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1968 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 60-102
Finish: 5th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 540
Runs Allowed: 692
Exp W-L: 63-99
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,002,563
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-61, 2nd in the National League
AA: 62-75, 8th in the National League
A: 107-30, 1st in the National League
 
 
 
 
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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  Felix Millan 24 152 617 71 179 32 6 6 53 3 2 29 14 .290 .324 .391 .714 74.1 12.0 3.0
CF  Cleon Jones 25 158 583 66 159 22 5 7 40 4 1 39 100 .273 .322 .364 .686 66.0 9.5 1.9
2B  Nelson Mathews 26 148 503 57 97 24 2 18 61 0 0 63 138 .193 .285 .356 .641 52.2 4.5 5.0
C  Johnny Bench 20 151 518 61 123 34 2 16 60 0 0 55 110 .237 .311 .403 .715 59.9 7.7 8.6
LF  Brant Alyea 27 151 471 47 108 22 1 16 63 0 0 50 105 .229 .303 .382 .685 54.6 6.7 3.9
1B *Willie Smith 29 143 449 53 127 25 3 10 72 1 1 16 80 .283 .304 .419 .723 52.2 7.2 1.9
SS  Jerry Kindall 33 149 435 26 70 16 2 5 27 0 0 26 109 .161 .211 .241 .452 17.3 0.0 4.0
CF  Amos Otis 21 131 435 44 102 17 1 16 53 10 1 28 73 .234 .280 .389 .669 47.3 5.5 5.4
RF  Bobby Bonds 22 77 255 23 50 3 1 5 18 2 2 27 83 .196 .282 .275 .557 21.1 0.8 1.9
CF  Charlie James 30 93 203 17 42 9 2 4 13 0 0 7 37 .207 .233 .330 .563 11.0 0.0 1.3
CF  Billy Cowan 29 107 170 27 38 5 1 8 25 1 1 3 53 .224 .237 .406 .643 14.2 0.8 0.6
C *John Stephenson 27 74 140 9 25 7 0 1 10 0 0 13 12 .179 .258 .250 .508 7.8 0.0 1.6
P  Phil Niekro 29 42 111 5 17 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 13 .153 .175 .189 .365 2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Tony Cloninger 27 42 112 3 17 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 42 .152 .152 .161 .313 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Nolan Ryan 21 43 95 5 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 40 .116 .125 .116 .241 -2.0 0.0 0.0
2B  George Williams 28 59 95 6 18 4 0 0 3 1 0 9 21 .189 .267 .232 .498 5.7 0.0 0.7
P  Fergie Jenkins 25 36 88 1 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 29 .136 .165 .148 .313 0.4 0.0 0.0
2B  Leo Burke 34 62 88 8 19 2 0 2 4 0 0 7 22 .216 .281 .307 .588 8.2 0.8 0.7
C *John Sullivan 27 51 84 5 22 4 0 0 4 0 0 6 15 .262 .311 .310 .621 6.8 0.6 1.1
P  Jim McAndrew 24 32 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  George Culver 24 81 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Gibson 32 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Cisco Carlos 27 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 26.6 2010 5463 540 1236 232 26 114 519 22 8 383 1102 .226 .279 .341 .620 498.4 56.1 41.8
  Rank among 10 NL teams 8 9 10 4 7 8 9 10 1 10 10 10 10 9 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
 Phil Niekro 29 12 21 .364 42 42 0 347.0 302 126 29 111 214 3.27 24.6
 Tony Cloninger 27 14 21 .400 41 41 0 326.7 326 142 34 86 179 3.91 17.2
 Nolan Ryan 21 14 17 .452 43 43 0 300.0 212 112 25 175 342 3.36 21.1
 Fergie Jenkins 25 9 21 .300 34 34 0 266.3 272 137 34 73 180 4.63 7.0
 George Culver 24 7 7 .500 63 2 10 65.0 69 38 4 34 33 5.26 2.8
 Bob Heffner 29 4 6 .400 62 0 14 63.3 61 25 5 23 41 3.55 7.8
 Jim McAndrew 24 0 5 .000 32 0 1 46.7 62 34 7 12 28 6.56 0.0
 Cisco Carlos 27 0 4 .000 17 0 0 19.7 24 14 4 8 8 6.41 0.0
 Bob Gibson 32 0 0 .000 7 0 1 8.7 5 1 0 4 7 1.04 1.7
Team Totals 26.4 60 102 .370 341 162 26 1443.3 1333 629 142 526 1032 3.92 82.1
Rank among 10 NL teams 9 9 9 9 9 3 6 6 7 3 6  
* - 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.Bench 1150.7 128 141 821 53 2 1 .998 37.5
J.Stephenson 157.0 18 23 113 11 1 0 .992 35.7
J.Sullivan 135.7 16 19 111 5 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1443.3 162 183 1045 69 3 1 .997 36.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.25
C.Jones 843.7 95 101 904 60 15 73 .985 10.28
W.Smith 404.0 46 52 415 32 2 29 .996 9.96
B.Cowan 147.3 16 21 170 6 2 8 .989 10.75
J.Stephenson 29.0 3 5 35 3 0 0 1.000 11.79
J.Sullivan 17.0 2 2 15 0 1 0 .938 7.94
N.Mathews 2.3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 11.59
Team Total 1443.3 162 182 1542 101 20 110 .988 10.25
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.60
F.Millan 1268.0 144 149 256 473 17 80 .977 5.17
G.Williams 113.7 12 19 24 48 4 11 .947 5.70
L.Burke 61.7 6 9 11 24 2 3 .946 5.11
Team Total 1443.3 162 177 291 545 23 94 .973 5.21
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.88
N.Mathews 1232.3 140 146 76 272 11 18 .969 2.54
J.Stephenson 138.7 15 27 10 20 1 0 .968 1.95
L.Burke 43.0 5 8 5 6 0 1 1.000 2.30
G.Williams 29.3 2 9 1 8 1 0 .900 2.76
Team Total 1443.3 162 190 92 306 13 19 .968 2.48
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.98
J.Kindall 1195.0 147 148 157 443 19 65 .969 4.52
L.Burke 136.3 9 42 24 42 2 10 .971 4.36
G.Williams 110.0 6 31 13 32 1 4 .978 3.68
C.James 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1443.3 162 222 194 519 22 79 .970 4.45
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.77
B.Alyea 661.7 76 79 151 1 11 0 .933 2.07
W.Smith 438.0 47 58 91 0 0 0 1.000 1.87
C.James 291.0 35 37 54 1 1 0 .982 1.70
B.Cowan 44.0 4 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
C.Jones 5.7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
B.Gibson 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
J.Stephenson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 162 188 306 2 13 0 .960 1.92
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.43
A.Otis 1029.0 122 128 331 2 0 0 1.000 2.91
B.Alyea 180.7 18 31 46 3 0 1 1.000 2.44
C.James 82.0 9 10 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.96
W.Smith 69.3 6 16 20 0 1 0 .952 2.60
B.Cowan 66.0 7 11 16 1 1 0 .944 2.32
B.Bonds 8.3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.24
C.Jones 5.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
J.Sullivan 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1443.3 162 200 444 7 2 1 .996 2.81
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.87
B.Bonds 644.3 73 74 140 1 8 0 .946 1.97
C.Jones 408.0 47 50 86 3 2 1 .978 1.96
B.Alyea 288.7 34 36 73 2 0 1 1.000 2.34
C.James 33.7 4 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
W.Smith 33.7 2 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.60
B.Cowan 31.7 2 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
L.Burke 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Otis 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1443.3 162 186 324 6 10 2 .971 2.06
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.05
P.Niekro 347.0 42 42 20 41 4 3 .938 1.58
T.Cloninger 326.7 41 41 16 49 2 4 .970 1.79
N.Ryan 300.0 43 43 14 54 5 3 .932 2.04
F.Jenkins 266.3 34 34 21 35 3 3 .949 1.89
G.Culver 65.0 2 63 1 12 1 0 .929 1.80
B.Heffner 63.3 0 62 3 17 0 0 1.000 2.84
J.McAndrew 46.7 0 32 2 6 0 2 1.000 1.54
C.Carlos 19.7 0 17 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.83
B.Gibson 8.7 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
Team Total 1443.3 162 341 78 218 15 16 .952 1.85
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Millan .290
On-Base Pct Millan .324
Slugging Pct Bench .403
OPS Bench .715
XR Millan 74.1
Games Jones 158
At-Bats Millan 617
Runs Millan 71
Hits Millan 179
Total Bases Millan 241
Singles Millan 135
Doubles Bench 34
Triples Millan 6
Homeruns Mathews 18
RBIs Smith 72
Stolen Bases Otis 10
Caught Stealing Bonds, Millan 2
Walks Mathews 63
Strikeouts Mathews 138
ERA Niekro 3.27
Wins Cloninger, Ryan 14
Losses Cloninger, Jenkins, Niekro 21
Winning Pct Ryan .452
Saves Heffner 14
Games Pitched Culver 63
Games Started Ryan 43
Complete Games Niekro 24
Shutouts Niekro 2
Innings Pitched Niekro 347.0
Hits Allowed Cloninger 326
Homeruns Allowed Cloninger, Jenkins 34
Strikeouts Ryan 342
Walks Allowed Ryan 175
Walks per 9IP Cloninger 2.4
Hits per 9IP Ryan 6.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Ryan 10.3
WHiP Niekro 1.19
OAVG Ryan .196
OOBP Niekro .290
OSLG Ryan .329
OOPS Niekro .631
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Fergie Jenkins $ 3,514,286
Tony Cloninger $ 2,564,286
Cleon Jones $ 1,707,143
Phil Niekro $ 1,411,429
Bob Gibson $ 700,000
Bob Heffner $ 350,000
Leo Burke $ 350,000
Nelson Mathews $ 350,000
Jerry Kindall $ 350,000
George Williams $ 350,000
Billy Cowan $ 350,000
Charlie James $ 350,000
Johnny Bench $ 300,000
Bobby Bonds $ 300,000
Cisco Carlos $ 300,000
John Sullivan $ 300,000
George Culver $ 300,000
John Stephenson $ 300,000
Willie Smith $ 300,000
Jim McAndrew $ 300,000
Felix Millan $ 300,000
Amos Otis $ 300,000
Nolan Ryan $ 300,000
Brant Alyea $ 300,000
  
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