1968 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 86–76 (.531) | |
League place | 4th (17 GB) | |
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
President | Tom Yawkey | |
General managers | Dick O'Connell | |
Managers | Dick Williams | |
Television | WHDH-TV, Ch, 5 | |
Radio |
WHDH-AM 850 ( Ken Coleman, Ned Martin, Mel Parnell) | |
Stats |
ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1968 Boston Red Sox season was the 68th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, 17 games behind the AL and World Series champion Detroit Tigers.
Carl Yastrzemski set an American League record by having the lowest batting average to win a batting title. Yaz hit .301 to claim the batting title. [2]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Tigers | 103 | 59 | 0.636 | — | 56–25 | 47–34 |
Baltimore Orioles | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | 12 | 47–33 | 44–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 86 | 75 | 0.534 | 16½ | 43–37 | 43–38 |
Boston Red Sox | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 17 | 46–35 | 40–41 |
New York Yankees | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 20 | 39–42 | 44–37 |
Oakland Athletics | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 21 | 44–38 | 38–42 |
Minnesota Twins | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 24 | 41–40 | 38–43 |
California Angels | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 36 | 32–49 | 35–46 |
Chicago White Sox | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 36 | 36–45 | 31–50 |
Washington Senators | 65 | 96 | 0.404 | 37½ | 34–47 | 31–49 |
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
2 | Mike Andrews | 2B |
3 | Dalton Jones | 3B |
8 | Carl Yastrzemski | LF |
7 | Reggie Smith | CF |
5 | George Scott | 1B |
15 | Joe Lahoud | RF |
6 | Rico Petrocelli | SS |
18 | Elston Howard | C |
36 | Dick Ellsworth | P |
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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 |
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C | Russ Gibson | 76 | 231 | 52 | .225 | 3 | 20 |
1B | George Scott | 124 | 350 | 60 | .171 | 3 | 25 |
2B | Mike Andrews | 147 | 536 | 145 | .271 | 7 | 45 |
SS | Rico Petrocelli | 123 | 406 | 95 | .234 | 12 | 46 |
3B | Joe Foy | 150 | 515 | 116 | .225 | 10 | 60 |
LF | Carl Yastrzemski | 157 | 539 | 162 | .301 | 23 | 74 |
CF | Reggie Smith | 155 | 558 | 148 | .265 | 15 | 69 |
RF | Ken Harrelson | 150 | 535 | 147 | .275 | 35 | 109 |
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 |
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Dalton Jones | 111 | 354 | 83 | .234 | 5 | 29 |
Jerry Adair | 74 | 208 | 45 | .216 | 2 | 12 |
Elston Howard | 71 | 203 | 49 | .241 | 5 | 18 |
José Tartabull | 72 | 139 | 39 | .281 | 0 | 6 |
Russ Nixon | 29 | 85 | 13 | .153 | 0 | 6 |
Joe Lahoud | 29 | 78 | 15 | .192 | 1 | 6 |
Luis Alvarado | 11 | 46 | 6 | .130 | 0 | 1 |
Gene Oliver | 16 | 35 | 5 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Norm Siebern | 27 | 30 | 2 | .067 | 0 | 0 |
Floyd Robinson | 23 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
Jerry Moses | 6 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 2 | 4 |
George Thomas | 12 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 1 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ray Culp | 35 | 216.1 | 16 | 6 | 2.91 | 190 |
Gary Bell | 35 | 199.1 | 11 | 11 | 3.12 | 102 |
Dick Ellsworth | 31 | 196.0 | 16 | 7 | 3.03 | 106 |
José Santiago | 18 | 124.0 | 9 | 4 | 2.25 | 86 |
Jim Lonborg | 23 | 113.1 | 6 | 10 | 4.29 | 73 |
Juan Pizarro | 19 | 107.2 | 6 | 8 | 3.59 | 84 |
Dave Morehead | 11 | 55.0 | 1 | 4 | 2.45 | 78 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Gary Waslewski | 34 | 105.1 | 4 | 7 | 3.67 | 59 |
Jerry Stephenson | 23 | 68.2 | 2 | 8 | 5.64 | 51 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Lee Stange | 50 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3.93 | 53 |
Sparky Lyle | 49 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 2.74 | 52 |
Bill Landis | 38 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.15 | 59 |
Bucky Brandon | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.39 | 10 |
John Wyatt | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.22 | 11 |
Garry Roggenburk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.16 | 4 |
Fred Wenz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |