1968 Chicago White Sox season

1968 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
White Sox Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General manager(s)	Ed Short
Manager(s)	Eddie Stanky, Al López
Local television	WFLD (Jack Drees, Dave Martin)
Local radio	WMAQ (AM) (Bob Elson, Red Rush)
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The 1968 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 68th season in the major leagues, and its 69th season overall. They finished with a record 67–95, good enough for eighth place in the American League, 36 games behind the first-place Detroit Tigers.

Offseason

October 16, 1967: Smoky Burgess was released by the White Sox.^[1]
October 26, 1967: Marv Staehle was sent by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal (the White Sox traded Jim King and a player to be named later to the Indians for Rocky Colavito) made on July 29, 1967.^[2]
November 29, 1967: Don Buford, Roger Nelson and Bruce Howard were traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Luis Aparicio, Russ Snyder and John Matias.^[3]
December 15, 1967: Tommie Agee and Al Weis were traded by the White Sox to the New York Mets for Tommy Davis, Jack Fisher, Billy Wynne, and Buddy Booker.^[4]
February 13, 1968: Dennis Higgins, Steve Jones, and Ron Hansen were traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Tim Cullen, Buster Narum and Bob Priddy.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Detroit Tigers	103	59	.636	–
Baltimore Orioles	91	71	.562	12
Cleveland Indians	86	75	.534	16½
Boston Red Sox	86	76	.531	17
New York Yankees	83	79	.512	20
Oakland Athletics	82	80	.506	21
Minnesota Twins	79	83	.488	24
California Angels	67	95	.414	36
Chicago White Sox	67	95	.414	36
Washington Senators	65	96	.404	37½

Record vs. opponents

1968 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	MIN	NYY	OAK	WSH
Baltimore	—	9–9	10–8	11–7	7–11	8–10	10–8	13–5	9–9	14–4
Boston	9–9	—	9–9	14–4	10–8	6–12	9–9	10–8	8–10	11–7
California	8–10	9–9	—	8–10	7–11	5–13	7–11	6–12	5–13	12–6
Chicago	7–11	4–14	10–8	—	5–13	5–13	10–8	6–12	10–8	10–8
Cleveland	11–7	8–10	11–7	13–5	—	6–12	14–4	10–8–1	6–12	7–10
Detroit	10–8	12–6	13–5	13–5	12–6	—	10–8	10–8–1	13–5–1	10–8
Minnesota	8–10	9–9	11–7	8–10	4–14	8–10	—	12–6	8–10	11–7
New York	5–13	8–10	12–6	12–6	8–10–1	8–10–1	6–12	—	10–8	14–4
Oakland	9–9	10–8	13–5	8–10	12–6	5–13–1	10–8	8–10	—	7–11
Washington	4–14	7–11	6–12	8–10	10–7	8–10	7–11	4–14	11–7	—

Opening Day lineup

Games in Milwaukee

To demonstrate there still was support for big-league ball in Milwaukee, Bud Selig's group contracted with Chicago White Sox owner Arthur Allyn to host nine White Sox home games at Milwaukee County Stadium in 1968. A 1967 exhibition game between the White Sox and Minnesota Twins had attracted more than 51,000 spectators, and Selig was convinced the strong Milwaukee fan base would demonstrate the city would provide a good home for a new club.

The experiment was staggeringly successful – those nine games drew 264,297 fans. In Chicago that season, the Sox drew 539,478 fans to their remaining 58 home games. In just a handful of games, the Milwaukee crowds accounted for nearly one-third of the total attendance at White Sox games. In light of this success, Selig and Allyn agreed County Stadium would host Sox home games again the next season.

Notable transactions

June 7, 1968: Rich McKinney was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft.^[6]
July 20, 1968: Wayne Causey was traded by the White Sox to the California Angels for Woodie Held.^[7]
July 26, 1968: Don McMahon was traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Dennis Ribant.^[8]
August 2, 1968: Tim Cullen was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Ron Hansen.^[5]

Roster

1968 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

30 Cisco Carlos

22 Jack Fisher

20 Joe Horlen

25 Tommy John

40 Danny Lazar

23 Bob Locker

44 Don McMahon

49 Jerry Nyman

43 Gary Peters

39 Bob Priddy

45 Fred Rath

19 Dennis Ribant

31 Hoyt Wilhelm

28 Wilbur Wood

46 Billy Wynne

Catchers

6 Buddy Booker

5 Duane Josephson

15 Jerry McNertney

Infielders

1 Sandy Alomar

11 Luis Aparicio

14 Ken Boyer

9 Wayne Causey

4 Tim Cullen

4 Ron Hansen

18 Gail Hopkins

2 Dick Kenworthy

24 Tommy McCraw

14 Bill Melton

52 Rich Morales

8 Pete Ward

Outfielders

16 Ken Berry

32 Buddy Bradford

10 Tommy Davis

9 Woodie Held

29 Carlos May

7 Russ Snyder

17 Bill Voss

7 Leon Wagner

3 Walt Williams

Manager

42 Al López

33 Les Moss

12 Eddie Stanky

Coaches

37 Ray Berres

34 Kerby Farrell

35 Marv Grissom

35 Don Gutteridge

33 Les Moss

37 Grover Resinger

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Sandy Alomar, 2B,3B,SS	133	363	41	92	8	2	0	12	20	42	.253	21
Luis Aparicio, SS	155	622	55	164	24	4	4	36	33	43	.264	17
Ken Berry, CF	153	504	49	127	21	2	7	32	25	64	.252	6
Buddy Booker, C	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	0
Ken Boyer, 3B,1B	10	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	6	.125	0
Buddy Bradford, RF,CF,LF	103	281	32	61	11	0	5	24	23	67	.217	8
Wayne Causey, 2B	59	100	8	18	2	0	0	7	14	7	.180	0
Tim Cullen, 2B	72	155	16	31	7	0	2	13	15	23	.200	0
Tommy Davis, LF,1B	132	456	30	122	5	3	8	50	16	48	.268	4
Ron Hansen, 3B,SS	40	87	7	20	3	0	1	4	11	12	.230	0
Woodie Held, OF,3B	40	54	5	9	1	0	0	2	5	14	.167	0
Gail Hopkins, 1B	29	37	4	8	2	0	0	2	6	3	.216	0
Duane Josephson, C	128	434	35	107	16	6	6	45	18	52	.247	2
Dick Kenworthy, 3B	58	122	2	27	2	0	0	2	5	21	.221	0
Carlos May, LF,RF	17	67	4	12	1	0	0	1	3	15	.179	0
Jerry McNertney, C	74	169	18	37	4	1	3	18	18	29	.219	0
Bill Melton, 3B	34	109	5	29	8	0	2	16	10	32	.266	1
Tommy McCraw, 1B	136	477	51	112	16	12	9	44	36	58	.235	20
Rich Morales, SS,2B	10	29	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	5	.172	0
Russ Snyder, OF	38	82	2	11	2	0	1	5	4	16	.134	0
Bill Voss, OF	61	167	14	26	2	1	2	15	16	34	.156	5
Leon Wagner, RF,LF	69	162	14	46	8	0	1	18	21	31	.284	2
Pete Ward, 3B,1B,LF,RF	125	399	43	86	15	0	15	50	76	85	.216	4
Walt Williams, RF,LF	63	133	6	32	6	0	1	8	4	17	.241	0

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Cisco Carlos, P	29	31	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	15	.065	0
Jack Fisher, P	35	53	1	6	1	0	0	2	1	4	.113	0
Joe Horlen, P	41	67	2	7	0	1	0	3	3	13	.104	0
Tommy John, P	25	62	3	12	1	0	1	9	0	15	.194	0
Danny Lazar, P	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	0
Bob Locker, P	70	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	0
Don McMahon, P	25	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	0
Jerry Nyman, P	8	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	.154	0
Gary Peters, P	46	72	10	15	3	1	2	8	6	13	.208	0
Bob Priddy, P	42	24	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	9	.042	0
Dennis Ribant, P	17	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Hoyt Wilhelm, P	72	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Wilbur Wood, P	88	22	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	17	.091	0
Team totals	162	5405	463	1233	169	33	71	431	397	840	.228	90

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Cisco Carlos	4	14	3.90	29	21	0	122.1	121	64	53	13	42	57
Jack Fisher	8	13	2.99	35	28	0	180.2	176	68	60	14	52	80
Joe Horlen	12	14	2.37	35	35	0	223.2	197	75	59	16	77	102
Tommy John	10	5	1.98	25	25	0	177.1	135	45	39	10	53	117
Danny Lazar	0	1	4.05	8	1	0	13.1	14	6	6	1	4	11
Bob Locker	5	4	2.29	70	0	10	90.1	78	27	23	4	40	62
Don McMahon	2	1	1.96	25	0	0	46.0	31	10	10	2	26	32
Jerry Nyman	2	1	2.01	8	7	0	40.1	38	13	9	1	17	27
Gary Peters	4	13	3.76	31	25	1	162.2	146	79	68	7	66	110
Bob Priddy	3	11	3.63	35	18	0	114.0	106	50	46	14	42	66
Fred Rath	0	0	1.59	5	0	0	11.1	8	5	2	0	4	3
Dennis Ribant	0	2	6.03	17	0	1	31.1	42	24	21	3	21	20
Hoyt Wilhelm	4	4	1.73	72	0	12	93.2	69	20	18	4	29	72
Wilbur Wood	13	12	1.87	88	2	16	159.0	127	39	33	8	45	74
Billy Wynne	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	2.0	2	2	1	0	2	1
Team totals	67	95	2.75	162	162	40	1468.0	1290	527	448	97	520	834

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Hawaii Islanders	Pacific Coast League	Bill Adair
AA	Evansville White Sox	Southern League	Stan Wasiak and Gary Johnson
A	Lynchburg White Sox	Carolina League	Alex Cosmidis
A	Appleton Foxes	Midwest League	Gary Johnson and Stan Wasiak
A-Short Season	Duluth–Superior Dukes	Northern League	Bruce Andrew
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	Tom Saffell

Notes

↑ Smoky Burgess page at Baseball Reference.
↑ Marv Staehle page at Baseball Reference.
↑ Roger Nelson at Baseball Reference
↑ Tommie Agee at Baseball Reference
1 2 Tim Cullen at Baseball Reference
↑ Rich McKinney at Baseball Reference
↑ Woodie Held at Baseball Reference
↑ Dennis Ribant at Baseball Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

1968 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

1968 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Minnesota New York Oakland Washington

National League	Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1968 MLB draft 1968 All-Star Game 1968 World Series 1968 MLB expansion draft

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