Milwaukee Bears History - 1968 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1968 Milwaukee Bears	80	82	.494	3^rd	18	82-80	-2	.258	3.72	X		2,952,133	$55,603,668	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Jack Roosevelt Robinson Award	Kevin Youkilis	1
Ozzie Award	Bartolo Colon (P), Pete Rose (LF)	2
All-Star	Bartolo Colon, Carl Furillo, Ben Oglivie, Pete Rose , Huston Street	5
Pitcher of the Month	Huston Street (Apr), Bartolo Colon (May)	2
Rookie of the Month	Joe DiMaggio (Apr, Jul, Sep)	3
Player of the Week	Ian Kinsler (Jul 22), Pete Rose (Aug 19), Ben Oglivie (Sep 9), Ian Kinsler (Sep 16)	4

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+
1B	Ben Oglivie	29	162	633	170	27	2	36	97	82	41	6	0	3	114	18	6	.269	.318	.488	.806	2.6	121
2B	Ian Kinsler	34	156	643	196	26	3	25	81	77	27	1	2	6	58	13	9	.305	.331	.471	.802	4.5	121
LF	Pete Rose	29	156	610	195	37	7	18	79	93	51	11	0	3	52	6	1	.320	.381	.492	.873	6.2	142
RF	Carl Furillo	28	154	584	135	15	1	30	69	69	34	12	3	3	76	5	2	.231	.286	.414	.700	1.1	93
CF	Joe DiMaggio	20	155	585	163	31	7	9	76	53	22	9	1	11	72	2	1	.279	.309	.402	.711	2.6	97
3B	Kevin Youkilis	25	140	542	139	25	3	13	52	67	63	15	1	0	123	5	1	.256	.350	.386	.736	3.1	105
SS	Frank White	34	132	441	114	18	5	17	55	55	25	4	0	2	80	3	4	.259	.303	.438	.741	2.1	104
C	Jocko Milligan	29	114	388	80	18	1	13	51	52	25	15	0	4	72	0	0	.206	.278	.358	.636	0.9	76
C	Eric MacKenzie	27	64	207	50	6	1	7	21	18	21	2	0	0	47	0	0	.242	.317	.382	.699	1.3	94
SS	Sparky Adams	28	73	185	46	6	0	1	9	22	15	3	2	0	8	3	2	.249	.315	.297	.613	-0.3	73
3B	Jody Reed	31	99	165	35	3	0	3	16	22	19	1	1	1	13	1	1	.212	.296	.285	.581	0.1	63
LF	Pepe Mangual	24	74	115	31	3	0	2	8	18	18	5	0	0	43	5	6	.270	.391	.348	.739	0.3	109
P	Bartolo Colon	26	40	84	11	0	0	1	6	3	2	0	21	1	35	0	0	.131	.149	.167	.316	-1.3	-12
P	Phil Niekro	33	38	78	15	2	0	1	5	5	0	1	19	0	15	0	0	.192	.203	.256	.459	-1.0	27
P	Mel Parnell	29	39	84	12	1	1	0	2	7	1	0	9	0	23	0	0	.143	.153	.179	.332	-1.2	-8
P	Jim Maloney	21	30	58	9	2	0	1	2	7	2	0	18	0	13	0	0	.155	.183	.241	.425	-1.0	17
P	Dave Stieb	29	24	18	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	12	0	0	.167	.167	.222	.389	-0.3	7
P	Bob Lemon	31	22	14	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	.143	.143	.429	.571	-0.1	52
P	Huston Street	25	59	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Ray Roberts	23	19	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	-0.1	-55
P	Juan Nicasio	26	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
RF	Dan Norman	24	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Bill Chappelle	32	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
P	John Grabow	26	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000	0.0	212
-	Steve Nicosia	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
25 Players		28.2	1814	5460	1406	222	31	178	631	652	368	85	87	34	873	61	33	.258	.313	.407	.720	19.2	98
NL Rank				4	3	5	3	4	5	5	6	1	2	4	4	5	4	3	5	5	5	5
ABBA Rank				8	5	10	6	4	8	8	12	1	2	10	10	8	8	4	9	5	7	8

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Bartolo Colon	26	40	40	16	16	0	3.36	297.3	256	123	111	26	122	231	0	8	1	1.27	.272	5.6	119
Mel Parnell	29	39	39	12	18	0	3.65	274.0	290	117	111	19	88	162	0	9	2	1.38	.307	6.0	110
Phil Niekro	33	38	38	13	14	0	3.46	273.0	246	114	105	35	64	140	0	11	1	1.14	.247	3.2	115
Jim Maloney	21	30	30	15	9	0	3.80	210.7	184	100	89	22	94	173	0	5	1	1.32	.276	3.4	105
Dave Stieb	29	24	9	2	7	0	3.86	84.0	77	38	36	4	38	52	1	2	0	1.37	.281	1.1	104
Huston Street	25	59	0	11	8	26	2.39	83.0	60	23	22	8	22	65	1	0	0	.99	.233	2.0	167
Bob Lemon	31	22	4	3	4	4	5.63	46.3	54	30	29	10	24	37	0	1	0	1.68	.324	-0.4	71
Jim Romano	30	37	0	5	0	6	2.85	41.0	33	13	13	2	23	19	3	0	0	1.37	.248	0.3	140
Bill Chappelle	32	27	0	3	3	0	5.17	38.3	37	22	22	3	27	14	0	0	0	1.67	.279	-0.4	77
Ray Roberts	23	19	0	0	0	0	5.40	30.0	44	19	18	2	20	17	0	0	0	2.13	.389	-0.0	74
John Grabow	26	18	0	0	1	0	4.00	27.0	28	12	12	4	10	24	1	0	0	1.41	.308	0.2	100
Juan Nicasio	26	14	2	0	2	0	7.09	26.7	35	22	21	3	14	9	0	0	0	1.84	.344	-0.2	56
Herold Juul	27	6	0	0	0	0	6.75	8.0	11	6	6	2	4	7	0	0	0	1.88	.391	-0.1	59
13 Pitchers	27.7	373	162	80	82	36	3.72	1439.3	1355	639	595	140	550	950	6	36	5	1.32	.280	20.7	111
NL Rank		3	1	3	4	2	3	5	2	3	3	1	5	2	5	4	5	4	4	2
ABBA Rank		5	3	7	6	4	6	11	6	6	6	5	10	7	9	8	9	8	8	5

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Colon	40	40	14	43	2	58	1	.983	297.3	1.73	0.9
M. Parnell	39	39	25	32	1	61	4	.934	274.0	1.87	-0.6
P. Niekro	38	38	20	28	2	52	4	.923	273.0	1.58	-0.6
J. Maloney	30	30	9	22	3	36	5	.861	210.7	1.32	-1.4
D. Stieb	24	9	3	8	0	12	1	.917	84.0	1.18	-0.7
H. Street	59	0	4	9	1	14	1	.929	83.0	1.41	0.3
B. Lemon	22	4	4	5	1	11	2	.818	46.3	1.75	0.4
J. Romano	37	0	1	5	0	7	1	.857	41.0	1.32	-0.1
B. Chappelle	26	0	1	6	0	7	0	1.000	38.3	1.64	0.4
R. Roberts	19	0	6	3	1	9	0	1.000	30.0	2.70	-0.1
J. Grabow	18	0	1	5	1	6	0	1.000	27.0	2.00	-0.1
J. Nicasio	14	2	2	4	0	6	0	1.000	26.7	2.02	0.5
H. Juul	6	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	8.0	3.38	-0.0
Totals	372	162	91	172	12	282	19	.933	1439.3	1.64	-0.9

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. Milligan	105	104	583	51	8	647	13	.980	913.0	6.25	-0.9	10	25.6
E. MacKenzie	62	58	363	45	4	416	8	.981	526.3	6.98	1.3	4	36.4
Totals	167	162	946	96	12	1063	21	.980	1439.3	6.52	0.4	14	29.9

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Oglivie	162	162	1355	105	143	1476	16	.989	1425.0	9.22	-5.5
J. Reed	6	0	11	0	1	11	0	1.000	13.3	7.43	0.0
K. Youkilis	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	169	162	1367	105	144	1488	16	.989	1439.3	9.20	-5.4

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
I. Kinsler	156	156	355	473	118	835	7	.992	1366.3	5.45	-0.1
J. Reed	16	6	16	29	7	45	0	1.000	71.7	5.65	0.2
S. Adams	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.3	6.75	0.0
Totals	175	162	372	502	125	881	7	.992	1439.3	5.47	0.1

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Youkilis	139	139	87	268	27	363	8	.978	1234.3	2.59	-1.9
J. Reed	26	23	12	33	4	45	0	1.000	196.3	2.06	2.3
S. Adams	5	0	1	2	0	4	1	.750	8.7	3.12	-0.6
Totals	170	162	100	303	31	412	9	.978	1439.3	2.52	-0.1

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. White	118	116	179	308	82	495	8	.984	1019.3	4.30	-3.0
S. Adams	49	46	70	139	34	221	12	.946	413.0	4.55	-4.3
J. Reed	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	7.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	169	162	249	447	116	716	20	.972	1439.3	4.35	-7.3

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. Rose	153	153	405	8	3	415	2	.995	1361.0	2.73	10.3
P. Mangual	9	9	16	0	0	16	0	1.000	78.3	1.84	-0.1
Totals	162	162	421	8	3	431	2	.995	1439.3	2.68	10.1

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. DiMaggio	155	155	408	8	3	421	5	.988	1374.3	2.72	5.4
P. Mangual	7	6	17	0	0	18	1	.944	56.0	2.73	-1.9
C. Furillo	1	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	9.0	3.00	-0.1
Totals	163	162	428	8	3	442	6	.986	1439.3	2.73	3.4

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Furillo	153	153	305	13	1	322	4	.988	1340.3	2.14	3.1
P. Mangual	12	5	15	0	0	15	0	1.000	63.7	2.12	-0.2
P. Rose	3	3	11	0	0	11	0	1.000	26.3	3.76	-0.1
D. Norman	1	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	9.0	3.00	0.7
Totals	169	162	334	13	1	351	4	.989	1439.3	2.17	3.5

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Pete Rose	.320
On-Base Percentage	Pete Rose	.381
Slugging Percentage	Pete Rose	.492
OPS	Pete Rose	.873
Games	Ben Oglivie	162
At-Bats	Ian Kinsler	643
Runs	Pete Rose	93
Hits	Ian Kinsler	196
Doubles	Pete Rose	37
Triples	Pete Rose , Joe DiMaggio	7
Home Runs	Ben Oglivie	36
Runs Batted In	Ben Oglivie	97
Stolen Bases	Ben Oglivie	18
Caught Stealing	Ian Kinsler	9
Walks	Kevin Youkilis	63
Strikeouts	Kevin Youkilis	123

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Bartolo Colon	16
Losses	Mel Parnell	18
Saves	Huston Street	26
Games	Huston Street	59
Games Started	Bartolo Colon	40
Complete Games	Phil Niekro	11
Shutouts	Mel Parnell	2
Innings Pitched	Bartolo Colon	297.3
Hits Allowed	Mel Parnell	290
Home Runs Allowed	Phil Niekro	35
Strikeouts	Bartolo Colon	231
Walks Allowed	Bartolo Colon	122
Earned Run Average	Bartolo Colon	3.36
Walks + Hits per IP	Phil Niekro	1.14
BABIP	Phil Niekro	.247

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
February 12th	2B Sammy Hughes	to the Washington Senators for	SS Frank White