1968 DETROIT TIGERS

| Level: MLB

Location: Detroit,MI
Team Record: 103-59 .636
Result: 1st in American League
Manager(s): Mayo Smith
General Manager: Jim Campbell
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Attendance: 2,031,847
Playoffs: Won World Series (Cardinals)

Detroit Tigers affiliate history

Oldest Player: Roy Face (40)
Youngest Player: Les Cain (20)
Longest Tenure: Al Kaline (16)
Top Hitter: Willie Horton (3)
Top Pitcher: Denny McLain (1)
Top Draft Pick: Robert Robinson (#18)

Roster Continuity: 78.52%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Detroit	103	59	.636	--
Baltimore	91	71	.562	12.0
Cleveland	86	75	.534	16.5
Boston	86	76	.531	17.0
NY Yankees	83	79	.512	20.0
Oakland	82	80	.506	21.0
Minnesota	79	83	.488	24.0
Chi White Sox	67	95	.414	36.0
California	67	95	.414	36.0
Washington	65	96	.404	37.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
24	Mickey Stanley	of	29	25	UDFA: 1961	MLB	153	583	88	151	16	6	11	60	4	3	42	57	4	1	8	4	22	.259	.311	.364	675	212	641	469	69	3.9	.270
5	Jim Northrup	of	12	28	UDFA: 1961	MLB	154	580	76	153	29	7	21	90	4	5	50	87	4	4	4	5	14	.264	.324	.447	770	259	643	455	90	5.3	.277
3	Dick McAuliffe	2b-ss	11	28	UDFA: 1957	MLB	151	570	95	142	24	10	16	56	8	7	82	99	2	8	1	3	0	.249	.344	.411	755	234	658	439	92	5.6	.275
11	Bill Freehan	c	9	26	UDFA: 1961	MLB	155	540	73	142	24	2	25	84	0	1	65	64	24	4	3	3	9	.263	.366	.454	819	245	635	414	102	6.7	.258
8	Don Wert	3b	50	29	-	MLB	150	536	44	107	15	1	12	37	0	3	37	79	5	7	11	0	12	.200	.258	.299	556	160	589	455	38	2.2	.213
23	Willie Horton	of	3	25	UDFA: 1962	MLB	143	512	68	146	20	2	36	85	0	3	49	110	8	8	2	7	14	.285	.352	.543	895	278	578	392	99	6.8	.295
25	Norm Cash	1b	45	33	UDFA: 1955	MLB	127	411	50	108	15	1	25	63	1	1	39	70	3	7	2	3	12	.263	.329	.487	816	200	458	321	68	5.7	.260
6	Al Kaline	of	79	33	UDFA: 1953	MLB	102	327	49	94	14	1	10	53	6	4	55	39	3	7	1	3	4	.287	.392	.428	820	140	389	245	63	6.9	.299
2	Tom Matchick	ss-3b	-	24	-	MLB	80	227	18	46	6	2	3	14	0	2	10	46	4	3	2	1	3	.203	.248	.286	534	65	244	189	13	1.9	.240
1	Ray Oyler	ss	-	29	-	MLB	111	215	13	29	6	1	1	12	0	2	20	59	2	0	7	3	8	.135	.212	.186	399	40	247	206	0	-0.1	.177
44	Dick Tracewski	ss-2b	-	33	-	MLB	90	212	30	33	3	1	4	15	3	0	24	51	0	0	2	2	5	.156	.239	.236	475	50	240	188	8	1.1	.182
12	Jim Price	c	-	26	-	MLB	64	132	12	23	4	0	3	13	0	0	13	14	1	1	0	0	6	.174	.253	.273	526	36	146	115	8	1.9	.174
17	Denny McLain	p	47	24	UDFA: 1962	MLB	44	111	7	18	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	37	0	0	16	0	1	.162	.170	.189	359	21	128	110	-2	-0.4	.243
26	Gates Brown	of	-	29	UDFA: 1960	MLB	67	92	15	34	7	2	6	15	0	0	12	4	0	1	0	0	2	.370	.442	.685	1127	63	104	60	29	13.2	.341
16	Earl Wilson	p	-	33	-	MLB	40	88	9	20	0	1	7	17	0	0	2	35	1	0	1	0	1	.227	.253	.489	741	43	92	70	10	3.7	.283
29	Mickey Lolich	p	-	27	UDFA: 1959	MLB	41	70	5	8	3	0	0	3	0	1	6	25	0	0	4	0	3	.114	.184	.157	341	11	80	70	-2	-1.0	.178
21	Joe Sparma	p	-	26	-	MLB	34	60	2	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	24	0	0	6	0	0	.133	.148	.150	298	9	67	58	-2	-1.2	.222
7	Eddie Mathews	3b	-	36	-	MLB	31	52	4	11	0	0	3	8	0	0	5	12	0	1	0	0	0	.212	.281	.385	665	20	57	41	6	3.7	.216
27	Wayne Comer	of	-	24	-	MLB	48	48	8	6	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	7	0	0	1	0	4	.125	.160	.229	389	11	51	47	-1	-0.3	.125
18	John Hiller	p	-	25	UDFA: 1963	MLB	39	37	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	.081	.081	.081	162	3	37	35	-4	-2.8	.130
22	Pat Dobson	p	-	26	UDFA: 1960	MLB	47	28	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	0	0	2	0	0	.143	.200	.143	343	4	32	26	0	-0.3	.190
43	Daryl Patterson	p	-	24	-	MLB	38	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.071	.000	71	0	14	13	-2	-3.9	.000
15	Fred Lasher	p	-	26	-	MLB	34	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	222	1	9	9	-	-	.200
33	Dave Campbell	2b-3b	-	26	UDFA: 1964	MLB	9	8	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.500	722	4	9	7	1	3.5	.000
38	Les Cain	p	-	20	1966-4-74	MLB	8	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	429	2	7	6	0	0.9	.200
14	Dennis Ribant	p	-	26	-	MLB	16	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	533	1	6	4	0	2.5	.250
30	Lenny Green	of	-	35	-	MLB	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.400	.250	650	1	5	4	0	1.1	.250
47	Don McMahon	p	-	38	-	MLB	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	5	-1	-5.0	.000
46	Bob Christian	of	-	22	-	MLB	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1000	2	3	2	1	12.0	.333
34	Jim Rooker	p	-	25	UDFA: 1962	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
39	Jon Warden	p	-	21	1966-4-62	MLB	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
37	John Wyatt	p	-	33	-	MLB	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
Totals: (32 players)							162	5490	671	1292	190	39	185	640	26	32	521	964	61	53	73	34	124	.235	.307	.385	692	2115	6179	4461	674	4.1	.253

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
17	Denny McLain	1	24	UDFA: 1962	MLB	31	6	1.96	41	41	28	6	0	0	336.0	241	86	73	31	63	280	3	0	0.90	6.46	0.83	1.69	7.50	0.23	.235	0.79
16	Earl Wilson	19	33	-	MLB	13	12	2.85	34	33	10	3	0	0	224.1	192	77	71	20	65	168	7	2	1.15	7.70	0.80	2.61	6.74	0.39	.267	0.92
29	Mickey Lolich	12	27	UDFA: 1959	MLB	17	9	3.19	39	32	8	4	4	1	220.0	178	84	78	23	65	197	3	0	1.10	7.28	0.94	2.66	8.06	0.33	.262	0.98
21	Joe Sparma	60	26	-	MLB	10	10	3.70	34	31	7	1	1	0	182.1	169	81	75	14	77	110	5	0	1.35	8.34	0.69	3.80	5.43	0.70	.275	1.26
18	John Hiller	-	25	UDFA: 1963	MLB	9	6	2.39	39	12	4	1	13	2	128.0	92	37	34	9	51	78	2	0	1.12	6.47	0.63	3.59	5.48	0.65	.223	0.91
22	Pat Dobson	55	26	UDFA: 1960	MLB	5	8	2.66	47	10	2	1	16	7	125.0	89	39	37	13	48	93	4	1	1.10	6.41	0.94	3.46	6.70	0.52	.225	1.05
43	Daryl Patterson	59	24	-	MLB	2	3	2.12	38	1	0	0	22	7	68.0	53	19	16	3	27	49	3	1	1.18	7.01	0.40	3.57	6.49	0.55	.254	1.14
15	Fred Lasher	-	26	-	MLB	5	1	3.33	34	0	0	0	14	5	48.2	37	19	18	5	22	32	2	0	1.21	6.84	0.92	4.07	5.92	0.69	.237	1.41
39	Jon Warden	-	21	1966-4-62	MLB	4	1	3.62	28	0	0	0	11	3	37.1	30	15	15	5	15	25	0	0	1.21	7.23	1.21	3.62	6.03	0.60	.231	1.38
47	Don McMahon	68	38	-	MLB	3	1	2.02	20	0	0	0	9	1	35.2	22	8	8	2	10	33	3	0	0.90	5.55	0.50	2.52	8.33	0.30	--	1.15
37	John Wyatt	-	33	-	MLB	1	0	2.37	22	0	0	0	10	2	30.1	26	9	8	2	11	25	4	0	1.22	7.71	0.59	3.26	7.42	0.44	--	1.32
14	Dennis Ribant	-	26	-	MLB	2	2	2.22	14	0	0	0	4	1	24.1	20	7	6	1	10	7	0	0	1.23	7.40	0.37	3.70	2.59	1.43	--	0.84
38	Les Cain	-	20	1966-4-74	MLB	1	0	3.00	8	4	0	0	1	0	24.0	25	9	8	1	20	13	2	0	1.88	9.38	0.38	7.50	4.88	1.54	.304	0.81
34	Jim Rooker	-	25	UDFA: 1962	MLB	0	0	3.86	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	2	2	0	1	4	0	0	1.07	7.71	0.00	1.93	7.71	0.25	.308	1.25
30	Roy Face	-	40	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.00	18.00	0.00	9.00	9.00	1.00	--	0.00
Totals: (32 players)						103	59	2.71	162	162	59	16	103	29	1,490	1180	492	449	185	486	1115	38	4	1.22	7.13	0.78	2.94	6.74	0.44	.261

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Freehan	C	138		971	73	6	15	.994	0.00
Jim Price	C	42		223	14	1	1	.996	0.00
Wayne Comer	C	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Norm Cash	1B	117		924	88	8	66	.992	0.00
Al Kaline	1B	22		152	13	4	15	.976	0.00
Bill Freehan	1B	21		162	10	1	11	.994	0.00
Mickey Stanley	1B	15		99	8	2	9	.982	0.00
Tom Matchick	1B	6		28	2	0	4	1.000	0.00
Eddie Mathews	1B	6		34	3	1	5	.974	0.00
Gates Brown	1B	1		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bob Christian	1B	1		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dick McAuliffe	2B	148		288	348	9	79	.986	0.00
Dick Tracewski	2B	14		15	30	0	5	1.000	0.00
Tom Matchick	2B	13		25	34	1	7	.983	0.00
Dave Campbell	2B	5		4	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Mickey Stanley	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Don Wert	3B	150		142	284	15	22	.966	0.00
Dick Tracewski	3B	16		7	19	2	3	.929	0.00
Eddie Mathews	3B	6		3	10	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ray Oyler	SS	111		139	207	8	31	.977	0.00
Tom Matchick	SS	59		53	118	9	20	.950	0.00
Dick Tracewski	SS	51		60	108	3	19	.982	0.00
Mickey Stanley	SS	9		9	25	2	2	.944	0.00
Dick McAuliffe	SS	5		4	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Don Wert	SS	2		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Northrup	OF	151		321	7	7	1	.979	0.00
Willie Horton	OF	139		212	6	6	2	.973	0.00
Mickey Stanley	OF	130		297	7	0	2	1.000	0.00
Al Kaline	OF	74		131	1	3	0	.978	0.00
Wayne Comer	OF	27		20	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Gates Brown	OF	17		18	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Lenny Green	OF	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Bob Christian	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Bill Freehan	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pat Dobson	P	47	125	12	22	1	0	.971	2.45
Denny McLain	P	41	336	36	40	1	3	.987	2.04
John Hiller	P	39	128	12	15	0	1	1.000	1.90
Mickey Lolich	P	39	220	5	26	3	0	.912	1.27
Daryl Patterson	P	38	68	4	9	1	0	.929	1.72
Fred Lasher	P	34	48	3	10	1	1	.929	2.43
Joe Sparma	P	34	182	9	19	2	0	.933	1.38
Earl Wilson	P	34	224	26	30	4	3	.933	2.25
Jon Warden	P	28	37	0	2	1	0	.667	0.49
John Wyatt	P	22	30	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.79
Don McMahon	P	20	35	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.28
Dennis Ribant	P	14	24	2	3	3	0	.625	1.87
Les Cain	P	8	24	0	6	0	0	1.000	2.25
Roy Face	P	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jim Rooker	P	2	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.29

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