
1968 New York Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 83-79
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 1,185,666, Avg. 17,563
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I
Manager: Ralph Houk (83-79)
Location: New York, New York
1968 New York Yankees Results
The New York Yankees of the American League ended the 1968 season with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.
The Yankees plated 536 runs and allowed 531 runs. Mickey Mantle paced New York with 18 home runs, while Joe Pepitone, Roy White and Andy Kosco each walloped 20 or more as well. Roy White recorded 62 runs batted in and topped all regular batters by hitting .267. Mel Stottlemyre led the squad with 21 wins, plus Stan Bahnsen added 15 or more wins, too Stan Bahnsen recorded a 2.05 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Ralph Houk 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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Mel Stottlemyre | 21 | 12 | .636 | 2.45 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 278.7 | 243 | 86 | 76 | 21 | 65 | 7 | 140 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1123 |
Stan Bahnsen | 17 | 12 | .586 | 2.05 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 267.3 | 216 | 72 | 61 | 14 | 68 | 6 | 162 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1070 |
Fritz Peterson | 12 | 11 | .522 | 2.63 | 36 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 212.3 | 187 | 72 | 62 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 115 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 833 |
Steve Barber | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.23 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 128.3 | 127 | 63 | 46 | 7 | 64 | 4 | 87 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 575 |
Joe Verbanic | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.15 | 40 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 97.0 | 104 | 36 | 34 | 6 | 41 | 8 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 425 |
Bill Monbouquette | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.43 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89.3 | 92 | 47 | 44 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 370 |
Lindy McDaniel | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.75 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 51.3 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 195 |
Al Downing | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.52 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.3 | 54 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 256 |
Dooley Womack | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.21 | 45 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61.7 | 53 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 29 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 254 |
Steve Hamilton | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.13 | 40 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 50.7 | 37 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 195 |
Rocky Colavito | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Thad Tillotson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
Jim Bouton | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.68 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 49 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 187 |
Fred Talbot | 1 | 9 | .100 | 3.36 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 89 | 47 | 37 | 6 | 42 | 6 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 421 |
Gene Michael | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
John Cumberland | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
John Wyatt | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
Totals | 83 | 79 | .512 | 2.79 | 368 | 164 | 119 | 45 | 11 | 27 | 1467.3 | 1308 | 531 | 455 | 99 | 424 | 62 | 831 | 30 | 5 | 27 | 6032 |
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 |
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Roy White | 159 | 660 | 577 | 89 | 154 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 62 | 20 | 11 | 73 | 50 | .267 | .350 | .414 | .764 | 239 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Horace Clarke | 148 | 607 | 579 | 52 | 133 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 23 | 46 | .230 | .258 | .254 | .512 | 147 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Andy Kosco | 131 | 492 | 466 | 47 | 112 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 71 | .240 | .268 | .382 | .650 | 178 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Mickey Mantle | 144 | 547 | 435 | 57 | 103 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 106 | 97 | .237 | .385 | .398 | .782 | 173 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Bobby Cox | 135 | 490 | 437 | 33 | 100 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 85 | .229 | .300 | .316 | .616 | 138 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Tom Tresh | 152 | 590 | 507 | 60 | 99 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 52 | 10 | 5 | 76 | 97 | .195 | .304 | .308 | .612 | 156 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Joe Pepitone | 108 | 421 | 380 | 41 | 93 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 45 | .245 | .311 | .403 | .714 | 153 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Jake Gibbs | 124 | 460 | 423 | 31 | 90 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 68 | .213 | .270 | .277 | .546 | 117 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
Bill Robinson | 107 | 378 | 342 | 34 | 82 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 54 | .240 | .294 | .380 | .674 | 130 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Gene Michael | 61 | 119 | 116 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 23 | .198 | .218 | .250 | .468 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Fernandez | 51 | 170 | 135 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 50 | .170 | .341 | .385 | .726 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Dick Howser | 85 | 190 | 150 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 17 | .153 | .321 | .180 | .501 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Rocky Colavito | 39 | 106 | 91 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 | .220 | .330 | .451 | .781 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Charley Smith | 46 | 77 | 70 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .229 | .280 | .357 | .637 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Mike Ferraro | 23 | 89 | 87 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .161 | .180 | .184 | .364 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mel Stottlemyre | 36 | 103 | 91 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 33 | .143 | .210 | .176 | .386 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Steve Whitaker | 28 | 68 | 60 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 18 | .117 | .221 | .150 | .371 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ellie Rodriguez | 9 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .208 | .296 | .208 | .505 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ruben Amaro | 47 | 50 | 41 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | .122 | .280 | .146 | .426 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fritz Peterson | 36 | 71 | 63 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .079 | .106 | .127 | .233 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Stan Bahnsen | 37 | 98 | 81 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 49 | .049 | .114 | .049 | .163 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
Al Downing | 15 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .176 | .222 | .176 | .399 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Monbouquette | 17 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .115 | .179 | .154 | .332 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Talbot | 29 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .118 | .167 | .294 | .461 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Verbanic | 40 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .080 | .115 | .080 | .195 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Barber | 20 | 47 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .051 | .178 | .051 | .229 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Dooley Womack | 45 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lindy McDaniel | 24 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Solaita | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Bouton | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thad Tillotson | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Hamilton | 40 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Wyatt | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Cumberland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1964 | 5992 | 5310 | 536 | 1137 | 154 | 34 | 109 | 501 | 90 | 50 | 566 | 958 | .214 | .292 | .318 | .609 | 1686 | 100 | 30 | 56 | 30 | 52 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mickey Mantle | 1B | 131 | 130 | 1087.3 | 1195 | 76 | 15 | 91 | .988 | 1.520 | 9.702 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andy Kosco | 1B | 28 | 22 | 229.3 | 243 | 15 | 2 | 18 | .992 | 1.125 | 9.214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Pepitone | 1B | 12 | 12 | 106.0 | 128 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 11.208 | 11.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ruben Amaro | 1B | 22 | 0 | 41.7 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.856 | 1.864 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Solaita | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 15.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Horace Clarke | 2B | 139 | 137 | 1215.3 | 357 | 444 | 13 | 80 | .984 | 5.932 | 5.763 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Howser | 2B | 29 | 27 | 252.0 | 58 | 103 | 3 | 19 | .982 | 5.750 | 5.552 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Cox | 3B | 132 | 129 | 1145.7 | 98 | 279 | 17 | 22 | .957 | 2.962 | 2.856 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Ferraro | 3B | 22 | 22 | 196.3 | 16 | 61 | 2 | 3 | .975 | 3.530 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charley Smith | 3B | 13 | 11 | 107.3 | 19 | 30 | 2 | 3 | .961 | 4.109 | 3.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Howser | 3B | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jake Gibbs | C | 121 | 111 | 1018.0 | 642 | 55 | 6 | 7 | .991 | 6.162 | 5.760 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 30 | 46.9 |
Frank Fernandez | C | 45 | 44 | 379.3 | 240 | 27 | 3 | 2 | .989 | 6.335 | 5.933 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 42.9 |
Ellie Rodriguez | C | 9 | 9 | 70.0 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.657 | 4.889 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 |
Roy White | OF | 154 | 153 | 1368.0 | 283 | 14 | 1 | 4 | .997 | 1.954 | 1.929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Robinson | OF | 98 | 88 | 826.0 | 195 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .985 | 2.157 | 2.020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andy Kosco | OF | 95 | 94 | 815.3 | 160 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .960 | 1.865 | 1.779 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Pepitone | OF | 92 | 91 | 795.7 | 190 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .980 | 2.194 | 2.109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Tresh | OF | 27 | 27 | 237.7 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 1.742 | 1.704 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rocky Colavito | OF | 28 | 23 | 211.3 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.192 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Whitaker | OF | 14 | 14 | 124.0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.597 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Fernandez | OF | 4 | 2 | 24.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mel Stottlemyre | P | 36 | 36 | 278.7 | 20 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.390 | 2.056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Stan Bahnsen | P | 37 | 34 | 267.3 | 15 | 32 | 3 | 1 | .940 | 1.582 | 1.270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fritz Peterson | P | 36 | 27 | 212.3 | 6 | 56 | 2 | 6 | .969 | 2.628 | 1.722 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Barber | P | 20 | 19 | 128.3 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .867 | 1.823 | 1.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Talbot | P | 29 | 11 | 99.0 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.182 | .828 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Verbanic | P | 40 | 11 | 97.0 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 4 | .900 | 2.505 | .675 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Monbouquette | P | 17 | 11 | 89.3 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.720 | 1.588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dooley Womack | P | 45 | 0 | 61.7 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.649 | .556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Downing | P | 15 | 12 | 61.3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.614 | .733 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lindy McDaniel | P | 24 | 0 | 51.3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.208 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Hamilton | P | 40 | 0 | 50.7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.954 | .275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Bouton | P | 12 | 3 | 44.0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.682 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Thad Tillotson | P | 7 | 0 | 10.3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.484 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Wyatt | P | 7 | 0 | 8.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.160 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gene Michael | P | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rocky Colavito | P | 1 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Cumberland | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Tresh | SS | 119 | 117 | 1030.0 | 199 | 409 | 31 | 70 | .951 | 5.313 | 5.109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gene Michael | SS | 43 | 37 | 317.7 | 67 | 103 | 11 | 15 | .939 | 4.816 | 3.953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ruben Amaro | SS | 23 | 10 | 117.7 | 16 | 34 | 2 | 8 | .962 | 3.824 | 2.174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Howser | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1772 | 1476 | 13206.0 | 4388 | 1972 | 139 | 376 | .979 | 4.334 | 3.589 | 7 | 27 | 57 | 48 | 45.7 |
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