1968 AL Newspaper Recap

September 1, 1968

  Here are the League Leaders in the AL after play in the month of August.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1968 American League                 Date: 9/1/1968
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1968 DEA 100  36    F.Howard  WAA .315  W.Horton  DEA   43  W.Horton  DEA  110
1968 BAA  75  61    T.Oliva   MNA .314  K.Harrels BOA   42  K.Harrels BOA  106
1968 BOA  74  63    R.Monday  OAA .314  F.Howard  WAA   41  J.Northru DEA   84
1968 OAA  72  65    B.Campane OAA .308  B.Powell  BAA   30  B.Freehan DEA   83
1968 MNA  72  65    K.Harrels BOA .303  N.Cash    DEA   30  OTHERS TIED W   82
1968 CLA  71  69
1968 NYA  63  72    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1968 CHA  61  75    D.McLain  DEA   22  W.Wood    CHA   14  S.McDowel CLA 1.94
1968 CAA  55  83    M.Lolich  DEA   19  J.Aker    OAA   14  J.Nash    OAA 2.08
1968 WAA  40  94    J.Hardin  BAA   18  H.Wilhelm CHA   13  G.Brunet  CAA 2.13
                    S.McDowel CLA   18  D.Patters DEA    9  J.Perry   MNA 2.15
                    OTHERS TIED W   16  OTHERS TIED W    8  S.Bahnsen NYA 2.24
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    B.Freehan DEA   12  B.Campane OAA   70  S.McDowel CLA  280
                    L.Aparici CHA   10  J.Cardena CLA   67  D.McLain  DEA  239
                    B.Morton  CAA    7  D.Buford  BAA   37  L.Tiant   CLA  221
                    V.Davalil CAA    7  C.Tovar   MNA   37  D.Chance  MNA  218
                    J.Gibbs   NYA    7  V.Davalil CAA   36  T.Phoebus BAA  193
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BAA  1  at  DEA  3  BAA-Hardin(18-9, 2.81) at DEA-McLain(22-5, 2.63)
CHA  3  at  MNA  2  CHA-Nyman(1-0, 2.00) at MNA-Boswell(10-9, 3.21)
NYA  1  at  CLA  2  NYA-Verbani(2-8, 5.88) at CLA-Hargan(7-10, 4.40)
OAA  3  at  CAA  2  OAA-Odom(12-10, 3.31) at CAA-Wright(4-7, 3.27)
WAA  2  at  BOA  5  WAA-Pascual(8-12, 3.31) at BOA-Culp(14-5, 2.96)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
R.Renick      MNA CHA  4  1  3  2  0  1  1  0
D.Duncan      OAA CAA  4  1  1  3  0  2  1  0
D.Johnson     BAA DEA  4  1  1  1  0  1  1  0
J.Foy         BOA WAA  4  2  3  1  1  0  0  0
W.Williams    CHA MNA  3  1  2  1  0  0  0  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
J.Hiller      DEA BAA  9.0  5  1  1  1  2  1 W  
C.Dobson      OAA CAA  9.0  7  2  1  4  8  0 W  
J.Lonborg     BOA WAA  8.2  3  2  2  6  7  0 W  
E.Fisher      CLA NYA  2.1  1  0  0  0  2  0 W  
D.McNally     BAA DEA  7.0  4  3  2  1  4  0  L 
 
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
N.Cash        DEA .429 28 12 13  2  5  F.Peterson    NYA 27 18  1  1 14  0 300
R.Jackson     OAA .318 44 14  7  6  4  E.Fisher      CLA  5  2  0  0  4  0 100
J.Pagliaroni  OAA .345 29 10  5  1  3  C.Dobson      OAA 18  9  1  6 18  0 200
R.Smith       BOA .286 35 10  8  7  2  D.McLain      DEA 18 13  1  3 15  0 200
J.Azcue       CLA .440 25 11  8  0  1  D.Chance      MNA 25 22  2  6 18  0 210
 
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
K.Berry       CHA .115 26  3  0  2  0  M.Stottlemyre NYA 10 16 13  4  5  5 020
W.Williams    CHA .171 41  7  1  0  0  B.Moore       WAA 10 17  9  6  3  3 020
B.Cox         NYA .103 39  4  2  2  0  P.Richert     BAA  6  7  4  2  3  2 020
M.Epstein     WAA .138 29  4  1  1  0  W.Bunker      BAA  7 10  6  2  7  1 010
M.Belanger    BAA .105 38  4  2  2  0  J.Pizarro     BOA  9  6  7  4  6  2 010
 
INJURY REPORT
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