1968 CHICAGO CUBS

| Level: MLB

Location: Chicago,IL
Team Record: 84-78 .519
Result: 3rd in National League
Manager(s): Leo Durocher
General Manager: John Holland
Stadium: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 1,043,409
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Chicago Cubs affiliate history

Oldest Player: Bobby Tiefenauer (38)
Youngest Player: Jimmy McMath (18)
Longest Tenure: Ernie Banks (16)
Top Hitter: Billy Williams (2)
Top Pitcher: Fergie Jenkins (2)
Top Draft Pick: Ralph Rickey (#15)

Roster Continuity: 76.67%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
St. Louis	97	65	.599	--
SF Giants	88	74	.543	9.0
Chi Cubs	84	78	.519	13.0
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14.0
Atlanta	81	81	.500	16.0
Pittsburgh	80	82	.494	17.0
LA Dodgers	76	86	.469	21.0
Philadelphia	76	86	.469	21.0
NY Mets	73	89	.451	24.0
Houston	72	90	.444	25.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
11	Don Kessinger	ss	24	25	UDFA: 1964	MLB	160	655	63	157	14	7	1	32	9	9	38	86	2	1	11	1	7	.240	.283	.287	570	188	707	526	52	2.7	.274
18	Glenn Beckert	2b	14	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	155	643	98	189	28	4	4	37	8	4	31	20	2	0	5	4	6	.294	.326	.369	695	237	685	473	92	5.2	.297
26	Billy Williams	of	2	30	UDFA: 1956	MLB	163	642	91	185	30	8	30	98	4	1	48	53	2	10	0	7	13	.288	.336	.500	836	321	699	478	122	6.9	.274
10	Ron Santo	3b	11	28	UDFA: 1959	MLB	162	577	86	142	17	3	26	98	3	4	96	106	3	7	1	5	18	.246	.354	.421	775	243	682	463	90	5.3	.258
9	Randy Hundley	c	46	26	UDFA: 1960	MLB	160	553	41	125	18	4	7	65	1	0	39	69	4	6	5	5	19	.226	.280	.311	591	172	606	457	47	2.8	.245
14	Ernie Banks	1b-ss	28	37	UDFA: 1953	MLB	150	552	71	136	27	0	32	83	2	0	27	67	5	4	9	2	12	.246	.287	.469	756	259	595	439	83	5.1	.229
20	Adolfo Phillips	of	36	26	-	MLB	143	439	49	106	20	5	13	33	9	7	47	90	5	20	4	2	8	.241	.320	.399	719	175	497	354	57	4.3	.275
41	Lou Johnson	of	50	33	-	MLB	62	205	14	50	14	3	1	14	3	1	6	23	7	2	2	0	6	.244	.289	.356	645	73	220	164	23	3.8	.271
28	Jim Hickman	of-1b	-	31	UDFA: 1956	MLB	75	188	22	42	6	3	5	23	1	1	18	38	1	2	3	3	6	.223	.290	.367	657	69	213	159	20	3.4	.250
21	Al Spangler	of	-	34	-	MLB	88	177	21	48	9	3	2	18	0	1	20	24	1	2	2	3	4	.271	.343	.390	733	69	203	139	26	5.1	.299
25	Willie Smith	of-1b	-	29	-	MLB	55	142	13	39	8	2	5	25	0	0	12	33	1	2	1	1	1	.275	.333	.465	798	66	157	106	23	6.0	.324
31	Fergie Jenkins	p	-	24	UDFA: 1963	MLB	40	100	4	16	4	0	1	10	0	1	6	41	0	0	6	0	0	.160	.208	.230	438	23	112	91	1	0.2	.259
15	Dick Nen	1b	-	28	-	MLB	81	94	8	17	1	1	2	16	0	0	6	17	0	2	1	2	0	.181	.225	.277	502	26	103	80	5	1.8	.195
17	Jose Arcia	ss-2b	-	24	-	MLB	59	84	15	16	4	0	1	8	0	0	3	24	0	0	2	0	0	.190	.218	.274	492	23	89	70	3	1.3	.254
49	Bill Hands	p	-	28	UDFA: 1959	MLB	38	82	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	50	0	0	7	0	0	.061	.094	.061	155	5	92	84	-9	-3.0	.156
30	Ken Holtzman	p	-	22	1965-4-61	MLB	35	80	4	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	26	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.136	.137	273	11	82	71	-4	-1.4	.185
48	Joe Niekro	p	72	23	1966-7-84	MLB	34	60	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	23	0	0	9	0	1	.100	.156	.100	256	6	73	64	-3	-1.4	.162
32	Rich Nye	p	-	23	1968-22-502	MLB	27	44	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	18	0	0	1	1	1	.182	.178	.182	360	8	46	39	-1	-1.0	.296
27	Phil Regan	p	-	31	-	MLB	68	20	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	3	0	0	.150	.190	.200	390	4	24	20	0	-0.0	.250
19	Lee Elia	ss	-	30	UDFA: 1958	MLB	15	17	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.176	399	3	18	14	0	-0.2	.273
24	Jimmy McMath	of	-	18	1967-2-22	MLB	6	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	2	14	12	-1	-1.7	.250
12	John Boccabella	c-1b	-	27	UDFA: 1963	MLB	7	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	.071	.176	.071	248	1	17	14	0	-0.6	.077
12	Gene Oliver	c-1b	-	33	-	MLB	8	11	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	.364	.500	.364	864	4	14	8	2	6.9	.444
33	Gary Ross	p	-	20	1967-1-7	MLB	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	182	1	11	10	-1	-2.4	.143
37	John Upham	p	-	26	-	MLB	13	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	2	10	8	0	-0.1	.286
25	Ted Savage	of	-	32	-	MLB	3	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	2	8	7	0	0.2	.286
6	Randy Bobb	c	-	20	1967-1-2	MLB	7	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	347	1	9	7	0	-0.2	.167
40	Jack Lamabe	p	-	31	-	MLB	42	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.333	.200	533	1	7	5	0	1.8	.500
36	Bill Stoneman	p	-	24	1966-31-595	MLB	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
38	Darcy Fast	p	-	21	1967-6-102	MLB	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
8	Bill Plummer	c	-	21	UDFA: 1965	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
39	Archie Reynolds	p	-	22	1966-38-703	MLB	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1500	2	2	1	1	24.6	1.000
24	John Felske	c-1b	-	26	UDFA: 1962	MLB	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
22	Vic Larose	ss-2b	-	23	-	MLB	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333	0	3	2	0	-0.0	.000
42	Chuck Hartenstein	p	-	26	-	MLB	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
29	Clarence Jones	of-1b	-	26	-	MLB	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	500	0	4	2	0	4.4	.000
6	John Stephenson	c	-	27	UDFA: 1963	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
38,45	Bobby Tiefenauer	p	-	38	-	MLB	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
40	Pete Mikkelsen	p	-	28	UDFA: 1958	MLB	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	1	1	0	1	--	1.000
37	Frank Reberger	p	-	24	UDFA: 1966	MLB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1000	0	1	0	0	--	.000
Totals: (40 players)							162	5458	612	1319	203	43	130	576	41	30	415	854	36	58	74	37	103	.242	.298	.366	664	1998	6020	4383	623	3.8	.264

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
31	Fergie Jenkins	2	24	UDFA: 1963	MLB	20	15	2.63	40	40	20	3	0	0	308.0	255	96	90	26	65	260	6	1	1.04	7.45	0.76	1.90	7.60	0.25	.266	0.93
49	Bill Hands	8	28	UDFA: 1959	MLB	16	10	2.89	38	34	11	4	0	0	258.2	221	91	83	26	36	148	4	0	0.99	7.69	0.90	1.25	5.15	0.24	.250	1.64
30	Ken Holtzman	44	22	1965-4-61	MLB	11	14	3.35	34	32	6	3	1	1	215.0	201	89	80	17	76	151	9	0	1.29	8.41	0.71	3.18	6.32	0.50	.287	1.17
48	Joe Niekro	40	23	1966-7-84	MLB	14	10	4.32	34	29	2	1	4	2	177.0	204	93	85	18	59	65	3	0	1.49	10.37	0.92	3.00	3.31	0.91	.304	1.14
32	Rich Nye	57	23	1968-22-502	MLB	7	12	3.80	27	20	6	1	3	1	132.2	145	65	56	16	34	74	1	1	1.35	9.84	1.09	2.31	5.02	0.46	.297	1.38
27	Phil Regan	24	31	-	MLB	10	5	2.20	68	0	0	0	60	25	127.0	109	36	31	9	24	60	3	0	1.05	7.72	0.64	1.70	4.25	0.40	.249	1.41
40	Jack Lamabe	65	31	-	MLB	3	2	4.26	42	0	0	0	16	1	61.1	68	33	29	7	24	30	4	1	1.50	9.98	1.03	3.52	4.40	0.80	.308	0.96
33	Gary Ross	-	20	1967-1-7	MLB	1	1	4.17	13	5	1	0	4	0	41.0	44	22	19	1	25	31	4	0	1.68	9.66	0.22	5.49	6.80	0.81	.355	2.58
42	Chuck Hartenstein	-	26	-	MLB	2	4	4.54	28	0	0	0	10	1	35.2	41	19	18	3	11	17	2	0	1.46	10.35	0.76	2.78	4.29	0.65	.314	2.95
36	Bill Stoneman	-	24	1966-31-595	MLB	0	1	5.52	18	0	0	0	3	0	29.1	35	19	18	6	14	18	1	0	1.67	10.74	1.84	4.30	5.52	0.78	.322	0.91
39	Archie Reynolds	-	22	1966-38-703	MLB	0	1	6.75	7	1	0	0	2	0	13.1	14	10	10	1	7	6	1	0	1.58	9.45	0.68	4.73	4.05	1.17	.283	0.71
38,45	Bobby Tiefenauer	-	38	-	MLB	0	1	6.08	9	0	0	0	5	1	13.1	20	12	9	2	2	9	0	0	1.65	13.50	1.35	1.35	6.08	0.22	.391	1.06
38	Darcy Fast	-	21	1967-6-102	MLB	0	1	5.40	8	1	0	0	2	0	10.0	8	6	6	1	8	10	0	0	1.60	7.20	0.90	7.20	9.00	0.80	.269	1.00
33	Ramon Hernandez	-	27	UDFA: 1959	MLB	0	0	9.00	8	0	0	0	3	0	9.0	14	11	9	1	0	3	1	0	1.56	14.00	1.00	0.00	3.00	0.00	.361	2.00
37	John Upham	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0.71	2.57	0.00	3.86	2.57	1.50	.095	1.11
37	Frank Reberger	-	24	UDFA: 1966	MLB	0	1	4.50	3	1	0	0	1	0	6.0	9	4	3	1	2	3	0	0	1.83	13.50	1.50	3.00	4.50	0.67	.364	3.67
40	Pete Mikkelsen	-	28	UDFA: 1958	MLB	0	0	7.71	3	0	0	0	1	0	4.2	7	4	4	3	1	5	0	0	1.71	13.50	5.79	1.93	9.64	0.20	.333	1.25
25	Willie Smith	-	29	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.75	0.00	--	5.00
47	Jophery Brown	-	23	1966-4-60	MLB	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.50	9.00	0.00	4.50	0.00	--	.286	2.00
Totals: (40 players)						84	78	3.41	162	162	46	12	116	32	1,454	1399	611	551	130	392	894	41	3	1.19	8.66	0.85	2.43	5.53	0.44	.283

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Randy Hundley	C	160		885	81	5	11	.995	0.00
Randy Bobb	C	7		14	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
John Boccabella	C	4		27	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
John Felske	C	3		5	0	1	0	.833	0.00
Gene Oliver	C	1		10	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bill Plummer	C	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ernie Banks	1B	147		1379	88	6	118	.996	0.00
Dick Nen	1B	52		219	11	3	12	.987	0.00
Willie Smith	1B	4		16	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Gene Oliver	1B	2		14	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Clarence Jones	1B	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Glenn Beckert	2B	155		356	461	19	107	.977	0.00
Jose Arcia	2B	10		22	19	0	2	1.000	0.00
Vic Larose	2B	2		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Lee Elia	2B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ron Santo	3B	162		130	378	15	33	.971	0.00
Jose Arcia	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Lee Elia	3B	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Don Kessinger	SS	159		263	573	33	97	.962	0.00
Jose Arcia	SS	7		8	15	2	1	.920	0.00
Lee Elia	SS	2		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Vic Larose	SS	2		0	4	1	0	.800	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Williams	OF	163		261	4	9	0	.967	0.00
Adolfo Phillips	OF	141		311	11	7	3	.979	0.00
Jim Hickman	OF	66		115	4	3	0	.975	0.00
Lou Johnson	OF	57		97	0	3	0	.970	0.00
Al Spangler	OF	48		71	2	2	1	.973	0.00
Willie Smith	OF	38		42	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jose Arcia	OF	17		19	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jimmy McMath	OF	3		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ted Savage	OF	2		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
John Upham	OF	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
John Boccabella	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Gene Oliver	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Phil Regan	P	68	127	9	23	2	1	.941	2.27
Jack Lamabe	P	42	61	3	8	0	1	1.000	1.62
Fergie Jenkins	P	40	308	14	41	0	5	1.000	1.61
Bill Hands	P	38	258	21	39	1	0	.984	2.09
Ken Holtzman	P	34	215	2	42	1	3	.978	1.84
Joe Niekro	P	34	177	9	33	0	2	1.000	2.14
Chuck Hartenstein	P	28	35	4	5	2	1	.818	2.30
Rich Nye	P	27	132	6	22	2	2	.933	1.91
Bill Stoneman	P	18	29	2	4	1	0	.857	1.86
Gary Ross	P	13	41	2	7	0	0	1.000	1.98
Bobby Tiefenauer	P	9	13	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.37
Darcy Fast	P	8	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.80
Ramon Hernandez	P	8	9	0	3	1	0	.750	3.00
Archie Reynolds	P	7	13	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.69
Pete Mikkelsen	P	3	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.14
Frank Reberger	P	3	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.00
John Upham	P	2	7	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.86
Jophery Brown	P	1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	9.00
Willie Smith	P	1	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	12.27

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