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1968 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Players Division Team W L WPct GB Seattle 112 50 .691 -- Toronto 88 74 .543 24 Minnesota 83 79 .512 29 New York (A) 79 83 .488 33 Detroit 57 105 .352 55	Union Division Team W L WPct GB Kansas City 96 66 .593 -- Boston (A) 94 68 .580 2 Oakland 81 81 .500 15 Cleveland (A) 59 103 .364 37 Tampa Bay 54 108 .333 42

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-3)	Seattle Mariners over Cleveland (N) Spiders
AL League Series (4-0)	Seattle Mariners over Kansas City Royals
AL Divisional Series (4-1)	Seattle Mariners over Toronto Blue Jays
AL Divisional Series (4-3)	Kansas City Royals over Boston (A) Red Sox

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
BOS	5.0	807	162	5568	1434	250	32	172	663	1108	.258	.337	.407	.743
KCR	4.7	757	162	5490	1387	214	33	185	615	1230	.253	.328	.405	.733
SEM	4.7	754	162	5339	1325	212	54	115	643	941	.248	.329	.373	.702
OAK	4.2	678	162	5592	1447	234	28	129	502	1065	.259	.320	.380	.700
NYA	4.2	678	162	5533	1409	247	21	149	509	1021	.255	.317	.388	.705
TOR	4.1	667	162	5564	1434	285	19	124	493	938	.258	.318	.383	.701
MIN	4.0	641	162	5442	1381	232	27	108	443	944	.254	.310	.366	.676
TAM	3.6	589	162	5360	1225	196	31	123	513	1107	.229	.296	.346	.641
CLE	3.5	561	162	5398	1282	228	29	87	437	936	.237	.295	.339	.633
DET	2.9	476	162	5373	1144	219	39	103	371	1088	.213	.264	.326	.589
Totals	4.1	6608	1620	54659	13468	2317	313	1295	5189	10378	.246	.312	.371	.683
Average		661	162	5466	1347	232	31	130	519	1038

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
SEM	2.9	466	162	2.51	1460.0	1160	7.2	391	2.4	1017	6.3	30
MIN	3.7	607	162	3.49	1441.0	1313	8.1	446	2.8	1020	6.3	19
TOR	3.8	620	162	3.55	1464.3	1221	7.5	493	3.0	1227	7.6	35
KCR	3.8	623	162	3.45	1459.0	1336	8.2	446	2.8	1211	7.5	35
OAK	4.2	673	162	3.79	1459.7	1300	8.0	557	3.4	1155	7.1	20
NYA	4.2	678	162	3.77	1460.3	1340	8.3	515	3.2	1109	6.8	34
BOS	4.3	700	162	3.86	1465.0	1360	8.4	600	3.7	1069	6.6	26
CLE	4.5	721	162	4.06	1423.7	1404	8.7	563	3.5	935	5.8	24
DET	4.5	730	162	4.19	1449.7	1344	8.3	657	4.1	912	5.6	29
TAM	5.2	843	162	4.71	1433.3	1558	9.6	556	3.4	841	5.2	24
Totals	4.1	6661	1620	3.73	14516.0	13336	8.2	5224	3.2	10496	6.5	276
Average		666	162		1452	1334		522		1050		28

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
SEM	115	47	-3	7	10	5	2	1	16	0.88	0.89	2,346,000		Peter Fletcher
KCR	95	67	1	6	14	2	0	1	4	1.05	1.13	2,297,511		Ricky Sanford
NYA	81	81	-2	5	18	0	1	3	10	1.09	1.07	2,174,915		Jason Spiegel
TOR	86	76	2	3	14	1	4	1	8	1.01	0.89	960,117		Chuck Glidden
OAK	82	80	-1	2	13	8	4	1	18	0.89	0.81	2,167,628		Marwan Najdawi
BOS	91	71	3	1	10	7	0	0	13	0.99	1.00	2,106,092		Brian Rodgers
MIN	85	77	-2	1	13	0	6	2	16	0.92	0.85	2,298,544		Sam Mele
CLE	63	99	-4	0	11	0	0	1	4	0.97	1.03	1,135,688		Jason Morton
DET	51	111	6	0	6	0	1	1	20	1.13	1.30	1,273,174		Pie Traynor
TAM	55	107	-1	0	13	0	1	4	22	1.00	0.85	1,536,076		Jeff Randall

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
SEM	336	155.55	130.02	50.40	9.63	2.71	7.17	5.28	9.85	15.77
KCR	288	142.42	102.28	43.27	7.12	2.94	9.47	4.45	7.12	12.17
BOS	282	166.91	77.04	38.02	6.64	2.48	7.01	4.48	6.50	10.92
TOR	264	116.00	100.26	47.70	6.29	2.74	8.65	5.77	3.77	20.49
MIN	249	114.56	92.59	41.83	7.75	4.14	4.69	6.04	10.08	9.13
OAK	243	131.61	72.24	39.12	9.48	2.84	5.45	4.04	6.11	11.22
NYA	237	107.83	93.14	36.00	6.12	4.73	5.62	2.52	7.26	9.76
CLE	177	81.60	62.27	33.10	7.90	1.96	5.35	5.48	6.26	6.17
DET	171	40.41	85.77	44.80	5.88	4.12	5.44	3.73	8.85	16.80
TAM	162	98.59	41.13	22.23	5.66	0.94	3.60	3.30	4.25	4.50

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Harmon Killebrew	BOS	.293, 49 HR, 144 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Rollie Sheldon	SEM	26-12, 2.13, 342.3 IP, 254 K
Bronze Rookie:	Joe Foy	TAM	.314, 14 HR, 48 RBI
Gold Glove Winners
P	Aubrey Gatewood	DET	.961, 17 PO, 56 A, 3 E
C	Tim Talton	OAK	.996, 740 PO, 56 A, 3 E 48.7% (38-78) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Donn Clendenon	MIN	.994, 1443 PO, 112 A, 9 E
2B	Rod Carew	DET	.970, 282 PO, 552 A, 26 E
3B	Pete Rose	CLE	.969, 66 PO, 313 A, 12 E
SS	Phil Linz	NYA	.953, 170 PO, 588 A, 37 E
LF	Boog Powell	TOR	1.000, 251 PO, 6 A, 0 E
CF	Felix Mantilla	DET	.994, 351 PO, 5 A, 2 E
RF	Wes Covington	TOR	.993, 264 PO, 8 A, 2 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Causey KCR .322 Alou MIN .322 Pinson SEM .317 Powell TOR .314 Carew DET .311	On-Base Pct Powell TOR .404 Killebrew BOS .397 Burton NYA .393 Morgan SEM .391 Causey KCR .387	Slugging Pct Killebrew BOS .629 Allen KCR .540 Robinson NYA .531 Wagner OAK .516 White BOS .497	OPS Killebrew BOS 1.026 Robinson NYA .915 Allen KCR .897 Powell TOR .883 Wagner OAK .874
XR Killebrew BOS 126.9 Robinson NYA 105.9 Powell TOR 100.9 Causey KCR 99.7 Allen KCR 97.1	Games Robinson NYA 160 Burton NYA 158 Hadley DET 158 Torre MIN 158 Cepeda DET 157	At-Bats Alou MIN 628 Shannon KCR 624 White OAK 595 Hazle TOR 588 Schilling BOS 588	Runs Killebrew BOS 115 Morgan SEM 105 White OAK 105 Robinson NYA 104 Causey KCR 101
Hits Alou MIN 202 Causey KCR 188 Shannon KCR 186 Carew DET 182 Wagner OAK 179	Total Bases Killebrew BOS 356 Robinson NYA 307 Wagner OAK 299 Allen KCR 273 Causey KCR 273	Singles Alou MIN 166 Shannon KCR 145 Causey KCR 141 Schilling BOS 133 Cline TAM 129	Doubles Carew DET 39 Robinson NYA 39 Yastrzemski MIN 39 Hazle TOR 38 Lefebvre TOR 35
Triples Morgan SEM 12 Carew DET 10 Brown SEM 9 Buford SEM 9 Brandt KCR 7	Homeruns Killebrew BOS 49 Allen KCR 36 Wagner OAK 32 McCovey BOS 30 Bryan KCR 28	RBIs Killebrew BOS 144 Wagner OAK 106 White BOS 100 Brown SEM 92 Allen KCR 91	Stolen Bases Morgan SEM 66 Wood SEM 49 Campaneris SEM 43 Pinson SEM 43 Carew DET 38
Caught Stealing Morgan SEM 36 Cline TAM 19 Wood SEM 19 Buford SEM 16 Wills   16	Walks Morgan SEM 115 Killebrew BOS 98 Blanchard DET 87 Wynn KCR 87 Yastrzemski MIN 87	Strikeouts Nicholson KCR 155 Wynn KCR 153 Hadley DET 144 Robinson BOS 138 Elliot CLE 133

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Reniff SEM 2.08 Sheldon SEM 2.13 Chance SEM 2.28 Brunet MIN 2.63 Gelnar TOR 2.72	Wins Chance SEM 26 Sheldon SEM 26 Stephenson SEM 23 Carlton OAK 22 O'Toole NYA 22	Losses Pappas DET 27 Foytack TAM 24 Perry TAM 23 Baumann DET 20 Fisher TAM 20	Winning Pct Stephenson SEM .821 Chance SEM .743 Sutton KCR .692 Sheldon SEM .684 Boswell BOS .667
Saves Butters NYA 22 Fox TOR 21 Lyle DET 17 Segui BOS 15 Sanders MIN 14	Games Pitched Lyle DET 101 Beene DET 83 Sanders MIN 78 Sherry BOS 78 Butters NYA 76	Games Started Baumann DET 44 Brunet MIN 44 Moeller MIN 44 Chance SEM 43 Fisher TAM 43	Complete Games Moeller MIN 24 Wickersham MIN 24 Chance SEM 23 Carlton OAK 22 Sheldon SEM 22
Shutouts Chance SEM 9 Sheldon SEM 7 Drysdale TOR 4 Hoeft KCR 4 Wickersham MIN 4	Innings Pitched Chance SEM 355.7 Moeller MIN 351.7 Palmer BOS 342.3 Sheldon SEM 342.3 Wickersham MIN 332.3	Hits Allowed Palmer BOS 376 Fisher TAM 352 Wickersham MIN 327 Moeller MIN 319 Foytack TAM 316	Homeruns Allowed Conley MIN 39 Fisher TAM 36 Koufax OAK 35 Baumann DET 34 Drysdale TOR 34
Strikeouts Score BOS 373 Koufax OAK 340 Drysdale TOR 294 Sutton KCR 280 Murakami TOR 275	Walks Allowed Score BOS 157 Keriazakos CLE 149 Beamon DET 148 Koufax OAK 130 Pappas DET 129	Walks per 9IP Gelnar TOR 0.8 Sheldon SEM 0.8 Drysdale TOR 1.9 Hoeft KCR 2.0 Moeller MIN 2.0	Hits per 9IP Score BOS 5.9 Murakami TOR 6.0 Koufax OAK 6.1 Beamon DET 6.4 Reniff SEM 6.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Sutton KCR 10.8 Score BOS 10.7 Murakami TOR 10.3 Beamon DET 9.4 Koufax OAK 9.3	WHiP Gelnar TOR 0.86 Sheldon SEM 0.86 Sutton KCR 0.99 Murakami TOR 1.02 Drysdale TOR 1.02	OAVG Murakami TOR .187 Score BOS .187 Koufax OAK .192 Beamon DET .201 Reniff SEM .202	OOBP Sheldon SEM .232 Gelnar TOR .238 Sutton KCR .252 Murakami TOR .263 Drysdale TOR .265
OSLG Reniff SEM .261 Chance SEM .290 Qualters NYA .293 Sheldon SEM .298 Score BOS .320	OOPS Sheldon SEM .530 Reniff SEM .547 Chance SEM .558 Qualters NYA .568 Gelnar TOR .581

League All-Stars
Dick Allen	Gates Brown	Billy Bryan
Ellis Burton	Tom Butters	Johnny Callison
Wayne Causey	Dean Chance	Jim Dickson
Don Drysdale	Billy Hoeft	Harmon Killebrew
J.C. Martin	Joe Morgan	Vada Pinson
Hal Reniff	Earl Robinson	Ken Sanders
Mike Shannon	Rollie Sheldon	Bill Sorrell
Jerry Stephenson	Don Sutton	Leon Wagner
Roy White

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Billy Hoeft	KCR	$ 24,000,100
2.	Don Drysdale	TOR	$ 16,190,000
3.	Mickey Mantle	OAK	$ 14,000,000
4.	Harmon Killebrew	BOS	$ 13,930,000
5.	Tom Qualters	NYA	$ 13,600,000
6.	Jim Fregosi	OAK	$ 10,220,000
7.	Jim O'Toole	NYA	$ 9,260,000
8.	Joe Torre	MIN	$ 8,750,000
9.	Dean Chance	SEM	$ 8,000,000
	Ken Boyer	MIN	$ 8,000,000
	Ike Delock	CLE	$ 8,000,000
	Sandy Koufax	OAK	$ 8,000,000
13.	Orlando Cepeda	DET	$ 7,840,000
14.	Steve Hamilton	NYA	$ 7,500,000
15.	Norm Siebern	NYA	$ 7,350,000
16.	Frank Baumann	DET	$ 7,200,000
17.	Wes Covington	TOR	$ 7,100,000
18.	George Brunet	MIN	$ 6,800,000
19.	Herb Score	BOS	$ 6,650,000
20.	Willie McCovey	BOS	$ 6,500,000
	Leon Wagner	OAK	$ 6,500,000
22.	Gus Keriazakos	CLE	$ 6,300,000
	Milt Pappas	DET	$ 6,300,000
24.	Hal Reniff	SEM	$ 6,000,000
	Gene Conley	MIN	$ 6,000,000

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