Los Angeles Angels History - 1968 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1968 Los Angeles Angels	53	109	.327	6^th	51	59-103	-6	.237	4.72			1,747,644	$57,402,571	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Mike Cuellar (P), Chris Chambliss (1B)	2
All-Star	Milt May	1
Batter of the Month	Wilmer Flores (Apr)	1
Rookie of the Month	Brian Downing (Jun)	1
Player of the Week	Duke Snider (Jun 10), Milt Stock (Aug 26)	2

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	Duke Snider	31	152	547	129	25	1	30	76	63	62	0	0	4	125	1	0	.236	.312	.450	.761	2.5	96
2B	Luke Appling	33	149	515	129	21	4	0	37	43	54	3	0	2	55	0	1	.250	.324	.307	.631	1.4	66
3B	Milt Stock	22	129	507	137	18	3	8	50	60	44	1	1	3	51	13	7	.270	.328	.365	.693	1.9	81
1B	Chris Chambliss	33	143	481	129	28	2	16	58	64	49	3	1	1	63	0	2	.268	.339	.435	.773	2.6	101
RF	Gary Matthews Sr	28	142	471	123	22	1	19	62	55	31	1	0	6	106	1	1	.261	.305	.433	.738	1.7	90
SS	Wilmer Flores	30	143	455	109	11	0	20	67	38	21	3	0	4	55	0	0	.240	.275	.396	.671	1.2	73
RF	Lou Brock	26	120	431	117	21	8	5	44	52	18	6	0	3	93	23	8	.271	.308	.392	.700	1.7	82
C	Milt May	21	90	294	82	14	2	12	38	39	29	0	0	4	23	0	0	.279	.339	.463	.802	2.5	107
RF	Dexter Fowler	32	110	266	48	11	0	6	17	26	26	3	0	2	74	0	0	.180	.259	.289	.549	-0.2	43
C	Brian Downing	26	91	238	60	9	0	8	23	31	39	4	0	1	35	0	1	.252	.365	.391	.756	2.0	98
SS	Roy McMillan	32	106	248	52	10	0	4	20	27	24	6	0	0	35	0	0	.210	.295	.298	.593	0.3	56
LF	Rickey Henderson	22	50	194	43	8	3	4	14	28	30	1	0	1	29	8	9	.222	.327	.356	.683	0.5	79
1B	Lennie Pearson	26	77	178	37	3	0	11	26	21	12	3	0	1	52	2	0	.208	.268	.410	.678	0.2	74
C	Mackey Sasser	25	63	126	32	3	0	4	13	12	2	0	0	1	11	0	0	.254	.264	.373	.637	0.4	64
LF	Willie Wilson	26	52	119	24	6	1	0	10	18	6	2	0	2	24	3	0	.202	.248	.269	.517	-0.4	35
3B	Cliff Daringer	29	32	111	21	5	1	0	5	8	5	0	2	0	12	3	0	.189	.224	.252	.476	-0.5	24
P	Stephen Strasburg	29	32	60	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	9	0	27	0	0	.033	.079	.033	.113	-1.3	-69
P	Paul Splittorff	33	43	52	6	1	0	0	4	1	2	0	6	0	34	0	0	.115	.148	.135	.283	-0.6	-25
P	Jon Lester	26	24	48	6	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	7	0	22	0	0	.125	.192	.125	.317	-0.6	-15
P	Jack Cronin	29	26	43	7	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	5	1	12	0	0	.163	.245	.163	.408	-0.4	9
P	Mike Cuellar	28	26	44	6	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	4	0	24	0	0	.136	.156	.182	.337	-0.3	-12
P	Jimmy Nelson	25	13	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	12	0	0	.042	.042	.042	.083	-0.6	-78
P	Henry Schmidt	37	12	16	4	1	0	1	2	3	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	.250	.294	.500	.794	0.0	103
P	George McQuillan	32	57	17	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	.118	.118	.118	.235	-0.2	-38
C	Robin Jennings	31	17	17	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	-0.3	-24
P	Brandon Maurer	31	39	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Steve Howe	34	71	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Justin Speier	32	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Steve Rachunok	26	61	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.0	75
P	Lisalverto Bonilla	28	47	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	-0.0	75
-	Joseph Burns	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Jack Fifield	34	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
32 Players		28.3	2153	5520	1310	219	26	148	577	597	469	36	47	36	991	54	29	.237	.299	.367	.666	13.2	73
AL Rank				2	4	6	5	3	5	5	6	6	6	5	4	5	5	4	6	5	6	6
ABBA Rank				4	10	11	8	8	11	11	10	12	12	8	6	10	9	10	12	10	11	11

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Stephen Strasburg	29	31	31	7	18	0	4.55	195.7	194	100	99	29	68	149	0	4	1	1.34	.290	1.4	90
Paul Splittorff	33	43	25	9	14	0	5.95	193.7	233	130	128	36	55	75	1	1	1	1.49	.298	-1.3	69
Jon Lester	26	24	24	9	8	0	3.90	161.3	150	74	70	15	60	115	0	2	1	1.30	.283	2.4	105
Jack Cronin	29	26	22	1	15	0	5.93	156.3	196	110	103	45	40	80	0	2	0	1.51	.291	-2.5	69
Mike Cuellar	28	26	26	3	4	0	3.54	139.7	127	61	55	18	54	91	0	0	0	1.30	.265	0.8	116
George McQuillan	32	57	10	2	7	1	4.66	110.0	100	59	57	13	41	49	2	0	0	1.28	.247	-0.3	88
Steve Howe	34	71	0	6	8	13	4.50	94.0	111	47	47	14	19	46	5	0	0	1.38	.306	-0.6	91
Steve Rachunok	26	61	1	3	9	10	3.62	82.0	79	40	33	10	41	59	4	0	0	1.46	.284	-0.2	113
Jimmy Nelson	25	13	12	4	6	0	4.50	78.0	78	41	39	6	34	39	0	0	0	1.44	.282	0.3	91
Lisalverto Bonilla	28	47	0	2	3	2	1.80	70.0	54	18	14	3	31	35	6	0	0	1.21	.238	0.2	228
Brandon Maurer	31	39	0	5	4	3	5.34	60.7	73	37	36	10	30	32	0	0	0	1.70	.312	-0.9	77
Henry Schmidt	37	12	8	1	6	0	5.28	58.0	52	37	34	6	37	19	0	0	0	1.53	.236	-0.6	78
Justin Speier	32	29	0	1	5	0	4.78	43.3	41	28	23	9	18	25	1	0	0	1.36	.254	-1.0	86
Jack Fifield	34	4	3	0	2	0	19.29	11.7	34	28	25	3	9	1	0	0	0	3.69	.492	-0.5	21
14 Pitchers	29.8	483	162	53	109	29	4.72	1454.3	1522	810	763	217	537	815	19	9	3	1.42	.283	-2.7	96
AL Rank		1	3	6	1	6	6	4	6	6	6	6	4	6	1	6	6	6	5	6
ABBA Rank		1	3	12	1	9	11	5	11	11	11	11	8	12	1	12	11	11	9	12

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Strasburg	30	30	13	22	2	36	1	.972	195.7	1.61	-0.4
P. Splittorff	43	25	18	26	1	45	1	.978	193.7	2.04	1.1
J. Lester	24	24	11	21	0	32	0	1.000	161.3	1.79	0.2
J. Cronin	26	22	17	12	1	31	2	.935	156.3	1.67	-0.3
M. Cuellar	26	26	8	20	1	29	1	.966	139.7	1.80	2.3
G. McQuillan	55	10	12	12	1	25	1	.960	110.0	1.96	0.3
S. Howe	70	0	8	9	0	17	0	1.000	94.0	1.63	-0.2
S. Rachunok	60	1	9	3	1	12	0	1.000	82.0	1.32	0.3
J. Nelson	13	12	3	13	0	19	3	.842	78.0	1.85	-0.7
L. Bonilla	47	0	3	4	1	7	0	1.000	70.0	0.90	-0.1
B. Maurer	39	0	6	6	0	13	1	.923	60.7	1.78	-0.1
H. Schmidt	11	8	4	8	0	12	0	1.000	58.0	1.86	-0.1
J. Speier	28	0	4	6	1	10	0	1.000	43.3	2.08	-0.1
J. Fifield	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	11.7	0.77	-0.0
Totals	476	161	117	162	9	289	10	.965	1454.3	1.73	2.1

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
M. May	80	75	401	41	7	449	7	.984	672.3	5.92	-0.8	7	37.9
B. Downing	70	65	346	35	6	388	7	.982	566.0	6.06	-1.2	10	40.0
M. Sasser	30	22	97	18	3	116	1	.991	209.0	4.95	0.7	0	28.6
R. Jennings	1	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	7.0	6.43	-0.1	0	0.0
Totals	181	162	849	94	16	958	15	.984	1454.3	5.84	-1.3	17	36.7

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Chambliss	126	122	1024	94	90	1121	3	.997	1080.3	9.31	4.3
L. Pearson	43	40	350	32	33	385	3	.992	349.0	9.85	-1.2
W. Wilson	8	0	18	1	2	19	0	1.000	16.3	10.47	0.0
B. Downing	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.7	2.45	-0.6
L. Appling	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	2.7	10.12	0.0
R. Jennings	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	2.3	11.57	0.0
Totals	184	162	1398	128	125	1532	6	.996	1454.3	9.44	2.6

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Appling	145	145	312	389	96	705	4	.994	1282.0	4.92	3.2
R. McMillan	20	14	41	59	14	103	3	.971	133.7	6.73	-1.1
C. Daringer	2	2	3	8	3	11	0	1.000	19.7	5.03	-0.1
M. Stock	1	1	3	2	1	5	0	1.000	9.0	5.00	-0.5
W. Flores	5	0	3	5	2	8	0	1.000	6.0	12.00	-0.0
C. Chambliss	3	0	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	4.0	6.75	-0.5
Totals	176	162	362	466	116	835	7	.992	1454.3	5.12	0.9

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Stock	127	127	81	231	21	325	13	.960	1108.0	2.53	-2.4
C. Daringer	22	21	20	50	5	71	1	.986	190.0	3.32	0.1
R. McMillan	25	12	8	25	1	33	0	1.000	126.0	2.36	0.6
W. Flores	5	2	4	7	1	11	0	1.000	30.3	3.26	0.0
Totals	179	162	113	313	28	440	14	.968	1454.3	2.64	-1.8

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Flores	127	120	147	304	72	465	14	.970	1033.7	3.93	-5.1
R. McMillan	57	40	54	118	22	175	3	.983	375.7	4.12	-0.2
C. Daringer	6	2	3	6	2	10	1	.900	24.7	3.28	-0.5
C. Chambliss	9	0	2	8	4	10	0	1.000	19.7	4.58	-1.0
L. Appling	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	200	162	206	436	100	660	18	.973	1454.3	3.97	-6.8

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Henderson	49	48	129	4	1	134	1	.993	435.7	2.75	2.7
L. Brock	47	47	105	5	2	111	1	.991	408.7	2.42	2.9
G. Matthews Sr	36	35	88	4	1	94	2	.979	322.0	2.57	1.5
W. Wilson	23	22	55	1	0	58	2	.966	202.7	2.49	0.3
D. Fowler	11	10	35	0	0	36	1	.972	82.0	3.84	0.5
R. Jennings	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
S. Strasburg	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	169	162	412	14	4	433	7	.984	1454.3	2.64	7.9

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Snider	143	140	411	12	2	426	3	.993	1238.7	3.07	-11.2
D. Fowler	22	19	65	1	1	66	0	1.000	176.0	3.37	0.7
W. Wilson	8	3	14	1	1	15	0	1.000	36.0	3.75	-0.3
R. Jennings	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	-0.0
L. Brock	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.7	10.80	-0.0
Totals	175	162	493	14	4	510	3	.994	1454.3	3.14	-10.9

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Matthews Sr	79	78	198	5	1	207	4	.981	690.0	2.65	-2.4
L. Brock	55	53	132	3	1	135	0	1.000	477.7	2.54	1.4
D. Fowler	35	31	73	2	0	76	1	.987	281.7	2.40	2.1
R. Jennings	2	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	5.0	7.20	-0.8
Totals	171	162	407	10	2	422	5	.988	1454.3	2.58	0.3

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Milt Stock	.270
On-Base Percentage	Chris Chambliss	.339
Slugging Percentage	Duke Snider	.450
OPS	Chris Chambliss	.773
Games	Duke Snider	152
At-Bats	Duke Snider	547
Runs	Chris Chambliss	64
Hits	Milt Stock	137
Doubles	Chris Chambliss	28
Triples	Lou Brock	8
Home Runs	Duke Snider	30
Runs Batted In	Duke Snider	76
Stolen Bases	Lou Brock	23
Caught Stealing	Rickey Henderson	9
Walks	Duke Snider	62
Strikeouts	Duke Snider	125

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Paul Splittorff, Jon Lester	9
Losses	Stephen Strasburg	18
Saves	Steve Howe	13
Games	Steve Howe	71
Games Started	Stephen Strasburg	31
Complete Games	Stephen Strasburg	4
Shutouts	Stephen Strasburg, Paul Splittorff, Jon Lester	1
Innings Pitched	Stephen Strasburg	195.7
Hits Allowed	Paul Splittorff	233
Home Runs Allowed	Jack Cronin	45
Strikeouts	Stephen Strasburg	149
Walks Allowed	Stephen Strasburg	68
Earned Run Average	Stephen Strasburg	4.55
Walks + Hits per IP	Stephen Strasburg	1.34
BABIP	Stephen Strasburg	.290

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
November 2nd	C Mackey Sasser	to the Houston Eagles for	1B Bama Rowell
December 3rd	C Mackey Sasser	to the Houston Eagles for	$1