1968 Detroit Tigers roster

29 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1968 MLB season. They won the 1968 World Series, 4-3.

1968 Tigers roster: batting

1968 Detroit Tigers 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.
Mickey Stanley1535838815111604.259.311.675
Jim Northrup1545807615321904.264.324.770
Dick McAuliffe1515709514216568.249.344.755
Bill Freehan1555407314225840.263.366.819
Don Wert1505364410712370.200.258.556
Willie Horton1435126814636850.285.352.895
Norm Cash1274115010825631.263.329.816
Al Kaline102327499410536.287.392.820
Tom Matchick8022718463140.203.248.534
Ray Oyler11121513291120.135.213.399
Dick Tracewski9021230334153.156.239.475
Jim Price6413212233130.174.253.526
Gates Brown679215346150.370.4421.127
Eddie Mathews3152411380.212.281.665
Wayne Comer484886130.125.160.389
Dave Campbell9811120.125.222.722
Lenny Green6401000.250.400.650
Bob Christian3301000.333.3331.000

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

1968 Tigers roster: pitching

1968 Detroit Tigers 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.
Denny McLainP41413161.96336.02800.900
Earl WilsonP343313122.85224.11681.150
Mickey LolichP39321793.19220.01971.101
Joe SparmaP343110103.70182.11101.350
John HillerRP3912962.39128.0781.122
Pat DobsonP4710582.66125.0931.107
Daryl PattersonP381232.1268.0491.187
Fred LasherP340513.3348.2321.215
Jon WardenP280413.6237.1251.213
Les CainP84103.0024.0131.880
Jim RookerSP20003.864.241.070

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.