Washington Senators History - 1968 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1968 Washington Senators	83	80	.509	3^rd	21.5	86-77	-3	.235	3.20	X		3,157,431	$59,921,156	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Yadier Molina (C), Sal Bando (3B)	2
All-Star	Sal Bando, Jimmy Barrett, Trevor Hoffman, Justin Verlander	4
Pitcher of the Month	Justin Verlander (Jun)	1
Batter of the Month	Bobby Thomson (Jul)	1
Player of the Week	Tony Conigliaro (Jun 3), Bobby Thomson (Jul 8), Jimmy Barrett (Jul 29)	3

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
3B	Sal Bando	27	157	574	135	24	1	23	73	80	100	13	0	4	89	1	1	.235	.359	.401	.760	4.6	127
CF	Jimmy Barrett	29	154	590	163	24	5	3	51	86	88	8	3	1	104	8	1	.276	.377	.349	.726	4.9	119
LF	Bobby Thomson	28	153	566	137	23	5	30	95	67	49	8	0	4	92	0	0	.242	.309	.459	.769	3.6	126
2B	Sammy Hughes	28	143	521	144	34	3	14	61	74	62	3	0	8	72	10	8	.276	.352	.434	.786	3.7	133
RF	Tony Conigliaro	26	136	476	112	17	2	19	60	50	33	9	0	2	107	0	0	.235	.296	.399	.695	1.7	106
C	Yadier Molina	33	132	474	114	24	0	2	23	34	33	10	0	0	53	1	1	.241	.304	.304	.607	1.3	82
SS	Vern Stephens	24	131	483	113	14	1	17	46	47	28	4	0	1	91	2	1	.234	.281	.373	.654	1.3	93
1B	Brandon Belt	30	125	379	78	24	4	11	43	52	67	3	1	3	96	4	1	.206	.327	.377	.705	1.2	110
SS	Orlando Cabrera	30	118	260	65	13	2	4	22	22	19	1	1	2	34	7	4	.250	.301	.362	.663	0.8	97
RF	Bobby Murcer	31	105	239	49	5	2	12	41	28	31	5	0	1	36	2	0	.205	.308	.393	.701	0.9	108
1B	Luis Olmo	25	94	211	63	10	2	3	22	11	6	0	0	4	23	3	2	.299	.312	.408	.720	0.7	113
C	Heinie Peitz	29	57	134	26	4	0	0	5	11	14	7	1	0	21	0	0	.194	.303	.224	.527	-0.3	61
P	Justin Verlander	29	41	97	11	3	0	0	2	8	0	1	18	1	28	0	0	.113	.121	.144	.266	-1.6	-21
CF	Jim McTamany	24	41	81	13	3	0	0	4	11	14	1	0	0	18	4	5	.160	.292	.198	.489	-0.5	50
P	Fernando Valenzuela	20	29	68	8	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	13	1	19	0	0	.118	.116	.132	.248	-1.3	-26
P	Webster McDonald	26	29	63	6	4	0	0	7	3	2	0	11	2	26	0	0	.095	.119	.159	.278	-1.1	-18
SS	Frankie Crosetti	28	36	54	11	1	0	1	6	4	8	3	1	0	17	0	0	.204	.338	.278	.616	0.1	87
P	Bobby Shantz	30	29	50	10	2	0	0	7	4	4	3	8	0	12	0	0	.200	.298	.240	.538	-0.3	63
P	Bruce Berenyi	26	20	39	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	11	0	20	0	0	.051	.051	.051	.103	-1.1	-69
P	Clyde Shoun	33	20	15	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	.200	.200	.467	.667	-0.1	92
P	Hugh McQuillan	29	22	11	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	-0.1	34
P	Trevor Hoffman	30	66	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-0.2	-25
P	Ray Scarborough	32	19	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	-0.1	132
P	Frank Mountain	21	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
P	Jeff Shaw	32	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Bobby Burke	28	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0.0	65
P	Mike Cvengros	35	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Ian Thomas	35	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000	-0.0	231
28 Players		28.1	1934	5405	1268	233	28	139	573	596	560	80	76	35	976	42	24	.235	.314	.365	.679	17.8	101
AL Rank				5	5	4	4	6	6	6	1	1	2	6	5	6	6	6	4	6	5	5
ABBA Rank				11	11	6	7	11	12	12	2	4	7	9	7	12	11	12	8	11	10	10

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Justin Verlander	29	41	41	23	12	0	2.38	317.7	226	89	84	17	94	221	0	15	3	1.01	.233	8.0	151
Fernando Valenzuela	20	29	29	15	11	0	2.66	223.3	177	72	66	20	74	185	0	17	3	1.12	.255	4.5	135
Webster McDonald	26	29	29	15	11	0	3.82	205.0	195	97	87	27	57	143	0	9	0	1.23	.270	2.0	94
Bobby Shantz	30	29	29	7	10	0	3.92	181.3	188	84	79	21	48	120	0	0	0	1.30	.293	2.3	92
Bruce Berenyi	26	20	18	10	7	1	2.79	135.7	101	47	42	5	73	94	0	4	3	1.28	.243	2.4	129
Trevor Hoffman	30	66	0	3	9	32	2.83	92.3	70	34	29	10	27	81	3	0	0	1.05	.243	1.6	127
Clyde Shoun	33	20	7	1	3	0	3.22	64.3	62	23	23	5	15	37	1	0	0	1.20	.281	1.0	112
Hugh McQuillan	29	22	4	2	2	2	3.29	54.7	52	22	20	3	24	42	1	0	0	1.39	.301	0.7	109
Jeff Shaw	32	32	0	1	4	4	3.21	47.7	42	17	17	4	9	25	1	0	0	1.07	.253	0.5	112
Ray Scarborough	32	19	3	0	5	0	5.68	44.3	49	29	28	3	18	29	1	0	0	1.51	.319	0.3	63
Mike Cvengros	35	30	0	5	3	1	3.46	41.7	36	16	16	3	14	22	1	0	0	1.20	.256	0.3	104
Roy Face	26	16	0	1	2	3	3.38	21.3	24	8	8	1	4	16	3	0	0	1.31	.343	0.8	107
Frank Mountain	21	4	2	0	0	0	5.60	17.7	19	13	11	3	6	13	0	0	0	1.42	.296	-0.0	64
Bobby Burke	28	5	1	0	0	0	6.23	13.0	19	10	9	3	7	7	0	0	0	2.00	.364	-0.4	58
Ian Thomas	35	6	0	0	1	0	3.52	7.7	10	3	3	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.70	.333	-0.1	102
15 Pitchers	27.5	368	163	83	80	43	3.20	1467.7	1270	564	522	126	473	1038	11	45	9	1.19	.264	23.9	118
AL Rank		3	1	3	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	4	1	1	3
ABBA Rank		6	1	5	8	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	5	4	5	5	6	2	1	3

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Verlander	41	41	23	31	1	59	5	.915	317.7	1.53	-0.1
F. Valenzuela	29	29	9	22	0	37	6	.838	223.3	1.25	-1.5
W. McDonald	29	29	13	29	2	44	2	.955	205.0	1.84	-0.4
B. Shantz	29	29	14	21	2	36	1	.972	181.3	1.74	-0.9
B. Berenyi	20	18	8	14	0	24	2	.917	135.7	1.46	-1.3
T. Hoffman	64	0	8	7	0	17	2	.882	92.3	1.46	-1.2
C. Shoun	20	7	5	9	1	15	1	.933	64.3	1.96	-0.6
H. McQuillan	22	4	2	3	1	5	0	1.000	54.7	0.82	-0.1
J. Shaw	31	0	5	9	0	15	1	.933	47.7	2.64	-0.1
R. Scarborough	19	3	5	2	0	9	2	.778	44.3	1.42	-1.1
M. Cvengros	30	0	4	6	0	10	0	1.000	41.7	2.16	-0.1
R. Face	16	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	21.3	1.27	-0.0
F. Mountain	4	2	0	3	0	5	2	.600	17.7	1.53	-0.5
B. Burke	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	13.0	0.69	-0.0
I. Thomas	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.000	7.7	1.17	-0.5
Totals	364	163	98	159	8	281	24	.915	1467.7	1.58	-8.6

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
Y. Molina	132	132	862	69	8	938	7	.993	1185.3	7.07	2.3	3	36.8
H. Peitz	33	30	190	10	1	201	1	.995	274.3	6.56	-0.1	2	17.6
B. Belt	1	1	4	1	0	5	0	1.000	8.0	5.62	-0.2	1	0.0
Totals	166	163	1056	80	9	1144	8	.993	1467.7	6.97	2.0	6	33.7

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Belt	111	105	908	64	89	978	6	.994	949.0	9.22	1.7
L. Olmo	45	43	348	30	31	381	3	.992	371.3	9.16	0.6
H. Peitz	10	8	76	7	4	84	1	.988	74.3	10.05	-0.4
O. Cabrera	4	4	37	1	3	38	0	1.000	33.0	10.36	0.1
V. Stephens	6	3	28	1	1	30	1	.967	31.0	8.42	-0.5
B. Murcer	3	0	7	1	0	8	0	1.000	9.0	8.00	0.0
Totals	179	163	1404	104	128	1519	11	.993	1467.7	9.25	1.4

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Hughes	134	133	253	365	89	632	14	.978	1157.7	4.80	-4.9
O. Cabrera	51	27	66	89	25	156	1	.994	258.3	5.40	1.2
F. Crosetti	9	3	13	14	5	27	0	1.000	40.3	6.02	-0.1
L. Olmo	6	0	2	4	1	6	0	1.000	11.3	4.76	-0.0
Totals	200	163	334	472	120	821	15	.982	1467.7	4.94	-3.8

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Bando	157	157	87	290	30	383	6	.984	1404.7	2.42	4.3
O. Cabrera	3	3	1	5	0	6	0	1.000	25.0	2.16	0.0
L. Olmo	3	2	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	21.0	1.71	0.6
V. Stephens	1	1	2	3	0	5	0	1.000	9.0	5.00	0.0
B. Thomson	5	0	1	4	0	5	0	1.000	8.0	5.62	0.0
Totals	169	163	92	305	30	403	6	.985	1467.7	2.43	4.9

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
V. Stephens	121	117	149	301	65	465	15	.968	1033.7	3.92	-1.5
O. Cabrera	38	36	52	95	21	153	6	.961	314.0	4.21	-0.7
F. Crosetti	23	10	17	31	4	51	3	.941	116.0	3.72	-0.6
S. Hughes	1	0	1	2	1	3	0	1.000	2.0	13.50	-0.0
S. Bando	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	-0.0
H. Peitz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	-0.5
Totals	185	163	219	430	91	673	24	.964	1467.7	3.98	-3.3

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Thomson	144	144	312	3	0	322	7	.978	1290.7	2.20	4.2
T. Conigliaro	13	10	19	1	0	20	0	1.000	91.0	1.98	0.6
J. McTamany	12	9	25	0	0	26	1	.962	86.0	2.62	-1.0
Totals	169	163	356	4	0	368	8	.978	1467.7	2.21	3.8

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Barrett	150	150	463	12	5	482	7	.985	1337.0	3.20	6.4
J. McTamany	19	13	33	0	0	33	0	1.000	128.7	2.31	-0.0
B. Murcer	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	2.0	13.50	-0.0
Totals	170	163	498	13	5	518	7	.986	1467.7	3.13	6.3

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Conigliaro	111	108	243	10	1	256	3	.988	982.7	2.32	3.0
B. Murcer	57	55	94	2	0	98	2	.980	482.0	1.79	-0.4
J. Barrett	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	3.0	6.00	-0.0
Totals	169	163	339	12	1	356	5	.986	1467.7	2.15	2.6

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Sammy Hughes	.276
On-Base Percentage	Jimmy Barrett	.377
Slugging Percentage	Bobby Thomson	.459
OPS	Sammy Hughes	.786
Games	Sal Bando	157
At-Bats	Jimmy Barrett	590
Runs	Jimmy Barrett	86
Hits	Jimmy Barrett	163
Doubles	Sammy Hughes	34
Triples	Jimmy Barrett, Bobby Thomson	5
Home Runs	Bobby Thomson	30
Runs Batted In	Bobby Thomson	95
Stolen Bases	Sammy Hughes	10
Caught Stealing	Sammy Hughes	8
Walks	Sal Bando	100
Strikeouts	Tony Conigliaro	107

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Justin Verlander	23
Losses	Justin Verlander	12
Saves	Trevor Hoffman	32
Games	Trevor Hoffman	66
Games Started	Justin Verlander	41
Complete Games	Fernando Valenzuela	17
Shutouts	Justin Verlander, Fernando Valenzuela, Bruce Berenyi	3
Innings Pitched	Justin Verlander	317.7
Hits Allowed	Justin Verlander	226
Home Runs Allowed	Webster McDonald	27
Strikeouts	Justin Verlander	221
Walks Allowed	Justin Verlander	94
Earned Run Average	Justin Verlander	2.38
Walks + Hits per IP	Justin Verlander	1.01
BABIP	Justin Verlander	.233

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
January 9th	2nd Round Draft Pick	to the Kansas City Athletics for	CF Jimmy Barrett
January 9th	P Mariano Rivera	to the Chicago Whales for	2nd Round Draft Pick 3rd Round Draft Pick
February 12th	2B Frank White	to the Milwaukee Bears for	2B Sammy Hughes
November 2nd		to the Boston Americans for	1B Wally Pipp