Minnesota Twins History - 1968 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1968 Minnesota Twins	79	83	.488	7^th	23	83-79	-4	.237	2.89			1,143,257	$0	$0

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
3B	Cesar Tovar	27	157	613	167	31	6	6	47	89	34	17	5	4	41	35	13	.272	.326	.372	.698	0.0
RF	Tony Oliva	29	128	470	136	24	5	18	68	54	45	7	1	5	61	10	9	.289	.357	.477	.833	0.0
CF	Ted Uhlaender	27	140	488	138	21	5	7	52	52	28	3	6	2	46	16	7	.283	.324	.389	.714	0.0
LF	Bob Allison	33	145	469	116	16	8	22	52	63	52	2	1	2	98	9	7	.247	.324	.456	.780	0.0
2B	Rod Carew	22	127	461	126	27	2	1	42	46	26	1	2	2	71	12	4	.273	.312	.347	.659	0.0
C	Johnny Roseboro	35	135	380	82	12	0	8	39	31	46	2	2	5	57	2	3	.216	.300	.311	.611	0.0
1B	Harmon Killebrew	32	100	295	62	7	2	17	40	40	70	2	0	4	70	0	0	.210	.361	.420	.782	0.0
1B	Rich Reese	26	126	332	86	15	2	4	28	40	18	3	4	2	36	3	1	.259	.301	.352	.654	0.0
2B	Frank Quilici	29	97	229	56	11	4	1	22	22	21	1	3	5	45	0	0	.245	.305	.341	.645	0.0
3B	Ron Clark	25	104	227	42	5	1	1	13	14	16	2	5	0	44	3	2	.185	.245	.229	.474	0.0
3B	Rich Rollins	30	93	203	49	5	0	6	30	14	10	3	2	0	34	3	1	.241	.287	.355	.642	0.0
SS	Jackie Hernandez	27	83	199	35	3	0	2	17	13	9	2	6	1	52	5	2	.176	.218	.221	.439	0.0
C	Bruce Look	25	59	118	29	4	0	0	9	7	20	0	0	1	24	0	1	.246	.353	.280	.632	0.0
LF	Frank Kostro	30	63	108	26	4	1	0	9	9	6	0	1	3	20	0	0	.241	.274	.296	.570	0.0
LF	Jim Holt	24	70	106	22	2	1	0	8	9	4	0	1	0	20	0	1	.208	.236	.245	.482	0.0
SS	Rick Renick	24	42	97	21	5	2	3	13	16	9	0	0	0	42	0	0	.216	.283	.402	.685	0.0
P	Dean Chance	27	43	93	5	0	0	0	3	0	3	1	9	0	63	0	0	.054	.093	.054	.147	0.0
RF	Graig Nettles	23	22	76	17	2	1	5	8	13	7	1	0	0	20	0	0	.224	.298	.474	.771	0.0
P	Jim Merritt	24	38	71	10	2	0	0	1	1	5	0	4	0	22	0	1	.141	.197	.169	.366	0.0
P	Jim Kaat	29	36	77	12	3	0	0	5	7	2	0	0	0	18	0	0	.156	.177	.195	.372	0.0
P	Dave Boswell	23	37	60	14	3	1	1	4	9	2	0	5	1	24	0	0	.233	.254	.367	.621	0.0
C	Jerry Zimmerman	33	24	45	5	1	0	0	2	3	3	1	0	1	10	0	0	.111	.180	.133	.313	0.0
P	Jim Perry	32	32	42	6	1	0	2	5	4	2	0	4	0	12	0	0	.143	.182	.310	.491	0.0
CF	Pat Kelly	23	12	35	4	2	0	1	2	2	3	1	1	0	10	0	2	.114	.205	.257	.462	0.0
C	George Mitterwald	23	11	34	7	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	8	0	0	.206	.270	.235	.506	0.0
P	Jim Roland	25	29	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	0.0
P	Tom Hall	20	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
P	Al Worthington	39	54	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
P	Bob Miller	29	45	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	0.0
P	Ron Perranoski	32	66	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
P	Buzz Stephen	23	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
P	Danny Morris	22	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
P	Ron Keller	25	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
33 Players		28.1	2142	5373	1274	207	41	105	522	562	445	49	69	38	966	98	54	.237	.299	.350	.649	0.0

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP
Dean Chance	27	43	39	16	16	1	2.53	292.0	224	96	82	15	63	234	0	15	6	.98	.252	0.0
Jim Merritt	24	38	34	12	16	1	3.25	238.3	207	102	86	21	52	181	0	11	1	1.09	.263	0.0
Jim Kaat	29	30	29	14	12	0	2.94	208.0	192	78	68	16	40	130	0	9	2	1.12	.265	0.0
Dave Boswell	23	34	28	10	13	0	3.32	190.0	148	79	70	19	87	143	0	7	2	1.24	.238	0.0
Jim Perry	32	32	18	8	6	1	2.27	139.0	113	37	35	8	26	69	0	3	2	1.00	.235	0.0
Ron Perranoski	32	66	0	8	7	6	3.10	87.0	86	36	30	5	38	65	0	0	0	1.43	.299	0.0
Al Worthington	39	54	0	4	5	18	2.71	76.3	67	26	23	1	32	57	0	0	0	1.30	.295	0.0
Bob Miller	29	45	0	0	3	2	2.74	72.3	65	26	22	1	24	41	0	0	0	1.23	.284	0.0
Jim Roland	25	28	4	4	1	0	3.50	61.7	55	33	24	3	24	36	0	1	0	1.28	.267	0.0
Tom Hall	20	8	4	2	1	0	2.43	29.7	27	15	8	1	12	18	0	0	0	1.31	.280	0.0
Ron Keller	25	7	1	0	1	0	2.81	16.0	18	6	5	2	4	11	0	0	0	1.38	.340	0.0
Buzz Stephen	23	2	2	1	1	0	4.76	11.3	11	7	6	0	7	4	0	0	0	1.59	.297	0.0
Danny Morris	22	3	2	0	1	0	1.69	10.7	11	5	2	0	4	6	0	0	0	1.41	.306	0.0
Cesar Tovar	27	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	.000	0.0
14 Pitchers	27.5	391	162	79	83	29	2.89	1433.3	1224	546	461	92	414	996	0	46	13	1.14	.262	0.0

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Dean Chance	43	39	15	57	3	77	5	.935	292.0	2.22
Jim Merritt	38	34	7	38	2	45	0	1.000	238.3	1.70
Jim Kaat	30	29	10	31	0	42	1	.976	208.0	1.77
Dave Boswell	34	28	17	15	1	35	3	.914	190.0	1.52
Jim Perry	32	18	10	26	1	39	3	.923	139.0	2.33
Ron Perranoski	66	0	4	13	0	18	1	.944	87.0	1.76
Al Worthington	54	0	5	11	0	17	1	.941	76.3	1.89
Bob Miller	45	0	3	15	2	18	0	1.000	72.3	2.24
Jim Roland	28	4	2	14	1	17	1	.941	61.7	2.34
Tom Hall	8	4	1	4	0	6	1	.833	29.7	1.52
Ron Keller	7	1	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	16.0	2.25
Buzz Stephen	2	2	1	2	0	4	1	.750	11.3	2.38
Danny Morris	3	2	0	2	1	2	0	1.000	10.7	1.69
Cesar Tovar	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00
Totals	391	162	77	230	11	324	17	.948	1433.3	1.93

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range	PB	RTO%
Johnny Roseboro	117	0	689	52	5	748	7	.991	936.0	7.12	5	0.0
Bruce Look	41	0	202	20	5	223	1	.996	328.0	6.09	3	0.0
Jerry Zimmerman	24	0	109	7	0	117	1	.991	192.0	5.44	0	0.0
George Mitterwald	10	0	69	4	0	76	3	.961	80.0	8.21	1	0.0
Cesar Tovar	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12	0	0.0
Totals	193	0	1070	83	10	1165	12	.990	1544.0	6.72	9	0.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Rich Reese	87	0	620	38	36	664	6	.991	696.0	8.51
Harmon Killebrew	77	0	594	56	50	654	4	.994	616.0	9.50
Bob Allison	17	0	150	12	14	164	2	.988	136.0	10.72
Frank Kostro	5	0	24	0	1	24	0	1.000	40.0	5.40
Graig Nettles	3	0	17	0	1	17	0	1.000	24.0	6.38
Cesar Tovar	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12
Jim Holt	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12
Jackie Hernandez	1	0	3	0	1	3	0	1.000	8.0	3.38
Frank Quilici	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12
Totals	193	0	1410	107	105	1529	12	.992	1544.0	8.84

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Rod Carew	117	0	262	280	48	560	18	.968	936.0	5.21
Frank Quilici	48	0	93	101	21	194	0	1.000	384.0	4.55
Cesar Tovar	18	0	29	24	6	55	2	.964	144.0	3.31
Ron Clark	10	0	10	16	1	27	1	.963	80.0	2.92
Totals	193	0	394	421	76	836	21	.975	1544.0	4.75

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Cesar Tovar	75	0	48	147	8	209	14	.933	600.0	2.92
Rich Rollins	56	0	28	93	4	130	9	.931	448.0	2.43
Ron Clark	52	0	17	51	4	73	5	.932	416.0	1.47
Frank Quilici	40	0	28	64	9	95	3	.968	320.0	2.59
Harmon Killebrew	11	0	7	15	1	25	3	.880	88.0	2.25
Graig Nettles	5	0	5	7	1	13	1	.923	40.0	2.70
Totals	239	0	133	377	27	545	35	.936	1912.0	2.40

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Jackie Hernandez	79	0	119	197	43	341	25	.927	632.0	4.50
Ron Clark	43	0	56	106	14	173	11	.936	344.0	4.24
Rick Renick	40	0	50	91	13	149	8	.946	320.0	3.97
Cesar Tovar	35	0	31	59	9	95	5	.947	280.0	2.89
Frank Quilici	6	0	8	11	3	21	2	.905	48.0	3.56
Rod Carew	4	0	4	5	2	9	0	1.000	32.0	2.53
Totals	207	0	268	469	84	788	51	.935	1656.0	4.01

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Bob Allison	116	0	165	4	0	175	6	.966	928.0	1.64
Cesar Tovar	39	0	69	2	1	74	3	.959	312.0	2.05
Jim Holt	23	0	21	1	0	23	1	.957	184.0	1.08
Rich Reese	15	0	22	0	0	22	0	1.000	120.0	1.65
Frank Kostro	14	0	18	1	0	19	0	1.000	112.0	1.53
Pat Kelly	2	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	16.0	2.25
Graig Nettles	2	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	16.0	2.25
Totals	211	0	303	8	1	321	10	.969	1688.0	1.66

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Ted Uhlaender	129	0	283	3	1	290	4	.986	1032.0	2.49
Cesar Tovar	34	0	60	2	0	64	2	.969	272.0	2.05
Pat Kelly	5	0	10	1	0	12	1	.917	40.0	2.48
Jim Holt	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	16.0	1.12
Graig Nettles	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	8.0	2.25
Bob Allison	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12
Totals	172	0	358	6	1	371	7	.981	1376.0	2.38

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Tony Oliva	126	0	227	7	1	238	4	.983	1008.0	2.09
Jim Holt	14	0	13	1	0	14	0	1.000	112.0	1.12
Graig Nettles	13	0	23	2	0	26	1	.962	104.0	2.16
Cesar Tovar	10	0	18	1	0	20	1	.950	80.0	2.14
Frank Kostro	10	0	13	1	0	14	0	1.000	80.0	1.57
Pat Kelly	4	0	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	32.0	2.25
Bob Allison	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12
Totals	178	0	303	12	1	321	6	.981	1424.0	1.99

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Tony Oliva	.289
On-Base Percentage	Tony Oliva	.357
Slugging Percentage	Tony Oliva	.477
OPS	Tony Oliva	.833
Games	Cesar Tovar	157
At-Bats	Cesar Tovar	613
Runs	Cesar Tovar	89
Hits	Cesar Tovar	167
Doubles	Cesar Tovar	31
Triples	Bob Allison	8
Home Runs	Bob Allison	22
Runs Batted In	Tony Oliva	68
Stolen Bases	Cesar Tovar	35
Caught Stealing	Cesar Tovar	13
Walks	Harmon Killebrew	70
Strikeouts	Bob Allison	98

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Dean Chance	16
Losses	Dean Chance, Jim Merritt	16
Saves	Al Worthington	18
Games	Ron Perranoski	66
Games Started	Dean Chance	39
Complete Games	Dean Chance	15
Shutouts	Dean Chance	6
Innings Pitched	Dean Chance	292.0
Hits Allowed	Dean Chance	224
Home Runs Allowed	Jim Merritt	21
Strikeouts	Dean Chance	234
Walks Allowed	Dave Boswell	87
Earned Run Average	Dean Chance	2.53
Walks + Hits per IP	Dean Chance	0.98
BABIP	Dave Boswell	.238