1968 New York Yankees

83-79 • 0.512 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
79 Losses
0.512 Win %
5th Rank
536 R 531 RA
Diff +5

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536 Runs Scored
531 Runs Allowed
+5 Run Diff
1,124K Attendance

📈 vs. 1968 AL Average

Batting Avg .214 7% below the 1968 league average (.230)
OBP .289 2% below the 1968 league average (.294)
SLG .275 6% below the 1968 league average (.291)
Team ERA 2.79 6% better than the 1968 league average (2.98)
Runs Scored 536 3% below the 1968 league average (553 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumYankee Stadium I
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 1,124,049
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Avg per Game 13,707

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Roy White 0.267 2 Joe Pepitone 0.245 3 Andy Kosco 0.240 4 Bill Robinson 0.240 5 Mickey Mantle 0.237

Home Runs

1 Mickey Mantle 18 2 Roy White 17 3 Andy Kosco 15 4 Joe Pepitone 15 5 Tom Tresh 11

RBI

1 Roy White 62 2 Andy Kosco 59 3 Joe Pepitone 56 4 Mickey Mantle 54 5 Tom Tresh 52
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Horace Clarke 148 579 52 133 0 0 2 26 23 46 20 0.230
Roy White 159 577 89 154 0 0 17 62 73 50 20 0.267
Tom Tresh 152 507 60 99 0 0 11 52 76 97 10 0.195
Andy Kosco 131 466 47 112 0 0 15 59 16 71 2 0.240
Bobby Cox 135 437 33 100 0 0 7 41 41 85 3 0.229
Mickey Mantle 144 435 57 103 0 0 18 54 106 97 6 0.237
Jake Gibbs 124 423 31 90 0 0 3 29 27 68 9 0.213
Joe Pepitone 108 380 41 93 0 0 15 56 37 45 8 0.245
Bill Robinson 107 342 34 82 0 0 6 40 26 54 7 0.240
Dick Howser 85 150 24 23 0 0 0 3 35 17 0 0.153
Frank Fernandez 51 135 15 23 0 0 7 30 35 50 1 0.170
Gene Michael 61 116 8 23 0 0 1 8 2 23 3 0.198
Rocky Colavito 39 91 13 20 0 0 5 13 14 17 0 0.220
Mel Stottlemyre 36 91 4 13 0 0 0 5 8 33 0 0.143
Mike Ferraro 23 87 5 14 0 0 0 1 2 17 0 0.161
Stan Bahnsen 37 81 4 4 0 0 0 3 6 49 0 0.049
Charley Smith 46 70 2 16 0 0 1 7 5 18 0 0.229
Fritz Peterson 36 63 2 5 0 0 0 4 1 24 0 0.079
Steve Whitaker 28 60 3 7 0 0 0 3 8 18 0 0.117
Ruben Amaro 47 41 3 5 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 0.122
Steve Barber 20 39 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 23 0 0.051
Bill Monbouquette 17 26 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0.115
Joe Verbanic 40 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.080
Ellie Rodriguez 9 24 1 5 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0.208
Al Downing 15 17 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 10 0 0.176
Fred Talbot 29 17 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 7 0 0.118
Lindy McDaniel 24 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.000
Jim Bouton 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Dooley Womack 45 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.200
Steve Hamilton 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Tony Solaita 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Thad Tillotson 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
John Wyatt 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
John Cumberland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Lindy McDaniel 1.75 2 Stan Bahnsen 2.05 3 Steve Hamilton 2.13 4 Mel Stottlemyre 2.45 5 Fritz Peterson 2.63

Wins

1 Mel Stottlemyre 21 2 Stan Bahnsen 17 3 Fritz Peterson 12 4 Steve Barber 6 5 Joe Verbanic 6

Strikeouts

1 Stan Bahnsen 162 2 Mel Stottlemyre 140 3 Fritz Peterson 115 4 Steve Barber 87 5 Fred Talbot 67
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mel Stottlemyre 21 12 2.45 36 36 0 278.2 65 140
Stan Bahnsen 17 12 2.05 37 34 0 267.1 68 162
Fritz Peterson 12 11 2.63 36 27 0 212.1 29 115
Steve Barber 6 5 3.23 20 19 0 128.1 64 87
Fred Talbot 1 9 3.36 29 11 0 99.0 42 67
Joe Verbanic 6 7 3.15 40 11 4 97.0 41 40
Bill Monbouquette 5 7 4.43 17 11 0 89.1 13 32
Dooley Womack 3 7 3.21 45 0 2 61.2 29 27
Al Downing 3 3 3.52 15 12 0 61.1 20 40
Lindy McDaniel 4 1 1.75 24 0 10 51.1 12 43
Steve Hamilton 2 2 2.13 40 0 11 50.2 13 42
Jim Bouton 1 1 3.68 12 3 0 44.0 9 24
Thad Tillotson 1 0 4.35 7 0 0 10.1 7 1
John Wyatt 0 2 2.16 7 0 0 8.1 9 6
Gene Michael 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 3.0 0 3
Rocky Colavito 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.2 2 1
John Cumberland 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 1 1

👥 Roster (34)

Ruben Amaro Stan Bahnsen Steve Barber Jim Bouton Horace Clarke Rocky Colavito Bobby Cox John Cumberland Al Downing Frank Fernandez Mike Ferraro Jake Gibbs +22 more

34 players

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