1968 AL Awards

October 9, 1968

 The AL Award winners were announced today by Strat-O-Matic. Detroit's Denny McLain (27-6, 2.52 ERA, 336 IP, 277 K's, 7.6 WAR) was named AL MVP and Cy Young winner. I would have voted for Willie Horton (.305 BA, 53 HR, 134 RBI, 6.8 WAR) as the MVP.

AWARDS VOTING FOR 1968 American League                         Date: 9/30/1968
 
MVP AWARD                               CY YOUNG AWARD
D.McLain(DEA) 482                       D.McLain(DEA) 134
W.Horton(DEA) 336                       M.Lolich(DEA) 97
J.Northrup(DEA) 177                     S.McDowell(CLA) 40
D.McAuliffe(DEA) 117                    E.Wilson(DEA) 12
K.Harrelson(BOA) 85                     L.Tiant(CLA) 5
 
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C  B.Freehan(DEA) 2,094,832             D.Sims(CLA) 1,076,336
1B B.Powell(BAA) 1,868,239              M.Mantle(NYA) 1,494,064
2B D.McAuliffe(DEA) 2,413,103           M.Andrews(BOA) 1,263,507
3B C.Tovar(MNA) 1,580,743               B.Robinson(BAA) 1,421,935
SS B.Campaneris(OAA) 1,931,165          J.Fregosi(CAA) 1,650,509
LF F.Howard(WAA) 3,830,128              W.Horton(DEA) 3,338,798
CF R.Smith(BOA) 2,015,422               R.Monday(OAA) 1,479,912
RF K.Harrelson(BOA) 3,267,264           J.Northrup(DEA) 2,442,726
Pi D.McLain(DEA) 3,676,923              M.Lolich(DEA) 2,610,036
   S.McDowell(CLA) 2,487,476            L.Tiant(CLA) 1,795,618
   D.Chance(MNA) 1,705,239              D.McNally(BAA) 1,686,259
   S.Bahnsen(NYA) 1,609,034             E.Wilson(DEA) 1,533,150
   R.Culp(BOA) 1,466,860                J.Hardin(BAA) 1,299,355
   J.Hiller(DEA) 1,184,966              T.Phoebus(BAA) 1,133,704
 
GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
P  R.Culp(BOA)                          T.Phoebus(BAA) 
C  J.Gibbs(NYA)                         B.Freehan(DEA) 
1B D.Cater(OAA)                         M.Mantle(NYA) 
2B B.Knoop(CAA)                         D.McAuliffe(DEA) 
3B B.Robinson(BAA)                      S.Bando(OAA) 
SS L.Aparicio(CHA)                      M.Belanger(BAA) 
OF M.Stanley(DEA)                       R.Smith(BOA) 
OF C.Yastrzemski(BOA)                   T.Oliva(MNA) 
OF T.Uhlaender(MNA)                     D.Unser(WAA) 
 
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
C  B.Freehan(DEA)                       D.Sims(CLA) 
1B B.Powell(BAA)                        M.Mantle(NYA) 
2B D.McAuliffe(DEA)                     M.Andrews(BOA) 
3B C.Tovar(MNA)                         K.McMullen(WAA) 
SS B.Campaneris(OAA)                    J.Fregosi(CAA) 
LF W.Horton(DEA)                        F.Howard(WAA) 
CF R.Smith(BOA)                         R.Monday(OAA) 
RF K.Harrelson(BOA)                     J.Northrup(DEA) 
 
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD            MANAGER OF THE YEAR
H.Wilhelm(CHA) 34                       Mayo Smith(DEA) 
J.Aker(OAA) 33                          Earl Weaver(BAA) 
T.Burgmeier(CAA) 29                     Dick Williams(BOA) 
E.Watt(BAA) 28                          Bob Kennedy(OAA) 
S.Lyle(BOA) 26                          Cal Ermer(MNA)