1968 Shreveport Braves Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 78-62
Finished 2nd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Charley Lau (78-62)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 67,671, Avg. 967

1968 Shreveport Braves Roster

The Shreveport Braves of the Texas League ended the 1968 season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.

The Braves plated 607 runs and gave up 599 runs. George Kopacz and Hal Breeden paced Shreveport with 14 home runs apiece. Cito Gaston drove in 57 runs. Remy Hermoso led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .296 clip. Carl Morton topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.72 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1968 Shreveport Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Tom House, Ron Schueler, Ralph Garr, George Kopacz, Walt Hriniak, Carl Morton, Skip Guinn, Al Santorini, Wayne Garrett, Mike McQueen, Hal Breeden, Cito Gaston, Remy Hermoso, George Stone and Dale Roberts.

Charley Lau 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
Carl Morton	13	5	.722	2.72	26	26		4	2		179.0	160	81	54	9	60	2	130	2	0	5
Jay Carden	9	10	.474	3.11	25	21		5	1		139.0	155	75	48	9	39	2	94	4	0	9
Don Spain	9	10	.474	4.50	30	17		1	1		140.0	137	79	70	14	59	7	77	4	0	7
John Stewart	7	1	.875	2.87	38	2		1	0		69.0	57	29	22	3	39	7	61	2	1	6
Al Santorini	6	5	.545	2.68	19	18		1	0		104.0	103	39	31	2	36	1	93	1	0	7
Dale Roberts	6	7	.462	3.84	30	17		2	0		122.0	124	70	52	10	44	5	82	8	1	8
Ron Schueler	5	3	.625	5.95	18	9		0	0		59.0	73	47	39	11	21	1	37	1	0	6
Gene Garnell	5	4	.556	4.40	61	0		0	0		92.0	86	47	45	7	37	10	59	6	0	6
Monte Sharp	5	6	.455	2.45	41	3		1	0		77.0	77	27	21	7	16	2	54	3	0	3
James Sanders	3	1	.750	3.75	10	2		0	0		24.0	17	13	10	1	14	0	22	2	0	2
Bob Castiglione	3	2	.600	3.71	8	6		0	0		34.0	30	16	14	2	14	4	18	2	0	1
Tom House	2	1	.667	1.00	3	3		0	0		18.0	14	6	2	0	11	0	18	0	0	0
Mike McQueen	1	0	1.000	3.21	4	2		0	0		14.0	15	5	5	2	7	0	12	0	0	2
George Stone	1	1	.500	3.21	5	4		0	0		28.0	19	11	10	2	6	2	33	0	1	1
Frank Ballard	1	1	.500	3.44	15	0		0	0		34.0	29	13	13	4	6	2	19	0	0	0
Ray Allen	1	2	.333	3.54	7	3		0	0		28.0	27	16	11	1	8	2	17	0	0	0
Skip Guinn	1	2	.333	4.76	3	3		0	0		17.0	20	10	9	3	2	0	22	0	0	2
George Kopacz	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Quint Willingham	0	0		0.00	3	0		0	0		3.0	3	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Charles Swanson	0	0		4.50	1	1		0	0		2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Britton	0	1	.000	4.50	3	3		0	0		12.0	12	9	6	2	4	0	8	0	0	0
Totals	78	62	.557	3.48	351	140	0	15	4	0	1197.0	1163	599	463	92	426	47	857	35	3	65	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
Ralph Garr	127	527	485	76	142	20	6	2	35	32	6	32	69	.293	.341	.371	.712	180		5	2	3
Remy Hermoso	129	539	470	77	139	17	4	0	37	32	12	47	47	.296	.366	.349	.715	164		7	12	3
Wayne Garrett	131	507	456	49	109	17	4	4	44	15	6	43	62	.239	.307	.320	.627	146		3	2	3
Walt Hriniak	107	399	345	40	108	11	1	6	47	4	8	44	43	.313	.396	.403	.799	139		5	3	2
Ed Pacheco	113	436	400	54	100	15	3	6	46	16	9	26	57	.250	.294	.348	.642	139		2	1	7
Cito Gaston	96	374	340	49	95	15	4	6	57	12	5	28	55	.279	.332	.400	.732	136		0	3	3
Andy Finlay	112	398	356	45	93	11	4	6	35	21	4	39	74	.261	.335	.365	.700	130		1	1	1
Ted Bashore	113	403	337	57	87	14	2	9	56	13	7	50	68	.258	.365	.392	.757	132		9	3	4
George Kopacz	100	328	285	43	68	10	3	14	39	11	6	39	51	.239	.329	.442	.771	126		1	0	3
Hal Breeden	78	247	215	35	59	16	1	14	50	3	1	26	38	.274	.362	.553	.915	119		4	1	1
Bob Turzilli	68	240	207	21	52	6	2	1	17	7	0	30	44	.251	.351	.314	.665	65		2	1	0
Alberto Cambero	35	106	93	8	24	0	1	0	9	3	5	11	15	.258	.343	.280	.622	26		1	1	0
Albert Thompson	27	101	93	11	20	5	0	3	14	3	2	3	23	.215	.267	.366	.633	34		4	0	1
Carl Morton	44	88	81	12	17	5	0	1	8	1	0	4	20	.210	.253	.309	.562	25		1	1	1
Faustino Zabala	17	46	43	4	10	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	6	.233	.267	.326	.592	14		0	1	0
Dale Roberts	33	48	46	2	7	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	24	.152	.188	.152	.340	7		2	0	0
Robert Connolly	15	37	34	6	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	4	.176	.243	.206	.449	7		0	0	0
Frank Ballard	16	11	11	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.364	.364	.364	.727	4		0	0	0
Al Santorini	20	36	32	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19	.125	.200	.125	.325	4		0	1	0
Don Spain	31	50	47	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	31	.085	.140	.085	.225	4		0	0	0
Jay Carden	25	51	48	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	21	.083	.102	.104	.206	5		0	2	0
Gene Garnell	62	24	20	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	.150	.261	.150	.411	3		0	1	0
James Sanders	10	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3		0	0	0
Tom House	3	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2		0	0	0
Bob Castiglione	8	13	11	3	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	2	.182	.250	.455	.705	5		0	1	0
Monte Sharp	41	19	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	7	.143	.316	.143	.459	2		0	0	1
John Stewart	38	17	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.133	.188	.133	.321	2		0	1	0
Ron Schueler	18	18	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.125	.118	.125	.243	2		0	1	1
Jimmy Britton	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Skip Guinn	3	7	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	1		0	1	0
George Stone	6	11	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	.111	.273	.111	.384	1		0	0	0
Ray Allen	7	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	0	0
Mike McQueen	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1640	5113	4545	607	1171	166	35	74	516	178	73	447	819	.258	.328	.358	.687	1629	0	47	40	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ted Bashore	1B	86	694	37	11	59	.985	8.500
Hal Breeden	1B	60	453	35	8	37	.984	8.133
George Kopacz	1B	16	110	8	3	4	.975	7.375
Don Spain	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Wayne Garrett	2B	97	191	237	18	45	.960	4.412
Remy Hermoso	2B	43	92	136	6	30	.974	5.302
Ed Pacheco	2B	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Walt Hriniak	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ed Pacheco	3B	50	34	108	7	9	.953	2.840
Walt Hriniak	3B	38	21	51	2	2	.973	1.895
Wayne Garrett	3B	36	27	73	6	6	.943	2.778
Alberto Cambero	3B	27	20	47	6	5	.918	2.481
Robert Connolly	3B	3	5	7	1	0	.923	4.000
Bob Turzilli	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Remy Hermoso	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Gene Garnell	3B	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000
Walt Hriniak	C	75	432	49	6	5	.988	6.413	16
Bob Turzilli	C	66	411	29	7	4	.984	6.667	5
Faustino Zabala	C	15	77	12	1	1	.989	5.933	1
Ralph Garr	OF	123	222	11	12	6	.951	1.894
Andy Finlay	OF	105	155	13	8	4	.955	1.600
Cito Gaston	OF	92	203	3	9	0	.958	2.239
George Kopacz	OF	70	89	5	1	0	.989	1.343
Albert Thompson	OF	27	32	2	2	0	.944	1.259
Ted Bashore	OF	21	36	6	3	0	.933	2.000
Robert Connolly	OF	7	4	1	1	0	.833	.714
Walt Hriniak	OF	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Gene Garnell	P	61	0	15	1	1	.938	.246
Monte Sharp	P	41	2	15	2	1	.895	.415
John Stewart	P	38	3	8	2	1	.846	.289
Don Spain	P	30	2	18	2	0	.909	.667
Dale Roberts	P	30	5	22	2	0	.931	.900
Carl Morton	P	26	10	36	1	1	.979	1.769
Jay Carden	P	25	6	31	2	0	.949	1.480
Al Santorini	P	19	5	19	3	1	.889	1.263
Ron Schueler	P	18	2	15	0	0	1.000	.944
Frank Ballard	P	15	1	4	1	0	.833	.333
James Sanders	P	10	1	4	1	0	.833	.500
Bob Castiglione	P	8	3	4	0	1	1.000	.875
Ray Allen	P	7	2	1	1	0	.750	.429
George Stone	P	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike McQueen	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Quint Willingham	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Tom House	P	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
Skip Guinn	P	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jimmy Britton	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667
Charles Swanson	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Remy Hermoso	SS	84	131	211	30	29	.919	4.071
Ed Pacheco	SS	63	97	176	23	38	.922	4.333
Alberto Cambero	SS	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		1565	3588	1466	189	290	.964	3.229	22	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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