1968 NL News Recap with League Leaders

August 1, 1968

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1968 National League                 Date: 8/1/1968
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1968 SLN  67  39    M.Wills   PIN .342  W.McCovey SFN   31  R.Santo   CHN   77
1968 CIN  59  42    T.Helms   CIN .327  H.Aaron   ATN   23  W.McCovey SFN   65
1968 SFN  56  48    P.Rose    CIN .322  R.Santo   CHN   23  T.Perez   CIN   64
1968 PHN  55  48    T.Perez   CIN .319  B.William CHN   20  W.Mays    SFN   63
1968 LAN  55  50    L.Brock   SLN .312  W.Mays    SFN   17  R.Clement PIN   61
1968 ATN  55  51
1968 PIN  50  55    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1968 CHN  46  60    B.Gibson  SLN   17  J.Hoerner SLN   12  B.Gibson  SLN 1.20
1968 NYN  45  62    F.Jenkins CHN   15  T.Abernat CIN    9  P.Jarvis  ATN 1.41
1968 HON  36  69    P.Jarvis  ATN   14  J.Brewer  LAN    8  D.Drysdal LAN 1.74
                    J.Maricha SFN   14  R.Kline   PIN    7  B.Hands   CHN 1.94
                    OTHERS TIED W   13  OTHERS TIED W    6  D.Lemaste HON 2.09
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    W.McCovey SFN   11  M.Wills   PIN   48  F.Jenkins CHN  179
                    D.Simpson HON   10  L.Brock   SLN   44  B.Singer  LAN  166
                    B.Johnson ATN    9  T.Taylor  PHN   33  B.Gibson  SLN  165
                    D.Pavleti CIN    9  W.Davis   LAN   28  R.Sadecki SFN  158
                    T.Perez   CIN    9  OTHERS TIED W   17  C.Short   PHN  151
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
ATN  2  at  NYN  3  ATN-Britton(8-0, 1.82) at NYN-Cardwel(6-9, 3.52)
HON  4  at  CHN  3  HON-Giusti(6-14, 3.32) at CHN-Niekro(4-13, 5.45)
PIN  6  at  CIN  3  PIN-Sisk(5-4, 5.74) at CIN-Maloney(9-5, 2.88)
PIN 15  at  CIN  2  SFN-Maricha(14-9, 2.16) at LAN-Drysdal(13-9, 1.74)
SFN  4  at  LAN  1  SLN-Carlton(12-7, 2.82) at PHN-Jackson(13-5, 2.29)
SLN  0  at  PHN  5
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
R.Clemente    PIN CIN  6  3  5  6  0  0  1  0
M.Alou        PIN CIN  5  3  3  3  0  1  0  1
C.Rojas       PHN SLN  4  1  2  3  0  0  1  0
H.Aaron       ATN NYN  3  1  1  2  0  2  1  0
M.Wills       PIN CIN  6  4  4  0  0  1  0  2
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
W.Fryman      PHN SLN  9.0  2  0  0  1  8  0 W  
D.Ellis       PIN CIN  7.0  3  0  0  4  4  0 W  
B.Bolin       SFN LAN  9.0  5  1  1  3  4  1 W  
J.Koosman     NYN ATN  9.0  8  2  2  2  8  1 W  
J.Purdin      LAN SFN  2.0  0  0  0  0  1  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
R.Santo       CHN .447 38 17 17  7  8  B.Gibson      SLN 18  5  0  1 20  0 200
L.Gabrielson  LAN .400 25 10  7  4  3  C.Koonce      NYN  5  0  0  1  2  0 000
R.Clemente    PIN .364 33 12 10  1  3  J.Britton     ATN 15  9  0  2 12  0 200
W.Mays        SFN .333 39 13 11  4  3  G.Nolan       CIN  9  3  0  2  6  0 100
H.Aaron       ATN .413 46 19 10  1  4  P.Jarvis      ATN 18  8  1  2 10  1 200
 
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.Aspromonte  HON .103 29  3  1  1  0  A.McBean      PIN  8 18 14  1  2  0 020
B.Harrelson   NYN .175 40  7  1  1  0  T.Cloninger   CIN  7 14 11 12  3  2 020
B.White       PHN .162 37  6  1  2  0  T.Sisk        PIN  6 11  8  2  3  2 000
M.Martinez    ATN .107 28  3  1  3  0  D.Giusti      HON 10 15  8  6  9  1 020
J.Grote       NYN .231 26  6  0  1  0  B.Connors     NYN  6 11  6  3  1  1 000
 
INJURY REPORT
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