1968 World Series - Detroit Tigers over St. Louis Cardinals (4-3)

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1968 World Series (4-3): Detroit Tigers (103-59) over St. Louis Cardinals (97-65)

1967 WS / 1969 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 2, 1968 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  3
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    3  0  0    1  0  x     4  6  0

    PITCHERS: DET - McLain, Dobson (6), McMahon (8)
              STL - Gibson

               WP - Bob Gibson
	       LP - Denny McLain
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              STL - Brock

  ATTENDANCE: 54,692

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 3, 1968 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  1  1    0  0  3    1  0  2     8 13  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  6  1

    PITCHERS: DET - Lolich
              STL - Briles, Carlton (6), Willis (7), Hoerner (9)

               WP - Mickey Lolich
	       LP - Nelson Briles
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - Cash, Horton, Lolich
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 54,692

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 5, 1968 at Tiger Stadium (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  4  0    3  0  0     7 13  0
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  2    0  1  0    0  0  0     3  4  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Washburn, Hoerner (6)
              DET - Wilson, Dobson (5), McMahon (6), Patterson (7), Hiller (8)

               WP - Ray Washburn
	       LP - Earl Wilson
             SAVE - Joe Hoerner

   HOME RUNS: STL - Cepeda, McCarver
              DET - Kaline, McAuliffe

  ATTENDANCE: 53,634

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 6, 1968 at Tiger Stadium (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          2  0  2    2  0  0    0  4  0    10 13  0
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  5  4

    PITCHERS: STL - Gibson
              DET - McLain, Sparma (3), Patterson (4), Lasher (6), Hiller (8), Dobson (8)

               WP - Bob Gibson
	       LP - Denny McLain
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Brock, Gibson
              DET - Northrup

  ATTENDANCE: 53,634

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 7, 1968 at Tiger Stadium (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     3  9  0
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    2  0  0    3  0  x     5  9  1

    PITCHERS: STL - Briles, Hoerner (7), Willis (7)
              DET - Lolich

               WP - Mickey Lolich
	       LP - Joe Hoerner
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Cepeda
              DET - none

  ATTENDANCE: 53,634

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 9, 1968 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  2 10    0  1  0    0  0  0    13 12  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     1  9  1

    PITCHERS: DET - McLain
              STL - Washburn, Jaster (3), Willis (3), Hughes (3), Carlton (4), Granger (7), Nelson (9)

               WP - Denny McLain
	       LP - Ray Washburn
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - Kaline, Northrup
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 54,692

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 10, 1968 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  1     4  8  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     1  5  0

    PITCHERS: DET - Lolich
              STL - Gibson

               WP - Mickey Lolich
	       LP - Bob Gibson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              STL - Shannon

  ATTENDANCE: 54,692

Series MVP - Mickey Lolich

Series Batting Stats

Detroit Tigers Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Gates Brown	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	67	92	15	34	6	15	0	.370	1.127
Norm Cash	7	26	5	10	0	0	1	5	3	5	.385	.433	.500	.933	0	0	127	411	50	108	25	63	1	.263	.816
Wayne Comer	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	48	48	8	6	1	3	0	.125	.389
Pat Dobson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	47	28	2	4	0	1	0	.143	.343
Bill Freehan	7	24	0	2	1	0	0	2	4	8	.083	.214	.125	.339	0	0	155	540	73	142	25	84	0	.263	.819
John Hiller	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	39	37	1	3	0	2	0	.081	.162
Willie Horton	7	23	6	7	1	1	1	3	5	6	.304	.448	.565	1.013	0	0	143	512	68	146	36	85	0	.285	.895
Al Kaline	7	29	6	11	2	0	2	8	0	7	.379	.400	.655	1.055	0	0	102	327	49	94	10	53	6	.287	.820
Fred Lasher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	9	0	1	0	0	0	.111	.222
Mickey Lolich	3	12	2	3	0	0	1	2	1	5	.250	.308	.500	.808	0	0	41	70	5	8	0	3	0	.114	.341
Tommy Matchick	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	80	227	18	46	3	14	0	.203	.534
Eddie Mathews	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	0	0	31	52	4	11	3	8	0	.212	.665
Dick McAuliffe	7	27	5	6	0	0	1	3	4	6	.222	.323	.333	.656	0	0	151	570	95	142	16	56	8	.249	.755
Denny McLain	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	44	111	7	18	0	4	0	.162	.359
Don McMahon	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*45	7	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.286
Jim Northrup	7	28	4	7	0	1	2	8	1	5	.250	.276	.536	.812	0	0	154	580	76	153	21	90	4	.264	.770
Ray Oyler	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	111	215	13	29	1	12	0	.135	.399
Daryl Patterson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	38	13	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.071
Jim Price	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	64	132	12	23	3	13	0	.174	.526
Joe Sparma	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	60	2	8	0	2	0	.133	.298
Mickey Stanley	7	28	4	6	0	1	0	0	2	4	.214	.267	.286	.552	0	1	153	583	88	151	11	60	4	.259	.675
Dick Tracewski	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	90	212	30	33	4	15	3	.156	.475
Don Wert	6	17	1	2	0	0	0	2	6	5	.118	.375	.118	.493	0	0	150	536	44	107	12	37	0	.200	.556
Earl Wilson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	40	88	9	20	7	17	0	.227	.741
Totals	88	231	34	56	4	3	8	33	27	59	.242	.328	.390	.718	0	1	164	5490	671	1292	185		26	.235	.692

St. Louis Cardinals Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Nelson Briles	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	33	80	5	11	0	5	0	.138	.349
Lou Brock	7	28	6	13	3	1	2	5	3	4	.464	.516	.857	1.373	7	2	159	660	92	184	6	51	62	.279	.746
Steve Carlton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	73	6	12	2	3	0	.164	.438
Orlando Cepeda	7	28	2	7	0	0	2	6	2	3	.250	.300	.464	.764	0	1	157	600	71	149	16	73	8	.248	.685
Ron Davis	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*85	296	33	60	1	17	1	.203	.536
Johnny Edwards	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	85	230	14	55	3	29	1	.239	.613
Curt Flood	7	28	4	8	1	0	0	2	2	2	.286	.333	.321	.655	3	0	150	618	71	186	5	60	11	.301	.705
Phil Gagliano	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	53	105	13	24	0	13	0	.229	.585
Bob Gibson	3	8	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	.125	.222	.500	.722	0	0	35	94	3	16	0	6	1	.170	.456
Wayne Granger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	5	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.400
Joe Hoerner	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	47	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Dick Hughes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	25	15	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.063
Larry Jaster	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	31	43	2	6	1	1	0	.140	.368
Julian Javier	7	27	1	9	1	0	0	3	3	4	.333	.400	.370	.770	1	1	139	519	54	135	4	52	10	.260	.638
Roger Maris	6	19	5	3	1	0	0	1	3	3	.158	.273	.211	.483	0	0	100	310	25	79	5	45	0	.255	.681
Dal Maxvill	7	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.000	.120	.000	.120	0	0	151	459	51	116	1	24	0	.253	.627
Tim McCarver	7	27	3	9	0	2	1	4	3	2	.333	.400	.593	.993	0	1	128	434	35	110	5	48	4	.253	.645
Mel Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	18	12	2	2	0	2	0	.167	.397
Dave Ricketts	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	20	22	1	3	0	1	0	.136	.273
Dick Schofield	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	69	127	14	28	1	8	1	.220	.618
Mike Shannon	7	29	3	8	1	0	1	4	1	5	.276	.300	.414	.714	0	0	156	576	62	153	15	79	1	.266	.710
Ed Spiezio	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	29	51	1	8	0	2	1	.157	.385
Bobby Tolan	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	92	278	28	64	5	17	9	.230	.607
Ray Washburn	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	31	60	5	5	0	5	0	.083	.308
Ron Willis	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	48	11	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.083
Totals	85	239	27	61	7	3	7	27	21	40	.255	.318	.397	.715	11	5	162	5561	583	1383	73		110	.249	.644

Detroit Tigers Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Pat Dobson	3	0	3.86	0	0	0	0	4.2	5	2	1	0	1.286	47	10	2.66	5	8	7	125.0	89	48	93	1.096
John Hiller	2	0	13.50	0	0	0	0	2.0	6	3	3	1	4.500	39	12	2.39	9	6	2	128.0	92	51	78	1.117
Fred Lasher	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0.500	34	0	3.33	5	1	5	48.2	37	22	32	1.212
Mickey Lolich	3	3	1.67	3	0	0	3	27.0	20	5	6	21	0.963	39	32	3.19	17	9	1	220.0	178	65	197	1.105
Denny McLain	3	3	3.24	1	2	0	1	16.2	18	6	4	13	1.320	41	41	1.96	31	6	0	336.0	241	63	280	0.905
Don McMahon	2	0	13.50	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	0	1	2.000	*45	0	1.98	5	2	1	81.2	53	30	65	1.016
Daryl Patterson	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	1	0	0.667	38	1	2.12	2	3	7	68.0	53	27	49	1.176
Joe Sparma	1	0	54.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	2	0	0	6.000	34	31	3.70	10	10	0	182.1	169	77	110	1.349
Earl Wilson	1	1	6.23	0	1	0	0	4.1	4	3	6	3	2.308	34	33	2.85	13	12	0	224.1	192	65	168	1.146
Totals	18	7	3.48	4	3	0	4	62.0	61	24	21	40	1.323	164	164	2.713	103	59		1489.2	1180	486	1115	1.118

St. Louis Cardinals Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Nelson Briles	2	2	5.56	0	1	0	0	11.1	13	7	4	7	1.500	33	33	2.81	19	11	0	243.2	251	55	141	1.256
Steve Carlton	2	0	6.75	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	3	1	3	2.000	34	33	2.99	13	11	0	232.0	214	61	162	1.185
Bob Gibson	3	3	1.67	2	1	0	3	27.0	18	5	4	35	0.815	34	34	1.12	22	9	0	304.2	198	62	268	0.853
Wayne Granger	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	1	1	0.500	34	0	2.25	4	2	4	44.0	40	12	27	1.182
Joe Hoerner	3	0	3.86	0	1	1	0	4.2	5	2	5	3	2.143	47	0	1.47	8	2	17	49.0	34	12	42	0.939
Dick Hughes	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	6.000	25	5	3.53	2	2	4	63.2	45	21	49	1.037
Larry Jaster	1	0	inf	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	3	1	0		31	21	3.51	9	13	0	153.2	153	38	70	1.243
Mel Nelson	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.000	18	4	2.91	2	1	1	52.2	49	9	16	1.101
Ray Washburn	2	2	9.82	1	1	0	0	7.1	7	8	7	6	1.909	31	30	2.26	14	8	0	215.1	191	47	124	1.105
Ron Willis	3	0	8.31	0	0	0	0	4.1	2	4	4	3	1.385	48	0	3.39	2	3	4	63.2	50	28	39	1.225
Totals	19	7	4.65	3	4	1	3	62.0	56	32	27	59	1.339	162	162	2.488	97	65		1479.1	1282	375	971	1.120

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