1968 California Angels season

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

Offseason

• October 9, 1967: Bill Skowron was released by the Angels.
• November 28, 1967: Elrod Hendricks was drafted from the Angels by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1967 rule 5 draft.
• November 29, 1967: Bill Kelso and Jorge Rubio were traded by the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Sammy Ellis.
• January 27, 1968: Paul Reuschel was drafted by the Angels in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.
• Prior to 1968 season: Merritt Ranew was acquired from the Angels by the New York Yankees.

Regular season

Notable transactions

• July 20, 1968: Woodie Held was traded by the Angels to the Chicago White Sox for Wayne Causey.

Roster

1968 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 25 Dennis Bennett 43 George Brunet 39 Tom Burgmeier 31 Pete Cimino 44 Rickey Clark 32 Sammy Ellis 24 Jack Hamilton 17 Bill Harrelson 37 Bob Heffner 31 Steve Kealey 34,47 Bobby Locke 45 Jim McGlothlin 47 Andy Messersmith 41 Tom Murphy 33 Marty Pattin 19 Minnie Rojas 31 Larry Sherry 35 Jim Weaver 38 Clyde Wright		Catchers 30 Tom Egan 48 Orlando McFarlane  7 Buck Rodgers  2 Tom Satriano Infielders 15 Wayne Causey  4 Chuck Cottier 11 Jim Fregosi 15 Woodie Held 26 Chuck Hinton 29 Bobby Knoop 15 Winston Llenas  5 Don Mincher  1 Aurelio Rodríguez 42 Paul Schaal  9 Jim Spencer		Outfielders 28 Vic Davalillo  9 Jimmie Hall 10 Jay Johnstone  8 Ed Kirkpatrick 27 Bubba Morton  3 Rick Reichardt  6 Roger Repoz 35 Jarvis Tatum 12 Bobby Treviño		Manager 18 Bill Rigney Coaches 22 Rocky Bridges 23 Don Heffner 20 Bob Lemon 21 Mike Roarke

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	Buck Rodgers	91	258	49	.190	1	14
1B		120	399	94	.236	13	48
2B		152	494	123	.249	3	39
3B		76	223	54	.242	1	16
SS		159	614	150	.244	9	49
LF		151	534	136	.255	21	73
CF		93	339	101	.298	1	18
RF		133	375	90	.240	13	54

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
Tom Satriano	111	297	75	.253	8	35
Chuck Hinton	116	267	52	.195	7	23
Paul Schaal	60	219	46	.210	2	16
Bubba Morton	81	163	44	.270	1	18
Ed Kirkpatrick	89	161	37	.230	1	15
Jimmie Hall	46	126	27	.214	1	8
Jay Johnstone	41	115	30	.261	0	3
Jim Spencer	19	68	13	.191	0	5
Chuck Cottier	33	67	13	.194	0	1
Jarvis Tatum	17	51	9	.176	0	2
	33	45	5	.111	0	0
Tom Egan	16	43	5	.116	1	4
	17	40	9	.225	0	1
Winston Llenas	16	39	5	.128	0	1
	18	31	9	.290	0	2
	4	11	0	.000	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
	39	245.1	13	17	2.86	132
	40	208.1	10	15	3.54	135
Tom Murphy	15	99.1	5	6	2.17	56
	21	94.1	1	11	3.53	60

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
	42	164.0	9	10	3.95	93
	41	125.2	10	6	3.94	71
	28	81.1	4	2	2.21	74
	16	48.1	0	5	3.54	36
	10	33.2	1	6	5.08	22

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
	38	4	3	6	4.25	33
	56	1	4	5	4.33	33
Marty Pattin	52	4	4	3	2.79	66
	29	2	3	2	6.44	33
	21	3	1	2	3.32	18
	14	0	1	0	2.38	8
Bob Heffner	7	0	0	0	2.25	3
Steve Kealey	6	0	1	0	2.70	4
	4	0	0	0	2.57	2
Larry Sherry	3	0	0	0	6.00	2

Awards and honors

1968 All-Star Game

• Jim Fregosi, starter, shortstop

Farm system

Template:MLB Farm System LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: El Paso, Quad Cities

References

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