1968 Vancouver Mounties Statistics
Team Record: 58-88
Finished 6th in the PCL's West Division
Manager: Mickey Vernon (58-88)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ballpark: Nat Bailey Stadium
Attendance: 82,028, Avg. 1,124
The Vancouver Mounties of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1968 season with a record of 58 wins and 88 losses, finishing sixth in the league's West Division.
The Mounties tallied 459 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 587 runs.
Players from the 1968 Vancouver Mounties who spent time in the Majors during their careers included George Lauzerique, Roberto Rodríguez, Ossie Chavarria, Dave Duncan, Bob Duliba, Vern Handrahan, Joe Nossek, Larry Elliot, Joe Rudi, Al Schmelz, Elmo Plaskett, Bob Meyer, Rene Lachemann, Marcel Lachemann, Jim Dickson, Steve Boros, Jim Driscoll, Charlie Vinson, Don O'Riley, Tony LaRussa, Gil Blanco, Ken Sanders, Freddie Velázquez, Ernie Fazio and Ramon Webster.
Mickey Vernon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Rodríguez | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.20 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 180.0 | 194 | 87 | 84 | 20 | 50 | 3 | 113 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Don Yingling | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.73 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 157.0 | 155 | 70 | 65 | 17 | 32 | 4 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| George Lauzerique | 9 | 15 | .375 | 4.26 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 169.0 | 165 | 88 | 80 | 12 | 67 | 3 | 106 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |||
| Jim Dickson | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.01 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 148.0 | 144 | 76 | 66 | 13 | 52 | 4 | 90 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Bob Meyer | 6 | 9 | .400 | 2.63 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 130.0 | 97 | 44 | 38 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 137 | 11 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Don O'Riley | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.26 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 97 | 49 | 37 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Bob Duliba | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.74 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 77 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Sanders | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.41 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 53 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Vern Handrahan | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.75 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 91.0 | 89 | 54 | 48 | 6 | 46 | 2 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Joe Nossek | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marcel Lachemann | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.73 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mike Olivo | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.17 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 44 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ossie Chavarria | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ernest Krieger | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gil Blanco | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Schmelz | 0 | 6 | .000 | 3.90 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 35 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 58 | 88 | .397 | 3.74 | 324 | 146 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1222.0 | 1203 | 587 | 508 | 103 | 412 | 25 | 762 | 39 | 6 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Nossek | 146 | 577 | 539 | 53 | 133 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 39 | .247 | .284 | .302 | .587 | 163 | 6 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Tony LaRussa | 122 | 514 | 455 | 55 | 109 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 58 | .240 | .320 | .343 | .663 | 156 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ossie Chavarria | 131 | 477 | 439 | 44 | 107 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 104 | .244 | .300 | .314 | .615 | 138 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gerald Reimer | 126 | 452 | 422 | 46 | 105 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 55 | .249 | .288 | .353 | .641 | 149 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jim Driscoll | 95 | 368 | 332 | 34 | 79 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 66 | .238 | .304 | .304 | .608 | 101 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Richard Rowe | 90 | 280 | 256 | 29 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 57 | .273 | .333 | .332 | .665 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Woody Huyke | 84 | 249 | 237 | 17 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | .228 | .242 | .278 | .520 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Rene Lachemann | 62 | 214 | 193 | 14 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 48 | .249 | .313 | .347 | .660 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Stan Wojcik | 61 | 197 | 176 | 16 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 60 | .227 | .299 | .335 | .635 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ramon Webster | 33 | 133 | 125 | 14 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | .312 | .338 | .408 | .746 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Norton | 59 | 181 | 160 | 10 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 14 | .238 | .309 | .294 | .603 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Duncan | 35 | 130 | 114 | 21 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 25 | .316 | .400 | .544 | .944 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Rudi | 16 | 66 | 60 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | .317 | .379 | .517 | .895 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Lauzerique | 29 | 61 | 60 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .250 | .250 | .267 | .517 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Roberto Rodríguez | 31 | 67 | 58 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .138 | .206 | .172 | .379 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Vern Handrahan | 31 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .207 | .207 | .207 | .414 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don O'Riley | 49 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .250 | .250 | .300 | .550 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Dickson | 30 | 52 | 49 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .102 | .154 | .163 | .317 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Schmelz | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .556 | .889 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Duliba | 39 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Yingling | 26 | 55 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .039 | .039 | .039 | .078 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Marcel Lachemann | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Sanders | 37 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Freddie Velázquez | 8 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .067 | .067 | .133 | .200 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Meyer | 27 | 42 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .029 | .108 | .029 | .138 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Elmo Plaskett | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Olivo | 8 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gil Blanco | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1403 | 4240 | 3881 | 383 | 927 | 142 | 29 | 36 | 336 | 36 | 30 | 281 | 673 | .239 | .292 | .318 | .611 | 1235 | 0 | 22 | 32 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Reimer | 1B | 38 | 204 | 29 | 8 | 28 | .967 | 6.132 | ||||
| Ramon Webster | 1B | 33 | 282 | 20 | 2 | 21 | .993 | 9.152 | ||||
| Ossie Chavarria | 1B | 7 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 8.286 | ||||
| Woody Huyke | 1B | 5 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Rene Lachemann | 1B | 4 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Ken Sanders | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tony LaRussa | 2B | 120 | 249 | 321 | 14 | 66 | .976 | 4.750 | ||||
| Ossie Chavarria | 2B | 15 | 38 | 35 | 2 | 7 | .973 | 4.867 | ||||
| Ossie Chavarria | 3B | 28 | 26 | 63 | 5 | 4 | .947 | 3.179 | ||||
| Joe Nossek | 3B | 11 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 3 | .875 | 1.909 | ||||
| Jim Driscoll | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Woody Huyke | C | 64 | 312 | 40 | 1 | 4 | .997 | 5.500 | 3 | |||
| Rene Lachemann | C | 53 | 326 | 21 | 7 | 6 | .980 | 6.547 | 5 | |||
| Dave Duncan | C | 32 | 177 | 20 | 1 | 4 | .995 | 6.156 | 1 | |||
| Freddie Velázquez | C | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.333 | 1 | |||
| Ossie Chavarria | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | |||
| Joe Nossek | OF | 136 | 366 | 24 | 8 | 7 | .980 | 2.868 | ||||
| Richard Rowe | OF | 70 | 110 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .937 | 1.686 | ||||
| Gerald Reimer | OF | 70 | 113 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 1.643 | ||||
| Stan Wojcik | OF | 54 | 101 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .963 | 1.944 | ||||
| Ossie Chavarria | OF | 36 | 55 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 1.667 | ||||
| Joe Rudi | OF | 16 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.500 | ||||
| Elmo Plaskett | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Don O'Riley | P | 49 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 4 | .923 | .490 | ||||
| Bob Duliba | P | 39 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .962 | .641 | ||||
| Ken Sanders | P | 35 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Vern Handrahan | P | 30 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .600 | ||||
| Jim Dickson | P | 30 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Roberto Rodríguez | P | 28 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.429 | ||||
| Bob Meyer | P | 27 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .667 | ||||
| George Lauzerique | P | 26 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 2 | .909 | 1.538 | ||||
| Don Yingling | P | 25 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 1.680 | ||||
| Marcel Lachemann | P | 14 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .786 | ||||
| Mike Olivo | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Al Schmelz | P | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Gil Blanco | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Joe Nossek | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ernest Krieger | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ossie Chavarria | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Driscoll | SS | 90 | 143 | 263 | 21 | 44 | .951 | 4.511 | ||||
| Ossie Chavarria | SS | 35 | 57 | 79 | 7 | 16 | .951 | 3.886 | ||||
| Totals | 1250 | 2790 | 1178 | 111 | 242 | .973 | 3.174 | 11 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
