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1968 Chicago White Sox season

April 09, 2024

The 1968 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 68th season in the major leagues, and its 69th season overall. They finished with a record of 67–95, good enough for eighth place in the American League, 36 games behind the first-place Detroit Tigers.

Offseason edit

Regular season edit

The White Sox played in 74 games that were decided by a one run margin, which is an all-time American League record. In those games, the team had a record of 30–44.[6] The 44 one run losses are an all-time MLB record.[7]

Season standings edit

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 103 59 0.636 — 56–25 47–34
Baltimore Orioles 91 71 0.562 12 47–33 44–38
Cleveland Indians 86 75 0.534 16½ 43–37 43–38
Boston Red Sox 86 76 0.531 17 46–35 40–41
New York Yankees 83 79 0.512 20 39–42 44–37
Oakland Athletics 82 80 0.506 21 44–38 38–42
Minnesota Twins 79 83 0.488 24 41–40 38–43
California Angels 67 95 0.414 36 32–49 35–46
Chicago White Sox 67 95 0.414 36 36–45 31–50
Washington Senators 65 96 0.404 37½ 34–47 31–49

Record vs. opponents edit

1968 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET MIN NYY OAK WSH
Baltimore — 9–9 10–8 11–7 7–11 8–10 10–8 13–5 9–9 14–4
Boston 9–9 — 9–9 14–4 10–8 6–12 9–9 10–8 8–10 11–7
California 8–10 9–9 — 8–10 7–11 5–13 7–11 6–12 5–13 12–6
Chicago 7–11 4–14 10–8 — 5–13 5–13 10–8 6–12 10–8 10–8
Cleveland 11–7 8–10 11–7 13–5 — 6–12 14–4 10–8–1 6–12 7–10
Detroit 10–8 12–6 13–5 13–5 12–6 — 10–8 10–8–1 13–5–1 10–8
Minnesota 8–10 9–9 11–7 8–10 4–14 8–10 — 12–6 8–10 11–7
New York 5–13 8–10 12–6 12–6 8–10–1 8–10–1 6–12 — 10–8 14–4
Oakland 9–9 10–8 13–5 8–10 12–6 5–13–1 10–8 8–10 — 7–11
Washington 4–14 7–11 6–12 8–10 10–7 8–10 7–11 4–14 11–7 —


Opening Day lineup edit

Notable transactions edit

Roster edit

1968 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Sandy Alomar Sr., 2B,3B,SS 133 363 41 92 8 2 0 12 20 42 .253 21
Luis Aparicio, SS 155 622 55 164 24 4 4 36 33 43 .264 17
Ken Berry, CF 153 504 49 127 21 2 7 32 25 64 .252 6
Buddy Booker, C 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0
Ken Boyer, 3B,1B 10 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 .125 0
Buddy Bradford, RF,CF,LF 103 281 32 61 11 0 5 24 23 67 .217 8
Wayne Causey, 2B 59 100 8 18 2 0 0 7 14 7 .180 0
Tim Cullen, 2B 72 155 16 31 7 0 2 13 15 23 .200 0
Tommy Davis, LF,1B 132 456 30 122 5 3 8 50 16 48 .268 4
Ron Hansen, 3B,SS 40 87 7 20 3 0 1 4 11 12 .230 0
Woodie Held, OF,3B 40 54 5 9 1 0 0 2 5 14 .167 0
Gail Hopkins, 1B 29 37 4 8 2 0 0 2 6 3 .216 0
Duane Josephson, C 128 434 35 107 16 6 6 45 18 52 .247 2
Dick Kenworthy, 3B 58 122 2 27 2 0 0 2 5 21 .221 0
Carlos May, LF,RF 17 67 4 12 1 0 0 1 3 15 .179 0
Jerry McNertney, C 74 169 18 37 4 1 3 18 18 29 .219 0
Bill Melton, 3B 34 109 5 29 8 0 2 16 10 32 .266 1
Tommy McCraw, 1B 136 477 51 112 16 12 9 44 36 58 .235 20
Rich Morales, SS,2B 10 29 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 .172 0
Russ Snyder, OF 38 82 2 11 2 0 1 5 4 16 .134 0
Bill Voss, OF 61 167 14 26 2 1 2 15 16 34 .156 5
Leon Wagner, RF,LF 69 162 14 46 8 0 1 18 21 31 .284 2
Pete Ward, 3B,1B,LF,RF 125 399 43 86 15 0 15 50 76 85 .216 4
Walt Williams, RF,LF 63 133 6 32 6 0 1 8 4 17 .241 0
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Cisco Carlos, P 29 31 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15 .065 0
Jack Fisher, P 35 53 1 6 1 0 0 2 1 4 .113 0
Joe Horlen, P 41 67 2 7 0 1 0 3 3 13 .104 0
Tommy John, P 25 62 3 12 1 0 1 9 0 15 .194 0
Danny Lazar, P 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .000 0
Bob Locker, P 70 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 0
Don McMahon, P 25 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 0
Jerry Nyman, P 8 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 .154 0
Gary Peters, P 46 72 10 15 3 1 2 8 6 13 .208 0
Bob Priddy, P 42 24 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 9 .042 0
Dennis Ribant, P 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Hoyt Wilhelm, P 72 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0
Wilbur Wood, P 88 22 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 17 .091 0
Team Totals
 162 5405 463 1233 169 33 71 431 397 840 .228 90

Pitching edit

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Cisco Carlos 4 14 3.90 29 21 0 122.1 121 64 53 13 42 57
Jack Fisher 8 13 2.99 35 28 0 180.2 176 68 60 14 52 80
Joe Horlen 12 14 2.37 35 35 0 223.2 197 75 59 16 77 102
Tommy John 10 5 1.98 25 25 0 177.1 135 45 39 10 53 117
Danny Lazar 0 1 4.05 8 1 0 13.1 14 6 6 1 4 11
Bob Locker 5 4 2.29 70 0 10 90.1 78 27 23 4 40 62
Don McMahon 2 1 1.96 25 0 0 46.0 31 10 10 2 26 32
Jerry Nyman 2 1 2.01 8 7 0 40.1 38 13 9 1 17 27
Gary Peters 4 13 3.76 31 25 1 162.2 146 79 68 7 66 110
Bob Priddy 3 11 3.63 35 18 0 114.0 106 50 46 14 42 66
Fred Rath Sr. 0 0 1.59 5 0 0 11.1 8 5 2 0 4 3
Dennis Ribant 0 2 6.03 17 0 1 31.1 42 24 21 3 21 20
Hoyt Wilhelm 4 4 1.73 72 0 12 93.2 69 20 18 4 29 72
Wilbur Wood 13 12 1.87 88 2 16 159.0 127 39 33 8 45 74
Billy Wynne 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 1 0 2 1
Team Totals
 67 95 2.75 162 162 40 1468.0 1290 527 448 97 520 834

Farm system edit

See also: Minor League Baseball

[11]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Smoky Burgess page at Baseball Reference.
  2. ^ Marv Staehle page at Baseball Reference.
  3. ^ Roger Nelson at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Tommie Agee at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ a b Tim Cullen at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ "Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2017, (requiring run_diff<=1 and run_diff>=-1), sorted by greatest number of games in a single season matching the selected criteria". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2018. Note that tie games are not explicitly shown in the table; the number of ties, if any, can be deduced from any discrepancy between #Matching and (Wins + Losses). The 1968 White Sox did not have any tied games in any case.
  7. ^ "Team Pitching Game Finder, From 1913 to 2017, (requiring run_diff=-1)". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  8. ^ Rich McKinney at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Woodie Held at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Dennis Ribant at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References edit

  • 1968 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

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The 1968 Chicago White Sox season was the team s 68th season in the major leagues and its 69th season overall They finished with a record of 67 95 good enough for eighth place in the American League 36 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers 1968 Chicago White SoxLeagueAmerican LeagueBallparkWhite Sox ParkCityChicagoOwnersArthur Allyn Jr John AllynGeneral managersEd ShortManagersEddie Stanky Les Moss Al LopezTelevisionWFLD Jack Drees Dave Martin RadioWMAQ AM Bob Elson Red Rush 1967 Seasons 1969 Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2 1 Season standings 2 2 Record vs opponents 2 3 Opening Day lineup 2 4 Notable transactions 2 5 Roster 3 Player stats 3 1 Batting 3 2 Pitching 4 Farm system 5 Notes 6 ReferencesOffseason editOctober 16 1967 Smoky Burgess was released by the White Sox 1 October 26 1967 Marv Staehle was sent by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal the White Sox traded Jim King and a player to be named later to the Indians for Rocky Colavito made on July 29 1967 2 November 29 1967 Don Buford Roger Nelson and Bruce Howard were traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Luis Aparicio Russ Snyder and John Matias 3 December 15 1967 Tommie Agee and Al Weis were traded by the White Sox to the New York Mets for Tommy Davis Jack Fisher Billy Wynne and Buddy Booker 4 February 13 1968 Dennis Higgins Steve Jones and Ron Hansen were traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Tim Cullen Buster Narum and Bob Priddy 5 Regular season editThe White Sox played in 74 games that were decided by a one run margin which is an all time American League record In those games the team had a record of 30 44 6 The 44 one run losses are an all time MLB record 7 Season standings edit vteAmerican League W L Pct GB Home RoadDetroit Tigers 103 59 0 636 56 25 47 34Baltimore Orioles 91 71 0 562 12 47 33 44 38Cleveland Indians 86 75 0 534 16 43 37 43 38Boston Red Sox 86 76 0 531 17 46 35 40 41New York Yankees 83 79 0 512 20 39 42 44 37Oakland Athletics 82 80 0 506 21 44 38 38 42Minnesota Twins 79 83 0 488 24 41 40 38 43California Angels 67 95 0 414 36 32 49 35 46Chicago White Sox 67 95 0 414 36 36 45 31 50Washington Senators 65 96 0 404 37 34 47 31 49Record vs opponents edit 1968 American League recordvteSources 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET MIN NYY OAK WSHBaltimore 9 9 10 8 11 7 7 11 8 10 10 8 13 5 9 9 14 4Boston 9 9 9 9 14 4 10 8 6 12 9 9 10 8 8 10 11 7California 8 10 9 9 8 10 7 11 5 13 7 11 6 12 5 13 12 6Chicago 7 11 4 14 10 8 5 13 5 13 10 8 6 12 10 8 10 8Cleveland 11 7 8 10 11 7 13 5 6 12 14 4 10 8 1 6 12 7 10Detroit 10 8 12 6 13 5 13 5 12 6 10 8 10 8 1 13 5 1 10 8Minnesota 8 10 9 9 11 7 8 10 4 14 8 10 12 6 8 10 11 7New York 5 13 8 10 12 6 12 6 8 10 1 8 10 1 6 12 10 8 14 4Oakland 9 9 10 8 13 5 8 10 12 6 5 13 1 10 8 8 10 7 11Washington 4 14 7 11 6 12 8 10 10 7 8 10 7 11 4 14 11 7 Opening Day lineup edit Luis Aparicio SS Tommy McCraw 1B Tommy Davis LF Pete Ward RF Ken Boyer 3B Duane Josephson C Ken Berry CF Tim Cullen 2B Joel Horlen PNotable transactions edit June 7 1968 Rich McKinney was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round 14th pick of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft 8 July 20 1968 Wayne Causey was traded by the White Sox to the California Angels for Woodie Held 9 July 26 1968 Don McMahon was traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Dennis Ribant 10 August 2 1968 Tim Cullen was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Ron Hansen 5 Roster edit 1968 Chicago White SoxRosterPitchers 30 Cisco Carlos 22 Jack Fisher 20 Joe Horlen 25 Tommy John 40 Danny Lazar 23 Bob Locker 44 Don McMahon 49 Jerry Nyman 43 Gary Peters 39 Bob Priddy 45 Fred Rath Sr 19 Dennis Ribant 31 Hoyt Wilhelm 28 Wilbur Wood 46 Billy Wynne Catchers 6 Buddy Booker 5 Duane Josephson 15 Jerry McNertneyInfielders 1 Sandy Alomar Sr 11 Luis Aparicio 14 Ken Boyer 9 Wayne Causey 4 Tim Cullen 4 Ron Hansen 18 Gail Hopkins 2 Dick Kenworthy 24 Tommy McCraw 14 Bill Melton 52 Rich Morales 8 Pete Ward Outfielders 16 Ken Berry 32 Buddy Bradford 10 Tommy Davis 9 Woodie Held 29 Carlos May 7 Russ Snyder 17 Bill Voss 7 Leon Wagner 3 Walt Williams Manager 42 Al Lopez 33 Les Moss 12 Eddie StankyCoaches 37 Ray Berres 34 Kerby Farrell 35 Marv Grissom 35 Don Gutteridge 33 Les Moss 37 Grover ResingerPlayer stats editBatting edit Note G Games played AB At bats R Runs scored H Hits 2B Doubles 3B Triples HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in BB Base on balls SO Strikeouts AVG Batting average SB Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SBSandy Alomar Sr 2B 3B SS 133 363 41 92 8 2 0 12 20 42 253 21Luis Aparicio SS 155 622 55 164 24 4 4 36 33 43 264 17Ken Berry CF 153 504 49 127 21 2 7 32 25 64 252 6Buddy Booker C 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 000 0Ken Boyer 3B 1B 10 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 125 0Buddy Bradford RF CF LF 103 281 32 61 11 0 5 24 23 67 217 8Wayne Causey 2B 59 100 8 18 2 0 0 7 14 7 180 0Tim Cullen 2B 72 155 16 31 7 0 2 13 15 23 200 0Tommy Davis LF 1B 132 456 30 122 5 3 8 50 16 48 268 4Ron Hansen 3B SS 40 87 7 20 3 0 1 4 11 12 230 0Woodie Held OF 3B 40 54 5 9 1 0 0 2 5 14 167 0Gail Hopkins 1B 29 37 4 8 2 0 0 2 6 3 216 0Duane Josephson C 128 434 35 107 16 6 6 45 18 52 247 2Dick Kenworthy 3B 58 122 2 27 2 0 0 2 5 21 221 0Carlos May LF RF 17 67 4 12 1 0 0 1 3 15 179 0Jerry McNertney C 74 169 18 37 4 1 3 18 18 29 219 0Bill Melton 3B 34 109 5 29 8 0 2 16 10 32 266 1Tommy McCraw 1B 136 477 51 112 16 12 9 44 36 58 235 20Rich Morales SS 2B 10 29 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 172 0Russ Snyder OF 38 82 2 11 2 0 1 5 4 16 134 0Bill Voss OF 61 167 14 26 2 1 2 15 16 34 156 5Leon Wagner RF LF 69 162 14 46 8 0 1 18 21 31 284 2Pete Ward 3B 1B LF RF 125 399 43 86 15 0 15 50 76 85 216 4Walt Williams RF LF 63 133 6 32 6 0 1 8 4 17 241 0Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SBCisco Carlos P 29 31 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15 065 0Jack Fisher P 35 53 1 6 1 0 0 2 1 4 113 0Joe Horlen P 41 67 2 7 0 1 0 3 3 13 104 0Tommy John P 25 62 3 12 1 0 1 9 0 15 194 0Danny Lazar P 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 000 0Bob Locker P 70 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 000 0Don McMahon P 25 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 333 0Jerry Nyman P 8 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 154 0Gary Peters P 46 72 10 15 3 1 2 8 6 13 208 0Bob Priddy P 42 24 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 9 042 0Dennis Ribant P 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 0Hoyt Wilhelm P 72 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 000 0Wilbur Wood P 88 22 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 17 091 0Team Totals 162 5405 463 1233 169 33 71 431 397 840 228 90Pitching edit Note W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average G Games pitched GS Games started SV Saves IP Innings pitched H Hits allowed R Runs allowed ER Earned runs allowed HR Home runs allowed BB Walks allowed K Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB KCisco Carlos 4 14 3 90 29 21 0 122 1 121 64 53 13 42 57Jack Fisher 8 13 2 99 35 28 0 180 2 176 68 60 14 52 80Joe Horlen 12 14 2 37 35 35 0 223 2 197 75 59 16 77 102Tommy John 10 5 1 98 25 25 0 177 1 135 45 39 10 53 117Danny Lazar 0 1 4 05 8 1 0 13 1 14 6 6 1 4 11Bob Locker 5 4 2 29 70 0 10 90 1 78 27 23 4 40 62Don McMahon 2 1 1 96 25 0 0 46 0 31 10 10 2 26 32Jerry Nyman 2 1 2 01 8 7 0 40 1 38 13 9 1 17 27Gary Peters 4 13 3 76 31 25 1 162 2 146 79 68 7 66 110Bob Priddy 3 11 3 63 35 18 0 114 0 106 50 46 14 42 66Fred Rath Sr 0 0 1 59 5 0 0 11 1 8 5 2 0 4 3Dennis Ribant 0 2 6 03 17 0 1 31 1 42 24 21 3 21 20Hoyt Wilhelm 4 4 1 73 72 0 12 93 2 69 20 18 4 29 72Wilbur Wood 13 12 1 87 88 2 16 159 0 127 39 33 8 45 74Billy Wynne 0 0 4 50 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 1Team Totals 67 95 2 75 162 162 40 1468 0 1290 527 448 97 520 834Farm system editSee also Minor League Baseball Level Team League ManagerAAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League Bill AdairAA Evansville White Sox Southern League Stan Wasiak and Gary JohnsonA Lynchburg White Sox Carolina League Alex CosmidisA Appleton Foxes Midwest League Gary Johnson and Stan WasiakA Short Season Duluth Superior Dukes Northern League Bruce AndrewRookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Tom Saffell 11 Notes edit Smoky Burgess page at Baseball Reference Marv Staehle page at Baseball Reference Roger Nelson at Baseball Reference Tommie Agee at Baseball Reference a b Tim Cullen at Baseball Reference Team Batting Game Finder From 1908 to 2017 requiring run diff lt 1 and run diff gt 1 sorted by greatest number of games in a single season matching the selected criteria Baseball Reference Retrieved July 7 2018 Note that tie games are not explicitly shown in the table the number of ties if any can be deduced from any discrepancy between Matching and Wins Losses The 1968 White Sox did not have any tied games in any case Team Pitching Game Finder From 1913 to 2017 requiring run diff 1 Baseball Reference Retrieved August 1 2017 Rich McKinney at Baseball Reference Woodie Held at Baseball Reference Dennis Ribant at Baseball Reference Johnson Lloyd and Wolff Miles ed The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball Durham North Carolina Baseball America 1997References edit1968 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1968 Chicago White Sox season amp oldid 1204719378, 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