# 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
### 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

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

### Roster
## 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 | Don Mincher | 120 | 399 | 94 | .236 | 13 | 48 |
| 2B | Bobby Knoop | 152 | 494 | 123 | .249 | 3 | 39 |
| 3B | Aurelio Rodríguez | 76 | 223 | 54 | .242 | 1 | 16 |
| SS | Jim Fregosi | 159 | 614 | 150 | .244 | 9 | 49 |
| LF | Rick Reichardt | 151 | 534 | 136 | .255 | 21 | 73 |
| CF | Vic Davalillo | 93 | 339 | 101 | .298 | 1 | 18 |
| RF | Roger Repoz | 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 |
| Woodie Held | 33 | 45 | 5 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Egan | 16 | 43 | 5 | .116 | 1 | 4 |
| Bobby Treviño | 17 | 40 | 9 | .225 | 0 | 1 |
| Winston Llenas | 16 | 39 | 5 | .128 | 0 | 1 |
| Orlando McFarlane | 18 | 31 | 9 | .290 | 0 | 2 |
| Wayne Causey | 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 |
| George Brunet | 39 | 245.1 | 13 | 17 | 2.86 | 132 |
| Jim McGlothlin | 40 | 208.1 | 10 | 15 | 3.54 | 135 |
| Tom Murphy | 15 | 99.1 | 5 | 6 | 2.17 | 56 |
| Rickey Clark | 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 |
| Sammy Ellis | 42 | 164.0 | 9 | 10 | 3.95 | 93 |
| Clyde Wright | 41 | 125.2 | 10 | 6 | 3.94 | 71 |
| Andy Messersmith | 28 | 81.1 | 4 | 2 | 2.21 | 74 |
| Dennis Bennett | 16 | 48.1 | 0 | 5 | 3.54 | 36 |
| Bill Harrelson | 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 |
| Minnie Rojas | 38 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4.25 | 33 |
| Tom Burgmeier | 56 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4.33 | 33 |
| Marty Pattin | 52 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2.79 | 66 |
| Bobby Locke | 29 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6.44 | 33 |
| Jack Hamilton | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.32 | 18 |
| Jim Weaver | 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 |
| Pete Cimino | 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

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Seattle Angels | Pacific Coast League | Joe Adcock |
| AA | El Paso Sun Kings | Texas League | Chuck Tanner |
| A | San Jose Bees | California League | Harry Dunlop and Del Rice |
| A | Quad Cities Angels | Midwest League | Fred Koenig and Tom Morgan |
| Rookie | Idaho Falls Angels | Pioneer League | Tom Sommers and Eddie Bressoud |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: El Paso, Quad Cities