Boston Americans History - 1968 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1968 Boston Americans	104	58	.642	1^st	-	96-66	8	.259	3.23	X	X	3,194,416	$59,825,063	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Jack Roosevelt Robinson Award	Bobby Wallace	1
Ozzie Award	Newt Allen (2B), George Davis (SS), Fred Osborn (CF)	3
All-Star	George Brett, Johnny Broaca, George Davis, Bo Jackson, Hal King, Fred Osborn, Bobby Wallace	7
Batter of the Month	George Brett (Jun)	1
Player of the Week	George Davis (Apr 29), Bo Jackson (May 20), George Brett (Jun 17, Jul 1), Jose Cruz (Jul 15), Newt Allen (Aug 19), George Brett (Sep 23)	7

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+
SS	George Davis	31	155	641	173	32	7	7	72	97	55	6	3	2	56	74	11	.270	.332	.374	.707	5.7	96
3B	George Brett	28	156	622	188	35	7	36	127	100	55	2	0	6	52	10	4	.302	.358	.555	.912	6.9	149
2B	Newt Allen	29	156	547	153	21	7	15	61	83	53	4	4	3	64	13	7	.280	.346	.426	.772	4.5	113
RF	Jose Cruz	36	138	495	164	26	7	10	71	76	50	4	2	7	77	7	3	.331	.392	.473	.865	4.5	139
CF	Fred Osborn	24	126	448	118	16	2	5	49	37	17	1	4	3	66	9	8	.263	.290	.342	.631	1.0	75
C	John Romano	34	112	366	87	16	0	8	39	43	43	5	0	5	94	0	0	.238	.322	.347	.669	2.0	86
LF	Bo Jackson	27	114	383	99	10	2	23	68	63	20	5	0	1	102	24	15	.258	.303	.475	.778	2.3	112
1B	Rick Monday	37	106	309	82	16	5	15	54	33	27	3	0	3	104	0	1	.265	.327	.495	.823	1.6	125
C	Hal King	28	80	219	40	10	1	9	30	22	32	7	0	2	58	0	0	.183	.304	.361	.665	1.1	84
CF	Jerry Martin	32	71	210	53	10	0	8	18	28	10	8	0	1	64	0	0	.252	.310	.414	.724	1.1	99
1B	Tim Hendryx	28	63	178	56	23	0	1	13	24	29	3	2	0	34	3	1	.315	.419	.461	.880	1.1	144
1B	Wally Pipp	21	42	125	27	8	1	4	19	18	22	1	0	2	32	2	0	.216	.333	.392	.725	0.3	101
1B	John J Anderson	27	53	139	34	8	0	0	7	10	9	0	0	0	14	4	2	.245	.291	.302	.593	-0.9	65
P	Herb Pennock	31	41	97	13	0	0	1	7	10	2	0	23	0	35	0	0	.134	.152	.165	.316	-1.6	-12
1B	David Ortiz	26	62	110	22	3	1	3	10	10	11	0	0	0	28	0	0	.200	.273	.327	.600	-0.2	66
P	Bill Hutchinson	31	40	103	14	4	0	1	8	10	6	0	12	0	27	0	1	.136	.183	.204	.387	-1.2	7
1B	Dan Brouthers	40	77	102	16	4	0	2	7	9	11	6	0	1	16	0	0	.157	.275	.255	.530	-0.4	48
LF	Gus J Williams	25	34	90	34	7	0	5	21	22	4	1	0	2	18	9	4	.378	.402	.622	1.024	1.0	179
SS	Charlie Hayes	31	88	86	19	2	0	3	9	10	7	0	0	0	17	0	0	.221	.280	.349	.628	0.2	73
P	Barney Brown	25	32	82	9	1	2	0	2	7	7	0	4	0	30	0	0	.110	.180	.171	.351	-1.1	-2
P	Bobby Wallace	19	30	68	11	3	0	0	3	4	3	1	9	0	13	0	0	.162	.208	.206	.414	-0.6	16
RF	Denard Span	34	22	37	8	1	1	1	4	5	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	.216	.237	.378	.615	0.0	68
P	Joe Sullivan	28	21	21	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	12	0	0	.190	.292	.238	.530	-0.2	49
P	Bucky Walters	36	22	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-0.1	-20
P	Patrick Corbin	29	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-0.1	-7
P	Johnny Broaca	25	48	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Bobby M Jones	27	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Stan Williams	32	40	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0.0	105
P	Jeff Keener	27	60	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Elon Hogsett	30	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
30 Players		29.9	2001	5499	1426	257	43	157	700	721	479	57	74	38	1027	156	57	.259	.323	.407	.730	26.9	100
AL Rank				3	1	3	3	2	1	1	4	4	3	4	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2
ABBA Rank				5	2	3	3	6	3	3	8	8	9	7	4	1	2	3	5	5	6	2

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Herb Pennock	31	41	40	19	14	1	3.17	318.3	292	128	112	17	76	200	0	17	5	1.16	.279	8.4	122
Bill Hutchinson	31	40	40	22	9	0	3.87	302.7	287	137	130	45	83	217	0	16	2	1.22	.271	3.3	100
Barney Brown	25	32	32	13	8	0	3.01	245.0	220	95	82	23	55	115	0	10	1	1.12	.251	3.5	129
Bobby Wallace	19	30	30	14	6	0	2.54	216.0	170	71	61	13	65	183	0	5	2	1.09	.264	6.4	152
Joe Sullivan	28	21	11	3	6	2	2.38	87.0	65	27	23	6	36	60	1	0	0	1.16	.248	1.2	163
Jeff Keener	27	60	0	6	4	24	2.51	71.7	58	21	20	2	43	71	5	0	0	1.41	.298	1.5	154
Johnny Broaca	25	48	1	19	5	1	2.30	62.7	48	16	16	5	22	57	3	1	0	1.12	.265	1.2	168
Stan Williams	32	40	0	4	3	13	3.17	48.3	48	23	17	4	21	35	4	0	0	1.43	.308	0.4	122
Bucky Walters	36	22	2	0	2	1	3.37	42.7	45	20	16	2	22	22	0	0	0	1.57	.314	0.3	115
Patrick Corbin	29	3	3	2	0	0	5.75	20.3	26	13	13	2	6	7	0	0	0	1.57	.329	0.1	67
Clay Buchholz	31	14	0	1	1	0	5.51	16.3	19	12	10	3	12	9	2	0	0	1.90	.314	-0.5	70
Bobby M Jones	27	5	2	1	0	0	2.84	12.7	13	6	4	0	7	9	1	0	0	1.58	.317	0.3	136
Elon Hogsett	30	4	1	0	0	0	13.00	9.0	19	14	13	1	8	7	0	0	0	3.00	.514	-0.1	30
Bob Stanley	28	4	0	0	0	0	15.00	3.0	5	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	2.00	.385	0.0	26
14 Pitchers	27.7	364	162	104	58	42	3.23	1455.7	1315	588	522	123	457	993	16	49	10	1.22	.275	26.1	127
AL Rank		4	3	1	6	2	2	3	4	2	1	1	1	4	2	2	2	3	3	1
ABBA Rank		7	3	1	12	2	2	4	4	2	1	1	3	5	2	3	4	4	5	1

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
H. Pennock	41	40	21	34	2	58	3	.948	318.3	1.55	-0.1
B. Hutchinson	40	40	11	32	4	46	3	.935	302.7	1.28	-0.1
B. Brown	32	32	10	27	2	40	3	.925	245.0	1.36	-2.0
B. Wallace	30	30	10	26	3	36	0	1.000	216.0	1.50	0.6
J. Sullivan	21	11	11	8	1	20	1	.950	87.0	1.97	-0.7
J. Keener	60	0	3	6	0	9	0	1.000	71.7	1.13	-0.1
J. Broaca	44	1	3	8	0	12	1	.917	62.7	1.58	-0.1
S. Williams	40	0	4	2	0	7	1	.857	48.3	1.12	-0.1
B. Walters	22	2	1	5	1	6	0	1.000	42.7	1.27	-0.1
P. Corbin	3	3	1	4	0	5	0	1.000	20.3	2.21	-0.0
C. Buchholz	14	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	16.3	1.10	-0.0
B. Jones	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	12.7	0.71	-0.0
E. Hogsett	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	9.0	0.00	-0.0
B. Stanley	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	-0.0
Totals	360	162	75	155	13	242	12	.950	1455.7	1.42	-3.0

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. Romano	108	100	634	56	11	695	5	.993	900.3	6.90	1.6	10	40.5
H. King	74	60	373	34	9	412	5	.988	537.3	6.82	0.8	1	42.1
B. Jackson	1	1	5	1	0	6	0	1.000	10.0	5.40	-0.4	1	0.0
G. Williams	1	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	8.0	4.50	-0.3	1	0.0
Totals	184	162	1016	91	20	1117	10	.991	1455.7	6.84	1.7	13	40.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Pipp	35	33	297	17	20	316	2	.994	305.0	9.27	0.5
R. Monday	42	38	333	21	29	359	5	.986	304.0	10.48	-0.7
T. Hendryx	27	24	164	8	16	172	0	1.000	196.0	7.90	-3.7
J. Anderson	23	23	173	16	23	194	5	.974	186.0	9.15	-1.4
D. Ortiz	24	22	169	11	21	180	0	1.000	183.0	8.85	-0.4
D. Brouthers	22	14	122	6	5	130	2	.985	131.7	8.75	-0.9
C. Hayes	43	0	84	6	10	90	0	1.000	87.0	9.31	0.7
J. Cruz	9	8	63	3	7	66	0	1.000	63.0	9.43	-0.5
Totals	225	162	1405	88	131	1507	14	.991	1455.7	9.23	-6.4

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
N. Allen	132	132	281	352	100	637	4	.994	1139.7	5.00	7.3
G. Brett	24	23	42	66	12	108	0	1.000	206.7	4.70	-0.7
C. Hayes	21	2	12	11	3	24	1	.958	51.3	4.03	-0.1
J. Anderson	8	3	8	11	1	22	3	.864	40.0	4.27	-1.7
G. Davis	2	2	3	2	0	5	0	1.000	18.0	2.50	-0.0
Totals	187	162	346	442	116	796	8	.990	1455.7	4.87	4.8

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Brett	133	133	79	282	36	378	17	.955	1193.0	2.72	0.4
G. Davis	26	26	22	51	3	74	1	.986	228.0	2.88	1.7
C. Hayes	6	3	2	7	0	9	0	1.000	34.7	2.34	0.6
Totals	165	162	103	340	39	461	18	.961	1455.7	2.74	2.7

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Davis	127	127	189	355	80	551	7	.987	1141.0	4.29	8.0
N. Allen	24	24	36	58	10	98	4	.959	208.7	4.05	-1.1
C. Hayes	14	11	12	33	3	45	0	1.000	104.0	3.89	1.0
D. Brouthers	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	-0.0
Totals	166	162	237	447	93	695	11	.984	1455.7	4.23	7.9

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Jackson	93	92	205	5	2	216	6	.972	798.7	2.37	4.3
R. Monday	32	25	67	1	0	69	1	.986	245.0	2.50	-1.3
T. Hendryx	23	18	34	1	1	39	4	.897	170.0	1.85	-1.0
G. Williams	17	12	29	0	0	30	1	.967	112.7	2.32	-0.3
J. Martin	11	9	22	0	0	22	0	1.000	70.7	2.80	0.6
J. Anderson	4	4	10	0	0	10	0	1.000	36.0	2.50	-2.3
J. Cruz	4	2	3	1	1	4	0	1.000	21.7	1.66	0.7
C. Hayes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	185	162	370	8	4	390	12	.969	1455.7	2.34	0.7

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. Osborn	120	118	302	7	0	312	3	.990	1027.7	2.71	6.5
J. Martin	44	39	105	7	4	112	0	1.000	350.0	2.88	-0.9
D. Span	6	3	13	2	1	15	0	1.000	33.7	4.01	0.4
R. Monday	6	2	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	23.0	1.96	-1.6
J. Cruz	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	7.3	3.68	-0.1
B. Jackson	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	7.0	2.57	-0.0
J. Anderson	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	6.0	3.00	-0.0
J. Romano	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	187	162	432	16	5	451	3	.993	1455.7	2.77	4.2

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Cruz	118	114	271	16	4	296	9	.970	1004.7	2.57	-0.3
R. Monday	10	10	23	0	0	23	0	1.000	87.0	2.38	0.5
G. Williams	10	8	11	2	1	13	0	1.000	73.3	1.60	-2.4
J. Martin	12	8	17	0	0	18	1	.944	70.3	2.18	0.6
T. Hendryx	7	7	11	0	0	11	0	1.000	54.0	1.83	-0.9
D. Span	10	5	11	0	0	11	0	1.000	52.7	1.88	-0.1
F. Osborn	7	5	7	1	0	8	0	1.000	44.0	1.64	0.7
J. Anderson	6	3	14	1	0	15	0	1.000	40.0	3.38	-0.2
B. Jackson	10	2	9	1	0	10	0	1.000	29.7	3.03	-0.1
Totals	190	162	374	21	5	405	10	.975	1455.7	2.44	-2.3

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Jose Cruz	.331
On-Base Percentage	Jose Cruz	.392
Slugging Percentage	George Brett	.555
OPS	George Brett	.912
Games	George Brett, Newt Allen	156
At-Bats	George Davis	641
Runs	George Brett	100
Hits	George Brett	188
Doubles	George Brett	35
Triples	4 Players Tied	7
Home Runs	George Brett	36
Runs Batted In	George Brett	127
Stolen Bases	George Davis	74
Caught Stealing	Bo Jackson	15
Walks	George Davis, George Brett	55
Strikeouts	Rick Monday	104

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Bill Hutchinson	22
Losses	Herb Pennock	14
Saves	Jeff Keener	24
Games	Jeff Keener	60
Games Started	Herb Pennock, Bill Hutchinson	40
Complete Games	Herb Pennock	17
Shutouts	Herb Pennock	5
Innings Pitched	Herb Pennock	318.3
Hits Allowed	Herb Pennock	292
Home Runs Allowed	Bill Hutchinson	45
Strikeouts	Bill Hutchinson	217
Walks Allowed	Bill Hutchinson	83
Earned Run Average	Bobby Wallace	2.54
Walks + Hits per IP	Bobby Wallace	1.09
BABIP	Barney Brown	.251

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
March 6th	P Marv Breuer	to the Houston Eagles for	P Elon Hogsett P Joe Sullivan 3rd Round Draft Pick
November 2nd	P Sean Doolittle	to the Kansas City Athletics for	C Jim Sundberg
November 2nd	1B Wally Pipp	to the Washington Senators for
December 24th	P Barney Brown CF Fred Osborn 3rd Round Draft Pick	to the Houston Eagles for	C Heinie Peitz LF Ichiro Suzuki P Chris Bosio P Joe Musgrove 1st Round Draft Pick