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1968 Oakland Athletics
Record: 81-81
Finish: 3rd in AL Union Division Division
Runs Scored: 678
Runs Allowed: 673
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 2,167,628
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 5th in the American League
AA: 63-74, 7th in the American League
A: 66-71, 4th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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
LF #Roy White 24 156 595 105 171 26 6 14 47 7 4 77 48 .287 .370 .422 .792 92.2 21.5 2.9
LF *Leon Wagner 34 152 580 93 179 18 3 32 106 5 3 45 103 .309 .358 .516 .874 96.0 22.3 2.5
2B  Marv Breeding 34 154 520 36 137 21 3 4 56 0 0 31 108 .263 .305 .338 .644 50.4 7.9 4.8
RF *Willie Kirkland 34 149 493 71 129 32 2 17 81 11 6 59 75 .262 .342 .438 .780 68.2 14.1 2.8
CF *Roger Maris 33 139 450 46 112 17 2 4 34 1 2 39 84 .249 .312 .322 .635 41.6 5.4 2.8
3B  Jim Fregosi 26 123 432 54 122 26 5 10 58 28 9 43 100 .282 .344 .435 .779 65.4 14.1 4.5
C *Tim Talton 29 140 447 49 135 32 3 5 57 1 2 27 81 .302 .343 .421 .764 57.9 13.0 6.2
CF #Mickey Mantle 36 124 412 49 87 11 0 17 57 4 0 65 97 .211 .317 .362 .679 51.6 8.4 2.8
C  Andy Etchebarren 25 127 303 38 78 9 0 7 34 4 1 26 63 .257 .316 .356 .673 35.4 5.8 3.5
SS  Tommy Helms 27 99 241 26 71 9 1 1 17 0 0 11 4 .295 .325 .353 .678 26.0 5.0 1.6
CF *Rick Monday 22 53 193 31 47 9 0 6 29 5 0 23 46 .244 .323 .383 .706 24.4 4.6 1.5
3B  Gene Alley 27 95 134 17 34 4 1 0 14 12 9 10 28 .254 .310 .299 .609 10.0 0.5 1.4
RF  Curt Motton 27 69 121 9 33 4 0 4 13 0 0 10 29 .273 .328 .405 .733 16.1 3.4 0.5
P *Steve Carlton 23 40 119 7 16 4 0 1 4 0 0 2 31 .134 .148 .193 .341 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Sandy Koufax 32 41 116 5 10 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 40 .086 .109 .112 .221 -3.9 0.0 0.0
LF *Harry Anderson 36 66 91 14 22 3 0 3 15 0 0 9 20 .242 .310 .374 .684 10.9 1.9 0.4
P  Tom Seaver 23 36 91 5 15 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 43 .165 .183 .198 .381 0.9 0.0 0.0
3B *Graig Nettles 23 24 78 9 20 4 0 4 9 0 2 14 13 .256 .366 .462 .827 12.7 2.7 0.5
P #Mickey Lolich 27 30 74 5 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 26 .108 .165 .122 .286 -0.4 0.0 0.0
LF  Billy Moran 34 15 34 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .176 .176 .206 .382 0.6 0.0 0.3
P  Barry Latman 32 7 20 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.5 0.0 0.0
3B  Bobby Klaus 30 20 14 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .500 .533 .571 1.105 3.4 1.2 0.1
P *Mel Queen 26 34 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
1B *Dick Nen 28 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Lee 30 27 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Jim Constable 35 51 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Dennis Higgins 28 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Darrell Osteen 25 38 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Juan Pizarro 31 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Baldwin 30 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Arnold Earley 35 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Blaylock 33 36 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Radatz 31 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 2230 5592 678 1447 234 28 129 640 78 39 502 1065 .259 .320 .380 .700 659.7 131.6 39.1
  Rank among 10 AL teams 1 5 1 4 7 4 6 4 6 6 6 1 4 5 6 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
*Steve Carlton 23 22 13 .629 40 40 0 331.0 300 113 28 102 257 3.07 22.4
*Sandy Koufax 32 17 14 .548 41 41 0 330.0 225 111 35 130 340 3.03 20.9
 Tom Seaver 23 13 13 .500 36 36 0 271.7 257 109 23 95 187 3.61 12.4
*Mickey Lolich 27 10 13 .435 30 30 0 219.7 198 101 28 71 163 4.14 5.6
 Barry Latman 32 2 2 .500 7 7 0 54.7 47 22 8 26 34 3.62 2.7
 Mel Queen 26 4 4 .500 34 2 2 50.7 50 18 6 12 45 3.20 3.8
 Darrell Osteen 25 2 4 .333 38 0 4 39.0 45 34 11 31 18 7.85 0.0
*Jim Constable 35 3 4 .429 51 5 1 35.3 39 24 11 14 20 6.11 0.0
 Dennis Higgins 28 5 4 .556 25 0 0 32.3 22 14 3 14 26 3.90 2.3
 Bob Lee 30 2 5 .286 27 0 8 29.3 34 11 4 14 19 3.38 1.4
*Juan Pizarro 31 0 2 .000 36 0 3 16.7 20 15 4 12 11 8.10 0.0
 Dave Baldwin 30 0 3 .000 43 0 0 15.3 23 17 1 14 12 9.98 0.0
*Arnold Earley 35 0 0 .000 43 1 0 12.7 11 7 1 9 7 4.98 0.0
 Bob Blaylock 33 0 0 .000 27 0 0 9.7 4 4 1 4 9 3.73 0.5
*Paul Lindblad 26 0 0 .000 20 0 1 6.0 11 8 1 1 5 12.00 0.0
 Dick Radatz 31 1 0 1.000 35 0 0 5.3 13 6 0 8 2 10.13 0.0
 Gene Alley 27 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.3
Team Totals 29.1 81 81 .500 534 162 20 1460.3 1300 614 165 557 1155 3.78 72.2
Rank among 10 AL teams 6 6 9 6 5 3 9 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 .991 36.5
T.Talton 947.0 101 122 740 56 3 1 .996 48.7
A.Etchebarren 513.3 61 63 435 31 5 0 .989 34.7
Team Total 1460.3 162 185 1175 87 8 1 .994 43.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.19
L.Wagner 1284.7 144 147 1443 111 19 131 .988 10.89
A.Etchebarren 85.0 10 10 90 7 0 3 1.000 10.27
T.Talton 42.0 4 9 48 3 0 4 1.000 10.93
H.Anderson 25.0 2 6 29 6 0 4 1.000 12.60
D.Nen 16.0 2 2 15 0 0 0 1.000 8.44
G.Alley 6.0 0 4 10 0 0 1 1.000 15.00
M.Mantle 1.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.84
Team Total 1460.3 162 179 1637 127 19 143 .989 10.87
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.51
M.Breeding 1257.0 152 153 278 462 13 105 .983 5.30
T.Helms 109.7 6 38 19 41 3 9 .952 4.92
G.Alley 72.0 3 31 18 23 1 8 .976 5.13
B.Klaus 11.7 0 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.86
B.Moran 9.0 1 1 4 4 0 2 1.000 8.00
C.Motton 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 228 320 535 17 124 .981 5.27
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.70
R.Maris 843.7 93 108 51 213 6 17 .978 2.82
T.Helms 364.0 43 45 28 90 7 12 .944 2.92
G.Nettles 191.0 24 24 10 46 3 0 .949 2.64
G.Alley 37.7 1 17 4 10 0 1 1.000 3.35
B.Klaus 13.0 1 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.77
J.Fregosi 7.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Moran 4.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1460.3 162 204 94 365 16 30 .966 2.83
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.95
J.Fregosi 1052.7 117 120 133 437 21 78 .964 4.87
G.Alley 253.7 30 33 33 98 6 16 .956 4.65
T.Helms 84.0 9 12 11 30 1 6 .976 4.39
B.Moran 53.0 6 7 2 25 0 2 1.000 4.58
B.Klaus 15.0 0 9 4 3 0 1 1.000 4.20
M.Breeding 2.0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 182 184 596 28 104 .965 4.81
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.68
R.White 1304.3 150 152 224 8 1 2 .996 1.60
C.Motton 101.3 10 15 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.78
W.Kirkland 39.7 1 15 6 1 2 1 .778 1.59
H.Anderson 10.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
L.Wagner 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1460.3 162 186 251 10 3 3 .989 1.61
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.22
M.Mantle 992.7 113 116 218 2 2 0 .991 1.99
R.Monday 347.0 39 42 85 3 1 0 .989 2.28
H.Anderson 104.0 10 20 27 0 1 0 .964 2.34
R.Maris 16.7 0 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.32
Team Total 1460.3 162 182 338 5 4 0 .988 2.11
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.82
W.Kirkland 1092.7 120 126 204 12 5 4 .977 1.78
R.Maris 153.0 18 20 29 0 2 0 .935 1.71
C.Motton 106.0 13 14 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
R.Monday 101.7 11 12 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.95
H.Anderson 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
M.Mantle 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
L.Wagner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 177 276 13 7 4 .976 1.78
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.08
S.Carlton 331.0 40 40 29 53 3 5 .965 2.23
S.Koufax 330.0 41 41 18 70 3 6 .967 2.40
T.Seaver 271.7 36 36 11 42 5 0 .914 1.76
M.Lolich 219.7 30 30 18 29 3 2 .940 1.93
B.Latman 54.7 7 7 2 10 1 1 .923 1.98
M.Queen 50.7 2 34 4 8 0 2 1.000 2.13
D.Osteen 39.0 0 38 1 10 0 0 1.000 2.54
J.Constable 35.3 5 51 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.78
D.Higgins 32.3 0 25 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.23
B.Lee 29.3 0 27 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.53
J.Pizarro 16.7 0 36 1 6 1 1 .875 3.78
D.Baldwin 15.3 0 43 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.59
A.Earley 12.7 1 43 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.84
B.Blaylock 9.7 0 27 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.80
P.Lindblad 6.0 0 20 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Radatz 5.3 0 35 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
G.Alley 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 534 91 252 16 18 .955 2.11
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Wagner .309
On-Base Pct White .370
Slugging Pct Wagner .516
OPS Wagner .874
XR Wagner 96.0
Games White 156
At-Bats White 595
Runs White 105
Hits Wagner 179
Total Bases Wagner 299
Singles Wagner 126
Doubles Kirkland, Talton 32
Triples White 6
Homeruns Wagner 32
RBIs Wagner 106
Stolen Bases Fregosi 28
Caught Stealing Alley, Fregosi 9
Walks White 77
Strikeouts Breeding 108
ERA Koufax 3.03
Wins Carlton 22
Losses Koufax 14
Winning Pct Carlton .629
Saves Lee 8
Games Pitched Constable 51
Games Started Koufax 41
Complete Games Carlton 22
Shutouts Carlton 3
Innings Pitched Carlton 331.0
Hits Allowed Carlton 300
Homeruns Allowed Koufax 35
Strikeouts Koufax 340
Walks Allowed Koufax 130
Walks per 9IP Carlton 2.8
Hits per 9IP Koufax 6.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Koufax 9.3
WHiP Koufax 1.08
OAVG Koufax .192
OOBP Koufax .273
OSLG Koufax .325
OOPS Koufax .598
Team All-Stars
Leon Wagner
Roy White
Player Salaries
Mickey Mantle $ 14,000,000
Jim Fregosi $ 10,220,000
Sandy Koufax $ 8,000,000
Leon Wagner $ 6,500,000
Willie Kirkland $ 5,510,000
Mickey Lolich $ 1,685,714
Bob Blaylock $ 1,600,000
Marv Breeding $ 1,400,000
Juan Pizarro $ 700,000
Arnold Earley $ 611,429
Dick Radatz $ 548,571
Jim Constable $ 400,000
Gene Alley $ 350,000
Bobby Klaus $ 350,000
Paul Lindblad $ 300,000
Steve Carlton $ 300,000
Dave Baldwin $ 300,000
Tommy Helms $ 300,000
Dennis Higgins $ 300,000
Harry Anderson $ 300,000
Andy Etchebarren $ 300,000
Bob Lee $ 300,000
Roy White $ 300,000
Roger Maris $ 300,000
Rick Monday $ 300,000
Curt Motton $ 300,000
Dick Nen $ 300,000
Graig Nettles $ 300,000
Darrell Osteen $ 300,000
Mel Queen $ 300,000
Tom Seaver $ 300,000
Tim Talton $ 300,000
Barry Latman $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Signed     Jim Constable
2/9 Signed     Jim Fregosi
2/16 Signed     Juan Pizarro
3/2 Signed     Harry Anderson
4/2 Signed     Hal Woodeshick
7/1 Traded Mike Hegan
Billy Moran		 Los Angeles Bob Blaylock
7/31 Traded Dave Mcnally Tampa Bay Rob Gardner
Bob Lee
 
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