October 11, 2018

1968 NL News Recap with League Leaders

August 16, 1968

 Halfway thru August, here are the NL League Leaders: Pete Rose and Maury Wills are tied for the top BA in the NL at .326. Willie McCovey and Ron Santo are 1,2 in HR and RBI. Bob Gibson, Fergie Jenkins and Pat Jarvis are the top 3 pitchers in the NL.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1968 National League                 Date: 8/16/1968
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1968 CIN  70  45    P.Rose    CIN .326  W.McCovey SFN   34  R.Santo   CHN   85
1968 SLN  72  49    M.Wills   PIN .326  R.Santo   CHN   27  W.McCovey SFN   72
1968 SFN  64  55    T.Helms   CIN .316  H.Aaron   ATN   24  W.Mays    SFN   70
1968 LAN  62  57    T.Perez   CIN .314  B.William CHN   22  T.Perez   CIN   69
1968 PHN  61  57    A.Johnson CIN .313  W.Mays    SFN   20  B.William CHN   68
1968 ATN  62  58
1968 PIN  58  62    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1968 CHN  53  68    F.Jenkins CHN   17  J.Hoerner SLN   12  P.Jarvis  ATN 1.37
1968 NYN  52  70    B.Gibson  SLN   17  J.Brewer  LAN   10  B.Gibson  SLN 1.54
1968 HON  44  77    P.Jarvis  ATN   16  T.Abernat CIN    9  D.Drysdal LAN 1.68
                    J.Maricha SFN   16  R.Kline   PIN    7  D.Lemaste HON 1.96
                    OTHERS TIED W   14  OTHERS TIED W    6  B.Hands   CHN 2.08
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    C.Flood   SLN   13  M.Wills   PIN   62  F.Jenkins CHN  193
                    D.Pavleti CIN   12  L.Brock   SLN   48  B.Singer  LAN  185
                    A.Johnson CIN   10  T.Taylor  PHN   37  R.Sadecki SFN  181
                    R.Pena    PHN    9  W.Davis   LAN   29  B.Gibson  SLN  178
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  C.Jones   NYN   22  C.Short   PHN  174
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
HON  1  at  PHN  4  ATN-Pappas(4-5, 3.21) at SLN-Carlton(13-9, 2.75)
SFN  1  at  PIN  0  CIN-Maloney(11-6, 2.99) at CHN-Hands(10-10, 2.08)
SLN 11  at  CHN  2  HON-Dierker(5-15, 3.84) at NYN-Seaver(11-9, 2.45)
                    LAN-Drysdal(14-10, 1.68) at PIN-McBean(6-15, 4.40)
                    SFN-Sadecki(13-12, 3.45) at PHN-Johnson(0-2, 2.70)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
O.Cepeda      SLN CHN  5  2  3  3  0  0  1  0
J.Briggs      PHN HON  3  1  2  2  1  0  1  0
A.Spangler    CHN SLN  4  1  2  2  0  0  1  0
R.Pena        PHN HON  3  2  2  1  1  0  0  0
J.Edwards     SLN CHN  5  2  2  3  0  0  0  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
B.Bolin       SFN PIN 11.0  3  0  0  1  8  0 W  
W.Fryman      PHN HON  9.0  2  1  1  3  3  0 W  
N.Briles      SLN CHN  9.0  7  2  2  1  5  1 W  
S.Blass       PIN SFN 12.0  9  1  1  3  4  0  L 
T.Dukes       HON PHN  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  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
L.May         CIN .391 23  9  7  3  3  T.Seaver      NYN 20  8  1  4 20  0 100
G.Beckert     CHN .436 39 17  5  2  2  M.Cuellar     HON 18 10  1  1 15  0 200
O.Cepeda      SLN .268 41 11  9  1  3  J.Bunning     PIN  9  2  0  1  2  0 100
R.Maris       SLN .273 22  6  2  5  1  B.Bolin       SFN 22  9  2  3 21  1 110
A.Spangler    CHN .370 27 10  4  1  1  W.Fryman      PHN 18  5  3  5 12  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
R.Hundley     CHN .111 36  4  1  2  0  G.Culver      CIN 11 17 10  6  5  1 010
M.Mota        PIN .172 29  5  1  0  0  D.Wilson      HON  7  8  5  6 10  1 010
M.Shannon     SLN .156 32  5  0  2  0  D.Selma       NYN  8  7  6  4  8  2 010
H.Torres      HON .083 36  3  4  1  0  C.Osteen      LAN  6  7  3  5  1  0 010
D.Rader       HON .125 40  5  1  3  0  T.Cloninger   CIN  9  9  6  3  6  1 110
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

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