Kansas City Athletics History - 1968 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1968 Kansas City Athletics	82	81	.503	4^th	22.5	81-82	1	.255	3.94			2,974,480	$56,938,781	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Rocco Colavito (LF)	1
All-Star	Rod Carew, Steve Carlton, Rocco Colavito, Vladimir Guerrero, Charlie Lea, George C Scott	6
Pitcher of the Month	Steve Carlton (May)	1
Batter of the Month	George J Burns (Aug)	1
Rookie of the Month	Kirby Puckett (Apr, May, Jul, Aug, Sep)	5
Player of the Week	Rod Carew (Jun 24), Rocco Colavito (Aug 12), George J Burns (Sep 2)	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	George J Burns	29	157	630	168	41	9	9	62	108	87	3	0	2	82	52	12	.267	.357	.403	.761	5.3	132
2B	Rod Carew	26	157	645	216	34	14	4	83	85	48	6	1	5	72	23	16	.335	.384	.450	.833	5.9	154
RF	Vladimir Guerrero	25	155	614	161	22	7	32	93	92	36	11	3	11	68	22	2	.262	.310	.477	.787	4.3	136
LF	Rocco Colavito	22	157	590	149	34	1	22	93	75	66	5	0	6	130	2	0	.253	.330	.425	.755	3.6	129
CF	Kirby Puckett	26	153	594	146	23	5	14	73	62	12	10	0	4	107	8	7	.246	.271	.372	.643	1.3	94
C	Jim Sundberg	33	132	424	93	17	3	5	35	49	59	2	0	4	82	0	0	.219	.315	.309	.624	1.0	92
1B	George C Scott	29	139	422	128	21	4	23	70	68	44	4	1	4	87	6	0	.303	.371	.536	.907	4.6	173
SS	Brian Roberts	30	127	416	99	24	3	8	42	59	47	2	1	2	60	20	6	.238	.317	.368	.685	1.9	109
1B	Kent Hrbek	27	92	287	67	9	0	12	43	26	26	1	0	1	42	0	1	.233	.298	.390	.689	0.4	109
SS	Red Schoendienst	34	101	206	55	15	3	3	20	17	15	2	0	2	8	0	0	.267	.320	.413	.733	0.8	122
C	Johnny Gooch	26	41	113	25	5	0	0	11	9	13	3	1	0	12	0	0	.221	.318	.265	.583	0.2	81
CF	Garret Anderson	27	50	119	33	6	2	6	16	18	3	0	0	1	17	1	1	.277	.293	.513	.805	0.6	140
SS	Dick Groat	35	48	106	21	5	1	0	8	6	5	0	0	0	15	0	0	.198	.234	.264	.498	-0.3	52
P	Steve Carlton	25	34	81	17	4	1	0	5	3	3	1	12	0	20	0	0	.210	.247	.284	.531	-0.5	62
P	Milt Pappas	27	34	76	9	1	0	2	6	3	4	1	14	0	40	0	0	.118	.173	.211	.383	-1.0	17
P	Billy Pierce	32	34	80	12	2	0	0	5	4	1	4	7	1	19	0	0	.150	.198	.175	.373	-1.1	15
P	A J Burnett	39	31	66	3	1	0	0	4	4	3	0	13	1	25	0	0	.045	.086	.061	.146	-1.5	-54
P	Luis Tiant, Jr.	31	32	57	9	6	0	0	5	6	2	0	8	0	26	0	0	.158	.186	.263	.450	-0.7	36
LF	Roger Cedeno	28	19	26	5	2	0	0	2	7	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	.192	.250	.269	.519	-0.1	59
P	Willard Nixon	22	25	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	-100
P	Charlie Lea	24	58	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0.0	23
P	Walt Terrell	32	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Frank Castillo	25	39	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.0	514
P	Ossie Orwoll	32	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.0	514
24 Players		27.7	1850	5574	1419	272	53	140	676	703	476	55	65	44	923	134	45	.255	.317	.398	.715	24.3	116
AL Rank				1	2	2	1	5	3	3	5	5	5	2	6	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
ABBA Rank				1	4	2	1	10	7	7	9	9	11	4	8	3	5	6	7	8	8	5

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Steve Carlton	25	34	34	17	12	0	2.53	267.0	221	92	75	23	98	201	0	11	2	1.19	.260	4.9	139
Billy Pierce	32	34	34	13	17	0	4.71	254.0	304	144	133	35	85	139	0	10	3	1.53	.314	1.7	75
Milt Pappas	27	34	34	13	11	0	4.19	242.7	232	125	113	31	62	145	0	7	3	1.21	.268	2.7	84
A J Burnett	39	31	31	10	14	0	4.41	228.3	206	121	112	21	108	158	0	10	2	1.38	.274	2.4	80
Luis Tiant, Jr.	31	32	25	9	9	0	5.15	183.7	212	108	105	24	62	110	0	7	0	1.49	.312	1.0	68
Charlie Lea	24	58	0	9	7	24	2.51	86.0	77	32	24	5	32	72	3	0	0	1.27	.293	2.3	140
Willard Nixon	22	25	5	5	6	3	3.88	58.0	58	28	25	4	31	39	0	0	0	1.53	.302	0.5	91
Frank Castillo	25	39	0	2	3	3	2.83	57.3	50	19	18	6	24	37	3	0	0	1.29	.259	0.2	124
Walt Terrell	32	23	0	1	1	0	4.54	39.7	38	20	20	4	15	18	0	0	0	1.34	.266	-0.2	77
Vic Darensbourg	28	23	0	1	0	0	3.13	31.7	27	12	11	4	14	18	0	0	0	1.29	.240	-0.1	112
Ossie Orwoll	32	12	0	2	1	0	3.31	16.3	14	7	6	0	10	14	0	0	0	1.47	.298	0.3	106
Carlos Torres	30	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	.000	0.0	0
12 Pitchers	29.6	346	163	82	81	30	3.94	1465.0	1439	708	642	157	541	951	6	45	10	1.35	.284	15.7	95
AL Rank		5	1	4	3	5	5	2	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	2	5	6	5
ABBA Rank		10	1	6	7	8	8	3	9	8	8	7	9	6	9	5	4	10	10	9

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Carlton	34	34	21	38	1	63	4	.937	267.0	1.99	-0.0
B. Pierce	34	34	21	33	1	58	4	.931	254.0	1.91	-2.5
M. Pappas	34	34	20	30	2	51	1	.980	242.7	1.85	-0.5
A. Burnett	31	31	11	29	4	42	2	.952	228.3	1.58	-1.0
L. Tiant, Jr.	32	25	15	19	0	35	1	.971	183.7	1.67	-1.4
C. Lea	57	0	5	5	0	11	1	.909	86.0	1.05	0.3
W. Nixon	25	5	0	6	0	7	1	.857	58.0	0.93	-0.6
F. Castillo	39	0	4	5	1	10	1	.900	57.3	1.41	-0.1
W. Terrell	23	0	5	3	0	8	0	1.000	39.7	1.82	-0.1
V. Darensbourg	23	0	2	8	1	12	2	.833	31.7	2.84	-1.1
O. Orwoll	12	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	16.3	1.10	-0.0
C. Torres	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	-0.0
Totals	345	163	105	177	10	299	17	.943	1465.0	1.73	-7.0

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. Sundberg	132	132	763	59	13	829	7	.992	1150.7	6.43	-2.1	12	21.6
J. Gooch	40	31	212	20	5	235	3	.987	310.7	6.72	-0.1	3	25.0
B. Roberts	1	0	3	2	1	5	0	1.000	3.7	12.27	0.0	0	0.0
Totals	173	163	978	81	19	1069	10	.991	1465.0	6.51	-2.3	15	22.6

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Scott	97	97	840	71	84	922	11	.988	872.0	9.40	2.9
K. Hrbek	68	66	564	47	49	617	6	.990	593.0	9.27	-0.9
Totals	165	163	1404	118	133	1539	17	.989	1465.0	9.35	2.0

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Carew	157	156	342	435	119	789	12	.985	1399.0	5.00	-0.3
R. Schoendienst	4	4	9	13	2	22	0	1.000	37.7	5.26	-0.1
D. Groat	4	3	4	4	0	8	0	1.000	28.3	2.54	0.5
Totals	165	163	355	452	121	819	12	.985	1465.0	4.96	0.1

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Burns	155	154	97	272	31	380	11	.971	1386.0	2.40	-1.3
R. Schoendienst	9	9	7	17	0	25	1	.960	79.0	2.73	-0.5
Totals	164	163	104	289	31	405	12	.970	1465.0	2.41	-1.8

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Roberts	115	115	147	311	70	462	4	.991	1013.3	4.07	-1.0
R. Schoendienst	32	27	35	80	16	119	4	.966	249.3	4.15	-2.2
D. Groat	25	21	25	61	10	89	3	.966	186.0	4.16	-0.6
G. Scott	9	0	1	4	1	5	0	1.000	15.3	2.93	-0.5
G. Burns	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	182	163	209	456	97	676	11	.984	1465.0	4.09	-4.3

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Colavito	153	153	334	5	3	352	13	.963	1367.7	2.23	6.2
V. Guerrero	5	5	12	1	1	13	0	1.000	44.0	2.66	-0.1
R. Cedeno	5	3	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	30.0	2.10	-0.1
G. Anderson	3	2	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	23.3	1.54	-0.0
Totals	166	163	357	6	4	376	13	.965	1465.0	2.23	6.0

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Puckett	152	152	450	17	8	472	5	.989	1338.0	3.14	3.0
G. Anderson	21	11	36	1	1	38	1	.974	121.7	2.74	-0.9
R. Cedeno	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	5.3	3.38	-0.0
Totals	175	163	488	18	9	512	6	.988	1465.0	3.11	2.0

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
V. Guerrero	150	150	362	13	1	383	8	.979	1327.0	2.54	4.6
G. Anderson	10	9	19	1	0	20	0	1.000	88.7	2.03	-0.2
R. Colavito	4	4	9	1	1	10	0	1.000	36.0	2.50	-0.1
R. Cedeno	7	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	13.3	1.35	-0.0
Totals	171	163	392	15	2	415	8	.981	1465.0	2.50	4.2

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Rod Carew	.335
On-Base Percentage	Rod Carew	.384
Slugging Percentage	Vladimir Guerrero	.477
OPS	Rod Carew	.833
Games	George J Burns, Rod Carew, Rocco Colavito	157
At-Bats	Rod Carew	645
Runs	George J Burns	108
Hits	Rod Carew	216
Doubles	George J Burns	41
Triples	Rod Carew	14
Home Runs	Vladimir Guerrero	32
Runs Batted In	Vladimir Guerrero, Rocco Colavito	93
Stolen Bases	George J Burns	52
Caught Stealing	Rod Carew	16
Walks	George J Burns	87
Strikeouts	Rocco Colavito	130

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Steve Carlton	17
Losses	Billy Pierce	17
Saves	Charlie Lea	24
Games	Charlie Lea	58
Games Started	Steve Carlton, Billy Pierce, Milt Pappas	34
Complete Games	Steve Carlton	11
Shutouts	Billy Pierce, Milt Pappas	3
Innings Pitched	Steve Carlton	267.0
Hits Allowed	Billy Pierce	304
Home Runs Allowed	Billy Pierce	35
Strikeouts	Steve Carlton	201
Walks Allowed	A J Burnett	108
Earned Run Average	Steve Carlton	2.53
Walks + Hits per IP	Steve Carlton	1.19
BABIP	Steve Carlton	.260

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
January 9th	CF Jimmy Barrett	to the Washington Senators for	2nd Round Draft Pick
November 2nd	C Jim Sundberg	to the Boston Americans for	P Sean Doolittle