1968 Cleveland Indians season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Indians 1968 American League Cleveland Municipal Stadium Cleveland, Ohio Vernon Stouffer Gabe Paul Alvin Dark WJW-TV WERE (1300) The 1968 Cleveland Indians season was their 68th season of baseball in the American League. It saw their pitching staff lead the major leagues with the most strikeouts (1,157) while allowing the fewest hits (1,087).https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1968.shtml 1968 Major League Team Statistics Baseball Reference October 2, 2022 Despite this, they finished 3rd in the American League, their highest finish in nine years. They would not finish higher than 4th again until 1994. Off season October 17, 1967: Jim King was released by the Indians.Jim King at Baseball Reference October 26, 1967: Marv Staehle was sent to the Indians by the Chicago White Sox to complete an earlier deal (the White Sox sent Jim King and a player to be named later to the Indians for Rocky Colavito) made on July 29, 1967.Marv Staehle at Baseball Reference November 28, 1967: Darrell Sutherland was drafted by the Indians from the New York Mets in the 1967 minor league draft.Darrell Sutherland at Baseball Reference 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fisheed02.shtml Eddie Fisher Stats January 27, 1968: Rick Sawyer was drafted by the Indians in the 3rd round of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft Secondary Phase.Rick Sawyer at Baseball Reference Regular season Transactions June 7, 1968: Vince Colbert was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 11th round of the 1968 amateur draft.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colbevi01.shtml Vince Colbert Stats Season standings Record vs. opponents CLE Opening Day Lineup +Opening Day Starters # Name Position21 Tommy Harper LF13 Vern Fuller 2B1 José Cardenal CF9 Duke Sims C11 Tony Horton 1B25 Vic Davalillo RF10 Max Alvis 3B16 Larry Brown SS42 Sonny Siebert P 1968 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference Roster 1968 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers 37 Steve Bailey 32 Eddie Fisher 38 Rob Gardner 44 Tommy Gramly 34 Steve Hargan 36 Mike Hedlund 46 Hal Kurtz 48 Sam McDowell 39 Mike Paul 31 Horacio Piña 38 Billy Rohr 43 Vicente Romo 42 Sonny Siebert 40 Darrell Sutherland 33 Luis Tiant 35 Stan Williams Catchers  7 Joe Azcue  8 Ray Fosse  9 Duke Sims  7 Ken Suarez Infielders 10 Max Alvis 16 Larry Brown 13 Vern Fuller 15 Billy Harris 11 Tony Horton 24 Lou Klimchock 24 Eddie Leon 14 Dave Nelson 17 Chico Salmon 22 Willie Smith Outfielders  1 José Cardenal 25 Vic Davalillo 20 Jimmie Hall 21 Tommy Harper 22 Lou Johnson 26 Lee Maye 23 Lou Piniella 28 Richie Scheinblum 27 Russ Snyder 29 José Vidal 27 Leon Wagner Other batters 25 Russ Nagelson Manager  5 Alvin Dark Coaches  4 Johnny Lipon (First Base)  2 Jack Sanford (Pitching)  3 George Strickland (Third Base) 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 Joe Azcue 115 357 100 .280 4 42 1B Tony Horton Tony Horton (baseball) 133 477 119 .249 14 59 2B Vern Fuller 97 244 59 .242 0 18 SS Larry Brown Larry Brown (infielder) 154 495 116 .234 6 35 3B Max Alvis 131 452 101 .223 8 37 LF Lee Maye 109 299 84 .281 4 26 CF José Cardenal 157 583 150 .257 7 44 RF Vic Davalillo 51 180 43 .239 2 13 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 Duke Sims 122 361 90 .249 11 44 Chico Salmon 103 276 59 .214 3 12 Tommy Harper 130 235 51 .217 6 26 Russ Snyder 68 217 61 .281 2 23 Lou Johnson 65 202 52 .257 5 23 Dave Nelson 88 189 44 .233 0 19 Jimmie Hall 53 111 22 .198 1 8 Billy Harris Billy Harris (baseball) 38 94 20 .213 0 3 Richie Scheinblum 19 55 12 .218 0 5 José Vidal José Vidal (baseball) 37 54 9 .167 2 5 Leon Wagner 38 49 9 .184 0 6 Willie Smith Willie Smith (outfielder) 33 42 6 .143 0 3 Lou Klimchock 11 15 2 .133 0 3 Ken Suarez 17 10 1 .100 0 0 Lou Piniella 6 5 0 .000 0 1 Russ Nagelson 5 3 1 .333 0 0 Eddie Leon 6 1 0 .000 0 0 Ray Fosse 1 0 0 ---- 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 Sam McDowell 38 269.0 15 14 1.81 283 Luis Tiant 34 258.1 21 9 1.60 264 Sonny Siebert 31 206.0 12 10 2.97 146 Steve Hargan 32 158.1 8 15 4.15 78 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 Stan Williams Stan Williams (baseball) 44 194.1 13 11 2.50 147 Mike Paul 36 91.2 5 8 3.93 87 Horacio Piña 12 31.1 1 1 1.72 24 Steve Bailey Steve Bailey (baseball) 2 5.0 0 1 3.60 1 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 Vicente Romo 40 5 3 12 1.62 54 Eddie Fisher Eddie Fisher (baseball) 54 4 2 4 2.85 42 Hal Kurtz 28 1 0 1 5.21 16 Billy Rohr 17 1 0 1 6.87 5 Rob Gardner Rob Gardner (baseball) 5 0 0 0 6.75 6 Darrell Sutherland 3 0 0 0 8.10 2 Tommy Gramly 3 0 1 0 2.70 1 Mike Hedlund 3 0 0 0 10.80 0 Willie Smith Willie Smith (outfielder) 2 0 0 0 0.00 1 Awards and honors All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Red Davis AA Waterbury Indians Eastern League Phil Cavarretta and Ray Mueller A Reno Silver Sox California League Clay Bryant A Rock Hill Indians Western Carolinas League Pinky May Rookie GCL Indians Gulf Coast League Ken AspromonteJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 2 External links 1968 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference 1968 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Indians season Category:1968 in sports in Ohio Category:1960s in Cleveland