Chicago Federals History - 1968 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1968 Chicago Whales	85	77	.525	2^nd	13	82-80	3	.270	4.25	X		3,070,426	$57,636,746	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Carlos Correa, Mark Grace, J R Richard, Mariano Rivera, Rudy York	5
Pitcher of the Month	Kevin Appier (Jun, Sep)	2
Batter of the Month	Mickey Rivers (Sep)	1
Player of the Week	Carl Yastrzemski (Jun 3), Carlos Correa (Aug 26), Bobo Newsom (Sep 23)	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+
CF	Mickey Rivers	24	153	639	210	46	15	4	71	94	37	6	1	3	62	27	12	.329	.369	.466	.836	5.4	129
1B	Mark Grace	37	162	602	153	29	3	24	83	72	66	1	0	5	32	0	0	.254	.326	.432	.758	2.2	107
3B	Bill Madlock	28	157	609	173	17	0	22	80	86	37	8	2	7	53	13	11	.284	.330	.420	.750	3.2	105
SS	Carlos Correa	27	155	591	159	27	6	25	88	96	59	6	1	6	103	16	7	.269	.338	.462	.800	5.2	118
LF	Carl Yastrzemski	24	154	565	175	35	2	16	78	75	64	5	0	5	83	2	4	.310	.382	.464	.846	4.3	132
2B	Tony Phillips	30	148	492	142	20	6	11	52	72	74	4	1	5	92	4	3	.289	.383	.421	.803	3.8	122
C	Rudy York	24	138	506	137	19	0	37	98	85	47	10	0	4	147	2	1	.271	.342	.528	.870	5.9	135
RF	Terry Whitfield	22	146	499	128	19	1	8	81	48	32	3	0	5	93	1	1	.257	.302	.347	.649	-0.3	79
RF	Orlando Palmeiro	34	138	269	50	5	1	2	25	25	22	4	1	2	25	0	1	.186	.256	.234	.490	-2.1	37
2B	Andy High	30	94	228	67	11	2	3	21	26	19	3	1	3	16	0	0	.294	.352	.399	.751	0.7	107
C	Johnny Bassler	20	97	170	45	14	1	0	12	23	25	2	1	0	12	0	0	.265	.365	.359	.724	1.1	101
P	Kevin Appier	28	40	97	11	2	0	2	5	10	3	1	20	1	38	0	0	.113	.147	.196	.343	-1.4	-6
P	Bobo Newsom	30	40	90	20	2	0	0	8	9	3	0	14	0	31	0	0	.222	.247	.244	.492	-0.8	36
P	Dennis Eckersley	25	40	81	5	1	1	0	3	5	2	0	18	0	52	0	0	.062	.084	.099	.183	-1.9	-50
P	J R Richard	24	40	80	15	0	0	0	3	9	0	1	13	1	30	0	0	.188	.195	.188	.383	-1.0	6
P	Wade Miley	32	39	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	6	0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	-0.2	-74
P	Dan Quisenberry	33	47	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Jim Shaw	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Jensen Lewis	30	43	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.1	-100
P	Larry Jackson	24	59	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.0	454
P	Roy P Smith	27	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0.1	701
P	Mariano Rivera	33	41	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.0	454
P	Bryce Florie	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
23 Players		27.4	1935	5539	1493	248	38	154	711	737	491	54	76	47	878	65	40	.270	.332	.411	.744	24.1	103
NL Rank				2	1	1	2	5	2	2	4	5	6	2	3	4	3	1	2	3	3	3
ABBA Rank				3	1	4	5	7	2	2	7	10	7	3	9	7	6	1	2	3	3	6

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Kevin Appier	28	40	40	25	9	0	3.28	296.7	236	114	108	39	105	229	0	9	3	1.15	.241	4.4	123
Bobo Newsom	30	40	40	14	20	0	4.68	292.0	259	160	152	39	116	286	0	14	3	1.28	.283	5.2	86
Dennis Eckersley	25	40	40	15	19	0	4.79	270.3	289	158	144	50	82	169	0	7	2	1.37	.283	1.2	84
J R Richard	24	40	40	15	19	0	4.56	264.3	252	143	134	18	161	193	0	3	1	1.56	.296	3.6	89
Larry Jackson	24	59	0	5	3	1	3.37	74.7	68	28	28	10	23	46	13	0	0	1.22	.265	0.2	120
Wade Miley	32	39	0	0	2	0	4.09	70.3	65	33	32	10	24	41	1	0	0	1.27	.261	-0.2	99
Dan Quisenberry	33	47	0	3	1	0	4.45	66.7	80	37	33	10	10	21	0	0	0	1.35	.289	-0.2	91
Jensen Lewis	30	43	0	2	1	0	5.33	52.3	58	31	31	4	29	26	0	0	0	1.66	.305	0.0	76
Mariano Rivera	33	41	0	5	2	26	1.56	40.3	31	7	7	3	8	33	0	0	0	.97	.257	1.3	259
Jim Shaw	29	2	1	1	0	0	5.62	8.0	11	6	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	1.88	.323	-0.1	72
Bryce Florie	23	1	1	0	1	0	12.27	3.7	7	5	5	1	3	3	0	0	0	2.73	.462	-0.1	33
Esmil Rogers	22	2	0	0	0	0	8.10	3.3	4	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.50	.182	-0.2	50
Roy P Smith	27	1	0	0	0	0	5.40	1.7	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	.60	.000	-0.1	75
Syl Johnson	21	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.7	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	.667	0.0	0
14 Pitchers	27.5	397	162	85	77	27	4.25	1445.0	1363	726	683	188	566	1050	14	33	9	1.33	.276	15.1	101
NL Rank		1	1	2	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	1	1	5	3	5	3	5
ABBA Rank		3	3	4	9	10	10	10	8	9	10	10	11	3	3	9	6	9	6	10

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Appier	40	40	21	30	5	53	2	.962	296.7	1.55	0.4
B. Newsom	40	40	16	23	2	40	1	.975	292.0	1.20	-0.6
D. Eckersley	40	40	18	25	4	47	4	.915	270.3	1.43	-1.1
J. Richard	40	40	12	36	1	51	3	.941	264.3	1.63	-0.0
L. Jackson	59	0	8	6	1	14	0	1.000	74.7	1.69	-0.2
W. Miley	38	0	6	7	1	13	0	1.000	70.3	1.66	0.4
D. Quisenberry	47	0	3	7	0	10	0	1.000	66.7	1.35	0.4
J. Lewis	42	0	1	4	1	5	0	1.000	52.3	0.86	0.9
M. Rivera	41	0	3	2	0	5	0	1.000	40.3	1.12	-0.1
J. Shaw	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	8.0	2.25	-0.5
B. Florie	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.7	0.00	-0.0
E. Rogers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.3	0.00	-0.0
R. Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.7	0.00	-0.0
S. Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.7	0.00	-0.0
Totals	395	162	89	141	15	240	10	.958	1445.0	1.43	-0.4

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
R. York	127	127	844	75	9	924	5	.995	1141.0	7.25	1.7	3	32.1
J. Bassler	35	35	212	18	3	232	2	.991	298.0	6.95	-0.5	4	23.3
C. Yastrzemski	1	0	5	0	1	5	0	1.000	6.0	7.50	-0.2	0	0.0
Totals	163	162	1061	93	13	1161	7	.994	1445.0	7.19	1.0	7	29.7

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Grace	162	162	1350	96	119	1461	15	.990	1432.3	9.09	0.7
T. Phillips	4	0	5	0	4	5	0	1.000	5.7	7.94	0.0
R. York	2	0	6	0	1	6	0	1.000	4.7	11.57	0.0
B. Madlock	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	2.3	7.71	0.0
Totals	170	162	1363	96	124	1474	15	.990	1445.0	9.09	0.7

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Phillips	138	138	286	410	98	707	11	.984	1214.7	5.16	-3.0
A. High	31	24	55	71	17	130	4	.969	230.0	4.93	-0.7
B. Madlock	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	170	162	341	481	115	837	15	.982	1445.0	5.12	-3.7

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Madlock	148	146	105	291	21	404	8	.980	1301.7	2.74	2.1
A. High	19	16	17	34	1	55	4	.927	143.3	3.20	-2.2
Totals	167	162	122	325	22	459	12	.974	1445.0	2.78	-0.1

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Correa	148	146	186	387	91	583	10	.983	1273.3	4.05	2.4
A. High	24	16	16	41	8	59	2	.966	156.0	3.29	-1.1
R. York	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	8.0	3.38	-0.0
T. Phillips	3	0	2	4	1	6	0	1.000	7.7	7.04	-0.0
Totals	176	162	205	434	100	651	12	.982	1445.0	3.98	1.3

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Yastrzemski	147	146	341	5	0	352	6	.983	1303.0	2.39	2.4
O. Palmeiro	16	16	40	2	1	43	1	.977	139.0	2.72	0.4
T. Phillips	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	164	162	381	7	1	395	7	.982	1445.0	2.42	2.8

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Rivers	147	146	381	11	4	397	5	.987	1296.0	2.72	-1.4
O. Palmeiro	17	16	44	1	1	45	0	1.000	149.0	2.72	-2.5
Totals	164	162	425	12	5	442	5	.989	1445.0	2.72	-4.0

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Whitfield	133	133	257	11	1	272	4	.985	1101.3	2.19	-3.1
O. Palmeiro	72	29	82	4	1	87	1	.989	340.7	2.27	-2.5
C. Yastrzemski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
M. Rivers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	207	162	339	15	2	359	5	.986	1445.0	2.20	-5.6

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Mickey Rivers	.329
On-Base Percentage	Tony Phillips	.383
Slugging Percentage	Rudy York	.528
OPS	Rudy York	.870
Games	Mark Grace	162
At-Bats	Mickey Rivers	639
Runs	Carlos Correa	96
Hits	Mickey Rivers	210
Doubles	Mickey Rivers	46
Triples	Mickey Rivers	15
Home Runs	Rudy York	37
Runs Batted In	Rudy York	98
Stolen Bases	Mickey Rivers	27
Caught Stealing	Mickey Rivers	12
Walks	Tony Phillips	74
Strikeouts	Rudy York	147

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Kevin Appier	25
Losses	Bobo Newsom	20
Saves	Mariano Rivera	26
Games	Larry Jackson	59
Games Started	4 Players Tied	40
Complete Games	Bobo Newsom	14
Shutouts	Kevin Appier, Bobo Newsom	3
Innings Pitched	Kevin Appier	296.7
Hits Allowed	Dennis Eckersley	289
Home Runs Allowed	Dennis Eckersley	50
Strikeouts	Bobo Newsom	286
Walks Allowed	J R Richard	161
Earned Run Average	Kevin Appier	3.28
Walks + Hits per IP	Kevin Appier	1.15
BABIP	Kevin Appier	.241

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
January 9th	2nd Round Draft Pick 3rd Round Draft Pick	to the Washington Senators for	P Mariano Rivera
November 2nd	P Kevin Appier	to the Detroit Stars for