1968 California Angels season

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1968 California Angels
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1961)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (Since 1966) Anaheim, California (Since 1966)
1968 Information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
Manager(s)	Bill Rigney
Local television	KTLA
Local radio	KMPC (Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)

The California Angels 1968 season involved the Angels finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular Season 2.1 Opening Day Starters 2.2 Season Standings 2.3 Roster 3 Player stats 4 Awards and Records 5 References

[edit] Offseason

• October 9, 1967: Moose Skowron was released by the California Angels.

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] 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

[edit] Roster

1968 California Angels roster view • talk • edit
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders Outfielders		Manager Coaches

[edit] Player stats

Hitting				Pitching
Stat	Player	Total		Stat	Player	Total
Avg.	Rick Reichardt Bobby Knoop Jim Fregosi	.255 .249 .244		W	George Brunet Jim McGlothlin Clyde Wright	13 10 10
HR	Rick Reichardt Don Mincher Roger Repoz	21 13 13		L	George Brunet Jim McGlothlin Rickey Clark	17 15 11
RBI	Rick Reichardt Roger Repoz Jim Fregosi	73 54 49		ERA	George Brunet Jim McGlothlin Sammy Ellis	2.86 3.54 3.95
R	Jim Fregosi Rick Reichardt Bobby Knoop	77 62 48		SO	Jim McGlothlin George Brunet Sammy Ellis	135 132 093
H	Jim Fregosi Rick Reichardt Bobby Knoop	150 136 123		SV	Minnie Rojas Tom Burgmeier Andy Messersmith	6 5 4
SB	Vic Davalillo Jim Fregosi 2 players tied	17 09 08		IP	George Brunet Jim McGlothlin Sammy Ellis	245⅓ 208⅓ 16400

[edit] Awards and Records

1968 All-Star Game

• Jim Fregosi, Shortstop, Starter

[edit] References

• 1968 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference
• 1968 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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