1968 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 California Angels 1968 American League Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California 67 95 y T–8th Gene Autry Fred Haney, Dick Walsh Bill Rigney KTLA KMPC(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey) The 1968 California Angels season was the 8th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 3rd in Anaheim, and their 3rd season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished the season eighth in the American League with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses. Offseason October 9, 1967: Bill Skowron was released by the Angels.Angels cut free Simmons, Moose November 28, 1967: Elrod Hendricks was drafted from the Angels by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1967 rule 5 draft.Elrod Hendricks at Baseball Reference November 29, 1967: Bill Kelso and Jorge Rubio were traded by the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Sammy Ellis.Active Reds trade Sammy Ellis January 27, 1968: Paul Reuschel was drafted by the Angels in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.Paul Reuschel at Baseball Reference Prior to 1968 season: Merritt Ranew was acquired from the Angels by the New York Yankees.Merritt Ranew page at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings California Angels Record vs. opponents CAL Notable transactions July 20, 1968: Woodie Held was traded by the Angels to the Chicago White Sox for Wayne Causey.Woodie Held at Baseball Reference Roster 1968 California Angels Roster Pitchers 25 Dennis Bennett 43 George Brunet 39 Tom Burgmeier 31 Pete Cimino 44 Rickey Clark 32 Sammy Ellis 24 Jack Hamilton 17 Bill Harrelson 37 Bob Heffner 31 Steve Kealey 34,47 Bobby Locke 45 Jim McGlothlin 47 Andy Messersmith 41 Tom Murphy 33 Marty Pattin 19 Minnie Rojas 31 Larry Sherry 35 Jim Weaver 38 Clyde Wright Catchers 30 Tom Egan 48 Orlando McFarlane  7 Buck Rodgers  2 Tom Satriano Infielders 15 Wayne Causey  4 Chuck Cottier 11 Jim Fregosi 15 Woodie Held 26 Chuck Hinton 29 Bobby Knoop 15 Winston Llenas  5 Don Mincher  1 Aurelio Rodríguez 42 Paul Schaal  9 Jim SpencerOutfielders 28 Vic Davalillo  9 Jimmie Hall 10 Jay Johnstone  8 Ed Kirkpatrick 27 Bubba Morton  3 Rick Reichardt  6 Roger Repoz 35 Jarvis Tatum 12 Bobby Treviño Manager 18 Bill Rigney Coaches 22 Rocky Bridges 23 Don Heffner 20 Bob Lemon 21 Mike Roarke 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Buck Rodgers 91 258 49 .190 1 14 1B Don Mincher 120 399 94 .236 13 48 2B Bobby Knoop 152 494 123 .249 3 39 3B Aurelio Rodríguez 76 223 54 .242 1 16 SS Jim Fregosi 159 614 150 .244 9 49 LF Rick Reichardt 151 534 136 .255 21 73 CF Vic Davalillo 93 339 101 .298 1 18 RF Roger Repoz 133 375 90 .240 13 54 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Tom Satriano 111 297 75 .253 8 35 Chuck Hinton 116 267 52 .195 7 23 Paul Schaal 60 219 46 .210 2 16 Bubba Morton 81 163 44 .270 1 18 Ed Kirkpatrick 89 161 37 .230 1 15 Jimmie Hall 46 126 27 .214 1 8 Jay Johnstone 41 115 30 .261 0 3 Jim Spencer 19 68 13 .191 0 5 Chuck Cottier 33 67 13 .194 0 1 Jarvis Tatum 17 51 9 .176 0 2 Woodie Held 33 45 5 .111 0 0 Tom Egan 16 43 5 .116 1 4 Bobby Treviño 17 40 9 .225 0 1 Winston Llenas 16 39 5 .128 0 1 Orlando McFarlane 18 31 9 .290 0 2 Wayne Causey 4 11 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO George Brunet 39 245.1 13 17 2.86 132 Jim McGlothlin 40 208.1 10 15 3.54 135 Tom Murphy 15 99.1 5 6 2.17 56 Rickey Clark 21 94.1 1 11 3.53 60 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Sammy Ellis 42 164.0 9 10 3.95 93 Clyde Wright 41 125.2 10 6 3.94 71 Andy Messersmith 28 81.1 4 2 2.21 74 Dennis Bennett Dennis Bennett (baseball) 16 48.1 0 5 3.54 36 Bill Harrelson 10 33.2 1 6 5.08 22 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Minnie Rojas 38 4 3 6 4.25 33 Tom Burgmeier 56 1 4 5 4.33 33 Marty Pattin 52 4 4 3 2.79 66 Bobby Locke Bobby Locke (baseball) 29 2 3 2 6.44 33 Jack Hamilton Jack Hamilton (baseball) 21 3 1 2 3.32 18 Jim Weaver Jim Weaver (left-handed pitcher) 14 0 1 0 2.38 8 Bob Heffner 7 0 0 0 2.25 3 Steve Kealey 6 0 1 0 2.70 4 Pete Cimino 4 0 0 0 2.57 2 Larry Sherry 3 0 0 0 6.00 2 Awards and honors 1968 All-Star Game Jim Fregosi, starter, shortstop Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Seattle Angels Pacific Coast League Joe Adcock AA El Paso Sun Kings Texas League Chuck Tanner A San Jose Bees California League Harry Dunlop and Del Rice A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Fred Koenig and Tom Morgan Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Tom Sommers and Eddie Bressoud LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: El Paso, Quad Cities Notes 2 References 1968 California Angels team at Baseball Reference 1968 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 Category:Los Angeles Angels seasons Category:20th century in Anaheim, California Category:1960s in Orange County, California California Angels season Los