1968 Chicago Cubs Statistics and Roster

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1968 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967/1969)
84-78, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 612 runs, Allowed 611 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81
Managed by Leo Durocher

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,043,409 (6th of 10)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 106
  (one-year): Batting - 114, Pitching - 114
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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ON APRIL13,1968 I WENT TO MY FIRST CUB GAME AT WRIGLEY FIELD WITH MY MOM , ( WHO HELP ME INTO THE CUB FAN I AM TODAY) MY BROTHER AL ( WHO DIED WAY TOO SOON) & MY SISTERS MARY & ANNE ( TWO GREAT PEOPLE). FAMILY IS IMPORTANT

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Randy Hundley       26  160  553   41  125  18  4   7   65  39   69  .226  .280  .311   1   0  19   4   5   5   6   73
1B  Ernie Banks         37  150  552   71  136  27  0  32   83  27   67  .246  .287  .469   2   0  12   5   9   2   4  118
2B  Glenn Beckert       27  155  643   98  189  28  4   4   37  31   20  .294  .326  .369   8   4   6   2   5   4   0  103
3B  Ron Santo           28  162  577   86  142  17  3  26   98  96  106  .246  .354  .421   3   4  18   3   1   5   7  126
SS #Don Kessinger       25  160  655   63  157  14  7   1   32  38   86  .240  .283  .287   9   9   7   2  11   1   1   67
LF *Billy Williams      30  163  642   91  185  30  8  30   98  48   53  .288  .336  .500   4   1  13   2   0   7  10  142
CF  Adolfo Phillips     26  143  439   49  106  20  5  13   33  47   90  .241  .320  .399   9   7   8   5   4   2  20  109
RF  Lou Johnson         33   62  205   14   50  14  3   1   14   6   23  .244  .289  .356   3   1   6   7   2   0   2   88
    Jim Hickman         31   75  188   22   42   6  3   5   23  18   38  .223  .290  .367   1   1   6   1   3   3   2   91
   *Al Spangler         34   88  177   21   48   9  3   2   18  20   24  .271  .343  .390   0   1   4   1   2   3   2  114
   *Willie Smith        29   55  142   13   39   8  2   5   25  12   33  .275  .333  .465   0   0   1   1   1   1   2  132
   *Dick Nen            28   81   94    8   17   1  1   2   16   6   17  .181  .225  .277   0   0   0   0   1   2   2   46
    Jose Arcia          24   59   84   15   16   4  0   1    8   3   24  .190  .218  .274   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   43
    Lee Elia            30   15   17    1    3   0  0   0    3   0    6  .176  .222  .176   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   18
    John Boccabella     27    7   14    0    1   0  0   0    1   2    2  .071  .176  .071   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  -25
   *Jimmy McMath        18    6   14    0    2   0  0   0    2   0    6  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -16
    Gene Oliver         33    8   11    1    4   0  0   0    1   3    2  .364  .500  .364   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  156
    Randy Bobb          20    7    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .125  .222  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    4
    Ted Savage          32    3    8    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   47
    John Felske         26    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Clarence Jones      26    5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    1  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   57
    Vic Larose          23    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   1   0   0   0    4
    Bill Plummer        21    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *John Stephenson     27    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Fergie Jenkins      25   40  100    4   16   4  0   1   10   6   41  .160  .208  .230   0   1   0   0   6   0   0   28
    Bill Hands          28   38   82    2    5   0  0   0    0   3   50  .061  .094  .061   0   0   0   0   7   0   0  -54
    Ken Holtzman        22   35   80    4   10   1  0   0    5   1   26  .125  .136  .138   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -20
    Joe Niekro          23   34   60    2    6   0  0   0    0   4   23  .100  .156  .100   0   0   1   0   9   0   0  -24
   *Rich Nye            23   27   44    0    8   0  0   0    2   0   18  .182  .178  .182   0   0   1   0   1   1   0    5
    Phil Regan          31   68   20    3    3   1  0   0    1   0    8  .150  .190  .200   0   0   0   1   3   0   0   14
    Gary Ross           20   13   11    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    4  .091  .091  .091   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -47
   *John Upham          26   13   10    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    3  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   17
    Jack Lamabe         31   42    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    3  .200  .333  .200   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   59
    Bill Stoneman       24   18    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Darcy Fast          21    8    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Chuck Hartenstein   26   28    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Archie Reynolds     22    7    2    2    1   1  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  330
    Pete Mikkelsen      28    3    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  487
    Bobby Tiefenauer    38    9    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Frank Reberger      24    3    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4  163 5458  612 1319 203 43 130  576 415  854  .242  .295  .366  41  30 103  36  74  37  58  102
    Rank among 10 NL teams         6    2    5   4  3   1        6    9     5     6     2  10  10                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Fergie Jenkins      25  40   2.63  20  15  0  40   0  20   3  308.0  255   96   90  26   65  260 1231   6   3  1   7 120
SP  Bill Hands          28  38   2.89  16  10  0  34   0  11   4  258.7  221   91   83  26   36  148 1013   4   6  0   0 110
SP *Ken Holtzman        22  34   3.35  11  14  1  32   1   6   3  215.0  201   89   80  17   76  151  907   9   6  0   7  94
SP  Joe Niekro          23  34   4.32  14  10  2  29   4   2   1  177.0  204   93   85  18   59   65  769   3   3  0   8  73
SP *Rich Nye            23  27   3.80   7  12  1  20   3   6   1  132.7  145   65   56  16   34   74  570   1   1  1   4  83

CL  Phil Regan          31  68   2.20  10   5 25   0  60   0   0  127.0  109   36   31   9   24   60  508   3   2  0   6 144
RP  Jack Lamabe         31  42   4.26   3   2  1   0  16   0   0   61.3   68   33   29   7   24   30  272   4   1  1   7  74
RP  Chuck Hartenstein   26  28   4.54   2   4  1   0  10   0   0   35.7   41   19   18   3   11   17  156   2   1  0   2  70
RP  Bill Stoneman       24  18   5.52   0   1  0   0   3   0   0   29.3   35   19   18   6   14   18  131   1   1  0   1  57
RP  Bobby Tiefenauer    38   9   6.08   0   1  1   0   5   0   0   13.3   20   12    9   2    2    9   64   0   0  0   1  52

    Gary Ross           20  13   4.17   1   1  0   5   4   1   0   41.0   44   22   19   1   25   31  185   4   0  0   3  76
    Archie Reynolds     22   7   6.75   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   13.3   14   10   10   1    7    6   62   1   1  0   0  47
   *Darcy Fast          21   8   5.40   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   10.0    8    6    6   1    8   10   46   0   0  0   0  59
   *Ramon Hernandez     27   8   9.00   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    9.0   14   11    9   1    0    3   42   1   1  0   0  35
   *John Upham          26   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    7.0    2    0    0   0    3    2   27   1   1  0   0    
    Frank Reberger      24   3   4.50   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    6.0    9    4    3   1    2    3   28   0   0  0   0  70
    Pete Mikkelsen      28   3   7.71   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.7    7    4    4   3    1    5   22   0   0  0   0  41
   *Willie Smith        29   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.7    0    0    0   0    0    2    8   1   0  0   0    
    Jophery Brown       23   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    1    1   0    1    0    9   0   0  0   1  70
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.4 163   3.41  84  78 32 163 117  46  12 1453.0 1399  611  551 138  392  894 6050  41  27  3  47  93
    Rank among 10 NL teams          9   3   8  2           4   8      7    8    8       10    4    9
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RHundley 1385 156 160 885 81 5 11 .995 8 38 47 47 JBoccabella 28 4 4 27 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 3 0 RBobb 24 2 7 14 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 0 2 GOliver 9 1 1 10 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 1 JFelske 5 0 3 5 0 1 0 .833 0 1 0 0 BPlummer 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1453 163 163 943 84 6 11 .994 9 41 51 50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EBanks 1232 145 147 1379 88 6 118 .996 10.72 DNen 191 15 52 219 11 3 12 .987 10.82 WSmith 15 1 4 16 1 0 0 1.000 10.20 GOliver 13 2 2 14 0 0 0 1.000 9.69 CJones 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1453 163 163 1630 100 9 130 .995 10.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GBeckert 1375 155 155 356 461 19 107 .977 5.35 JArcia 72 8 10 22 19 0 2 1.000 5.12 VLarose 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 LElia 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1453 163 163 380 481 19 109 .978 5.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSanto 1444 162 162 130 378 15 33 .971 3.17 LElia 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 JArcia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1453 163 163 131 379 15 33 .971 3.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 *4.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DKessinger 1394 158 159 263 573 33 97 .962 5.40 JArcia 44 4 7 8 15 2 1 .920 4.70 VLarose 9 1 2 0 4 1 0 .800 4.00 LElia 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1453 163 163 272 593 36 98 .960 5.36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *1.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWilliams 1102 120 138 176 2 7 0 .962 1.45 WSmith 281 36 38 40 1 0 0 1.000 1.31 JMcMath 24 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 JArcia 22 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 ASpangler 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 JHickman 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 JBoccabella 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LJohnson 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 GOliver 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 JUpham 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1453 163 163 233 3 7 0 .971 1.46 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- APhillips 1170 131 141 315 10 7 3 .979 2.50 JHickman 160 19 21 44 1 0 0 1.000 2.53 JArcia 73 7 13 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 ASpangler 40 5 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 JUpham 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TSavage 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1453 163 163 381 11 7 3 .982 2.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LJohnson 480 55 56 97 0 3 0 .970 1.82 BWilliams 345 43 47 83 2 2 0 .977 2.22 JHickman 306 30 49 68 3 3 0 .959 2.08 ASpangler 305 33 42 62 2 2 1 .970 1.88 TSavage 16 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1453 163 163 312 7 10 1 .970 1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *2.02 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BWilliams 1447 163 163 261 4 9 0 .967 1.65 APhillips 1170 131 141 311 11 7 3 .979 2.48 LJohnson 483 55 57 97 0 3 0 .970 1.81 JHickman 471 49 66 115 4 3 0 .975 2.27 ASpangler 354 39 48 71 2 2 1 .973 1.85 WSmith 281 36 38 42 1 0 0 1.000 1.38 JArcia 95 8 17 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 JMcMath 24 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 TSavage 17 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 JUpham 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JBoccabella 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GOliver 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1453 163 163 926 22 24 4 .975 1.96 163 163 163 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FJenkins 308 40 40 14 41 0 5 1.000 1.61 BHands 258 34 38 21 39 1 0 .984 2.09 KHoltzman 215 32 34 2 42 1 3 .978 1.84 JNiekro 177 29 34 9 33 0 2 1.000 2.13 RNye 132 20 27 6 22 2 2 .933 1.90 PRegan 127 0 68 9 23 2 1 .941 2.27 JLamabe 60 0 42 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.63 GRoss 41 5 13 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.98 CHartenstei 35 0 28 4 5 2 1 .818 2.27 BStoneman 29 0 18 2 4 1 0 .857 1.84 AReynolds 13 1 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.68 BTiefenauer 13 0 9 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.35 DFast 10 1 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 RHernandez 9 0 8 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00 JUpham 7 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86 FReberger 6 1 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 PMikkelsen 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.91 WSmith 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 10.00 JBrown 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1453 163 163 78 237 10 15 .969 1.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Beckert .294

On-base % Santo .354

Slugging % Williams .500

OPS Williams .836

Games Williams 163

At Bats Kessinger 655

Plate Appearances (approx.) Kessinger 707

Runs Beckert 98

Hits Beckert 189

Total Bases Williams 321

Doubles Williams 30

Triples Williams 8

Home Runs Banks 32

RBI Santo and Williams 98

Bases on Balls Santo 96

Strikeouts Santo 106

Stolen Bases Kessinger and Phillips 9

Singles Beckert 153

Adjusted OPS+ Williams 142

Runs Created Williams 107

Adjusted Batting Runs Williams 32

Batting Wins Williams 3.5

Extra-Base Hits Williams 68

Times on Base Santo 241

Offensive Win% Williams .724

Hit By Pitch Johnson 7

Sac. Hits Kessinger 11

Sac. Flies Williams 7

Intentional Walks Phillips 20

Grounded into Double Plays Hundley 19

Caught Stealing Kessinger 9

Power/Speed Number Phillips 10.6

At Bats per Strikeout Beckert 32.2

At Bats per Home Run Banks 17.3

Outs Kessinger 526

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ERA Jenkins 2.63

Wins Jenkins 20

Won-Loss % Regan .667

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hands 0.994

Hits Allowed/9IP Jenkins 7.45

Bases on Balls/9IP Hands 1.25

Strikeouts/9IP Jenkins 7.60

Games Regan 68

Saves Regan 25

Innings Jenkins 308.0

Strikeouts Jenkins 260

Games Started Jenkins 40

Comp. Games Jenkins 20

Shutouts Hands 4

Home Runs Allow. Hands and Jenkins 26

Bases On Balls Allow. Holtzman 76

Hits Allowed Jenkins 255

SO to Walk Hands 4.11

Losses Jenkins 15

Earned Runs Allow. Jenkins 90

Wild Pitches Holtzman 9

Hit Batsmen Hands and Holtzman 6

Batters Faced Jenkins 1231

Games Finished Regan 60

Adjusted ERA+ Jenkins 120

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Don Kessinger (Starting SS)
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ON APRIL13,1968 I WENT TO MY FIRST CUB GAME AT WRIGLEY FIELD WITH MY MOM , ( WHO HELP ME INTO THE CUB FAN I AM TODAY) MY BROTHER AL ( WHO DIED WAY TOO SOON) & MY SISTERS MARY & ANNE ( TWO GREAT PEOPLE). FAMILY IS IMPORTANT