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1968 Washington Senators season

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Major League Baseball team season

1968 Washington Senators

League

City

Record

65–96 (.404)

League place

10th

Owners

Television

Radio

WTOP
(Dan Daniels,John MacLean)

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The1968Washington Senators season was the eighth in theexpansion team's history, and it saw the Senators finish tenth and last in the ten-teamAmerican League with a record of 65 wins and 96 losses. The club also finished 20th and last inMLB attendance, with a total of 564,661 fans,^[1] a decrease of about 206,000 from 1967.Civil unrest inWashington, D.C., resulting from the April 4assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., caused a two-day postponement of the traditional Presidential opener, which had been scheduled forD.C. Stadium on April 8.^[2]

The Senators' struggles on the field and at the turnstiles helped drive ownerJames H. Lemon to put the team on the market. On December 3, 1968, it was announced thatMinneapolis businessman and politicianBob Short had outbid entertainerBob Hope to purchase the Washington franchise. Short had earlier owned a professional sports team when he purchased theMinneapolis Lakers of theNBA in 1957, moved them toLos Angeles in 1960, and sold the rebornLos Angeles Lakers toJack Kent Cooke in 1964.^[3]

In a front-office housecleaning, Short oustedgeneral manager George Selkirk and took responsibility for the club's baseball operations himself. He then made headlines by replacing 1968's first-yearmanager Jim Lemon (no relation to the former owner) withBaseball Hall of Fame hitterTed Williams, whom he lured back into uniform to become the club's new pilot.^[4] Williams' signing was announced just prior to spring training on February 21, 1969.^[5]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	103	59	.636	—	56‍–‍25	47‍–‍34
Baltimore Orioles	91	71	.562	12	47‍–‍33	44‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians	86	75	.534	16½	43‍–‍37	43‍–‍38
Boston Red Sox	86	76	.531	17	46‍–‍35	40‍–‍41
New York Yankees	83	79	.512	20	39‍–‍42	44‍–‍37
Oakland Athletics	82	80	.506	21	44‍–‍38	38‍–‍42
Minnesota Twins	79	83	.488	24	41‍–‍40	38‍–‍43
California Angels	67	95	.414	36	32‍–‍49	35‍–‍46
Chicago White Sox	67	95	.414	36	36‍–‍45	31‍–‍50
Washington Senators	65	96	.404	37½	34‍–‍47	31‍–‍49

1968 American League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	MIN	NYY	OAK	WAS
Baltimore	—	9–9	10–8	11–7	7–11	8–10	10–8	13–5	9–9	14–4
Boston	9–9	—	9–9	14–4	10–8	6–12	9–9	10–8	8–10	11–7
California	8–10	9–9	—	8–10	7–11	5–13	7–11	6–12	5–13	12–6
Chicago	7–11	4–14	10–8	—	5–13	5–13	10–8	6–12	10–8	10–8
Cleveland	11–7	8–10	11–7	13–5	—	6–12	14–4	10–8–1	6–12	7–10
Detroit	10–8	12–6	13–5	13–5	12–6	—	10–8	10–8–1	13–5–1	10–8
Minnesota	8–10	9–9	11–7	8–10	4–14	8–10	—	12–6	8–10	11–7
New York	5–13	8–10	12–6	12–6	8–10–1	8–10–1	6–12	—	10–8	14–4
Oakland	9–9	10–8	13–5	8–10	12–6	5–13–1	10–8	8–10	—	7–11
Washington	4–14	7–11	6–12	8–10	10–7	8–10	7–11	4–14	11–7	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Paul Casanova	96	322	63	.196	4	25
1B	Mike Epstein	123	385	90	.234	13	33
2B	Bernie Allen	120	373	90	.241	6	40
SS	Ron Hansen	86	275	51	.185	8	28
3B	Ken McMullen	151	557	138	.248	20	62
LF	Frank Howard	158	598	164	.274	44	106
CF	Del Unser	156	635	146	.230	1	30
RF	Ed Stroud	105	306	73	.239	4	23

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Cap Peterson	94	226	46	.204	3	18
Ed Brinkman	77	193	36	.187	0	6
Frank Coggins	62	171	30	.175	0	7
Jim French	59	165	32	.194	1	10
Brant Alyea	53	150	40	.267	6	23
Hank Allen	68	128	28	.219	1	9
Sam Bowens	57	115	22	.191	4	7
Tim Cullen	47	114	31	.272	1	16
Billy Bryan	40	108	22	.204	3	8
Fred Valentine	37	101	24	.238	3	7
Gary Holman	75	85	25	.294	0	7
Dick Billings	12	33	6	.182	1	3
Gene Martin	9	11	4	.364	1	1

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Joe Coleman	33	223.0	12	16	3.27	139
Camilo Pascual	31	201.0	13	12	2.69	111
Jim Hannan	25	140.1	10	6	3.01	75
Frank Bertaina	27	127.1	7	13	4.66	81
Gerry Schoen	1	3.2	0	1	7.36	1

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dick Bosman	46	139.0	2	9	3.69	63
Barry Moore	32	117.2	4	6	3.37	56
Phil Ortega	31	115.2	5	12	4.98	57
Bruce Howard	13	48.2	1	4	5.86	23

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Dennis Higgins	59	4	4	13	3.25	66
Bob Humphreys	56	5	7	2	3.69	56
Dave Baldwin	40	0	2	5	4.07	30
Darold Knowles	32	1	1	4	2.18	37
Bill Haywood	14	0	0	0	4.70	10
Steve Jones	7	1	2	0	5.91	11
Casey Cox	4	0	1	0	2.35	4
Jim Miles	3	0	0	0	12.46	5
Bill Denehy	3	0	0	0	9.00	1

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Wayne Terwilliger
AA	Savannah Senators	Southern League	Buddy Hicks
A	Burlington Senators	Carolina League	Len Johnston
A	Salisbury Senators	Western Carolinas League	Billy Klaus
A-Short Season	Geneva Senators	New York–Penn League	Joe Marchese

v t e 1968 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Minnesota New York Oakland Washington
National League	Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1968 MLB draft 1968 All-Star Game 1968 World Series 1968 MLB expansion draft

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