1968 American League (AL) Statistics and Awards

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Expanded Standings

Team W L WL% GB Detroit DET 103 59 .636 -- Bltmore BAL 91 71 .562 12.0 Clvlnd CLE 86 75 .534 16.5 BostonRS BOS 86 76 .531 17.0 NewYorkY NYY 83 79 .512 20.0 Oakland OAK 82 80 .506 21.0 Minnesta MIN 79 83 .488 24.0 Califrna CAL 67 95 .414 36.0 ChicagoW CHW 67 95 .414 36.0 Washngtn WSA 65 96 .404 37.5

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1968 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft -
League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 DET  4.09   671  164  5490  1292  190  39  185  521   964  .235  .302  .385   26   32 114  4.30  3.89
 BOS  3.79   614  162  5303  1253  207  17  125  582   974  .236  .312  .352   76   62 103  4.01  3.57
 BAL  3.57   579  162  5275  1187  215  28  133  570  1019  .225  .301  .352   78   32 105  3.60  3.55
 OAK  3.49   569  163  5406  1300  192  40   94  472  1022  .240  .301  .343  147   61 107  3.57  3.41
 MIN  3.47   562  162  5373  1274  207  41  105  445   966  .237  .295  .350   98   54  98  3.69  3.25
 NYY  3.27   536  164  5310  1137  154  34  109  566   958  .214  .290  .318   90   50  97  3.27  3.27
 WSA  3.25   524  161  5400  1208  160  37  124  454   960  .224  .284  .336   29   19  97  3.17  3.34
 CLE  3.19   516  162  5416  1266  210  36   75  427   858  .234  .290  .327  115   61  96  3.04  3.33
 CAL  3.07   498  162  5331  1209  170  33   83  447  1080  .227  .287  .318   62   50  97  2.83  3.32
 CHW  2.86   463  162  5405  1233  169  33   71  397   840  .228  .281  .311   90   50  81  2.78  2.94
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  3.41  5532 1624 53709 12359 1874 338 1104 4881  9641  .230  .297  .339  811  471

League Pitching Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 BAL  3.07   497  162  2.66  1451  1111   6.9   502  3.1  101  1044   53    15    16  31 111  3.10  3.04
 CLE  3.11   504  162  2.66  1464  1087   6.7   540  3.3   98  1157   48    20    23  32 112  3.23  2.99
 DET  3.00   492  164  2.71  1489  1180   7.2   486  3.0  129  1115   59    16    19  29 111  3.14  2.87
 CHW  3.25   527  162  2.75  1468  1290   8.0   451  2.8   97   834   20     4    11  40 116  3.37  3.14
 NYY  3.24   531  164  2.79  1467  1308   8.0   424  2.6   99   831   45    11    14  27 102  3.27  3.21
 MIN  3.37   546  162  2.89  1433  1224   7.6   414  2.6   92   996   46    13    14  29 108  3.58  3.16
 OAK  3.34   544  163  2.94  1455  1220   7.5   505  3.1  124   997   45    15    18  29  95  3.11  3.58
 BOS  3.77   611  162  3.33  1447  1303   8.0   523  3.2  115   972   55    14    17  31  96  3.69  3.85
 CAL  3.80   615  162  3.43  1437  1234   7.6   519  3.2  131   869   29     7    11  31  84  3.69  3.90
 WSA  4.13   665  161  3.64  1439  1402   8.7   517  3.2  118   826   26     8    11  28  80  3.70  4.56
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  3.41  5532 1624  2.98 14550 12359   7.6  4881  3.0 1104  9641  426         154 307

League Miscellaneous Stats Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 DET  101  133  .984   .738  2,031,847  25,085  103-59  56-25 47-34 103 101 28.0 26.8   2   4  24 Smith
 BAL  120  131  .981   .739    943,977  11,800   92-70  47-33 44-38 101  99 26.9 25.9   2   3  26 Bauer and Weaver
 BOS  128  147  .979   .711  1,940,788  23,960   81-81  46-35 40-41 108 107 26.5 27.4   1   4  31 Williams
 CLE  126  130  .979   .738    857,994  10,593   82-79  43-37 43-38  99 100 27.5 27.0   0   3  32 Dark
 NYY  139  142  .979   .719  1,185,666  14,459   82-80  39-42 44-37  96  96 28.0 27.0   1   2  28 Houk
 OAK  145  136  .976   .725    837,466  10,090   84-78  44-38 38-42  94  94 24.9 24.0   3   3  20 Kennedy
 MIN  170  117  .973   .714  1,143,257  14,114   83-79  41-40 38-43 107 105 28.1 27.9   2   3  27 Ermer
 CAL  140  156  .977   .728  1,025,956  12,666   66-96  32-49 35-46  95  97 27.5 26.7   0   1  26 Rigney
 CHW  151  152  .977   .720    803,775   9,923   71-91  36-45 31-50 106 107 28.3 29.7   2   2  32 Stanky, Moss, and Lopez
 WSA  148  144  .976   .701    546,661   6,749   63-98  34-47 31-49  97  98 26.9 26.9   0   1  13 Lemon
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Denny McLain
DET 31-6  1.96 280 SO

Cy Young Award Denny McLain
DET 31-6  1.96 280 SO

Rookie of the Year Stan Bahnsen
NYY 17-12  2.05 162 SO

Gold Glove Winners

Pitcher Jim Kaat
Catcher Bill Freehan

First Base George Scott

Second Base Bobby Knoop

Third Base Brooks Robinson

Shortstop Luis Aparicio

Outfield Reggie Smith, Mickey Stanley, and Carl Yastrzemski

League Leaderboards Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average

Yastrzemski-BOS .301

Cater-OAK .290

Oliva-MIN .289

Horton-DET .285

Uhlaender-MIN .283

On-base %

Yastrzemski-BOS .426

Robinson-BAL .390

Mantle-NYY .385

Monday-OAK .371

Andrews-BOS .368

Slugging %

Howard-WSA .552

Horton-DET .543

Harrelson-BOS .518

Yastrzemski-BOS .495

Oliva-MIN .477

OPS

Yastrzemski-BOS .922

Horton-DET .895

Howard-WSA .890

Harrelson-BOS .874

Robinson-BAL .834

Games

Bando-OAK 162

Robinson-BAL 162

Campaneris-OAK 159

Fregosi-CAL 159

White-NYY 159

At Bats

Campaneris-OAK 642

Unser-WSA 635

Aparicio-CHW 622

Fregosi-CAL 614

Tovar-MIN 613

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Campaneris-OAK 707

Fregosi-CAL 693

Unser-WSA 690

Bando-OAK 674

Tovar-MIN 673

Runs

McAuliffe-DET 95

Yastrzemski-BOS 90

Tovar-MIN 89

White-NYY 89

Stanley-DET 88

Hits

Campaneris-OAK 177

Tovar-MIN 167

Aparicio-CHW 164

Howard-WSA 164

Yastrzemski-BOS 162

Total Bases

Howard-WSA 330

Horton-DET 278

Harrelson-BOS 277

Yastrzemski-BOS 267

Northrup-DET 259

Doubles

Smith-BOS 37

Robinson-BAL 36

Yastrzemski-BOS 32

Tovar-MIN 31

Horton-CLE 29

Northrup-DET 29

Triples

Fregosi-CAL 13

McCraw-CHW 12

McAuliffe-DET 10

Stroud-WSA 10

Campaneris-OAK 9

Home Runs

Howard-WSA 44

Horton-DET 36

Harrelson-BOS 35

Jackson-OAK 29

Cash-DET 25

Freehan-DET 25

RBI

Harrelson-BOS 109

Howard-WSA 106

Northrup-DET 90

Horton-DET 85

Powell-BAL 85

Bases on Balls

Yastrzemski-BOS 119

Mantle-NYY 106

Foy-BOS 84

McAuliffe-DET 82

Andrews-BOS 81

Strikeouts

Jackson-OAK 171

Monday-OAK 143

Howard-WSA 141

Knoop-CAL 128

Reichardt-CAL 118

Stolen Bases

Campaneris-OAK 62

Cardenal-CLE 40

Tovar-MIN 35

Buford-BAL 27

Foy-BOS 26

Singles

Campaneris-OAK 139

Aparicio-CHW 132

Unser-WSA 125

Clarke-NYY 124

Tovar-MIN 124

Adjusted OPS+

Yastrzemski-BOS 170

Howard-WSA 170

Horton-DET 165

Harrelson-BOS 154

Robinson-BAL 152

Runs Created

Yastrzemski-BOS 121

Howard-WSA 110

Horton-DET 95

Freehan-DET 94

Harrelson-BOS 94

Adjusted Batting Runs

Yastrzemski-BOS 55

Howard-WSA 48

Horton-DET 40

Harrelson-BOS 36

Freehan-DET 32

Batting Wins

Yastrzemski-BOS 6.1

Howard-WSA 5.3

Horton-DET 4.4

Harrelson-BOS 4.0

Freehan-DET 3.6

Extra-Base Hits

Howard-WSA 75

Robinson-BAL 59

Horton-DET 58

Northrup-DET 57

Smith-BOS 57

Yastrzemski-BOS 57

Times on Base

Yastrzemski-BOS 283

Campaneris-OAK 231

Freehan-DET 231

White-NYY 230

Andrews-BOS 229

Offensive Win%

Yastrzemski-BOS .824

Howard-WSA .757

Horton-DET .756

Robinson-BAL .746

Freehan-DET .733

Hit By Pitch

Freehan-DET 24

Reichardt-CAL 18

Tovar-MIN 17

Epstein-WSA 13

Robinson-BAL 12

Sac. Hits

McLain-DET 16

Andrews-BOS 12

Hardin-BAL 11

Tiant-CLE 11

Wert-DET 11

Sac. Flies

Blefary-BAL 8

Repoz-CAL 8

Robinson-BAL 8

Horton-DET 7

Belanger-BAL 6

Buford-BAL 6

Davis-CHW 6

Harrelson-BOS 6

Mincher-CAL 6

Intentional Walks

Oliva-MIN 16

Smith-BOS 13

Yastrzemski-BOS 13

Howard-WSA 12

Powell-BAL 12

Grounded into Double Plays

Stanley-DET 22

Cater-OAK 21

Hansen-TOT 18

Harrelson-BOS 18

Johnson-BAL 18

Caught Stealing

Campaneris-OAK 22

Cardenal-CLE 18

Smith-BOS 18

Davalillo-TOT 16

Tovar-MIN 13

Power/Speed Number

Buford-BAL 19.3

Jackson-OAK 18.9

White-NYY 18.4

Smith-BOS 17.8

Yastrzemski-BOS 16.6

At Bats per Strikeout

Tovar-MIN 15.0

Aparicio-CHW 14.5

Clarke-NYY 12.6

Cater-OAK 11.7

White-NYY 11.5

At Bats per Home Run

Howard-WSA 13.6

Horton-DET 14.2

Harrelson-BOS 15.3

Cash-DET **16.4

Jackson-OAK 19.1

Outs

Unser-WSA 507

Campaneris-OAK 503

Fregosi-CAL 494

Aparicio-CHW 486

Bando-OAK 480

ERA

Tiant-CLE 1.60

McDowell-CLE 1.81

McNally-BAL 1.95

McLain-DET 1.96

John-CHW 1.98

Wins

McLain-DET 31

McNally-BAL 22

Stottlemyre-NYY 21

Tiant-CLE 21

Hardin-BAL 18

Won-Loss %

McLain-DET .838

Culp-BOS .727

Tiant-CLE .700

Ellsworth-BOS .696

McNally-BAL .688

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

McNally-BAL 0.842

Tiant-CLE 0.871

McLain-DET 0.905

Chance-MIN 0.983

Peterson-NYY 1.017

Hits Allowed/9IP

Tiant-CLE 5.30

McNally-BAL 5.77

McDowell-CLE 6.06

Siebert-CLE 6.33

McLain-DET 6.46

Bases on Balls/9IP

Peterson-NYY 1.23

McLain-DET 1.69

Ellsworth-BOS 1.70

Kaat-MIN 1.73

McNally-BAL 1.81

Strikeouts/9IP

McDowell-CLE 9.47

Tiant-CLE 9.20

Lolich-DET 8.06

Culp-BOS 7.90

McLain-DET 7.50

Games

Wood-CHW 88

Wilhelm-CHW 72

Locker-CHW 70

Perranoski-MIN 66

Higgins-WSA 59

Watt-BAL 59

Saves

Worthington-MIN 18

Wood-CHW 16

Higgins-WSA 13

Romo-CLE 12

Stange-BOS 12

Wilhelm-CHW 12

Innings

McLain-DET 336.0

Chance-MIN 292.0

Stottlemyre-NYY 278.7

McNally-BAL 273.0

McDowell-CLE 269.0

Strikeouts

McDowell-CLE 283

McLain-DET 280

Tiant-CLE 264

Chance-MIN 234

McNally-BAL 202

Games Started

McLain-DET 41

Chance-MIN 39

McDowell-CLE 37

Brunet-CAL 36

Phoebus-BAL 36

Stottlemyre-NYY 36

Comp. Games

McLain-DET 28

Stottlemyre-NYY 19

Tiant-CLE 19

McNally-BAL 18

Hardin-BAL 16

Shutouts

Tiant-CLE 9

Chance-MIN 6

Culp-BOS 6

McLain-DET 6

Nash-OAK 6

Stottlemyre-NYY 6

Home Runs Allow.

McLain-DET 31

Hunter-OAK 29

McNally-BAL 24

Brunet-CAL 23

Lolich-DET 23

Bases On Balls Allow.

McDowell-CLE 110

Phoebus-BAL 105

Odom-OAK 98

Siebert-CLE 88

Boswell-MIN 87

Hits Allowed

Stottlemyre-NYY 243

McLain-DET 241

Chance-MIN 224

Bahnsen-NYY 216

Coleman-WSA 212

SO to Walk

McLain-DET 4.44

Peterson-NYY 3.97

Chance-MIN 3.71

McNally-BAL 3.67

Tiant-CLE 3.62

Losses

Brunet-CAL 17

Chance-MIN 16

Coleman-WSA 16

Merritt-MIN 16

Hargan-CLE 15

McGlothlin-CAL 15

Phoebus-BAL 15

Earned Runs Allow.

Hunter-OAK 87

Merritt-MIN 86

Chance-MIN 82

McGlothlin-CAL 82

Coleman-WSA 81

Wild Pitches

Bertaina-WSA 17

Odom-OAK 17

Clark-CAL 13

Chance-MIN 12

Brunet-CAL 10

Dobson-OAK 10

Phoebus-BAL 10

Hit Batsmen

Horlen-CHW 14

Coleman-WSA 12

John-CHW 12

Lolich-DET 11

Lonborg-BOS 11

Batters Faced

McLain-DET 1288

Chance-MIN 1161

Stottlemyre-NYY 1123

McDowell-CLE 1098

Bahnsen-NYY 1070

Games Finished

Wood-CHW 46

Perranoski-MIN 41

Watt-BAL 39

Wilhelm-CHW 39

Womack-NYY 36

Adjusted ERA+

Tiant-CLE 186

McDowell-CLE 165

John-CHW 161

McLain-DET 154

McNally-BAL 152

Oldest Player

Wilhelm-CHW 1922-07-26 (45)

Face-DET 1928-02-20 (40)

Worthington-MIN 1929-02-05 (39)

Howard-BOS 1929-02-23 (39)

McMahon-TOT 1930-01-04 (38)

Youngest Player

Alvarado-BOS 1949-01-15 (19)

May-CHW 1948-05-17 (20)

Cain-DET 1948-01-13 (20)

Rodriguez-CAL 1947-12-28 (20)

Hall-MIN 1947-11-23 (20)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All Stars (* - indicates they played)
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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters
P. Luis Tiant (CLE)
C. Bill Freehan (DET)
1B. Harmon Killebrew (MIN)
2B. Rod Carew (MIN)
3B. Brooks Robinson (BAL)
SS. Jim Fregosi (CAL)
LF. Willie Horton (DET)
CF. Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)
RF. Frank Howard (WSA)

Joe Azcue* (CLE)
Gary Bell (BOS)
Bert Campaneris* (OAK)
Ken Harrelson* (BOS)
Tommy John* (CHW)
Davey Johnson* (BAL)
Duane Josephson* (CHW)
Mickey Mantle* (NYY)
Sam McDowell* (CLE)

Denny McLain* (DET)
Rick Monday* (OAK)
Blue Moon Odom* (OAK)
Tony Oliva* (MIN)
Boog Powell* (BAL)
Jose Santiago (BOS)
Mel Stottlemyre* (NYY)
Don Wert* (DET)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Luis Tiant (CLE) C. Bill Freehan (DET) 1B. Harmon Killebrew (MIN) 2B. Rod Carew (MIN) 3B. Brooks Robinson (BAL) SS. Jim Fregosi (CAL) LF. Willie Horton (DET) CF. Carl Yastrzemski (BOS) RF. Frank Howard (WSA)		Joe Azcue* (CLE) Gary Bell (BOS) Bert Campaneris* (OAK) Ken Harrelson* (BOS) Tommy John* (CHW) Davey Johnson* (BAL) Duane Josephson* (CHW) Mickey Mantle* (NYY) Sam McDowell* (CLE)		Denny McLain* (DET) Rick Monday* (OAK) Blue Moon Odom* (OAK) Tony Oliva* (MIN) Boog Powell* (BAL) Jose Santiago (BOS) Mel Stottlemyre* (NYY) Don Wert* (DET)