August 20, 2018

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
No injuries to report

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