1968 California Angels season explained

California Angels
Season:	1968
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Anaheim Stadium
City:	Anaheim, California
Owners:	Gene Autry
General Managers:	Fred Haney, Dick Walsh
Managers:	Bill Rigney
Television:	KTLA
Radio:	KMPC (Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)

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.^[1]
November 28, 1967: Elrod Hendricks was drafted from the Angels by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1967 rule 5 draft.^[2]
November 29, 1967: Bill Kelso and Jorge Rubio were traded by the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Sammy Ellis.^[3]
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.^[4]
Prior to 1968 season: Merritt Ranew was acquired from the Angels by the New York Yankees.^[5]

July 20, 1968: Woodie Held was traded by the Angels to the Chicago White Sox for Wayne Causey.^[6]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	91	258	49	.190	1	14
1B	120	399	94	.236	13	48
2B	152	494	123	.249	3	39
3B	76	223	54	.242	1	16
SS	159	614	150	.244	9	49
LF	151	534	136	.255	21	73
CF	93	339	101	.298	1	18
RF	133	375	90	.240	13	54

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
111	297	75	.253	8	35
116	267	52	.195	7	23
60	219	46	.210	2	16
81	163	44	.270	1	18
89	161	37	.230	1	15
46	126	27	.214	1	8
41	115	30	.261	0	3
19	68	13	.191	0	5
33	67	13	.194	0	1
17	51	9	.176	0	2
33	45	5	.111	0	0
16	43	5	.116	1	4
17	40	9	.225	0	1
16	39	5	.128	0	1
18	31	9	.290	0	2
4	11	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	245.1	13	17	2.86	132
40	208.1	10	15	3.54	135
15	99.1	5	6	2.17	56
21	94.1	1	11	3.53	60

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
42	164.0	9	10	3.95	93
41	125.2	10	6	3.94	71
28	81.1	4	2	2.21	74
16	48.1	0	5	3.54	36
10	33.2	1	6	5.08	22

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
38	4	3	6	4.25	33
56	1	4	5	4.33	33
52	4	4	3	2.79	66
29	2	3	2	6.44	33
21	3	1	2	3.32	18
14	0	1	0	2.38	8
7	0	0	0	2.25	3
6	0	1	0	2.70	4
4	0	0	0	2.57	2
3	0	0	0	6.00	2

1968 All-Star Game

1968 California Angels team at Baseball Reference
1968 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.