1968 St. Petersburg Cardinals Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 80-63
Finished 2nd in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Ron Plaza (80-63)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 73,047, Avg. 1,022
1968 St. Petersburg Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 80-63
Finished 2nd in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Ron Plaza (80-63)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 73,047, Avg. 1,022
Playoffs - Miami Marlins 2 games, St. Petersburg Cardinals 1
The St. Petersburg Cardinals of the Florida State League ended the 1968 season with a record of 80 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Cardinals plated 518 runs and surrendered 433 runs. Ed Powell paced St. Petersburg with 10 home runs Wayne Dees drove in 50 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .285. Reggie Cleveland led the team with 15 wins, while Rosario Llanos registered a 2.16 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1968 St. Petersburg Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Tim Plodinec, Chip Coulter, Skip Jutze, Gaylen Pitts, Jack Whillock and Reggie Cleveland.
Ron Plaza 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Cleveland | 15 | 10 | .600 | 2.77 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 185.0 | 152 | 71 | 57 | 9 | 68 | 2 | 135 | 9 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Rosario Llanos | 13 | 6 | .684 | 2.16 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 179.0 | 148 | 51 | 43 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 98 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |||
| John Davsko | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1.61 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 84.0 | 59 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Charles Schoene | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1.78 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 69 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ronald Jancek | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.76 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 79.0 | 74 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Larry Koch | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 76.0 | 58 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Michael McFalls | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.43 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 89.0 | 69 | 40 | 24 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 75 | 6 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Jerry Sabourin | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.59 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tim Plodinec | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.32 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 62.0 | 52 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| John Polovina | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.53 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 97.0 | 85 | 43 | 38 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |||
| Jack Whillock | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.83 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 54.0 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Felix Roque | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.14 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 43 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bruce MacLean | 2 | 4 | .333 | 1.62 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Donald Picard | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.05 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dionicio Gonzalez | 1 | 6 | .143 | 3.41 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 45 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jimmy Smith | 0 | 0 | 5.62 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Tom Alger | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jeffrey Ice | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Francisco Perez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.86 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 80 | 63 | .559 | 2.58 | 317 | 143 | 0 | 39 | 19 | 0 | 1216.0 | 997 | 433 | 349 | 35 | 445 | 25 | 830 | 50 | 7 | 74 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfonso Mairena | 137 | 562 | 486 | 57 | 130 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 58 | 47 | .267 | .349 | .300 | .649 | 146 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Wayne Dees | 115 | 459 | 424 | 57 | 121 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 32 | .285 | .327 | .392 | .718 | 166 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Kenneth Kurtz | 79 | 332 | 301 | 56 | 90 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 20 | 34 | .299 | .358 | .342 | .700 | 103 | 8 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Chip Coulter | 112 | 458 | 390 | 42 | 89 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 4 | 6 | 58 | 54 | .228 | .330 | .308 | .638 | 120 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Ed Powell | 107 | 338 | 278 | 38 | 86 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 46 | .309 | .408 | .460 | .869 | 128 | 6 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Jerry Bartee | 114 | 403 | 353 | 38 | 76 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 38 | 59 | .215 | .300 | .258 | .558 | 91 | 5 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Bob Lanning | 99 | 359 | 333 | 28 | 74 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 69 | .222 | .270 | .330 | .600 | 110 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| George Greer | 60 | 213 | 187 | 30 | 58 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 14 | .310 | .382 | .422 | .805 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Larry Palmer | 99 | 351 | 310 | 20 | 58 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 45 | .187 | .264 | .252 | .516 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Robert Gustafson | 67 | 223 | 191 | 21 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 24 | .241 | .332 | .283 | .615 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Don Kirkland | 68 | 249 | 215 | 24 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 43 | .209 | .313 | .242 | .555 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ernest DeFilippis | 53 | 160 | 144 | 16 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 19 | .250 | .321 | .306 | .626 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 71 | 205 | 190 | 16 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 28 | .184 | .217 | .195 | .411 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Skip Jutze | 35 | 97 | 90 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | .278 | .312 | .400 | .712 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Vincent Falcone | 35 | 134 | 112 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | .223 | .326 | .268 | .593 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Gaylen Pitts | 17 | 70 | 62 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | .226 | .314 | .242 | .556 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Thompson | 15 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .293 | .370 | .439 | .809 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rosario Llanos | 26 | 69 | 67 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .179 | .191 | .194 | .385 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Cleveland | 27 | 74 | 64 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .172 | .243 | .188 | .430 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Russell Lord | 22 | 43 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .167 | .302 | .333 | .636 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Plodinec | 12 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .278 | .350 | .333 | .683 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Polovina | 17 | 39 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .139 | .162 | .139 | .301 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dionicio Gonzalez | 29 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .308 | .357 | .308 | .665 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael McFalls | 23 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .148 | .148 | .148 | .296 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Jancek | 18 | 32 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .129 | .156 | .129 | .285 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Schoene | 36 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .231 | .333 | .231 | .564 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Davsko | 12 | 32 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .125 | .250 | .125 | .375 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Bodkin | 15 | 47 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .053 | .217 | .079 | .296 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Sabourin | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce MacLean | 15 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Koch | 11 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .048 | .200 | .095 | .295 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Smith | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Felix Roque | 29 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Donald Picard | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francisco Perez | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Alger | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Ice | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Whillock | 9 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1639 | 5153 | 4538 | 516 | 1082 | 139 | 36 | 29 | 427 | 80 | 25 | 461 | 698 | .238 | .313 | .304 | .617 | 1380 | 0 | 49 | 70 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Dees | 1B | 115 | 930 | 42 | 9 | 82 | .991 | 8.452 | ||||
| Chip Coulter | 2B | 111 | 270 | 299 | 10 | 62 | .983 | 5.126 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 2B | 34 | 60 | 72 | 13 | 15 | .910 | 3.882 | ||||
| Gaylen Pitts | 2B | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Kenneth Kurtz | 2B | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 5.000 | ||||
| Vincent Falcone | 2B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jerry Bartee | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Alfonso Mairena | 3B | 96 | 107 | 176 | 17 | 15 | .943 | 2.948 | ||||
| Vincent Falcone | 3B | 31 | 36 | 48 | 5 | 6 | .944 | 2.710 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 3B | 11 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .893 | 2.273 | ||||
| Russell Lord | 3B | 8 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .882 | 1.875 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | 3B | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Bob Lanning | C | 93 | 587 | 51 | 9 | 8 | .986 | 6.860 | 19 | |||
| Ed Powell | C | 36 | 140 | 13 | 5 | 3 | .968 | 4.250 | 8 | |||
| Skip Jutze | C | 24 | 141 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .987 | 6.417 | 4 | |||
| Jerry Bartee | OF | 104 | 138 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .974 | 1.433 | ||||
| Larry Palmer | OF | 90 | 149 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .951 | 1.722 | ||||
| Kenneth Kurtz | OF | 77 | 154 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .981 | 2.065 | ||||
| George Greer | OF | 59 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .988 | 1.356 | ||||
| Ed Powell | OF | 50 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .933 | 1.120 | ||||
| Ernest DeFilippis | OF | 39 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.692 | ||||
| Robert Gustafson | OF | 29 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 1.310 | ||||
| Rusty Bodkin | OF | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .765 | 1.083 | ||||
| Charles Schoene | P | 36 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .722 | ||||
| Felix Roque | P | 29 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .448 | ||||
| Dionicio Gonzalez | P | 29 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .414 | ||||
| Reggie Cleveland | P | 27 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .852 | ||||
| Rosario Llanos | P | 26 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .923 | ||||
| Michael McFalls | P | 23 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .609 | ||||
| John Polovina | P | 17 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .762 | .941 | ||||
| Ronald Jancek | P | 17 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.176 | ||||
| Bruce MacLean | P | 15 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .800 | ||||
| Donald Picard | P | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Francisco Perez | P | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .308 | ||||
| Tim Plodinec | P | 12 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.583 | ||||
| John Davsko | P | 12 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.583 | ||||
| Larry Koch | P | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .818 | ||||
| Jeffrey Ice | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Jerry Sabourin | P | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Jack Whillock | P | 9 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.778 | ||||
| Jimmy Smith | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Tom Alger | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Don Kirkland | SS | 68 | 72 | 157 | 15 | 27 | .939 | 3.368 | ||||
| Alfonso Mairena | SS | 38 | 64 | 95 | 9 | 25 | .946 | 4.184 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | SS | 19 | 21 | 46 | 8 | 3 | .893 | 3.526 | ||||
| Gaylen Pitts | SS | 15 | 29 | 40 | 7 | 9 | .908 | 4.600 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | SS | 8 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .885 | 2.875 | ||||
| Russell Lord | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1495 | 3237 | 1353 | 164 | 280 | .966 | 3.070 | 31 | 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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