1968 Boston Red Sox

86-76 • 0.531 Win% • 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

86 Wins
76 Losses
0.531 Win %
4th Rank
614 R 611 RA
Diff +3

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614 Runs Scored
611 Runs Allowed
+3 Run Diff
1,882K Attendance

📈 vs. 1968 AL Average

Batting Avg .236 3% above the 1968 league average (.230)
OBP .311 6% above the 1968 league average (.294)
SLG .306 5% above the 1968 league average (.291)
Team ERA 3.33 12% worse than the 1968 league average (2.98)
Runs Scored 614 11% above the 1968 league average (553 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,882,655
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Avg per Game 23,242

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Carl Yastrzemski 0.301 2 Jose Tartabull 0.281 3 Ken Harrelson 0.275 4 Mike Andrews 0.271 5 Reggie Smith 0.265

Home Runs

1 Ken Harrelson 35 2 Carl Yastrzemski 23 3 Reggie Smith 15 4 Rico Petrocelli 12 5 Joe Foy 10

RBI

1 Ken Harrelson 109 2 Carl Yastrzemski 74 3 Reggie Smith 69 4 Joe Foy 60 5 Rico Petrocelli 46
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Reggie Smith 155 558 78 148 0 0 15 69 64 77 22 0.265
Carl Yastrzemski 157 539 90 162 0 0 23 74 119 90 13 0.301
Mike Andrews 147 536 77 145 0 0 7 45 81 57 3 0.271
Ken Harrelson 150 535 79 147 0 0 35 109 69 90 2 0.275
Joe Foy 150 515 65 116 0 0 10 60 84 91 26 0.225
Rico Petrocelli 123 406 41 95 0 0 12 46 31 73 0 0.234
Dalton Jones 111 354 38 83 0 0 5 29 17 53 1 0.234
George Scott 124 350 23 60 0 0 3 25 26 88 3 0.171
Russ Gibson 76 231 15 52 0 0 3 20 8 38 1 0.225
Jerry Adair 74 208 18 45 0 0 2 12 9 28 0 0.216
Elston Howard 71 203 22 49 0 0 5 18 22 45 1 0.241
Jose Tartabull 72 139 24 39 0 0 0 6 6 5 2 0.281
Russ Nixon 29 85 1 13 0 0 0 6 7 13 0 0.153
Joe Lahoud 29 78 5 15 0 0 1 6 16 16 0 0.192
Dick Ellsworth 31 72 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 45 0 0.056
Ray Culp 35 70 4 8 0 0 0 3 3 38 0 0.114
Gary Bell 35 59 5 13 0 0 0 6 0 16 0 0.220
Luis Alvarado 11 46 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 11 0 0.130
Jose Santiago 23 43 4 7 0 0 0 3 2 12 0 0.163
Jim Lonborg 23 39 4 11 0 0 1 2 0 14 0 0.282
Gene Oliver 16 35 2 5 0 0 0 1 4 12 0 0.143
Juan Pizarro 20 31 5 5 0 0 0 3 3 8 0 0.161
Norm Siebern 27 30 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.067
Gary Waslewski 39 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 0.038
Floyd Robinson 23 24 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 4 1 0.125
Jerry Moses 6 18 2 6 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 0.333
Jerry Stephenson 23 17 0 6 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.353
Dave Morehead 11 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0.125
Lee Stange 50 15 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0.133
George Thomas 12 10 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0.200
Sparky Lyle 49 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.125
Bill Landis 38 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Darrell Brandon 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Garry Roggenburk 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fred Wenz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Wyatt 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jose Santiago 2.25 2 Dave Morehead 2.45 3 Sparky Lyle 2.74 4 Ray Culp 2.91 5 Dick Ellsworth 3.03

Wins

1 Ray Culp 16 2 Dick Ellsworth 16 3 Gary Bell 11 4 Jose Santiago 9 5 Jim Lonborg 6

Strikeouts

1 Ray Culp 190 2 Dick Ellsworth 106 3 Gary Bell 103 4 Jose Santiago 86 5 Juan Pizarro 84
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Ray Culp 16 6 2.91 35 30 0 216.1 82 190
Gary Bell 11 11 3.12 35 27 1 199.1 68 103
Dick Ellsworth 16 7 3.03 31 28 0 196.0 37 106
Jose Santiago 9 4 2.25 18 18 0 124.0 42 86
Jim Lonborg 6 10 4.29 23 17 0 113.1 59 73
Juan Pizarro 6 8 3.59 19 12 2 107.2 44 84
Gary Waslewski 4 7 3.67 34 11 2 105.1 40 59
Lee Stange 5 5 3.93 50 2 12 103.0 25 53
Jerry Stephenson 2 8 5.64 23 7 0 68.2 42 51
Sparky Lyle 6 1 2.74 49 0 11 65.2 14 52
Bill Landis 3 3 3.15 38 1 3 60.0 30 59
Dave Morehead 1 4 2.45 11 9 0 55.0 20 28
Darrell Brandon 0 0 6.39 8 0 0 12.2 9 10
John Wyatt 1 2 4.22 8 0 0 10.2 6 11
Garry Roggenburk 0 0 2.16 4 0 0 8.1 3 4
Fred Wenz 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 3

👥 Roster (36)

Jerry Adair Luis Alvarado Mike Andrews Gary Bell Darrell Brandon Ray Culp Dick Ellsworth Joe Foy Russ Gibson Ken Harrelson Elston Howard Dalton Jones +24 more

36 players

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