Bleeding Dodger Blue

[reflections]

Chicago continues to stay ahead of the pack, gaining two games on St Louis during the month. 8 out of 10 teams are above .500 while the lowly Dodgers and Mets continue to trowl the bottom, fighting for the number 1 pick next year.



Bob Gibson began to get his form back but still is a ways off from his first months pure dominance. Juan Marichal is about to become the first pitcher in the NL to win 20, and Jim Maloney is pacing the league with 222 strikeouts and Roy Face continues to lead in saves with 19.



Roberto Clemente is leading the league with a .334 avg but Jim Beauchamp and Matty Alou are close by with .333 averages. Roger Maris and Hank Aaron finally overtook Ernie Banks who ended the month with 33 home runs. Maris and Aaron both have 34. Banks is leading with 101 runs batted in and Lou Brock is still adding to his record steals total, while Maury Wills at 54 and Joe Morgan at 51 are light years behind.

[reflections]

With Minnesota and Chicago both making up multiple games on Detroit as the Tigers pulled out a losing month for the first time this year. Baltimore as usual pulled out a horrible month going 6-22.



Bob Heffner regained the ERA lead by default. Jim Bouton pitched only 2 times in August and doesn't have the innings yet to win it. Dean Chance won his 21 st game on the 28th helping him have his 2nd 20 win season in a row, 3rd of his career. Luis Tiant continues to have a great season for the lowly Indians. He currently has 245 strike outs.



The summer swoon hit most of the batters during August, but Norm Cash managed to hold on to his lead with a .334 average. Frank Robinson, Jimmie Hall and Bob Chance all kept their places in the home run race. Robinson leads with 35 and Jimmie Hall has 33, while Chance slumped a bit but ended up with 28 with tied him with Duke Sims. Bert Campaneris kept his lead in steals. Robinson kept his lead in the runs batted in department.

[reflections]

Contract Resignings

Boston Red Sox
2B Jerry Adair 6yrs/183k

California Angels
SP Jerry McGlothlin 3yrs/108k

Cleveland Indians
RP Darrell Sutherland 3yrs/65k

Detroit Tigers
SP Denny McLain 5yrs/213k

Minnesota Twins
SP Doug Boswell 3yrs/158k

Oakland Athletics
2B Dick Green 5yrs/174k

Philadelphia Phillies
1B Bill White 5yrs/182k


Milestones

August 10th St Louis Cardinal Orlando Cepeda knocked in his 1000 run
August 21st Pittsburgh Pirate Maury Wills stole his 500th base
August 22nd Cincinnati Red Vada Pinson scored his 1000th run
August 27th San Francisco Giant Mike McCormick pitched a no hitter against the Chicago Cubs

[reflections]

1968 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Davis, Willie             LAD  111  .247   446  110  21   4   6   15   49   38  13   53   25  .352  .278
Parker, Wes               LAD  126  .236   444  105  12   5  14   48   78    5   7   49   50  .381  .310
Bailey, Bob               LAD  100  .241   345   83   7   2  11   19   63    6  12   32   36  .368  .279
Haller, Tom               LAD  112  .233   344   80  15   4   8   29   65    1   5   37   25  .369  .294
Colavito, Rocky           LAD  101  .234   329   77  14   3  14   34   48    1   2   42   51  .422  .306
Alcaraz, Luis             LAD  125  .259   328   85  17   3   9   41   28    1   4   38   43  .412  .341
Lefebvre, Jim             LAD   92  .265   294   78  15   3   6   28   44    0   5   33   40  .398  .328
Popovich, Paul            LAD  110  .341   246   84   6   1   8   21   36   10   2   36   36  .472  .393
Darwin, Bobby             LAD   54  .248   161   40   6   3   4    9   48    3   2   18   17  .398  .287
Cardenal, Jose            LAD   47  .255   153   39   9   0   3   10   23   12   7   13   16  .373  .301
Ferrara, Al               LAD   47  .199   146   29   8   0   5    9   38    0   0   20   16  .356  .252
Torborg, Jeff             LAD   39  .275   120   33   7   0   0    8   12    0   3    8   10  .333  .320
Gabrielson, Len           LAD   34  .167    90   15   1   0   0    8   19    1   2    5    4  .178  .232
James, Cleo               LAD   27  .213    75   16   3   0   0    2   14    5   0    8    2  .253  .244
Crawford, Willie          LAD   30  .178    73   13   0   0   1    5   16    1   2    8    3  .219  .228
Drysdale, Don             LAD   29  .172    64   11   3   0   1    2   21    0   0    6    6  .266  .197
Osteen, Claude            LAD   35  .172    64   11   2   0   0    2   20    0   1    1    5  .203  .194
Hermoso, Remy             LAD   14  .228    57   13   0   0   0    1    3    1   1    4    5  .228  .241
Sutton, Don               LAD   33  .055    55    3   0   0   0    1   14    0   0    2    1  .055  .071
Miller, John              LAD   15  .244    45   11   2   0   2    4   10    1   0    5    7  .422  .306
Sudakis, Bill             LAD   15  .216    37    8   0   0   1    1    5    2   1    2    5  .297  .231
Lopes, Davey              LAD   14  .273    33    9   1   0   0    3    6    3   1    4    4  .303  .333
Singer, Bill              LAD   17  .143    28    4   1   0   0    1    5    0   0    1    3  .179  .172
Fairey, Jim               LAD    7  .136    22    3   0   0   0    1    3    0   1    1    1  .136  .174
Billingham, Jack          LAD   14  .056    18    1   0   0   0    1   10    0   0    1    0  .056  .105
Norman, Fred              LAD   19  .077    13    1   0   0   0    0    6    0   0    0    0  .077  .077
Ferguson, Joe             LAD    5  .091    11    1   0   0   0    0    4    0   0    0    0  .091  .091
Regan, Phil               LAD   51  .167     6    1   0   0   0    3    2    1   0    1    0  .167  .444
Taylor, Ron               LAD   61  .200     5    1   0   0   0    0    3    0   0    0    0  .200  .200
Moeller, Joe              LAD   17  .200     5    1   0   0   0    0    3    0   0    1    1  .200  .200
Romo, Vicente             LAD   20  .250     4    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    1    0  .250  .250
Aguirre, Hank             LAD   49  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Purdin, John              LAD   19  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Zahn, Geoff               LAD    1  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

Only Paul Popovich seemed to be keeping up the offense as most of all the starters averages fell during August.

1968 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Osteen, Claude            LAD  224.2  3.69   35  35   9  18   0  101   50 11.62
Drysdale, Don             LAD  217.0  3.57   29  29   8  11   0  165   30  9.25
Sutton, Don               LAD  200.2  4.31   33  33   9  15   0  134   49 10.76
Singer, Bill              LAD  104.0  4.15   17  17   2  12   0   52   16 11.86
Regan, Phil               LAD   77.1  4.66   51   0   6   3   5   36   23 12.69
Taylor, Ron               LAD   75.1  4.06   61   0   3   3   3   62   20 11.71
Aguirre, Hank             LAD   63.1  4.41   49   0   4   4   4   28   18 12.36
Billingham, Jack          LAD   61.1  4.55   14   8   2   2   0   37   14 12.33
Norman, Fred              LAD   53.1  4.39   19   4   0   4   1   34   19 11.64
Romo, Vicente             LAD   31.0  3.77   20   0   1   2   2   18   15 12.77
Moeller, Joe              LAD   31.0  4.94   17   1   1   5   2    8    9 13.65
Purdin, John              LAD   23.0  6.26   19   0   0   2   1    7   12 20.74
Lamb, Ray                 LAD    4.0 11.25    3   0   0   1   0    4    2 27.00
Zahn, Geoff               LAD    4.0  6.75    1   1   0   1   0    2    2 20.25
Jenkins, Jack             LAD    0.1 27.00    2   0   0   1   0    0    0 27.00

Finally hitting a good stride over August, although the great pitching didn't turn into wins. Lot's of ERA's all over the place went down. Sutton finally hit some strides and dropped his ERA a full run. He ran up 5 straight starts where he didn't allow more than one run in a game.

[reflections]

Spokane Indians AAA

1968 AAA Batting         Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Miller, John              LAD   96  .267   359   96  17   1   7   28   59    4   2   56   61  .379  .322
Fairey, Jim               LAD   96  .228   355   81   9   7   2   22   56    2   4   47   40  .310  .273
Crawford, Willie          LAD   86  .310   335  104  21   5   4   37   47    3   3   57   52  .439  .379
James, Cleo               LAD   66  .310   277   86  12   4   2   17   25   13   0   53   47  .404  .359
Campanis, Jim             LAD   67  .194   247   48   5   1   2   13   48    0   0   27   25  .247  .234
Ferguson, Joe             LAD   47  .297   172   51  10   0   6   28   38    1   2   31   32  .459  .397
Lopes, Davey              LAD   38  .331   160   53  11   2   2   19   18   19   5   26   27  .463  .398
Hermoso, Remy             LAD   33  .250   120   30   0   2   0    9   20    1   0   18   14  .283  .300
Darwin, Bobby             LAD    9  .308    39   12   1   0   1    1    8    1   0    8    7  .410  .341
Sudakis, Bill             LAD    2  .125     8    1   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    0  .125  .125

1968 AAA Pitching        Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Lamb, Ray                 LAD   99.0  3.27   36   0   1   4   1   49   31 11.45
Dilauro, Jack             LAD   99.0  2.73   64   0   1   1  27   49   24 11.09
Jenkins, Jack             LAD   85.2  4.94   57   0   1   3  17   49   39 14.50
Purdin, John              LAD   67.1  3.61   38   0   1   6  10   37   22 10.56
Billingham, Jack          LAD   61.0  2.80   13  12   6   2   0   29   21 10.62
Romo, Vicente             LAD   46.1  4.66   23   0   1   4   6   20   18 12.82
Moeller, Joe              LAD   33.1  2.97    9   3   2   2   0   17    9 11.07
Singer, Bill              LAD   33.0  2.73    5   5   4   0   0   22   20 10.64
Norman, Fred              LAD   18.2  2.89    4   4   3   1   0   15    5 10.13

Lots of movement to and fro from Los Angeles to Spokane kept most of the pitchers from settling in.

Albuquerque Dodgers AA

 Batting                 Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Hisle, Larry              LAD  127  .297   485  144  23   7  14   49  101   19   6   82   80  .460  .365
Hutton, Tom               LAD  124  .237   447  106  16   3   4   49   39    6   6   57   57  .313  .316
Paciorek, Tom             LAD   97  .287   383  110  22   4  10   19   56    8   5   54   56  .444  .324
Sudakis, Bill             LAD   97  .257   362   93   8   4  18   26   80    1   1   64   63  .450  .304
Ferguson, Joe             LAD   73  .271   269   73   6   0  14   37   51    5   0   53   50  .450  .356
Lopes, Davey              LAD   67  .299   251   75  10   2   5   33   30   32   6   50   38  .414  .379
Campanis, Jim             LAD   32  .217   120   26   5   1   0    6   23    0   0   15   17  .275  .252
Moore, Gary               LAD   24  .322    87   28   2   0   0    9   15    5   1   16   13  .345  .388
Grabarkewitz, Billy       LAD   24  .217    83   18   2   0   2   13   22    0   0   15   12  .313  .320
Lowenstein, John          LAD   20  .169    71   12   2   0   3   11   12    3   4    8    9  .324  .280

Hisle and Paciorek continued to hit as a lot of the other players got their call up.

 Pitching                Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Zahn, Geoff               LAD  157.2  3.31   26  26  11   3   0   51   37 11.76
Kekich, Mike              LAD  115.1  3.67   27  21   6   4   0   64   63 13.34

Geoff Zahn finished up a great season and will be looking up for a promotion to AAA next year. Kekich might stick in New Mexico for one more year.

Bakersfield Dodgers A

 Batting                 Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Buckner, Bill             LAD  128  .294   503  148  30   4   5   29   19   10   4   69   71  .400  .335
Sizemore, Ted             LAD  124  .215   461   99  19   3   2   35   27    6   7   57   52  .282  .271
Stinson, Bob              LAD  110  .266   391  104  13   3   6   50   63    3   7   63   56  .361  .346
Moore, Gary               LAD   92  .293   341  100   8   3   4   27   47    6   1   57   57  .370  .343
Lowenstein, John          LAD   71  .280   268   75  14   1   8   25   38   12   3   42   51  .429  .343
Grabarkewitz, Billy       LAD   63  .290   214   62   9   5   2   38   56    9   6   31   34  .407  .398
Cey, Ron                  LAD   41  .291   151   44  10   0   6   25   27    1   0   28   28  .477  .391
Lacy, Lee                 LAD   25  .290   100   29   5   0   2   10   12    5   3   16   14  .400  .354
Smith, Tommy              LAD    6  .238    21    5   0   2   0    3    1    2   1    2    1  .429  .333

Buckner is coming into his own and showing that he could belong in the Dodgers plans. Cey is coming around, hitting .291 with 6 home runs. There is lots of questions to be answered in the off season and with incoming expansion, movements will be determined by who gets taken and who doesn't.

 Pitching                Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Foster, Alan              LAD  108.2  3.81   24  24   4   9   0   60   46 12.84
Guidry, Ron               LAD  106.2  2.62   16  16  13   2   0   69   29 10.04
Vance, Sandy              LAD   91.2  3.04   17  17   5   2   0   38   33 11.59
Shanahan, Greg            LAD   85.2  3.57   54   0   0   4  14   56   30 12.29
Hough, Charlie            LAD   56.1  5.11   14  12   1   6   0   39   31 13.42

The Gator hit a couple of rough starts, but had a 8 inning 3 hit game to close out August. Most of the pitchers currently here aren't planning on being moved up. Next year Foster, Guidry, Vance and Hough should provide a decent rotation.

Odgen Dodgers R

 Batting                 Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Garvey, Steve             LAD   66  .272   265   72  15   0   7    9   29    3   3   43   37  .408  .299
Russell, Bill             LAD   67  .306   258   79  13   3   1   12   24    6   2   39   38  .391  .337
Yeager, Steve             LAD   65  .239   243   58   6   4   4   21   41    0   1   42   31  .346  .293
Joshua, Von               LAD   52  .239   201   48   6   3   2    7   32    6   4   22   25  .328  .271
Smith, Tommy              LAD   50  .246   183   45  10   0   2   17   28    9   3   24   21  .333  .317
Lacy, Lee                 LAD   46  .378   180   68   9   2   2   14   25   13   4   36   33  .483  .418
Cey, Ron                  LAD   40  .373   142   53  11   1  10   28   26    1   0   34   35  .676  .469
Molinaro, Bob             LAD   33  .250   124   31   1   3   2    8    5    7   3   19   20  .355  .296
Kuiper, Duane             LAD   28  .231   104   24   1   1   0    6    6    1   0   16   11  .260  .277

Bill Russell continues to improve while both Steve Garvey and Steve Yeager seemed to have taken steps back and slumped, leaving the powers that be with the decision of what to do. Promoting them doesn't make too much sense considering the trouble they have had, but leaving in Odgen might be confidence destroyers. This offseason should be interesting.

 Pitching                Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Rau, Doug                 LAD   65.1  4.55   12  12   2   4   0   48   18 12.12
O'Brien, Bob              LAD   55.0  3.27   29   0   1   1   5   30   17 13.09
Hough, Charlie            LAD   44.2  0.81    9   3   4   0   0   19   13  7.25
Burris, Ray               LAD   43.1  2.70    9   9   2   1   0   20    7  9.55
Sosa, Elias               LAD   28.2  3.45   24   0   0   2   8   14   17 14.13
Bird, Doug                LAD   27.0  4.67    9   2   1   0   0    9   10 13.67
Webb, Hank                LAD   19.0  5.21    6   2   1   1   0    7    8 15.16

Ray Burris finally started showing why he got drafted so early. Elias Sosa also had a great August. It doesnt look like any of the pitchers will be moving up except Burris, although that isn't written in stone.

[reflections]

The White Sox returned to the top, as they started the season the same way. Detroit seriously floundered early and were never able to make up the games. The White Sox were last in the World Series in 1959, losing to the Dodgers, but they haven't won it all since 1917.



Overall the Orioles obviously proved to be the big disappointment, falling 19 games off their 1967 record, The Yankees and the A's proved to be the biggest gainers, while the Angels continued their steady improvement since their inception in 1961. With the upcoming expansion, and talk of divisions it will be interesting to see how the leaders get hit by the draft. If this was divided into the divisions that are talked about, the top 2 teams would of been in the playoffs.




The Cubbies basically controlled the league, with various teams taking shots but none seriously giving way. The Cubbies return to the World Series for the first time since 1945 losing to the Detroit Tigers, but haven't been World Champions since 1908.



While the Cubbies won, The Astros improved by 18 games and while the Dodgers fell by 19 games. With divisions coming up, it'll be an interesting year in 1969.

Contract Resignings

California Angels
RP Pete Cimino 2yrs/23.4

Chicago White Sox
RF Bernie Smith 2yrs/100k

Minnesota Twins
CF Ted Uhlaender 4yrs/91k
CF Cesar Tovar 2yrs/129k
1B Rich Reese 2yrs/88k

New York Yankees
RF Andy Kosco 5yrs/123k
SP Paul Splittorff 2yrs/87k

San Francisco Giants
2B Nate Oliver 5yrs/132k
SP Bobby Bolin 5yrs/108k

Washington Senators
C Paul Casanova 4yrs/100k

Milestones
Sept 5th Chicago Cub Ernie Banks knocked in his 1500th run
Sept 7th St Louis Cardinal Lou Brock stole his 400th base
Sept 14th Chicago White Sox Luis Aparicio got his 2000th hit
Sept 16th Chicago White Sox Luis AParicio stole his 500th base
Sept 20th Philadelphia Phillie Larry Jackson won his 200th game
Sept 24th Los Angeles Dodgers Rocky Colavito scored his 1000th run

[reflections]

National League Batting Leaders

Batting Average

1. Matty Alou PIT .334
2. Jim Beauchamp CIN .333
3. Roberto Clemente PIT .328
4. Bob Johnson CIN .325
5. Pete Rose CIN .318

Games

1. Vada Pinson CIN 162
1. Rusty Staub HOU 162
3. Pete Rose CIN 161
4. Roberto Clemente PIT 160
4. Lou Brock STL 160

At Bats

1. Vada Pinson CIN 712
2. Pete Rose CIN 689
3. Lou Brock STL 688
4. Robert Clemente PIT 661
5. Billy Williams CHI 650

Hits

1. Pete Rose CIN 219
2. Roberto Clemente PIT 217
3. Vada Pinson CIN 215
4. Matty Alou PIT 212
5. Lou Brock STL 205

Doubles

1. Vada Pinson CIN 44
2. Orlando Cepeda STL 42
3. Jim Beauchamp CIN 41
4. 4 tied at 37

Triples

1. Vada Pinson CIN 15
2. Gil Garrido ATL 10
3. Pete Rose CIN 9
3. Tony Taylor PHI 9
5. 5 tied at 8

Home Runs

1. Hank Aaron ATL 40
2. Ernie Banks CHI 38
2. Roger Maris STL 38
4. Jim Beauchamp CIN 28
5. Willie Stargell PITT 27
5. Jim Ray Hart SFG 27

Runs

1. Lou Brock STL 122
2. Vada Pinson CIN 113
3. Jimmy Wynn HOU 106
4. Ernie Banks CHI 103
5. Matty Alou PIT 99
5. Roberto Clemente PIT 99

Run Batted In

1. Ernie Banks CHI 120
2. Roberto Clemente PIT 114
3. Roger Maris STL 111
4. Hank Aaron ATL 105
5. Jim Beauchamp CIN 98
5. Dick Allen PHI 98

[reflections]

National League Batting Leaders continued

Bases On Balls

1. Jimmy Wynn HOU 95
2. Mike Hegan HOU 66
3. 3 players tied at 64

Intentional Walks

1. Jim Beauchamp CIN 26
2. Luis Alcaraz LAD 16
2. Bill Virdon PIT 16
4. Ozzie Virgil SFG 15
5. 3 tied at 11

Hit By A Pitch

1. Jim Beauchamp CIN 18
2. Adolfo Phillips CHI 12
3. Joe Torre ATL 11
4. John Stephenson CHI 10
4. Ron Davis HOU 10

Strike Outs

1. Adolfo Phillips CHI 146
2. Mike Hegan HOU 144
2. Don Lock PHI 144
4. Donn Clendenon PIT 139
4. Willie Stargell PIT 139

Stolen Bases

1. Lou Brock STL 145 *New Record
2. Maury Wills PIT 65
3. Joe Morgan HOU 56
4. Nate Oliver SFG 54
5. George Spriggs SFG 51

On Base Percentage

1. Jim Beauchamp CIN .405
2. Dick Dietz SFG .385
3. Dick Schofield STL .381
4. Jimmy Wynn HOU .371
5. Joe Torre ATL .370

Slugging Percentage

1. Jim Beauchamp CIN .570
2. Hank Aaron ATL .535
3. Ernie Banks CHI .521
4. Roberto Clemente PIT .516
5. Jim Ray Hart SFG .488

OPS

1. Jim Beauchamp CIN .975
2. Hank Aaron ATL .879
3. Roberto Clemente PIT .871
4. Ernie Banks CHI .851
4. Ted Savage CHI .851

Total Bases

1. Roberto Clemente PIT 341
2. Vada Pinson CIN 340
3. Jim Beauchamp CIN 336
4. Ernie Banks CHI 329
5. Pete Rose CIN 303

[reflections]

National League Pitching Leaders

ERA

1. Bob Gibson STL 2.14
2. Ray Washburn STL 2.40
3. John Tsitouris CIN 2.51
4. Mel Queen CIN 2.75
5. Pat Jarvis ATL 2.80

Winning Percentage (20 decision)

1. John Tsitouris CIN .690
2. Fergie Jenkins CHI .688
3. Mike Cuellar HOU .679
3. Pat Jarvis ATL .679
5. Dave Giusti HOU .667

Games Pitched

1. Dave Giusti HOU 80
2. Bobby Tiefenauner CHI 78
2. Ted Abernathy CIN 78
4. Joe Hoerner STL 75
5. Minnie Rojas NYM 72

Games Started

1. Don Sutton LAD 41
2. 7 tied at 40

Wins

1. Fergie Jenkins CHI 22
2. Juan Marichal SFG 21
3. John Tsitouris CIN 20
4. 4 tied at 19

Losses


1. Claude Osteen LAD 22
1. Tom Seaver NYM 22
3. Don Sutton LAD 20
4. Bill Short NYM-CHI 19
5. Nolan Ryan NYM 17
5. Mike McCormick SFG 17

Innings Pitched

1. Fergie Jenkins CHI 316.1
2. Pat Jarvis ATL 296
3. Steve Carlton STL 295.1
4. Milt Pappas CIN 291.1
5. Mike Cuellar HOU 287.2

Strike Outs

1. Jim Maloney CIN 269
2. Steve Carlton STL 245
3. Bob Gibson STL 235
4. Juan Marchial SFG 227
5. Mel Queen CIN 226

Walks Allowed

1. Nolan Ryan NYM 111
2. Don Wilson HOU 93
3. John Tsitouris CIN 85
4. Ken Holtzman CHI 84
5. Phil Niekro ATL 80

[reflections]

National League Pitching Leaders continued

Saves

1. Roy Face PIT 23
2. Bobby Tiefenauer CHI 17
3. Lindy McDaniel SFG 16
3. Joe Hoerner STL 16
5. Dave Giusti HOU 15

Complete Games


1. Bob Gibson STL 19
1. Mike Cuellar HOU 19
3. Juan Marichal SFG 18
4. Pat Jarvis ATL 17
4. Fergie Jenkins CHI 17

ShutOuts

1. Bob Gibson STL 6
2. John Tsitouris CIN 5
3. 3 tied at 4

[reflections]

American League Batting Leaders

Batting Average

1. Al Kaline DET .347
2. Len Boehmer NYY .335
3. Norm Cash DET .334
4. Vic Davalillo CLE .320
5. Marv Staehle BOS .318

Games

1. Carl Yastrzemski BOS 162
1. Rod Carew MIN 162
3. Luis Aparicio CHW 161
4. Don Wert DET 160
5. Reggie Smith BOS 158
5. Brooks Robinson BAL-MIN 158

At Bats

1. Luis Aparicio CHW 689
2. Reggie Smith BOS 643
3. Carl Yastrzemski BOS 640
4. Rod Carew MIN 635
5. Brooks Robinson BAL-MIN 628

Hits

1. Luis Aparicio CHW 201
2. Carl Yastrzemski BOS 194
3. Rod Carew MIN 189
4. Norm Cash DET 182
5. Bernie Smith CHW 180
5. Tony Oliva MIN 180

Doubles

1. Luis Aparicio CHW 44
2. Tony Oliva MIN 39
3. Brooks Robinson BAL-MIN 38
4. Carl Yastrzemski BOS 37
4. Lou Klimchock CLE 37

Triples


1. Roger Repoz CAL 11
1. Andy Kosco NYY 11
3. Jose Vidal CLE 10
4. 3 tied at 8

Home Runs

1. Frank Robinson BAL 42
2. Jimmie Hall CAL 37
3. Duke Sims CLE 33
4. Bob Chance CAL 31
5. 3 tied at 29

Runs

1. Luis Aparicio CHW 120
2. Mickey Mantle NYY 107
3. Frank Robinson BAL 104
4. Norm Cash DET 101
5. Carl Yastrzemski BOS 97
5. Jimmie Hall CAL 97

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American Leading Batting Leaders continued

Runs Batted In

1. Frank Robinson BAL 116
2. Lou Klimchock CLE 104
3. Norm Cash DET 100
4. Jimmie Hall CAL 97
5. Bill Davis CHW 91
5. Frank Howard WSH 91

Bases On Balls

1. Mickey Mantle NYY 128
2. Norm Cash DET 98
3. Frank Robinson BAL 97
4. Don Buford BAL 81
5. Frank Howard WSH 76

Intentional Walks

1. Frank Robinson BAL 39
2. Mickey Mantle NYY 29
3. Lou Klimchock CLE 28
4. Norm Cash DET 19
5. Eddie Matthews DET 18

Hit By A Pitch

1. Frank Robinson BAL 14
2. Norm Cash DET 13
3. Bob Chance CAL 12
4. Tom Tresh NYY 11
5. Bob Freehan DET 9

Strike Outs

1. Rick Monday OAK 162
2. Dick Green OAK 145
3. Roger Repoz CAL 142
4. Bob Chance CAL 138
5. Ray Oyler DET 133

Stolen Bases

1. Bert Campaneris OAK 86
2. Chico Salmon CLE 68
3. Luis Aparicio CHW 65
4. Ed Stroud WSH 64
5. Lenny Green DET 50

On Base Percentage

1. Norm Cash DET .445
2. Mickey Mantle NYY .437
3. Frank Robinson BAL .422
4. Al Kaline DET .401
5. Marv Staehle BOS .395

Slugging Percentage

1. Frank Robinson BAL .599
2. Norm Cash DET .541
3. Al Kaline DET .538
4. Lou Klimchock CLE .537
5. Tommie Reynolds OAK .529

Total Bases

1. Frank Robinson BAL 330
2. Lou Klimchock CLE 310
3. Jimmie Hall CAL 309
4. Bob Chance CAL 299
5. Carl Yastrzemski BOS 298

[reflections]

American League Pitching Leaders

ERA

1. Jim Bouton NYY 1.81
2. Bob Heffner CAL 2.27
3. Dean Chance MIN 2.50
4. Earl Wilson DET 2.73
5. Camilo Pascual WSH 2.89

Winning Percentage (20 Decisions)

1. Bob Heffner CAL .778
2. Dean Chance MIN .767
3. Earl Wilson DET .750
4. Ray Culp BOS .742
5. Steve Hamilton NYY .682

Games Pitched

1. Darold Knowles WSH 86
2. Eddie Fisher CLE 82
3. Steve Hamilton NYY 80
3. Jack Aker OAK 80
5. Ron Perranoski MIN 76

Games Started
1. 3 tied at 41 (All Minnesota Twins ironically. Dean Chance, Jim Perry and Jim Kaat)
4. Luis Tiant CLE 40
4. Catfish Hunter OAK 40

Wins

1. Dean Chance MIN 23
1. Ray Culp BOS 23
3. Bob Heffner CAL 21
4. Luis Tiant CLE 19
4. Jim Perry MIN 19

Losses

1. Gary Bell BOS 20
2. Clyde Wright CAL 18
3. 6 tied at 17

Innings Pitched

1. Dean Chance MIN 309
2. Luis Tiant CLE 293.1
3. Ray Culp BOS 292.1
4. Bob Heffner CAL 286
5. Jim Perry MIN 284.2

Strike Outs

1. Luis Tiant CLE 293
2. Bob Heffner CAL 279
3. Steve Jones WSH 245
4. Ray Culp BOS 226
5. Dean Chance MIN 217

Walks Allowed

1. Sam McDowell CLE 111
2. Jim Nash OAK 100
3. Frank Kreutzer WSH 91
4. Luis Tiant CLE 89
5. Bob Heffner CAL 86

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American League Pitching Leaders continued

Saves

1. Jack Aker OAK 20
2. Larry Sherry CAL 19
3. Darold Knowles WSH 17
4. Ron Perranoski MIN 14
4. Steve Hamilton NYY 14

Complete Games

1. Luis Tiant CLE 16
2. Bob Heffner CAL 16
3. Catfish Hunter OAK 15
4. 5 tied at 14

ShutOuts

1. Earl Wilson DET 6
2. 9 tied at 4

[reflections]

Los Angeles Dodgers Year End Stats

1968 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Parker, Wes               LAD  153  .237   544  129  14   5  17   55   93    6   9   59   55  .375  .306
Davis, Willie             LAD  117  .247   469  116  22   4   6   16   52   41  16   54   25  .350  .279
Bailey, Bob               LAD  127  .229   446  102   8   2  12   27   79    6  16   36   43  .336  .272
Colavito, Rocky           LAD  128  .238   429  102  20   3  16   38   62    1   3   53   61  .410  .301
Haller, Tom               LAD  130  .231   390   90  17   4   8   33   76    1   5   40   28  .356  .291
Lefebvre, Jim             LAD  119  .260   385  100  18   3   8   38   57    0   8   38   57  .384  .323
Alcaraz, Luis             LAD  149  .265   374   99  19   4  10   45   32    1   5   43   47  .417  .344
Popovich, Paul            LAD  131  .330   324  107  13   1   8   30   48   10   3   48   37  .451  .387
Cardenal, Jose            LAD   65  .260   223   58  10   0   3   12   30   13  11   18   20  .345  .298
Ferrara, Al               LAD   61  .200   190   38   9   0   6   12   47    1   0   22   17  .342  .252
Darwin, Bobby             LAD   57  .244   164   40   6   3   4    9   51    3   2   18   17  .390  .282
Torborg, Jeff             LAD   52  .268   153   41   9   0   0   10   14    0   4   10   12  .327  .313
Crawford, Willie          LAD   48  .192   120   23   2   0   2    8   26    2   2   13    6  .258  .246
Gabrielson, Len           LAD   38  .153    98   15   1   0   0    8   22    1   2    5    4  .163  .215
James, Cleo               LAD   33  .228    92   21   3   0   0    3   16    5   0    9    3  .261  .260
Drysdale, Don             LAD   36  .177    79   14   3   0   1    2   23    0   0    7    9  .253  .198
Osteen, Claude            LAD   40  .178    73   13   3   0   0    2   21    0   1    3    6  .219  .197
Sutton, Don               LAD   41  .062    65    4   0   0   0    2   17    0   0    3    2  .062  .088
Hermoso, Remy             LAD   14  .228    57   13   0   0   0    1    3    1   1    4    5  .228  .241
Miller, John              LAD   15  .244    45   11   2   0   2    4   10    1   0    5    7  .422  .306
Singer, Bill              LAD   23  .200    40    8   1   0   0    1   10    0   0    1    5  .225  .220
Lopes, Davey              LAD   20  .263    38   10   1   0   0    4    7    4   1    5    4  .289  .333
Sudakis, Bill             LAD   19  .216    37    8   0   0   1    1    5    2   1    2    5  .297  .231
Fairey, Jim               LAD    7  .136    22    3   0   0   0    1    3    0   1    1    1  .136  .174
Billingham, Jack          LAD   15  .053    19    1   0   0   0    1   10    0   0    1    0  .053  .100
Norman, Fred              LAD   25  .056    18    1   0   0   0    0    9    0   0    0    1  .056  .056
Ferguson, Joe             LAD   11  .176    17    3   0   0   0    2    5    0   0    1    0  .176  .263
Regan, Phil               LAD   61  .111     9    1   0   0   0    3    2    1   0    1    0  .111  .333
Moeller, Joe              LAD   19  .200     5    1   0   0   0    0    3    0   0    1    1  .200  .200
Taylor, Ron               LAD   70  .200     5    1   0   0   0    0    3    0   0    0    0  .200  .200
Romo, Vicente             LAD   29  .200     5    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    1    0  .200  .200
Aguirre, Hank             LAD   61  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Purdin, John              LAD   19  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Zahn, Geoff               LAD    1  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

1968 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Drysdale, Don             LAD  263.0  3.73   36  36   9  15   0  203   37  9.65
Osteen, Claude            LAD  253.2  3.76   40  40  10  22   0  115   54 11.67
Sutton, Don               LAD  244.1  4.42   41  41  10  20   0  163   58 11.05
Singer, Bill              LAD  144.2  4.11   23  23   4  14   0   79   37 12.13
Regan, Phil               LAD   95.0  4.45   61   0   6   4   6   39   25 11.84
Taylor, Ron               LAD   84.1  4.59   70   0   3   7   4   66   22 12.38
Aguirre, Hank             LAD   79.0  4.22   61   0   4   5   4   35   21 12.08
Norman, Fred              LAD   70.2  4.58   25   5   0   4   1   38   26 12.61
Billingham, Jack          LAD   66.0  4.50   15   8   2   2   0   41   14 12.14
Romo, Vicente             LAD   44.0  3.68   29   0   2   2   2   27   16 11.66
Moeller, Joe              LAD   34.1  5.50   19   1   1   5   2    8   10 14.42
Purdin, John              LAD   23.0  6.26   19   0   0   2   1    7   12 20.74
Lamb, Ray                 LAD    4.0 11.25    3   0   0   1   0    4    2 27.00
Zahn, Geoff               LAD    4.0  6.75    1   1   0   1   0    2    2 20.25
Jenkins, Jack             LAD    0.1 27.00    2   0   0   1   0    0    0 27.00