1968 Rochester Red Wings Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 77-69
Finished 3rd in the IL
Manager: Billy DeMars (77-69)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Rochester, New York
Ballpark: Silver Stadium
Attendance: 243,498, Avg. 3,336

1968 Rochester Red Wings Roster

Playoffs - Columbus Jets 3 games, Rochester Red Wings 2

The Rochester Red Wings of the International League ended the 1968 season with a record of 77 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the IL.

The Red Wings plated 626 runs and surrendered 584 runs. Merv Rettenmund paced Rochester with 22 home runs, while Mike Fiore walloped 15 or more, too. Steve Demeter drove in 63 runs. Ron Stone topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .257 clip. Bill Dillman led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 4.29 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1968 Rochester Red Wings who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Aubrey Gatewood, Bill Dillman, John O'Donoghue, Al Severinsen, Mike Fiore, Ron Stone, Terry Crowley, Mickey McGuire, Ed Barnowski, Wally Bunker, Rene Lachemann, Bobby Floyd, John Morris, Jim Palmer, Vic Roznovsky, Roger Nelson, Mike Adamson, Del Bates, Gordy Lund, Elmo Plaskett, Fred Beene, Don Baylor, Merv Rettenmund, Dave May, Tom Fisher and Steve Demeter.

Billy DeMars 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
Bill Dillman	11	11	.500	4.29	36	22		3	0		147.0	145	73	70	14	47	5	104	1	0	7
Ricardo Delgado	9	5	.643	3.87	29	13		5	4		107.0	102	47	46	11	30	6	67	7	0	4
Mike Adamson	8	4	.667	3.07	15	14		4	1		88.0	76	36	30	6	34	1	63	1	0	6
Fred Beene	8	7	.533	2.68	48	5		3	0		114.0	88	45	34	10	35	4	100	1	0	5
Wally Bunker	6	1	.857	2.70	10	10		2	0		70.0	56	25	21	10	17	0	46	1	0	0
Gerald Herron	6	3	.667	4.50	19	17		3	1		104.0	96	62	52	8	47	3	84	6	0	3
Thomas Arruda	5	9	.357	4.19	24	17		5	0		116.0	119	67	54	14	37	6	64	7	1	4
Aubrey Gatewood	4	10	.286	4.32	25	12		4	1		98.0	102	51	47	10	28	4	51	0	1	3
Roger Nelson	3	0	1.000	1.29	4	4		1	0		28.0	13	4	4	2	5	0	30	0	0	1
John Morris	3	0	1.000	3.67	27	0		0	0		27.0	23	13	11	3	8	2	26	6	0	4
Paul Knechtges	3	3	.500	3.21	47	0		0	0		73.0	67	31	26	3	28	10	58	4	0	4
Al Severinsen	2	0	1.000	1.42	22	0		0	0		38.0	43	11	6	3	9	3	21	0	0	1
P. J. Campbell	2	1	.667	3.91	4	4		0	0		23.0	23	10	10	2	2	0	9	0	0	1
Tim Sommer	2	2	.500	4.95	7	3		0	0		20.0	20	15	11	2	8	0	22	0	0	0
John O'Donoghue	2	4	.333	2.38	7	7		2	1		53.0	51	21	14	3	10	0	31	1	0	1
Tom Fisher	2	4	.333	3.65	24	8		0	0		74.0	77	33	30	6	22	1	46	0	1	1
Del Hill	1	2	.333	3.44	15	2		0	0		34.0	31	16	13	3	17	1	28	2	0	1
Ed Barnowski					9						0.0
Jim Palmer	0	0		13.50	2	2		0	0		4.0	4	6	6	1	8	0	6	0	0	0
Totals	77	66	.538	3.58	374	140	0	32	8	0	1218.0	1136	566	485	111	392	46	856	37	3	46	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
Merv Rettenmund	114	488	393	104	130	25	5	22	59	14	14	85	63	.331	.459	.588	1.047	231		8	2	0
Frank Peters	136	538	481	51	119	21	2	10	60	5	3	43	62	.247	.309	.362	.671	174		2	7	5
Ron Stone	120	510	460	71	118	13	5	5	42	15	5	35	71	.257	.314	.339	.653	156		5	7	3
Steve Demeter	111	416	369	46	111	27	1	10	63	2	2	38	42	.301	.371	.461	.832	170		5	1	3
Bobby Floyd	102	387	359	47	103	11	2	6	52	2	4	25	78	.287	.334	.379	.713	136		1	1	1
Mike Fiore	108	455	376	68	102	19	3	19	62	3	3	67	75	.271	.390	.489	.880	184		7	4	1
Bill Scripture	121	418	370	34	85	12	1	8	51	2	4	35	71	.230	.307	.332	.639	123		7	4	2
Terry Crowley	75	311	271	37	71	13	3	8	34	1	1	35	54	.262	.344	.421	.765	114		0	3	2
Vic Roznovsky	93	309	286	27	68	11	3	4	34	1	0	20	46	.238	.288	.339	.627	97		1	0	2
Gordy Lund	84	256	225	26	46	3	2	2	25	0	2	25	37	.204	.283	.262	.546	59		1	2	3
Chester Trail	46	187	166	21	44	6	2	9	24	3	2	19	48	.265	.339	.488	.827	81		0	1	1
Dave May	31	133	113	21	35	5	1	4	17	4	2	18	17	.310	.406	.478	.884	54		1	0	1
John Mason	37	124	111	6	22	3	0	0	6	2	0	11	17	.198	.276	.225	.502	25		1	1	0
Elmo Plaskett	17	58	52	3	11	1	0	1	8	0	0	5	4	.212	.293	.288	.582	15		1	0	0
Don Baylor	15	52	46	4	10	2	0	0	4	1	0	3	17	.217	.294	.261	.555	12		2	1	0
Fred Beene	50	31	29	1	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	7	.276	.276	.276	.552	8		0	2	0
Aubrey Gatewood	25	34	33	2	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	14	.212	.212	.212	.424	7		0	1	0
Bill Dillman	38	54	45	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	11	.156	.224	.178	.402	8		0	5	0
Thomas Arruda	25	45	40	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	16	.150	.209	.150	.359	6		0	2	0
P. J. Campbell	9	15	15	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.400	.733	6		0	0	0
Mike Adamson	15	33	30	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.167	.219	.167	.385	5		0	1	0
Ricardo Delgado	30	37	33	5	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	14	.152	.243	.212	.455	7		0	0	0
Al Severinsen	22	8	7	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.571	.571	.571	1.143	4		0	1	0
Paul Knechtges	47	19	18	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.222	.263	.222	.485	4		0	0	0
John O'Donoghue	7	19	18	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	4		0	1	0
Wally Bunker	10	26	24	3	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	15	.167	.167	.208	.375	5		0	2	0
Mickey McGuire	8	29	27	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.148	.172	.148	.321	4		0	0	1
Roger Nelson	4	11	11	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.273	.545	3		0	0	0
Owen Johnson	6	20	16	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.188	.250	.188	.438	3		0	0	2
Gerald Herron	19	40	33	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	19	.091	.167	.091	.258	3		0	4	0
Lawrence Clayton	8	11	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.222	.364	.333	.697	3		0	0	0
Tom Fisher	24	23	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182	2		0	1	0
Jim Palmer	3	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4		0	1	0
Tim Sommer	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Del Hill	15	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0
John Morris	27	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Rene Lachemann	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	1610	5118	4504	603	1152	178	30	109	566	56	42	490	858	.256	.333	.381	.714	1717	0	42	55	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mike Fiore	1B	105	970	67	5	89	.995	9.876
Terry Crowley	1B	25	202	16	4	25	.982	8.720
Gordy Lund	1B	7	38	1	1	3	.975	5.571
Frank Peters	1B	4	28	3	2	6	.939	7.750
John Mason	1B	4	33	1	0	1	1.000	8.500
Ron Stone	1B	3	25	2	1	2	.964	9.000
Del Bates	1B	1	7	0	2	0	.778	7.000
Frank Peters	2B	91	118	243	11	69	.970	3.967
Chester Trail	2B	46	106	116	10	29	.957	4.826
Mickey McGuire	2B	8	14	20	0	1	1.000	4.250
Gordy Lund	2B	5	5	8	0	1	1.000	2.600
Steve Demeter	3B	101	77	182	11	22	.959	2.564
Frank Peters	3B	30	23	55	4	2	.951	2.600
Gordy Lund	3B	15	11	22	1	4	.971	2.200
Bill Scripture	3B	10	13	17	2	4	.938	3.000
Vic Roznovsky	C	79	471	50	4	8	.992	6.595	9
Del Bates	C	50	318	21	6	3	.983	6.780	7
Elmo Plaskett	C	16	93	6	0	0	1.000	6.188	4
Owen Johnson	C	6	40	2	0	0	1.000	7.000	1
Rene Lachemann	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Ron Stone	OF	117	188	11	12	1	.943	1.701
Merv Rettenmund	OF	113	251	11	4	2	.985	2.319
Bill Scripture	OF	93	156	7	4	0	.976	1.753
Terry Crowley	OF	50	72	2	2	0	.974	1.480
Dave May	OF	31	52	3	3	1	.948	1.774
John Mason	OF	25	58	1	2	0	.967	2.360
Don Baylor	OF	14	29	1	4	0	.882	2.143
Mike Fiore	OF	3	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Del Bates	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Frank Peters	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Lawrence Clayton	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Fred Beene	P	48	5	18	2	2	.920	.479
Paul Knechtges	P	47	5	11	1	2	.941	.340
Bill Dillman	P	36	6	28	2	0	.944	.944
Ricardo Delgado	P	29	8	22	0	3	1.000	1.034
John Morris	P	27	1	7	0	0	1.000	.296
Aubrey Gatewood	P	25	3	9	2	0	.857	.480
Tom Fisher	P	24	2	11	1	1	.929	.542
Thomas Arruda	P	24	7	25	3	3	.914	1.333
Al Severinsen	P	22	1	8	0	1	1.000	.409
Gerald Herron	P	19	4	14	0	0	1.000	.947
Del Hill	P	15	0	3	0	0	1.000	.200
Mike Adamson	P	15	6	18	3	1	.889	1.600
Wally Bunker	P	10	5	13	1	0	.947	1.800
Ed Barnowski	P	9						.000
Tim Sommer	P	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	.143
John O'Donoghue	P	7	3	8	0	1	1.000	1.571
Roger Nelson	P	4	2	1	0	0	1.000	.750
P. J. Campbell	P	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jim Palmer	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bobby Floyd	SS	96	140	295	19	57	.958	4.531
Gordy Lund	SS	44	71	115	7	26	.964	4.227
Frank Peters	SS	10	10	43	5	9	.914	5.300
Totals		1581	3688	1523	141	379	.974	3.296	21	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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