1968 Athletics roster

Manager: Bob Kennedy

33 players appeared for the Athletics in the 1968 MLB season.

1968 Athletics roster: batting

1968 Athletics batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Bert Campaneris261596428717743862.276.330.692
Sal Bando241626056715296713.251.314.668
Reggie Jackson2215455382138297414.250.316.768
Danny Cater28147504531466628.290.336.729
Rick Monday221484825613284914.274.371.773
John Donaldson2512736337802275.220.307.579
Dave Duncan228224615477281.191.266.559
Mike Hershberger289924623675328.272.327.713
Dick Green277620219476183.233.307.658
Jim Pagliaroni306619919496200.246.330.687
Ray Webster256619617423233.214.258.585
Joe Rudi216818110321121.177.236.468
Jim Gosger2588150727054.180.262.462
Ted Kubiak26481201030081.250.305.630
Joe Keough2234987212181.214.274.590
Phil Roof273464512121.188.212.446
Rene Lachemann23196039040.150.177.344
Allan Lewis2626491008.250.400.650
Tony Larussa235301000.333.333.667

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1968 Athletics roster: pitching

1968 Athletics pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Catfish HunterP22363413133.35234.01721.191
Blue moon OdomP23323116102.45231.11431.200
Jim NashP23343313132.28228.21691.050
Chuck DobsonP24353412143.00225.11681.230
Lew KrausseP25362510113.11185.01051.134
Diego SeguiP30520652.3983.0721.006
Jack AkerP27540444.1074.2441.4111
Ed SpragueP22471343.2868.2341.244
Paul LindbladP26471432.4056.1421.152
Tony PierceP22173123.8632.2161.501
Warren BogleP21161004.3023.0261.480
Ken SandersP2670013.3810.261.500
Rollie FingersRP21100027.001.103.750
George LauzeriqueP2010000.001.001.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.