1968 Waterbury Indians Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 52-88
Finished 6th in the EL
Manager: Phil Cavarretta (0-0), Ray Mueller (0-0)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Waterbury, Connecticut
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 40,205, Avg. 574

1968 Waterbury Indians Roster

The Waterbury Indians of the Eastern League ended the 1968 season with a record of 52 wins and 88 losses, finishing sixth in the EL.

The Indians tallied 349 runs, worst in the circuit, and surrendered 513 runs, most in the league. Chico DeCastris accounted for 42 RBI. Gomer Hodge led all regular hitters by connecting at a .231 clip. Mike Hedlund topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 2.3 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1968 Waterbury Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mike Hedlund, John Lowenstein, Gary Kroll, Sam Parrilla, Darrell Sutherland, Vince Colbert, Bill Faul, Tom Kelley, Fran Healy, Ed Farmer, Jim Rittwage, Gomer Hodge, Rick Austin, Oscar Zamora and Lou Camilli.

Phil Cavarretta and Ray Mueller 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
Mike Hedlund	8	13	.381	2.30	27	22		11	5		168.0	113	60	43	3	55	3	149	4	0	10
John Fouse	7	5	.583	2.42	15	14		10	2		104.0	89	37	28	2	41	2	54	5	0	2
Thomas Jones	7	11	.389	2.49	29	19		6	1		159.0	145	62	44	3	57	2	94	2	1	6
Gary Hart	5	7	.417	2.38	35	8		1	0		102.0	79	38	27	1	45	3	68	3	0	5
Jim Rittwage	5	9	.357	2.33	30	11		3	1		108.0	88	45	28	3	51	1	72	2	0	2
David Block	5	9	.357	3.40	31	11		5	0		98.0	95	50	37	4	47	3	51	6	0	6
Gary Kroll	3	2	.600	1.29	28	2		0	0		42.0	20	8	6	0	19	1	62	2	0	2
Darrell Sutherland	3	5	.375	2.95	9	9		4	1		61.0	64	28	20	0	21	2	47	1	0	5
Bill Faul	2	0	1.000	2.32	12	1		0	0		31.0	21	9	8	1	11	0	27	1	1	1
Ronald Constantino	2	1	.667	1.18	9	4		2	1		38.0	26	12	5	1	13	1	26	4	0	1
Tom Kelley	2	4	.333	3.60	17	12		1	0		75.0	57	32	30	2	39	2	34	1	0	3
James Wingate	1	1	.500	2.77	6	1		0	0		13.0	13	7	4	1	6	0	7	0	0	1
Sonny Custer	1	6	.143	3.92	14	10		1	0		62.0	51	34	27	4	47	2	26	0	1	4
Rick Austin	1	8	.111	2.73	12	10		2	0		56.0	62	36	17	1	18	2	44	3	1	0
Oscar Zamora	0	0		3.86	11	0		0	0		14.0	21	10	6	0	7	1	9	0	0	1
Fran Healy	0	0		4.50	1	0		0	0		2.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0
Richard Napolitano	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0		2.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Richard Schwartz	0	0		18.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	1	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Richard Zank	0	2	.000	4.74	9	1		0	0		19.0	17	13	10	2	9	0	17	0	0	1
Vince Colbert	0	2	.000	7.00	3	2		0	0		9.0	14	12	7	0	6	0	8	0	0	0
Ed Farmer	0	3	.000	7.07	4	4		0	0		14.0	12	15	11	1	13	0	9	1	0	8
Totals	52	88	.371	2.77	304	141	0	46	11	0	1178.0	992	513	363	29	511	25	806	36	4	59	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
Chico DeCastris	139	539	485	36	100	15	6	2	42	10	6	38	75	.206	.274	.274	.548	133		8	6	2
Gomer Hodge	120	463	425	40	98	13	8	6	34	13	7	25	69	.231	.277	.341	.618	145		4	5	4
Pete Sarron	109	390	357	26	94	9	3	3	24	4	3	29	39	.263	.320	.331	.650	118		1	2	1
Sam Parrilla	117	430	392	37	79	18	3	5	26	8	1	29	74	.202	.262	.301	.563	118		4	3	2
John Sandknop	84	320	296	25	71	8	2	0	14	3	3	17	32	.240	.282	.280	.562	83		1	4	2
Roy Kuhl	93	304	282	22	63	10	2	1	22	0	1	13	36	.223	.258	.284	.541	80		1	5	3
Stephen Wrenn	86	321	274	24	57	11	1	6	37	1	1	43	80	.208	.318	.321	.639	88		2	0	2
Fran Healy	74	266	235	18	56	7	2	4	16	7	3	29	38	.238	.327	.336	.663	79		2	0	0
Lou Camilli	89	300	254	19	46	6	0	1	17	1	1	42	43	.181	.300	.217	.516	55		1	3	0
Ronald Manders	54	165	138	10	31	7	0	1	17	0	2	22	18	.225	.337	.297	.635	41		2	2	1
Johnny Scruggs	45	162	131	15	30	1	1	3	14	6	0	24	18	.229	.362	.321	.683	42		4	2	1
Ronald Hart	44	145	134	9	29	5	1	0	6	1	2	10	33	.216	.269	.269	.538	36		0	0	1
Donald Anderson	41	143	124	12	28	7	0	0	8	0	0	15	22	.226	.319	.282	.601	35		2	2	0
Richard Dickinson	32	117	108	9	25	3	2	0	9	1	1	8	9	.231	.282	.296	.578	32		0	0	1
Tom Penders	31	112	94	7	18	4	0	0	7	1	2	15	12	.191	.306	.234	.540	22		1	1	1
John Fouse	31	61	53	7	15	3	0	2	7	0	0	6	19	.283	.367	.453	.819	24		1	1	0
Don Gadbury	33	124	119	6	15	1	1	0	1	3	0	5	27	.126	.161	.151	.313	18		0	0	0
Robert Sankey	28	101	86	8	13	1	0	0	4	3	2	13	31	.151	.277	.163	.440	14		2	0	0
Thomas Jones	33	59	54	4	10	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	17	.185	.228	.259	.487	14		0	2	0
Mel Bell	28	70	61	4	8	2	1	0	1	0	1	9	10	.131	.243	.197	.440	12		0	0	0
Mike Hedlund	33	59	55	6	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	18	.109	.125	.127	.252	7		0	3	0
Sonny Custer	15	18	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.154	.312	.154	.466	2		0	2	0
Rick Austin	13	18	16	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.125	.176	.125	.301	2		0	1	0
Tom Kelley	17	22	18	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	6	.111	.238	.111	.349	2		0	1	0
Darrell Sutherland	9	23	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.095	.095	.095	.190	2		0	2	0
Jim Rittwage	30	33	30	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	13	.067	.094	.067	.160	2		0	1	1
Richard Zank	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Vince Colbert	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Gary Hart	35	27	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.043	.083	.043	.127	1		0	3	0
David Block	31	27	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.038	.038	.038	.077	1		0	1	0
Oscar Zamora	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Gary Kroll	29	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
James Wingate	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
John Lowenstein	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0
Ronald Constantino	9	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Bill Faul	12	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Richard Napolitano	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Ed Farmer	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1581	4867	4348	349	906	133	33	35	318	64	36	406	797	.208	.280	.278	.558	1210	0	36	55	22	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Stephen Wrenn	1B	84	625	40	18	32	.974	7.917
Donald Anderson	1B	38	282	14	6	23	.980	7.789
Mel Bell	1B	15	79	4	1	3	.988	5.533
Fran Healy	1B	6	30	5	2	3	.946	5.833
Johnny Scruggs	1B	5	29	6	0	1	1.000	7.000
Pete Sarron	1B	4	27	2	1	2	.967	7.250
John Sandknop	2B	78	142	140	13	21	.956	3.615
Robert Sankey	2B	26	61	54	10	11	.920	4.423
Richard Dickinson	2B	16	33	35	2	6	.971	4.250
Don Gadbury	2B	14	25	23	4	6	.923	3.429
Tom Penders	2B	7	18	15	5	1	.868	4.714
Lou Camilli	2B	4	11	10	2	1	.913	5.250
Gomer Hodge	3B	105	97	174	19	11	.934	2.581
Sam Parrilla	3B	19	21	35	7	1	.889	2.947
Richard Dickinson	3B	10	4	13	2	0	.895	1.700
Tom Penders	3B	9	7	19	2	0	.929	2.889
Don Gadbury	3B	3	3	2	1	1	.833	1.667
Chico DeCastris	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Lou Camilli	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Roy Kuhl	C	82	481	52	7	9	.987	6.500	14
Fran Healy	C	58	354	37	14	9	.965	6.741	5
Mel Bell	C	9	53	2	1	0	.982	6.111	3
Chico DeCastris	OF	135	339	14	12	4	.967	2.615
Pete Sarron	OF	101	183	9	4	1	.980	1.901
Sam Parrilla	OF	94	155	4	6	1	.964	1.691
Ronald Manders	OF	41	61	2	1	0	.984	1.537
Johnny Scruggs	OF	35	66	4	4	0	.946	2.000
Tom Penders	OF	13	29	1	2	1	.938	2.308
Roy Kuhl	OF	8	13	2	0	0	1.000	1.875
Fran Healy	OF	6	4	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Richard Dickinson	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
John Fouse	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Mel Bell	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Gary Hart	P	35	5	12	3	0	.850	.486
David Block	P	31	5	28	2	1	.943	1.065
Jim Rittwage	P	30	7	18	2	1	.926	.833
Thomas Jones	P	29	12	33	2	3	.957	1.552
Gary Kroll	P	28	1	6	0	0	1.000	.250
Mike Hedlund	P	27	6	22	3	1	.903	1.037
Tom Kelley	P	17	2	15	0	0	1.000	1.000
John Fouse	P	15	10	23	1	2	.971	2.200
Sonny Custer	P	14	3	12	3	1	.833	1.071
Bill Faul	P	12	0	1	2	0	.333	.083
Rick Austin	P	12	3	5	1	0	.889	.667
Oscar Zamora	P	11	0	3	0	0	1.000	.273
Richard Zank	P	9	2	3	3	0	.625	.556
Darrell Sutherland	P	9	4	17	1	1	.955	2.333
Ronald Constantino	P	9	1	4	0	0	1.000	.556
James Wingate	P	6	1	4	0	0	1.000	.833
Ed Farmer	P	4	1	2	0	0	1.000	.750
Vince Colbert	P	3	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Richard Schwartz	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Richard Napolitano	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Fran Healy	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Lou Camilli	SS	84	146	211	43	37	.892	4.250
Ronald Hart	SS	38	55	86	11	13	.928	3.711
Don Gadbury	SS	14	18	24	6	5	.875	3.000
Gomer Hodge	SS	5	2	8	0	0	1.000	2.000
Chico DeCastris	SS	4	7	6	1	0	.929	3.250
Richard Dickinson	SS	1	3	2	0	1	1.000	5.000
Totals		1482	3532	1264	231	214	.954	3.236	22	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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