April 16, 2018

1968 NL News Recap and League Leaders

May 15, 1968

 Standings and League leaders in the NL as of May 15. The Cincinnati Reds are well represented among the top hitters (BA) in the NL. Willie McCovey, Billy Williams and Willie Stargell are the top run producing power hitters in the league. Many pitchers are off to stellar starts in this 1968 season.


NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1968 National League                 Date: 5/16/1968
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1968 PHN  21   9    T.Helms   CIN .367  W.McCovey SFN   12  W.McCovey SFN   27
1968 SLN  19  11    M.Wills   PIN .364  B.William CHN    7  B.William CHN   21
1968 CHN  19  14    J.Bench   CIN .327  W.Stargel PIN    7  J.Calliso PHN   20
1968 SFN  17  14    T.Taylor  PHN .323  OTHERS TIED W    6  W.Stargel PIN   19
1968 CIN  16  15    P.Rose    CIN .323                      OTHERS TIED W   18
1968 PIN  14  15
1968 NYN  14  16    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1968 ATN  14  18    F.Jenkins CHN    6  J.Hoerner SLN    5  D.Drysdal LAN 1.13
1968 LAN  13  19    L.Jackson PHN    6  T.Abernat CIN    4  B.Gibson  SLN 1.29
1968 HON   7  23    C.Short   PHN    6  C.Upshaw  ATN    3  T.Seaver  NYN 1.35
                    B.Gibson  SLN    6  T.Farrell PHN    3  B.Hands   CHN 1.61
                    G.Perry   SFN    6  OTHERS TIED W    2  D.Kelley  ATN 1.79
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    T.Perez   CIN    9  L.Brock   SLN   16  F.Jenkins CHN   59
                    J.Grote   NYN    9  T.Taylor  PHN   11  B.Gibson  SLN   56
                    C.Flood   SLN    8  M.Wills   PIN   11  B.Singer  LAN   51
                    O.Brown   SFN    8  O.Cepeda  SLN   10  C.Short   PHN   51
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  W.Davis   LAN    8  R.Sadecki SFN   50
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CHN  0  at  LAN  1  CHN-Nye(3-2, 3.59) at LAN-Sutton(1-1, 1.93)
CIN  2  at  NYN  3  CIN-Arrigo(1-3, 6.16) at NYN-Seaver(5-2, 1.35)
HON  3  at  SFN  4  HON-Wilson(2-4, 2.01) at SFN-Maricha(3-3, 2.59)
SLN  9  at  PIN  2  SLN-Washbur(3-2, 2.41) at PIN-Veale(2-3, 2.63)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
L.Brock       SLN PIN  4  3  2  1  1  0  1  1
O.Cepeda      SLN PIN  5  2  3  3  0  0  0  1
W.McCovey     SFN HON  5  1  2  2  0  0  1  0
C.Flood       SLN PIN  5  2  3  1  0  0  0  2
D.Menke       HON SFN  5  1  2  1  0  0  1  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
J.Koosman     NYN CIN  9.0  5  2  0  2  7  0 W  
M.Grant       LAN CHN 11.0  4  0  0  2  3  0    
B.Hands       CHN LAN  9.0  2  0  0  1  1  0    
S.Carlton     SLN PIN  9.0 10  2  2  0 11  0 W  
J.Billingham  LAN CHN  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0 W  
 
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
W.McCovey     SFN .294 34 10  8  6  5  B.Gibson      SLN 18  8  1  3 24  0 200
B.Williams    CHN .342 38 13  6  7  3  C.Upshaw      ATN  6  2  0  1  6  0 101
L.Brock       SLN .393 28 11  6  6  1  A.McBean      PIN 18  8  0  6  9  0 200
O.Cepeda      SLN .304 23  7  7  3  1  B.Moose       PIN  7  3  0  1  6  0 100
T.Helms       CIN .500 30 15  6  2  1  M.Grant       LAN 11  4  0  2  3  0 000
 
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
Z.Versalles   LAN .056 36  2  2  1  0  L.Dierker     HON 11 15 14 10  5  2 020
L.Cardenas    CIN .167 30  5  0  0  0  A.Jackson     NYN  7 12 10  1  7  2 010
B.Harrelson   NYN .175 40  7  0  1  0  S.Blass       PIN 10 16  8  1  4  1 010
D.Clendenon   PIN .069 29  2  0  4  0  J.James       PHN  5  9  2  0  3  1 010
J.May         PIN .231 26  6  0  0  0  T.Abernathy   CIN  6  5  4  2  3  2 011
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

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