The month of May is in the books for the 1968 AL season. Minnesota's Tony Oliva is in the top 4 of the 3 main hitting categories: BA, HR and RBI. Washington's Frank Howard is in the top 5. Detroit's Willie Horton has been flexing his muscles lately and is 2nd in the AL with 14 HR and 1st in RBI with 36. Baltimore's Jim Hardin and Detroit's Mickey Lolich lead the league in Wins with 9. Many pitchers in the AL are having very fine seasons. Cleveland's Stan Williams is 5-0 and leads the league with a sterling 1.17 ERA.
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1968 American League Date: 6/1/1968
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1968 DEA 33 11 V.Davalil CLA .360 F.Howard WAA 17 W.Horton DEA 36
1968 BAA 29 16 T.Oliva MNA .350 W.Horton DEA 14 B.Freehan DEA 34
1968 MNA 26 19 D.Johnson BAA .347 T.Oliva MNA 12 F.Howard WAA 34
1968 CLA 25 21 R.Smith BOA .335 OTHERS TIED W 10 T.Oliva MNA 33
1968 BOA 22 23 F.Howard WAA .329 D.Sims CLA 31
1968 CHA 21 22
1968 OAA 21 24 WINS SAVES ERA
1968 CAA 19 28 J.Hardin BAA 9 H.Wilhelm CHA 7 S.William CLA 1.17
1968 NYA 18 27 M.Lolich DEA 9 D.Patters DEA 5 J.Horlen CHA 1.60
1968 WAA 11 34 D.McLain DEA 8 J.Aker OAA 5 J.Nash OAA 1.61
J.Sparma DEA 8 OTHERS TIED W 3 M.Lolich DEA 1.75
OTHERS TIED W 7 G.Brunet CAA 1.97
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
T.Cullen CHA 9 B.Campane OAA 31 S.McDowel CLA 95
H.Clarke NYA 8 J.Cardena CLA 21 D.Chance MNA 71
J.McNertn CHA 7 V.Davalil CLA 14 D.McLain DEA 70
OTHERS TIED W 6 C.Tovar MNA 12 L.Tiant CLA 67
OTHERS TIED W 11 J.Merritt MNA 67
YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BAA 3 at BOA 1 BAA-Brabend(3-1, 2.79) at BOA-Culp(2-1, 2.43)
CAA 2 at OAA 1 CAA-Brunet(4-3, 1.97) at OAA-Odom(2-5, 4.30)
MNA 2 at CHA 9 MNA-Chance(6-3, 2.99) at CHA-Carlos(1-5, 2.87)
NYA 2 at DEA 4 NYA-Monbouq(3-4, 5.02) at DEA-Cain(0-0, 4.26)
WAA 2 at CLA 4 WAA-Bosman(1-3, 4.78) at CLA-William(5-0, 1.17)
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB
B.Freehan DEA NYA 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 0
T.Tresh NYA DEA 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
F.Howard WAA CLA 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0
F.Valentine WAA CLA 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
C.Tovar MNA CHA 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 0
PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS
L.Tiant CLA WAA 9.0 5 2 2 0 8 2 W
J.Hardin BAA BOA 9.0 9 1 1 3 12 1 W
M.Lolich DEA NYA 9.0 4 2 2 2 5 1 W
S.Ellis CAA OAA 8.0 5 1 1 3 3 0 W
M.Pattin CAA OAA 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 S
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
N.Cash DEA .538 26 14 8 0 4 J.Horlen CHA 17 7 1 2 10 0 200
H.Killebrew MNA .333 33 11 11 6 5 M.Lolich DEA 24 10 4 6 20 2 300
B.Robinson BAA .306 36 11 7 2 2 S.Bahnsen NYA 18 14 1 0 10 0 200
T.Oliva MNA .314 35 11 4 3 2 L.Tiant CLA 18 5 2 3 15 2 200
R.Smith BOA .286 35 10 6 5 1 S.McDowell CLA 18 8 1 10 20 0 200
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
L.Brown CLA .100 40 4 2 2 0 J.Aker OAA 5 14 10 3 5 0 000
E.Howard BOA .083 24 2 0 4 0 D.Higgins WAA 7 7 5 6 8 2 020
C.Blefary BAA .118 34 4 0 5 0 F.Talbot NYA 10 11 8 6 7 2 020
S.Bando OAA .133 30 4 1 3 0 R.Culp BOA 5 7 4 1 5 1 000
E.Stroud WAA .231 26 6 1 0 0 J.Coleman WAA 13 13 8 5 12 3 020
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report
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