1968 American League Stats

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Rank	Team	W-L	Games Behind	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed	Expected W-L	Shark WAR W-L	Attendance	Shark WAR	Batting WAR	Fielding WAR	Pitching WAR
1	Detroit Tigers	103-59 (0.636)	-	671	492	103-59 (0.638)	104-58 (0.642)	2,031,847	56.4	30.0	2.8	23.5
2	Baltimore Orioles	91-71 (0.562)	12.0	579	497	92-70 (0.569)	93-69 (0.574)	943,977	45.9	25.4	1.2	19.3
3	Cleveland Indians	86-75 (0.534)	16.5	516	504	83-79 (0.511)	78-84 (0.481)	857,994	30.6	9.8	-4.3	25.1
4	Boston Red Sox	86-76 (0.531)	17.0	614	611	81-81 (0.502)	80-82 (0.494)	1,940,788	32.4	17.4	2.7	12.3
5	New York Yankees	83-79 (0.512)	20.0	536	531	82-80 (0.504)	83-79 (0.512)	1,185,666	35.4	14.1	4.6	16.7
6	Oakland Athletics	82-80 (0.506)	21.0	569	544	84-78 (0.521)	83-79 (0.512)	837,466	35.4	24.7	-1.7	12.4
7	Minnesota Twins	79-83 (0.488)	24.0	562	546	83-79 (0.513)	82-80 (0.506)	1,143,257	34.5	16.9	-0.7	18.3
8	California Angels	67-95 (0.414)	36.0	498	615	66-96 (0.405)	64-98 (0.395)	1,025,956	17.0	11.1	7.9	-2.0
8	Chicago White Sox	67-95 (0.414)	36.0	463	527	71-91 (0.441)	84-78 (0.519)	803,775	36.1	3.8	11.6	20.6
10	Washington Senators	65-96 (0.404)	37.5	524	665	64-98 (0.393)	59-103 (0.364)	546,661	11.2	14.2	5.0	-8.0

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Pos	Age	Batting WAR	Shark WAR	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SB	CS	wRC	OBP	SLG
1	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	LF	28	10.0	11.1	157	664	162	32	2	23	119	13	6	110.981	0.426	0.495
2	Frank Howard	WS2	LF	31	9.7	9.0	158	663	164	28	3	44	54	0	0	103.126	0.338	0.552
3	Willie Horton	DET	LF	25	8.0	7.3	143	578	146	20	2	36	49	0	3	90.415	0.352	0.543
4	Ken Harrelson	BOS	RF	26	7.2	7.6	150	612	147	17	4	35	69	2	6	92.368	0.356	0.518
5	Bill Freehan	DET	C	26	7.0	9.9	155	635	142	24	2	25	65	0	1	87.054	0.365	0.454
6	Frank Robinson	BAL	RF	32	6.7	5.9	130	508	113	27	1	15	73	11	2	72.507	0.390	0.444
7	Roy White	NYA	LF	24	6.3	6.8	159	660	154	20	7	17	73	20	11	78.596	0.350	0.414
8	Reggie Jackson	OAK	RF	22	6.1	6.2	154	614	138	13	6	29	50	14	4	73.376	0.316	0.452
9	Mickey Mantle	NYA	1B	36	6.1	3.5	144	547	103	14	1	18	106	6	2	70.718	0.385	0.398
10	Rick Monday	OAK	CF	22	5.7	5.4	148	563	132	24	7	8	72	14	6	69.078	0.371	0.403
11	Tony Oliva	MIN	RF	29	5.7	6.1	128	528	136	24	5	18	45	10	9	73.079	0.357	0.477
12	Don Buford	BAL	2B	31	5.6	5.8	130	494	120	13	4	15	57	27	12	64.624	0.367	0.437
13	Boog Powell	BAL	1B	26	5.5	3.2	154	634	137	21	1	22	73	7	1	72.838	0.338	0.411
14	Bert Campaneris	OAK	SS	26	5.2	5.7	159	707	177	25	9	4	50	62	22	67.321	0.331	0.361
15	Jim Northrup	DET	RF	28	5.2	6.0	154	643	153	29	7	21	50	4	5	76.298	0.324	0.447
16	Dick McAuliffe	DET	2B	28	5.0	3.4	151	658	142	24	10	16	82	8	7	76.724	0.344	0.410
17	Rick Reichardt	CAL	LF	25	5.0	5.4	151	601	136	20	3	21	42	8	7	68.898	0.328	0.421
18	Norm Cash	DET	1B	34	4.8	8.0	127	458	108	15	1	25	39	1	1	61.176	0.329	0.487
19	Bob Allison	MIN	LF	33	4.5	4.0	145	526	116	16	8	22	52	9	7	64.696	0.324	0.456
20	Reggie Smith	BOS	CF	23	4.5	5.1	155	632	148	37	5	15	64	22	18	76.233	0.342	0.430
21	Al Kaline	DET	RF	33	4.3	4.9	102	389	94	14	1	10	55	6	4	53.510	0.392	0.428
22	Brooks Robinson	BAL	3B	31	4.2	7.1	162	667	154	36	6	17	44	1	1	68.539	0.304	0.416
23	Cesar Tovar	MIN	3B	27	4.0	5.1	157	673	167	31	6	6	34	35	13	65.791	0.326	0.372
24	Ken McMullen	WS2	3B	26	3.9	5.3	151	626	138	11	2	20	63	1	3	64.915	0.326	0.382
25	Danny Cater	OAK	1B	28	3.9	4.6	147	550	146	28	3	6	35	8	7	58.168	0.336	0.393
26	Jim Fregosi	CAL	SS	26	3.7	3.7	159	693	150	21	13	9	60	9	4	63.465	0.315	0.365
27	Duke Sims	CLE	C	27	3.6	3.5	122	429	90	21	0	11	62	1	3	52.712	0.366	0.399
28	Pete Ward	CHA	3B	30	3.5	4.4	125	487	86	15	0	15	76	4	3	54.390	0.354	0.366
29	Mike Andrews	BOS	2B	24	3.5	4.4	147	634	145	22	1	7	81	3	8	68.504	0.368	0.354
30	Harmon Killebrew	MIN	1B	32	3.5	2.7	100	371	62	7	2	17	70	0	0	47.343	0.361	0.420
31	Sal Bando	OAK	3B	24	3.4	2.1	162	674	152	25	5	9	51	13	4	59.946	0.314	0.354
32	Ted Uhlaender	MIN	CF	28	3.2	3.1	140	527	138	21	5	7	28	16	7	53.263	0.324	0.389
33	Joe Pepitone	NYA	CF	27	3.1	2.4	108	421	93	9	3	15	37	8	2	43.628	0.311	0.403
34	Mike Epstein	WS2	1B	25	3.0	1.4	123	448	90	8	2	13	48	1	1	46.978	0.338	0.366
35	Tony Horton	CLE	1B	23	3.0	2.8	133	517	119	29	3	14	34	3	1	52.818	0.302	0.411
36	Joe Foy	BOS	3B	25	2.7	3.7	150	614	116	18	2	10	84	26	8	56.229	0.336	0.326
37	Gates Brown	DET	LF	29	2.6	2.5	67	104	34	7	2	6	12	0	0	23.416	0.442	0.685
38	Mickey Stanley	DET	CF	25	2.6	3.2	153	641	151	16	6	11	42	4	3	57.690	0.311	0.364
39	Tommy McCraw	CHA	1B	27	2.5	3.5	136	530	112	16	12	9	36	20	5	45.932	0.293	0.375
40	Davey Johnson	BAL	2B	25	2.5	1.8	145	559	122	24	4	9	44	7	3	49.698	0.308	0.359
41	Jose Cardenal	CLE	CF	24	2.3	2.6	157	629	150	21	7	7	39	40	18	53.514	0.305	0.353
42	Don Mincher	CAL	1B	30	2.3	2.2	120	458	94	12	1	13	43	0	2	42.577	0.312	0.368
43	Tom Satriano	CAL	C	27	2.2	2.5	111	335	75	9	0	8	37	0	0	34.419	0.337	0.364
44	Roger Repoz	CAL	CF	27	2.0	2.5	133	426	90	8	1	13	38	8	7	39.442	0.309	0.371
45	Mike Hershberger	OAK	LF	28	1.9	2.0	99	274	67	9	2	5	21	8	3	27.761	0.327	0.386
46	Vic Davalillo	2 teams	CF	28	1.7	2.7	144	545	144	17	7	3	18	25	16	44.784	0.299	0.355
47	Tom Tresh	NYA	SS	29	1.7	3.9	152	590	99	18	3	11	76	10	5	45.406	0.304	0.308
48	Andy Kosco	NYA	RF	26	1.7	1.5	131	492	112	19	1	15	16	2	2	39.962	0.268	0.382
49	Bill Robinson	NYA	CF	25	1.7	1.7	107	378	82	16	7	6	26	7	6	33.334	0.294	0.380
50	Rod Carew	MIN	2B	22	1.6	0.4	127	492	126	27	2	1	26	12	4	41.781	0.312	0.347

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Age	Pitching WAR	Shark WAR	G	GS	IP	W	L	CG	SV	R	BB	SO	Pitch Runs Saved	ERA	WHIP	SOper9
1	Luis Tiant	CLE	27	10.6	8.9	34	32	258.33	21	9	19	0	53	73	264	77.43	1.60	0.87	9.20
2	Denny McLain	DET	24	10.4	9.3	41	41	336.00	31	6	28	0	86	63	280	82.39	1.96	0.90	7.50
3	Sam McDowell	CLE	25	7.9	6.9	38	37	269.00	15	14	11	0	78	110	283	58.02	1.81	1.08	9.47
4	Dave McNally	BAL	25	7.9	7.5	35	35	273.00	22	10	18	0	67	55	202	64.24	1.95	0.84	6.66
5	Stan Bahnsen	NYA	23	7.6	6.1	37	34	267.33	17	12	10	0	72	68	162	50.69	2.05	1.06	5.45
6	Dean Chance	MIN	27	6.3	4.3	43	39	292.00	16	16	15	1	96	63	234	46.07	2.53	0.98	7.21
7	Mel Stottlemyre	NYA	26	5.8	5.0	36	36	278.67	21	12	19	0	86	65	140	38.94	2.45	1.11	4.52
8	Jim Nash	OAK	23	5.5	4.4	34	33	228.67	13	13	12	0	63	55	169	40.24	2.28	1.05	6.65
9	Tommy John	CHA	25	5.4	5.1	25	25	177.33	10	5	5	0	45	49	117	36.25	1.98	1.04	5.94
10	Wilbur Wood	CHA	26	5.0	4.7	88	2	159.00	13	12	0	16	39	33	74	33.23	1.87	1.01	4.19
11	Joe Horlen	CHA	30	4.5	3.5	35	35	223.67	12	14	4	0	75	70	102	29.72	2.37	1.19	4.10
12	Stan Williams	CLE	31	4.2	3.7	44	24	194.33	13	11	6	9	64	51	147	30.67	2.50	1.10	6.81
13	Jim Hardin	BAL	24	4.1	2.8	35	35	244.00	18	13	16	0	79	70	160	33.79	2.51	1.06	5.90
14	Blue Moon Odom	OAK	23	3.9	4.0	32	31	231.33	16	10	9	0	74	98	143	28.60	2.45	1.20	5.56
15	Ray Culp	BOS	26	3.8	2.8	35	30	216.33	16	6	11	0	79	82	190	26.10	2.91	1.15	7.90
16	Jim Perry	MIN	32	3.7	3.6	32	18	139.00	8	6	3	1	37	26	69	27.16	2.27	1.00	4.47
17	Jose Santiago	BOS	27	3.7	3.3	18	18	124.00	9	4	7	0	34	42	86	25.36	2.25	1.11	6.24
18	Fritz Peterson	NYA	26	3.5	2.5	36	27	212.33	12	11	6	0	72	29	115	23.43	2.63	1.02	4.87
19	Tom Phoebus	BAL	26	3.4	3.0	36	36	240.67	15	15	9	0	81	105	193	27.70	2.62	1.21	7.22
20	Earl Wilson	DET	33	3.3	4.0	34	33	224.33	13	12	10	0	77	65	168	26.12	2.85	1.15	6.74
21	Hoyt Wilhelm	CHA	45	3.2	3.2	72	0	93.67	4	4	0	12	20	24	72	21.64	1.73	0.99	6.92
22	Dick Ellsworth	BOS	28	3.1	1.5	31	28	196.00	16	7	10	0	74	37	106	21.36	3.03	1.19	4.87
23	George Brunet	CAL	33	3.0	1.6	39	36	245.33	13	17	8	0	83	68	132	21.88	2.86	1.06	4.84
24	Jim Kaat	MIN	29	2.9	2.0	30	29	208.00	14	12	9	0	78	40	130	21.24	2.94	1.12	5.62
25	Vicente Romo	CLE	25	2.9	2.8	40	1	83.33	5	3	0	12	15	32	54	21.23	1.62	0.90	5.83
26	Camilo Pascual	WS2	34	2.5	1.9	31	31	201.00	13	12	8	0	72	59	111	18.52	2.69	1.19	4.97
27	Sonny Siebert	CLE	31	2.3	1.7	31	30	206.00	12	10	8	0	76	88	146	17.04	2.97	1.13	6.38
28	John Hiller	DET	25	2.2	1.4	39	12	128.00	9	6	4	2	37	51	78	17.73	2.39	1.12	5.48
29	Mickey Lolich	DET	27	2.2	1.3	39	32	220.00	17	9	8	1	84	65	197	17.57	3.19	1.10	8.06
30	Don McMahon	2 teams	38	2.2	2.1	45	0	81.67	5	2	0	1	18	30	65	15.69	1.98	1.02	7.16
31	Gary Bell	BOS	31	2.1	1.8	35	27	199.33	11	11	9	1	82	68	103	14.66	3.12	1.23	4.65
32	Tom Murphy	CAL	22	2.1	1.4	15	15	99.33	5	6	3	0	30	28	56	15.34	2.17	0.96	5.07
33	Bob Locker	CHA	30	2.1	1.9	70	0	90.33	5	4	0	10	27	27	62	13.73	2.29	1.16	6.18
34	Jack Fisher	CHA	29	2.0	1.2	35	28	180.67	8	13	2	0	68	48	80	13.10	2.99	1.24	3.99
35	Pat Dobson	DET	26	1.9	1.6	47	10	125.00	5	8	2	7	39	48	93	14.98	2.66	1.10	6.70
36	Lindy McDaniel	NYA	32	1.9	1.5	24	0	51.33	4	1	0	10	10	12	43	12.46	1.75	0.82	7.54
37	Jim Merritt	MIN	24	1.8	1.0	38	34	238.33	12	16	11	1	102	52	181	13.09	3.25	1.09	6.83
38	Andy Messersmith	CAL	22	1.7	1.4	28	5	81.33	4	2	2	4	21	35	74	12.43	2.21	0.97	8.19
39	Diego Segui	OAK	30	1.5	1.4	52	0	83.00	6	5	0	6	25	32	72	10.87	2.39	1.00	7.81
40	Daryl Patterson	DET	24	1.4	1.1	38	1	68.00	2	3	0	7	19	27	49	11.32	2.12	1.18	6.49
41	Steve Hamilton	NYA	33	1.4	1.4	40	0	50.67	2	2	0	11	13	13	42	9.31	2.13	0.99	7.46
42	Moe Drabowsky	BAL	32	1.3	1.3	45	0	61.33	4	4	0	7	17	25	46	10.96	1.91	0.98	6.75
43	Chuck Dobson	OAK	24	1.3	0.8	35	34	225.33	12	14	11	0	91	80	168	9.58	3.00	1.23	6.71
44	Lew Krausse	OAK	25	1.3	1.0	36	25	185.00	10	11	2	4	68	62	105	9.31	3.11	1.13	5.11
45	Al Worthington	MIN	39	1.3	1.1	54	0	76.33	4	5	0	18	26	32	57	9.22	2.71	1.30	6.72
46	Dave Morehead	BOS	24	1.3	1.0	11	9	55.00	1	4	3	0	17	20	28	8.65	2.45	1.31	4.58
47	Roger Nelson	BAL	24	1.2	1.0	19	6	71.00	4	3	0	1	21	26	70	9.42	2.41	1.06	8.87
48	Sparky Lyle	BOS	23	1.2	1.0	49	0	65.67	6	1	0	11	25	14	52	7.95	2.74	1.23	7.13
49	Eddie Watt	BAL	27	1.0	0.9	59	0	83.33	5	5	0	11	32	35	72	8.53	2.27	1.18	7.78
50	Dave Boswell	MIN	23	1.0	1.1	34	28	190.00	10	13	7	0	79	87	143	7.41	3.32	1.24	6.77

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Duane Josephson	CHA	26	3.8	122.0	1000.0	641.0	86.0	7.0	15.0	31.338
	2	Bill Freehan	DET	26	2.6	138.0	1180.3	971.0	73.0	6.0	15.0	17.387
	3	Jerry McNertney	CHA	31	1.6	64.0	463.0	299.0	39.0	5.0	8.0	12.919
	4	Joe Azcue	CLE	28	1.6	97.0	797.7	699.0	50.0	3.0	11.0	12.791
	5	Jim French	WS2	26	1.5	53.0	436.3	268.0	42.0	5.0	2.0	10.728
	6	Buck Rodgers	CAL	29	0.9	87.0	658.0	407.0	50.0	7.0	11.0	6.905
	7	Andy Etchebarren	BAL	25	0.7	70.0	512.0	414.0	29.0	1.0	3.0	4.759
	8	Frank Fernandez	NYA	25	0.7	45.0	379.3	240.0	27.0	3.0	2.0	5.681
1B	1	Norm Cash	DET	34	3.1	117.0	965.7	924.0	88.0	8.0	66.0	20.897
	2	Tommy McCraw	CHA	27	1.0	135.0	1136.3	1285.0	93.0	20.0	103.0	7.878
	3	Danny Cater	OAK	28	0.7	121.0	1008.7	985.0	68.0	5.0	89.0	6.100
	4	Chuck Hinton	CAL	34	0.6	48.0	321.0	334.0	33.0	5.0	30.0	4.187
	5	Jim Spencer	CAL	20	0.4	19.0	168.0	152.0	18.0	1.0	15.0	2.991
	6	Pete Ward	CHA	30	0.3	31.0	228.7	238.0	18.0	0.0	17.0	2.575
	7	Al Kaline	DET	33	0.3	22.0	165.0	152.0	13.0	4.0	15.0	1.917
	8	Bill Freehan	DET	26	0.2	21.0	172.0	162.0	10.0	1.0	11.0	1.560
2B	1	Horace Clarke	NYA	29	2.6	139.0	1215.3	357.0	444.0	13.0	80.0	21.555
	2	Bobby Knoop	CAL	29	2.3	151.0	1268.0	350.0	425.0	15.0	94.0	17.016
	3	Bernie Allen	WS2	29	1.7	110.0	836.3	263.0	271.0	5.0	63.0	12.699
	4	Mike Andrews	BOS	24	1.2	139.0	1204.3	330.0	375.0	17.0	93.0	9.865
	5	Dick Green	OAK	27	0.8	61.0	485.7	124.0	170.0	8.0	35.0	6.577
	6	Dick Howser	NYA	32	0.8	29.0	252.0	58.0	103.0	3.0	19.0	6.339
	7	Frank Quilici	MIN	29	0.5	48.0	319.7	93.0	101.0	0.0	21.0	3.524
	8	Tim Cullen	2 teams	26	0.3	87.0	572.3	138.0	190.0	12.0	41.0	2.434
3B	1	Brooks Robinson	BAL	31	2.9	162.0	1435.0	168.0	353.0	16.0	31.0	19.074
	2	Paul Schaal	CAL	25	1.9	58.0	489.3	61.0	142.0	9.0	13.0	14.131
	3	Ken McMullen	WS2	26	1.6	145.0	1255.0	185.0	296.0	19.0	26.0	11.773
	4	Cesar Tovar	MIN	27	1.1	75.0	545.7	48.0	147.0	14.0	8.0	8.184
	5	Joe Foy	BOS	25	1.1	147.0	1286.3	116.0	313.0	30.0	36.0	8.661
	6	Frank Quilici	MIN	29	0.8	40.0	231.0	28.0	64.0	3.0	9.0	6.105
	7	Bobby Cox	NYA	27	0.8	132.0	1145.7	98.0	279.0	17.0	22.0	6.737
	8	Mike Ferraro	NYA	23	0.8	22.0	196.3	16.0	61.0	2.0	3.0	6.486
SS	1	Luis Aparicio	CHA	34	3.7	156.0	1356.3	269.0	535.0	19.0	92.0	29.758
	2	Tom Tresh	NYA	29	2.3	119.0	1030.0	199.0	409.0	31.0	70.0	18.357
	3	Mark Belanger	BAL	24	2.2	145.0	1234.0	248.0	444.0	22.0	73.0	14.507
	4	Rico Petrocelli	BOS	25	2.0	117.0	974.7	169.0	360.0	12.0	66.0	16.025
	5	Ron Hansen	2 teams	30	1.7	88.0	710.3	140.0	273.0	16.0	47.0	12.787
	6	Bert Campaneris	OAK	26	0.5	155.0	1364.7	279.0	458.0	34.0	86.0	4.004
	7	Rich Morales	CHA	24	0.4	7.0	25.0	12.0	16.0	1.0	4.0	3.351
	8	Ed Brinkman	WS2	26	0.3	74.0	557.7	97.0	197.0	10.0	28.0	2.479
LF	1	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	28	1.1	154.0	1320.0	302.0	12.0	2.0	3.0	9.330
	2	Roy White	NYA	24	0.8	119.0	1060.3	231.0	13.0	1.0	4.0	6.775
	3	Rick Reichardt	CAL	25	0.4	148.0	1269.7	260.0	9.0	3.0	2.0	3.201
	4	Curt Blefary	BAL	24	0.3	55.0	375.0	83.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.804
	5	Lee Maye	CLE	33	0.2	70.0	487.3	106.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	1.996
	6	Jimmie Hall	2 teams	30	0.2	24.0	155.0	41.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.886
	7	Don Buford	BAL	31	0.2	27.0	200.7	45.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.471
	8	Ed Stroud	WS2	28	0.2	26.0	127.0	33.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.584
CF	1	Del Unser	WS2	23	0.9	156.0	1368.3	390.0	20.0	5.0	9.0	6.582
	2	Vic Davalillo	2 teams	28	0.8	73.0	568.3	181.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	5.623
	3	Reggie Smith	BOS	23	0.7	154.0	1341.3	384.0	8.0	6.0	1.0	5.349
	4	Paul Blair	BAL	24	0.6	132.0	977.0	272.0	10.0	2.0	2.0	4.282
	5	Mickey Stanley	DET	25	0.5	131.0	1109.7	301.0	7.0	0.0	3.0	3.114
	6	Roger Repoz	CAL	27	0.4	71.0	517.3	153.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	2.723
	7	Ken Berry	CHA	27	0.3	149.0	1248.3	343.0	11.0	7.0	1.0	2.820
	8	Cesar Tovar	MIN	27	0.3	36.0	269.3	81.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	2.123
RF	1	Jim Northrup	DET	28	0.9	105.0	894.3	219.0	5.0	7.0	1.0	5.919
	2	Ken Harrelson	BOS	26	0.5	132.0	1138.0	238.0	8.0	0.0	1.0	4.202
	3	Tony Oliva	MIN	29	0.4	126.0	1099.3	229.0	7.0	4.0	1.0	3.079
	4	Andy Kosco	NYA	26	0.4	96.0	806.3	179.0	10.0	7.0	1.0	3.294
	5	Brant Alyea	WS2	27	0.3	24.0	192.0	52.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.505
	6	Al Kaline	DET	33	0.3	70.0	584.0	129.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	1.954
	7	Woodie Held	2 teams	36	0.2	25.0	95.3	29.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.848
	8	Buddy Bradford	CHA	23	0.2	59.0	377.3	88.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	1.608