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1968 American League Starting Pitching

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Team & League Starting Pitching*

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Tm R/G G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
BAL 3.07 162 162 69 57 36 5 28 91 71 .562 5 14 53 15 111 69% 59 93 22 187 46 59 46 3.6 3.9 6.6
BOS 3.77 162 162 67 59 36 8 17 86 76 .531 12 19 55 14 94 58% 55 95 10 167 64 63 51 3.8 3.7 6.6
CAL 3.80 162 162 46 77 39 7 25 67 95 .414 10 12 29 7 84 52% 54 83 18 234 85 73 43 3.1 2.9 6.0
CHW 3.25 162 162 44 70 48 5 27 67 95 .414 8 15 20 4 91 56% 54 86 20 240 67 76 47 2.8 3.0 6.0
CLE 3.11 162 162 70 63 29 6 30 86 75 .534 6 13 48 20 108 67% 62 100 17 152 61 66 33 3.2 3.2 6.9
DET 3.00 164 164 74 46 44 6 16 103 59 .636 9 25 59 16 100 61% 59 92 20 169 49 101 33 4.1 4.1 6.7
MIN 3.37 162 162 62 68 32 10 30 79 83 .488 6 23 46 13 100 62% 58 91 15 163 51 80 41 3.5 3.5 6.7
NYY 3.24 164 164 66 58 40 7 27 83 79 .512 8 20 45 11 112 68% 57 93 10 135 35 55 51 3.3 3.4 6.8
OAK 3.34 163 163 63 64 36 8 27 82 80 .506 14 13 45 15 103 63% 57 98 9 201 73 34 54 3.5 3.5 6.8
WSA 4.13 161 161 52 74 35 10 21 65 96 .404 7 15 26 8 83 52% 51 98 4 207 59 28 60 3.2 3.4 6.0
LgAvg 3.41 162 162 61 64 38 7 25 81 81 .500 9 17 43 12 99 61% 56 100 4 186 59 64 46 3.4 3.5 6.5
3.41 1624 1624 613 636 375 72 248 809 809 .500 85 169 426 123 986 61% 56 100 4 1855 590 635 459 3.4 3.5 6.5

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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Rk Age Tm IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1 Mike Adamson 20 BAL 7.2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 36 35 2 1 0 2 3.0 5.6 3.8
2 Stan Bahnsen 23 NYY 267.1 37 34 17 11 6 2 8 18 15 .545 1 3 10 1 28 82% 63 93 26 13 1 15 7 3.2 3.3 7.7
3 Steve Bailey 26 CLE 5.0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 47 47 47 0 0 0 1 3.0 4.5 3.0
4 *Steve Barber 30 NYY 128.1 20 19 6 5 8 1 5 11 8 .579 2 4 3 1 15 79% 53 72 26 14 4 6 7 3.9 3.4 6.7
5 Gary Bell 31 BOS 199.1 35 27 10 10 7 0 4 14 13 .519 3 4 9 3 17 63% 55 86 18 28 13 12 7 3.6 3.2 6.7
6 *Dennis Bennett 28 CAL 48.1 16 7 0 4 3 0 2 1 6 .143 0 1 1 0 3 43% 50 68 28 8 2 3 1 1.5 1.7 5.3
7 *Frank Bertaina 24 WSA 127.1 27 23 7 13 3 4 3 9 14 .391 0 1 1 0 7 30% 48 98 18 21 6 7 9 3.3 3.6 5.4
8 *Warren Bogle 21 OAK 23.0 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33 33 33 6 2 1 0 6.0 2.3 3.7
9 Dick Bosman 24 WSA 139.0 46 10 1 7 2 0 2 3 7 .300 0 0 0 0 4 40% 42 60 31 18 5 4 1 2.7 3.1 5.4
10 Dave Boswell 23 MIN 190.0 34 28 10 13 5 2 4 13 15 .464 1 3 7 2 16 57% 56 89 26 24 8 12 7 3.5 3.2 6.4
11 Jim Bouton 29 NYY 44.0 12 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 1 0 2 67% 54 73 38 3 1 1 1 3.0 3.0 6.6
12 Gene Brabender 26 BAL 125.0 37 15 4 6 5 2 2 5 10 .333 1 2 3 2 7 47% 52 81 27 24 10 4 6 3.6 3.8 5.5
13 *George Brunet 33 CAL 245.1 39 36 13 16 7 1 7 16 20 .444 4 2 8 5 25 69% 59 83 23 15 10 20 5 2.6 2.5 6.6
14 Wally Bunker 23 BAL 71.0 18 10 2 0 8 0 0 7 3 .700 2 3 2 1 4 40% 55 83 36 7 0 4 4 5.4 6.4 5.6
15 *Tom Burgmeier 24 CAL 72.2 56 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 37 31 19 14 2 0 2.5 5.4 2.7
16 *Les Cain 20 DET 24.0 8 4 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 2 50% 48 64 25 7 1 2 2 5.0 5.8 4.1
17 Cisco Carlos 27 CHW 122.1 29 21 4 14 3 1 5 5 16 .238 3 1 0 0 9 43% 48 75 22 25 14 10 9 2.3 2.8 5.2
18 Dean Chance 27 MIN 292.0 43 39 16 16 7 1 9 19 20 .487 1 6 15 6 29 74% 62 91 26 10 5 26 5 3.4 3.5 7.3
19 Rickey Clark 22 CAL 94.1 21 17 1 11 5 1 5 4 13 .235 2 1 0 0 7 41% 52 73 35 17 10 3 12 3.1 2.6 5.2
20 Joe Coleman 21 WSA 223.0 33 33 12 16 5 2 6 13 20 .394 0 3 12 2 19 58% 55 85 25 19 3 5 10 3.1 3.2 6.8
21 Ray Culp 26 BOS 216.1 35 30 16 6 8 3 0 22 8 .733 3 3 11 6 18 60% 59 95 10 28 10 14 8 4.0 3.9 6.9
22 Chuck Dobson 24 OAK 225.1 35 34 12 14 8 3 4 15 19 .441 3 3 11 3 18 53% 56 91 9 25 7 5 8 3.2 3.0 6.6
23 Pat Dobson 26 DET 125.0 47 10 2 5 3 0 3 4 6 .400 2 1 2 1 6 60% 55 79 22 19 6 10 0 3.1 3.5 6.5
24 *Al Downing 27 NYY 61.1 15 12 3 3 6 0 0 5 7 .417 0 1 1 0 5 42% 52 74 32 4 0 2 7 2.2 2.6 4.7
25 Sammy Ellis 27 CAL 164.0 42 24 8 9 7 1 1 13 11 .542 2 2 3 0 11 46% 49 81 21 31 8 13 7 3.9 3.5 5.4
Rk Age Tm IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
26 *Dick Ellsworth 28 BOS 196.0 31 28 15 7 6 1 0 18 10 .643 2 4 10 1 16 57% 54 84 13 18 2 14 9 4.9 4.5 6.6
27 Jack Fisher 29 CHW 180.2 35 28 8 12 8 0 3 11 17 .393 0 3 2 0 16 57% 53 75 24 22 6 17 9 2.1 2.1 6.0
28 *Tom Hall 20 MIN 29.2 8 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .750 0 2 0 0 1 25% 45 59 33 9 1 2 2 4.5 4.5 4.6
29 Jack Hamilton 29 CAL 38.0 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 49 75 22 12 2 1 0 3.7 3.0 6.8
30 Jim Hannan 28 WSA 140.1 25 22 10 6 6 1 2 11 11 .500 3 1 4 1 15 68% 54 82 23 20 5 4 7 3.5 4.3 6.1
31 Jim Hardin 24 BAL 244.0 35 35 18 13 4 1 7 19 16 .543 1 1 16 2 27 77% 61 91 28 10 2 13 8 3.3 3.8 7.0
32 Steve Hargan 25 CLE 158.1 32 27 7 14 6 3 6 9 18 .333 2 3 4 2 12 44% 51 90 24 23 12 7 7 3.0 3.0 5.6
33 Bill Harrelson 22 CAL 33.2 10 5 1 4 0 1 1 1 4 .200 0 0 1 0 1 20% 51 63 28 11 4 1 4 2.0 0.7 5.2
34 *John Hiller 25 DET 128.0 39 12 5 4 3 0 1 8 4 .667 0 3 4 1 8 67% 58 90 32 17 6 6 3 4.1 4.3 6.5
35 Joe Horlen 30 CHW 223.2 35 35 12 14 9 1 8 17 18 .486 2 2 4 1 26 74% 56 86 20 30 3 13 10 2.5 2.7 6.4
36 Bruce Howard 25 TOT 79.2 23 12 1 6 5 0 0 2 10 .167 1 0 0 0 4 33% 41 82 4 20 5 1 6 2.3 3.1 5.1
37 Bruce Howard 25 BAL 31.0 10 5 0 2 3 0 0 1 4 .200 0 0 0 0 1 20% 43 64 33 10 1 1 3 2.4 3.4 4.5
38 Bruce Howard 25 WSA 48.2 13 7 1 4 2 0 0 1 6 .143 1 0 0 0 3 43% 40 82 4 10 4 0 3 2.3 2.9 5.5
39 Catfish Hunter 22 OAK 234.0 36 34 13 13 8 1 4 17 16 .515 3 5 11 2 22 65% 56 98 23 19 7 9 10 4.2 4.0 6.8
40 *Tommy John 25 CHW 177.1 25 25 10 5 10 3 3 13 12 .520 0 4 5 1 16 64% 62 84 35 20 3 11 6 3.7 3.7 7.1
41 *Jim Kaat 29 MIN 208.0 30 29 14 12 3 3 7 15 14 .517 1 3 9 2 19 66% 57 86 22 16 7 13 5 3.7 3.8 7.1
42 Ron Keller 25 MIN 16.0 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 45 45 45 2 0 0 1 1.0 1.8 6.0
43 Lew Krausse 25 OAK 185.0 36 25 8 10 7 1 5 9 16 .360 2 3 2 0 16 64% 56 81 25 23 10 5 12 3.0 3.0 6.6
44 *Bill Landis 25 BOS 60.0 38 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 48 48 48 11 2 0 0 2.0 0.0 6.0
45 *Danny Lazar 24 CHW 13.1 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 40 40 4 1 0 0 1.0 4.5 2.0
46 Dave Leonhard 27 BAL 126.1 28 18 6 7 5 0 2 10 8 .556 0 4 5 2 10 56% 53 85 22 11 3 4 9 4.5 3.9 5.9
47 *Paul Lindblad 26 OAK 56.1 47 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 22 22 22 16 4 0 1 0.0 0.0 1.3
48 *Mickey Lolich 27 DET 220.0 39 32 13 9 10 1 3 17 15 .531 1 5 8 4 18 56% 57 92 29 21 10 18 8 3.8 3.6 6.3
49 Jim Lonborg 26 BOS 113.1 23 17 6 8 3 1 3 8 9 .471 1 2 4 1 9 53% 52 90 25 16 13 5 4 3.6 3.5 6.2
50 *Sam McDowell 25 CLE 269.0 38 37 15 14 8 1 9 20 17 .541 1 3 11 3 28 76% 66 98 27 25 8 17 5 2.8 2.7 7.2
Rk Age Tm IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
51 Jim McGlothlin 24 CAL 208.1 40 32 10 15 7 1 4 13 19 .406 1 2 8 0 16 50% 55 82 18 15 7 15 6 3.3 3.5 6.2
52 Denny McLain 24 DET 336.0 41 41 31 6 4 3 3 33 8 .805 0 5 28 6 35 85% 69 91 30 0 0 29 3 5.2 5.0 8.2
53 *Dave McNally 25 BAL 273.0 35 35 22 10 3 0 7 25 10 .714 0 0 18 5 31 89% 68 87 32 9 1 14 6 3.7 4.1 7.8
54 *Jim Merritt 24 MIN 238.1 38 34 11 16 7 1 7 15 19 .441 2 7 11 1 21 62% 57 85 15 25 12 18 7 3.5 3.1 6.8
55 Andy Messersmith 22 CAL 81.1 28 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 3 .400 1 0 2 1 3 60% 59 83 31 9 3 2 2 2.7 2.8 6.6
56 Bill Monbouquette 31 NYY 89.1 17 11 4 4 3 1 1 5 6 .455 1 2 2 0 6 55% 49 76 10 11 6 3 2 3.4 3.9 6.4
57 *Barry Moore 25 WSA 117.2 32 18 4 6 8 1 1 10 8 .556 1 4 0 0 9 50% 51 68 18 19 3 5 8 3.5 3.0 5.6
58 Dave Morehead 25 BOS 55.0 11 9 1 4 4 0 2 3 6 .333 2 1 3 1 5 56% 56 79 24 7 3 3 2 3.3 2.5 5.9
59 Danny Morris 22 MIN 10.2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 47 58 36 0 0 0 2 3.8 1.1 4.5
60 Tom Murphy 22 CAL 99.1 15 15 5 6 4 1 3 8 7 .533 0 2 3 0 10 67% 61 81 44 2 0 6 2 3.5 2.7 6.6
61 Jim Nash 23 OAK 228.2 34 33 13 13 7 0 7 18 15 .545 4 0 12 6 23 70% 61 88 22 19 7 8 11 3.3 3.4 6.8
62 Roger Nelson 24 BAL 71.0 19 6 2 2 2 0 2 3 3 .500 1 1 0 0 6 100% 61 70 51 15 7 4 1 2.4 2.6 6.8
63 *Jerry Nyman 25 CHW 40.1 8 7 2 1 4 0 0 4 3 .571 0 1 1 1 3 43% 55 81 37 7 1 3 0 2.7 3.7 5.7
64 Blue Moon Odom 23 OAK 231.1 32 31 16 10 5 3 6 21 10 .677 2 1 9 4 22 71% 60 83 32 25 8 5 10 3.9 4.1 7.4
65 Phil Ortega 28 WSA 115.2 31 16 4 9 3 2 1 4 12 .250 1 2 1 1 5 31% 44 84 25 19 11 0 7 3.5 3.1 4.9
66 Camilo Pascual 34 WSA 201.0 31 31 13 12 6 0 6 14 17 .452 1 4 8 4 21 68% 56 85 34 20 5 3 14 3.4 3.6 6.5
67 Daryl Patterson 24 DET 68.0 38 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 44 44 44 9 1 1 0 4.5 2.3 4.3
68 Marty Pattin 25 CAL 84.0 52 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .750 0 1 0 0 1 25% 52 66 45 21 4 3 0 4.4 2.9 5.4
69 *Mike Paul 23 CLE 91.2 36 7 3 3 1 0 1 4 3 .571 0 1 0 0 4 57% 51 69 20 16 5 4 2 4.1 3.1 5.9
70 Jim Perry 32 MIN 139.0 32 18 7 6 5 1 2 9 9 .500 1 1 3 2 12 67% 59 91 24 20 3 8 7 3.3 3.8 6.7
71 *Gary Peters 31 CHW 162.2 31 25 4 13 8 0 6 9 16 .360 2 2 6 1 15 60% 53 86 27 24 10 11 7 3.1 3.4 6.1
72 *Fritz Peterson 26 NYY 212.1 36 27 11 10 6 0 5 15 12 .556 2 4 6 2 22 81% 59 87 28 15 2 11 8 3.4 3.0 7.1
73 Tom Phoebus 26 BAL 240.2 36 36 15 15 6 2 8 21 15 .583 0 3 9 3 25 69% 59 93 23 30 6 15 7 3.3 3.6 6.7
74 *Tony Pierce 22 OAK 32.2 17 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 2 67% 49 66 31 14 3 0 2 3.8 3.3 6.6
75 Horacio Pina 23 CLE 31.1 12 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 2 67% 59 67 52 9 2 2 0 3.8 3.8 6.9
Rk Age Tm IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
76 *Juan Pizarro 31 BOS 107.2 19 12 5 6 1 0 2 6 6 .500 0 2 6 0 8 67% 56 81 41 3 1 3 3 3.6 3.3 7.5
77 Bob Priddy 28 CHW 114.0 35 18 3 9 6 0 1 7 11 .389 1 2 2 0 4 22% 47 73 25 22 7 9 6 3.3 2.8 4.4
78 *Jim Roland 25 MIN 61.2 28 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0 0 1 0 1 25% 54 75 23 6 3 1 3 4.1 5.0 4.8
79 Vicente Romo 25 CLE 83.1 40 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 56 56 56 3 1 1 0 3.0 1.8 6.0
80 Jose Santiago 27 BOS 124.0 18 18 9 4 5 2 3 10 8 .556 1 1 7 2 13 72% 61 86 18 11 3 6 6 3.7 4.1 6.9
81 Gerry Schoen 21 WSA 3.2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37 37 37 2 0 0 1 1.0 0.0 3.7
82 Sonny Siebert 31 CLE 206.0 31 30 12 10 8 1 3 16 13 .552 0 5 8 4 19 63% 59 88 17 18 6 11 7 3.9 3.9 6.9
83 Joe Sparma 26 DET 182.1 34 31 9 10 12 1 3 16 14 .533 3 6 7 1 13 42% 51 76 20 29 7 18 9 4.0 3.9 5.6
84 Ed Sprague 22 OAK 68.2 47 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 44 44 44 24 13 1 0 2.0 2.3 3.3
85 Lee Stange 31 BOS 103.0 50 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0% 41 43 38 6 3 2 0 3.9 6.0 5.5
86 Buzz Stephen 23 MIN 11.1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45 54 35 1 1 0 1 3.0 4.1 5.7
87 Jerry Stephenson 24 BOS 68.2 23 7 2 5 0 1 0 2 5 .286 0 0 2 0 1 14% 42 69 24 9 3 1 5 3.2 4.0 6.0
88 Mel Stottlemyre 26 NYY 278.2 36 36 21 12 3 2 6 22 14 .611 1 2 19 6 27 75% 60 87 10 10 5 12 7 3.7 4.0 7.7
89 Fred Talbot 27 NYY 99.0 29 11 0 8 3 0 1 2 9 .182 0 1 1 0 3 27% 48 68 27 9 6 3 6 2.1 1.4 5.1
90 Luis Tiant 27 CLE 258.1 34 32 21 8 3 1 6 23 9 .719 2 0 19 9 27 84% 72 99 42 6 3 14 5 3.2 3.5 7.9
91 Cesar Tovar 27 MIN 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 53 53 53 0 0 0 1 2.3 1.0
92 Joe Verbanic 25 NYY 97.0 40 11 3 4 4 1 1 4 6 .400 1 2 2 1 4 36% 49 78 25 24 2 2 6 3.1 3.8 5.2
93 Gary Waslewski 26 BOS 105.1 34 11 3 6 2 0 3 3 8 .273 0 2 2 0 7 64% 52 72 27 16 7 3 7 3.0 2.8 6.0
94 Stan Williams 31 CLE 194.1 44 24 11 11 2 0 3 12 12 .500 1 0 6 2 15 63% 60 100 28 17 7 10 6 2.8 3.0 6.9
95 Earl Wilson 33 DET 224.1 34 33 13 12 8 1 3 20 12 .625 3 3 10 3 18 55% 58 83 28 21 9 17 8 3.3 3.3 6.7
96 *Wilbur Wood 26 CHW 159.0 88 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 2 100% 58 62 53 23 4 2 0 6.4 8.3 7.0
97 *Clyde Wright 27 CAL 125.2 41 13 4 6 3 1 2 5 8 .385 0 1 2 1 6 46% 51 82 27 30 10 4 4 3.1 3.0 5.8
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