Houston Eagles History - 1968 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1968 Houston Eagles	79	83	.488	4^th	19	80-82	-1	.247	3.56			2,982,638	$61,379,233	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Garry Maddox (CF)	1
All-Star	Charlie Leibrandt, Garry Maddox, Billy Wagner	3
Rookie of the Month	Charlie Leibrandt (Jun), Dave Altizer (Aug)	2
Player of the Week	Jim J Hughes (Apr 29)	1

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+
RF	Roberto Clemente	25	156	649	177	20	10	18	83	71	29	7	0	12	88	2	0	.273	.306	.418	.723	1.7	118
1B	Dave Altizer	28	146	575	147	15	6	4	50	85	43	11	8	1	47	49	3	.256	.319	.323	.643	1.0	97
3B	Derek Jeter	29	157	574	127	22	2	13	61	63	48	8	1	8	106	10	3	.221	.287	.334	.621	0.7	89
CF	Garry Maddox	29	156	593	127	33	2	13	63	53	21	8	1	9	93	7	4	.214	.247	.342	.590	1.4	77
2B	Harvey Kuenn	24	159	589	168	37	2	4	65	65	33	3	0	5	38	2	3	.285	.324	.375	.699	2.2	113
LF	Ichiro Suzuki	34	126	530	145	22	6	5	58	65	24	4	1	3	47	19	8	.274	.308	.366	.674	1.9	105
SS	Bud Harrelson	29	156	458	118	24	5	1	36	49	75	7	2	2	64	4	2	.258	.369	.338	.707	2.8	118
C	Moses Fleetwood Walker	34	83	297	82	18	3	3	21	35	19	6	0	1	41	5	1	.276	.331	.387	.718	2.1	118
C	Yasmani Grandal	25	76	231	49	7	0	9	32	26	45	5	1	4	48	0	0	.212	.347	.359	.707	1.8	116
RF	Chet Lemon	34	105	219	61	10	1	13	44	37	24	7	0	1	39	0	0	.279	.367	.511	.878	2.3	164
1B	Martin Prado	29	49	121	38	9	2	3	21	7	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	.314	.344	.496	.840	0.8	152
P	John Clarkson	37	33	82	10	1	0	1	4	5	0	0	17	0	28	1	0	.122	.122	.171	.293	-1.5	-12
P	Howie Pollet	29	32	73	16	2	0	0	7	5	4	0	16	1	33	0	0	.219	.256	.247	.503	-0.7	55
P	Jim J Hughes	34	33	76	3	1	0	0	3	3	4	1	12	0	28	0	0	.039	.099	.053	.151	-1.7	-52
P	Marv Breuer	27	32	73	10	2	0	0	3	3	1	0	18	0	38	0	0	.137	.149	.164	.313	-1.3	-5
SS	Bama Rowell	28	86	82	20	5	1	2	10	9	2	0	1	2	5	0	0	.244	.256	.402	.658	-0.0	97
2B	Alfredo Cabrera	25	102	78	17	4	0	0	6	6	5	1	0	2	9	2	0	.218	.267	.269	.537	0.0	64
P	Connie Johnson	32	29	66	12	1	1	0	1	5	3	0	9	0	25	0	0	.182	.217	.227	.445	-0.6	36
RF	Denny W Sullivan	26	52	65	18	3	0	0	3	8	5	4	1	0	9	2	3	.277	.365	.323	.688	0.3	112
3B	Tim Foli	26	104	59	14	4	1	0	4	9	6	0	1	0	5	0	0	.237	.308	.339	.647	-0.1	97
C	Bob Montgomery	33	13	41	9	2	0	2	4	2	1	0	0	1	13	0	0	.220	.233	.415	.647	0.1	92
P	Charlie Leibrandt	29	19	13	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	-0.3	-6
P	Hank Aguirre	36	36	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0.1	23
P	Billy Wagner	34	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Chris Bosio	28	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0.1	70
P	Tom Henke	25	50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
-	Tommie Aaron	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
27 Players		28.8	2022	5553	1371	242	42	91	580	612	399	72	97	53	819	103	27	.247	.303	.355	.658	12.8	99
NL Rank				1	5	2	1	6	6	6	5	4	1	1	6	3	5	6	6	6	6	6
ABBA Rank				2	8	5	4	12	10	10	11	6	1	2	12	5	10	9	11	12	12	12

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
John Clarkson	37	33	33	13	15	0	3.54	264.3	239	110	104	29	65	131	0	15	3	1.15	.253	4.1	103
Jim J Hughes	34	33	33	11	14	0	3.95	253.0	229	116	111	29	94	152	0	6	2	1.28	.261	2.5	93
Howie Pollet	29	32	32	14	12	0	4.18	247.7	243	120	115	39	80	139	0	13	1	1.30	.271	1.4	88
Marv Breuer	27	32	32	14	12	0	3.68	247.0	228	106	101	31	69	152	0	12	1	1.20	.263	3.3	99
Connie Johnson	32	29	28	14	9	0	2.72	208.7	165	69	63	16	82	147	0	9	3	1.18	.250	4.1	135
Charlie Leibrandt	29	19	3	3	1	3	2.03	62.0	56	14	14	0	17	36	0	2	1	1.18	.283	1.7	180
Hank Aguirre	36	36	0	4	3	1	4.56	53.3	64	30	27	6	16	35	0	0	0	1.50	.335	0.1	80
Tom Henke	25	50	0	1	5	29	2.36	49.7	40	16	13	3	20	47	1	0	0	1.21	.272	1.9	155
Joe Musgrove	30	30	0	0	6	1	4.24	40.3	50	21	19	5	9	27	3	0	0	1.46	.341	0.4	86
Billy Wagner	34	28	1	5	5	2	2.29	39.3	29	12	10	4	12	32	3	0	0	1.04	.240	0.6	160
Chris Bosio	28	3	0	0	0	0	6.23	8.7	9	6	6	1	5	3	0	0	0	1.62	.286	-0.1	59
Pedro J Martinez	20	3	0	0	0	0	3.00	6.0	4	2	2	0	4	5	0	0	0	1.33	.286	0.1	122
Tim Foli	26	1	0	0	1	0	9.00	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	.000	-0.3	41
13 Pitchers	31.6	329	162	79	83	36	3.56	1481.0	1357	623	586	164	473	906	7	57	11	1.24	.266	19.8	108
NL Rank		6	1	4	3	2	2	1	3	2	2	3	3	5	4	1	2	2	2	3
ABBA Rank		11	3	8	5	4	4	1	7	4	4	8	5	10	8	2	2	5	3	7

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Clarkson	33	33	23	32	3	56	1	.982	264.3	1.87	-1.0
J. Hughes	33	33	10	26	1	37	1	.973	253.0	1.28	-1.0
H. Pollet	32	32	8	39	2	48	1	.979	247.7	1.71	-0.5
M. Breuer	32	32	16	22	1	41	3	.927	247.0	1.38	-1.0
C. Johnson	29	28	6	27	4	33	0	1.000	208.7	1.42	0.1
C. Leibrandt	19	3	3	6	0	9	0	1.000	62.0	1.31	-0.1
H. Aguirre	35	0	4	5	0	12	3	.750	53.3	1.52	-0.1
T. Henke	50	0	2	4	0	7	1	.857	49.7	1.09	-0.6
J. Musgrove	29	0	1	5	0	6	0	1.000	40.3	1.34	-0.1
B. Wagner	27	1	3	4	1	7	0	1.000	39.3	1.60	-0.1
C. Bosio	3	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	8.7	3.12	0.5
P. Martinez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	6.0	0.00	-0.0
T. Foli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	-0.0
Totals	326	162	77	172	12	259	10	.961	1481.0	1.51	-4.0

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
M. Walker	81	77	467	45	7	521	9	.983	724.0	6.36	1.6	2	32.3
Y. Grandal	73	72	383	33	8	420	4	.990	634.7	5.90	0.9	3	39.1
B. Montgomery	11	10	62	9	1	71	0	1.000	95.3	6.70	0.4	0	35.7
D. Sullivan	3	3	20	1	0	21	0	1.000	27.0	7.00	-0.2	0	0.0
Totals	168	162	932	88	16	1033	13	.987	1481.0	6.20	2.6	5	34.4

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Altizer	140	135	1209	73	112	1292	10	.992	1220.7	9.45	0.4
M. Prado	29	27	231	8	22	241	2	.992	241.0	8.93	0.2
B. Rowell	6	0	11	1	2	12	0	1.000	12.3	8.76	0.0
Y. Grandal	2	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	4.0	9.00	0.0
A. Cabrera	2	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	3.0	12.00	0.0
Totals	179	162	1459	82	136	1553	12	.992	1481.0	9.36	0.6

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
H. Kuenn	159	159	292	395	105	692	5	.993	1222.0	5.06	0.4
A. Cabrera	88	3	60	80	18	142	2	.986	245.7	5.13	1.2
B. Rowell	5	0	1	2	1	3	0	1.000	8.7	3.12	-0.0
T. Foli	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.7	3.37	-0.0
M. Prado	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
Totals	256	162	355	477	124	839	7	.992	1481.0	5.06	1.5

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Jeter	157	157	90	296	23	394	8	.980	1246.7	2.79	-0.1
T. Foli	78	5	24	55	4	81	2	.975	205.0	3.47	-0.5
M. Prado	11	0	1	3	1	4	0	1.000	18.7	1.93	0.0
B. Rowell	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	9.7	0.93	0.0
D. Sullivan	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	1.0	0.00	-0.6
Totals	256	162	115	355	28	481	11	.977	1481.0	2.86	-1.2

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Harrelson	156	156	202	429	95	642	11	.983	1338.7	4.24	4.4
T. Foli	25	5	10	20	8	32	2	.938	81.0	3.33	-1.1
D. Altizer	8	0	6	5	2	11	0	1.000	25.3	3.91	-0.0
B. Rowell	8	0	0	5	0	6	1	.833	18.3	2.45	-1.0
A. Cabrera	6	1	1	8	1	9	0	1.000	17.7	4.58	0.5
Totals	203	162	219	467	106	700	14	.980	1481.0	4.17	2.8

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
I. Suzuki	107	107	282	5	3	290	3	.990	974.0	2.65	9.0
R. Clemente	55	55	153	5	1	163	5	.969	486.7	2.92	-2.1
D. Sullivan	9	0	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	18.3	2.95	0.7
M. Prado	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	173	162	441	10	4	459	8	.983	1481.0	2.74	7.6

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Maddox	156	156	442	7	0	453	4	.991	1401.0	2.88	16.8
C. Lemon	4	3	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	29.0	2.48	0.6
I. Suzuki	3	3	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	27.0	2.33	-0.2
D. Sullivan	11	0	8	1	1	9	0	1.000	21.7	3.74	1.3
M. Prado	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.3	0.00	0.0
R. Clemente	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	177	162	465	8	1	477	4	.992	1481.0	2.87	18.5

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Clemente	102	101	241	14	4	262	7	.973	935.3	2.45	1.6
C. Lemon	43	43	97	5	0	104	2	.981	375.7	2.44	0.3
I. Suzuki	14	13	22	1	1	23	0	1.000	116.0	1.78	1.2
D. Sullivan	8	5	15	0	0	15	0	1.000	54.0	2.50	-0.2
Totals	167	162	375	20	5	404	9	.978	1481.0	2.40	3.0

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Harvey Kuenn	.285
On-Base Percentage	Bud Harrelson	.369
Slugging Percentage	Roberto Clemente	.418
OPS	Roberto Clemente	.723
Games	Harvey Kuenn	159
At-Bats	Roberto Clemente	649
Runs	Dave Altizer	85
Hits	Roberto Clemente	177
Doubles	Harvey Kuenn	37
Triples	Roberto Clemente	10
Home Runs	Roberto Clemente	18
Runs Batted In	Roberto Clemente	83
Stolen Bases	Dave Altizer	49
Caught Stealing	Ichiro Suzuki	8
Walks	Bud Harrelson	75
Strikeouts	Derek Jeter	106

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Howie Pollet, Marv Breuer, Connie Johnson	14
Losses	John Clarkson	15
Saves	Tom Henke	29
Games	Tom Henke	50
Games Started	John Clarkson, Jim J Hughes	33
Complete Games	John Clarkson	15
Shutouts	John Clarkson, Connie Johnson	3
Innings Pitched	John Clarkson	264.3
Hits Allowed	Howie Pollet	243
Home Runs Allowed	Howie Pollet	39
Strikeouts	Jim J Hughes, Marv Breuer	152
Walks Allowed	Jim J Hughes	94
Earned Run Average	Connie Johnson	2.72
Walks + Hits per IP	John Clarkson	1.15
BABIP	Connie Johnson	.250

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
March 6th	P Elon Hogsett P Joe Sullivan 3rd Round Draft Pick	to the Boston Americans for	P Marv Breuer
November 2nd	SS Bama Rowell	to the Los Angeles Angels for	C Mackey Sasser
December 3rd	$1	to the Los Angeles Angels for	C Mackey Sasser
December 24th	C Heinie Peitz LF Ichiro Suzuki P Chris Bosio P Joe Musgrove 1st Round Draft Pick	to the Boston Americans for	P Barney Brown CF Fred Osborn 3rd Round Draft Pick