1968 Baltimore Orioles roster

31 players appeared for the Baltimore Orioles in the 1968 MLB season.

1968 Orioles roster: batting

1968 Baltimore Orioles 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.
Brooks Robinson1626086515417751.253.304.720
Boog Powell1545506013722857.249.338.748
Davey Johnson145504501229567.242.308.667
Mark Belanger145472409822110.208.272.520
Curt Blefary137451509015396.200.301.623
Don Buford13042665120154627.282.367.804
Frank Robinson13042169113155211.268.390.834
Paul Blair14142148897384.211.277.595
Curt Motton8321727438251.198.298.639
Andy Etchebarren7418920445200.233.311.703
Ellie Hendricks7918319377230.202.279.651
Dave May841521529073.191.285.555
Larry Haney3889521150.236.236.562
Merv Rettenmund31641019271.297.452.921
Chico Fernandez241802000.111.158.269
Mike Fiore61721000.059.273.332
Bobby Floyd5901010.111.100.322

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

1968 Orioles roster: pitching

1968 Baltimore Orioles 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.
Dave McNallyP353522101.95273.02020.840
Jim HardinP353518132.51244.01601.060
Tom PhoebusP363615152.62240.21931.210
Dave LeonhardP2818773.13126.1611.201
Gene BrabenderP3715673.31125.0921.313
Eddie WattP590552.2783.1721.1811
Wally BunkerP1810202.4171.0441.030
Roger NelsonP196432.4171.0701.061
Pete RichertP360633.4762.1471.016
Moe DrabowskyP450441.9161.1460.987
John MorrisP190202.5631.2221.140
John O'donoghueP160006.1422.0111.862
Mike AdamsonRP22029.397.241.700
Fred BeeneP10009.001.013.000

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.