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1968 Midwest League

1968 > Class A > League History
Overall: 584 games, 10 teams, approx. 116 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1967 / 1969
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1967 / 1969

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1967 / 1969

League Standings

Regular Season

126 games
Tm Aff W L Ties W-L% GB
Decatur Commodores SFG 69 48 0 .590 --
Quad Cities Angels CAL 65 50 0 .565 3
Cedar Rapids Cardinals STL 63 53 0 .543 5.5
Wisconsin Rapids Twins MIN 62 57 1 .521 8
Quincy Cubs CHC 59 59 1 .500 10.5
Appleton Foxes CHW 57 61 0 .483 12.5
Dubuque Royals 54 61 0 .470 14
Waterloo Hawks BOS 53 60 1 .469 14
Clinton Pilots PIT 54 67 2 .446 17
Burlington Bees OAK 48 68 1 .414 20.5

League Batting

Tm Aff BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Dubuque Royals 21.0 5.30 115 4442 3868 609 1020 182 26 79 517 90 27 490 832 .264 .348 .385 .734 1491 26 32 26 21
Wisconsin Rapids Twins MIN 22.3 4.89 119 4493 3897 582 966 138 18 77 487 30 18 467 850 .248 .333 .352 .685 1371 46 48 35 26
Decatur Commodores SFG 21.0 4.77 117 4339 3834 558 947 155 30 77 478 49 24 401 718 .247 .322 .363 .685 1393 36 37 31 28
Quad Cities Angels CAL 21.8 4.72 115 4212 3669 543 917 158 32 51 433 145 55 420 814 .250 .333 .352 .685 1292 50 43 30 16
Quincy Cubs CHC 21.2 4.67 118 4478 3929 551 967 174 38 81 466 88 32 446 914 .246 .328 .372 .700 1460 46 36 21 16
Cedar Rapids Cardinals STL 22.2 4.58 116 4442 3860 531 936 133 20 67 445 69 30 460 784 .242 .326 .339 .665 1310 36 48 38 16
Appleton Foxes CHW 21.8 4.50 118 4490 3908 531 975 156 42 58 444 95 34 477 709 .249 .333 .355 .689 1389 30 45 30 31
Waterloo Hawks BOS 20.8 4.38 113 4249 3736 495 915 151 23 60 417 77 27 423 829 .245 .323 .346 .669 1292 22 37 31 26
Clinton Pilots PIT 21.2 4.35 121 4579 4020 526 995 165 32 38 448 124 45 430 821 .248 .324 .333 .657 1338 43 52 34 27
Burlington Bees OAK 20.1 3.90 116 4292 3831 452 875 152 24 58 386 60 20 358 933 .228 .298 .326 .624 1249 36 39 28 12
League Totals 21.3 4.60 1168 44016 38552 5378 9513 1564 285 646 4521 827 312 4372 8204 .247 .327 .352 .679 13585 371 417 304 219

League Pitching

Tm Aff PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Decatur Commodores SFG 20.0 3.64 69 48 .590 3.03 117 117 71 46 9 986.1 890 426 332 46 379 18 803 41 7 74 4197 1.287 8.1 0.4 3.5 7.3 2.12
Quad Cities Angels CAL 20.7 4.00 65 50 .565 3.24 115 115 84 31 9 970.1 861 460 349 57 366 32 764 26 8 62 4118 1.265 8.0 0.5 3.4 7.1 2.09
Cedar Rapids Cardinals STL 21.0 4.42 63 53 .543 3.53 116 116 95 21 2 1015.2 986 513 398 78 414 39 747 33 4 60 4433 1.378 8.7 0.7 3.7 6.6 1.80
Wisconsin Rapids Twins MIN 21.0 4.62 62 57 .521 3.75 119 119 85 34 6 1002.1 992 550 418 87 416 21 746 32 4 58 4414 1.405 8.9 0.8 3.7 6.7 1.79
Appleton Foxes CHW 21.8 4.63 57 61 .483 3.60 118 118 87 31 11 1018.2 972 546 407 50 400 27 924 39 6 67 4480 1.347 8.6 0.4 3.5 8.2 2.31
Quincy Cubs CHC 19.7 4.82 59 59 .500 3.85 118 118 96 22 9 1011.0 1004 569 432 81 410 27 850 28 9 66 4452 1.399 8.9 0.7 3.6 7.6 2.07
Waterloo Hawks BOS 20.1 4.82 53 60 .469 3.75 113 113 95 18 8 972.2 942 545 405 60 466 5 879 46 4 95 4360 1.448 8.7 0.6 4.3 8.1 1.89
Burlington Bees OAK 20.3 4.82 48 68 .414 3.52 116 116 97 19 9 997.1 885 559 390 62 532 14 865 28 8 87 4390 1.421 8.0 0.6 4.8 7.8 1.63
Dubuque Royals 21.0 4.98 54 61 .470 4.03 115 115 72 43 4 983.1 965 573 440 53 489 26 833 58 13 89 4442 1.479 8.8 0.5 4.5 7.6 1.70
Clinton Pilots PIT 21.3 5.26 54 67 .446 3.66 121 121 101 20 1 1049.2 1016 637 427 72 500 10 793 40 9 81 4738 1.444 8.7 0.6 4.3 6.8 1.59
League Totals 20.7 4.60 584 584 .500 3.60 1168 1168 883 285 68 10007.1 9513 5378 3998 646 4372 219 8204 371 72 739 44024 1.387 8.6 0.6 3.9 7.4 1.88

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Decatur Commodores SFG 117 2959 1269 175 98 .960 36 Denny Sommers
Quad Cities Angels CAL 115 2911 1205 184 85 .957 35 Fred Koenig
Dubuque Royals 115 2950 1134 199 76 .954 35 Max Lanier
Quincy Cubs CHC 118 3033 1154 213 92 .952 29 Walt Dixon
Appleton Foxes CHW 118 3056 1161 218 67 .951 34 Gary Johnson and Stan Johnson
Cedar Rapids Cardinals STL 116 3047 1221 220 105 .951 24 Jack Krol
Burlington Bees OAK 116 2992 1115 215 71 .950 37 Jim Hughes
Wisconsin Rapids Twins MIN 119 3007 1218 228 102 .949 32 Tom Umphlett
Waterloo Hawks BOS 113 2918 1128 222 77 .948 42 Rac Slider
Clinton Pilots PIT 121 3149 1206 292 91 .937 48 Bob Clear
League Totals 1168 30022 11811 2166 864 .951 352