November 11, 2018

1968 AL Standings and League Leaders

September 22, 1968

 The 1968 MLB regular season is headed into its final week. The Detroit Tigers clinched the AL pennant way back on September 1st. They now hold a monumental 30.5 game lead over the 2nd place Baltimore Orioles. Detroit is 1 Win away from setting a MLB record for Wins in a 162 game season.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1968 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1968 Detroit DEA            116  40  .744 ----  *WON*  101  55 .647  103  59 .636
1968 Baltimore BAA           86  71  .548 30.5          89  68 .567   91  71 .562
1968 Boston BOA              83  73  .532 33.0          84  72 .538   86  76 .531
1968 Minnesota MNA           81  75  .519 35.0          75  81 .481   79  83 .488
1968 Cleveland CLA           81  75  .519 35.0          83  73 .532   86  75 .534
1968 Oakland OAA             79  77  .506 37.0          78  78 .500   82  80 .506
1968 New York NYA            75  81  .481 41.0          80  76 .513   83  79 .512
1968 Chicago CHA             66  90  .423 50.0          64  92 .410   67  95 .414
1968 California CAA          63  93  .404 53.0          66  90 .423   67  95 .414
1968 Washington WAA          50 105  .323 65.5          60  95 .387   65  96 .404
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     86   71  .548 42-33 44-38 25-19 61-52 12- 8 32-22     6-4     Lost 1
BOA     83   73  .532 32-46 51-27 15-18 68-55 13- 7 18-22     4-6     Lost 2
CAA     63   93  .404 29-46 34-47 19-27 44-66  8-16 23-32     5-5     Lost 2
CHA     66   90  .423 36-45 30-45 22-21 44-69  7-10 26-24     3-7     Won 1
CLA     81   75  .519 41-39 40-36 16-26 65-49  8-19 20-27     8-2     Won 4
DEA    116   40  .744 60-18 56-22 38-10 78-30 14- 2 36-16     7-3     Lost 1
MNA     81   75  .519 47-34 34-41 16-19 65-56 14-10 23-28     4-6     Lost 1
NYA     75   81  .481 42-36 33-45 23-20 52-61  8-11 22-25     4-6     Won 2
OAA     79   77  .506 40-36 39-41 31-31 48-46 11- 9 30-28     4-6     Won 1
WAA     50  105  .323 28-50 22-55 14-33 36-72  8-11 18-24     4-6     Won 1
TOTAL  780  780  .500
HOME   397  383  .509
ROAD   383  397  .491
LEFT   219  224  .494
RIGHT  561  556  .502
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      9- 7 20- 9 16-11 15-15 15-19 11-10    603   583  +20
BOA      5-11 17-12 15-13 16-13 21-14  9-10    629   607  +22
CAA      5-13 14-15  9-19 11-18 16-18  8-10    491   580  -89
CHA      7- 7 14-15  9-19 16-13 15-21  5-15    489   578  -89
CLA     10- 7 15-14 15-17 16-12 15-19 10- 6    616   559  +57
DEA     12- 5 21- 6 26- 5 18-11 23- 9 16- 4    812   496 +316
MNA     12- 5 14-14 15-13 14-15 17-18  9-10    620   561  +59
NYA      7-10 11-17 14-13 13-15 18-17 12- 9    554   639  -85
OAA      9- 9 12-15 14-15 17-13 20-13  7-12    613   566  +47
WAA      8-10  3-24  9-17  9-20 11-23 10-11    460   718 -258
 
 
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1968 American League                 Date: 9/22/1968
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1968 DEA 116  40    T.Oliva   MNA .314  W.Horton  DEA   52  W.Horton  DEA  131
1968 BAA  86  71    D.Buford  BAA .313  K.Harrels BOA   47  K.Harrels BOA  117
1968 BOA  83  73    B.Campane OAA .308  F.Howard  WAA   46  J.Northru DEA  101
1968 MNA  81  75    W.Horton  DEA .306  N.Cash    DEA   35  N.Cash    DEA   96
1968 CLA  81  75    V.Davalil CAA .306  B.Powell  BAA   33  F.Howard  WAA   92
1968 OAA  79  77
1968 NYA  75  81    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1968 CHA  66  90    D.McLain  DEA   25  W.Wood    CHA   15  S.McDowel CLA 1.91
1968 CAA  63  93    M.Lolich  DEA   22  J.Aker    OAA   15  S.Bahnsen NYA 2.03
1968 WAA  50 105    J.Hardin  BAA   20  H.Wilhelm CHA   14  G.Brunet  CAA 2.19
                    S.McDowel CLA   20  E.Watt    BAA   10  M.Lolich  DEA 2.25
                    S.Bahnsen NYA   20  D.Patters DEA    9  D.McNally BAA 2.25
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    B.Morton  CAA   11  B.Campane OAA   81  S.McDowel CLA  321
                    M.Andrews BOA    8  J.Cardena CLA   69  D.McLain  DEA  257
                    A.Rodrigu CAA    8  D.Buford  BAA   43  D.Chance  MNA  248
                    V.Davalil CAA    8  C.Tovar   MNA   43  L.Tiant   CLA  236
                    T.Uhlaend MNA    8  V.Davalil CAA   40  T.Phoebus BAA  218
 

 

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