Birmingham Black Barons History - 1968 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1968 Birmingham Black Barons	98	64	.605	1^st	-	99-63	-1	.261	3.30	X		3,198,927	$59,384,283	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Robert Moses Grove Award	Ismael Valdez	1
Ozzie Award	Bruce Petway (C), Mark Belanger (SS), Roy White (RF)	3
All-Star	Willie E Adams, Larry Doby, Roy White	3
Pitcher of the Month	Ismael Valdez (Jul, Aug)	2
Batter of the Month	Larry Doby (Jun)	1
Rookie of the Month	Willie E Adams (May)	1
Player of the Week	Larry Doby (Jun 17), Ismael Valdez (Jul 15), Roberto Alomar (Aug 5), Dave Malarcher (Aug 12)	4

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
1B	Roger Connor	28	162	608	187	39	3	21	95	89	67	7	3	11	34	29	18	.308	.377	.485	.862	4.1	144
RF	Roy White	30	155	598	180	23	1	24	85	115	90	1	2	4	57	17	8	.301	.391	.463	.854	5.7	143
3B	Dave Malarcher	25	143	547	146	13	0	16	59	107	98	9	1	4	68	25	11	.267	.384	.378	.763	4.3	119
CF	Larry Doby	31	151	544	158	20	2	42	106	98	81	5	0	1	135	0	0	.290	.387	.566	.953	7.2	167
SS	Mark Belanger	27	151	516	132	18	5	2	43	56	51	7	2	2	89	7	4	.256	.330	.322	.652	2.4	87
2B	Roberto Alomar	31	131	504	154	20	6	16	91	74	42	6	0	8	46	25	3	.306	.361	.464	.825	4.9	133
C	Bruce Petway	27	130	469	108	15	1	17	64	49	29	11	3	3	76	7	13	.230	.289	.375	.664	1.5	88
LF	Jim Piersall	27	139	378	84	15	2	12	55	39	27	0	1	2	57	5	0	.222	.273	.368	.640	0.5	81
LF	Bob Watson	21	110	343	84	14	0	24	70	43	43	4	0	7	49	1	0	.245	.330	.496	.826	1.2	131
C	Tim Blackwell	28	68	163	42	9	0	3	18	13	15	0	0	0	41	0	0	.258	.320	.368	.688	0.7	96
SS	Don Kessinger	26	74	141	30	3	1	0	11	8	11	0	0	1	17	2	1	.213	.268	.248	.516	-0.1	49
3B	Tony Womack	34	60	124	30	6	0	1	7	22	5	0	1	0	10	5	1	.242	.271	.315	.586	-0.2	67
P	Steve Rogers	31	30	79	8	0	0	0	2	6	7	1	10	0	36	0	0	.101	.184	.101	.285	-1.3	-16
2B	Luis A Rivera	29	31	87	22	3	2	1	6	11	3	1	0	0	18	1	0	.253	.286	.368	.654	0.1	85
P	CC Sabathia	21	31	59	8	2	0	0	1	7	2	0	20	0	24	0	0	.136	.164	.169	.333	-1.2	-5
P	Bryn Smith	34	35	53	7	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	12	0	18	0	0	.132	.164	.132	.296	-1.1	-14
LF	Doug Glanville	33	34	65	24	3	1	4	12	12	0	1	0	0	8	1	1	.369	.379	.631	1.010	0.9	181
P	Willie E Adams	22	25	50	2	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	11	0	25	0	0	.040	.059	.040	.099	-1.3	-71
P	Denny Lemaster	31	27	53	6	0	0	1	3	4	4	0	4	0	24	0	0	.113	.175	.170	.345	-0.7	-1
P	Rube Melton	27	21	38	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	7	0	24	0	0	.079	.103	.105	.208	-0.8	-40
P	Ismael Valdez	22	84	14	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	0	5	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	-0.2	40
-	Jack Brohamer	29	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	-0.1	-47
P	Bobby Ayala	29	31	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	-0.0	187
P	Percy Jones	29	26	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	-0.0	43
P	Shane Rawley	26	38	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	-0.0	91
25 Players		27.9	1893	5447	1421	204	24	184	734	760	580	54	83	43	864	125	60	.261	.336	.408	.744	26.3	110
NL Rank				6	2	6	4	3	1	1	1	5	4	3	5	2	1	2	1	4	2	1
ABBA Rank				10	3	12	10	3	1	1	1	10	4	5	11	4	1	2	1	4	2	3

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Steve Rogers	31	30	30	13	7	0	2.96	228.3	187	79	75	32	54	149	0	10	5	1.06	.237	3.2	132
CC Sabathia	21	31	31	15	8	0	3.77	214.7	190	93	90	25	68	136	0	7	2	1.20	.262	3.2	104
Bryn Smith	34	35	26	9	11	5	4.09	191.3	211	100	87	21	38	95	0	6	3	1.30	.292	2.8	96
Denny Lemaster	31	27	27	12	9	0	3.97	170.0	172	81	75	23	44	101	0	0	0	1.27	.282	2.4	99
Willie E Adams	22	25	25	10	7	0	3.70	168.0	168	84	69	18	52	78	0	4	2	1.31	.275	2.0	106
Ismael Valdez	22	84	1	16	5	25	2.05	166.7	122	41	38	10	27	131	4	0	0	.89	.245	5.1	191
Rube Melton	27	21	21	10	5	0	3.02	125.3	118	55	42	8	52	70	0	1	1	1.36	.276	1.9	130
Shane Rawley	26	38	0	1	5	1	2.50	57.7	49	17	16	3	24	34	1	0	0	1.27	.267	0.7	157
Bobby Ayala	29	31	0	7	1	0	1.64	49.3	34	9	9	3	9	37	2	0	0	.87	.231	1.0	238
Percy Jones	29	26	1	3	2	4	2.36	42.0	32	11	11	5	19	29	2	0	0	1.21	.227	0.1	166
David Robertson	30	25	0	2	1	5	4.10	26.3	20	12	12	5	7	21	3	0	0	1.03	.211	-0.0	95
Ray Herbert	19	8	0	0	3	2	7.27	8.7	14	7	7	3	2	4	0	0	0	1.85	.367	-0.3	54
Gordon Jones	24	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	.000	0.0	0
13 Pitchers	27.1	382	162	98	64	42	3.30	1448.7	1317	589	531	156	396	885	12	28	13	1.18	.264	22.1	127
NL Rank		2	1	1	6	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	6	2	6	1	1	1	1
ABBA Rank		4	3	2	11	2	3	8	5	3	3	6	1	11	4	10	1	1	2	4

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Rogers	30	30	9	30	2	44	5	.886	228.3	1.54	-1.0
C. Sabathia	31	31	11	22	1	35	2	.943	214.7	1.38	-0.9
B. Smith	35	26	9	24	2	36	3	.917	191.3	1.55	-1.4
D. Lemaster	27	27	12	16	2	31	3	.903	170.0	1.48	-0.9
W. Adams	25	25	12	16	1	29	1	.966	168.0	1.50	-0.3
I. Valdez	84	1	10	14	1	24	0	1.000	166.7	1.30	-0.3
R. Melton	21	21	9	15	1	28	4	.857	125.3	1.72	-0.8
S. Rawley	38	0	1	4	0	6	1	.833	57.7	0.78	-0.1
B. Ayala	31	0	6	5	1	11	0	1.000	49.3	2.01	-0.1
P. Jones	26	1	4	5	1	10	1	.900	42.0	1.93	-0.1
D. Robertson	24	0	1	3	0	5	1	.800	26.3	1.37	-0.1
R. Herbert	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	8.7	1.04	-0.0
G. Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	-0.0
Totals	381	162	85	154	12	260	21	.919	1448.7	1.48	-6.0

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
B. Petway	127	126	714	54	14	773	5	.994	1126.7	6.13	3.3	0	39.6
T. Blackwell	38	36	204	18	3	225	3	.987	320.3	6.24	-0.1	5	40.9
L. Doby	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.7	5.40	0.0	0	0.0
Totals	166	162	919	72	17	999	8	.992	1448.7	6.16	3.2	5	40.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Connor	162	162	1416	106	133	1539	17	.989	1438.7	9.52	-1.5
L. Rivera	2	0	10	0	1	10	0	1.000	10.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	164	162	1426	106	134	1549	17	.989	1448.7	9.52	-1.5

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Alomar	121	121	298	351	83	652	3	.995	1068.3	5.47	2.2
L. Rivera	23	18	44	50	13	96	2	.979	172.3	4.91	-1.0
D. Kessinger	16	12	28	31	12	59	0	1.000	116.0	4.58	1.3
M. Belanger	11	11	22	27	8	51	2	.961	92.0	4.79	-0.7
Totals	171	162	392	459	116	858	7	.992	1448.7	5.29	1.7

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Malarcher	134	134	92	289	25	392	11	.972	1200.0	2.86	0.4
T. Womack	20	19	8	37	4	46	1	.978	171.0	2.37	-1.1
R. Alomar	8	8	10	17	0	28	1	.964	69.0	3.52	-0.5
D. Kessinger	4	0	0	3	2	3	0	1.000	6.7	4.05	0.0
L. Rivera	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	167	161	110	346	31	469	13	.972	1448.7	2.83	-1.2

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Belanger	137	137	167	418	80	588	3	.995	1217.0	4.33	11.0
D. Kessinger	23	17	21	65	15	87	1	.989	163.3	4.74	1.4
D. Malarcher	8	8	14	25	5	39	0	1.000	68.0	5.16	0.5
L. Rivera	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	169	162	202	508	100	714	4	.994	1448.7	4.41	12.9

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Watson	86	75	180	6	5	188	2	.989	676.0	2.48	-1.5
J. Piersall	87	72	182	3	1	186	1	.995	614.0	2.71	3.0
R. White	9	9	22	0	0	23	1	.957	76.0	2.61	-0.2
D. Glanville	18	4	14	0	0	14	0	1.000	59.7	2.11	0.6
L. Doby	3	2	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	16.7	3.24	-0.1
T. Womack	4	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	6.3	4.26	-0.0
Totals	207	162	407	9	6	420	4	.990	1448.7	2.58	1.8

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Doby	138	135	388	12	2	400	0	1.000	1208.0	2.98	-1.6
J. Piersall	26	23	67	1	0	68	0	1.000	202.7	3.02	0.7
D. Glanville	5	4	13	1	1	14	0	1.000	36.0	3.50	-0.3
T. Womack	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	170	162	468	14	3	482	0	1.000	1448.7	2.99	-1.2

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. White	146	145	296	12	4	312	4	.987	1275.7	2.17	4.7
B. Watson	12	12	18	1	1	20	1	.950	103.0	1.66	-7.0
D. Glanville	11	2	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	34.3	1.83	-0.1
J. Piersall	2	2	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	16.0	2.81	-0.1
L. Doby	3	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	14.0	1.93	-0.0
T. Womack	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	5.7	1.59	-0.0
Totals	176	162	330	13	5	348	5	.986	1448.7	2.13	-2.5

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Roger Connor	.308
On-Base Percentage	Roy White	.391
Slugging Percentage	Larry Doby	.566
OPS	Larry Doby	.953
Games	Roger Connor	162
At-Bats	Roger Connor	608
Runs	Roy White	115
Hits	Roger Connor	187
Doubles	Roger Connor	39
Triples	Roberto Alomar	6
Home Runs	Larry Doby	42
Runs Batted In	Larry Doby	106
Stolen Bases	Roger Connor	29
Caught Stealing	Roger Connor	18
Walks	Dave Malarcher	98
Strikeouts	Larry Doby	135

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Ismael Valdez	16
Losses	Bryn Smith	11
Saves	Ismael Valdez	25
Games	Ismael Valdez	84
Games Started	CC Sabathia	31
Complete Games	Steve Rogers	10
Shutouts	Steve Rogers	5
Innings Pitched	Steve Rogers	228.3
Hits Allowed	Bryn Smith	211
Home Runs Allowed	Steve Rogers	32
Strikeouts	Steve Rogers	149
Walks Allowed	CC Sabathia	68
Earned Run Average	Ismael Valdez	2.05
Walks + Hits per IP	Ismael Valdez	0.89
BABIP	Steve Rogers	.237

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
June 3rd	SS Rusty Peters	to the Caribou Caribou for	P Gordon Jones