1968 Chicago Cubs Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 84-78
Finished 3rd in the NL
Attendance: 1,043,409, Avg. 14,696
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Leo Durocher (84-78)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1968 Chicago Cubs Roster
1968 Chicago Cubs Results

The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1968 season with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses, finishing third in the NL.

The Cubs scored 612 runs and allowed 611 runs. Ernie Banks walloped 32 home runs for Chicago, while Ron Santo and Billy Williams swatted 20 or more as well. Ron Santo and Billy Williams each recorded 98 runs batted in. Glenn Beckert led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .294 average. Fergie Jenkins topped the squad with 20 wins, plus Bill Hands added 15 or more wins, too Fergie Jenkins registered a 2.63 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Leo Durocher 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
Fergie Jenkins	20	15	.571	2.63	40	40	0	20	3	0	308.0	255	96	90	26	65	7	260	3	1	6	1231
Bill Hands	16	10	.615	2.89	38	34	0	11	4	0	258.7	221	91	83	26	36	0	148	6	0	4	1013
Joe Niekro	14	10	.583	4.32	34	29	4	2	1	2	177.0	204	93	85	18	59	8	65	3	0	3	769
Ken Holtzman	11	14	.440	3.35	34	32	1	6	3	1	215.0	201	89	80	17	76	7	151	6	0	9	907
Phil Regan	10	5	.667	2.20	68	0	60	0	0	25	127.0	109	36	31	9	24	6	60	2	0	3	508
Rich Nye	7	12	.368	3.80	27	20	3	6	1	1	132.7	145	65	56	16	34	4	74	1	1	1	570
Jack Lamabe	3	2	.600	4.26	42	0	16	0	0	1	61.3	68	33	29	7	24	7	30	1	1	4	272
Chuck Hartenstein	2	4	.333	4.54	28	0	10	0	0	1	35.7	41	19	18	3	11	2	17	1	0	2	156
Gary Ross	1	1	.500	4.17	13	5	4	1	0	0	41.0	44	22	19	1	25	3	31	0	0	4	185
Willie Smith	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8
John Upham	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	1	27
Jophery Brown	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	9
Pete Mikkelsen	0	0		7.71	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.7	7	4	4	3	1	0	5	0	0	0	22
Ramon Hernandez	0	0		9.00	8	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	14	11	9	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	42
Frank Reberger	0	1	.000	4.50	3	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	9	4	3	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	28
Darcy Fast	0	1	.000	5.40	8	1	2	0	0	0	10.0	8	6	6	1	8	0	10	0	0	0	46
Bill Stoneman	0	1	.000	5.52	18	0	3	0	0	0	29.3	35	19	18	6	14	1	18	1	0	1	131
Bobby Tiefenauer	0	1	.000	6.08	9	0	5	0	0	1	13.3	20	12	9	2	2	1	9	0	0	0	64
Archie Reynolds	0	1	.000	6.75	7	1	2	0	0	0	13.3	14	10	10	1	7	0	6	1	0	1	62
Totals	84	78	.519	3.41	384	163	117	46	12	32	1453.7	1399	611	551	138	392	47	894	27	3	41	6050

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
Glenn Beckert	155	685	643	98	189	28	4	4	37	8	4	31	20	.294	.326	.369	.695	237	6	2	5	4	0
Billy Williams	163	699	642	91	185	30	8	30	98	4	1	48	53	.288	.336	.500	.836	321	13	2	0	7	10
Don Kessinger	160	707	655	63	157	14	7	1	32	9	9	38	86	.240	.283	.287	.570	188	7	2	11	1	1
Ron Santo	162	682	577	86	142	17	3	26	98	3	4	96	106	.246	.354	.421	.775	243	18	3	1	5	7
Ernie Banks	150	595	552	71	136	27	0	32	83	2	0	27	67	.246	.287	.469	.756	259	12	5	9	2	4
Randy Hundley	160	606	553	41	125	18	4	7	65	1	0	39	69	.226	.280	.311	.591	172	19	4	5	5	6
Adolfo Phillips	143	497	439	49	106	20	5	13	33	9	7	47	90	.241	.320	.399	.719	175	8	5	4	2	20
Lou Johnson	62	220	205	14	50	14	3	1	14	3	1	6	23	.244	.289	.356	.645	73	6	7	2	0	2
Al Spangler	88	203	177	21	48	9	3	2	18	0	1	20	24	.271	.343	.390	.733	69	4	1	2	3	2
Jim Hickman	75	213	188	22	42	6	3	5	23	1	1	18	38	.223	.290	.367	.657	69	6	1	3	3	2
Willie Smith	55	157	142	13	39	8	2	5	25	0	0	12	33	.275	.333	.465	.798	66	1	1	1	1	2
Dick Nen	81	103	94	8	17	1	1	2	16	0	0	6	17	.181	.225	.277	.502	26	0	0	1	2	2
Jose Arcia	59	89	84	15	16	4	0	1	8	0	0	3	24	.190	.218	.274	.492	23	0	0	2	0	0
Fergie Jenkins	40	112	100	4	16	4	0	1	10	0	1	6	41	.160	.208	.230	.438	23	0	0	6	0	0
Ken Holtzman	35	82	80	4	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	26	.125	.136	.138	.273	11	0	0	1	0	0
Rich Nye	27	46	44	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	18	.182	.178	.182	.360	8	1	0	1	1	0
Joe Niekro	34	73	60	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	23	.100	.156	.100	.256	6	1	0	9	0	0
Bill Hands	38	92	82	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	50	.061	.094	.061	.155	5	0	0	7	0	0
Gene Oliver	8	14	11	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.364	.500	.364	.864	4	1	0	0	0	0
Lee Elia	15	18	17	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.176	.222	.176	.399	3	0	1	0	0	0
Phil Regan	68	24	20	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.150	.190	.200	.390	4	0	1	3	0	0
Ted Savage	3	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
John Upham	13	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy McMath	6	14	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Mikkelsen	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Archie Reynolds	7	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Lamabe	42	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	0	1	0	0
Randy Bobb	7	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Ross	13	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Boccabella	7	17	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.071	.176	.071	.248	1	0	0	0	1	0
Vic LaRose	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Tiefenauer	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Stoneman	18	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Stephenson	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Hartenstein	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clarence Jones	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Plummer	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darcy Fast	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Felske	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ramon Hernandez	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jophery Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Reberger	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1971	6020	5458	612	1319	203	43	130	576	41	30	415	854	.242	.298	.366	.664	1998	103	36	74	37	58

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Ernie Banks	1B	147	145	1232.0	1379	88	6	118	.996	1.717	9.980	0	0	0	0
Dick Nen	1B	52	15	191.3	219	11	3	12	.987	1.819	4.423	0	0	0	0
Willie Smith	1B	4	1	15.0	16	1	0	0	1.000	1.200	4.250	0	0	0	0
Gene Oliver	1B	2	2	13.0	14	0	0	0	1.000	9.692	7.000	0	0	0	0
Clarence Jones	1B	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	2.000	0	0	0	0
Glenn Beckert	2B	155	155	1375.3	356	461	19	107	.977	5.346	5.271	0	0	0	0
Jose Arcia	2B	10	8	72.0	22	19	0	2	1.000	5.125	4.100	0	0	0	0
Vic LaRose	2B	2	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	6.000	1.000	0	0	0	0
Lee Elia	2B	1	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.000	0	0	0	0
Ron Santo	3B	162	162	1444.3	130	378	15	33	.971	3.165	3.136	0	0	0	0
Lee Elia	3B	1	1	8.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.250	2.000	0	0	0	0
Jose Arcia	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Randy Hundley	C	160	156	1385.0	885	81	5	11	.995	6.277	6.038	8	38	47	47	50.0
John Boccabella	C	4	4	28.0	27	0	0	0	1.000	8.679	6.750	1	1	3	0	0.0
Randy Bobb	C	7	2	24.3	14	2	0	0	1.000	5.918	2.286	0	1	0	2	100.0
Gene Oliver	C	1	1	9.0	10	1	0	0	1.000	11.000	11.000	0	0	1	1	50.0
John Felske	C	3	0	5.0	5	0	1	0	.833	9.000	1.667	0	1	0	0
Bill Plummer	C	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	2.000	0	0	0	0
Billy Williams	OF	163	163	1447.3	261	4	9	0	.967	1.648	1.626	0	0	0	0
Adolfo Phillips	OF	141	131	1170.0	311	11	7	3	.979	2.477	2.284	0	0	0	0
Lou Johnson	OF	57	55	483.0	97	0	3	0	.970	1.807	1.702	0	0	0	0
Jim Hickman	OF	66	49	471.7	115	4	3	0	.975	2.271	1.803	0	0	0	0
Al Spangler	OF	48	39	354.7	71	2	2	1	.973	1.852	1.521	0	0	0	0
Willie Smith	OF	38	36	281.3	42	1	0	0	1.000	1.376	1.132	0	0	0	0
Jose Arcia	OF	17	8	95.0	19	0	0	0	1.000	1.800	1.118	0	0	0	0
Jimmy McMath	OF	3	3	24.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	2.000	0	0	0	0
Ted Savage	OF	2	2	17.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.588	1.500	0	0	0	0
John Upham	OF	2	1	10.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
John Boccabella	OF	1	1	4.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Gene Oliver	OF	1	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0	0
Fergie Jenkins	P	40	40	308.0	14	41	0	5	1.000	1.607	1.375	0	0	0	0
Bill Hands	P	38	34	258.7	21	39	1	0	.984	2.088	1.579	0	0	0	0
Ken Holtzman	P	34	32	215.0	2	42	1	3	.978	1.842	1.294	0	0	0	0
Joe Niekro	P	34	29	177.3	9	33	0	2	1.000	2.132	1.235	0	0	0	0
Rich Nye	P	27	20	132.7	6	22	2	2	.933	1.899	1.037	0	0	0	0
Phil Regan	P	68	0	127.0	9	23	2	1	.941	2.268	.471	0	0	0	0
Jack Lamabe	P	42	0	60.7	3	8	0	1	1.000	1.632	.262	0	0	0	0
Gary Ross	P	13	5	41.0	2	7	0	0	1.000	1.976	.692	0	0	0	0
Chuck Hartenstein	P	28	0	35.7	4	5	2	1	.818	2.271	.321	0	0	0	0
Bill Stoneman	P	18	0	29.3	2	4	1	0	.857	1.841	.333	0	0	0	0
Bobby Tiefenauer	P	9	0	13.3	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.350	.222	0	0	0	0
Archie Reynolds	P	7	1	13.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.675	.143	0	0	0	0
Darcy Fast	P	8	1	10.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.800	.250	0	0	0	0
Ramon Hernandez	P	8	0	9.0	0	3	1	0	.750	3.000	.375	0	0	0	0
John Upham	P	2	0	7.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.857	1.500	0	0	0	0
Frank Reberger	P	3	1	6.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.000	.667	0	0	0	0
Pete Mikkelsen	P	3	0	4.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.929	.333	0	0	0	0
Willie Smith	P	1	0	2.7	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.125	3.000	0	0	0	0
Jophery Brown	P	1	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	9.000	2.000	0	0	0	0
Don Kessinger	SS	159	158	1394.3	263	573	33	97	.962	5.396	5.258	0	0	0	0
Jose Arcia	SS	7	4	44.0	8	15	2	1	.920	4.705	3.286	0	0	0	0
Vic LaRose	SS	2	1	9.0	0	4	1	0	.800	4.000	2.000	0	0	0	0
Lee Elia	SS	2	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.000	0	0	0	0
Totals		1807	1467	13080.0	4360	1896	119	400	.981	4.305	3.462	9	41	51	50	49.5

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