1968 Detroit Tigers Stats, Awards, and Rosters

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

Hitting Stats

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

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Daryl Patterson 38 68.0 2 3 7 0 0 53 19 16 27 4 49 1 0 0 0 2.12 1.18
Dennis Ribant 14 24.1 2 2 1 0 0 20 7 6 10 1 7 0 0 0 0 2.22 1.23
Denny McLain 41 336.0 31 6 0 0 0 241 86 73 63 6 280 41 0 28 6 1.96 0.90
Don McMahon 20 35.2 3 1 1 0 0 22 8 8 10 0 33 0 0 0 0 2.02 0.90
Earl Wilson 34 224.1 13 12 0 0 0 192 77 71 65 0 168 33 0 10 3 2.85 1.15
Fred Lasher 34 48.2 5 1 5 0 0 37 19 18 22 0 32 0 0 0 0 3.33 1.21
Jim Rooker 2 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 3.86 1.07
Joe Sparma 34 182.1 10 10 0 0 0 169 81 75 77 7 110 31 0 7 1 3.70 1.35
John Wyatt 22 30.1 1 0 2 0 0 26 9 8 11 1 25 0 0 0 0 2.37 1.22
John Hiller 39 128.0 9 6 2 0 0 92 37 34 51 0 78 12 0 4 1 2.39 1.12
Jon Warden 28 37.1 4 1 3 0 0 30 15 15 15 0 25 0 0 0 0 3.62 1.21
Les Cain 8 24.0 1 0 0 0 0 25 9 8 20 0 13 4 0 0 0 3.00 1.87
Mickey Lolich 39 220.0 17 9 1 0 0 178 84 78 65 11 197 32 0 8 4 3.19 1.10
Pat Dobson 47 125.0 5 8 7 0 0 89 39 37 48 2 93 10 0 2 1 2.66 1.10
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 1489.2 103 59 29 0 0 1,180 492 449 486 32 1,115 164 0 59 16 2.71 1.12

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Daryl Patterson P 38 4 9 1 14 0 - - - .929 0.34
Dennis Ribant P 14 2 3 3 8 0 - - - .625 0.36
Denny McLain P 41 36 40 1 77 3 - - - .987 1.85
Don McMahon P 20 1 4 0 5 0 - - - 1.000 0.25
Earl Wilson P 34 26 30 4 60 3 - - - .933 1.65
Fred Lasher P 34 3 10 1 14 1 - - - .929 0.38
Jim Rooker P 2 0 2 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Joe Sparma P 34 9 19 2 30 0 - - - .933 0.82
John Wyatt P 22 2 4 0 6 0 - - - 1.000 0.27
John Hiller P 39 12 15 0 27 1 - - - 1.000 0.69
Jon Warden P 28 0 2 1 3 0 - - - .667 0.07
Les Cain P 8 0 6 0 6 0 - - - 1.000 0.75
Mickey Lolich P 39 5 26 3 34 0 - - - .912 0.79
Pat Dobson P 47 12 22 1 35 0 - - - .971 0.72
Roy Face P 2 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Bill Freehan C 138 971 73 6 1,050 15 66 38 .4 .994 7.57
Jim Price C 42 223 14 1 238 1 14 2 .1 .996 5.64
Wayne Comer C 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 .0 1.000 2.00
Al Kaline 1B 22 152 13 4 169 15 - - - .976 7.50
Bill Freehan 1B 21 162 10 1 173 11 - - - .994 8.19
Bob Christian 1B 1 3 0 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 3.00
Eddie Mathews 1B 6 34 3 1 38 5 - - - .974 6.17
Gates Brown 1B 1 3 0 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 3.00
Mickey Stanley 1B 15 99 8 2 109 9 - - - .982 7.13
Norm Cash 1B 117 924 88 8 1,020 66 - - - .992 8.65
Tommy Matchick 1B 6 28 2 0 30 4 - - - 1.000 5.00
Dave Campbell 2B 5 4 3 0 7 1 - - - 1.000 1.40
Dick McAuliffe 2B 148 288 348 9 645 79 - - - .986 4.30
Dick Tracewski 2B 14 15 30 0 45 5 - - - 1.000 3.21
Mickey Stanley 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Tommy Matchick 2B 13 25 34 1 60 7 - - - .983 4.54
Dick Tracewski 3B 16 7 19 2 28 3 - - - .929 1.62
Don Wert 3B 150 142 284 15 441 22 - - - .966 2.84
Eddie Mathews 3B 6 3 10 0 13 0 - - - 1.000 2.17
Dick McAuliffe SS 5 4 4 0 8 1 - - - 1.000 1.60
Dick Tracewski SS 51 60 108 3 171 19 - - - .982 3.29
Don Wert SS 2 2 0 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Mickey Stanley SS 9 9 25 2 36 2 - - - .944 3.78
Ray Oyler SS 111 139 207 8 354 31 - - - .977 3.12
Tommy Matchick SS 59 53 118 9 180 20 - - - .950 2.90
Al Kaline CF 74 131 1 3 135 0 - - - .978 1.78
Bill Freehan CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Bob Christian CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Gates Brown CF 17 18 1 0 19 0 - - - 1.000 1.12
Jim Northrup CF 151 321 7 7 335 1 - - - .979 2.17
Lenny Green CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Mickey Stanley CF 130 297 7 0 304 2 - - - 1.000 2.34
Wayne Comer CF 27 20 0 0 20 0 - - - 1.000 0.74
Willie Horton CF 139 212 6 6 224 2 - - - .973 1.57
– 162 4,463 1,615 105 6,183 329 80 40 .3 .983 3.19

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

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

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Daryl Patterson 2 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.67
Denny McLain 3 16.2 1 2 0 0 0 18 8 6 4 0 13 3 0 1 0 3.24 1.32
Don McMahon 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.50 2.00
Earl Wilson 1 4.1 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 3 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 6.23 2.31
Fred Lasher 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50
Joe Sparma 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53.99 6.00
John Hiller 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 13.50 4.50
Mickey Lolich 3 27.0 3 0 0 0 0 20 5 5 6 1 21 3 0 3 0 1.67 0.96
Pat Dobson 3 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.86 1.29
– 162 62.0 4 3 0 0 0 61 27 24 21 1 40 7 0 4 0 3.48 1.32

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Daryl Patterson P 2 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Denny McLain P 3 0 3 1 4 0 - - - .750 1.00
Don McMahon P 2 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Earl Wilson P 1 0 2 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 2.00
Fred Lasher P 1 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Joe Sparma P 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
John Hiller P 2 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Mickey Lolich P 3 1 4 0 5 0 - - - 1.000 1.67
Pat Dobson P 3 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.33
Bill Freehan C 7 45 6 2 53 2 0 0 .0 .962 7.29
Norm Cash 1B 7 58 7 2 67 3 - - - .970 9.29
Dick McAuliffe 2B 7 12 16 0 28 2 - - - 1.000 4.00
Dick Tracewski 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Don Wert 3B 6 5 14 0 19 2 - - - 1.000 3.17
Eddie Mathews 3B 1 0 1 1 2 0 - - - .500 1.00
Mickey Stanley SS 7 14 16 2 32 3 - - - .937 4.29
Ray Oyler SS 4 2 0 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Jim Northrup LF 4 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.25
Willie Horton LF 7 5 1 1 7 0 - - - .857 0.86
Jim Northrup CF 7 19 0 2 21 0 - - - .905 2.71
Mickey Stanley CF 4 2 0 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Al Kaline RF 7 19 0 0 19 0 - - - 1.000 2.71
– 7 186 72 11 269 12 0 0 .0 .959 1.68

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, RF
Mickey Stanley Gold Glove (CF) 1.000 FPct, RF