1968 BALTIMORE ORIOLES

| Level: MLB

Location: Baltimore,MD
Team Record: 91-71 .562
Result: 2nd in American League
Manager(s): Hank Bauer, Earl Weaver
General Manager: Harry Dalton
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 943,977
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Baltimore Orioles affiliate history

Oldest Player: Fred Valentine (33)
Youngest Player: Mike Adamson (20)
Longest Tenure: Brooks Robinson (14)
Top Hitter: Brooks Robinson (10)
Top Pitcher: Dave McNally (2)
Top Draft Pick: Junior Kennedy (#10)

Roster Continuity: 68.95%

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
5	Brooks Robinson	3b	10	31	UDFA: 1955	MLB	162	608	65	154	36	6	17	75	1	1	44	55	4	11	3	8	12	.253	.304	.416	720	253	667	478	89	5.0	.252
26	Boog Powell	1b-of	15	26	UDFA: 1959	MLB	154	550	60	137	21	1	22	85	7	1	73	97	3	12	3	5	12	.249	.338	.411	748	226	634	434	82	5.1	.264
15	Davey Johnson	2b	72	25	UDFA: 1962	MLB	145	504	50	122	24	4	9	56	7	3	44	80	5	5	3	3	18	.242	.308	.359	667	181	559	409	57	3.7	.270
7	Mark Belanger	ss	33	24	UDFA: 1962	MLB	145	472	40	98	13	0	2	21	10	1	40	114	4	2	9	6	9	.208	.272	.248	520	117	531	399	26	1.7	.265
3	Curt Blefary	of-1b	27	24	UDFA: 1962	MLB	137	451	50	90	8	1	15	39	6	3	65	66	4	11	7	8	4	.200	.301	.322	623	145	535	383	49	3.5	.198
9	Don Buford	of-2b	39	31	UDFA: 1960	MLB	130	426	65	120	13	4	15	46	27	12	57	46	4	5	1	6	1	.282	.367	.437	804	186	494	326	80	6.6	.283
20	Frank Robinson	of	16	32	UDFA: 1953	MLB	130	421	69	113	27	1	15	52	11	2	73	84	12	4	0	2	15	.268	.390	.444	834	187	508	327	79	6.6	.302
6	Paul Blair	of	76	24	UDFA: 1962	MLB	141	421	48	89	22	1	7	38	4	2	37	60	2	4	5	2	4	.211	.277	.318	595	134	467	345	41	3.2	.230
21	Curt Motton	of	-	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	83	217	27	43	7	0	8	25	1	3	31	43	1	0	2	3	7	.198	.298	.341	639	74	254	189	21	3.1	.207
8	Andy Etchebarren	c	-	25	UDFA: 1961	MLB	74	189	20	44	11	2	5	20	0	0	19	46	3	4	2	1	4	.233	.311	.392	703	74	214	152	23	4.2	.281
10	Ellie Hendricks	c	-	27	UDFA: 1959	MLB	79	183	19	37	8	1	7	23	0	0	19	51	1	2	0	1	4	.202	.279	.372	651	68	204	151	18	3.2	.238
12	Dave May	of	-	24	UDFA: 1962	MLB	84	152	15	29	6	3	0	7	3	3	19	27	1	3	0	0	4	.191	.285	.270	555	41	172	130	11	2.2	.232
16	Fred Valentine	of	-	33	-	MLB	47	91	9	17	3	2	2	5	0	0	7	20	1	0	0	0	1	.187	.253	.330	582	30	99	75	7	2.7	.217
34	Larry Haney	c	-	25	UDFA: 1961	MLB	38	89	5	21	3	1	1	5	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	2	.236	.236	.326	562	29	89	70	6	2.1	.290
19	Dave McNally	p	66	25	UDFA: 1961	MLB	35	86	10	11	1	0	3	10	0	0	9	46	0	0	8	1	0	.128	.208	.244	453	21	104	84	0	0.1	.211
36	Tom Phoebus	p	77	26	UDFA: 1960	MLB	36	82	3	15	2	0	1	8	0	0	3	23	0	0	7	0	3	.183	.212	.244	456	20	92	77	1	0.4	.241
44	Jim Hardin	p	53	24	UDFA: 1962	MLB	35	82	4	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	34	0	0	11	0	0	.085	.085	.122	207	10	93	86	-6	-1.8	.146
14,47	Merv Rettenmund	of	-	25	UDFA: 1964	MLB	31	64	10	19	5	0	2	7	1	1	18	20	1	0	1	1	0	.297	.452	.469	921	30	85	48	15	8.6	.395
32	Gene Brabender	p	-	26	-	MLB	37	35	2	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	23	0	0	3	1	1	.086	.108	.200	308	7	40	37	-2	-1.8	.167
40	Dave Leonhard	p	-	27	UDFA: 1963	MLB	30	31	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	0	0	6	0	0	.129	.156	.129	285	4	38	33	-1	-1.2	.222
27	Wally Bunker	p	-	23	-	MLB	18	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	0	2	0	0	.111	.200	.111	311	2	22	18	-1	-1.4	.250
1,59	Chico Fernandez	ss-2b	-	29	-	MLB	24	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.158	.111	269	2	19	16	0	-0.7	.125
30	Mike Fiore	1b	-	23	UDFA: 1978	MLB	6	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	.059	.273	.059	332	1	22	16	0	0.2	.077
35	Roger Nelson	p	-	24	1968-6-130	MLB	19	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	0	4	0	1	.062	.167	.062	229	1	22	20	-2	-2.2	.167
24	Pete Richert	p	-	28	UDFA: 1958	MLB	36	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.300	500	3	11	9	0	0.1	.667
2	Bobby Floyd	ss-2b	-	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	5	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	.111	.100	.222	322	2	10	9	0	-0.2	.143
39	Eddie Watt	p	-	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	59	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	111	0	9	8	-1	-3.1	.000
16	Bruce Howard	p	-	25	-	MLB	10	7	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	.286	.375	.857	1232	6	10	7	3	9.9	.200
25	Moe Drabowsky	p	-	32	-	MLB	45	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	571	2	7	5	0	2.2	.400
37	John Morris	p	-	26	-	MLB	19	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
17	Mike Adamson	p	-	20	1967-1-1	MLB	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	1	3	2	0	1.8	1.000
28	John O'Donoghue	p	-	28	-	MLB	16	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	5275	579	1187	215	28	133	534	78	32	570	1019	48	63	80	49	102	.225	.304	.352	656	1857	6022	4351	590	3.7	.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
19	Dave McNally	2	25	UDFA: 1961	MLB	22	10	1.95	35	35	18	5	0	0	273.0	175	67	59	24	55	202	5	1	0.84	5.77	0.79	1.81	6.66	0.27	.205	0.96
44	Jim Hardin	7	24	UDFA: 1962	MLB	18	13	2.51	35	35	16	2	0	0	244.0	188	79	68	20	70	160	9	1	1.06	6.93	0.74	2.58	5.90	0.44	.238	0.95
36	Tom Phoebus	11	26	UDFA: 1960	MLB	15	15	2.62	36	36	9	3	0	0	240.2	186	81	70	10	105	193	10	3	1.21	6.96	0.37	3.93	7.22	0.54	.262	1.38
40	Dave Leonhard	-	27	UDFA: 1963	MLB	7	7	3.13	28	18	5	2	5	1	126.1	95	46	44	10	57	61	2	3	1.20	6.77	0.71	4.06	4.35	0.93	.231	1.04
32	Gene Brabender	-	26	-	MLB	6	7	3.31	37	15	3	2	8	3	125.0	116	52	46	9	48	92	5	2	1.31	8.35	0.65	3.46	6.62	0.52	.292	1.28
39	Eddie Watt	29	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	5	5	2.27	59	0	0	0	39	11	83.1	63	32	21	1	35	72	4	0	1.18	6.80	0.11	3.78	7.78	0.49	.271	1.12
35	Roger Nelson	-	24	1968-6-130	MLB	4	3	2.41	19	6	0	0	5	1	71.0	49	21	19	3	26	70	6	0	1.06	6.21	0.38	3.30	8.87	0.37	.253	0.84
27	Wally Bunker	-	23	-	MLB	2	0	2.41	18	10	2	1	1	0	71.0	59	25	19	4	14	44	2	0	1.03	7.48	0.51	1.77	5.58	0.32	.257	0.77
24	Pete Richert	62	28	UDFA: 1958	MLB	6	3	3.47	36	0	0	0	17	6	62.1	51	25	24	7	12	47	0	1	1.01	7.36	1.01	1.73	6.79	0.26	.254	0.76
25	Moe Drabowsky	51	32	-	MLB	4	4	1.91	45	0	0	0	26	7	61.1	35	17	13	3	25	46	7	0	0.98	5.14	0.44	3.67	6.75	0.54	.198	0.89
37	John Morris	-	26	-	MLB	2	0	2.56	19	0	0	0	2	0	31.2	19	11	9	4	17	22	2	0	1.14	5.40	1.14	4.83	6.25	0.77	.179	2.43
16	Bruce Howard	-	25	-	MLB	0	2	3.77	10	5	0	0	1	0	31.0	30	16	13	2	26	19	1	0	1.81	8.71	0.58	7.55	5.52	1.37	.308	1.62
28	John O'Donoghue	-	28	-	MLB	0	0	6.14	16	0	0	0	4	2	22.0	34	15	15	2	7	11	0	0	1.86	13.91	0.82	2.86	4.50	0.64	.410	1.48
17	Mike Adamson	-	20	1967-1-1	MLB	0	2	9.39	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.2	9	9	8	2	4	4	0	1	1.70	10.57	2.35	4.70	4.70	1.00	.269	1.71
50	Fred Beene	-	25	UDFA: 1964	MLB	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.00	18.00	0.00	9.00	9.00	1.00	.667	1.00
Totals: (32 players)						91	71	2.66	162	162	53	15	109	31	1,451	1111	497	429	133	502	1044	53	12	1.21	6.89	0.63	3.11	6.47	0.48	.241

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Andy Etchebarren	C	70		414	29	1	3	.998	0.00
Ellie Hendricks	C	53		303	21	3	3	.991	0.00
Curt Blefary	C	40		215	22	4	1	.983	0.00
Larry Haney	C	32		149	18	1	3	.994	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Boog Powell	1B	149		1293	79	14	102	.990	0.00
Curt Blefary	1B	12		78	4	1	9	.988	0.00
Mike Fiore	1B	5		30	3	2	7	.943	0.00
Frank Robinson	1B	3		20	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Davey Johnson	2B	127		260	330	13	67	.978	0.00
Don Buford	2B	58		109	107	8	22	.964	0.00
Chico Fernandez	2B	4		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Brooks Robinson	3B	162		168	353	16	31	.970	0.00
Don Buford	3B	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Paul Blair	3B	1		1	1	1	1	.667	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mark Belanger	SS	145		248	444	22	73	.969	0.00
Davey Johnson	SS	34		34	40	2	7	.974	0.00
Chico Fernandez	SS	7		5	7	1	2	.923	0.00
Bobby Floyd	SS	4		6	10	0	3	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Paul Blair	OF	132		271	10	2	2	.993	0.00
Frank Robinson	OF	117		173	5	7	0	.962	0.00
Curt Blefary	OF	92		144	9	6	1	.962	0.00
Don Buford	OF	65		130	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dave May	OF	61		62	1	1	0	.984	0.00
Curt Motton	OF	54		91	2	1	0	.989	0.00
Fred Valentine	OF	26		33	2	1	1	.972	0.00
Merv Rettenmund	OF	23		29	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mike Fiore	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Watt	P	59	83	1	14	1	1	.937	1.62
Moe Drabowsky	P	45	61	2	8	2	1	.833	1.47
Gene Brabender	P	37	125	6	15	3	1	.875	1.51
Tom Phoebus	P	36	240	20	29	1	2	.980	1.84
Pete Richert	P	36	62	4	12	1	1	.941	2.32
Jim Hardin	P	35	244	19	32	1	2	.981	1.88
Dave McNally	P	35	273	6	28	1	1	.971	1.12
Dave Leonhard	P	28	126	10	26	2	1	.947	2.57
John Morris	P	19	31	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.73
Roger Nelson	P	19	71	3	8	0	0	1.000	1.39
Wally Bunker	P	18	71	5	9	1	0	.933	1.77
John O'Donoghue	P	16	22	0	5	0	0	1.000	2.05
Bruce Howard	P	10	31	2	5	0	1	1.000	2.03
Mike Adamson	P	2	7	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Fred Beene	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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