1968 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 94-68
Finish: 2nd in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 807
Runs Allowed: 700
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 2,106,092
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-79, 9th in the American League
AA: 63-74, 9th in the American League
A: 54-83, 9th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Kansas City Royals
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
2B  Chuck Schilling 30 152 588 95 171 30 4 4 35 0 1 77 92 .291 .376 .376 .752 81.0 18.0 5.9
3B  Harmon Killebrew 32 153 566 115 166 33 5 49 144 0 0 98 109 .293 .397 .629 1.026 126.9 34.3 3.4
1B *Willie McCovey 30 148 478 73 95 16 1 30 91 0 1 72 133 .199 .303 .425 .728 66.8 11.5 1.9
RF  Frank Robinson 32 147 475 70 109 23 0 22 76 2 0 62 138 .229 .322 .417 .739 66.4 13.1 2.8
CF *Bill White 34 143 475 76 137 24 6 21 100 9 2 47 72 .288 .348 .497 .845 78.8 18.5 2.4
C *Jake Gibbs 29 119 400 54 120 9 1 8 41 3 7 58 39 .300 .388 .388 .775 61.1 14.3 3.9
2B  Paul Schaal 25 134 389 48 110 15 1 5 52 0 2 53 39 .283 .368 .365 .733 53.2 11.2 3.7
SS  Jerry Adair 31 124 382 43 104 21 4 9 54 0 0 25 74 .272 .318 .419 .737 48.7 10.0 4.0
C  Jack Hiatt 25 113 315 51 77 18 1 1 25 1 2 55 89 .244 .356 .317 .673 39.1 7.0 2.7
3B *Mack Jones 29 85 253 40 69 8 3 7 46 3 4 21 58 .273 .333 .411 .744 32.2 6.1 1.4
SS  Ken Hamlin 33 99 224 26 52 18 0 0 18 1 0 41 21 .232 .351 .313 .663 27.1 5.0 2.2
RF *Steve Whitaker 25 81 245 34 74 14 4 13 43 0 2 18 49 .302 .348 .551 .900 43.0 11.0 1.6
LF  Chuck Hinton 34 90 221 33 64 8 1 3 25 7 4 15 36 .290 .335 .376 .710 25.2 4.9 1.2
P  Jim Palmer 22 42 124 10 21 5 1 0 9 0 0 1 38 .169 .176 .226 .402 2.6 0.0 0.0
P *Herb Score 35 42 102 6 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 44 .088 .131 .098 .229 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Boswell 23 37 93 5 20 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 25 .215 .240 .226 .465 4.6 0.0 0.0
3B  Ed Spiezio 26 23 58 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 14 .086 .143 .103 .246 -1.9 0.0 0.5
3B  Ed Charles 35 44 53 10 16 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 10 .302 .367 .358 .725 7.7 1.6 0.4
P  Tommy John 25 43 44 2 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 8 .091 .109 .114 .222 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Danny Frisella 22 16 36 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .056 .056 .056 .111 -2.4 0.0 0.0
C *Russ Nixon 33 10 18 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .167 .211 .222 .433 0.7 0.0 0.1
P  Larry Sherry 32 78 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.8 0.1 0.0
CF *Don Landrum 32 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Ed Connolly 28 42 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.3 0.0
P  Dave Leonhard 27 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Gary Bell 31 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jerry Johnson 24 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Diego Segui 30 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Hamilton 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.1 2065 5568 807 1434 250 32 172 780 27 25 663 1108 .258 .337 .407 .743 759.7 166.9 38.0
  Rank among 10 AL teams 2 1 3 2 4 2 1 10 2 1 9 3 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Jim Palmer 22 18 17 .514 42 42 0 342.3 376 141 16 83 140 3.71 16.1
*Herb Score 35 22 14 .611 42 42 0 312.7 206 106 30 157 373 3.05 22.3
 Dave Boswell 23 18 9 .667 37 37 0 265.7 201 81 19 127 204 2.74 22.3
*Tommy John 25 11 9 .550 43 19 2 166.3 204 91 25 53 76 4.92 3.0
 Larry Sherry 32 5 5 .500 78 6 3 107.3 92 47 15 43 84 3.94 6.2
 Danny Frisella 22 7 7 .500 16 16 0 107.3 112 59 17 49 76 4.95 1.2
 Diego Segui 30 7 5 .583 39 0 15 44.3 46 19 8 13 37 3.86 4.7
*Ed Connolly 28 3 2 .600 32 0 3 43.7 40 29 6 33 36 5.98 0.0
 Gary Bell 31 0 0 .000 20 0 1 31.0 29 16 1 17 24 4.65 0.8
 Dave Leonhard 27 2 0 1.000 19 0 1 23.3 37 24 6 11 6 9.26 0.0
 Jerry Johnson 24 1 0 1.000 16 0 1 20.0 14 12 3 13 13 5.40 0.4
 Jack Hamilton 29 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.7 3 3 1 1 0 16.27 0.0
Team Totals 27.3 94 68 .580 385 162 26 1465.6 1360 628 147 600 1069 3.86 77.0
Rank among 10 AL teams 3 3 6 3 1 8 6 7 9 5 7  
* - 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 .991 36.5
J.Gibbs 838.0 89 105 641 52 8 1 .989 34.4
J.Hiatt 611.7 71 74 457 33 5 1 .990 38.3
R.Nixon 16.0 2 2 7 2 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1465.7 162 181 1105 87 13 2 .989 35.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.19
W.McCovey 1104.0 126 129 1183 86 12 116 .991 10.35
B.White 243.7 26 30 274 37 2 24 .994 11.49
K.Hamlin 33.0 4 4 31 4 1 5 .972 9.55
J.Hiatt 31.0 3 4 25 0 1 2 .962 7.26
F.Robinson 29.0 3 4 21 2 0 3 1.000 7.14
E.Spiezio 11.0 0 2 13 0 0 0 1.000 10.64
C.Hinton 8.0 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
H.Killebrew 4.0 0 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
C.Schilling 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1465.7 162 182 1557 130 16 151 .991 10.36
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.51
C.Schilling 877.3 98 99 184 336 3 71 .994 5.33
P.Schaal 360.0 41 46 78 148 4 31 .983 5.65
K.Hamlin 152.7 16 23 30 61 2 14 .978 5.36
J.Adair 74.7 7 14 16 30 3 6 .939 5.55
E.Charles 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 183 308 575 12 122 .987 5.42
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.70
P.Schaal 572.0 66 68 35 134 9 8 .949 2.66
H.Killebrew 542.7 61 62 34 109 7 8 .953 2.37
E.Spiezio 135.7 17 18 10 28 1 0 .974 2.52
K.Hamlin 128.0 11 24 10 21 0 3 1.000 2.18
E.Charles 87.3 7 19 4 23 0 2 1.000 2.78
Team Total 1465.7 162 191 93 315 17 21 .960 2.51
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.95
J.Adair 831.3 94 97 118 309 9 60 .979 4.62
C.Schilling 437.0 49 51 60 149 5 31 .977 4.30
K.Hamlin 169.3 17 26 24 66 5 20 .947 4.78
B.White 17.0 2 2 5 8 0 2 1.000 6.88
E.Spiezio 6.0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.00
E.Charles 4.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75
C.Hinton 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 180 210 537 19 114 .975 4.59
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.68
H.Killebrew 748.3 84 85 169 3 0 0 1.000 2.07
F.Robinson 291.0 33 38 59 4 0 2 1.000 1.95
S.Whitaker 268.0 31 32 54 0 1 0 .982 1.81
B.White 61.0 5 12 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.33
M.Jones 44.0 5 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.23
K.Hamlin 25.3 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.78
W.McCovey 12.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
C.Hinton 12.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Landrum 4.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1465.7 162 191 307 7 2 2 .994 1.93
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.22
M.Jones 511.7 56 64 135 0 4 0 .971 2.37
C.Hinton 432.7 51 53 105 3 4 1 .964 2.25
F.Robinson 267.7 29 36 71 0 3 0 .959 2.39
S.Whitaker 132.0 14 19 45 3 0 0 1.000 3.27
B.White 62.0 6 11 19 1 3 0 .870 2.90
K.Hamlin 45.7 5 8 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.96
D.Landrum 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
E.Connolly 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1465.6 162 194 392 7 14 1 .966 2.45
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.82
B.White 673.0 74 76 145 9 12 3 .928 2.06
F.Robinson 524.0 60 63 114 4 1 1 .992 2.03
S.Whitaker 176.0 18 25 38 2 1 0 .976 2.05
K.Hamlin 53.0 7 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.19
C.Hinton 38.0 3 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
E.Connolly 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.7 162 180 310 15 14 4 .959 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.08
J.Palmer 342.3 42 42 28 67 0 7 1.000 2.50
H.Score 312.7 42 42 12 41 2 4 .964 1.53
D.Boswell 265.7 37 37 15 41 0 2 1.000 1.90
T.John 166.3 19 43 15 34 0 2 1.000 2.65
L.Sherry 107.3 6 78 11 18 1 1 .967 2.43
D.Frisella 107.3 16 16 7 20 0 4 1.000 2.26
D.Segui 44.3 0 39 2 5 1 0 .875 1.42
E.Connolly 43.7 0 32 5 5 0 2 1.000 2.06
G.Bell 31.0 0 20 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.74
D.Leonhard 23.3 0 19 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.39
J.Johnson 20.0 0 16 4 2 0 0 1.000 2.70
J.Hamilton 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.6 162 385 102 237 4 22 .988 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Killebrew .293
On-Base Pct Killebrew .397
Slugging Pct Killebrew .629
OPS Killebrew 1.026
XR Killebrew 126.9
Games Killebrew 153
At-Bats Schilling 588
Runs Killebrew 115
Hits Schilling 171
Total Bases Killebrew 356
Singles Schilling 133
Doubles Killebrew 33
Triples White 6
Homeruns Killebrew 49
RBIs Killebrew 144
Stolen Bases White 9
Caught Stealing Gibbs 7
Walks Killebrew 98
Strikeouts Robinson 138
ERA Boswell 2.74
Wins Score 22
Losses Palmer 17
Winning Pct Boswell .667
Saves Segui 15
Games Pitched Sherry 78
Games Started Palmer, Score 42
Complete Games Palmer 21
Shutouts Palmer 3
Innings Pitched Palmer 342.3
Hits Allowed Palmer 376
Homeruns Allowed Score 30
Strikeouts Score 373
Walks Allowed Score 157
Walks per 9IP Palmer 2.2
Hits per 9IP Score 5.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Score 10.7
WHiP Score 1.16
OAVG Score .187
OOBP Score .289
OSLG Score .320
OOPS Score .609
Team All-Stars
Harmon Killebrew
Player Salaries
Harmon Killebrew $ 13,930,000
Herb Score $ 6,650,000
Willie McCovey $ 6,500,000
Larry Sherry $ 5,000,000
Frank Robinson $ 4,900,000
Chuck Schilling $ 4,515,000
Bill White $ 4,500,000
Mack Jones $ 2,928,571
Jerry Adair $ 1,750,000
Tommy John $ 1,450,000
Ken Hamlin $ 1,000,000
Diego Segui $ 874,286
Gary Bell $ 710,000
Jake Gibbs $ 685,714
Ed Charles $ 650,000
John Wyatt $ 510,000
Russ Nixon $ 500,000
Ed Connolly $ 350,000
Lindy McDaniel $ 350,000
Danny Frisella $ 300,000
Dave Boswell $ 300,000
Jack Hamilton $ 300,000
Jack Hiatt $ 300,000
Jerry Johnson $ 300,000
Dave Leonhard $ 300,000
Jim Palmer $ 300,000
Paul Schaal $ 300,000
Ed Spiezio $ 300,000
Steve Whitaker $ 300,000
Don Landrum $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Rich Nye Montreal Danny Frisella
2/7 Signed     Chuck Schilling
2/9 Signed     Ed Charles
2/12 Signed     Ken Hamlin
2/12 Signed     Russ Nixon
4/2 Traded John Tsitouris Montreal Chuck Hinton
$2,000,000
10/31 Released Chuck Hinton