1968 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersFred Haney, Dick Walsh
ManagersBill Rigney
TelevisionKTLA
RadioKMPC
(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
Seasons

The 1968 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

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


Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET MIN NYY OAK WSH
Baltimore 9–910–811–77–118–1010–813–59–914–4
Boston 9–99–914–410–86–129–910–88–1011–7
California 8–109–98–107–115–137–116–125–1312–6
Chicago 7–114–1410–85–135–1310–86–1210–810–8
Cleveland 11–78–1011–713–56–1214–410–8–16–127–10
Detroit 10–812–613–513–512–610–810–8–113–5–110–8
Minnesota 8–109–911–78–104–148–1012–68–1011–7
New York 5–138–1012–612–68–10–18–10–16–1210–814–4
Oakland 9–910–813–58–1012–65–13–110–88–107–11
Washington 4–147–116–128–1010–78–107–114–1411–7

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
CBuck Rodgers9125849.190114
1BDon Mincher12039994.2361348
2BBobby Knoop152494123.249339
3BAurelio Rodríguez7622354.242116
SSJim Fregosi159614150.244949
LFRick Reichardt151534136.2552173
CFVic Davalillo93339101.298118
RFRoger Repoz13337590.2401354

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
Tom Satriano11129775.253835
Chuck Hinton11626752.195723
Paul Schaal6021946.210216
Bubba Morton8116344.270118
Ed Kirkpatrick8916137.230115
Jimmie Hall4612627.21418
Jay Johnstone4111530.26103
Jim Spencer196813.19105
Chuck Cottier336713.19401
Jarvis Tatum17519.17602
Woodie Held33455.11100
Tom Egan16435.11614
Bobby Treviño17409.22501
Winston Llenas16395.12801
Orlando McFarlane18319.29002
Wayne Causey4110.00000

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 Brunet39245.113172.86132
Jim McGlothlin40208.110153.54135
Tom Murphy1599.1562.1756
Rickey Clark2194.11113.5360

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 Ellis42164.09103.9593
Clyde Wright41125.21063.9471
Andy Messersmith2881.1422.2174
Dennis Bennett1648.1053.5436
Bill Harrelson1033.2165.0822

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 Rojas384364.2533
Tom Burgmeier561454.3333
Marty Pattin524432.7966
Bobby Locke292326.4433
Jack Hamilton213123.3218
Jim Weaver140102.388
Bob Heffner70002.253
Steve Kealey60102.704
Pete Cimino40002.572
Larry Sherry30006.002

Awards and honors

1968 All-Star Game

Farm system

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

References

  • 1968 California Angels team at Baseball Reference
  • 1968 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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