1968 Washington Senators season

1968 Washington Senators
1968 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1961);
Location
	D.C. Stadium (since 1961); Washington, D.C. (since 1961);
Other information
Owners	James H. Lemon
General managers	George Selkirk
Managers	Jim Lemon
Local television	WTOP
Local radio	WTOP; (Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
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The 1968 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing 10th in the American League with a record of 65 wins and 96 losses.

Offseason

February 13, 1968: Tim Cullen, Buster Narum and Bob Priddy were traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Dennis Higgins, Steve Jones, and Ron Hansen.[1]

Regular season

July 30, 1968, Ron Hansen of the Senators turned an unassisted triple play. He caught a line drive, touched second base and tagged the runner coming from first base.[2]

Opening Day starters

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	103	59	0.636	—	56–25	47–34
Baltimore Orioles	91	71	0.562	12	47–33	44–38
Cleveland Indians	86	75	0.534	16½	43–37	43–38
Boston Red Sox	86	76	0.531	17	46–35	40–41
New York Yankees	83	79	0.512	20	39–42	44–37
Oakland Athletics	82	80	0.506	21	44–38	38–42
Minnesota Twins	79	83	0.488	24	41–40	38–43
California Angels	67	95	0.414	36	32–49	35–46
Chicago White Sox	67	95	0.414	36	36–45	31–50
Washington Senators	65	96	0.404	37½	34–47	31–49

Record vs. opponents

1968 American League record Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	MIN	NYY	OAK	WSH
Baltimore	—	9–9	10–8	11–7	7–11	8–10	10–8	13–5	9–9	14–4
Boston	9–9	—	9–9	14–4	10–8	6–12	9–9	10–8	8–10	11–7
California	8–10	9–9	—	8–10	7–11	5–13	7–11	6–12	5–13	12–6
Chicago	7–11	4–14	10–8	—	5–13	5–13	10–8	6–12	10–8	10–8
Cleveland	11–7	8–10	11–7	13–5	—	6–12	14–4	10–8–1	6–12	7–10
Detroit	10–8	12–6	13–5	13–5	12–6	—	10–8	10–8–1	13–5–1	10–8
Minnesota	8–10	9–9	11–7	8–10	4–14	8–10	—	12–6	8–10	11–7
New York	5–13	8–10	12–6	12–6	8–10–1	8–10–1	6–12	—	10–8	14–4
Oakland	9–9	10–8	13–5	8–10	12–6	5–13–1	10–8	8–10	—	7–11
Washington	4–14	7–11	6–12	8–10	10–7	8–10	7–11	4–14	11–7	—

Notable transactions

June 7, 1968: 1968 Major League Baseball Draft
- Don Castle was drafted by the Senators in the 1st round.[3]
- Jim Mason was drafted by the Senators in the 2nd round.[4]
- Mike Cubbage was drafted by the Senators in the 6th round, but did not sign.[5]
August 2, 1968: Ron Hansen was traded by the Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Tim Cullen.[1]

Roster

1968 Washington Senators

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

40 Jim Lemon

Coaches

Player stats

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	Paul Casanova	96	322	63	.196	4	25
1B	Mike Epstein	123	385	90	.234	13	33
2B	Bernie Allen	120	373	90	.241	6	40
SS	Ron Hansen	86	275	51	.185	8	28
3B	Ken McMullen	151	557	138	.248	20	62
LF	Frank Howard	158	598	164	.274	44	106
CF	Del Unser	156	635	146	.230	1	30
RF	Ed Stroud	105	306	73	.239	4	23

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
Cap Peterson	94	226	46	.204	3	18
Ed Brinkman	77	193	36	.187	0	6
Frank Coggins	62	171	30	.175	0	7
Jim French	59	165	32	.194	1	10
Brant Alyea	53	150	40	.267	6	23
Hank Allen	68	128	28	.219	1	9
Sam Bowens	57	115	22	.191	4	7
Tim Cullen	47	114	31	.272	1	16
Billy Bryan	40	108	22	.204	3	8
Fred Valentine	37	101	24	.238	3	7
Gary Holman	75	85	25	.294	0	7
Dick Billings	12	33	6	.182	1	3
Gene Martin	9	11	4	.364	1	1

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
Joe Coleman	33	223.0	12	16	3.27	139
Camilo Pascual	31	201.0	13	12	2.69	111
Jim Hannan	25	140.1	10	6	3.01	75
Frank Bertaina	27	127.1	7	13	4.66	81
Gerry Schoen	1	3.2	0	1	7.36	1

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
Dick Bosman	46	139.0	2	9	3.69	63
Barry Moore	32	117.2	4	6	3.37	56
Phil Ortega	31	115.2	5	12	4.98	57
Bruce Howard	13	48.2	1	4	5.86	23

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
Dennis Higgins	59	4	4	13	3.25	66
Bob Humphreys	56	5	7	2	3.69	56
Dave Baldwin	40	0	2	5	4.07	30
Darold Knowles	32	1	1	4	2.18	37
Bill Haywood	14	0	0	0	4.70	10
Steve Jones	7	1	2	0	5.91	11
Casey Cox	4	0	1	0	2.35	4
Jim Miles	3	0	0	0	12.46	5
Bill Denehy	3	0	0	0	9.00	1

Awards and honors

League leaders

Frank Howard, American League leader, Home runs

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Wayne Terwilliger
AA	Savannah Senators	Southern League	Buddy Hicks
A	Burlington Senators	Carolina League	Len Johnston
A	Salisbury Senators	Western Carolinas League	Billy Klaus
A-Short Season	Geneva Senators	New York–Penn League	Joe Marchese

Notes

References

1968 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference
1968 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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[cullen-1] Tim Cullen page at Baseball reference

[2] "Unassisted Triple Plays | Baseball Almanac".

[3] Don Castle page at Baseball Reference

[4] Jim Mason page at Baseball Reference

[5] Mike Cubbage page at Baseball Reference

1968 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Minnesota New York Oakland Washington
National League	Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1968 MLB draft 1968 All-Star Game 1968 World Series 1968 MLB expansion draft