1968 Tigers Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 27-36
Finished 7th in the GCL
Manager: Wayne Blackburn (27-36)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Sarasota, Florida
1968 Tigers RosterTeam Record: 27-36
Finished 7th in the GCL
Manager: Wayne Blackburn (27-36)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Sarasota, Florida
The Tigers of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1968 season with a record of 27 wins and 36 losses, finishing seventh in the GCL.
The Tigers plated 288 runs and yielded 315 runs. James Wosman drove in 32 runs. Bob Molinaro led all regular hitters by hitting .324, while Jerry Killian recorded a 2.08 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1968 Tigers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bob Molinaro, Don Leshnock, Bill Slayback and Gary Ignasiak.
Wayne Blackburn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Killian | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.08 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 47 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Arthur Grassing | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.49 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 67.0 | 60 | 33 | 26 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Lary Lohse | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.71 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 50 | 36 | 21 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Lee Sage | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.44 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 39 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brian Cousino | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 32 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bernie Beckman | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.60 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 43 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| John D'Auria | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.33 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27.0 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Don Leshnock | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.93 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 46.0 | 44 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edward Laborio | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.85 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Gary Ignasiak | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.81 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 44 | 35 | 23 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Craig Carter | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Raymond Foucher | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Bourbeau | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Randall Hooper | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Pratt | 0 | 0 | 7.31 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Mark Grove | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Joseph Martin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.43 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 38 | 28 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Slayback | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.73 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tom Casteller | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1.12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 27 | 36 | .429 | 3.69 | 179 | 63 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 524.0 | 503 | 315 | 215 | 9 | 303 | 8 | 432 | 19 | 2 | 40 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Molinaro | 55 | 190 | 176 | 32 | 57 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | .324 | .362 | .398 | .759 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| James Tanner | 53 | 214 | 183 | 26 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 24 | 36 | .311 | .404 | .404 | .808 | 74 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Craig Carter | 58 | 218 | 184 | 25 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 29 | .272 | .367 | .342 | .710 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Murray Robinson | 43 | 154 | 140 | 26 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | .300 | .357 | .443 | .800 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Adams | 57 | 217 | 177 | 32 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 32 | 21 | .237 | .361 | .316 | .677 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| James Wosman | 46 | 168 | 145 | 20 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 29 | .283 | .369 | .400 | .769 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Donald DeDonatis | 45 | 114 | 98 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 8 | .337 | .421 | .429 | .850 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Vache Bahadurian | 22 | 65 | 59 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .339 | .400 | .373 | .773 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randall Hooper | 35 | 114 | 96 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 29 | .198 | .312 | .323 | .635 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Mellars | 41 | 129 | 112 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 38 | .170 | .258 | .223 | .481 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Robert LaFrance | 32 | 98 | 77 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 24 | .195 | .367 | .234 | .601 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marvin Isensee | 30 | 74 | 70 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .186 | .230 | .186 | .415 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Dugan | 33 | 112 | 90 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 21 | .144 | .294 | .144 | .438 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Michael Hastings | 10 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .364 | .500 | .409 | .909 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Mullins | 26 | 63 | 55 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 25 | .145 | .254 | .218 | .472 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Foucher | 28 | 52 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | .146 | .327 | .146 | .473 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Sangregario | 20 | 64 | 52 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20 | .096 | .266 | .096 | .362 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Bourbeau | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John D'Auria | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Grove | 14 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .103 | .212 | .172 | .385 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Martin | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Irish | 5 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Ignasiak | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Leshnock | 8 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .143 | .294 | .143 | .437 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Killian | 18 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .105 | .190 | .105 | .296 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Baker | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Sage | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lary Lohse | 14 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Beckman | 13 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Grassing | 17 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .048 | .167 | .048 | .214 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edward Laborio | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Cousino | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Slayback | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Counterman | 6 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Casteller | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 818 | 2285 | 1962 | 283 | 472 | 68 | 24 | 6 | 222 | 68 | 28 | 266 | 396 | .241 | .337 | .309 | .646 | 606 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Isensee | 1B | 22 | 130 | 9 | 5 | 14 | .965 | 6.318 | ||||
| Randall Hooper | 1B | 19 | 117 | 3 | 3 | 9 | .976 | 6.316 | ||||
| Vache Bahadurian | 1B | 16 | 121 | 4 | 1 | 12 | .992 | 7.812 | ||||
| James Wosman | 1B | 11 | 75 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .975 | 7.182 | ||||
| Michael Dugan | 2B | 32 | 57 | 65 | 5 | 15 | .961 | 3.812 | ||||
| William Mullins | 2B | 16 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 11 | .895 | 4.250 | ||||
| Daniel Mellars | 2B | 16 | 20 | 31 | 3 | 2 | .944 | 3.188 | ||||
| Murray Robinson | 2B | 7 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 5 | .794 | 3.857 | ||||
| Mike Adams | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Craig Carter | 3B | 55 | 57 | 107 | 20 | 9 | .891 | 2.982 | ||||
| Daniel Mellars | 3B | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 3.000 | ||||
| James Tanner | 3B | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 2.400 | ||||
| James Wosman | C | 33 | 213 | 15 | 11 | 5 | .954 | 6.909 | 10 | |||
| Robert LaFrance | C | 31 | 180 | 26 | 6 | 2 | .972 | 6.645 | 14 | |||
| Robert Counterman | C | 6 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 5.667 | 3 | |||
| Michael Irish | C | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 0 | |||
| James Tanner | OF | 45 | 76 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .963 | 1.756 | ||||
| Bob Molinaro | OF | 44 | 68 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 1.659 | ||||
| Murray Robinson | OF | 32 | 49 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .945 | 1.625 | ||||
| Donald DeDonatis | OF | 27 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.185 | ||||
| Raymond Foucher | OF | 17 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .882 | ||||
| James Sangregario | OF | 16 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.188 | ||||
| Randall Hooper | OF | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Mark Grove | OF | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.778 | ||||
| Michael Hastings | OF | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| William Mullins | OF | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Daniel Mellars | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Vache Bahadurian | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Michael Baker | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry Killian | P | 18 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | .611 | ||||
| Joseph Martin | P | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .412 | ||||
| Arthur Grassing | P | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Brian Cousino | P | 17 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .471 | ||||
| Lee Sage | P | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Lary Lohse | P | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .571 | ||||
| Bernie Beckman | P | 13 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .769 | ||||
| Gary Ignasiak | P | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .583 | ||||
| Mark Pratt | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Edward Laborio | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Don Leshnock | P | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Raymond Foucher | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| John D'Auria | P | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Tom Casteller | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .600 | ||||
| Bill Slayback | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Bourbeau | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| George Murphy | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Adams | SS | 55 | 77 | 145 | 25 | 26 | .899 | 4.036 | ||||
| Daniel Mellars | SS | 16 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 8 | .827 | 2.688 | ||||
| Craig Carter | SS | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 743 | 1491 | 604 | 155 | 130 | .931 | 2.820 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
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