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1968 Eastern League

1968 > Class AA > League History
Overall: 421 games, 6 teams, approx. 140 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

April 20, 1968 to September 2, 1968 · 140 games
Tm Aff W L Ties W-L% GB
Pittsfield Red Sox BOS 84 55 1 .604 --
Reading Phillies PHI 81 59 0 .579 3.5
Elmira Pioneers BAL 77 63 0 .550 7.5
Binghamton Triplets NYY 67 72 1 .482 17
York Pirates PIT 58 82 1 .414 26.5
Waterbury Indians CLE 52 88 1 .371 32.5

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
Pittsfield Red Sox BOS 23.7 3.45 140 4890 4313 483 1003 153 24 53 420 38 27 471 711 .233 .310 .316 .626 1363 24 52 30 48
Reading Phillies PHI 24.7 3.22 140 4952 4369 451 1014 141 37 32 388 83 42 435 681 .232 .304 .303 .607 1325 32 81 35 66
Binghamton Triplets NYY 22.3 3.09 140 4863 4131 432 866 115 35 52 375 92 42 585 832 .210 .310 .292 .602 1207 28 86 33 51
Elmira Pioneers BAL 24.0 3.03 140 4973 4335 424 926 147 24 26 372 72 51 491 748 .214 .295 .277 .571 1199 25 79 43 49
York Pirates PIT 24.2 2.79 141 4887 4286 393 944 117 21 23 339 123 46 453 744 .220 .297 .273 .570 1172 28 85 35 51
Waterbury Indians CLE 23.4 2.48 141 4867 4348 349 906 133 33 35 318 64 36 406 797 .208 .280 .278 .558 1210 36 55 22 44
League Totals 23.8 3.01 842 29432 25782 2532 5659 806 174 221 2212 472 244 2841 4513 .219 .299 .290 .589 7476 173 438 198 309

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
Pittsfield Red Sox BOS 22.3 2.61 84 55 .604 2.39 140 140 95 45 25 1165.0 824 366 309 31 481 72 794 27 4 42 1.120 6.4 0.2 3.7 6.1 1.65
Reading Phillies PHI 23.4 2.64 81 59 .579 2.17 140 140 88 52 21 1188.0 906 369 286 43 407 36 732 20 1 67 1.105 6.9 0.3 3.1 5.5 1.80
Elmira Pioneers BAL 24.2 2.76 77 63 .550 2.36 140 140 87 53 23 1208.0 988 387 317 31 473 62 751 30 3 38 1.209 7.4 0.2 3.5 5.6 1.59
York Pirates PIT 23.3 3.06 58 82 .414 2.56 141 141 95 46 19 1187.0 924 432 338 47 525 60 749 36 9 56 1.221 7.0 0.4 4.0 5.7 1.43
Binghamton Triplets NYY 22.7 3.32 67 72 .482 2.81 140 140 94 46 18 1158.0 1025 465 362 40 444 54 681 24 0 59 1.269 8.0 0.3 3.5 5.3 1.53
Waterbury Indians CLE 23.0 3.64 52 88 .371 2.78 141 141 95 46 13 1177.0 992 513 363 29 511 25 806 36 4 59 1.277 7.6 0.2 3.9 6.2 1.58
League Totals 23.1 3.01 419 419 .500 2.51 842 842 554 288 119 7083.0 5659 2532 1975 221 2841 309 4513 173 21 321 1.200 7.2 0.3 3.6 5.7 1.59

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Pittsfield Red Sox BOS 140 3496 1495 118 112 .977 22 Billy Gardner
Elmira Pioneers BAL 140 3624 1433 145 116 .972 8 Cal Ripken
Reading Phillies PHI 140 3565 1408 150 119 .971 26 Frank Lucchesi
York Pirates PIT 141 3560 1517 189 96 .964 20 Joe Morgan
Binghamton Triplets NYY 140 3475 1353 187 96 .963 17 Frank Verdi and Cloyd Boyer
Waterbury Indians CLE 141 3532 1264 231 86 .954 22 Ray Mueller and Phil Cavarretta
League Totals 842 21252 8470 1020 625 .967 115