The 1968 Cleveland Indians season was their 68th season of baseball in the American League. It saw their pitching staff lead the major leagues with the most strikeouts (1,157) while allowing the fewest hits (1,087). Despite this, they finished 3rd in the American League, their highest finish in nine years. They would not finish higher than 4th again until 1994.

Off season October 17, 1967: Jim King was released by the Indians.Jim King at Baseball Reference October 26, 1967: Marv Staehle was sent to the Indians by the Chicago White Sox to complete an earlier deal (the White Sox sent Jim King and a player to be named later to the Indians for Rocky Colavito) made on July 29, 1967.Marv Staehle at Baseball Reference November 28, 1967: Darrell Sutherland was drafted by the Indians from the New York Mets in the 1967 minor league draft.Darrell Sutherland at Baseball Reference November 28, 1967: Eddie Fisher was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Bob Scott (minors) and John Scruggs (minors) to the Cleveland Indians for Gordy Lund and John O'Donoghue. January 27, 1968: Rick Sawyer was drafted by the Indians in the 3rd round of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft Secondary Phase.Rick Sawyer at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Transactions June 7, 1968: Vince Colbert was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 11th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day Lineup +Opening Day Starters # Name Position21 Tommy Harper LF13 Vern Fuller 2B1 José Cardenal CF9 Duke Sims C11 Tony Horton 1B25 Vic Davalillo RF10 Max Alvis 3B16 Larry Brown SS42 Sonny Siebert P 1968 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1968 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (First Base) (Pitching) (Third Base)

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 115 357 100 .280 4 42 1B 133 477 119 .249 14 59 2B 97 244 59 .242 0 18 SS 154 495 116 .234 6 35 3B 131 452 101 .223 8 37 LF 109 299 84 .281 4 26 CF 157 583 150 .257 7 44 RF 51 180 43 .239 2 13

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 122 361 90 .249 11 44 103 276 59 .214 3 12 130 235 51 .217 6 26 68 217 61 .281 2 23 65 202 52 .257 5 23 88 189 44 .233 0 19 53 111 22 .198 1 8 38 94 20 .213 0 3 19 55 12 .218 0 5 37 54 9 .167 2 5 38 49 9 .184 0 6 33 42 6 .143 0 3 11 15 2 .133 0 3 17 10 1 .100 0 0 6 5 0 .000 0 1 5 3 1 .333 0 0 6 1 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 ---- 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 38 269.0 15 14 1.81 283 34 258.1 21 9 1.60 264 31 206.0 12 10 2.97 146 32 158.1 8 15 4.15 78

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 44 194.1 13 11 2.50 147 36 91.2 5 8 3.93 87 12 31.1 1 1 1.72 24 2 5.0 0 1 3.60 1

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 40 5 3 12 1.62 54 54 4 2 4 2.85 42 28 1 0 1 5.21 16 17 1 0 1 6.87 5 5 0 0 0 6.75 6 3 0 0 0 8.10 2 3 0 1 0 2.70 1 3 0 0 0 10.80 0 2 0 0 0 0.00 1

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

External links 1968 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference 1968 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac