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Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Agee, Tommie 101 281 22 51 7 3 4 12 12 3 88 1 1 3 9 5 .181 76 .270 .222 Bosch, Don 50 111 14 19 1 0 3 7 9 1 33 1 1 0 0 2 .171 29 .261 .231 Boswell, Ken 46 179 24 44 4 2 4 10 9 0 18 2 2 1 6 0 .246 64 .358 .283 Buchek, Jerry 51 137 5 27 2 0 1 11 5 1 38 0 2 3 0 1 .197 32 .234 .241 Cardwell, Don 23 50 3 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 28 0 3 0 0 0 .060 6 .120 .060 Charles, Ed 89 285 35 84 9 0 11 41 18 4 39 3 4 2 3 3 .295 126 .442 .338 Collins, Kevin 49 135 12 28 5 2 1 13 6 2 34 2 5 0 0 1 .207 40 .296 .238 Connors, Bill 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Frisella, Danny 19 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 .083 1 .083 .083 Goossen, Greg 38 106 4 22 7 0 0 6 10 0 21 0 1 2 0 0 .208 29 .274 .288 Grote, Jerry 101 323 25 91 12 0 2 25 40 10 64 0 3 3 0 4 .282 109 .337 .366 Harrelson, Bud 83 308 31 67 7 3 0 9 23 1 47 1 1 1 1 5 .218 80 .260 .273 Jackson, Al 20 25 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 .280 8 .320 .269 Jones, Cleon 113 389 46 109 22 2 12 43 25 1 80 2 4 3 17 9 .280 171 .440 .327 Koonce, Cal 42 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .182 Koosman, Jerry 26 70 2 5 1 0 0 3 2 0 49 0 2 0 0 0 .071 6 .086 .097 Kranepool, Ed 96 281 24 72 11 1 2 15 13 3 24 1 10 2 0 3 .256 91 .324 .293 Linz, Phil 61 207 19 47 5 0 0 14 9 0 34 2 2 2 1 0 .227 52 .251 .264 Martin, J.C. 56 167 13 38 6 1 1 21 17 3 22 1 3 3 0 0 .228 49 .293 .309 McAndrew, Jim 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Rohr, Les 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Ryan, Nolan 18 41 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 28 0 1 0 0 0 .098 4 .098 .140 Seaver, Tom 28 73 3 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 35 0 2 0 0 0 .110 9 .123 .133 Selma, Dick 29 48 4 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 17 0 3 0 1 0 .208 11 .229 .208 Shamsky, Art 86 258 17 57 12 3 6 30 13 3 45 4 3 6 1 0 .221 93 .360 .270 Shaw, Don 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Short, Bill 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stahl, Larry 27 101 11 25 5 0 2 4 10 0 23 0 0 0 1 0 .248 36 .356 .315 Swoboda, Ron 104 347 34 84 10 4 10 49 41 1 89 1 1 4 6 1 .242 132 .380 .328 Taylor, Ron 44 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Weis, Al 80 244 13 42 4 0 1 12 18 3 50 2 2 1 3 1 .172 49 .201 .230

Pitching Statistics as of August 18, 1968

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Cardwell, Don 22 147.1 7 10 .412 124 52 44 69 41 20 4 1 0 2.69 Connors, Bill 7 10 0 1 .000 10 6 6 3 6 0 0 0 0 5.40 Frisella, Danny 19 50.2 2 4 .333 53 23 22 47 17 4 0 0 0 3.91 Jackson, Al 19 78.2 3 6 .333 72 33 29 45 14 9 0 0 0 3.32 Koonce, Cal 42 72 4 4 .500 51 13 12 38 19 0 0 0 0 1.50 Koosman, Jerry 26 197 16 7 .696 158 48 41 138 49 25 14 6 0 1.87 McAndrew, Jim 4 24.2 0 4 .000 27 5 5 15 8 4 0 0 0 1.82 Rohr, Les 2 6 0 2 .000 9 4 3 5 7 1 0 0 0 4.50 Ryan, Nolan 18 125.2 6 9 .400 86 46 42 130 67 18 3 0 0 3.01 Seaver, Tom 27 210.2 10 9 .526 172 52 47 148 38 26 10 4 0 2.01 Selma, Dick 23 135 8 7 .533 117 47 38 86 43 18 3 2 0 2.53 Shaw, Don 2 2 0 0 .000 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 Short, Bill 26 22.2 0 2 .000 21 14 14 19 13 0 0 0 0 5.56 Taylor, Ron 44 53.2 1 3 .250 43 19 19 35 12 0 0 0 0 3.19

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