1968 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1968 American League White Sox Park Chicago 67 95 y T–8th Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn Ed Short Eddie Stanky, Les Moss, Al López WFLD(Jack Drees, Dave Martin) WMAQ (AM)(Bob Elson, Red Rush) 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 of 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.Smoky Burgess page at Baseball Reference. 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.Marv Staehle page at Baseball Reference. 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.Roger Nelson at Baseball Reference 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.Tommie Agee at Baseball Reference 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.Tim Cullen at Baseball Reference Regular season The White Sox played in 74 games that were decided by a one run margin, which is an all-time American League record. In those games, the team had a record of 30–44.https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/gFmir Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2017, (requiring run_diff<=1 and run_diff>=-1), sorted by greatest number of games in a single season matching the selected criteria Baseball Reference July 7, 2018 Note that tie games are not explicitly shown in the table; the number of ties, if any, can be deduced from any discrepancy between #Matching and (Wins + Losses). The 1968 White Sox did not have any tied games in any case. The 44 one run losses are an all-time MLB record.https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/w2Bv5 Team Pitching Game Finder, From 1913 to 2017, (requiring run_diff=-1) Baseball Reference August 1, 2017 Season standings Chicago White Sox Record vs. opponents CWS Opening Day lineup Luis Aparicio, SS Tommy McCraw, 1B Tommy Davis, LF Pete Ward, RF Ken Boyer, 3B Duane Josephson, C Ken Berry, CF Tim Cullen, 2B Joel Horlen, P 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.Rich McKinney at Baseball Reference July 20, 1968: Wayne Causey was traded by the White Sox to the California Angels for Woodie Held.Woodie Held at Baseball Reference July 26, 1968: Don McMahon was traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Dennis Ribant.Dennis Ribant at Baseball Reference August 2, 1968: Tim Cullen was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Ron Hansen. 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 Sr. 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 Sr. 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 Sr., 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 Sr. 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 Minor League Baseball 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 SaffellJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 Notes 2 References 1968 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago Category:1968 in Chicago