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1968 Baltimore Orioles season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Baltimore Orioles
season	1968
league	American League
ballpark	Memorial Stadium
city	Baltimore, Maryland
record	91–71 (.562)
league_place	2nd
owners	Jerold Hoffberger
general_managers	Harry Dalton
managers	Hank Bauer, Earl Weaver
television	WJZ-TV
radio	WBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell)

(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell) |}}

The 1968 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses, 12 games behind the AL and World Series champion Detroit Tigers. The team was managed for the first 80 games by Hank Bauer (who won 43 of them) and he was replaced right after the All-Star break by Earl Weaver. The Orioles' home games were played at Memorial Stadium.

Following the season, it was announced that the American League, along with the National League, would be split into two divisions for the 1969 season in order to accommodate the admittance of two new franchises to each league. The Orioles were assigned to the new American League East division.

Offseason

November 28, 1967: Elrod Hendricks was drafted by the Orioles from the California Angels in the 1967 rule 5 draft.
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.
November 29, 1967: Luis Aparicio, Russ Snyder and John Matias were traded by the Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Don Buford, Roger Nelson and Bruce Howard.
January 27, 1968: Tom Walker was drafted by the Orioles in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft.

Regular season

On April 27, 1968, Tom Phoebus would throw a no-hitter versus the Boston Red Sox. Frank Robinson would contribute with three RBIs in the win.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 15, 1968: Bruce Howard was traded by the Orioles to the Washington Senators for Fred Valentine.

Roster

1968 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	74	189	44	.233	5	20
1B	154	550	137	.249	22	85
2B	145	504	122	.242	9	56
3B	162	608	154	.253	17	75
SS	145	472	98	.208	2	21
LF	83	217	43	.198	8	25
CF	141	421	89	.211	7	38
RF	130	421	113	.268	15	52

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
137	451	90	.200	15	39
130	426	120	.282	15	46
79	183	37	.202	7	23
84	152	29	.191	0	7
47	91	17	.187	2	5
38	89	21	.236	1	5
31	64	19	.297	2	7
24	18	2	.111	0	0
6	17	1	.059	0	0
5	9	1	.111	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	273.0	22	10	1.95	202
35	244.0	18	13	2.51	160
36	240.2	15	15	2.62	193
2	7.2	0	2	9.39	4

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
28	126.1	7	7	3.13	61
37	124.2	6	7	3.32	92
18	71.0	2	0	2.41	44
19	71.0	4	3	2.41	70
10	31.0	0	2	3.77	19

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
59	5	5	11	2.27	72
45	4	4	7	1.91	46
36	6	3	6	3.47	47
19	2	0	0	2.56	22
16	0	0	2	6.14	11
1	0	0	0	9.00	1

Farm system

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hendrel01.shtml Elrod Hendricks page at Baseball Reference]
"Eddie Fisher Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nelsoro02.shtml Roger Nelson page at Baseball Reference.]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walketo02.shtml Tom Walker page at Baseball Reference]
100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.213
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/valenfr01.shtml#trans Fred Valentine transactions at Baseball Reference]

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