MINNESOTA EMPIRE BUILDERS
HISTORY TEAM STATS 1968
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MINNESOTA EMPIRE BUILDERS HISTORY TEAM STATS 1968 - RECORD 74-88, .457 - FINISH 6th - RUNS SCORED 703 - RUNS ALLOWED 746
TEAM BATTING STATS
Pos Player Age G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS wRC+ WAR
2B *Bernie Allen 29 113 102 348 42 85 12 0 4 30 4 2 40 33 .244 .319 .313 .632 80 0.6
P *Dennis Bennett 28 23 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 490 0.1
2B Bill Bethea 26 28 8 33 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 8 .091 .189 .212 .401 13 -0.2
CF *Walt Bond 30 25 0 23 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .087 .125 .087 .212 -45 -0.3
P Jim Britton 24 15 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -115 0.0
2B Larry Brown 28 101 41 144 16 31 5 1 3 12 1 1 17 24 .215 .301 .326 .627 78 0.2
P *Tom Burgmeier 24 66 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -115 -0.0
2B Danny Cater 28 83 64 221 23 60 9 5 2 23 0 1 15 17 .271 .321 .385 .705 97 0.7
P Ray Culp 26 24 16 34 0 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 .147 .147 .176 .324 -19 -0.4
P Larry Dierker 21 30 30 64 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 19 .094 .121 .094 .215 -46 -0.8
C *Johnny Edwards 29 104 33 194 16 35 8 2 2 16 0 0 14 38 .180 .245 .273 .518 45 -0.5
1B Hector Espino 28 6 3 14 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 .214 .312 .429 .741 103 -0.0
RF Al Ferrara 28 125 43 233 23 53 4 4 5 28 0 1 30 41 .227 .321 .343 .664 78 -0.1
P Doug Gallagher 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -115 -0.0
P Vern Geishert 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
P Steve Hargan 25 31 20 39 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 .103 .103 .154 .256 -40 -0.5
P Jim Heise 35 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -115 -0.0
SS Davey Johnson 25 146 146 532 64 127 33 3 11 61 2 0 68 90 .239 .325 .374 .699 95 2.4
3B Harvey Kuenn 37 132 112 406 51 111 30 3 4 64 4 1 48 24 .273 .346 .392 .738 105 2.0
P Denny Lemaster 29 27 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -115 -0.0
P Marcelino Lopez 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
CF *Tommy McCraw 27 114 38 210 29 54 12 1 4 24 13 9 21 27 .257 .333 .381 .714 99 0.5
P *Jim Merritt 24 36 36 68 1 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 20 .191 .225 .191 .417 16 -0.6
P Phil Niekro 29 36 36 99 9 17 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 28 .172 .170 .293 .463 18 -0.6
RF *Tony Oliva 29 133 122 473 70 114 20 6 22 75 5 3 44 53 .241 .308 .448 .757 102 1.3
1B *Boog Powell 26 155 155 577 75 152 27 2 26 93 4 2 104 77 .263 .375 .452 .828 124 3.1
C Johnny Romano 33 108 108 393 60 91 19 3 18 67 0 1 71 55 .232 .348 .433 .781 119 3.3
LF #Reggie Smith 23 142 129 506 92 127 26 11 10 59 28 10 99 68 .251 .372 .405 .777 118 3.0
2B Ed Spiezio 26 17 6 24 2 7 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 .292 .292 .417 .708 94 0.1
P Bill Stafford 28 25 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750 402 0.2
P Red Swanson 31 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
C Hawk Taylor 29 34 28 101 10 20 4 0 1 10 0 0 11 17 .198 .283 .267 .551 59 0.0
LF Bob Watson 22 19 12 54 5 11 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 6 .204 .267 .259 .526 49 -0.2
P Don Wilson 23 29 24 50 3 9 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 17 .180 .192 .220 .412 8 -0.4
P John Wyatt 33 47 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -115 -0.1
CF Jimmy Wynn 26 146 146 560 102 158 25 7 29 76 20 15 92 97 .282 .385 .507 .893 148 6.0
  TEAM TOTALS/AVG 27.3 2137 1458 5416 703 1303 245 52 145 670 82 47 688 809 .241 .327 .385 .713 98 18.8
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
TEAM PITCHING STATS
Player Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA FIP WAR
*Dennis Bennett 28 0 1 0.000 23 0 0 27.2 34 17 5 16 17 5.53 5.26 -0.3
Jim Britton 24 1 2 0.333 15 0 1 28.1 27 14 6 14 18 4.45 5.26 -0.3
*Tom Burgmeier 24 3 3 0.500 66 0 11 76.2 73 38 3 40 38 4.46 3.49 0.8
Ray Culp 26 4 8 0.333 24 16 0 116.2 107 56 13 55 61 4.32 4.35 1.0
Larry Dierker 21 11 12 0.478 30 30 0 207.0 209 105 16 102 110 4.57 3.80 3.5
*Doug Gallagher 28 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.41 0.0
Vern Geishert 22 0 0 0.000 2 0 1 2.2 2 2 0 1 1 6.75 2.78 0.1
Steve Hargan 25 7 7 0.500 31 20 0 144.2 136 69 14 45 78 4.29 3.62 2.6
Jim Heise 35 0 0 0.000 3 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.41 0.1
*Denny Lemaster 29 1 2 0.333 27 0 0 36.0 30 8 4 15 25 2.00 3.79 0.3
*Marcelino Lopez 24 0 0 0.000 4 0 0 1.1 1 1 0 3 0 6.75 9.16 -0.1
*Jim Merritt 24 13 15 0.464 36 36 0 234.2 231 112 29 81 131 4.30 4.01 3.4
Phil Niekro 29 17 15 0.531 36 36 0 299.0 263 107 22 85 162 3.22 3.13 7.9
Bill Stafford 28 3 3 0.500 25 0 1 37.2 42 22 4 21 22 5.26 4.45 -0.0
Red Swanson 31 0 2 0.000 7 0 1 11.0 16 10 3 5 2 8.18 6.95 -0.3
Don Wilson 23 8 14 0.364 29 24 1 164.2 140 66 13 74 98 3.61 3.55 3.2
John Wyatt 33 6 4 0.600 47 0 6 48.2 47 26 6 28 34 4.81 4.34 0.0
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 26.7 74 88 0.457 406 162 22 1441.0 1359 653 138 585 797 4.08 3.79 21.7
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
PITCHER FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Tom Burgmeier 76.2 0 66 4 13 0 0 0.0 1.000 2.00  
John Wyatt 48.2 0 47 2 5 1 0 -0.3 .875 1.29  
Jim Merritt 234.2 36 36 10 40 2 0 -0.8 .962 1.92  
Phil Niekro 299.0 36 36 20 52 5 2 0.9 .935 2.17  
Steve Hargan 144.2 20 31 12 31 4 0 0.5 .915 2.68  
Larry Dierker 207.0 30 30 20 35 3 2 1.2 .948 2.39  
Don Wilson 164.2 24 29 7 22 3 1 0.0 .906 1.59  
Denny Lemaster 36.0 0 27 1 4 1 0 0.1 .833 1.25  
Bill Stafford 37.2 0 25 3 6 1 0 -0.0 .900 2.15  
Ray Culp 116.2 16 24 9 16 2 1 -0.4 .926 1.93  
Dennis Bennett 27.2 0 23 0 5 1 0 0.0 .833 1.63  
Jim Britton 28.1 0 15 3 1 2 0 1.0 .667 1.27  
Red Swanson 11.0 0 7 1 3 0 0 0.4 1.000 3.27  
Marcelino Lopez 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Jim Heise 3.0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Vern Geishert 2.2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0.0 1.000 3.38  
Doug Gallagher 1.1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0 1.000 6.75  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1441.0 162 406 92 235 26 6 2.6 .926  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
CATCHER FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Johnny Romano 955.2 108 108 544 53 16 2 0.2 .974 32.63  
Johnny Edwards 301.1 33 35 170 20 3 1 0.2 .984 35.48  
Hawk Taylor 183.1 21 22 125 21 4 1 0.5 .973 42.11  
Bob Watson 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 -0.1 .000 0.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1441.0 162 166 839 94 23 4 0.8 .976  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
FIRST BASE FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Boog Powell 1371.0 154 155 1415 100 9 90 0.0 .994 9.95  
Tommy McCraw 45.0 5 6 41 5 0 5 0.0 1.000 9.20  
Hector Espino 25.0 3 3 24 1 0 0 0.0 1.000 9.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1441.0 162 164 1480 106 9 95 0.0 .994  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
SECOND BASE FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Bernie Allen 821.0 102 106 216 275 9 41 0.0 .982 5.38  
Larry Brown 215.1 19 60 62 69 3 16 0.0 .978 5.48  
Danny Cater 287.0 33 43 75 76 7 21 0.0 .956 4.74  
Bill Bethea 61.1 4 19 12 22 2 2 0.0 .944 4.99  
Harvey Kuenn 17.0 0 10 6 3 0 0 0.0 1.000 4.76  
Ed Spiezio 38.1 4 8 7 14 0 3 0.0 1.000 4.93  
Tommy McCraw 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1441.0 162 247 378 459 21 83 0.0 .976  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
THIRD BASE FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Harvey Kuenn 961.1 112 113 99 222 14 10 0.0 .958 3.01  
Danny Cater 263.2 31 32 15 57 4 4 0.0 .947 2.46  
Reggie Smith 33.0 0 16 1 6 0 0 0.0 1.000 1.91  
Larry Brown 65.0 6 11 6 17 4 0 0.0 .852 3.18  
Ed Spiezio 24.2 2 8 0 6 1 0 0.0 .857 2.19  
Hawk Taylor 55.1 7 8 6 11 1 1 0.0 .944 2.77  
Bill Bethea 34.0 4 4 3 5 0 0 0.0 1.000 2.12  
Bernie Allen 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Jimmy Wynn 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1441.0 162 194 130 324 24 15 0.0 .950  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
SHORTSTOP FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Davey Johnson 1263.1 146 146 231 446 16 78 0.0 .977 4.82  
Larry Brown 141.0 16 20 21 43 2 7 0.0 .970 4.09  
Jimmy Wynn 30.2 0 15 11 7 1 3 0.0 .947 5.28  
Walt Bond 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Danny Cater 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Johnny Edwards 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Harvey Kuenn 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 9.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1441.0 162 185 264 496 19 88 0.0 .976  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
LEFT FIELD FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Reggie Smith 1103.1 129 129 252 9 1 1 0.0 .996 2.13  
Al Ferrara 177.1 17 25 35 1 1 0 0.0 .973 1.83  
Bob Watson 104.0 12 13 14 2 3 0 0.0 .842 1.38  
Tommy McCraw 45.2 3 9 11 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 2.17  
Walt Bond 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Boog Powell 7.0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0.0 .667 2.57  
Hawk Taylor 2.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1441.0 162 179 314 12 6 1 0.0 .982  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
CENTER FIELD FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Jimmy Wynn 1256.2 146 146 439 9 6 2 0.0 .987 3.21  
Tommy McCraw 160.2 15 26 47 0 1 0 0.0 .979 2.63  
Al Ferrara 21.1 1 8 11 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 4.64  
Walt Bond 2.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Reggie Smith 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1441.0 162 183 497 9 7 2 0.0 .986  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
RIGHT FIELD FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Tony Oliva 1052.1 122 123 243 11 5 2 0.0 .981 2.17  
Al Ferrara 236.0 25 28 49 3 2 0 0.0 .963 1.98  
Tommy McCraw 148.1 15 19 28 3 2 0 0.0 .939 1.88  
Danny Cater 1.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Walt Bond 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 9.00  
Harvey Kuenn 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Hawk Taylor 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1441.0 162 175 321 17 9 2 0.0 .974  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
TEAM BATTING LEADERS
Batting Average Jimmy Wynn  .282
On-Base Pct Jimmy Wynn  .385
Slugging Pct Jimmy Wynn  .507
OPS Jimmy Wynn  .893
wOBA Jimmy Wynn  .395
Games Boog Powell  155
At-Bats Boog Powell  577
Runs Jimmy Wynn  102
Hits Jimmy Wynn  158
Total Bases Jimmy Wynn  284
Singles Boog Powell  97
Doubles Davey Johnson  33
Triples Reggie Smith  11
Home Runs Jimmy Wynn  29
RBIs Boog Powell  93
Stolen Bases Reggie Smith  28
Caught Stealing Jimmy Wynn  15
Walks Boog Powell  104
Strikeouts Jimmy Wynn  97
 
 
 
TEAM PITCHING LEADERS
ERA Phil Niekro  3.22
Wins Phil Niekro  17
Losses Jim Merritt  15
Winning Pct Phil Niekro  .531
Saves Tom Burgmeier  11
Games Pitched Tom Burgmeier  66
Games Started Jim Merritt  36
Complete Games Phil Niekro  20
Shutouts Phil Niekro  2
Innings Pitched Phil Niekro  299.0
Hits Allowed Phil Niekro  263
Home Runs Allowed Jim Merritt  29
Strikeouts Phil Niekro  162
Walks Allowed Larry Dierker  102
Walks per 9 IP Phil Niekro  2.56
Hits per 9 IP Don Wilson  7.65
Strikeouts per 9 IP Don Wilson  5.36
WHIP Phil Niekro  1.16
OAVG Don Wilson  0.231
OOBP Phil Niekro  0.290
OSLG Don Wilson  0.355
OOPS Phil Niekro  0.651
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