1968 NL News Recap with League Leaders

July 1, 1968

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1968 National League                 Date: 7/1/1968
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1968 CIN  46  28    M.Wills   PIN .345  W.McCovey SFN   23  T.Perez   CIN   47
1968 SLN  47  29    T.Helms   CIN .335  B.William CHN   15  B.William CHN   45
1968 PHN  40  29    L.Brock   SLN .327  D.Clenden PIN   14  W.McCovey SFN   45
1968 LAN  43  35    P.Rose    CIN .316  H.Aaron   ATN   13  W.Mays    SFN   42
1968 SFN  41  36    W.Mays    SFN .316  W.Mays    SFN   13  V.Pinson  CIN   41
1968 ATN  37  38
1968 PIN  32  40    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1968 CHN  31  43    B.Gibson  SLN   13  J.Hoerner SLN    9  B.Gibson  SLN 1.46
1968 NYN  28  46    L.Jackson PHN   11  T.Abernat CIN    8  L.Jackson PHN 1.63
1968 HON  27  48    F.Jenkins CHN   10  C.Upshaw  ATN    5  P.Jarvis  ATN 1.68
                    G.Perry   SFN   10  J.Brewer  LAN    5  D.Lemaste HON 1.72
                    R.Sadecki SFN   10  T.Farrell PHN    5  D.Drysdal LAN 1.83
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    T.Perez   CIN   14  M.Wills   PIN   38  R.Sadecki SFN  127
                    W.Woodwar CIN   11  L.Brock   SLN   34  F.Jenkins CHN  125
                    A.Johnson CIN   10  W.Davis   LAN   22  B.Gibson  SLN  118
                    G.Beckert CHN    9  T.Taylor  PHN   19  T.Seaver  NYN  113
                    J.Bench   CIN    9  OTHERS TIED W   15  J.Maricha SFN  112
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
ATN  0  at  LAN  4  ATN-Niekro(5-9, 3.32) at SFN-Bolin(2-0, 2.33)
CIN  3  at  SFN  2  CIN-Maloney(6-3, 3.63) at HON-Giusti(6-8, 2.96)
NYN  5  at  HON  2  PHN-Short(9-6, 2.41) at CHN-Nye(4-6, 3.88)
PIN  7  at  PHN  4  SLN-Gibson(13-3, 1.46) at LAN-Drysdal(9-6, 1.83)
SLN  8  at  CHN  3
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
M.Shannon     SLN CHN  5  1  2  4  0  0  1  0
P.Rose        CIN SFN  4  2  2  1  0  0  1  0
R.Clemente    PIN PHN  3  3  2  1  2  0  0  0
A.Phillips    CHN SLN  4  1  1  2  0  2  1  0
J.Wynn        HON NYN  4  1  1  1  0  0  1  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
B.Veale       PIN PHN  9.0  5  4  3  5 11  0 W  
M.Grant       LAN ATN  9.0  6  0  0  2  2  0 W  
R.Willis      SLN CHN  3.0  2  0  0  1  3  0 W  
L.McDaniel    SFN CIN  2.1  1  0  0  0  2  0    
B.Lee         CIN SFN  2.0  1  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
M.Shannon     SLN .382 34 13 10  5  6  L.Jackson     PHN 18  9  1  0 10  0 200
W.McCovey     SFN .281 32  9  6  6  5  B.Moose       PIN 14  9  0  1 11  0 110
D.Clendenon   PIN .536 28 15  7  1  3  G.Nolan       CIN 16  9  2  4 12  0 200
L.Gabrielson  LAN .321 28  9  7  1  3  G.Culver      CIN 26 21  6  4 12  2 200
T.Perez       CIN .381 42 16 12  2  2  C.Raymond     ATN  6  2  0  1  3  0 100
 
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
S.Jackson     ATN .091 33  3  2  0  0  A.Jackson     NYN  5 14  8  0  1  0 000
B.Tolan       SLN .120 25  3  0  1  0  K.Johnson     ATN  9 21  8  0  2  3 010
C.Boyer       ATN .189 37  7  0  2  0  D.Wilson      HON  7  4  6  9  6  0 010
H.Torres      HON .167 36  6  3  2  0  M.Pappas      ATN  5  7  4  0  2  1 010
O.Cepeda      SLN .167 36  6  3  2  0  A.McBean      PIN 11 18  7  6  5  0 020
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report