1968 AL Standings

July 16, 1968

  Standings in the AL midway through the month of July in the 1968 MLB Season:

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1968 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1968 Detroit DEA             67  21  .761 ----    64    56  32 .636  103  59 .636
1968 Baltimore BAA           53  32  .624 12.5          48  37 .565   91  71 .562
1968 Minnesota MNA           49  37  .570 17.0          41  45 .477   79  83 .488
1968 Cleveland CLA           46  45  .505 22.5          50  41 .549   86  75 .534
1968 Boston BOA              43  43  .500 23.0          46  40 .535   86  76 .531
1968 New York NYA            40  44  .476 25.0          39  45 .464   83  79 .512
1968 Oakland OAA             39  48  .448 27.5          42  45 .483   82  80 .506
1968 Chicago CHA             37  47  .440 28.0          37  47 .440   67  95 .414
1968 California CAA          35  53  .398 32.0          42  46 .477   67  95 .414
1968 Washington WAA          22  61  .265 42.5          30  53 .361   65  96 .404
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     53   32  .624 31-15 22-17 11-10 42-22  6- 2 21- 8     5-5     Won 1
BOA     43   43  .500 14-29 29-14  5-10 38-33  6- 3 10-14     4-6     Won 4
CAA     35   53  .398 17-30 18-23  9-14 26-39  4- 9 15-12     6-4     Lost 4
CHA     37   47  .440 19-24 18-23 10-10 27-37  4- 4 12-14     7-3     Won 2
CLA     46   45  .505 21-24 25-21  8-14 38-31  4-15 11-16     4-6     Won 4
DEA     67   21  .761 33-11 34-10 25- 6 42-15  7- 1 21- 7     6-4     Won 2
MNA     49   37  .570 25-13 24-24  8-11 41-26  7- 4 10-16     7-3     Lost 2
NYA     40   44  .476 20-22 20-22 10-12 30-32  4- 4 10-12     6-4     Lost 1
OAA     39   48  .448 19-23 20-25 11-20 28-28  6- 4 16-19     3-7     Lost 4
WAA     22   61  .265 11-30 11-31  4-19 18-42  4- 6  6-14     2-8     Lost 2
TOTAL  431  431  .500
HOME   210  221  .487
ROAD   221  210  .513
LEFT   101  126  .445
RIGHT  330  305  .520
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      9- 7 20- 9 16-11  8- 5  0- 0  0- 0    317   298  +19
BOA      5-11 17-12 15-13  6- 7  0- 0  0- 0    342   322  +20
CAA      5-13 14-15  9-19  7- 6  0- 0  0- 0    260   329  -69
CHA      7- 7 14-15  9-19  7- 6  0- 0  0- 0    289   292   -3
CLA     10- 7 15-14 15-17  6- 7  0- 0  0- 0    362   335  +27
DEA     12- 5 21- 6 26- 5  8- 5  0- 0  0- 0    470   310 +160
MNA     12- 5 14-14 15-13  8- 5  0- 0  0- 0    354   286  +68
NYA      7-10 11-17 14-13  8- 4  0- 0  0- 0    314   365  -51
OAA      9- 9 12-15 14-15  4- 9  0- 0  0- 0    312   322  -10
WAA      8-10  3-24  9-17  2-10  0- 0  0- 0    238   399 -161
 
 

1968 AL League Leaders

July 16, 1968

 Halfway through the month of July, these are the AL leaders in the top categories:

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1968 American League                 Date: 7/16/1968
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1968 DEA  67  21    F.Howard  WAA .324  W.Horton  DEA   29  W.Horton  DEA   72
1968 BAA  53  32    T.Oliva   MNA .323  K.Harrels BOA   27  K.Harrels BOA   69
1968 MNA  49  37    K.Harrels BOA .318  F.Howard  WAA   26  J.Northru DEA   61
1968 CLA  46  45    R.Monday  OAA .317  B.Powell  BAA   20  B.Powell  BAA   59
1968 BOA  43  43    W.Horton  DEA .306  N.Cash    DEA   20  B.Freehan DEA   57
1968 NYA  40  44
1968 OAA  39  48    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1968 CHA  37  47    M.Lolich  DEA   16  W.Wood    CHA    9  S.Bahnsen NYA 1.83
1968 CAA  35  53    J.Hardin  BAA   15  J.Aker    OAA    9  J.Horlen  CHA 1.91
1968 WAA  22  61    D.McLain  DEA   14  H.Wilhelm CHA    8  S.McDowel CLA 1.93
                    S.McDowel CLA   12  D.Patters DEA    7  J.Nash    OAA 2.00
                    J.Sparma  DEA   12  E.Watt    BAA    6  OTHERS TIED W 2.13
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    M.Andrews BOA    7  B.Campane OAA   48  S.McDowel CLA  181
                    T.Oliva   MNA    7  J.Cardena CLA   46  D.McLain  DEA  158
                    M.Epstein WAA    6  C.Tovar   MNA   25  D.Chance  MNA  141
                    OTHERS TIED W    5  R.White   NYA   20  L.Tiant   CLA  140
                                        V.Davalil CAA   19  M.Lolich  DEA  137
 

1968 NL Standings

July 16, 1968

 Middle of July NL Standings in the 1968 MLB Season:

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1968 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1968 St. Louis SLN           57  32  .640 ----    72    58  31 .652   97  65 .599
1968 Cincinnati CIN          52  34  .605  3.5          42  44 .488   83  79 .512
1968 Philadelphia PHN        48  37  .565  7.0          45  40 .529   76  86 .469
1968 San Francisco SFN       48  41  .539  9.0          45  44 .506   88  74 .543
1968 Los Angeles LAN         46  44  .511 11.5          41  49 .456   76  86 .469
1968 Atlanta ATN             44  44  .500 12.5          48  40 .545   81  81 .500
1968 Pittsburgh PIN          39  48  .448 17.0          40  47 .460   80  82 .494
1968 New York NYN            38  51  .427 19.0          41  48 .461   73  89 .451
1968 Chicago CHN             37  53  .411 20.5          43  47 .478   84  78 .519
1968 Houston HON             32  57  .360 25.0          38  51 .427   72  90 .444
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ATN     44   44  .500 24-24 20-20 13-13 31-31  9- 4 23-22     6-4     Lost 2
CHN     37   53  .411 19-25 18-28  9-14 28-39  4- 6 13-22     4-6     Won 2
CIN     52   34  .605 24-20 28-14 18- 5 34-29  6- 3 17- 9     5-5     Lost 1
HON     32   57  .360 19-26 13-31 14-15 18-42  1- 7 14-20     3-7     Won 1
LAN     46   44  .511 27-17 19-27 12-20 34-24 10- 6 14-19     3-7     Lost 4
NYN     38   51  .427 21-27 17-24 17-17 21-34  4- 8 12-17     7-3     Won 7
PHN     48   37  .565 22-15 26-22 16-13 32-24  7- 9 20-15     5-5     Lost 4
PIN     39   48  .448 18-23 21-25 16-16 23-32  5- 3 10-15     4-6     Lost 2
SFN     48   41  .539 23-23 25-18  9-14 39-27  6- 5 20-12     6-4     Won 3
SLN     57   32  .640 28-16 29-16 23-12 34-20  4- 5 23-15     8-2     Won 4
TOTAL  441  441  .500
HOME   225  216  .510
ROAD   216  225  .490
LEFT   147  139  .514
RIGHT  294  302  .493
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
ATN      6-12 17-11 14-15  7- 6  0- 0  0- 0    281   287   -6
CHN     10- 8 13-15  8-20  6-10  0- 0  0- 0    322   386  -64
CIN     10- 7 13-14 23- 7  6- 6  0- 0  0- 0    373   324  +49
HON      4-13  7-21 16-14  5- 9  0- 0  0- 0    243   347 -104
LAN      6-12 19-12 18-11  3- 9  0- 0  0- 0    303   294   +9
NYN     10- 6  7-21 11-19 10- 5  0- 0  0- 0    284   320  -36
PHN     13- 4 15- 9 12-16  8- 8  0- 0  0- 0    307   270  +37
PIN      8- 8 12-13 12-19  7- 8  0- 0  0- 0    348   340   +8
SFN     10- 7 14-16 17-13  7- 5  0- 0  0- 0    327   329   -2
SLN      9- 9 21- 6 17-14 10- 3  0- 0  0- 0    366   257 +109
 
 

1968 NL League Leaders

July 16, 1968

 Halfway through the month of July in the 1968 MLB Season these are the NL leaders in the top categories:

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1968 National League                 Date: 7/16/1968
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1968 SLN  57  32    M.Wills   PIN .333  W.McCovey SFN   26  W.McCovey SFN   55
1968 CIN  52  34    L.Brock   SLN .330  H.Aaron   ATN   19  R.Santo   CHN   54
1968 PHN  48  37    T.Helms   CIN .322  B.William CHN   18  T.Perez   CIN   54
1968 SFN  48  41    T.Perez   CIN .314  D.Clenden PIN   14  B.William CHN   53
1968 LAN  46  44    P.Rose    CIN .313  OTHERS TIED W   13  R.Clement PIN   51
1968 ATN  44  44
1968 PIN  39  48    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1968 NYN  38  51    B.Gibson  SLN   15  J.Hoerner SLN   11  B.Gibson  SLN 1.29
1968 CHN  37  53    L.Jackson PHN   13  T.Abernat CIN    8  P.Jarvis  ATN 1.61
1968 HON  32  57    F.Jenkins CHN   12  J.Brewer  LAN    6  D.Lemaste HON 1.80
                    J.Maricha SFN   12  T.Farrell PHN    6  D.Drysdal LAN 1.81
                    OTHERS TIED W   11  OTHERS TIED W    5  L.Jackson PHN 1.87
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    R.Swoboda NYN    8  M.Wills   PIN   42  F.Jenkins CHN  146
                    B.Mazeros PIN    7  L.Brock   SLN   40  B.Singer  LAN  138
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  T.Taylor  PHN   26  B.Gibson  SLN  138
                                        W.Davis   LAN   23  R.Sadecki SFN  136
                                        C.Flood   SLN   17  J.Maricha SFN  127
 

1968 Detroit Game: Det. @ Cal. Lolich Wins 16th

July 15, 1968

 Detroit's Mickey Lolich pitched a beauty tonight in California while getting his MLB leading 16th Win of the season. Lolich allowed only 5 hits, struck out a season high 11 batters, and shutout the Angels as the Tigers won the game 5-0.

BOXSCORE: 1968 Detroit Tigers At 1968 California Angels             7/15/1968
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Angels             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.McAuliffe 2B      4  0  0  0 .287     V.Davalillo CF      4  0  1  0 .297  
  M.Stanley CF        4  1  2  0 .259     J.Fregosi SS        4  0  2  0 .218  
  A.Kaline 1B,RF      2  0  0  0 .274     R.Reichardt LF      3  0  0  0 .221  
  W.Horton LF         3  1  0  0 .306     B.Morton RF         4  0  0  0 .207  
B-N.Cash 1B           0  0  0  0 .348     M.Pattin P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Freehan C         4  2  1  0 .255     B.Knoop 2B          4  0  0  0 .236  
  J.Northrup RF,LF    4  0  1  2 .304     C.Hinton 1B         4  0  0  0 .235  
  D.Wert 3B           4  1  2  3 .240     A.Rodriguez 3B      3  0  0  0 .247  
  D.Tracewski SS      3  0  1  0 .173     B.Rodgers C         3  0  1  0 .174  
  M.Lolich P          3  0  0  0 .196     G.Brunet P          2  0  1  0 .205  
                                        A-E.Kirkpatrick PH,RF 1  0  0  0 .192  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  5  7  5                 Totals      32  0  5  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Brunet In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Horton In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 3 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  5  7  0
Angels.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  1
 
Tigers (67-21)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Lolich WIN(16-2)        9       5   0   0   2  11   0   2.13
Totals                    9       5   0   0   2  11   0
 
Angels (35-53)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
G.Brunet LOSS(9-6)        8       6   5   5   4   3   1   2.14
M.Pattin                  1       1   0   0   0   1   0   2.95
Totals                    9       7   5   5   4   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 13,236 DATE- Monday, July 15th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:13
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 4  Angels: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Angels: 2
ERRORS- A.Rodriguez
DOUBLES- J.Northrup(19th), D.Wert(6th)
HOME RUNS- D.Wert(10th)
RBIs- J.Northrup-2(61st), D.Wert-3(35th)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Lolich
WALKS- A.Kaline-2, W.Horton, D.Tracewski, R.Reichardt, A.Rodriguez
STRIKE OUTS- D.McAuliffe, W.Horton, B.Freehan, D.Tracewski, V.Davalillo,
             J.Fregosi, R.Reichardt-3, B.Morton, B.Knoop, C.Hinton-2, B.Rodgers,
             E.Kirkpatrick
GIDP- W.Horton
WILD PITCHES- G.Brunet
2-out RBI- J.Northrup-2
RLISP 2-out- D.McAuliffe, D.Wert, J.Fregosi-2, B.Morton, M.Lolich
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 2 for 10  Angels: 1 for 4
 
Mickey Lolich struck out 11 batters at Anaheim Stadium where the very talented
Detroit Tigers beat the California Angels by the score of 5 to
0.
 
Lolich(16-2) was virtually untouchable.  He allowed just 5 hits and 2 walks in
9 innings.  Both teams' bats went to sleep after the 3rd inning with no runs
scored after that point.  
 
George Brunet(9-6) was tagged with the loss. 'Everything felt great' Lolich
said. 'I had a good fastball, I felt I could throw it by everybody tonight.'

1968 Detroit Game: Denny McLain Start #22

July 12, 1968

 Denny McLain had one of his finer outings tonight in Minnesota as his Detroit Tigers defeated the Twins 3-1. McLain went the distance for Detroit striking out 13, a season high, and not allowing an earned run. Willie Horton supplied the muscle for the Tigers by hitting a 2-run homer in the 6th inning breaking a 1-1 tie.

Replay: McLain gets the Win in his 22nd start: 9 IP, 0 ER Detroit wins 3-1 Season totals: 14-3, 2.86
IRL:      McLain gets the Win in his 22nd start: 9 IP, 0 ER Detroit wins 5-1 Season totals: 17-2, 1.99

BOXSCORE: 1968 Detroit Tigers At 1968 Minnesota Twins               7/12/1968
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.McAuliffe 2B      5  0  0  0 .294     C.Tovar LF          4  0  2  0 .276  
  M.Stanley CF        5  0  0  0 .262     R.Carew 2B          4  0  0  0 .300  
  A.Kaline 1B,RF      4  1  1  0 .278     T.Oliva RF          4  0  1  0 .326  
  B.Freehan C         2  1  1  1 .254     R.Reese 1B          4  0  0  0 .225  
  W.Horton LF         3  1  1  2 .318     T.Uhlaender CF      4  0  1  0 .283  
A-N.Cash 1B           0  0  0  0 .354     F.Quilici 3B        3  1  1  0 .261  
  D.Wert 3B           4  0  1  0 .238     R.Renick SS         3  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Northrup RF,LF    3  0  0  0 .306     B.Look C            3  0  0  0 .283  
  R.Oyler SS          3  0  0  0 .144     J.Kaat P            2  0  0  0 .063  
  D.McLain P          3  0  0  0 .100   B-B.Allison PH        1  0  0  0 .240  
                                          R.Perranoski P      0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  3  4  3                 Totals      32  1  5  0
 
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Horton In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kaat In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 1 0 0  0 0 2  0 0 0  -  3  4  2
Twins........... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  5  2
 
Tigers (65-20)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.McLain WIN(14-3)        9       5   1   0   0  13   0   2.86
Totals                    9       5   1   0   0  13   0
 
Twins (48-35)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Kaat LOSS(3-9)          8       4   3   3   3   3   1   2.39
R.Perranoski              1       0   0   0   1   0   0   4.50
Totals                    9       4   3   3   4   3   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 13,904 DATE- Friday, July 12th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:13
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8  Twins: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Twins: 0
ERRORS- A.Kaline, J.Northrup, C.Tovar, R.Renick
DOUBLES- B.Freehan(14th), F.Quilici(8th)
HOME RUNS- W.Horton(29th)
RBIs- B.Freehan(56th), W.Horton-2(72nd)
STOLEN BASES- C.Tovar(25th), T.Oliva(10th)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.McLain
WALKS- B.Freehan, W.Horton, J.Northrup, R.Oyler
HIT BY PITCH- B.Freehan
STRIKE OUTS- D.McAuliffe, R.Oyler-2, C.Tovar, R.Carew, T.Oliva, R.Reese,
             T.Uhlaender-2, R.Renick-3, B.Look-2, J.Kaat-2
BALKS- R.Perranoski
2-out RBI- B.Freehan
RLISP 2-out- D.Wert, R.Reese-2, R.Oyler, F.Quilici, B.Freehan-2
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 0 for 6  Twins: 0 for 5
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Ted Uhlaender robbed Willie Horton of an extra base hit.
 
Denny McLain retired 13 batters on strikeouts at Metropolitan Stadium as the
Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 3 to 1.
 
McLain(14-3) came through with a virtuoso performance against the Minnesota
hitters.  He allowed just 5 hits and no walks in 9 innings.  The Minnesota
bats were silent in the bottom of the 9th.  
 
Jim Kaat(3-9) was the losing pitcher.  He pitched 8 innings and surrendered 4
hits and 3 walks. McLain was pleased with his performance.  He noted, 'I had
good command of all my pitches.  Just as important, my location was right
on.'

1968 NL Game:LA @ Atl.

July 12, 1968

 Hank Aaron launched 3 homeruns and Jim Britton shutout the LA Dodgers on 2 hits in tonight's 4-0 Atlanta victory. Aaron is the 1st player to hit 3 homers in a game this season in the NL. Don Drysdale took the loss for LA. His record now stands at 9-9 despite a spectacular 1.81 ERA.

BOXSCORE: 1968 Los Angeles Dodgers At 1968 Atlanta Braves           7/12/1968
 
  Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Fairey LF         4  0  0  0 .143     F.Alou CF           4  1  2  0 .293  
  P.Popovich 2B       3  0  0  0 .268     F.Millan 2B         3  0  0  0 .287  
  W.Davis CF          3  0  1  0 .207     H.Aaron RF          4  3  3  3 .231  
  T.Haller C          3  0  0  0 .289     J.Torre C           4  0  1  1 .304  
  J.Lefebvre 3B       3  0  0  0 .278     C.Boyer 3B          4  0  1  0 .211  
  W.Crawford RF       3  0  0  0 .000     T.Francona LF       3  0  0  0 .343  
  W.Parker 1B         3  0  0  0 .229     T.Aaron 1B          3  0  1  0 .218  
  Z.Versalles SS      3  0  1  0 .173     S.Jackson SS        3  0  0  0 .209  
  D.Drysdale P        2  0  0  0 .143     J.Britton P         3  0  0  0 .071  
A-K.Boyer PH          1  0  0  0 .288                                          
  J.Billingham P      0  0  0  0 .333                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      28  0  2  0                 Totals      31  4  8  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Drysdale In 8th Inning
 
Dodgers......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  1
Braves.......... 1 0 1  0 0 1  0 1    -  4  8  0
 
Dodgers (46-41)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Drysdale LOSS(9-9)      7       7   3   3   1   2   2   1.81
J.Billingham              1       1   1   1   0   1   1   2.60
Totals                    8       8   4   4   1   3   3
 
Braves (43-42)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Britton WIN(5-0)        9       2   0   0   4  10   0   2.36
Totals                    9       2   0   0   4  10   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 13,633 DATE- Friday, July 12th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:10
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 5  Braves: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0  Braves: 0
ERRORS- D.Drysdale
DOUBLES- Z.Versalles(14th), C.Boyer(8th)
HOME RUNS- H.Aaron-3(18th)
RBIs- H.Aaron-3(42nd), J.Torre(27th)
STOLEN BASES- T.Aaron(4th)
CAUGHT STEALING- W.Davis
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Millan
WALKS- P.Popovich, W.Davis, T.Haller, J.Lefebvre, T.Francona
STRIKE OUTS- J.Fairey, W.Davis, T.Haller-2, J.Lefebvre, W.Crawford-2,
             D.Drysdale-2, K.Boyer, F.Millan, C.Boyer-2
2-out RBI- J.Torre, H.Aaron
RLISP 2-out- J.Lefebvre, C.Boyer, J.Britton, J.Fairey, T.Aaron
TEAM RISP- Dodgers: 0 for 3  Braves: 1 for 6
WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Sonny Jackson robbed Wes Parker of a base hit.
 
Hank Aaron cracked 3 homeruns and Jim Britton allowed 2 hits while blanking
Los Angeles as the Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers by a score of
4 to 0.
 
Aaron punished Los Angeles with his bat.  He cracked a solo homerun in the 3rd
inning, delivered a solo blast in the 6th inning and blasted a solo shot in
the 8th inning.  Atlanta had 8 hits for the night.  
 
Britton(5-0) was credited with the shutout. Don Drysdale(9-9) suffered the
loss.  Lum Harris was asked about the performance of Britton, 'He had his
good stuff out there tonight.  The fans really get into it when the
strikeouts start mounting up - and that seems to give him even more
adrenalin.'

1968 All Star Game

July 9, 1968

 The best players in MLB played tonight in the All Star Game in the Houston Astrodome. The NL went up 3-0 in the 3rd inning on a Willie McCovey homerun. But the AL battled back, getting 1 run in the 4th and 5 in the 6th to take a 6-3 lead. The big blow for the AL was Boog Powell's 3 run shot off Don Drysdale. The NL added a run in the 6th inning but that would be all the scoring for the night and the AL walked off the field with a 6-4 victory.

BOXSCORE: 1968 American 1968 AL All-Stars At 1968 National 1968 NL A 7/9/1968
 
  AL All-Stars       AB  R  H RBI AVG     NL All-Stars       AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Campaneris SS     2  0  0  0 .000     L.Brock LF          3  1  0  0 .000  
  J.Hardin P          0  0  0  0 ----   E-F.Alou CF           1  0  0  0 .000  
C-T.Uhlaender CF      3  1  2  0 .667     M.Wills SS          2  1  2  01.000  
  D.McAuliffe 2B      1  1  1  01.000     L.Jackson P         0  0  0  0 ----  
I-B.Knoop 2B          2  0  0  0 .000   D-B.Williams PH,LF    1  0  0  0 .000  
  T.Oliva RF          2  1  0  0 .000     W.Mays CF           3  0  1  0 .333  
F-F.Howard PH,RF      2  0  0  0 .000     S.Carlton P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  D.Chance P          0  0  0  0 ----     D.Drysdale P        0  0  0  0 ----  
  D.McNally P         0  0  0  0 ----   K-J.Grote C           1  0  0  0 .000  
Q-C.Tovar 3B          0  0  0  0 ----     W.McCovey 1B        3  2  2  4 .667  
  W.Horton LF,RF      3  1  2  2 .667   P-D.Clendenon PH,1B   1  0  0  0 .000  
O-K.Harrelson PH,RF   1  0  0  0 .000     H.Aaron RF          3  0  0  0 .000  
  H.Killebrew 1B      2  0  0  0 .000   L-P.Rose RF           1  0  1  01.000  
G-B.Powell PH,1B      2  1  1  3 .500     R.Santo 3B          2  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Smith CF          2  0  0  0 .000   J-T.Perez PH,3B       1  0  0  0 .000  
  L.Tiant P           0  0  0  0 ----     J.Bench C           3  0  0  0 .000  
H-D.Sims PH,C         1  0  0  0 .000     F.Jenkins P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  B.Robinson 3B       4  1  1  0 .250     J.Marichal P        0  0  0  0 ----  
  D.McLain P          0  0  0  0 ----     T.Seaver P          0  0  0  0 ----  
  B.Freehan C         3  0  1  0 .333   R-T.Haller PH         1  0  0  0 .000  
  S.Bahnsen P         0  0  0  0 ----     G.Beckert 2B        2  0  0  0 .000  
M-C.Yastrzemski LF    1  0  0  0 .000   N-T.Helms PH,2B       2  0  1  0 .500  
  M.Lolich P          0  0  0  0 ----     B.Gibson P          0  0  0  0 ----  
A-J.Fregosi PH,SS     4  0  0  0 .000   B-G.Alley PH,SS       3  0  0  0 .000  
                                        S-D.Kessinger PH      1  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  6  8  5                 Totals      34  4  7  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Lolich In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Gibson In 3rd Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Hardin In 4th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Jackson In 5th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Brock In 6th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Oliva In 6th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Killebrew In 6th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Tiant In 6th Inning
I-Subbed Defensively (2B) For McAuliffe In 6th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Santo In 6th Inning
K-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Drysdale In 7th Inning
L-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Aaron In 7th Inning
M-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Bahnsen In 7th Inning
N-Pinch Hit For Beckert In 7th Inning
O-Pinch Hit For Horton In 8th Inning
P-Pinch Hit For McCovey In 8th Inning
Q-Subbed Defensively (3B) For McNally In 9th Inning
R-Pinch Hit For Seaver In 9th Inning
S-Pinch Hit For Alley In 9th Inning
 
AL All-Stars.... 0 0 0  1 0 5  0 0 0  -  6  8  2
NL All-Stars.... 0 0 3  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  4  7  1
 
AL All-Stars (1-0)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Lolich                  2       2   0   0   0   4   0   0.00
J.Hardin                  1       2   3   0   0   1   1   0.00
L.Tiant WIN(1-0)          2       0   0   0   1   2   0   0.00
S.Bahnsen HOLD(1st)       1       1   1   1   1   0   1   9.00
D.Chance HOLD(1st)        1       1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
D.McNally HOLD(1st)       1       1   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
D.McLain SAVE(1st)        1       0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    9       7   4   1   2   9   2
 
NL All-Stars (0-1)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Gibson                  3       0   0   0   1   7   0   0.00
L.Jackson                 2       2   1   1   0   1   0   4.50
S.Carlton L(0-1) H(1st)   0 1/3   2   3   3   1   0   0  81.00
D.Drysdale BS(1st)        0 2/3   3   2   1   0   0   1  13.50
F.Jenkins                 1       0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
J.Marichal                1       0   0   0   1   0   0   0.00
T.Seaver                  1       1   0   0   0   2   0   0.00
Totals                    9       8   6   5   3  11   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 46,721 DATE- Tuesday, July 9th 1968 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Shag Crawford, Larry Napp, Mel Steiner, Bill Kinnamon
T- 2:21
LEFT ON BASE- AL All-Stars: 5  NL All-Stars: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- AL All-Stars: 2  NL All-Stars: 0
ERRORS- T.Uhlaender, B.Robinson, W.McCovey
DOUBLES- W.Horton(1st)
HOME RUNS- B.Powell(1st), W.McCovey-2(2nd)
RBIs- W.Horton-2(2nd), B.Powell-3(3rd), W.McCovey-4(4th)
STOLEN BASES- T.Helms(1st)
WALKS- D.McAuliffe-2, D.Sims, B.Williams, T.Perez
STRIKE OUTS- B.Campaneris, B.Knoop, T.Oliva, F.Howard, W.Horton, H.Killebrew-2,
             R.Smith, B.Robinson, J.Fregosi-2, L.Brock, W.Mays, D.Clendenon,
             H.Aaron, R.Santo-2, T.Haller, G.Beckert, G.Alley
GIDP- T.Perez, J.Bench
WILD PITCHES- D.Chance
2-out RBI- W.McCovey-3
RLISP 2-out- H.Aaron, R.Smith, J.Fregosi, B.Williams
TEAM RISP- AL All-Stars: 2 for 6  NL All-Stars: 1 for 8
 
In a good matchup it was the American 1968 team 6, the National 1968 team 4 at
The Astrodome.
 
American 1968 had 5 runs cross the plate in the 6th inning when they had 5
base hits.  The big moment was provided by Boog Powell who deflated the
spirits of the home town crowd when he smacked a three-run homer.  Denny
McLain pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 1st save.  
 
The win went to Luis Tiant(1-0) who allowed no runs in 2 innings. Steve
Carlton(0-1) was the loser in relief.  He gave up 2 hits and 1 walk in 1/3 of
an inning.

1968 MLB All Star Game Rosters

July 9, 1968

 The Rosters for the AL and NL All Star teams for the game to be played tonight in the Houston Astrodome:

1968 American 1968 AL All-Stars   
 
                   CODES YEAR TEAM BAL  AB DO TR HR BAVG  BB K'S RBI  OB%  SL%
Brooks Robinson    3   0 1968  BAA  2R 608 36  6 17 .253  44  55  75 .304 .416
Boog Powell        4   0 1968  BAA  1R 550 21  1 22 .249  73  97  85 .338 .411
Tony Oliva         5   0 1968  MNA  5R 470 24  5 18 .289  45  61  68 .357 .477
Harmon Killebrew   8   0 1968  MNA   E 295  7  2 17 .210  70  70  40 .361 .420
Duane Josephson    9   0 1968  CHA   E 434 16  6  6 .247  18  52  45 .284 .353
Frank Howard      11   0 1968  WAA  8L 598 28  3 44 .274  54 141 106 .338 .552
Willie Horton     12   0 1968  DEA  3L 512 20  2 36 .285  49 110  85 .352 .543
Ken Harrelson     13   0 1968  BOA  2R 535 17  4 35 .275  69  90 109 .356 .518
Jim Fregosi       14   0 1968  CAA   E 614 21 13  9 .244  60 101  49 .315 .365
Bill Freehan      15   0 1968  DEA  1L 540 24  2 25 .263  65  64  84 .366 .454
Bert Campaneris   17   0 1968  OAA   E 642 25  9  4 .276  50  69  38 .330 .361
Duke Sims         18   0 1968  CLA  1R 361 21  0 11 .249  62  68  44 .366 .399
Dick McAuliffe    10   0 1968  DEA  1L 570 24 10 16 .249  82  99  56 .344 .411
Bobby Knoop       16   0 1968  CAA   E 494 20  4  3 .249  35 128  39 .301 .324
Cesar Tovar        2   0 1968  MNA  3L 613 31  6  6 .272  34  41  47 .326 .372
Ted Uhlaender      1   0 1968  MNA  4R 488 21  5  7 .283  28  46  52 .324 .389
Reggie Smith       6   0 1968  BOA  2R 558 37  5 15 .265  64  77  69 .342 .430
 

 
                       CODES YEAR TEAM  THROWS START RELIEF CLOSER BATS
Luis Tiant            19   0 1968  CLA    R      9     3      N    #1WR
Denny McLain          23   0 1968  DEA    R      9            N    #2WR
Sam McDowell          24   0 1968  CLA    L      8            N    #2WL
Stan Bahnsen           7   0 1968  NYA    R      8     4      N    #1WR
Dean Chance           20   0 1968  MNA    R      7     3      0    #1WR
Mickey Lolich         21   0 1968  DEA    L      6     3      0    #1WS
Jim Merritt           22   0 1968  MNA    L      7     3      0    #2WL
Jim Hardin            25   0 1968  BAA    R      7            N    #1WR
Dave McNally          26   0 1968  BAA    L      9            N    #6NR
Dick Ellsworth        27   0 1968  BOA    L      7     4      N    #1WL
 

 

 

1968 National 1968 NL All-Stars   
 
                   CODES YEAR TEAM BAL  AB DO TR HR BAVG  BB K'S RBI  OB%  SL%
Billy Williams     1   0 1968  CHN  1L 642 30  8 30 .288  48  53  98 .336 .500
Ron Santo          3   0 1968  CHN  2L 577 17  3 26 .246  96 106  98 .354 .421
Pete Rose          4   0 1968  CIN  2R 626 42  6 10 .335  56  76  49 .391 .470
Tony Perez         5   0 1968  CIN   E 625 25  7 18 .282  51  92  92 .338 .430
Willie McCovey     6   0 1968  SFN  3R 523 16  4 36 .293  72  71 105 .378 .545
Willie Mays        7   0 1968  SFN   E 498 20  5 23 .289  67  81  79 .372 .488
Don Kessinger      8   0 1968  CHN  2L 655 14  7  1 .240  38  86  32 .283 .287
Tommy Helms       10   0 1968  CIN  4L 507 28  2  2 .288  12  27  47 .305 .363
Tom Haller        11   0 1968  LAN  2R 474 27  5  4 .285  46  76  53 .345 .388
Jerry Grote       12   0 1968  NYN   E 404 18  0  3 .282  44  81  31 .357 .349
Johnny Bench      15   0 1968  CIN  1R 564 40  2 15 .275  31  96  82 .311 .433
Felipe Alou       17   0 1968  ATN  3R 662 37  5 11 .317  48  56  57 .365 .438
Gene Alley        18   0 1968  PIN  4L 474 20  2  4 .245  39  78  39 .307 .321
Hank Aaron        19   0 1968  ATN  2R 606 33  4 29 .287  64  62  86 .354 .498
Donn Clendenon     2   0 1968  PIN  4L 584 20  6 17 .257  47 163  87 .309 .399
Glenn Beckert      9   0 1968  CHN   E 643 28  4  4 .294  31  20  37 .326 .369
Lou Brock         13   0 1968  SLN   E 660 46 14  6 .279  46 124  51 .328 .418
Maury Wills       28   0 1968  PIN  2R 627 12  6  0 .278  45  57  31 .326 .316
 
 

 
                       CODES YEAR TEAM  THROWS START RELIEF CLOSER BATS
Tom Seaver            20   0 1968  NYN    R      9     3      0    #2WR
Juan Marichal         22   0 1968  SFN    R      9            N    #2WR
Bob Gibson            24   0 1968  SLN    R      9            N    #2WR
Don Drysdale          26   0 1968  LAN    R      8            N    #2WR
Steve Carlton         27   0 1968  SLN    L      7            N    #6NL
Larry Jackson         14   0 1968  PHN    R      7            N    #2WR
Gaylord Perry         21   0 1968  SFN    R      8     3      0    #1WR
Fergie Jenkins        25   0 1968  CHN    R      9            N    #2NR
Pat Jarvis            16   0 1968  ATN    R      8            N    #2WR
Chris Short           23   0 1968  PHN    L      7     3      0    #2WR
 

1968 AL Standings and Team Grand Totals at the All Star Break

July 8, 1968

  The Detroit Tigers enter the All Star break with a commanding 12.5 game lead over the 2nd place Baltimore Orioles. Nobody has been able to slow down Detroit's march to the Pennant. The rest of the league is hoping this break in the regular season may do what they can't: cool off the Tigers.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1968 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1968 Detroit DEA             64  19  .771 ----    69    55  28 .663  103  59 .636
1968 Baltimore BAA           50  30  .625 12.5          43  37 .538   91  71 .562
1968 Minnesota MNA           47  34  .580 16.0          39  42 .481   79  83 .488
1968 Cleveland CLA           42  44  .488 23.5          47  39 .547   86  75 .534
1968 Boston BOA              39  42  .481 24.0          43  38 .531   86  76 .531
1968 New York NYA            38  41  .481 24.0          36  43 .456   83  79 .512
1968 Oakland OAA             38  44  .463 25.5          39  43 .476   82  80 .506
1968 Chicago CHA             33  45  .423 28.5          34  44 .436   67  95 .414
1968 California CAA          34  49  .410 30.0          39  44 .470   67  95 .414
1968 Washington WAA          20  57  .260 41.0          30  47 .390   65  96 .404
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     50   30  .625 28-13 22-17 10-10 40-20  6- 2 20- 8     7-3     Lost 1
BOA     39   42  .481 14-29 25-13  5- 9 34-33  5- 3  9-13     4-6     Lost 5
CAA     34   49  .410 16-26 18-23  8-13 26-36  4- 8 14-11     6-4     Won 5
CHA     33   45  .423 15-22 18-23  8- 9 25-36  4- 4 11-14     4-6     Won 3
CLA     42   44  .488 21-24 21-20  7-14 35-30  4-15 10-15     2-8     Lost 5
DEA     64   19  .771 33-11 31- 8 23- 6 41-13  7- 1 21- 7     7-3     Lost 1
MNA     47   34  .580 23-10 24-24  7-11 40-23  7- 4 10-15     6-4     Won 5
NYA     38   41  .481 20-22 18-19  9-10 29-31  4- 4 10-11     9-1     Won 1
OAA     38   44  .463 18-19 20-25 11-17 27-27  6- 4 15-19     3-7     Won 1
WAA     20   57  .260 11-30  9-27  4-18 16-39  4- 6  6-13     2-8     Lost 6
TOTAL  405  405  .500
HOME   199  206  .491
ROAD   206  199  .509
LEFT    92  117  .440
RIGHT  313  288  .521
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      9- 7 20- 9 16-11  5- 3  0- 0  0- 0    294   278  +16
BOA      5-11 17-12 15-13  2- 6  0- 0  0- 0    315   310   +5
CAA      5-13 14-15  9-19  6- 2  0- 0  0- 0    250   305  -55
CHA      7- 7 14-15  9-19  3- 4  0- 0  0- 0    260   273  -13
CLA     10- 7 15-14 15-17  2- 6  0- 0  0- 0    342   325  +17
DEA     12- 5 21- 6 26- 5  5- 3  0- 0  0- 0    451   294 +157
MNA     12- 5 14-14 15-13  6- 2  0- 0  0- 0    333   268  +65
NYA      7-10 11-17 14-13  6- 1  0- 0  0- 0    297   344  -47
OAA      9- 9 12-15 14-15  3- 5  0- 0  0- 0    305   298   +7
WAA      8-10  3-24  9-17  0- 6  0- 0  0- 0    216   368 -152
 
LEAGUE GRAND TOTALS (primary report) FOR 1968 American League
 
 
TEAM                   AVG    AB    R     H   2B  3B   HR  RBI   SB   CS    E
1968 Detroit          .264  2825  451   746  115  32  122  434   15    8   67
1968 Minnesota        .251  2761  333   692  123  25   68  312   65   32   84
1968 Cleveland        .248  2977  342   737  126  21   42  318   91   43   64
1968 Boston           .239  2736  315   655  106   6   74  291   17   16   63
1968 Oakland          .238  2759  305   657  104  23   43  274   97   32   77
1968 Chicago          .237  2672  260   632  100  24   41  237   37   27   77
1968 Baltimore        .227  2655  294   603  119  10   73  270   32   18   66
1968 New York         .222  2676  297   594   79  12   58  272   68   28   69
1968 California       .220  2806  250   618   90  21   41  232   33   27   69
1968 Washington       .216  2598  216   560   86  15   56  199   11   11   91
--------------------  ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- --- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
LEAGUE TOTALS         .236 27465 3063  6494 1048 189  618 2839  466  242  727
 
 
TEAM                   ERA   W   L      IP     H    R   ER   HR   BB    SO OAVG
1968 Minnesota        2.78  47  34   731.2   647  268  226   50  208   538 .236
1968 Chicago          2.93  33  45   704.1   613  273  229   60  216   413 .232
1968 California       2.94  34  49   755.1   629  305  247   79  284   420 .228
1968 Oakland          3.03  38  44   731.2   640  298  246   67  251   509 .234
1968 Baltimore        3.03  50  30   728.1   636  278  245   44  256   543 .235
1968 Detroit          3.03  64  19   757.2   618  294  255   85  262   572 .221
1968 Cleveland        3.15  42  44   791.0   626  325  277   67  329   621 .217
1968 Boston           3.42  39  42   734.1   688  310  279   63  258   493 .250
1968 New York         3.64  38  41   726.2   690  344  294   56  199   375 .249
1968 Washington       3.89  20  57   698.1   707  368  302   47  266   413 .263
-------------------- ----- --- --- ------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----
LEAGUE TOTALS         3.18 405 405  7359.1  6494 3063 2600  618 2529  4897 .236

1968 AL News Recap and League Leaders at the All Star Break

July 8, 1968

Detroit Tiger Willie Horton is making a big run for AL MVP with his 1st half batting #'s. He's 3rd in BA and 1st in HR and RBI. Minnesota's Tony Oliva leads the AL with a .328 BA. Horton's teammate Mickey Lolich (15-1, 2.05) is making a run for the Cy Young Award but Baltimore's Jim Hardin (15-2, 1.92) may have something to say about that.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1968 American League                 Date: 7/8/1968
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1968 DEA  64  19    T.Oliva   MNA .328  W.Horton  DEA   28  W.Horton  DEA   70
1968 BAA  50  30    F.Howard  WAA .326  F.Howard  WAA   26  K.Harrels BOA   62
1968 MNA  47  34    W.Horton  DEA .322  K.Harrels BOA   23  J.Northru DEA   56
1968 CLA  42  44    R.Monday  OAA .313  N.Cash    DEA   19  B.Freehan DEA   55
1968 BOA  39  42    J.Northru DEA .313  B.Powell  BAA   18  F.Howard  WAA   52
1968 NYA  38  41
1968 OAA  38  44    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1968 CHA  33  45    J.Hardin  BAA   15  J.Aker    OAA    8  J.Horlen  CHA 1.80
1968 CAA  34  49    M.Lolich  DEA   15  H.Wilhelm CHA    7  S.Bahnsen NYA 1.82
1968 WAA  20  57    D.McLain  DEA   13  W.Wood    CHA    7  J.Nash    OAA 1.85
                    J.Sparma  DEA   12  D.Patters DEA    7  J.Hardin  BAA 1.92
                    OTHERS TIED W   11  E.Watt    BAA    6  S.McDowel CLA 2.04
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    B.Freehan DEA   13  B.Campane OAA   48  S.McDowel CLA  170
                    D.Jones   BOA    8  J.Cardena CLA   42  D.McLain  DEA  145
                    A.Kosco   NYA    8  C.Tovar   MNA   23  D.Chance  MNA  135
                    R.Carew   MNA    7  R.White   NYA   19  L.Tiant   CLA  132
                    T.Uhlaend MNA    7  V.Davalil CAA   18  T.Phoebus BAA  122
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BAA  3  at  NYA  1
BAA  6  at  NYA  8
CAA  1  at  CLA  0
CAA  3  at  CLA  0
CHA  1  at  WAA  0
MNA 11  at  BOA  2
MNA  6  at  BOA  2
OAA  5  at  DEA  6
OAA  8  at  DEA  0
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
R.Jackson     OAA DEA  5  2  2  6  0  1  2  0
R.Monday      OAA DEA  4  3  3  2  1  0  1  1
H.Killebrew   MNA BOA  6  1  2  6  0  1  1  0
D.McAuliffe   DEA OAA  3  2  2  1  2  0  1  0
N.Cash        DEA OAA  3  1  2  2  1  1  1  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
T.Murphy      CAA CLA  9.0  2  0  0  1  5  0 W  
J.McGlothlin  CAA CLA  9.0  2  0  0  3  3  0 W  
T.John        CHA WAA  9.0  3  0  0  1  1  0 W  
L.Tiant       CLA CAA  8.0  3  1  1  0  8  0  L 
J.Hardin      BAA NYA  8.1  6  1  1  1  5  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.Horton      DEA .342 38 13 10  2  6  S.Bahnsen     NYA 18  9  2  4  9  0 200
D.Buford      BAA .533 30 16  6  4  3  T.Murphy      CAA 25 14  4  9 17  3 300
F.Howard      WAA .308 39 12  9  3  5  D.McNally     BAA 17 10  3  2 15  0 100
P.Ward        CHA .333 36 12  8  4  4  T.Phoebus     BAA 25 19  5  9 19  0 200
N.Cash        DEA .382 34 13  6  4  3  J.Hardin      BAA 17 13  2  3 11  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
B.Harris      CLA .143 28  4  1  0  0  B.Brandon     BOA  8 25 15  2  7  3 000
S.Alomar      CHA .121 33  4  1  1  0  C.Hunter      OAA  8 15  7  1  8  4 020
J.Cardenal    CLA .081 37  3  0  4  0  R.Perranoski  MNA  5  7  3  2  3  1 021
L.Brown       CLA .167 36  6  0  1  0  D.Bosman      WAA  9 16  8  1  3  2 000
L.Aparicio    CHA .146 41  6  1  2  0  J.Verbanic    NYA  6  7  6  6  3  1 000
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

1968 NL Standings and Team Grand Totals at the All Star Break

July 8, 1968

 As MLB breaks for the All Star Game in the Houston Astrodome tomorrow, the St. Louis Cardinals find themselves clinging to an uncomfortable spot at the top of the NL standings. Uncomfortable because the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies are right on their heels. The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants are also pressing the League leaders.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1968 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1968 St. Louis SLN           52  31  .627 ----    80    53  30 .639   97  65 .599
1968 Cincinnati CIN          50  31  .617  1.0          42  39 .519   83  79 .512
1968 Philadelphia PHN        46  32  .590  3.5          38  40 .487   76  86 .469
1968 Los Angeles LAN         45  40  .529  8.0          41  44 .482   76  86 .469
1968 San Francisco SFN       44  40  .524  8.5          42  42 .500   88  74 .543
1968 Atlanta ATN             42  41  .506 10.0          43  40 .518   81  81 .500
1968 Pittsburgh PIN          37  44  .457 14.0          40  41 .494   80  82 .494
1968 Chicago CHN             35  49  .417 17.5          39  45 .464   84  78 .519
1968 New York NYN            31  51  .378 20.5          39  43 .476   73  89 .451
1968 Houston HON             30  53  .361 22.0          35  48 .422   72  90 .444
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ATN     42   41  .506 22-21 20-20 13-11 29-30  9- 4 22-20     5-5     Won 3
CHN     35   49  .417 19-25 16-24  9-13 26-36  3- 5 13-21     4-6     Won 1
CIN     50   31  .617 22-17 28-14 17- 5 33-26  6- 3 17- 8     7-3     Won 1
HON     30   53  .361 19-26 11-27 12-14 18-39  1- 7 14-20     3-7     Lost 3
LAN     45   40  .529 27-17 18-23 12-19 33-21 10- 6 13-18     5-5     Lost 1
NYN     31   51  .378 14-27 17-24 15-17 16-34  1- 8  8-17     5-5     Lost 3
PHN     46   32  .590 22-15 24-17 16-11 30-21  7- 6 18-11     6-4     Won 3
PIN     37   44  .457 16-19 21-25 15-15 22-29  4- 2  9-13     6-4     Lost 1
SFN     44   40  .524 23-23 21-17  9-14 35-26  6- 5 18-12     3-7     Lost 1
SLN     52   31  .627 23-15 29-16 19-11 33-20  4- 5 23-15     7-3     Won 1
TOTAL  412  412  .500
HOME   207  205  .502
ROAD   205  207  .498
LEFT   137  130  .513
RIGHT  275  282  .494
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
ATN      6-12 17-11 14-15  5- 3  0- 0  0- 0    269   273   -4
CHN     10- 8 13-15  8-20  4- 6  0- 0  0- 0    305   359  -54
CIN     10- 7 13-14 23- 7  4- 3  0- 0  0- 0    349   292  +57
HON      4-13  7-21 16-14  3- 5  0- 0  0- 0    225   326 -101
LAN      6-12 19-12 18-11  2- 5  0- 0  0- 0    297   273  +24
NYN     10- 6  7-21 11-19  3- 5  0- 0  0- 0    252   305  -53
PHN     13- 4 15- 9 12-16  6- 3  0- 0  0- 0    282   241  +41
PIN      8- 8 12-13 12-19  5- 4  0- 0  0- 0    324   313  +11
SFN     10- 7 14-16 17-13  3- 4  0- 0  0- 0    296   309  -13
SLN      9- 9 21- 6 17-14  5- 2  0- 0  0- 0    340   248  +92
 
 
LEAGUE GRAND TOTALS (primary report) FOR 1968 National League
 
 
TEAM                   AVG    AB    R     H   2B  3B   HR  RBI   SB   CS    E
1968 Cincinnati       .285  2881  349   820  146  19   47  328   39   44   72
1968 Pittsburgh       .267  2810  324   749   89  20   43  306   78   28   78
1968 St. Louis        .264  2872  340   758  134  34   45  319   95   41   79
1968 Chicago          .251  2830  305   710  107  24   61  285   33   32   50
1968 Philadelphia     .244  2707  282   660   99  12   51  274   53   48   68
1968 Atlanta          .239  2831  269   677   90  19   37  250   50   29   67
1968 New York         .233  2802  252   653   94  18   48  232   52   26   74
1968 Los Angeles      .232  2988  297   692  116  22   35  275   39   27   79
1968 San Francisco    .231  2818  296   652   98  12   58  280   21   25   67
1968 Houston          .222  2703  225   600  103   7   27  209   25   28   92
--------------------  ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- --- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
LEAGUE TOTALS         .247 28242 2939  6971 1076 187  452 2758  485  328  726
 
 
TEAM                   ERA   W   L      IP     H    R   ER   HR   BB    SO OAVG
1968 St. Louis        2.37  52  31   758.2   686  248  200   42  178   480 .240
1968 Los Angeles      2.57  45  40   804.2   698  273  230   31  241   527 .234
1968 Philadelphia     2.62  46  32   725.2   641  241  211   38  206   439 .238
1968 Atlanta          2.83  42  41   754.1   671  273  237   42  206   427 .241
1968 Cincinnati       2.98  50  31   736.1   662  292  244   50  282   455 .242
1968 Pittsburgh       3.11  37  44   727.1   678  313  251   34  264   467 .248
1968 Houston          3.14  30  53   748.1   740  326  261   36  270   557 .259
1968 San Francisco    3.16  44  40   775.1   748  309  272   52  165   525 .253
1968 New York         3.29  31  51   743.2   666  305  272   57  272   516 .240
1968 Chicago          3.90  35  49   749.1   781  359  325   70  210   430 .271
-------------------- ----- --- --- ------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----
LEAGUE TOTALS         2.99 412 412  7523.2  6971 2939 2503  452 2294  4823 .247

1968 NL News with League Leaders at the All Star Break

July 8, 1968

NL League Leaders at the All Star break. Pittsburgh's Maury Wills continues to lead the league in BA. San Francisco's Willie McCovey has a big lead in the homerun race and is right behind a couple of Chicago Cubs, Ron Santo and Billy Williams, in the RBI category. St. Louis Cardinal Bob Gibson and Philadelphia Phillie Larry Jackson are the top 2 pitchers in the NL up to this point.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1968 National League                 Date: 7/8/1968
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1968 SLN  52  31    M.Wills   PIN .338  W.McCovey SFN   24  R.Santo   CHN   50
1968 CIN  50  31    L.Brock   SLN .330  B.William CHN   16  B.William CHN   50
1968 PHN  46  32    T.Helms   CIN .326  H.Aaron   ATN   15  T.Perez   CIN   49
1968 LAN  45  40    P.Rose    CIN .313  D.Clenden PIN   14  W.McCovey SFN   49
1968 SFN  44  40    G.Beckert CHN .312  W.Mays    SFN   13  OTHERS TIED W   47
1968 ATN  42  41
1968 PIN  37  44    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1968 CHN  35  49    B.Gibson  SLN   14  J.Hoerner SLN   11  B.Gibson  SLN 1.36
1968 NYN  31  51    L.Jackson PHN   13  T.Abernat CIN    8  L.Jackson PHN 1.62
1968 HON  30  53    F.Jenkins CHN   11  C.Upshaw  ATN    5  P.Jarvis  ATN 1.63
                    J.Maricha SFN   11  J.Brewer  LAN    5  D.Drysdal LAN 1.72
                    OTHERS TIED W   10  T.Farrell PHN    5  D.Lemaste HON 1.73
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    T.Haller  LAN   12  M.Wills   PIN   39  R.Sadecki SFN  134
                    B.William CHN   10  L.Brock   SLN   36  F.Jenkins CHN  133
                    T.Francon ATN    8  W.Davis   LAN   22  B.Singer  LAN  128
                    R.Santo   CHN    8  T.Taylor  PHN   22  B.Gibson  SLN  128
                    G.Kolb    PIN    8  C.Flood   SLN   17  T.Seaver  NYN  121
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CIN  3  at  LAN  1
HON  2  at  ATN  7
NYN  1  at  PHN  3
NYN  1  at  PHN  2
PIN  9  at  CHN  3
PIN  3  at  CHN  4
SLN  3  at  SFN  1
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
C.Boyer       ATN HON  4  1  1  3  0  2  1  0
R.Clemente    PIN CHN  4  2  2  1  0  1  1  0
J.Wynn        HON ATN  3  1  1  1  0  2  1  0
W.Smith       CHN PIN  4  1  1  2  0  1  1  0
R.Clemente    PIN CHN  5  2  2  1  0  1  1  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
M.Pappas      ATN HON  9.0  3  2  2  0  9  2 W  
L.Jackson     PHN NYN  9.0  3  1  1  1  3  0 W  
R.Wise        PHN NYN  9.0  6  1  1  2  6  0 W  
B.Hands       CHN PIN  9.0  5  3  2  0  7  1 W  
G.Arrigo      CIN LAN  7.0  2  1  1  3  2  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
W.Stargell    PIN .324 34 11 14  6  3  L.Jackson     PHN 27 15  3  3 14  1 300
W.Smith       CHN .400 25 10  6  1  3  B.Singer      LAN 20 15  1  4 17  0 100
J.Briggs      PHN .324 34 11  6  9  3  B.Hands       CHN 25 18  5  0 18  2 200
E.Charles     NYN .500 22 11  2  3  2  G.Nolan       CIN 16  8  1  9 12  0 200
R.Santo       CHN .367 49 18 11  6  3  L.Dierker     HON 24 16  4  8 25  1 110
 
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
M.Ryan        PHN .167 36  6  1  0  0  J.James       PHN  9 21 13  6  6  0 020
B.Tolan       SLN .125 40  5  3  1  0  A.Jackson     NYN  5  7  5  1  2  2 010
W.Parker      LAN .211 38  8  1  0  0  M.McCormick   SFN 13 23 11  5  6  1 020
H.Torres      HON .195 41  8  0  2  0  D.Cardwell    NYN  9 12  8  7  3  1 010
D.Rader       HON .189 37  7  0  3  0  N.Briles      SLN 16 24 11  4  7  3 020
 
INJURY REPORT
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