1968 Pacific Coast League season

The 1968 Pacific Coast League season was the 66th season in the league's history. It ended with the Tulsa Oilers winning their first league championship.

This was the final PCL season for Seattle, San Diego, Tulsa, Denver, Indianapolis and Oklahoma City. Seattle and San Diego were joining Major League Baseball through the expansion of 1969, while the other teams joined the re-formed American Association.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Tulsa Oilers	95	53	.642	--	Warren Spahn	St. Louis Cardinals
San Diego Padres	76	70	.521	18	Bob Skinner	Philadelphia Phillies
Phoenix Giants	76	71	.517	18½	Bill Werle	San Francisco Giants
Denver Bears	73	72	.503	20½	Johnny Goryl/Billy Martin	Minnesota Twins
Indianapolis Indians	66	78	.458	27	Don Zimmer	Cincinnati Reds
Oklahoma City 89ers	61	84	.421	32½	Cot Deal	Houston Astros

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Spokane Indians	85	60	.586	--	Roy Hartsfield	Los Angeles Dodgers
Hawaii Islanders	78	69	.531	8	Bill Adair	Chicago White Sox
Portland Beavers	72	72	.500	12½	Red Davis	Cleveland Indians
Seattle Angels	71	76	.483	15	Joe Adcock	California Angels
Tacoma Cubs	65	83	.439	21½	Whitey Lockman	Chicago Cubs
Vancouver Mounties	58	88	.527	27½	Mickey Vernon	Kansas City Athletics

Championship Finals

Tulsa vs. Spokane Date Away Home September 9 Spokane 2 Tulsa 8 September 10 Spokane 2 Tulsa 4 10 innings September 11 Spokane 2 Tulsa 8 September 12 Tulsa 1 Spokane 10 September 13 Tulsa 1 Spokane 0 Tulsa wins series 4-1

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Jim Hicks, Tulsa, .366
• Runs Scored Hicks, 100
• Hits César Gutiérrez, Phoenix; Billy Cowan, San Diego, 158
• Doubles Coco Laboy, Tulsa, 44
• Triples Bobby Etheridge, Phoenix; Graig Nettles, Denver, 12
• Home Runs Clarence Jones, Tacoma, 24
• Runs Batted In Laboy, 100
• Stolen Bases Pat Kelly, Denver, 36

Pitching

• Wins Jerry Crider, Denver; Rich Robertson, Phoenix; Chuck Taylor, Tulsa, 18
• Earned Run Average Pete Mikkelsen, Tulsa, 1.91
• Complete Games Leon Everitt, Spokane; Robertson, 18
• Shutouts Joe Moeller, Spokane, 6
• Strikeouts Rich Robertson, Phoenix, 216

All-Star Team

• First Base Joe Hague, Tulsa
• Second Base Hal McRae, Indianapolis
• Shortstop Don Money, San Diego
• Third Base Graig Nettles, Denver
• Outfield Jim Hicks, Tulsa; Billy Cowan, San Diego; Lou Piniella, Portland
• Catcher Ray Fosse, Portland; Danny Breeden, Tulsa
• Pitcher Dick LeMay, Tulsa; Rich Robertson, Phoenix
• Manager Warren Spahn, Tulsa

References

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.

1969 Baseball Guide

Related Sites

• BR Minors page