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1968 American League Team Statistics

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: Detroit Tigers

AL Most Valuable Player: Denny McLain

AL Cy Young: Denny McLain

AL Rookie of the Year: Stan Bahnsen

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American League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

American League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	Detroit Tigers	103	59	.636	--		4.1	3.0	1.1	-0.1	1.0	103-59	0	56-25	47-34	10-5	35-23	69-44	34-15	57-33	46-26
2	Baltimore Orioles	91	71	.562	12.0	12.0	3.6	3.1	0.5	-0.1	0.5	92-70	-1	47-33	44-38	9-8	23-22	65-51	26-20	46-44	45-27
3	Cleveland Indians	86	75	.534	16.5	21.0	3.2	3.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	82-79	4	43-37	43-38	12-4	25-20	64-53	22-22	41-49	45-26
4	Boston Red Sox	86	76	.531	17.0	22.5	3.8	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	81-81	5	46-35	40-41	5-7	26-28	68-59	18-17	43-47	43-29
5	New York Yankees	83	79	.512	20.0	34.5	3.3	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	82-80	1	39-42	44-37	4-7	36-28	62-54	21-25	39-51	44-28
6	Oakland Athletics	82	80	.506	21.0	39.5	3.5	3.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	84-78	-2	44-38	38-42	7-12	25-30	56-41	26-39	44-46	38-34
7	Minnesota Twins	79	83	.488	24.0	57.5	3.5	3.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	83-79	-4	41-40	38-43	7-8	35-33	60-65	19-18	49-59	30-24
8	California Angels	67	95	.414	36.0	141.5	3.1	3.8	-0.7	0.1	-0.7	66-96	1	32-49	35-46	9-5	25-28	46-69	21-26	40-68	27-27
9	Chicago White Sox	67	95	.414	36.0	141.5	2.9	3.3	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	71-91	-4	36-45	31-50	9-15	30-44	51-67	16-28	37-71	30-24
10	Washington Senators	65	96	.404	37.5	155.0	3.3	4.1	-0.9	0.1	-0.8	63-98	2	34-47	31-49	7-8	21-25	45-68	20-28	44-63	21-33
	Average	80	80	.500			3.4	3.4				80-81		41-39	39-41	7-7	28-28	58-57	22-23	44-53	36-27

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Baltimore Orioles	33	26.9	3.57	162	6023	5275	579	1187	215	28	133	534	78	32	570	1019	.225	.304	.352	.656	99	1857	102	48	80	49	63	1119
Boston Red Sox	36	26.5	3.79	162	6037	5303	614	1253	207	17	125	558	76	62	582	974	.236	.313	.352	.666	96	1869	121	33	77	41	58	1108
California Angels	43	27.3	3.07	162	5944	5331	498	1209	170	33	83	453	62	50	447	1080	.227	.291	.318	.609	89	1694	103	52	75	37	41	1092
Chicago White Sox	39	28.3	2.86	162	5965	5405	463	1233	169	33	71	431	90	50	397	840	.228	.284	.311	.595	77	1681	108	40	90	33	47	1059
Cleveland Indians	42	27.4	3.19	162	5990	5416	516	1266	210	36	75	476	115	61	427	858	.234	.293	.327	.620	89	1773	96	39	69	37	51	1097
Detroit Tigers	33	28.1	4.09	164	6179	5490	671	1292	190	39	185	639	26	32	521	964	.235	.307	.385	.692	107	2115	124	61	73	34	53	1090
Minnesota Twins	33	28.2	3.47	162	5975	5373	562	1274	207	41	105	522	98	54	445	966	.237	.299	.350	.649	92	1878	106	49	69	38	61	1104
New York Yankees	34	28.1	3.27	164	5993	5310	536	1137	154	34	109	501	90	50	566	958	.214	.292	.318	.609	89	1686	100	30	56	30	52	1057
Oakland Athletics	34	24.9	3.49	163	6027	5406	569	1300	192	40	94	522	147	61	472	1022	.240	.304	.343	.647	102	1854	87	35	78	35	53	1091
Washington Senators	39	26.9	3.25	161	5972	5400	524	1208	160	37	124	489	29	19	454	960	.224	.287	.336	.623	92	1814	125	39	46	32	50	1088
League Average	35	27.2	3.41	162	6010	5371	553	1236	187	34	110	512	81	47	488	964	.230	.297	.339	.637	93	1822	107	43	71	37	53	1090
	351	27.2	3.41	1624	60105	53709	5532	12359	1874	338	1104	5125	811	471	4881	9641	.230	.297	.339	.637	93	18221	1072	426	713	366	529	10905

Team Standard Pitching

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For seasons prior to 1969, some play-by-play data is missing, so some positional splits will be slightly less than 100% complete. Marked with '-i'

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