1968 Cleveland (N) Spiders
Record: 102-60
Finish: 1st in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 808
Runs Allowed: 623
Exp W-L: 100-62
 
Ballpark: League Park
Attendance: 2,225,122
Manager: Shashank Misra

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 91-46, 1st in the National League
AA: 85-52, 1st in the National League
A: 76-61, 2nd in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 3-4 to Seattle Mariners
Won NL League Series 4-2 over New York (N) Giants
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over San Diego Padres
 
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
CF  Cookie Rojas 29 151 589 107 179 27 3 13 71 1 1 57 56 .304 .363 .426 .790 88.4 20.3 9.4
3B  Tony Perez 26 155 549 96 161 31 3 30 118 5 2 72 66 .293 .374 .525 .899 100.6 24.8 3.0
LF  Tommie Agee 25 143 542 78 153 37 3 18 96 11 10 50 110 .282 .343 .461 .804 77.8 17.2 3.6
LF  Cliff Cook 31 145 525 64 142 30 2 23 82 1 0 41 137 .270 .325 .467 .791 75.7 17.2 2.7
LF  Al Ferrara 28 154 506 80 142 20 1 23 81 2 1 44 90 .281 .341 .460 .801 79.0 18.1 2.6
SS #Tom Tresh 30 135 439 75 117 19 3 17 44 5 2 51 70 .267 .349 .440 .789 67.0 14.8 4.2
C *Bob Chance 27 130 413 47 107 11 1 13 67 0 0 37 95 .259 .316 .385 .701 52.2 9.0 3.4
1B *Ray Barker 32 106 315 34 91 10 0 12 41 0 0 23 82 .289 .342 .435 .777 44.8 9.8 2.0
CF  Cesar Tovar 27 105 315 52 106 18 5 1 37 14 4 12 11 .337 .361 .435 .796 43.3 10.3 3.6
C  Chris Cannizzaro 30 65 193 25 47 5 2 1 20 3 2 22 42 .244 .319 .306 .625 20.7 3.1 1.7
CF  Rick Reichardt 25 85 170 20 45 9 0 6 26 0 3 14 47 .265 .335 .424 .759 21.8 4.3 0.9
LF *Len Gabrielson 28 91 164 29 48 11 2 1 22 0 2 13 16 .293 .348 .402 .751 21.3 4.6 0.8
3B  George Scott 24 59 152 24 43 10 4 8 21 1 0 17 39 .283 .353 .559 .912 28.7 7.5 0.9
2B #Marty Martinez 26 61 134 24 34 1 0 2 9 0 1 22 18 .254 .357 .306 .663 16.5 2.9 1.8
P *Bill Landis 25 44 96 5 12 1 0 1 8 1 0 2 40 .125 .143 .167 .310 0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Bob Veale 32 44 96 7 13 4 0 1 9 0 0 3 31 .135 .162 .208 .370 2.0 0.0 0.0
P *Gary Peters 31 44 94 8 25 1 0 1 9 2 1 1 26 .266 .281 .309 .590 8.4 0.9 0.0
C  Randy Hundley 26 33 98 13 28 3 1 1 11 0 0 7 21 .286 .333 .367 .701 11.7 2.5 1.2
C  Jerry Grote 25 31 54 5 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 11 6 .167 .308 .204 .511 4.5 0.1 0.6
P #Ramon Hernandez 27 48 39 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 .103 .146 .103 .249 -0.5 0.0 0.0
CF  Ken Berry 27 21 37 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 .162 .262 .189 .451 1.7 0.0 0.2
P *Jim Derrington 28 62 38 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 17 .132 .154 .132 .285 -0.6 0.0 0.0
CF  Chico Salmon 27 23 35 5 11 3 1 0 2 1 1 2 5 .314 .351 .457 .808 3.9 0.6 0.5
P *Jim Shellenback 24 50 23 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 6 .087 .087 .261 .348 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Hoerner 31 98 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Denny Lemaster 29 6 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .067 .067 .067 .133 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Dukes 25 60 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 27.6 2149 5656 808 1533 255 31 173 786 48 30 508 1065 .271 .332 .419 .751 766.9 168.1 43.1
  Rank among 10 NL teams 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 1 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
*Bill Landis 25 21 10 .677 44 37 1 277.3 243 91 18 80 203 2.95 20.4
*Bob Veale 32 20 11 .645 44 37 0 270.7 207 81 14 98 224 2.69 21.4
*Gary Peters 31 16 10 .615 44 37 0 263.7 232 98 18 68 204 3.35 17.7
*Ramon Hernandez 27 13 8 .619 48 20 4 170.0 170 66 16 48 88 3.49 10.7
*Jim Derrington 28 9 5 .643 62 14 3 144.0 136 66 10 66 130 4.13 5.9
*Joe Hoerner 31 13 3 .813 98 4 18 143.7 119 54 13 39 93 3.38 15.4
*Jim Shellenback 24 6 8 .429 50 7 8 96.0 105 50 13 29 46 4.69 2.6
*Denny Lemaster 29 1 2 .333 6 6 0 40.3 49 21 8 15 34 4.69 0.4
 Tom Dukes 25 0 3 .000 60 0 1 33.7 48 33 6 23 26 8.82 0.0
*Ron Perranoski 32 3 0 1.000 22 0 0 21.7 27 15 4 4 9 6.23 0.3
 Cliff Cook 31 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 3 0 4.50 0.1
Team Totals 28.6 102 60 .630 479 162 35 1463.0 1337 576 120 473 1057 3.54 94.8
Rank among 10 NL teams 2 2 3 2 3 4 4 4 5 2 4  
* - 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
B.Chance 648.0 69 84 465 20 3 0 .994 27.8
C.Cannizzaro 369.3 42 49 274 13 2 0 .993 40.0
R.Hundley 262.0 31 32 204 8 0 0 1.000 23.5
J.Grote 135.7 15 19 102 3 1 1 .991 25.0
M.Martinez 48.0 5 9 32 3 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1463.0 162 193 1077 47 6 1 .995 31.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.25
R.Barker 700.3 85 88 850 48 6 76 .993 11.54
G.Scott 246.0 27 32 288 19 1 30 .997 11.23
B.Chance 194.3 20 25 242 10 2 21 .992 11.67
A.Ferrara 163.3 18 23 203 10 0 18 1.000 11.74
L.Gabrielson 71.0 6 14 87 6 0 8 1.000 11.79
C.Cannizzaro 54.0 6 8 69 5 0 5 1.000 12.33
T.Perez 32.0 0 13 34 0 0 5 1.000 9.56
C.Salmon 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.0 162 204 1773 98 9 163 .995 11.51
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.60
C.Rojas 1244.0 137 145 257 520 12 112 .985 5.62
M.Martinez 187.0 22 23 36 78 3 15 .974 5.49
C.Salmon 13.0 1 3 4 9 0 2 1.000 9.00
C.Tovar 10.0 1 2 1 7 0 2 1.000 7.20
T.Tresh 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.0 162 174 298 614 15 131 .984 5.61
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.88
T.Perez 1215.0 136 142 73 336 26 32 .940 3.03
T.Tresh 91.0 11 11 6 22 3 2 .903 2.77
G.Scott 77.0 6 16 3 23 0 1 1.000 3.04
M.Martinez 39.0 5 6 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.77
C.Tovar 18.0 2 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50
C.Salmon 16.0 2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.69
C.Cook 5.0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 7.20
L.Gabrielson 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1463.0 162 182 86 400 29 36 .944 2.99
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.98
T.Tresh 818.7 92 105 101 325 14 57 .968 4.68
C.Tovar 521.7 59 69 69 230 6 36 .980 5.16
C.Salmon 53.0 6 9 10 19 1 9 .967 4.92
M.Martinez 44.0 3 13 8 16 2 5 .923 4.91
C.Rojas 25.7 2 3 5 11 0 3 1.000 5.61
Team Total 1463.0 162 199 193 601 23 110 .972 4.88
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.77
A.Ferrara 1053.7 118 124 186 5 7 1 .965 1.63
L.Gabrielson 169.0 19 21 28 2 0 0 1.000 1.60
R.Reichardt 148.0 17 22 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.64
C.Tovar 48.3 5 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.93
K.Berry 27.0 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
C.Cook 8.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
T.Tresh 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Agee 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Martinez 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.0 162 189 251 8 7 1 .974 1.59
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.43
T.Agee 1191.0 133 134 285 6 6 4 .980 2.20
R.Reichardt 103.3 12 15 20 1 0 0 1.000 1.83
C.Tovar 99.0 11 12 24 1 0 1 1.000 2.27
T.Tresh 32.7 3 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.83
K.Berry 21.0 2 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 4.29
C.Rojas 14.0 1 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 5.79
C.Salmon 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.0 162 175 351 8 6 5 .984 2.21
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.87
C.Cook 1155.0 127 134 215 1 0 1 1.000 1.68
B.Chance 95.0 11 12 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
R.Reichardt 93.3 11 13 21 2 0 1 1.000 2.22
L.Gabrielson 61.7 8 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
K.Berry 23.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
A.Ferrara 20.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
T.Agee 12.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
C.Tovar 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Salmon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.0 162 184 278 3 0 2 1.000 1.73
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.05
B.Landis 277.3 37 44 12 37 0 3 1.000 1.59
B.Veale 270.7 37 44 9 68 5 7 .939 2.56
G.Peters 263.7 37 44 9 38 3 6 .940 1.60
R.Hernandez 170.0 20 48 13 29 0 9 1.000 2.22
J.Derrington 144.0 14 62 7 27 1 2 .971 2.13
J.Hoerner 143.7 4 98 9 20 3 3 .906 1.82
J.Shellenback 96.0 7 50 4 20 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Lemaster 40.3 6 6 5 5 0 1 1.000 2.23
T.Dukes 33.7 0 60 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.53
R.Perranoski 21.7 0 22 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.83
C.Cook 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1463.0 162 479 69 248 12 32 .964 1.95
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Rojas .304
On-Base Pct Perez .374
Slugging Pct Perez .525
OPS Perez .899
XR Perez 100.6
Games Perez 155
At-Bats Rojas 589
Runs Rojas 107
Hits Rojas 179
Total Bases Perez 288
Singles Rojas 136
Doubles Agee 37
Triples Tovar 5
Homeruns Perez 30
RBIs Perez 118
Stolen Bases Tovar 14
Caught Stealing Agee 10
Walks Perez 72
Strikeouts Cook 137
ERA Veale 2.69
Wins Landis 21
Losses Veale 11
Winning Pct Hoerner .813
Saves Hoerner 18
Games Pitched Hoerner 98
Games Started Landis, Peters, Veale 37
Complete Games Veale 5
Shutouts Veale 2
Innings Pitched Landis 277.3
Hits Allowed Landis 243
Homeruns Allowed Landis, Peters 18
Strikeouts Veale 224
Walks Allowed Veale 98
Walks per 9IP Peters 2.3
Hits per 9IP Veale 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Veale 7.4
WHiP Veale 1.13
OAVG Veale .207
OOBP Veale .279
OSLG Veale .303
OOPS Veale .582
Team All-Stars
Tommie Agee
Joe Hoerner
Bill Landis
Tony Perez
Gary Peters
Cookie Rojas
Tom Tresh
Bob Veale
Player Salaries
Tommie Agee $ 8,300,000
Cookie Rojas $ 7,100,000
Bob Veale $ 6,500,000
Al Ferrara $ 4,700,000
Cliff Cook $ 4,200,000
Joe Hoerner $ 3,957,143
Gary Peters $ 3,700,000
Tony Perez $ 3,021,429
Chris Cannizzaro $ 2,300,000
Tom Tresh $ 1,700,000
Ron Perranoski $ 1,312,688
Bob Chance $ 1,307,143
Ray Barker $ 1,300,000
Jack Kralick $ 1,018,923
Denny Lemaster $ 788,571
Ken Berry $ 642,857
Marty Martinez $ 577,143
Len Gabrielson $ 550,000
Joe Christopher $ 382,376
Leo Kiely $ 339,489
Whitey Herzog $ 323,987
Jerry Grote $ 310,000
Ramon Hernandez $ 300,000
Tom Dukes $ 300,000
Jim Derrington $ 300,000
Bill Landis $ 300,000
Rick Reichardt $ 300,000
Chico Salmon $ 300,000
George Scott $ 300,000
Jim Shellenback $ 300,000
Cesar Tovar $ 300,000
Randy Hundley $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Ron Perranoski
2/4 Signed     Joe Christopher
2/9 Signed     Whitey Herzog
2/11 Signed     Leo Kiely
7/31 Released Jay Hook    
7/31 Released Harry Fanok    
10/31 Released Earl Francis