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1968 Detroit Tigers
Record: 57-105
Finish: 5th in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 476
Runs Allowed: 730
Exp W-L: 51-111
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,273,174
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 7th in the American League
AA: 68-69, 4th in the American League
A: 64-73, 6th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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
2B *Rod Carew 22 155 586 70 182 39 10 5 39 38 15 47 66 .311 .361 .437 .798 88.7 14.8 4.8
DH  Orlando Cepeda 30 157 582 69 154 31 2 24 77 2 0 51 98 .265 .325 .448 .774 75.7 10.4 4.4
1B *Kent Hadley 33 158 553 45 103 21 4 10 50 0 0 49 144 .186 .250 .293 .543 37.2 0.0 3.8
RF  George Alusik 33 156 556 55 132 29 3 17 64 0 1 32 89 .237 .280 .392 .672 57.5 5.4 4.8
CF  Felix Mantilla 33 157 556 46 117 20 1 14 53 0 0 28 100 .210 .255 .326 .581 44.6 2.1 6.5
C *Johnny Blanchard 35 150 478 54 89 17 5 21 61 0 0 87 124 .186 .317 .374 .691 62.3 7.1 5.0
SS *Tom Matchick 24 122 363 19 69 9 4 1 21 6 5 16 67 .190 .224 .245 .469 16.5 0.0 4.3
SS  Clete Boyer 31 109 338 23 65 15 2 5 20 7 6 14 69 .192 .228 .293 .521 19.0 0.0 4.9
3B #Chico Ruiz 29 79 216 18 43 5 1 0 10 7 2 3 39 .199 .209 .231 .441 7.9 0.0 1.5
3B  Johnny Schaive 34 96 213 16 44 9 3 1 22 0 0 4 31 .207 .219 .291 .510 10.3 0.0 0.9
SS  Eddie Kasko 36 99 165 7 39 9 0 1 13 0 0 8 31 .236 .280 .309 .589 11.7 0.4 1.5
C *Frank House 38 50 124 8 20 3 0 0 4 1 2 10 31 .161 .224 .185 .409 3.3 0.0 0.8
CF  Jack Reed 35 61 107 12 20 1 3 1 8 10 5 5 19 .187 .226 .280 .506 6.7 0.0 0.6
P  Milt Pappas 29 43 102 5 12 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 44 .118 .135 .157 .291 -0.9 0.0 0.0
SS #Pumpsie Green 34 62 93 14 17 4 0 3 7 1 1 11 27 .183 .264 .323 .587 8.4 0.3 0.6
P *Frank Baumann 34 44 96 9 15 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 28 .156 .163 .167 .330 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Charlie Beamon 33 36 81 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 25 .111 .111 .123 .235 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Aubrey Gatewood 29 34 74 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 29 .081 .104 .095 .198 -2.3 0.0 0.0
1B  Roman Mejias 37 27 57 1 7 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 17 .123 .180 .158 .338 0.8 0.0 0.4
P  Tommie Sisk 26 46 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P #Fred Beene 25 83 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Sparky Lyle 23 101 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Craig Anderson 29 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Jeff James 26 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Ray 23 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 2086 5373 476 1144 219 39 103 464 73 38 371 1088 .213 .266 .326 .591 443.2 40.4 44.8
  Rank among 10 AL teams 8 10 10 7 2 9 10 6 5 10 7 10 10 10 10 10  
* - 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
 Milt Pappas 29 12 27 .308 43 43 0 319.7 303 150 31 129 152 4.22 15.8
*Frank Baumann 34 11 20 .355 44 44 0 311.0 274 136 34 124 251 3.94 19.6
 Charlie Beamon 33 9 18 .333 36 36 0 243.3 173 105 25 148 255 3.88 15.8
 Aubrey Gatewood 29 9 17 .346 34 34 0 232.0 262 126 22 105 61 4.89 2.7
*Sparky Lyle 23 5 5 .500 101 0 17 121.7 110 48 11 54 72 3.55 16.6
 Fred Beene 25 9 7 .563 83 1 10 112.0 104 52 8 41 67 4.18 12.1
 Tommie Sisk 26 1 9 .100 46 4 2 71.0 75 41 3 40 30 5.20 0.0
 Jim Ray 23 1 2 .333 27 0 0 18.0 29 12 3 13 12 6.00 0.0
 Craig Anderson 29 0 0 .000 9 0 0 11.7 7 1 0 0 8 0.77 2.3
 Jeff James 26 0 0 .000 25 0 0 10.0 7 4 2 3 4 3.60 1.0
Team Totals 27.7 57 105 .352 448 162 29 1450.3 1344 675 139 657 912 4.19 85.8
Rank among 10 AL teams 9 9 5 9 7 7 5 9 10 9 9  
* - 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.Blanchard 1202.0 132 142 799 73 7 3 .992 32.5
F.House 248.3 30 33 143 12 1 0 .994 12.1
Team Total 1450.3 162 175 942 85 8 3 .992 27.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.19
K.Hadley 1302.0 147 150 1556 113 12 131 .993 11.54
E.Kasko 85.0 10 11 99 10 2 12 .982 11.54
R.Mejias 44.0 5 5 50 5 0 7 1.000 11.25
O.Cepeda 10.3 0 4 15 0 0 4 1.000 13.07
R.Carew 4.0 0 2 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25
J.Reed 3.0 0 1 4 1 1 1 .833 15.00
C.Ruiz 1.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
T.Matchick 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 176 1731 129 15 156 .992 11.54
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.51
R.Carew 1303.3 146 151 282 552 26 114 .970 5.76
E.Kasko 135.0 16 18 30 66 2 11 .980 6.40
P.Green 11.0 0 2 4 2 0 0 1.000 4.91
C.Ruiz 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 172 317 620 28 125 .971 5.81
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.70
T.Matchick 509.0 64 64 38 117 3 14 .981 2.74
C.Ruiz 445.0 54 57 31 112 6 11 .960 2.89
J.Schaive 420.3 38 77 20 87 5 6 .955 2.29
P.Green 54.0 6 11 7 10 0 2 1.000 2.83
E.Kasko 19.0 0 11 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.95
F.Mantilla 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 221 97 328 14 33 .968 2.64
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.95
C.Boyer 879.0 108 109 136 344 9 66 .982 4.91
T.Matchick 466.0 54 56 78 201 5 31 .982 5.39
E.Kasko 49.3 0 29 13 29 0 5 1.000 7.66
P.Green 29.0 0 13 5 8 1 2 .929 4.03
C.Ruiz 17.0 0 8 3 11 0 2 1.000 7.41
F.Mantilla 9.0 0 4 3 5 1 3 .889 8.00
F.House 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 220 238 598 16 109 .981 5.19
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.68
O.Cepeda 1319.7 147 149 245 13 2 2 .992 1.76
J.Reed 101.3 12 13 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.24
R.Mejias 24.0 3 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.75
K.Hadley 5.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 166 261 13 3 2 .989 1.70
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.22
F.Mantilla 1298.7 149 151 351 5 2 1 .994 2.47
P.Green 92.3 10 15 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.66
J.Reed 37.3 1 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
R.Mejias 18.0 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50
C.Ruiz 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Matchick 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 179 382 5 2 1 .995 2.40
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.82
G.Alusik 1297.0 147 153 259 14 1 3 .996 1.89
J.Reed 94.0 11 15 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
R.Mejias 34.0 4 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
K.Hadley 13.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.Blanchard 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Ruiz 4.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
T.Matchick 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 182 292 14 1 3 .997 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.08
M.Pappas 319.7 43 43 20 74 5 6 .949 2.65
F.Baumann 311.0 44 44 17 37 1 4 .982 1.56
C.Beamon 243.3 36 36 11 34 0 3 1.000 1.66
A.Gatewood 232.0 34 34 17 56 3 4 .961 2.83
S.Lyle 121.7 0 101 3 26 0 1 1.000 2.15
F.Beene 112.0 1 83 11 21 0 3 1.000 2.57
T.Sisk 71.0 4 46 6 12 0 2 1.000 2.28
J.Ray 18.0 0 27 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50
C.Anderson 11.7 0 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.77
J.James 10.0 0 25 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1450.3 162 448 85 266 9 24 .975 2.18
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Carew .311
On-Base Pct Carew .361
Slugging Pct Cepeda .448
OPS Carew .798
XR Carew 88.7
Games Hadley 158
At-Bats Carew 586
Runs Carew 70
Hits Carew 182
Total Bases Cepeda 261
Singles Carew 128
Doubles Carew 39
Triples Carew 10
Homeruns Cepeda 24
RBIs Cepeda 77
Stolen Bases Carew 38
Caught Stealing Carew 15
Walks Blanchard 87
Strikeouts Hadley 144
ERA Beamon 3.88
Wins Pappas 12
Losses Pappas 27
Winning Pct Beene .563
Saves Lyle 17
Games Pitched Lyle 101
Games Started Baumann 44
Complete Games Pappas 12
Shutouts Pappas 2
Innings Pitched Pappas 319.7
Hits Allowed Pappas 303
Homeruns Allowed Baumann 34
Strikeouts Beamon 255
Walks Allowed Beamon 148
Walks per 9IP Baumann 3.6
Hits per 9IP Beamon 6.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Beamon 9.4
WHiP Baumann 1.28
OAVG Beamon .201
OOBP Baumann .313
OSLG Beamon .345
OOPS Beamon .667
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Orlando Cepeda $ 7,840,000
Frank Baumann $ 7,200,000
Milt Pappas $ 6,300,000
Charlie Beamon $ 5,500,000
Frank House $ 1,900,000
George Alusik $ 1,350,000
Kent Hadley $ 1,000,000
Felix Mantilla $ 1,000,000
Johnny Blanchard $ 450,000
Pedro Ramos $ 435,714
Roman Mejias $ 400,000
Jack Reed $ 350,000
Craig Anderson $ 300,000
Johnny Schaive $ 300,000
Chico Ruiz $ 300,000
Fred Beene $ 300,000
Clete Boyer $ 300,000
Jeff James $ 300,000
Aubrey Gatewood $ 300,000
Tom Matchick $ 300,000
Pumpsie Green $ 300,000
Jim Ray $ 300,000
Tommie Sisk $ 300,000
Eddie Kasko $ 300,000
Sparky Lyle $ 300,000
Rod Carew $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Herman Starrette
Jerry Lumpe
Walt Bond		 Washington Aubrey Gatewood
Pedro Gonzalez
Chico Ruiz
2/3 Traded Al Jackson San Diego Frank Baumann
2/3 Traded Roberto Clemente Toronto Tom Matchick
Jim Ray
3/3 Traded Bobby Del Greco San Diego Milt Pappas
George Alusik
Jack Reed
$2,000,000
3/3 Traded Gene Conley
Orlando Pena
Pedro Gonzalez		 Minnesota Pedro Ramos
4/2 Traded Gordy Coleman New York (A) Craig Anderson
5/1 Signed     Eddie Kasko
5/1 Signed     Johnny Schaive
5/1 Signed     Pumpsie Green
5/1 Signed     Clete Boyer
 
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