1968 San Antonio Missions Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 53-86
Finished 4th in the TL's West Division
Manager: Harry Bright (53-86)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Ballpark: V.J. Keefe Stadium
Attendance: 40,069, Avg. 577

1968 San Antonio Missions Roster

The San Antonio Missions of the Texas League ended the 1968 season with a record of 53 wins and 86 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.

The Missions scored 471 runs and allowed 601 runs. George Pena led San Antonio with 13 home runs and drove in 59 runs. Thomas Simon paced all regular batters with a .258 average. Archie Reynolds topped the squad with 13 wins, while Dean Burk earned a 3.66 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1968 San Antonio Missions who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were John Hairston, Jim Qualls, Bill Schlesinger, Jimmy McMath, Gary Ross, Len Church, Rick James, Pat Jacquez, Dick Calmus, Archie Reynolds, Ron Law, Jim Colborn, Dave Lemonds, Don Larsen, Garry Jestadt, Harry Bright, Randy Bobb, Nick Willhite, Terry Hughes and Ken Rudolph.

Harry Bright 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
Archie Reynolds	13	2	.867	2.19	18	17		9	5		111.0	91	29	27	4	35	2	59	3	0	0
Dean Burk	9	12	.429	3.66	28	28		12	5		172.0	171	91	70	17	77	14	93	3	0	10
Gary Ross	6	7	.462	2.08	14	14		8	3		108.0	92	31	25	2	42	2	90	2	0	6
Rick James	6	11	.353	4.02	19	19		5	1		112.0	106	73	50	6	43	2	65	5	0	5
Dave Lemonds	4	6	.400	3.34	15	14		4	1		89.0	95	43	33	3	27	2	75	4	1	2
Gary Encerti	3	5	.375	3.27	43	1		0	0		77.0	71	41	28	8	37	8	55	4	0	6
Ron Law	3	5	.375	5.32	17	8		4	1		66.0	69	42	39	6	29	2	57	1	0	5
Q. V. Lowe	3	8	.273	3.94	35	11		3	1		121.0	116	62	53	9	36	1	76	10	1	2
Len Church	2	2	.500	0.72	10	0		0	0		25.0	15	4	2	0	11	1	18	0	0	1
John Hermanek	2	3	.400	3.43	7	7		2	0		42.0	41	20	16	1	17	1	27	2	0	3
Pat Jacquez	2	6	.250	3.57	30	3		1	0		68.0	62	37	27	4	37	4	43	6	0	7
George Pena	0	0		13.50	1	0		0	0		2.0	2	4	3	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
Donald Furnald	0	1	.000	3.84	19	0		0	0		61.0	63	30	26	4	20	2	35	1	0	3
Thomas Simon	0	1	.000	6.75	2	0		0	0		4.0	7	5	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jim Colborn	0	1	.000	18.00	2	1		0	0		4.0	11	9	8	3	5	0	3	0	0	1
Dick Calmus	0	3	.000	8.31	5	4		1	0		13.0	24	14	12	2	7	0	11	0	0	0
Thomas Mandile	0	4	.000	6.21	9	7		1	0		42.0	42	30	29	5	16	1	40	2	0	1
Don Larsen	0	4	.000	6.23	9	0		0	0		13.0	19	12	9	0	5	2	9	0	0	1
Nick Willhite	0	5	.000	5.67	6	6		0	0		27.0	41	24	17	5	14	1	16	2	0	2
Totals	53	86	.381	3.71	289	140	0	50	17	0	1157.0	1138	601	477	81	464	45	774	45	2	55	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
Thomas Simon	126	474	426	47	110	18	3	0	31	20	17	43	68	.258	.331	.315	.645	134		3	2	0
John Hairston	118	427	385	53	92	15	2	7	30	1	2	32	82	.239	.308	.343	.650	132		7	1	2
George Pena	99	356	312	38	91	24	4	13	59	2	0	41	63	.292	.375	.519	.894	162		1	1	1
Jimmy McMath	75	308	285	35	75	14	2	2	23	5	3	21	54	.263	.316	.347	.663	99		1	1	0
Gene Noble	95	330	277	31	74	5	0	5	34	3	2	50	69	.267	.379	.339	.718	94		1	0	2
Garry Jestadt	103	357	333	28	73	10	1	4	32	4	1	19	41	.219	.267	.291	.558	97		3	1	1
Mike Klahr	87	286	254	34	72	3	2	0	20	12	5	26	46	.283	.357	.311	.668	79		3	3	0
Jim Qualls	74	293	266	38	66	8	3	3	27	9	3	23	35	.248	.314	.335	.649	89		3	0	1
Tom Krawczyk	78	288	265	21	62	10	1	0	21	2	2	19	40	.234	.285	.279	.564	74		1	0	3
Charlie Benson	84	263	248	27	59	7	4	2	14	3	4	11	44	.238	.273	.323	.596	80		1	3	0
Randy Bobb	64	238	223	16	54	11	1	3	25	0	1	11	44	.242	.278	.341	.619	76		1	1	2
Donald Furnald	73	211	195	16	39	3	2	0	16	6	0	12	24	.200	.245	.236	.481	46		0	3	1
Ken Rudolph	45	155	138	11	28	0	0	4	17	0	0	14	25	.203	.271	.290	.561	40		0	0	3
Bill Schlesinger	33	117	110	8	25	4	0	2	11	5	0	6	24	.227	.274	.318	.592	35		1	0	0
Terry Hughes	23	76	64	12	21	1	0	4	10	0	1	12	17	.328	.434	.531	.965	34		0	0	0
Fred Rodriguez	32	95	84	10	20	4	0	0	2	0	2	11	16	.238	.326	.286	.612	24		0	0	0
Greg Werdick	24	75	66	9	13	2	0	0	6	0	1	9	15	.197	.293	.227	.521	15		0	0	0
Tommy Murray	21	72	68	3	13	3	0	0	8	0	0	3	26	.191	.222	.235	.458	16		0	0	1
Archie Reynolds	18	42	40	5	11	0	0	1	9	0	0	1	12	.275	.293	.350	.643	14		0	1	0
Dean Burk	28	65	60	2	11	2	0	0	5	0	0	4	27	.183	.234	.217	.451	13		0	1	0
Jerry Szukala	10	31	30	2	9	1	0	1	3	1	0	1	4	.300	.323	.433	.756	13		0	0	0
Gary Ross	16	42	39	4	9	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	.231	.244	.282	.526	11		0	1	1
Q. V. Lowe	37	34	33	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.182	.206	.182	.388	6		0	0	0
Ron Law	22	28	27	4	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	9	.185	.214	.296	.511	8		0	0	0
Dave Lemonds	27	37	33	5	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	16	.152	.216	.152	.368	5		0	0	1
Rick James	19	39	38	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.132	.154	.184	.338	7		0	0	0
Gary Encerti	44	16	15	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	.267	.267	.267	.533	4		0	1	0
Gene Etter	7	14	14	0	3	1	0	0	2		0			.214	.214	.286	.500	4		0	0	0
Willie Mobley	16	36	27	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	13	.111	.294	.111	.405	3		2	2	0
John Hermanek	8	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.154	.267	.154	.421	2		0	0	0
Chris Barkulis	10	20	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.111	.200	.111	.311	2		0	0	0
Jim Colborn	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Len Church	11	9	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.167	.375	.167	.542	1		0	1	0
Nick Willhite	7	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	1		0	0	0
Pat Jacquez	30	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.083	.083	.083	.167	1		0	1	0
Thomas Mandile	10	13	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	1	0
Dick Calmus	8	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Harry Bright	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Don Larsen	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	1	0
Totals	1595	4896	4433	471	1066	150	25	52	420	75	44	390	888	.240	.305	.321	.625	1422	0	28	26	19	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Hairston	1B	55	472	24	13	18	.974	9.018
George Pena	1B	28	198	19	3	13	.986	7.750
Randy Bobb	1B	20	165	10	3	14	.983	8.750
Tommy Murray	1B	15	109	11	3	14	.976	8.000
Jerry Szukala	1B	9	70	4	2	6	.974	8.222
Charlie Benson	1B	7	71	3	2	4	.974	1.571
Chris Barkulis	1B	5	34	4	1	1	.974	7.600
Fred Rodriguez	1B	4	27	1	0	2	1.000	7.000
Gene Noble	1B	3	18	1	2	2	.905	6.333
Nick Willhite	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ken Rudolph	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Dave Lemonds	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Klahr	2B	57	98	176	19	29	.935	4.807
Charlie Benson	2B	57	76	153	13	17	.946	4.018
Fred Rodriguez	2B	14	47	39	3	6	.966	6.143
Jim Qualls	2B	13	29	31	1	7	.984	4.615
Greg Werdick	2B	12	27	40	1	7	.985	5.583
Donald Furnald	2B	2	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Thomas Mandile	2B	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000
Garry Jestadt	3B	96	74	168	25	17	.906	2.521
George Pena	3B	23	15	31	5	2	.902	2.000
Terry Hughes	3B	15	14	23	3	2	.925	2.467
Greg Werdick	3B	7	4	12	1	0	.941	2.286
Charlie Benson	3B	6	5	5	2	0	.833	1.667
Fred Rodriguez	3B	4	5	7	0	1	1.000	3.000
Donald Furnald	3B	2	4	3	0	0	1.000	3.500
Tommy Murray	3B	1	0	3	1	0	.750	3.000
Q. V. Lowe	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
John Hairston	C	54	332	30	10	0	.973	6.704	15
Ken Rudolph	C	43	226	38	9	5	.967	6.140	6
Randy Bobb	C	41	240	41	6	1	.979	6.854	8
George Pena	C	6	35	6	1	0	.976	6.833	0
Tommy Murray	C	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000	1
Thomas Simon	OF	121	257	18	6	1	.979	2.273
Gene Noble	OF	85	131	7	3	5	.979	1.624
Jimmy McMath	OF	75	128	5	4	0	.971	1.773
Jim Qualls	OF	62	101	3	2	0	.981	1.677
George Pena	OF	38	42	5	1	0	.979	1.237
Bill Schlesinger	OF	31	62	1	5	0	.926	2.032
Willie Mobley	OF	13	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.231
John Hairston	OF	4	4	0	2	0	.667	1.000
Fred Rodriguez	OF	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Chris Barkulis	OF	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Tommy Murray	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Donald Furnald	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Nick Willhite	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ken Rudolph	OF	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000
Dave Lemonds	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Gary Encerti	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Dick Calmus	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Randy Bobb	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Charlie Benson	OF	1	2	0	1	0	.667	2.000
Gary Encerti	P	43	2	8	2	0	.833	.233
Q. V. Lowe	P	35	7	16	2	0	.920	.657
Pat Jacquez	P	30	0	16	4	0	.800	.533
Dean Burk	P	28	12	25	3	1	.925	1.321
Rick James	P	19	6	23	1	1	.967	1.526
Donald Furnald	P	19	4	10	2	1	.875	.737
Archie Reynolds	P	18	14	26	0	3	1.000	2.222
Ron Law	P	17	4	15	2	0	.905	1.118
Dave Lemonds	P	15	2	16	1	1	.947	1.200
Gary Ross	P	14	8	23	4	3	.886	2.214
Len Church	P	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Thomas Mandile	P	9	2	3	1	0	.833	.556
Don Larsen	P	9	1	2	0	0	1.000	.333
John Hermanek	P	7	1	10	1	0	.917	1.571
Nick Willhite	P	6	0	5	2	0	.714	.833
Dick Calmus	P	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	.600
Jim Colborn	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Tom Krawczyk	SS	77	128	227	30	37	.922	4.610
Donald Furnald	SS	41	79	101	7	20	.963	4.390
Mike Klahr	SS	19	29	32	4	5	.938	3.211
Terry Hughes	SS	7	9	13	1	2	.957	3.143
Garry Jestadt	SS	4	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.500
Greg Werdick	SS	2	1	5	1	2	.857	3.000
Gary Encerti	SS	1	2	0	1	0	.667	2.000
Totals		1488	3472	1511	224	250	.957	3.349	30	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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