	8	37	1	0	.978	1.364
Gary Schlieve	P	32	5	12	1	1	.944	.531
Jack Nutter	P	28	11	25	1	0	.973	1.286
Gene Rounsaville	P	25	7	23	3	2	.909	1.200
Pat Bayless	P	25	6	19	1	1	.962	1.000
Harold Clem	P	21	7	14	3	1	.875	1.000
Paul Brown	P	17	6	8	2	0	.875	.824
William Wolfe	P	14	0	9	3	0	.750	.643
Jeff Harrell	P	9	1	3	0	0	1.000	.444
William Haag	P	7	0	6	0	0	1.000	.857
Manny Muñiz	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
John Penn	P	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Gary Weldon	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Dennis Kissane	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Larry Bowa	SS	133	192	395	24	77	.961	4.414
Victor Torres	SS	9	11	21	0	2	1.000	3.556
Leroy Reams	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Totals		1493	3565	1408	150	323	.971	3.331	26	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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