# 1968 Chicago White Sox season

The 1968 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 68th season in the major leagues, and its 69th season overall. They finished with a record of 67–95, good enough for eighth place in the American League, 36 games behind the first-place Detroit Tigers.

## Offseason

* October 16, 1967: Smoky Burgess was released by the White Sox.
* October 26, 1967: Marv Staehle was sent by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal (the White Sox traded Jim King and a player to be named later to the Indians for Rocky Colavito) made on July 29, 1967.
* November 29, 1967: Don Buford, Roger Nelson and Bruce Howard were traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Luis Aparicio, Russ Snyder and John Matias.
* December 15, 1967: Tommie Agee and Al Weis were traded by the White Sox to the New York Mets for Tommy Davis, Jack Fisher, Billy Wynne, and Buddy Booker.
* February 13, 1968: Dennis Higgins, Steve Jones, and Ron Hansen were traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Tim Cullen, Buster Narum and Bob Priddy.

## Regular season

The White Sox played in 74 games that were decided by a one run margin, which is an all-time American League record. In those games, the team had a record of 30–44. The 44 one run losses are an all-time MLB record.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 103 | 59 | .636 | — | 56‍–‍25 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 91 | 71 | .562 | 12 | 47‍–‍33 | 44‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Indians | 86 | 75 | .534 | 16½ | 43‍–‍37 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Boston Red Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 17 | 46‍–‍35 | 40‍–‍41 |
| New York Yankees | 83 | 79 | .512 | 20 | 39‍–‍42 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Oakland Athletics | 82 | 80 | .506 | 21 | 44‍–‍38 | 38‍–‍42 |
| Minnesota Twins | 79 | 83 | .488 | 24 | 41‍–‍40 | 38‍–‍43 |
| California Angels | 67 | 95 | .414 | 36 | 32‍–‍49 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 95 | .414 | 36 | 36‍–‍45 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Washington Senators | 65 | 96 | .404 | 37½ | 34‍–‍47 | 31‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1968 American League recordvte 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

* Luis Aparicio, SS
* Tommy McCraw, 1B
* Tommy Davis, LF
* Pete Ward, RF
* Ken Boyer, 3B
* Duane Josephson, C
* Ken Berry, CF
* Tim Cullen, 2B
* Joel Horlen, P

### Notable transactions

* June 7, 1968: Rich McKinney was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft.
* July 20, 1968: Wayne Causey was traded by the White Sox to the California Angels for Woodie Held.
* July 26, 1968: Don McMahon was traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Dennis Ribant.
* August 2, 1968: Tim Cullen was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Ron Hansen.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Sandy Alomar Sr., 2B,3B,SS | 133 | 363 | 41 | 92 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 42 | .253 | 21 |
| Luis Aparicio, SS | 155 | 622 | 55 | 164 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 33 | 43 | .264 | 17 |
| Ken Berry, CF | 153 | 504 | 49 | 127 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 64 | .252 | 6 |
| Buddy Booker, C | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Ken Boyer, 3B,1B | 10 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .125 | 0 |
| Buddy Bradford, RF,CF,LF | 103 | 281 | 32 | 61 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 67 | .217 | 8 |
| Wayne Causey, 2B | 59 | 100 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | .180 | 0 |
| Tim Cullen, 2B | 72 | 155 | 16 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 23 | .200 | 0 |
| Tommy Davis, LF,1B | 132 | 456 | 30 | 122 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 50 | 16 | 48 | .268 | 4 |
| Ron Hansen, 3B,SS | 40 | 87 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | .230 | 0 |
| Woodie Held, OF,3B | 40 | 54 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 | .167 | 0 |
| Gail Hopkins, 1B | 29 | 37 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .216 | 0 |
| Duane Josephson, C | 128 | 434 | 35 | 107 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 18 | 52 | .247 | 2 |
| Dick Kenworthy, 3B | 58 | 122 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 21 | .221 | 0 |
| Carlos May, LF,RF | 17 | 67 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .179 | 0 |
| Jerry McNertney, C | 74 | 169 | 18 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 29 | .219 | 0 |
| Bill Melton, 3B | 34 | 109 | 5 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 32 | .266 | 1 |
| Tommy McCraw, 1B | 136 | 477 | 51 | 112 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 44 | 36 | 58 | .235 | 20 |
| Rich Morales, SS,2B | 10 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .172 | 0 |
| Russ Snyder, OF | 38 | 82 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | .134 | 0 |
| Bill Voss, OF | 61 | 167 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 34 | .156 | 5 |
| Leon Wagner, RF,LF | 69 | 162 | 14 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 21 | 31 | .284 | 2 |
| Pete Ward, 3B,1B,LF,RF | 125 | 399 | 43 | 86 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 50 | 76 | 85 | .216 | 4 |
| Walt Williams, RF,LF | 63 | 133 | 6 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | .241 | 0 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Cisco Carlos, P | 29 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .065 | 0 |
| Jack Fisher, P | 35 | 53 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .113 | 0 |
| Joe Horlen, P | 41 | 67 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | .104 | 0 |
| Tommy John, P | 25 | 62 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 15 | .194 | 0 |
| Danny Lazar, P | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Bob Locker, P | 70 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0 |
| Don McMahon, P | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | 0 |
| Jerry Nyman, P | 8 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .154 | 0 |
| Gary Peters, P | 46 | 72 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | .208 | 0 |
| Bob Priddy, P | 42 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | .042 | 0 |
| Dennis Ribant, P | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm, P | 72 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Wilbur Wood, P | 88 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | .091 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5405 | 463 | 1233 | 169 | 33 | 71 | 431 | 397 | 840 | .228 | 90 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
| Cisco Carlos | 4 | 14 | 3.90 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 122.1 | 121 | 64 | 53 | 13 | 42 | 57 |
| Jack Fisher | 8 | 13 | 2.99 | 35 | 28 | 0 | 180.2 | 176 | 68 | 60 | 14 | 52 | 80 |
| Joe Horlen | 12 | 14 | 2.37 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 223.2 | 197 | 75 | 59 | 16 | 77 | 102 |
| Tommy John | 10 | 5 | 1.98 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 177.1 | 135 | 45 | 39 | 10 | 53 | 117 |
| Danny Lazar | 0 | 1 | 4.05 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13.1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| Bob Locker | 5 | 4 | 2.29 | 70 | 0 | 10 | 90.1 | 78 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 40 | 62 |
| Don McMahon | 2 | 1 | 1.96 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 32 |
| Jerry Nyman | 2 | 1 | 2.01 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 40.1 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 27 |
| Gary Peters | 4 | 13 | 3.76 | 31 | 25 | 1 | 162.2 | 146 | 79 | 68 | 7 | 66 | 110 |
| Bob Priddy | 3 | 11 | 3.63 | 35 | 18 | 0 | 114.0 | 106 | 50 | 46 | 14 | 42 | 66 |
| Fred Rath Sr. | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Dennis Ribant | 0 | 2 | 6.03 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 31.1 | 42 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 21 | 20 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 4 | 4 | 1.73 | 72 | 0 | 12 | 93.2 | 69 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 29 | 72 |
| Wilbur Wood | 13 | 12 | 1.87 | 88 | 2 | 16 | 159.0 | 127 | 39 | 33 | 8 | 45 | 74 |
| Billy Wynne | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 67 | 95 | 2.75 | 162 | 162 | 40 | 1468.0 | 1290 | 527 | 448 | 97 | 520 | 834 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Hawaii Islanders | Pacific Coast League | Bill Adair |
| AA | Evansville White Sox | Southern League | Stan Wasiak and Gary Johnson |
| A | Lynchburg White Sox | Carolina League | Alex Cosmidis |
| A | Appleton Foxes | Midwest League | Gary Johnson and Stan Wasiak |
| A-Short Season | Duluth–Superior Dukes | Northern League | Bruce Andrew |
| Rookie | GCL White Sox | Gulf Coast League | Tom Saffell |