The 1968 California Angels season was the 8th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 3rd in Anaheim, and their 3rd season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished the season eighth in the American League with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.
Offseason October 9, 1967: Bill Skowron was released by the Angels.Angels cut free Simmons, Moose November 28, 1967: Elrod Hendricks was drafted from the Angels by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1967 rule 5 draft.Elrod Hendricks at Baseball Reference November 29, 1967: Bill Kelso and Jorge Rubio were traded by the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Sammy Ellis.Active Reds trade Sammy Ellis January 27, 1968: Paul Reuschel was drafted by the Angels in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.Paul Reuschel at Baseball Reference Prior to 1968 season: Merritt Ranew was acquired from the Angels by the New York Yankees.Merritt Ranew page at Baseball-Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions July 20, 1968: Woodie Held was traded by the Angels to the Chicago White Sox for Wayne Causey.Woodie Held at Baseball Reference
Roster 1968 California Angels Roster Pitchers Catchers
InfieldersOutfielders Manager
Coaches
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Buck Rodgers 91 258 49 .190 1 14 1B 120 399 94 .236 13 48 2B 152 494 123 .249 3 39 3B 76 223 54 .242 1 16 SS 159 614 150 .244 9 49 LF 151 534 136 .255 21 73 CF 93 339 101 .298 1 18 RF 133 375 90 .240 13 54
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Tom Satriano 111 297 75 .253 8 35 Chuck Hinton 116 267 52 .195 7 23 Paul Schaal 60 219 46 .210 2 16 Bubba Morton 81 163 44 .270 1 18 Ed Kirkpatrick 89 161 37 .230 1 15 Jimmie Hall 46 126 27 .214 1 8 Jay Johnstone 41 115 30 .261 0 3 Jim Spencer 19 68 13 .191 0 5 Chuck Cottier 33 67 13 .194 0 1 Jarvis Tatum 17 51 9 .176 0 2 33 45 5 .111 0 0 Tom Egan 16 43 5 .116 1 4 17 40 9 .225 0 1 Winston Llenas 16 39 5 .128 0 1 18 31 9 .290 0 2 4 11 0 .000 0 0
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 39 245.1 13 17 2.86 132 40 208.1 10 15 3.54 135 Tom Murphy 15 99.1 5 6 2.17 56 21 94.1 1 11 3.53 60
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 42 164.0 9 10 3.95 93 41 125.2 10 6 3.94 71 28 81.1 4 2 2.21 74 16 48.1 0 5 3.54 36 10 33.2 1 6 5.08 22
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 38 4 3 6 4.25 33 56 1 4 5 4.33 33 Marty Pattin 52 4 4 3 2.79 66 29 2 3 2 6.44 33 21 3 1 2 3.32 18 14 0 1 0 2.38 8 Bob Heffner 7 0 0 0 2.25 3 Steve Kealey 6 0 1 0 2.70 4 4 0 0 0 2.57 2 Larry Sherry 3 0 0 0 6.00 2
Awards and honors 1968 All-Star Game Jim Fregosi, starter, shortstop
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: El Paso, Quad Cities
Notes
References 1968 California Angels team at Baseball Reference 1968 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com