August 16, 1968

NEXT SIMS

Tue 2/10 (Sep 1)
Sat 2/14 (Sep 16)
Wed 2/18 (Sep 23)
 Rosters due noon ET
  
 

  EAST

W

L

GB

Last
 

Cleveland

64

54

--

5-8
 

Manhattan

62

55

1.5

7-7
 

Boston

60

56

3

11-3
 

Brooklyn

58

59

5.5

6-7
 

Washington

43

74

20.5

4-9
 

Detroit

43

75

21

6-7
           
 

  WEST

W

L

GB

Last
  

Los Angeles

72

44

--

7-7
 

St. Louis

69

48

3.5

7-7
 

Atlanta

63

53

9

9-5
 

San Francisco

60

58

13

6-8
 

Dallas

56

62

17

9-6
 

Chicago

53

65

20

6-9
 

 

 

 

 

INJURIES

Duration of at least one week -- new

ATL

2B Phil Gagliano (8 wk)
 

BOS

C Gene Oliver (8 mo)
SP Ray Herbert (6 mo)
LF Art Shamsky (4 mo)
 LF Manny Jimenez (3 wk)
CF Bobby Tolan (1-2 wk)
RF Rocky Colavito (1-2 wk)
 

BRO

CL Dick Sisler (12 mo)
MR Dick Selma (3 mo)
 

CHI

SS Sonny Jackson (7 mo)
SP Herb Score (6-7 mo)
SP Wilbur Wood (4-5 mo)
2B Davey Johnson (4 mo)
LF Jim Gosger (5 wk)
 

CLE

RF Jim Busby (5 mo)
 

DAL

LF Curt Blefary (2-3 mo)
MR Tony Phillips (2 mo)
 

DET

CF Cesar Tovar (5-6 mo)
 LF Carl Yastrzemski (3-4 wk)
3B Denis Menke (2 wk)
 

LA

SP Stan Bahnsen (5-6 wk)
RF Hank Aaron (2 wk)
 

MAN

SP Tom Seaver (10 mo)
 

STL

SP Bob Sadowski (2-3 mo)
SP Tom Sturdivant (5 wk)
MR Steve Ridzik (3 wk)
 

SF

1B Willie McCovey (3-4 wk)
 CF Rick Monday (1 wk)
 

WAS

SP Dick Hughes (career)
SP Jim Nash (8 mo)
C Del Crandall (2 mo)
 

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TRADES

July 20 (181)
 ST. LOUIS gets
SP Ron Kline
 SAN FRANCISCO gets 
SP Pat Dobson

 July 20 (182)
 ATLANTA gets
2B Dick Green
CLE '69 3rd round pick
 CLEVELAND gets 
LF Dick Williams

August 1 (183)
 BROOKLYN gets
MAN '70 4th round pick
 MANHATTAN gets 
SP Whitey Ford

August 1 (184)
 BROOKLYN gets
SP Bob Friend
CLE '69 1st round pick
CLE '69 2nd round pick
 CLEVELAND gets 
SP Gene Conley

August 1 (185)
 BROOKLYN gets
LF Willie Horton
STL '69 3rd round pick
 ST. LOUIS gets 
BRO '69 2nd round pick
$750,000
 

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Here Come the Feds!
Surging Boston Closes Gap on Slumping Barons
BOSTON (Aug. 16) -- The Boston Federals have a message for all the pundits who predicted a Barons slam dunk after acquiring Gene Conley: not if we can do anything about it!  Boston won 11 of its last 13 while Cleveland stumbled, and the Federals suddenly find themselves in the thick of a pennant race with just six weeks left in the season.

The Federals took four of six from Washington, before winning seven straight over pennant hopefuls Manhattan and Los Angeles.  The timing of the surge was most unlikely, coming just days after injuries shelved closer Ray Narleski and young righthander Gene Brabender with the club sitting 8.5 game back in fourth place.  But southpaw Pete Richert plugged the closer slot nicely, with a 0.00 ERA and one save in three appearances, and the rest of the staff picked up their game in Brabender's absence.  Gary Nolan was especially impressive, pitching nine shutout innings in a 3-2 13-inning win at Washington, and then beating Whitey Ford and Johnny Antonelli in his next two starts.  Mike Cuellar tossed two complete games, and Chris Short shut out the Monuments 3-0 on Aug. 4.

But the club with the second best rotation in the league has also been winning with its bats:
-- Aug. 8: Rico Petrocelli's two-run double in the eighth keyed a 4-2 win over the Sox
-- Aug. 10: Orlando Cepeda's two-run walk-off homer capped a four-run ninth inning rally in a 6-5 win
-- Aug. 11: Granny Hamner had five hits and Bill Freehan won the game with a pinch homer in the 12th in a 6-5 win at L.A.
-- Aug. 12: Jimmy Wynn tied the game with a two-run blast off Antonelli and Petrocelli's 8th inning double won it 4-3
-- Aug. 13: Cepeda had four hits, including a game-winning two-run homer for a 7-5 win in a 17-inning marathon at L.A.

Robinson Launches #400

Dick Hughes' Career Over at 29

 
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L E A D E R B O A R D S

BATTING AVERAGE

HOME RUNS

RBI

VORP

RUNS / GAME

Joe Torre, MAN

.379

Rod Carew, DAL

.342

Harvey Kuenn, CLE

.334

Lou Brock, SF

.330

Johnny Callison, CLE

.323

*Willie Stargell, MAN

.315

Jim Fregosi, STL

.313

Pete Ward, MAN

.310

Dick McAuliffe, BRO

.308

*Rocky Colavito, BOS

.306

 

 

 

 

Frank Robinson, LA

34

Boog Powell, DAL

32

Orlando Cepeda, BOS

30

Roger Maris, ATL

30

Dick Allen, DET

28

Bob Bailey, DAL

27

Harm Killebrew, ATL

26

*Joe Torre, MAN

25

Felix Mantilla, LA

24

Reggie Smith, STL

24

 

 

 

 

Boog Powell, DAL

92

Joe Torre, MAN

86

Harm Killebrew, ATL

85

*Willie Stargell, MAN

85

Mickey Mantle, BRO

84

Roger Maris, ATL

82

Johnny Romano, STL

82

Reggie Smith, STL

79

Orlando Cepeda, BOS

77

Don Demeter, LA

76

 

 

 

 

Joe Torre, MAN

69.1

Dick McAuliffe, BRO

56.5

Lou Brock, SF

52.5

Harvey Kuenn, CLE

48.8

Joe Morgan, STL

45.0

*Mickey Mantle, BRO

45.0

Vada Pinson, MAN

44.2

Frank Robinson, LA

43.7

Jim Fregosi, STL

43.1

Rod Carew, DAL

42.7

 

 

 

 
 

ST. LOUIS

5.4

 

MANHATTAN

5.1

 

ATLANTA

5.0
 

DALLAS

4.8

 

BROOKLYN

4.8

 

LOS ANGELES

4.7
 

CLEVELAND

4.5

 

BOSTON

4.5

 

DETROIT

4.5

 

CHICAGO

4.4

 

SAN FRANCISCO

4.4 

 

WASHINGTON

4.2

EARNED RUN AVERAGE

WINS

STRIKEOUTS

VORP

RUNS ALLOWED / GAME

Bob Moose, SF

1.66

Johnny Podres, CLE

1.74

Fritz Peterson, LA

2.77

Mike Cuellar, BOS

2.87

Gene Conley, CLE

2.95

Jim Merritt, DAL

3.21

Chris Short, BOS

3.22

*Bob Anderson, MAN

3.35

*Joey Jay, DET

3.43

*Bob Friend, BRO

3.47

 

 

 

 

Jim McGlothlin, LA

17

Fritz Peterson, LA

17

Lew Burdette, STL

15

Don Sutton, STL

15

Ron Reed, CHI

14

Sammy Ellis, BRO

13

Ron Kline, STL

13

Bob Moose, SF

13

Phil Niekro, MAN

13

Jim Palmer, ATL

13

Johnny Podres, CLE

13

 

 

Bob Moose, SF

171

Johnny Podres, CLE

159

Sammy Ellis, BRO

147

Gene Conley, CLE

143

Johnny Kucks, BRO

143

Nolan Ryan, STL

141

Jim Palmer, ATL

140

Johnny Antonelli, LA

137

Pedro Ramos, DET

136

Luis Tiant, SF

136

 

 

 

 

Bob Moose, SF

83.5

Johnny Podres, CLE

76.2

Fritz Peterson, LA

58.0

Mike Cuellar, BOS

49.6

*Joey Jay, DET

42.1

Bob Anderson, MAN

41.8

Chris Short, BOS

39.6

Jim Palmer, ATL

39.1

Jim Merritt, DAL

36.5

Lew Burdette, STL

33.9

 

 

 

 
 

LOS ANGELES

4.0

 

SAN FRANCISCO

4.1

 

CLEVELAND

4.4

 

BOSTON

4.5

 

ATLANTA

4.5

 

ST. LOUIS

4.7

 

CHICAGO

4.8

 

MANHATTAN

4.8

 

BROOKLYN

4.8

 

DALLAS

4.9

 

DETROIT

5.4
 

WASHINGTON

5.5

A W A R D S   &   M I L E S T O N E S

Batter of the Month

Pitcher of the Month

Rookie of the Month

Milestones

APR

Felix Mantilla, LA

MAY

Jim Fregosi, STL

JUN

Rocky Colavito, BOS

JUL

Mickey Mantle, BRO

AUG

 
SEP

 

APR

Fritz Peterson, LA

MAY

Nolan Ryan, STL

JUN

Bob Moose, SF

JUL

Bob Moose, SF (2)

AUG

 
SEP

 

APR

Cleon Jones, WAS

MAY

Cleon Jones, WAS

JUN

Andy Etchebarren, DAL

JUL

Bob Moose, SF

AUG

 
SEP

 

Frank Robinson, LA
400 home runs (Aug. 13), #6 all time
 Joey Jay, DET
150 wins (Aug. 2), #14-T all time








 

 

Player of the Week

4/8

Boog Powell, DAL

4/15

Chuck Hinton, CLE

4/22

Rod Carew, DAL

4/29

Carl Yastrzemski, DET

5/6

Cleon Jones, WAS

5/13

Joe Torre, MAN

5/20

Dick Allen, DET

5/27

Lou Brock SF

 

 

6/3

Joe Torre, MAN (2)

6/10

Pete Ward, MAN

6/17

Joe Torre, MAN (3)

6/24

Rocky Colavito, BOS

7/1

Frank Thomas, CLE

7/8

Willie Stargell, MAN

7/15

Mickey Mantle. BRO

7/22

Frank Robinson, LA

7/29

Joe Torre, MAN (4)

8/5

Tony Perez, STL

8/12

Lou Clinton, ATL

8/19

 

8/26

 

9/2

 

9/9

 

9/16

 

9/23