1968 Detroit Tigers Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 103–59 (.636), 1st place in American League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1968 Al Kaline 102 328 49 94 14 1 10 53 55 39 6 4 .287 .391 .427 .818
1968 Bill Freehan 155 543 73 142 24 2 25 84 65 64 0 1 .262 .364 .451 .815
1968 Bob Christian 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
1968 Daryl Patterson 38 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0 .000 .071 .000 .071
1968 Dave Campbell 9 8 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 .125 .222 .500 .722
1968 Dennis Ribant 16 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
1968 Denny McLain 44 127 7 18 1 1 0 4 1 37 0 0 .142 .148 .165 .314
1968 Dick Tracewski 90 214 30 33 3 1 4 15 24 51 3 0 .154 .237 .234 .471
1968 Dick McAuliffe 151 571 95 142 24 10 16 56 82 99 8 7 .249 .343 .410 .753
1968 Don Wert 150 547 44 107 15 1 12 37 37 79 0 3 .196 .253 .293 .545
1968 Don McMahon 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Earl Wilson 40 89 9 20 0 1 7 17 2 35 0 0 .225 .250 .483 .733
1968 Eddie Mathews 31 52 4 11 0 0 3 8 5 12 0 0 .212 .281 .385 .665
1968 Fred Lasher 34 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
1968 Gates Brown 67 92 15 34 7 2 6 15 12 4 0 0 .370 .442 .685 1.127
1968 Jim Price 64 132 12 23 4 0 3 13 13 14 0 0 .174 .253 .273 .526
1968 Jim Rooker 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Jim Northrup 154 584 76 153 29 7 21 90 50 87 4 5 .262 .322 .443 .765
1968 Joe Sparma 34 66 2 8 1 0 0 2 1 24 0 0 .121 .134 .136 .271
1968 John Hiller 39 37 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 14 0 0 .081 .081 .081 .162
1968 John Wyatt 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Jon Warden 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Lenny Green 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
1968 Les Cain 8 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .143 .143 .286 .429
1968 Mickey Stanley 153 591 88 151 16 6 11 60 42 57 4 3 .255 .307 .359 .666
1968 Mickey Lolich 41 74 5 8 3 0 0 3 6 25 0 1 .108 .175 .149 .324
1968 Norm Cash 127 413 50 108 15 1 25 63 39 70 1 1 .262 .328 .484 .812
1968 Pat Dobson 47 30 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 0 .133 .187 .133 .321
1968 Ray Oyler 111 222 13 29 6 1 1 12 20 59 0 2 .131 .206 .180 .387
1968 Tommy Matchick 80 229 18 46 6 2 3 14 10 46 0 2 .201 .246 .284 .530
1968 Wayne Comer 48 49 8 6 0 1 1 3 2 7 0 0 .122 .157 .224 .381
1968 Willie Horton 143 514 68 146 20 2 36 85 49 110 0 3 .284 .351 .541 .892
– – 162 5,563 671 1,292 190 39 185 640 521 964 26 32 .232 .303 .380 .683

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1968 Daryl Patterson 38 68.0 2 3 7 0 0 53 19 16 27 4 49 1 0 0 0 2.12 1.18
1968 Dennis Ribant 14 24.1 2 2 1 0 0 20 7 6 10 1 7 0 0 0 0 2.22 1.23
1968 Denny McLain 41 336.0 31 6 0 0 0 241 86 73 63 6 280 41 0 28 6 1.96 0.90
1968 Don McMahon 20 35.2 3 1 1 0 0 22 8 8 10 0 33 0 0 0 0 2.02 0.90
1968 Earl Wilson 34 224.1 13 12 0 0 0 192 77 71 65 0 168 33 0 10 3 2.85 1.15
1968 Fred Lasher 34 48.2 5 1 5 0 0 37 19 18 22 0 32 0 0 0 0 3.33 1.21
1968 Jim Rooker 2 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 3.86 1.07
1968 Joe Sparma 34 182.1 10 10 0 0 0 169 81 75 77 7 110 31 0 7 1 3.70 1.35
1968 John Hiller 39 128.0 9 6 2 0 0 92 37 34 51 0 78 12 0 4 1 2.39 1.12
1968 John Wyatt 22 30.1 1 0 2 0 0 26 9 8 11 1 25 0 0 0 0 2.37 1.22
1968 Jon Warden 28 37.1 4 1 3 0 0 30 15 15 15 0 25 0 0 0 0 3.62 1.21
1968 Les Cain 8 24.0 1 0 0 0 0 25 9 8 20 0 13 4 0 0 0 3.00 1.87
1968 Mickey Lolich 39 220.0 17 9 1 0 0 178 84 78 65 11 197 32 0 8 4 3.19 1.10
1968 Pat Dobson 47 125.0 5 8 7 0 0 89 39 37 48 2 93 10 0 2 1 2.66 1.10
1968 Roy Face 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
– – 162 1,489.2 103 59 29 0 0 1,180 492 449 486 32 1,115 164 0 59 16 2.71 1.12

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1968 Daryl Patterson P 38 4 9 1 14 0 .929 0.34
1968 Dennis Ribant P 14 2 3 3 8 0 .625 0.36
1968 Denny McLain P 41 36 40 1 77 3 .987 1.85
1968 Don McMahon P 20 1 4 0 5 0 1.000 0.25
1968 Earl Wilson P 34 26 30 4 60 3 .933 1.65
1968 Fred Lasher P 34 3 10 1 14 1 .929 0.38
1968 Jim Rooker P 2 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1968 Joe Sparma P 34 9 19 2 30 0 .933 0.82
1968 John Hiller P 39 12 15 0 27 1 1.000 0.69
1968 John Wyatt P 22 2 4 0 6 0 1.000 0.27
1968 Jon Warden P 28 0 2 1 3 0 .667 0.07
1968 Les Cain P 8 0 6 0 6 0 1.000 0.75
1968 Mickey Lolich P 39 5 26 3 34 0 .912 0.79
1968 Pat Dobson P 47 12 22 1 35 0 .971 0.72
1968 Roy Face P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1968 Bill Freehan C 138 971 73 6 1,050 15 66 38 36.5% .994 7.57
1968 Jim Price C 42 223 14 1 238 1 14 2 12.5% .996 5.64
1968 Wayne Comer C 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 2.00
1968 Al Kaline 1B 22 152 13 4 169 15 .976 7.50
1968 Bill Freehan 1B 21 162 10 1 173 11 .994 8.19
1968 Bob Christian 1B 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1968 Eddie Mathews 1B 6 34 3 1 38 5 .974 6.17
1968 Gates Brown 1B 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1968 Mickey Stanley 1B 15 99 8 2 109 9 .982 7.13
1968 Norm Cash 1B 117 924 88 8 1,020 66 .992 8.65
1968 Tommy Matchick 1B 6 28 2 0 30 4 1.000 5.00
1968 Dave Campbell 2B 5 4 3 0 7 1 1.000 1.40
1968 Dick Tracewski 2B 14 15 30 0 45 5 1.000 3.21
1968 Dick McAuliffe 2B 148 288 348 9 645 79 .986 4.30
1968 Mickey Stanley 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1968 Tommy Matchick 2B 13 25 34 1 60 7 .983 4.54
1968 Dick Tracewski 3B 16 7 19 2 28 3 .929 1.62
1968 Don Wert 3B 150 142 284 15 441 22 .966 2.84
1968 Eddie Mathews 3B 6 3 10 0 13 0 1.000 2.17
1968 Dick Tracewski SS 51 60 108 3 171 19 .982 3.29
1968 Dick McAuliffe SS 5 4 4 0 8 1 1.000 1.60
1968 Don Wert SS 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1968 Mickey Stanley SS 9 9 25 2 36 2 .944 3.78
1968 Ray Oyler SS 111 139 207 8 354 31 .977 3.12
1968 Tommy Matchick SS 59 53 118 9 180 20 .950 2.90
1968 Al Kaline LF 5 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.40
1968 Gates Brown LF 17 18 1 0 19 0 1.000 1.12
1968 Jim Northrup LF 12 15 1 0 16 0 1.000 1.33
1968 Lenny Green LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1968 Wayne Comer LF 26 16 0 0 16 0 1.000 0.62
1968 Willie Horton LF 139 203 6 6 215 2 .972 1.50
1968 Jim Northrup CF 48 92 1 0 93 0 1.000 1.94
1968 Mickey Stanley CF 131 301 7 0 308 3 1.000 2.35
1968 Al Kaline RF 70 129 1 3 133 0 .977 1.86
1968 Bill Freehan RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1968 Bob Christian RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1968 Jim Northrup RF 105 219 5 7 231 1 .970 2.13
1968 Wayne Comer RF 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
– – 162 4,461 1,615 105 6,181 330 80 40 33.3% .983 37.51

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1968 Al Kaline 7 29 6 11 2 0 2 8 0 7 0 0 .379 .400 .655 1.055
1968 Bill Freehan 7 24 0 2 1 0 0 2 4 8 0 0 .083 .214 .125 .339
1968 Daryl Patterson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Denny McLain 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Dick Tracewski 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Dick McAuliffe 7 27 5 6 0 0 1 3 4 6 0 0 .222 .323 .333 .656
1968 Don Wert 6 17 1 2 0 0 0 2 6 5 0 0 .118 .375 .118 .493
1968 Don McMahon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Earl Wilson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Eddie Mathews 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
1968 Fred Lasher 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Gates Brown 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Jim Price 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Jim Northrup 7 28 4 7 0 1 2 8 1 5 0 0 .250 .276 .536 .812
1968 Joe Sparma 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 John Hiller 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Mickey Stanley 7 28 4 6 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 1 .214 .267 .286 .552
1968 Mickey Lolich 3 12 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 .250 .308 .500 .808
1968 Norm Cash 7 26 5 10 0 0 1 5 3 5 0 0 .385 .433 .500 .933
1968 Pat Dobson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Ray Oyler 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Tommy Matchick 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Wayne Comer 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1968 Willie Horton 7 23 6 7 1 1 1 3 5 6 0 0 .304 .448 .565 1.013
– – 7 233 34 56 4 3 8 33 27 59 0 1 .240 .326 .386 .712

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1968 Daryl Patterson 2 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.67
1968 Denny McLain 3 16.2 1 2 0 0 0 18 8 6 4 0 13 3 0 1 0 3.24 1.32
1968 Don McMahon 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.50 2.00
1968 Earl Wilson 1 4.1 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 3 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 6.23 2.31
1968 Fred Lasher 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50
1968 Joe Sparma 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53.99 6.00
1968 John Hiller 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.50 4.50
1968 Mickey Lolich 3 27.0 3 0 0 0 0 20 5 5 6 1 21 3 0 3 0 1.67 0.96
1968 Pat Dobson 3 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.86 1.29
– – 8 62.0 4 3 0 0 0 61 27 24 21 1 40 7 0 4 0 3.48 1.32

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1968 Daryl Patterson P 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1968 Denny McLain P 3 0 3 1 4 0 .750 1.00
1968 Don McMahon P 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1968 Earl Wilson P 1 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1968 Fred Lasher P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1968 Joe Sparma P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1968 John Hiller P 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1968 Mickey Lolich P 3 1 4 0 5 0 1.000 1.67
1968 Pat Dobson P 3 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1968 Bill Freehan C 7 45 6 2 53 2 0 0 0.0% .962 7.29
1968 Norm Cash 1B 7 58 7 2 67 3 .970 9.29
1968 Dick McAuliffe 2B 7 12 16 0 28 2 1.000 4.00
1968 Dick Tracewski 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1968 Don Wert 3B 6 5 14 0 19 2 1.000 3.17
1968 Eddie Mathews 3B 1 0 1 1 2 0 .500 1.00
1968 Mickey Stanley SS 7 14 16 2 32 3 .937 4.29
1968 Ray Oyler SS 4 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.50
1968 Jim Northrup LF 4 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1968 Willie Horton LF 7 5 1 1 7 0 .857 0.86
1968 Jim Northrup CF 7 19 0 2 21 0 .905 2.71
1968 Mickey Stanley CF 4 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.50
1968 Al Kaline RF 7 19 0 0 19 0 1.000 2.71
– – 7 186 72 11 269 12 0 0 .959 36.86

Awards

Player Award Stats
Denny McLain Most Valuable Player (P) 31–6, 280 SO, 1.96 ERA
Denny McLain Cy Young Award (P) 31–6, 280 SO, 1.96 ERA
Denny McLain All-Star (P) 31–6, 280 SO, 1.96 ERA
Bill Freehan All-Star (C) .262–25–84
Don Wert All-Star (3B) .196–12–37
Willie Horton All-Star (LF) .284–36–85
Bill Freehan Gold Glove (C) .994 FPct, 7.57 RF
Mickey Stanley Gold Glove (CF) 1.000 FPct, 2.35 RF

Frequently asked questions about the 1968 Detroit Tigers

Who had the most hits on the 1968 Detroit Tigers?

Jim Northrup led the 1968 Detroit Tigers with 153 hits in 154 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1968 Detroit Tigers?

Willie Horton led the 1968 Detroit Tigers with a .284 batting average in 143 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1968 Detroit Tigers?

Willie Horton led the 1968 Detroit Tigers with 36 home runs in 143 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1968 Detroit Tigers?

Bill Freehan led the 1968 Detroit Tigers with a .364 on-base percentage (OBP) in 155 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1968 Detroit Tigers?

Willie Horton led the 1968 Detroit Tigers with a .541 slugging percentage in 143 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1968 Detroit Tigers?

Dick McAuliffe led the 1968 Detroit Tigers with 8 stolen bases in 151 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1968 Detroit Tigers?

Denny McLain had a 1.96 earned-run average (ERA) in 41 games, the lowest on the 1968 Detroit Tigers.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1968 Detroit Tigers?

Denny McLain had a 0.90 WHIP in 41 games, the lowest on the 1968 Detroit Tigers.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1968 Detroit Tigers?

Denny McLain led the 1968 Detroit Tigers with 280 strikeouts in 41 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1968 Detroit Tigers?

Denny McLain led the 1968 Detroit Tigers with 31 wins in 41 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1968 Detroit Tigers?

Daryl Patterson led the 1968 Detroit Tigers with 7 saves in 38 games.