1968 Sioux Falls Packers Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 41-29
Finished 3rd in the NL
Manager: Jim Snyder (41-29)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Ballpark: Sioux Falls Stadium
Attendance: 36,838, Avg. 1,053

1968 Sioux Falls Packers Roster

The Sioux Falls Packers of the Northern League ended the 1968 season with a record of 41 wins and 29 losses, finishing third in the NL.

The Packers scored 310 runs and yielded 266 runs. Gregg Slape led Sioux Falls with 10 home runs Richard Hooper accounted for 36 RBI. Carl Barnes paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .330 clip. Mel Behney topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.05 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Danny Godby and Mel Behney both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Jim Snyder 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
Mel Behney	9	3	.750	2.05	15	15		5	2		101.0	69	26	23	6	50	1	94	4	0	1
Stephen Cochran	8	7	.533	2.77	17	16		4	2		104.0	92	40	32	8	31	0	68	0	0	6
Wayne Holsopple	6	4	.600	2.48	22	7		1	0		80.0	60	30	22	3	36	2	59	2	0	12
Jim Coady	4	2	.667	2.33	10	7		2	0		54.0	48	21	14	2	18	2	63	0	0	4
Tom Upstone	4	2	.667	4.62	14	14		1	0		78.0	86	50	40	2	33	1	35	2	1	2
Eddie Hill	4	3	.571	3.44	25	2		1	1		55.0	53	21	21	1	27	2	66	4	0	1
William Mottershead	3	0	1.000	3.60	17	0		0	0		35.0	32	16	14	1	21	3	28	1	0	1
Don Goodwin	2	3	.400	4.61	16	4		0	0		41.0	39	24	21	3	40	2	44	6	0	6
Randy Blanken	1	0	1.000	0.00	8	1		0	0		15.0	9	5	0	1	8	1	13	0	0	0
Larry Feltner	0	2	.000	6.43	7	1		0	0		14.0	17	15	10	0	8	2	11	0	0	2
Bob Renninger	0	3	.000	4.06	9	3		0	0		31.0	22	18	14	1	27	0	35	4	0	12
Totals	41	29	.586	3.12	160	70	0	14	5	0	608.0	527	266	211	28	299	16	516	23	1	47	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
Richard Hooper	67	276	232	31	71	10	0	7	36	1	0	32	35	.306	.393	.440	.833	102		2	9	1
Carl Barnes	54	243	212	40	70	10	2	1	13	12	3	28	25	.330	.405	.410	.815	87		0	1	2
Bobby Lemley	69	320	285	44	65	7	2	2	27	11	3	29	42	.228	.305	.288	.593	82		3	2	1
Gregg Slape	58	228	205	28	59	5	2	10	30	7	3	21	45	.288	.352	.478	.830	98		0	1	1
Danny Godby	50	211	185	29	48	4	0	6	22	4	0	18	26	.259	.335	.378	.713	70		4	2	2
William Goodman	64	239	216	29	43	9	3	4	27	6	2	18	66	.199	.260	.324	.584	70		0	4	1
Norman Singleton	68	284	225	29	40	6	0	5	35	2	2	45	58	.178	.318	.271	.589	61		4	4	6
Wayne Britton	38	132	106	17	31	9	1	4	18	1	0	22	23	.292	.412	.509	.922	54		1	1	2
Glenn Bisbing	54	190	164	20	29	2	0	6	14	1	0	20	64	.177	.274	.299	.573	49		2	4	0
Ned Eades	33	100	90	9	15	2	0	0	6	0	1	6	21	.167	.232	.189	.421	17		2	1	1
Dick Pooschke	22	74	71	7	14	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	12	.197	.230	.225	.455	16		1	0	0
Stephen Cochran	17	41	37	3	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	10	.270	.308	.297	.605	11		0	2	0
Patrick Moriarty	17	42	37	5	9	1	0	0	2	2	2	3	11	.243	.333	.270	.604	10		2	0	0
George McKenzie	18	57	46	10	9	2	0	1	6	0	1	9	14	.196	.351	.304	.655	14		2	0	0
Jim Coady	28	36	34	2	8	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	14	.235	.278	.324	.601	11		0	0	0
Mel Behney	15	43	40	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17	.125	.186	.125	.311	5		0	0	0
Don Goodwin	18	18	18	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.222	.222	.333	.556	6		0	0	0
Tom Upstone	14	31	29	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.138	.194	.138	.331	4		0	0	0
Jerry Cole	4	11	9	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	.222	.364	.444	.808	4		0	0	0
Wayne Holsopple	22	24	20	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	.100	.100	.250	.350	5		0	4	0
Randy Blanken	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Bob Renninger	9	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	1		0	1	0
Eddie Hill	25	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.077	.200	.077	.277	1		0	1	0
Larry Feltner	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
William Mottershead	18	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
James Cartlidge	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	799	2646	2303	310	541	72	11	48	255	48	17	266	533	.235	.318	.338	.656	779	0	23	37	17	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Norman Singleton	1B	67	522	31	11	39	.980	8.254
Jerry Cole	1B	3	21	3	0	2	1.000	8.000
Bobby Lemley	2B	69	173	140	13	23	.960	4.536
Dick Pooschke	2B	1	2	1	1	0	.750	3.000
Richard Hooper	3B	67	51	132	13	10	.934	2.731
Glenn Bisbing	3B	3	2	1	1	0	.750	1.000
Don Goodwin	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Dick Pooschke	3B	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000
Glenn Bisbing	C	52	358	24	7	1	.982	7.346	11
Ned Eades	C	28	165	13	4	0	.978	6.357	4
William Goodman	OF	61	114	3	2	0	.983	1.918
Gregg Slape	OF	58	93	7	8	1	.926	1.724
Danny Godby	OF	50	57	6	5	0	.926	1.260
Wayne Britton	OF	32	46	3	1	0	.980	1.531
George McKenzie	OF	13	14	1	3	0	.833	1.154
Patrick Moriarty	OF	9	8	0	0	0	1.000	.889
James Cartlidge	OF	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500
Eddie Hill	P	25	2	10	0	1	1.000	.480
Wayne Holsopple	P	22	2	25	1	0	.964	1.227
William Mottershead	P	17	1	4	0	0	1.000	.294
Stephen Cochran	P	17	6	9	0	1	1.000	.882
Don Goodwin	P	16	2	2	0	0	1.000	.250
Mel Behney	P	15	4	31	1	3	.972	2.333
Tom Upstone	P	14	0	9	2	0	.818	.643
Jim Coady	P	10	3	9	2	1	.857	1.200
Bob Renninger	P	9	0	10	1	0	.909	1.111
Randy Blanken	P	8	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.000
Larry Feltner	P	7	0	2	1	0	.667	.286
Carl Barnes	SS	54	67	122	13	20	.936	3.500
Dick Pooschke	SS	16	22	49	7	2	.910	4.438
Totals		748	1742	655	98	104	.961	3.205	15	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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