1968 Williamsport Astros Statistics
Team Record: 40-35
Finished 3rd in the NYPL
Manager: Dick Bogard (40-35)
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bowman Field 1924-
Attendance: 28,562, Avg. 762
Playoffs - Auburn Twins 1 game, Williamsport Astros 0
The Williamsport Astros of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1968 season with a record of 40 wins and 35 losses, finishing third in the NYPL.
The Astros scored 364 runs and gave up 319 runs. Carmine Marceno accounted for 44 RBI. Les Roos topped all regular batters by connecting at a .243 clip. Michael McFarland led the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.25 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1968 Williamsport Astros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Otis Thornton, Oscar Brown and Ken Forsch.
Dick Bogard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael McFarland | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.25 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 120.0 | 111 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 52 | 1 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Daniel Evans | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.12 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 104.0 | 95 | 46 | 36 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Michael Pierce | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.76 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 91.0 | 86 | 48 | 38 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Russ Rothermel | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.00 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 63.0 | 53 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Jeff Beattie | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.57 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 51 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Joseph Arnold | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Gerald Johnson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ken Forsch | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.38 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26.0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Grant | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Michael Spellman | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gary Smith | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul DeVaney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Roger Ward | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gayle Cunningham | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Stephen Lohrer | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alan Peters | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Kenneth Van Bell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Emmitt Money | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.82 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 52 | 39 | 33 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 38 | 30 | .559 | 3.62 | 149 | 70 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 587.0 | 555 | 290 | 236 | 24 | 298 | 5 | 470 | 21 | 3 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Brown | 50 | 208 | 181 | 42 | 62 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 11 | .343 | .417 | .558 | .975 | 101 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Rodney Clabo | 43 | 177 | 153 | 26 | 59 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 19 | .386 | .449 | .562 | 1.011 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Les Roos | 67 | 290 | 239 | 54 | 58 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 31 | .243 | .359 | .322 | .681 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Ricky Hartzog | 57 | 213 | 195 | 26 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 62 | .277 | .330 | .318 | .648 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Carmine Marceno | 66 | 259 | 220 | 31 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 39 | .214 | .313 | .355 | .667 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Joe Staples | 55 | 212 | 184 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 37 | .250 | .346 | .342 | .688 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gayle Cunningham | 58 | 222 | 199 | 20 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18 | .221 | .277 | .256 | .534 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Bruce Davis | 34 | 146 | 119 | 25 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 19 | .353 | .455 | .420 | .875 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Edward Ford | 44 | 169 | 153 | 24 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 17 | .261 | .327 | .307 | .635 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Arnold | 40 | 156 | 138 | 16 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 23 | .261 | .327 | .304 | .631 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Miguel Hernandez | 23 | 110 | 96 | 18 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 10 | .312 | .370 | .323 | .693 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mickey Yates | 23 | 94 | 84 | 15 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .310 | .372 | .476 | .849 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dick Davis | 34 | 132 | 118 | 15 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 17 | .220 | .292 | .297 | .589 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Evans | 15 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .220 | .220 | .268 | .488 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Beattie | 14 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .278 | .381 | .500 | .881 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Dickinson | 12 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .200 | .276 | .400 | .676 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Stephen Lohrer | 11 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .185 | .290 | .259 | .550 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Grant | 8 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .308 | .357 | .308 | .665 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raylan Hoellwarth | 28 | 83 | 71 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 41 | .056 | .160 | .070 | .231 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ken Forsch | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Otis Thornton | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .333 | .800 | 1.133 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Russ Rothermel | 10 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Michael Pierce | 24 | 38 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .062 | .118 | .062 | .180 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Michael McFarland | 17 | 49 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .048 | .111 | .048 | .159 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Johnson | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Emmitt Money | 17 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .083 | .077 | .250 | .327 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Van Bell | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alan Peters | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 777 | 2772 | 2411 | 359 | 615 | 85 | 27 | 24 | 298 | 54 | 14 | 273 | 457 | .255 | .333 | .343 | .676 | 826 | 0 | 24 | 35 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmine Marceno | 1B | 59 | 480 | 22 | 4 | 41 | .992 | 8.508 | ||||
| Mickey Yates | 1B | 14 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | 7.429 | ||||
| Otis Thornton | 1B | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Alan Peters | 1B | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Gayle Cunningham | 2B | 33 | 74 | 89 | 10 | 15 | .942 | 4.939 | ||||
| Joseph Arnold | 2B | 32 | 76 | 83 | 9 | 17 | .946 | 4.969 | ||||
| Bruce Davis | 2B | 12 | 27 | 29 | 4 | 7 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Dick Davis | 3B | 30 | 20 | 52 | 5 | 8 | .935 | 2.400 | ||||
| Gayle Cunningham | 3B | 22 | 18 | 40 | 2 | 3 | .967 | 2.636 | ||||
| Bruce Davis | 3B | 15 | 16 | 33 | 4 | 3 | .925 | 3.267 | ||||
| Mickey Yates | 3B | 8 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Joe Staples | C | 53 | 396 | 33 | 6 | 4 | .986 | 8.094 | 5 | |||
| Raylan Hoellwarth | C | 25 | 145 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .974 | 6.080 | 5 | |||
| Ricky Hartzog | OF | 52 | 86 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .948 | 1.750 | ||||
| Oscar Brown | OF | 48 | 81 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .957 | 1.854 | ||||
| Rodney Clabo | OF | 43 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.326 | ||||
| Edward Ford | OF | 39 | 70 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .910 | 1.821 | ||||
| Miguel Hernandez | OF | 23 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 2.217 | ||||
| Richard Dickinson | OF | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Stephen Lohrer | OF | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Carmine Marceno | OF | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Gayle Cunningham | OF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Michael Pierce | P | 24 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 2 | .786 | .917 | ||||
| Emmitt Money | P | 17 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .529 | ||||
| Michael McFarland | P | 17 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.529 | ||||
| Daniel Evans | P | 15 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.533 | ||||
| Jeff Beattie | P | 14 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Russ Rothermel | P | 10 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Kenneth Van Bell | P | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Gerald Johnson | P | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| John Grant | P | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Joseph Arnold | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Ken Forsch | P | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Alan Peters | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul DeVaney | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Les Roos | SS | 66 | 106 | 202 | 31 | 29 | .909 | 4.667 | ||||
| Bruce Davis | SS | 7 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | .833 | 3.571 | ||||
| Dick Davis | SS | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 2.500 | ||||
| Joseph Arnold | SS | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .875 | 7.000 | ||||
| Totals | 744 | 1883 | 770 | 126 | 159 | .955 | 3.566 | 10 | 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.
