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1968 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 84-78
Finish: 3rd in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 601
Runs Allowed: 587
Exp W-L: 83-79
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,868,207
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-69, 5th in the National League
AA: 57-80, 10th in the National League
A: 38-99, 10th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF  Tony Conigliaro 23 157 579 80 161 28 4 29 95 5 4 52 127 .278 .339 .491 .830 92.5 19.1 4.9
1B *Rusty Staub 24 157 549 61 137 23 1 13 69 0 3 66 34 .250 .332 .366 .698 67.7 10.7 3.7
1B *Joe Pepitone 27 146 544 60 149 22 4 12 60 10 11 45 52 .274 .330 .395 .725 63.8 9.8 5.1
LF  Mike Hershberger 28 151 535 40 126 14 7 1 41 8 4 33 31 .236 .281 .293 .575 44.0 3.5 8.1
2B  Johnny Goryl 34 151 512 63 120 32 2 16 53 0 0 43 98 .234 .295 .398 .694 56.0 7.8 5.8
2B *Don Blasingame 36 122 410 56 119 15 2 5 39 22 9 38 42 .290 .352 .373 .725 54.3 10.4 5.0
1B  Luis Aparicio 34 117 353 41 97 13 5 3 37 29 18 26 23 .275 .322 .365 .687 39.6 5.6 4.0
2B  Lee Walls 35 90 344 42 105 14 3 4 44 4 1 21 67 .305 .346 .398 .744 43.6 7.9 5.7
C *Jesse Gonder 32 80 247 28 57 8 1 4 20 0 0 12 51 .231 .271 .320 .591 19.2 0.7 1.3
SS  Rico Petrocelli 25 66 201 29 39 9 1 6 25 1 1 27 47 .194 .290 .338 .628 21.5 2.2 3.0
3B  Dick Howser 32 54 200 23 56 13 0 1 14 10 4 20 7 .280 .345 .360 .705 25.4 4.7 3.3
C  Bob Tillman 31 65 193 25 38 9 0 5 21 1 0 19 64 .197 .269 .321 .590 17.6 1.7 1.1
P  Luis Tiant 27 43 118 2 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 42 .085 .092 .102 .193 -3.8 0.0 0.0
C  Doc Edwards 31 33 114 7 30 3 0 0 10 0 0 3 24 .263 .282 .289 .572 7.9 0.3 0.6
CF  Al Kaline 33 77 109 13 37 9 0 2 18 0 0 7 17 .339 .381 .477 .858 18.5 4.4 1.2
P  Joe Horlen 30 43 111 3 17 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 26 .153 .153 .162 .315 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Cecil Butler 30 42 103 1 11 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 36 .107 .115 .117 .232 -2.6 0.0 0.0
1B *Tony Bartirome 36 58 60 9 20 1 0 0 10 2 0 2 6 .333 .355 .350 .705 6.6 1.0 0.2
P  Jerry Koosman 25 42 49 3 5 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 18 .102 .102 .163 .265 -0.8 0.0 0.0
RF  Pancho Herrera 34 43 45 3 12 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 12 .267 .327 .333 .660 4.3 0.7 0.0
P  Andy Messersmith 22 21 39 7 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .308 .308 .359 .667 4.3 0.7 0.0
CF  Bob Perry 33 15 19 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .211 .211 .263 .474 0.8 0.0 0.2
SS #Maury Wills 35 9 11 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 .273 .385 .273 .657 1.6 0.4 0.2
P  Don Lee 34 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
C  John Orsino 30 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Bo Belinsky 31 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ramon Monzant 35 69 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Camilo Pascual 34 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.8 1964 5455 601 1365 226 30 101 575 93 56 422 839 .250 .305 .358 .663 580.8 91.4 53.3
  Rank among 10 NL teams 9 7 7 6 4 9 7 1 10 7 1 5 6 8 8 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Luis Tiant 27 21 17 .553 43 43 0 362.7 312 111 23 65 257 2.75 33.5
 Joe Horlen 30 18 17 .514 43 43 0 326.7 275 108 22 110 245 2.98 28.2
 Cecil Butler 30 14 21 .400 42 42 0 315.7 266 130 42 81 276 3.71 16.9
*Jerry Koosman 25 9 9 .500 42 21 5 184.0 173 79 22 54 116 3.86 10.6
 Andy Messersmith 22 7 3 .700 21 13 1 112.3 117 53 15 56 84 4.25 6.6
 Ramon Monzant 35 4 3 .571 69 0 2 38.3 37 18 7 12 24 4.23 3.0
*Karl Spooner 37 0 2 .000 66 0 11 36.3 36 18 5 20 36 4.46 2.0
 Camilo Pascual 34 4 0 1.000 49 0 2 27.3 27 9 2 7 17 2.96 4.2
 Don Lee 34 2 3 .400 22 0 4 20.7 26 16 3 14 18 6.97 0.0
*Bo Belinsky 31 4 3 .571 35 0 2 17.3 15 9 4 7 20 4.67 1.6
 Bobby Bolin 29 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 4.7 2 1 0 6 3 1.93 0.7
Team Totals 30.4 84 78 .519 436 162 27 1446.0 1286 552 145 432 1096 3.44 107.3
Rank among 10 NL teams 5 5 8 5 7 2 8 2 3 1 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 33.8
J.Gonder 626.7 71 76 492 22 4 0 .992 21.4
B.Tillman 524.3 59 64 413 16 2 0 .995 14.3
D.Edwards 264.8 26 28 214 13 2 0 .991 36.8
J.Orsino 6.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
T.Bartirome 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1423.8 156 174 1123 51 8 0 .993 22.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.25
R.Staub 1316.7 148 151 1524 114 9 134 .995 11.20
L.Aparicio 84.0 10 10 102 13 0 4 1.000 12.32
T.Bartirome 12.7 1 8 8 2 0 1 1.000 7.11
J.Goryl 12.7 1 3 19 0 0 1 1.000 13.51
J.Gonder 9.0 1 3 12 0 0 2 1.000 12.00
P.Herrera 9.0 1 2 12 1 0 0 1.000 13.00
L.Walls 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
J.Pepitone 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Petrocelli 0.6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1446.6 162 180 1681 130 9 142 .995 11.27
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.60
L.Walls 708.3 76 80 146 265 10 65 .976 5.22
J.Goryl 323.0 36 38 49 122 5 24 .972 4.76
D.Howser 282.7 33 33 70 111 4 25 .978 5.76
D.Blasingame 277.0 32 35 55 100 2 18 .987 5.04
L.Aparicio 130.7 14 18 29 59 0 10 1.000 6.06
M.Wills 14.7 4 5 3 7 0 1 1.000 6.12
T.Bartirome 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1738.4 195 210 354 664 21 143 .980 5.27
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.88
J.Goryl 862.3 97 99 48 198 11 19 .957 2.57
R.Petrocelli 249.8 29 30 22 71 7 8 .930 3.35
D.Howser 139.8 17 18 7 35 1 4 .977 2.70
L.Aparicio 75.7 9 10 5 19 1 1 .960 2.85
D.Blasingame 16.0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.56
P.Herrera 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Walls 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Wills 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1347.2 154 161 82 324 20 32 .953 2.71
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.98
D.Blasingame 594.0 65 79 85 246 5 48 .985 5.02
L.Aparicio 347.7 40 45 37 134 4 12 .977 4.43
R.Petrocelli 300.4 34 35 41 135 3 22 .983 5.27
J.Goryl 18.0 1 6 2 14 0 1 1.000 8.00
M.Wills 11.0 3 3 2 4 0 1 1.000 4.91
D.Howser 3.9 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.92
P.Herrera 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1276.0 143 171 168 535 12 85 .983 4.96
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.77
J.Pepitone 1241.3 140 141 230 3 1 1 .996 1.69
L.Aparicio 89.7 10 12 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.41
L.Walls 45.6 4 5 6 0 1 0 .857 1.18
T.Bartirome 28.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
B.Perry 22.0 3 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.05
P.Herrera 16.0 2 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56
B.Belinsky 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Hershberger 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.6 162 169 258 4 2 1 .992 1.63
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.43
M.Hershberger 1275.0 149 150 335 6 4 1 .988 2.41
A.Kaline 160.0 12 38 39 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Perry 10.0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
J.Pepitone 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 193 376 7 4 1 .990 2.38
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.87
T.Conigliaro 1307.0 146 151 232 3 5 0 .979 1.62
L.Aparicio 90.0 10 12 14 0 1 0 .933 1.40
A.Kaline 40.3 5 6 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.79
T.Bartirome 8.7 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.12
Team Total 1446.0 162 172 256 4 6 0 .977 1.62
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.05
L.Tiant 362.7 43 43 22 58 4 3 .952 1.99
J.Horlen 326.7 43 43 16 69 2 5 .977 2.34
C.Butler 315.7 42 42 20 43 2 2 .969 1.80
J.Koosman 184.0 21 42 11 33 1 3 .978 2.15
A.Messersmith 112.3 13 21 7 21 3 3 .903 2.24
R.Monzant 38.3 0 69 0 9 0 0 1.000 2.11
K.Spooner 36.3 0 66 5 5 0 0 1.000 2.48
C.Pascual 27.3 0 49 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.66
D.Lee 20.7 0 22 2 7 0 2 1.000 3.92
B.Belinsky 17.3 0 35 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.08
B.Bolin 4.7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 436 83 251 12 18 .965 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Conigliaro .278
On-Base Pct Conigliaro .339
Slugging Pct Conigliaro .491
OPS Conigliaro .830
XR Conigliaro 92.5
Games Conigliaro, Staub 157
At-Bats Conigliaro 579
Runs Conigliaro 80
Hits Conigliaro 161
Total Bases Conigliaro 284
Singles Pepitone 111
Doubles Goryl 32
Triples Hershberger 7
Homeruns Conigliaro 29
RBIs Conigliaro 95
Stolen Bases Aparicio 29
Caught Stealing Aparicio 18
Walks Staub 66
Strikeouts Conigliaro 127
ERA Tiant 2.75
Wins Tiant 21
Losses Butler 21
Winning Pct Tiant .553
Saves Spooner 11
Games Pitched Monzant 69
Games Started Horlen, Tiant 43
Complete Games Tiant 27
Shutouts Horlen, Tiant 4
Innings Pitched Tiant 362.7
Hits Allowed Tiant 312
Homeruns Allowed Butler 42
Strikeouts Butler 276
Walks Allowed Horlen 110
Walks per 9IP Tiant 1.6
Hits per 9IP Horlen 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Butler 7.9
WHiP Tiant 1.04
OAVG Butler .225
OOBP Tiant .266
OSLG Horlen .332
OOPS Tiant .601
Team All-Stars
Tony Conigliaro
Player Salaries
Joe Horlen $ 5,350,000
Charlie Lau $ 4,200,000
Tony Conigliaro $ 3,628,571
Dick Howser $ 3,221,429
Ramon Monzant $ 3,150,000
Joe Pepitone $ 3,135,714
Cecil Butler $ 2,780,000
Johnny Goryl $ 2,350,000
Rusty Staub $ 2,285,714
Don Blasingame $ 1,710,000
Mike Hershberger $ 1,378,571
Maury Wills $ 1,000,000
Camilo Pascual $ 1,000,000
Don Lee $ 999,999
Al Kaline $ 850,000
Jim Coates $ 595,000
Tony Bartirome $ 512,000
John Orsino $ 350,000
Bob Tillman $ 350,000
Bob Perry $ 350,000
Bob Farley $ 350,000
Doc Edwards $ 350,000
Bo Belinsky $ 350,000
Bobby Bolin $ 300,000
Jesse Gonder $ 300,000
Luis Aparicio $ 300,000
Karl Spooner $ 300,000
Luis Tiant $ 300,000
Jerry Koosman $ 300,000
Andy Messersmith $ 300,000
Pancho Herrera $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/16 Signed     Al Kaline
2/16 Signed     Jesse Gonder
2/17 Signed     Tony Bartirome
7/31 Traded Rico Petrocelli San Diego Dick Howser
7/31 Traded Jerry Nyman Tampa Bay Maury Wills
7/31 Traded Lee Walls Tampa Bay Jim Coates
7/31 Traded Russ Gibson Toronto Doc Edwards
 
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