1968 Cleveland Indians season

1968 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Vernon Stouffer
General manager(s)Gabe Paul
Manager(s)Alvin Dark
Local televisionWJW-TV
Local radioWERE (1300)
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Offseason

Regular season

Transactions
  • June 7, 1968: Vince Colbert was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 11th round of the 1968 amateur draft.[6]

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 10359 0.636 — 56–25 47–34
Baltimore Orioles 9171 0.562 12 47–33 44–38
Cleveland Indians 8675 0.534 16½ 43–37 43–38
Boston Red Sox 8676 0.531 17 46–35 40–41
New York Yankees 8379 0.512 20 39–42 44–37
Oakland Athletics 8280 0.506 21 44–38 38–42
Minnesota Twins 7983 0.488 24 41–40 38–43
California Angels 6795 0.414 36 32–49 35–46
Chicago White Sox 6795 0.414 36 36–45 31–50
Washington Senators 6596 0.404 37½ 34–47 31–49

Record vs. opponents
1968 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET MIN NYY OAK WSH
Baltimore —9–910–811–77–118–1010–813–59–914–4
Boston 9–9—9–914–410–86–129–910–88–1011–7
California 8–109–9—8–107–115–137–116–125–1312–6
Chicago 7–114–1410–8—5–135–1310–86–1210–810–8
Cleveland 11–78–1011–713–5—6–1214–410–8–16–127–10
Detroit 10–812–613–513–512–6—10–810–8–113–5–110–8
Minnesota 8–109–911–78–104–148–10—12–68–1011–7
New York 5–138–1012–612–68–10–18–10–16–12—10–814–4
Oakland 9–910–813–58–1012–65–13–110–88–10—7–11
Washington 4–147–116–128–1010–78–107–114–1411–7—

Roster
1968 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CJoe Azcue115357100.280442
1BTony Horton133477119.2491459
2BVern Fuller9724459.242018
SSLarry Brown154495116.234635
3BMax Alvis131452101.223837
LFLee Maye10929984.281426
CFJosé Cardenal157583150.257744
RFVic Davalillo5118043.239213

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
Duke Sims12236190.2491144
Chico Salmon10327659.214312
Tommy Harper13023551.217626
Russ Snyder6821761.281223
Lou Johnson6520252.257523
Dave Nelson8818944.233019
Jimmie Hall5311122.19818
Billy Harris389420.21303
Richie Scheinblum195512.21805
José Vidal37549.16725
Leon Wagner38499.18406
Willie Smith33426.14303
Lou Klimchock11152.13303
Ken Suarez17101.10000
Lou Piniella650.00001
Russ Nagelson531.33300
Eddie Leon610.00000
Ray Fosse100---00

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
Sam McDowell3826915141.81283
Luis Tiant34258.12191.60264
Sonny Siebert3120612102.97146
Steve Hargan32158.18154.1578

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
Stan Williams44194.113112.50147
Mike Paul3691.2583.9387
Horacio Piña1231.1111.7224
Steve Bailey25013.601

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
Eddie Fisher544242.8542
Vicente Romo4053121.6254
Hal Kurtz281015.2116
Billy Rohr171016.875
Rob Gardner50006.756
Darrell Sutherland30008.102
Tommy Gramly30102.701
Mike Hedlund300010.800
Willie Smith20000.001

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Red Davis
AA Waterbury Indians Eastern League Phil Cavarretta and Ray Mueller
A Reno Silver Sox California League Clay Bryant
A Rock Hill Indians Western Carolinas League Pinky May
Rookie GCL Indians Gulf Coast League Ken Aspromonte

[7]

Notes
  1. Jim King at Baseball Reference
  2. Marv Staehle at Baseball Reference
  3. Darrell Sutherland at Baseball Reference
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fisheed02.shtml
  5. Rick Sawyer at Baseball Reference
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colbevi01.shtml
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References
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