1968 California Angels season

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1968 California Angels
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Gene Autry
General manager(s) Fred Haney, Dick Walsh
Manager(s) Bill Rigney
Local television KTLA
Local radio KMPC
(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
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The 1968 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
Detroit Tigers 103 59 .636
Baltimore Orioles 91 71 .562 12
Cleveland Indians 86 75 .534 16½
Boston Red Sox 86 76 .531 17
New York Yankees 83 79 .512 20
Oakland Athletics 82 80 .506 21
Minnesota Twins 79 83 .488 24
California Angels 67 95 .414 36
Chicago White Sox 67 95 .414 36
Washington Senators 65 96 .404 37½

Record vs. opponents

1968 American League Records

Sources:

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET MIN NYY OAK WSH
Baltimore 9–9 10–8 11–7 7–11 8–10 10–8 13–5 9–9 14–4
Boston 9–9 9–9 14–4 10–8 6–12 9–9 10–8 8–10 11–7
California 8–10 9–9 8–10 7–11 5–13 7–11 6–12 5–13 12–6
Chicago 7–11 4–14 10–8 5–13 5–13 10–8 6–12 10–8 10–8
Cleveland 11–7 8–10 11–7 13–5 6–12 14–4 10–8–1 6–12 7–10
Detroit 10–8 12–6 13–5 13–5 12–6 10–8 10–8–1 13–5–1 10–8
Minnesota 8–10 9–9 11–7 8–10 4–14 8–10 12–6 8–10 11–7
New York 5–13 8–10 12–6 12–6 8–10–1 8–10–1 6–12 10–8 14–4
Oakland 9–9 10–8 13–5 8–10 12–6 5–13–1 10–8 8–10 7–11
Washington 4–14 7–11 6–12 8–10 10–7 8–10 7–11 4–14 11–7


Opening Day lineup

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Notable transactions

Roster

1968 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
1B Don Mincher 120 399 94 .236 13 48
2B Bobby Knoop 152 494 123 .249 3 39
3B Aurelio Rodríguez 76 223 54 .299 1 16
SS Jim Fregosi 159 614 150 .244 9 49
LF Rick Reichardt 151 534 136 .255 21 73
CF Vic Davalillo 93 339 101 .298 1 18
RF Roger Repoz 133 375 90 .240 13 54

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Woodie Held 33 45 5 .111 0 0
Bobby Treviño 17 40 9 .225 0 1
Orlando McFarlane 18 31 9 .290 0 2
Wayne Causey 4 11 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
George Brunet 39 245.1 13 17 2.86 132
Jim McGlothlin 40 208.1 10 15 3.54 135
Rickey Clark 21 94.1 1 11 3.53 60

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Sammy Ellis 42 164 9 10 3.95 93
Clyde Wright 41 125.2 10 6 3.94 71
Andy Messersmith 28 81.1 4 2 2.21 74
Dennis Bennett 16 48.1 0 5 3.54 36
Bill Harrelson 10 33.2 1 6 5.08 22

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Minnie Rojas 38 4 3 6 4.25 33
Tom Burgmeier 56 1 4 5 4.33 33
Bobby Locke 29 2 3 2 6.44 33
Jack Hamilton 21 3 1 2 3.32 18
Jim Weaver 14 0 1 0 2.38 8
Pete Cimino 4 0 0 0 2.57 2

Awards and honors

1968 All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Seattle Angels Pacific Coast League Joe Adcock
AA El Paso Sun Kings Texas League Chuck Tanner
A San Jose Bees California League Harry Dunlop and Del Rice
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Fred Koenig and Tom Morgan
Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Tom Sommers and Eddie Bressoud

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: El Paso, Quad Cities

Notes

  1. Bill Skowron at Baseball Reference
  2. Elrod Hendricks at Baseball Reference
  3. Active Reds trade Sammy Ellis
  4. Paul Reuschel at Baseball Reference
  5. Merritt Ranew page at Baseball-Reference
  6. Woodie Held at Baseball Reference

References