1968 Baltimore Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 91-71
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 943,977, Avg. 12,339
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Manager: Hank Bauer (43-37)
Manager: Earl Weaver (48-34)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1968 Baltimore Orioles Results
The Baltimore Orioles of the American League ended the 1968 season with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Orioles tallied 579 runs and conceded 497 runs. Boog Powell paced Baltimore with 22 home runs, while Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Curt Blefary and Don Buford each walloped 20 or more, too. Boog Powell drove in 85 runs. Brooks Robinson topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .253. Dave McNally led the squad with 22 wins, and Jim Hardin and Tom Phoebus added 15 or more victories also Dave McNally recorded a 1.95 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Hank Bauer and Earl Weaver coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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Dave McNally | 22 | 10 | .688 | 1.95 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 273.0 | 175 | 67 | 59 | 24 | 55 | 1 | 202 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1038 |
Jim Hardin | 18 | 13 | .581 | 2.51 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 244.0 | 188 | 79 | 68 | 20 | 70 | 5 | 160 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 974 |
Tom Phoebus | 15 | 15 | .500 | 2.62 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 240.7 | 186 | 81 | 70 | 10 | 105 | 5 | 193 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 994 |
Dave Leonhard | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.13 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 126.3 | 95 | 46 | 44 | 10 | 57 | 3 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 507 |
Pete Richert | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.47 | 36 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 62.3 | 51 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 247 |
Gene Brabender | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.31 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 125.0 | 116 | 52 | 46 | 9 | 48 | 4 | 92 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 530 |
Eddie Watt | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.27 | 59 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 83.3 | 63 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 346 |
Roger Nelson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.41 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71.0 | 49 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 283 |
Moe Drabowsky | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.91 | 45 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 61.3 | 35 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 25 | 5 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 242 |
Wally Bunker | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.41 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 59 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 282 |
John Morris | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.56 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 133 |
John O'Donoghue | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22.0 | 34 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | |
Fred Beene | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Bruce Howard | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.77 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 145 |
Mike Adamson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
Totals | 91 | 71 | .562 | 2.66 | 396 | 162 | 109 | 53 | 15 | 31 | 1451.3 | 1111 | 497 | 429 | 101 | 502 | 42 | 1044 | 46 | 12 | 53 | 5864 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brooks Robinson | 162 | 667 | 608 | 65 | 154 | 36 | 6 | 17 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 55 | .253 | .304 | .416 | .720 | 253 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
Boog Powell | 154 | 634 | 550 | 60 | 137 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 85 | 7 | 1 | 73 | 97 | .249 | .338 | .411 | .748 | 226 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
Davey Johnson | 145 | 559 | 504 | 50 | 122 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 80 | .242 | .308 | .359 | .667 | 181 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Don Buford | 130 | 494 | 426 | 65 | 120 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 46 | 27 | 12 | 57 | 46 | .282 | .367 | .437 | .804 | 186 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
Frank Robinson | 130 | 508 | 421 | 69 | 113 | 27 | 1 | 15 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 73 | 84 | .268 | .390 | .444 | .834 | 187 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Mark Belanger | 145 | 531 | 472 | 40 | 98 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 40 | 114 | .208 | .272 | .248 | .520 | 117 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
Curt Blefary | 137 | 535 | 451 | 50 | 90 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 65 | 66 | .200 | .301 | .322 | .623 | 145 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
Paul Blair | 141 | 467 | 421 | 48 | 89 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 60 | .211 | .277 | .318 | .595 | 134 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Andy Etchebarren | 74 | 214 | 189 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 46 | .233 | .311 | .392 | .703 | 74 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Curt Motton | 83 | 254 | 217 | 27 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 43 | .198 | .298 | .341 | .639 | 74 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Elrod Hendricks | 79 | 204 | 183 | 19 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 51 | .202 | .279 | .372 | .651 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Dave May | 84 | 172 | 152 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 27 | .191 | .285 | .270 | .555 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Larry Haney | 38 | 89 | 89 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .236 | .236 | .326 | .562 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Merv Rettenmund | 31 | 85 | 64 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 20 | .297 | .452 | .469 | .921 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Fred Valentine | 47 | 99 | 91 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .187 | .253 | .330 | .582 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Phoebus | 36 | 92 | 82 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .183 | .212 | .244 | .456 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Dave McNally | 35 | 104 | 86 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 46 | .128 | .208 | .244 | .453 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Jim Hardin | 35 | 93 | 82 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | .085 | .085 | .122 | .207 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Leonhard | 30 | 38 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .129 | .156 | .129 | .285 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Brabender | 37 | 40 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .086 | .108 | .200 | .308 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Moe Drabowsky | 45 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Howard | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .375 | .857 | 1.232 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Richert | 36 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lorencito Fernandez | 24 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wally Bunker | 18 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Adamson | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Floyd | 5 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .100 | .222 | .322 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Roger Nelson | 19 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .063 | .167 | .063 | .229 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Fiore | 6 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .059 | .273 | .059 | .332 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John O'Donoghue | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Morris | 19 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Watt | 59 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Beene | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 2013 | 6022 | 5275 | 579 | 1187 | 215 | 28 | 133 | 534 | 78 | 32 | 570 | 1019 | .225 | .304 | .352 | .656 | 1857 | 102 | 48 | 80 | 49 | 63 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boog Powell | 1B | 149 | 149 | 1319.0 | 1293 | 79 | 14 | 102 | .990 | 9.362 | 9.208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Curt Blefary | 1B | 12 | 7 | 75.3 | 78 | 4 | 1 | 9 | .988 | 9.796 | 6.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Fiore | 1B | 5 | 4 | 38.0 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .943 | 7.816 | 6.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Robinson | 1B | 3 | 2 | 17.7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.189 | 6.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Davey Johnson | 2B | 127 | 125 | 1073.0 | 260 | 330 | 13 | 67 | .978 | 4.949 | 4.646 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Buford | 2B | 58 | 37 | 369.3 | 109 | 107 | 8 | 22 | .964 | 5.264 | 3.724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lorencito Fernandez | 2B | 4 | 0 | 8.7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.115 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brooks Robinson | 3B | 162 | 161 | 1435.0 | 168 | 353 | 16 | 31 | .970 | 3.268 | 3.216 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Buford | 3B | 2 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Blair | 3B | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andy Etchebarren | C | 70 | 56 | 512.0 | 414 | 29 | 1 | 3 | .998 | 7.787 | 6.329 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 36.8 |
Elrod Hendricks | C | 53 | 45 | 392.0 | 303 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .991 | 7.439 | 6.113 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 34.2 |
Curt Blefary | C | 40 | 38 | 339.0 | 215 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .983 | 6.292 | 5.925 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 51.4 |
Larry Haney | C | 32 | 23 | 208.0 | 149 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .994 | 7.226 | 5.219 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 50.0 |
Frank Robinson | OF | 117 | 113 | 994.3 | 173 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .962 | 1.611 | 1.521 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Blair | OF | 132 | 100 | 977.0 | 271 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .993 | 2.589 | 2.129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Curt Blefary | OF | 92 | 85 | 728.3 | 144 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .962 | 1.891 | 1.663 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Buford | OF | 65 | 66 | 510.7 | 130 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.362 | 2.062 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Curt Motton | OF | 54 | 53 | 450.0 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 1.860 | 1.722 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave May | OF | 61 | 35 | 357.3 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.587 | 1.033 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Merv Rettenmund | OF | 23 | 16 | 166.0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.627 | 1.304 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Valentine | OF | 26 | 17 | 162.3 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.940 | 1.346 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Fiore | OF | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave McNally | P | 35 | 35 | 273.0 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.121 | .971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Hardin | P | 35 | 35 | 244.0 | 19 | 32 | 1 | 2 | .981 | 1.881 | 1.457 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Phoebus | P | 36 | 36 | 240.7 | 20 | 29 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.832 | 1.361 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Leonhard | P | 28 | 18 | 126.3 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 2.565 | 1.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gene Brabender | P | 37 | 15 | 124.7 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 1.516 | .568 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eddie Watt | P | 59 | 0 | 83.3 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.620 | .254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Nelson | P | 19 | 6 | 71.0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.394 | .579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wally Bunker | P | 18 | 10 | 71.0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.775 | .778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pete Richert | P | 36 | 0 | 62.3 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 2.310 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Moe Drabowsky | P | 45 | 0 | 61.3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 1.467 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Morris | P | 19 | 0 | 31.7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.705 | .316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bruce Howard | P | 10 | 5 | 31.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.032 | .700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John O'Donoghue | P | 16 | 0 | 22.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.045 | .313 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Adamson | P | 2 | 2 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Beene | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mark Belanger | SS | 145 | 142 | 1234.0 | 248 | 444 | 22 | 73 | .969 | 5.047 | 4.772 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Davey Johnson | SS | 34 | 15 | 167.0 | 34 | 40 | 2 | 7 | .974 | 3.988 | 2.176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Floyd | SS | 4 | 3 | 28.0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.143 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lorencito Fernandez | SS | 7 | 2 | 22.0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 4.909 | 1.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1875 | 1458 | 13058.0 | 4347 | 1700 | 120 | 349 | .981 | 4.168 | 3.225 | 24 | 54 | 80 | 59 | 42.4 |
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