March 17, 2018

1968 AL News Recap and League Leaders

April 20, 1968

 Here are the League Leaders in the AL10 days into the 1968 season. Washington's Frank Howard has been swinging a hot bat out of the gate. He's hit 6 homeruns to lead the AL and is 2nd in RBI and BA.


NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1968 American League                 Date: 4/20/1968
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1968 MNA   6   2    D.Sims    CLA .514  F.Howard  WAA    6  D.Sims    CLA   14
1968 DEA   6   2    F.Howard  WAA .441  C.Yastrze BOA    3  F.Howard  WAA   11
1968 BAA   5   3    R.Carew   MNA .429  B.Freehan DEA    3  B.Robinso BAA    9
1968 CHA   4   3    W.Horton  DEA .414  OTHERS TIED W    2  R.Petroce BOA    9
1968 OAA   5   4    V.Davalil CLA .412                      OTHERS TIED W    8
1968 CLA   5   4
1968 NYA   4   4    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1968 WAA   4   5    MANY TIED WIT    2  J.Aker    OAA    2  C.Carlos  CHA 0.00
1968 BOA   2   7                        OTHERS TIED W    1  L.Krausse OAA 1.00
1968 CAA   1   8                                            J.Merritt MNA 1.00
                                                            S.McDowel CLA 1.26
                                                            J.Horlen  CHA 1.29
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    B.Campane OAA    9  B.Campane OAA    8  S.Siebert CLA   20
                    F.Howard  WAA    9  J.Cardena CLA    5  J.Merritt MNA   20
                    W.Horton  DEA    8  V.Davalil CLA    5  T.Phoebus BAA   18
                    R.Carew   MNA    8  S.Bando   OAA    5  S.McDowel CLA   18
                    R.Reichar CAA    7  J.Donalds OAA    3  L.Tiant   CLA   17
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BAA  6  at  CAA  4  BAA-Leonhar(0-0, ----) at CAA-Clark(0-2, 2.53)
CLA  9  at  BOA  5  CLA-McDowel(1-1, 1.26) at BOA-Culp(0-1, 3.00)
DEA  1  at  CHA  3  DEA-Wilson(0-1, 4.22) at CHA-Horlen(0-1, 1.29)
NYA  2  at  MNA  4  DEA-McLain(1-0, 2.40) at CHA-Carlos(1-0, 0.00)
WAA  3  at  OAA  4  NYA-Talbot(0-1,11.12) at MNA-Boswell(0-1, 8.10)
                    WAA-Pascual(2-0, 2.00) at OAA-Hunter(1-0, 5.84)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
B.Robinson    BAA CAA  5  2  2  4  0  1  2  0
T.Davis       CHA DEA  4  1  3  3  0  0  1  0
E.Howard      BOA CLA  1  1  1  1  0  0  1  0
D.Nelson      CLA BOA  4  2  2  3  1  0  0  1
D.Sims        CLA BOA  4  0  4  4  1  0  0  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
T.John        CHA DEA  8.0  5  1  1  1  5  0 W  
B.Odom        OAA WAA  8.1  4  3  3  2  8  1 W  
P.Richert     BAA CAA  3.0  2  1  1  1  6  1 W  
B.Locker      CHA DEA  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   S
G.Bell        BOA CLA  2.0  1  0  0  1  0  0    
 
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
D.Sims        CLA .600 30 18 14  6  2  C.Carlos      CHA  9  2  0  3  5  0 100
F.Howard      WAA .419 31 13  7  0  4  J.Merritt     MNA 18 13  2  2 20  1 200
B.Freehan     DEA .370 27 10  7  2  3  D.Chance      MNA 16 11  3  1 12  0 200
R.Reichardt   CAA .370 27 10  7  3  2  E.Wilson      DEA  7  4  1  1 11  0 000
N.Cash        DEA .320 25  8  8  1  2  J.Nash        OAA 15  8  3  2 14  0 110
 
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
R.Hansen      WAA .000 25  0  0  4  0  J.Stephenson  BOA 10 14 11  8  8  1 020
M.Andrews     BOA .118 34  4  0  3  0  F.Talbot      NYA  6 10  7  3  2  2 010
M.Ferraro     NYA .200 30  6  1  0  0  S.Lyle        BOA  5  9  5  5  5  1 010
K.McMullen    WAA .219 32  7  1  0  0  C.Wright      CAA  5  9  5  2  2  1 010
R.Jackson     OAA .103 29  3  2  3  0  G.Peters      CHA  9 16  9  5  8  1 010
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

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