1968 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersFred Haney, Dick Walsh
ManagersBill Rigney
TelevisionKTLA
RadioKMPC
(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
← 1967 Seasons 1969 →

The 1968 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 103 59 0.636 — 56–25 47–34
Baltimore Orioles 91 71 0.562 12 47–33 44–38
Cleveland Indians 86 75 0.534 16½ 43–37 43–38
Boston Red Sox 86 76 0.531 17 46–35 40–41
New York Yankees 83 79 0.512 20 39–42 44–37
Oakland Athletics 82 80 0.506 21 44–38 38–42
Minnesota Twins 79 83 0.488 24 41–40 38–43
California Angels 67 95 0.414 36 32–49 35–46
Chicago White Sox 67 95 0.414 36 36–45 31–50
Washington Senators 65 96 0.404 37½ 34–47 31–49

Record vs. opponents

1968 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET MIN NYY OAK WSH
Baltimore — 9–9 10–8 11–7 7–11 8–10 10–8 13–5 9–9 14–4
Boston 9–9 — 9–9 14–4 10–8 6–12 9–9 10–8 8–10 11–7
California 8–10 9–9 — 8–10 7–11 5–13 7–11 6–12 5–13 12–6
Chicago 7–11 4–14 10–8 — 5–13 5–13 10–8 6–12 10–8 10–8
Cleveland 11–7 8–10 11–7 13–5 — 6–12 14–4 10–8–1 6–12 7–10
Detroit 10–8 12–6 13–5 13–5 12–6 — 10–8 10–8–1 13–5–1 10–8
Minnesota 8–10 9–9 11–7 8–10 4–14 8–10 — 12–6 8–10 11–7
New York 5–13 8–10 12–6 12–6 8–10–1 8–10–1 6–12 — 10–8 14–4
Oakland 9–9 10–8 13–5 8–10 12–6 5–13–1 10–8 8–10 — 7–11
Washington 4–14 7–11 6–12 8–10 10–7 8–10 7–11 4–14 11–7 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1968 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Buck Rodgers 91 258 49 .190 1 14
1B Don Mincher 120 399 94 .236 13 48
2B Bobby Knoop 152 494 123 .249 3 39
3B Aurelio Rodríguez 76 223 54 .242 1 16
SS Jim Fregosi 159 614 150 .244 9 49
LF Rick Reichardt 151 534 136 .255 21 73
CF Vic Davalillo 93 339 101 .298 1 18
RF Roger Repoz 133 375 90 .240 13 54

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Tom Satriano 111 297 75 .253 8 35
Chuck Hinton 116 267 52 .195 7 23
Paul Schaal 60 219 46 .210 2 16
Bubba Morton 81 163 44 .270 1 18
Ed Kirkpatrick 89 161 37 .230 1 15
Jimmie Hall 46 126 27 .214 1 8
Jay Johnstone 41 115 30 .261 0 3
Jim Spencer 19 68 13 .191 0 5
Chuck Cottier 33 67 13 .194 0 1
Jarvis Tatum 17 51 9 .176 0 2
Woodie Held 33 45 5 .111 0 0
Tom Egan 16 43 5 .116 1 4
Bobby Treviño 17 40 9 .225 0 1
Winston Llenas 16 39 5 .128 0 1
Orlando McFarlane 18 31 9 .290 0 2
Wayne Causey 4 11 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
George Brunet 39 245.1 13 17 2.86 132
Jim McGlothlin 40 208.1 10 15 3.54 135
Tom Murphy 15 99.1 5 6 2.17 56
Rickey Clark 21 94.1 1 11 3.53 60

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Sammy Ellis 42 164.0 9 10 3.95 93
Clyde Wright 41 125.2 10 6 3.94 71
Andy Messersmith 28 81.1 4 2 2.21 74
Dennis Bennett 16 48.1 0 5 3.54 36
Bill Harrelson 10 33.2 1 6 5.08 22

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Minnie Rojas 38 4 3 6 4.25 33
Tom Burgmeier 56 1 4 5 4.33 33
Marty Pattin 52 4 4 3 2.79 66
Bobby Locke 29 2 3 2 6.44 33
Jack Hamilton 21 3 1 2 3.32 18
Jim Weaver 14 0 1 0 2.38 8
Bob Heffner 7 0 0 0 2.25 3
Steve Kealey 6 0 1 0 2.70 4
Pete Cimino 4 0 0 0 2.57 2
Larry Sherry 3 0 0 0 6.00 2

Awards and honors

1968 All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Seattle Angels Pacific Coast League Joe Adcock
AA El Paso Sun Kings Texas League Chuck Tanner
A San Jose Bees California League Harry Dunlop and Del Rice
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Fred Koenig and Tom Morgan
Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Tom Sommers and Eddie Bressoud

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: El Paso, Quad Cities

Notes

  1. ^ Angels cut free Simmons, Moose
  2. ^ Elrod Hendricks at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Active Reds trade Sammy Ellis
  4. ^ Paul Reuschel at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Merritt Ranew page at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Woodie Held at Baseball Reference

References

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