1968 Chicago Cubs

84-78 • 0.519 Win% • 3rd in NL

📊 Season Record

84 Wins
78 Losses
0.519 Win %
3rd Rank
612 R 611 RA
Diff +1

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612 Runs Scored
611 Runs Allowed
+1 Run Diff
1,043K Attendance

📈 vs. 1968 NL Average

Batting Avg .241 1% below the 1968 league average (.243)
OBP .295 1% below the 1968 league average (.297)
SLG .313 7% above the 1968 league average (.291)
Team ERA 3.41 14% worse than the 1968 league average (2.99)
Runs Scored 612 10% above the 1968 league average (558 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 1,043,409
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Avg per Game 12,724

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Glenn Beckert 0.294 2 Billy Williams 0.288 3 Willie Smith 0.275 4 Al Spangler 0.271 5 Ernie Banks 0.246

Home Runs

1 Ernie Banks 32 2 Billy Williams 30 3 Ron Santo 26 4 Adolfo Phillips 13 5 Randy Hundley 7

RBI

1 Ron Santo 98 2 Billy Williams 98 3 Ernie Banks 83 4 Randy Hundley 65 5 Glenn Beckert 37
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Don Kessinger 160 655 63 157 0 0 1 32 38 86 9 0.240
Glenn Beckert 155 643 98 189 0 0 4 37 31 20 8 0.294
Billy Williams 163 642 91 185 0 0 30 98 48 53 4 0.288
Ron Santo 162 577 86 142 0 0 26 98 96 106 3 0.246
Randy Hundley 160 553 41 125 0 0 7 65 39 69 1 0.226
Ernie Banks 150 552 71 136 0 0 32 83 27 67 2 0.246
Adolfo Phillips 143 439 49 106 0 0 13 33 47 90 9 0.241
Lou Johnson 62 205 14 50 0 0 1 14 6 23 3 0.244
Jim Hickman 75 188 22 42 0 0 5 23 18 38 1 0.223
Al Spangler 88 177 21 48 0 0 2 18 20 24 0 0.271
Willie Smith 55 142 13 39 0 0 5 25 12 33 0 0.275
Fergie Jenkins 40 100 4 16 0 0 1 10 6 41 0 0.160
Dick Nen 81 94 8 17 0 0 2 16 6 17 0 0.181
Jose Arcia 59 84 15 16 0 0 1 8 3 24 0 0.190
Bill Hands 38 82 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 50 0 0.061
Ken Holtzman 35 80 4 10 0 0 0 5 1 26 0 0.125
Joe Niekro 34 60 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 23 0 0.100
Rich Nye 27 44 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 18 0 0.182
Phil Regan 68 20 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.150
Lee Elia 15 17 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0.176
John Boccabella 7 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0.071
Jimmy McMath 6 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0.143
Gene Oliver 8 11 1 4 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0.364
Gary Ross 13 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.091
John Upham 13 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.200
Randy Bobb 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.125
Ted Savage 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Jack Lamabe 42 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0.200
Bill Stoneman 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Darcy Fast 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
John Felske 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Chuck Hartenstein 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Clarence Jones 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.000
Vic LaRose 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Plummer 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Archie Reynolds 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
John Stephenson 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pete Mikkelsen 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Bobby Tiefenauer 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jophery Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ramon Hernandez 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Reberger 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Phil Regan 2.20 2 Fergie Jenkins 2.63 3 Bill Hands 2.89 4 Ken Holtzman 3.35 5 Rich Nye 3.80

Wins

1 Fergie Jenkins 20 2 Bill Hands 16 3 Joe Niekro 14 4 Ken Holtzman 11 5 Phil Regan 10

Strikeouts

1 Fergie Jenkins 260 2 Ken Holtzman 151 3 Bill Hands 148 4 Rich Nye 74 5 Joe Niekro 65
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Fergie Jenkins 20 15 2.63 40 40 0 308.0 65 260
Bill Hands 16 10 2.89 38 34 0 258.2 36 148
Ken Holtzman 11 14 3.35 34 32 1 215.0 76 151
Joe Niekro 14 10 4.32 34 29 2 177.0 59 65
Rich Nye 7 12 3.80 27 20 1 132.2 34 74
Phil Regan 10 5 2.20 68 0 25 127.0 24 60
Jack Lamabe 3 2 4.26 42 0 1 61.1 24 30
Gary Ross 1 1 4.17 13 5 0 41.0 25 31
Chuck Hartenstein 2 4 4.54 28 0 1 35.2 11 17
Bill Stoneman 0 1 5.52 18 0 0 29.1 14 18
Archie Reynolds 0 1 6.75 7 1 0 13.1 7 6
Bobby Tiefenauer 0 1 6.08 9 0 1 13.1 2 9
Darcy Fast 0 1 5.40 8 1 0 10.0 8 10
Ramon Hernandez 0 0 9.00 8 0 0 9.0 0 3
John Upham 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 7.0 3 2
Frank Reberger 0 1 4.50 3 1 0 6.0 2 3
Pete Mikkelsen 0 0 7.71 3 0 0 4.2 1 5
Willie Smith 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.2 0 2
Jophery Brown 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 1 0

👥 Roster (42)

Jose Arcia Ernie Banks Glenn Beckert Randy Bobb John Boccabella Jophery Brown Lee Elia Darcy Fast John Felske Bill Hands Chuck Hartenstein Ramon Hernandez +30 more

42 players

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