1968 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1968 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1968 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Frank Howard led with 44 home runs, Ken Harrelson led with 109 RBI, and Pete Rose led with 210 hits. Batting leaders require at least 200 at bats and pitching leaders at least 50 innings pitched, which is why a part-season line does not appear here.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Minimum 200 at-bats required

1968 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1968 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Pete Rose CIN 149 626 94 210 42 6 10 49 3 56 76 0.335 0.391 0.470 0.861
Matty Alou PIT 146 558 59 185 28 4 0 52 18 27 26 0.332 0.362 0.396 0.758
Felipe Alou ATL 160 662 72 210 37 5 11 57 12 48 56 0.317 0.365 0.438 0.803
Alex Johnson CIN 149 603 79 188 32 6 2 58 16 26 71 0.312 0.342 0.395 0.737
Curt Flood SLN 150 618 71 186 17 4 5 60 11 33 58 0.301 0.339 0.366 0.705
Carl Yastrzemski BOS 157 539 90 162 32 2 23 74 13 119 90 0.301 0.426 0.495 0.922
Vic Davalillo CAL 93 339 34 101 15 4 1 18 17 15 34 0.298 0.326 0.375 0.700
Cleon Jones NYN 147 509 63 151 29 4 14 55 23 31 98 0.297 0.341 0.452 0.793
Glenn Beckert CHN 155 643 98 189 28 4 4 37 8 31 20 0.294 0.326 0.369 0.695
Willie McCovey SFN 148 523 81 153 16 4 36 105 4 72 71 0.293 0.378 0.545 0.923
Rusty Staub HOU 161 591 54 172 37 1 6 72 2 73 57 0.291 0.373 0.387 0.761
Roberto Clemente PIT 132 502 74 146 18 12 18 57 2 51 77 0.291 0.355 0.482 0.838
Lee May CIN 146 559 78 162 32 1 22 80 4 34 100 0.290 0.337 0.469 0.805
Danny Cater OAK 147 504 53 146 28 3 6 62 8 35 43 0.290 0.336 0.393 0.729
Felix Millan ATL 149 570 49 165 22 2 1 33 6 22 26 0.289 0.321 0.340 0.661
Tony Oliva MIN 128 470 54 136 24 5 18 68 10 45 61 0.289 0.357 0.477 0.833
Willie Mays SFN 148 498 84 144 20 5 23 79 12 67 81 0.289 0.372 0.488 0.860
Billy Williams CHN 163 642 91 185 30 8 30 98 4 48 53 0.288 0.336 0.500 0.836
Tommy Helms CIN 127 507 35 146 28 2 2 47 5 12 27 0.288 0.305 0.363 0.668
Al Kaline DET 102 327 49 94 14 1 10 53 6 55 39 0.287 0.392 0.428 0.820
Hank Aaron ATL 160 606 84 174 33 4 29 86 28 64 62 0.287 0.354 0.498 0.852
Tito Francona ATL 122 346 32 99 13 1 2 47 3 51 45 0.286 0.376 0.347 0.723
Willie Horton DET 143 512 68 146 20 2 36 85 0 49 110 0.285 0.352 0.543 0.895
Tom Haller LAN 144 474 37 135 27 5 4 53 1 46 76 0.285 0.345 0.388 0.733
Ted Uhlaender MIN 140 488 52 138 21 5 7 52 16 28 46 0.283 0.324 0.389 0.714
Jerry Grote NYN 124 404 29 114 18 0 3 31 1 44 81 0.282 0.357 0.349 0.706
Don Buford BAL 130 426 65 120 13 4 15 46 27 57 46 0.282 0.367 0.437 0.804
Tony Perez CIN 160 625 93 176 25 7 18 92 3 51 92 0.282 0.338 0.430 0.769
Russ Snyder CLE 68 217 30 61 8 2 2 23 1 25 21 0.281 0.354 0.364 0.718
Manny Mota PIT 111 331 35 93 10 2 1 33 4 20 19 0.281 0.320 0.332 0.653
Lee Maye CLE 109 299 20 84 13 2 4 26 0 15 24 0.281 0.316 0.378 0.694
Joe Azcue CLE 115 357 23 100 10 0 4 42 1 28 33 0.280 0.331 0.342 0.672
Lou Brock SLN 159 660 92 184 46 14 6 51 62 46 124 0.279 0.328 0.418 0.746
Maury Wills PIT 153 627 76 174 12 6 0 31 52 45 57 0.278 0.326 0.316 0.642
Ed Charles NYN 117 369 41 102 11 1 15 53 5 28 57 0.276 0.328 0.434 0.761
Bert Campaneris OAK 159 642 87 177 25 9 4 38 62 50 69 0.276 0.330 0.361 0.692
Johnny Bench CIN 154 564 67 155 40 2 15 82 1 31 96 0.275 0.311 0.433 0.743
Ken Harrelson BOS 150 535 79 147 17 4 35 109 2 69 90 0.275 0.356 0.518 0.874
Frank Howard WS2 158 598 79 164 28 3 44 106 0 54 141 0.274 0.338 0.552 0.890
Rick Monday OAK 148 482 56 132 24 7 8 49 14 72 143 0.274 0.371 0.402 0.773
Rod Carew MIN 127 461 46 126 27 2 1 42 12 26 71 0.273 0.312 0.347 0.659
Cesar Tovar MIN 157 613 89 167 31 6 6 47 35 34 41 0.272 0.326 0.372 0.698
Dick Dietz SFN 98 301 21 82 14 2 6 38 1 34 68 0.272 0.347 0.392 0.739
Mike Hershberger OAK 99 246 23 67 9 2 5 32 8 21 22 0.272 0.327 0.386 0.713
Ken Boyer LAN 83 221 20 60 7 2 6 41 2 16 34 0.271 0.317 0.403 0.720
Joe Torre ATL 115 424 45 115 11 2 10 55 1 34 72 0.271 0.332 0.377 0.709
Vada Pinson CIN 130 499 60 135 29 6 5 48 17 32 59 0.271 0.311 0.383 0.694
Mike Andrews BOS 147 536 77 145 22 1 7 45 3 81 57 0.271 0.368 0.354 0.723
Len Gabrielson LAN 108 304 38 82 16 1 10 35 1 32 47 0.270 0.337 0.428 0.765
Jim Wynn HOU 156 542 85 146 23 5 26 67 11 90 131 0.269 0.376 0.474 0.850
Frank Robinson BAL 130 421 69 113 27 1 15 52 11 73 84 0.268 0.390 0.444 0.834
Tommy Davis CHA 132 456 30 122 5 3 8 50 4 16 48 0.268 0.289 0.344 0.633
Doug Rader HOU 98 333 42 89 16 4 6 43 2 31 51 0.267 0.328 0.393 0.721
Roy White NYA 159 577 89 154 20 7 17 62 20 73 50 0.267 0.350 0.414 0.764
Mike Shannon SLN 156 576 62 153 29 2 15 79 1 37 114 0.266 0.309 0.401 0.710
Reggie Smith BOS 155 558 78 148 37 5 15 69 22 64 77 0.265 0.342 0.430 0.772
Tony Gonzalez PHI 121 416 45 110 13 4 3 38 6 40 42 0.264 0.335 0.337 0.671
Jim Northrup DET 154 580 76 153 29 7 21 90 4 50 87 0.264 0.324 0.447 0.770
Luis Aparicio CHA 157 622 55 164 24 4 4 36 17 33 43 0.264 0.302 0.334 0.636
Bill Freehan DET 155 540 73 142 24 2 25 84 0 65 64 0.263 0.366 0.454 0.819
Dick Allen PHI 152 521 87 137 17 9 33 90 7 74 161 0.263 0.352 0.520 0.872
Norm Cash DET 127 411 50 108 15 1 25 63 1 39 70 0.263 0.329 0.487 0.816
Jesus Alou SFN 120 419 26 110 15 4 0 39 1 9 23 0.263 0.278 0.317 0.596
Ken Boswell NYN 75 284 37 74 7 2 4 11 7 16 27 0.261 0.300 0.342 0.642
Julian Javier SLN 139 519 54 135 25 4 4 52 10 24 61 0.260 0.291 0.347 0.638
Roberto Peña PHI 138 500 56 130 13 2 1 38 3 34 63 0.260 0.307 0.300 0.607
Rich Reese MIN 126 332 40 86 15 2 4 28 3 18 36 0.259 0.301 0.352 0.654
Mickey Stanley DET 153 583 88 151 16 6 11 60 4 42 57 0.259 0.311 0.364 0.675
Jim Ray Hart SFN 136 480 67 124 14 3 23 78 3 46 74 0.258 0.323 0.444 0.767
Lou Johnson CLE 65 202 25 52 11 1 5 23 6 9 24 0.257 0.298 0.396 0.694
Jose Cardenal CLE 157 583 78 150 21 7 7 44 40 39 74 0.257 0.305 0.353 0.658
Donn Clendenon PIT 158 584 63 150 20 6 17 87 10 47 163 0.257 0.309 0.399 0.708
Roger Maris SLN 100 310 25 79 18 2 5 45 0 24 38 0.255 0.307 0.374 0.681
Freddie Patek PIT 61 208 31 53 4 2 2 18 18 12 37 0.255 0.298 0.322 0.620
Rick Reichardt CAL 151 534 62 136 20 3 21 73 8 42 118 0.255 0.328 0.421 0.749
John Briggs PHI 110 338 36 86 13 1 7 31 8 58 72 0.254 0.364 0.361 0.725
Bobby Bonds SFN 81 307 55 78 10 5 9 35 16 38 84 0.254 0.336 0.407 0.743
Tim McCarver SLN 128 434 35 110 15 6 5 48 4 26 31 0.253 0.295 0.350 0.645
Sandy Alomar CHA 133 363 41 92 8 2 0 12 21 20 42 0.253 0.292 0.287 0.578
Brooks Robinson BAL 162 608 65 154 36 6 17 75 1 44 55 0.253 0.304 0.416 0.720
Dal Maxvill SLN 151 459 51 116 8 5 1 24 0 52 71 0.253 0.329 0.298 0.627
Tom Satriano CAL 111 297 20 75 9 0 8 35 0 37 44 0.253 0.337 0.364 0.701
Mack Jones CIN 103 234 40 59 9 1 10 34 2 28 46 0.252 0.341 0.427 0.768
Ken Berry CHA 153 504 49 127 21 2 7 32 6 25 64 0.252 0.288 0.343 0.631
Sal Bando OAK 162 605 67 152 25 5 9 67 13 51 78 0.251 0.314 0.354 0.668
Bill Mazeroski PIT 143 506 36 127 18 2 3 42 3 38 38 0.251 0.304 0.312 0.616
Tony Taylor PHI 145 547 59 137 20 2 3 38 22 39 60 0.250 0.302 0.311 0.613
Willie Davis LAN 160 643 86 161 24 10 7 31 36 31 88 0.250 0.284 0.351 0.636
Reggie Jackson OAK 154 553 82 138 13 6 29 74 14 50 171 0.250 0.316 0.452 0.768
Ron Hunt SFN 148 529 79 132 19 0 2 28 6 78 41 0.250 0.371 0.297 0.667
Tony Horton CLE 133 477 57 119 29 3 14 59 3 34 56 0.249 0.302 0.411 0.713
Duke Sims CLE 122 361 48 90 21 0 11 44 1 62 68 0.249 0.366 0.399 0.765
Dick McAuliffe DET 151 570 95 142 24 10 16 56 8 82 99 0.249 0.344 0.411 0.755
Boog Powell BAL 154 550 60 137 21 1 22 85 7 73 97 0.249 0.338 0.411 0.748
Denis Menke HOU 150 542 56 135 23 6 6 56 5 64 81 0.249 0.334 0.347 0.681
Bobby Knoop CAL 152 494 48 123 20 4 3 39 3 35 128 0.249 0.301 0.324 0.625
John Bateman HOU 111 350 28 87 19 0 4 33 1 23 46 0.249 0.297 0.337 0.635
Orlando Cepeda SLN 157 600 71 149 26 2 16 73 8 43 96 0.248 0.306 0.378 0.685
Ken McMullen WS2 151 557 66 138 11 2 20 62 1 63 66 0.248 0.326 0.382 0.708
Bob Allison MIN 145 469 63 116 16 8 22 52 9 52 98 0.247 0.324 0.456 0.780
Duane Josephson CHA 128 434 35 107 16 6 6 45 2 18 52 0.247 0.284 0.353 0.636
Ernie Banks CHN 150 552 71 136 27 0 32 83 2 27 67 0.246 0.287 0.469 0.756
Ron Santo CHN 162 577 86 142 17 3 26 98 3 96 106 0.246 0.354 0.421 0.775
Joe Pepitone NYA 108 380 41 93 9 3 15 56 8 37 45 0.245 0.311 0.403 0.714
Gene Alley PIT 133 474 48 116 20 2 4 39 13 39 78 0.245 0.307 0.321 0.628
Frank Quilici MIN 97 229 22 56 11 4 1 22 0 21 45 0.245 0.305 0.341 0.645
Jim Fregosi CAL 159 614 77 150 21 13 9 49 9 60 101 0.244 0.315 0.365 0.680
Lou Johnson CHN 62 205 14 50 14 3 1 14 3 6 23 0.244 0.289 0.356 0.645
Tommie Aaron ATL 98 283 21 69 10 3 1 25 3 21 37 0.244 0.295 0.311 0.606
Johnny Callison PHI 121 398 46 97 18 4 14 40 4 42 70 0.244 0.319 0.415 0.734
Ron Swoboda NYN 132 450 46 109 14 6 11 59 8 52 113 0.242 0.325 0.373 0.699
Aurelio Rodriguez CAL 76 223 14 54 10 1 1 16 0 17 36 0.242 0.299 0.309 0.608
Davey Johnson BAL 145 504 50 122 24 4 9 56 7 44 80 0.242 0.308 0.359 0.667
Vern Fuller CLE 97 244 14 59 8 2 0 18 2 24 49 0.242 0.316 0.291 0.607
Adolfo Phillips CHN 143 439 49 106 20 5 13 33 9 47 90 0.241 0.320 0.399 0.719
Elston Howard BOS 71 203 22 49 4 0 5 18 1 22 45 0.241 0.317 0.335 0.652
Rich Rollins MIN 93 203 14 49 5 0 6 30 3 10 34 0.241 0.287 0.355 0.642
Bernie Allen WS2 120 373 31 90 12 4 6 40 2 28 35 0.241 0.301 0.343 0.644
Jim Lefebvre LAN 84 286 23 69 12 1 5 31 0 26 55 0.241 0.304 0.343 0.646
Andy Kosco NYA 131 466 47 112 19 1 15 59 2 16 71 0.240 0.268 0.382 0.650
Roger Repoz CAL 133 375 30 90 8 1 13 54 8 38 83 0.240 0.309 0.371 0.680
Bill Robinson NYA 107 342 34 82 16 7 6 40 7 26 54 0.240 0.294 0.380 0.674
Don Kessinger CHN 160 655 63 157 14 7 1 32 9 38 86 0.240 0.283 0.287 0.570
Wes Parker LAN 135 468 42 112 22 2 3 27 4 49 87 0.239 0.312 0.314 0.626
Johnny Edwards SLN 85 230 14 55 9 1 3 29 1 16 20 0.239 0.287 0.326 0.613
Bill White PHI 127 385 34 92 16 2 9 40 0 39 79 0.239 0.309 0.361 0.670
Ed Stroud WS2 105 306 41 73 10 10 4 23 9 20 50 0.239 0.284 0.376 0.660
Art Shamsky NYN 116 345 30 82 14 4 12 48 1 21 58 0.238 0.292 0.406 0.698
Norm Miller HOU 79 257 35 61 18 2 6 28 6 22 48 0.237 0.304 0.393 0.697
Mickey Mantle NYA 144 435 57 103 14 1 18 54 6 106 97 0.237 0.385 0.398 0.782
Willie Stargell PIT 128 435 57 103 15 1 24 67 5 47 105 0.237 0.315 0.441 0.757
Don Mincher CAL 120 399 35 94 12 1 13 48 0 43 65 0.236 0.312 0.368 0.680
Tommy McCraw CHA 136 477 51 112 16 12 9 44 20 36 58 0.235 0.293 0.375 0.668
Leo Cardenas CIN 137 452 45 106 13 2 7 41 2 36 83 0.235 0.292 0.319 0.611
Dalton Jones BOS 111 354 38 83 13 0 5 29 1 17 53 0.234 0.271 0.314 0.584
Larry Brown CLE 154 495 43 116 18 3 6 35 1 43 46 0.234 0.300 0.319 0.619
Rico Petrocelli BOS 123 406 41 95 17 2 12 46 0 31 73 0.234 0.292 0.374 0.667
Mike Epstein WS2 123 385 40 90 8 2 13 33 1 48 91 0.234 0.338 0.366 0.704
Ron Fairly LAN 141 441 32 103 15 1 4 43 0 41 61 0.234 0.301 0.299 0.600
Dick Green OAK 76 202 19 47 6 0 6 18 3 21 41 0.233 0.307 0.351 0.658
Jack Hiatt SFN 90 224 14 52 10 2 4 34 0 41 61 0.232 0.351 0.348 0.699
Paul Popovich LAN 134 418 35 97 8 1 2 25 1 29 37 0.232 0.280 0.270 0.551
Cookie Rojas PHI 152 621 53 144 19 0 9 48 4 16 55 0.232 0.248 0.306 0.554
Ed Kranepool NYN 127 373 29 86 13 1 3 20 0 19 39 0.231 0.271 0.295 0.566
Marty Martinez ATL 113 356 34 82 5 3 0 12 6 29 28 0.230 0.291 0.261 0.552
Bobby Tolan SLN 92 278 28 64 12 1 5 17 9 13 42 0.230 0.272 0.335 0.607
Del Unser WS2 156 635 66 146 13 7 1 30 11 46 66 0.230 0.282 0.277 0.560
Horace Clarke NYA 148 579 52 133 6 1 2 26 20 23 46 0.230 0.258 0.254 0.512
Bobby Cox NYA 135 437 33 100 15 1 7 41 3 41 85 0.229 0.300 0.316 0.616
Clete Boyer ATL 71 273 19 62 7 2 4 17 2 16 32 0.227 0.275 0.311 0.586
Bob Bailey LAN 105 322 24 73 9 3 8 39 1 38 69 0.227 0.308 0.348 0.656
Sonny Jackson ATL 105 358 37 81 8 2 1 19 16 25 35 0.226 0.282 0.268 0.550
Randy Hundley CHN 160 553 41 125 18 4 7 65 1 39 69 0.226 0.280 0.311 0.591
J. C. Martin NYN 78 244 20 55 9 2 3 31 0 21 31 0.225 0.298 0.316 0.613
Joe Foy BOS 150 515 65 116 18 2 10 60 26 84 91 0.225 0.336 0.326 0.662
Russ Gibson BOS 76 231 15 52 11 1 3 20 1 8 38 0.225 0.247 0.320 0.567
Bob Aspromonte HOU 124 409 25 92 9 2 1 46 1 35 57 0.225 0.285 0.264 0.549
Jim Davenport SFN 113 272 27 61 1 1 1 17 0 26 32 0.224 0.292 0.246 0.538
Mike Lum ATL 122 232 22 52 7 3 3 21 3 14 35 0.224 0.277 0.319 0.596
Max Alvis CLE 131 452 38 101 17 3 8 37 5 41 91 0.223 0.292 0.327 0.619
Ty Cline SFN 116 291 37 65 6 3 1 28 0 11 26 0.223 0.253 0.275 0.528
Hector Torres HOU 128 466 44 104 11 1 1 24 2 18 64 0.223 0.252 0.258 0.510
John Donaldson OAK 127 363 37 80 9 2 2 27 5 45 44 0.220 0.307 0.273 0.579
Bob Tillman ATL 86 236 16 52 4 0 5 20 1 16 55 0.220 0.278 0.301 0.579
Bud Harrelson NYN 111 402 38 88 7 3 0 14 4 29 68 0.219 0.273 0.251 0.524
Jerry May PIT 137 416 26 91 15 2 1 33 0 41 80 0.219 0.293 0.272 0.564
Tommie Agee NYN 132 368 30 80 12 3 5 17 13 15 103 0.217 0.255 0.307 0.562
Buddy Bradford CHA 103 281 32 61 11 0 5 24 8 23 67 0.217 0.277 0.310 0.587
Tommy Harper CLE 130 235 26 51 15 2 6 26 11 26 56 0.217 0.295 0.374 0.670
Jerry Adair BOS 74 208 18 45 1 0 2 12 0 9 28 0.216 0.252 0.250 0.502
John Roseboro MIN 135 380 31 82 12 0 8 39 2 46 57 0.216 0.300 0.311 0.611
Pete Ward CHA 125 399 43 86 15 0 15 50 4 76 85 0.216 0.354 0.366 0.720
Chico Salmon CLE 103 276 24 59 8 1 3 12 7 12 30 0.214 0.253 0.283 0.536
Jake Gibbs NYA 124 423 31 90 12 3 3 29 9 27 68 0.213 0.270 0.277 0.546
Ron Davis HOU 52 217 22 46 10 1 1 12 0 13 48 0.212 0.268 0.281 0.549
Paul Blair BAL 141 421 48 89 22 1 7 38 4 37 60 0.211 0.277 0.318 0.595
Harmon Killebrew MIN 100 295 40 62 7 2 17 40 0 70 70 0.210 0.361 0.420 0.782
Paul Schaal CAL 60 219 22 46 7 1 2 16 5 29 25 0.210 0.307 0.279 0.585
Don Lock PHI 99 248 27 52 7 2 8 34 3 26 64 0.210 0.283 0.351 0.633
Phil Linz NYN 78 258 19 54 7 0 0 17 1 10 41 0.209 0.243 0.236 0.479
Mark Belanger BAL 145 472 40 98 13 0 2 21 10 40 114 0.208 0.272 0.248 0.520
Deron Johnson ATL 127 342 29 71 11 1 8 33 0 35 79 0.208 0.285 0.316 0.600
Clay Dalrymple PHI 85 241 19 50 9 1 3 26 1 22 57 0.207 0.272 0.290 0.563
Hal Lanier SFN 151 486 37 100 14 1 0 27 2 12 57 0.206 0.222 0.239 0.461
Cap Peterson WS2 94 226 20 46 8 1 3 18 2 18 31 0.204 0.262 0.288 0.550
Tommy Matchick DET 80 227 18 46 6 2 3 14 0 10 46 0.203 0.248 0.286 0.534
Don Wert DET 150 536 44 107 15 1 12 37 0 37 79 0.200 0.258 0.299 0.556
Curt Blefary BAL 137 451 50 90 8 1 15 39 6 65 66 0.200 0.301 0.322 0.623
Curt Motton BAL 83 217 27 43 7 0 8 25 1 31 43 0.198 0.298 0.341 0.639
Zoilo Versalles LAN 122 403 29 79 16 3 2 24 6 26 84 0.196 0.244 0.266 0.510
Paul Casanova WS2 96 322 19 63 6 0 4 25 0 7 52 0.196 0.210 0.252 0.461
Tom Tresh NYA 152 507 60 99 18 3 11 52 10 76 97 0.195 0.304 0.308 0.612
Chuck Hinton CAL 116 267 28 52 10 3 7 23 3 24 61 0.195 0.259 0.333 0.592
Lee Thomas HOU 90 201 14 39 4 0 1 11 2 14 22 0.194 0.249 0.229 0.478
Dave Duncan OAK 82 246 15 47 4 0 7 28 1 25 68 0.191 0.266 0.293 0.559
Buck Rodgers CAL 91 258 13 49 6 0 1 14 2 16 48 0.190 0.244 0.225 0.469
Ron Hansen WS2 86 275 28 51 12 0 8 28 0 35 49 0.185 0.281 0.316 0.598
Ron Clark MIN 104 227 14 42 5 1 1 13 3 16 44 0.185 0.245 0.229 0.474
Mike Ryan PHI 96 296 12 53 6 1 1 15 0 15 59 0.179 0.218 0.216 0.434
Al Weis NYN 90 274 15 47 6 0 1 14 3 21 63 0.172 0.234 0.204 0.438
George Scott BOS 124 350 23 60 14 0 3 25 3 26 88 0.171 0.236 0.237 0.473
Dick Tracewski DET 90 212 30 33 3 1 4 15 3 24 51 0.156 0.239 0.236 0.475
Ray Oyler DET 111 215 13 29 6 1 1 12 0 20 59 0.135 0.212 0.186 0.399
Showing 1-50 of 203 qualified batters

Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

Complete Statistics

1968 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Bob Gibson SLN 22 9 34 34 28 13 0 304.6 198 38 62 268 1.12 0.85
Luis Tiant CLE 21 9 34 32 19 9 0 258.3 152 46 73 264 1.60 0.87
Vicente Romo CLE 5 3 40 1 0 0 12 83.3 43 15 32 54 1.62 0.90
Ron Kline PIT 12 5 56 0 0 0 7 112.6 94 21 31 48 1.68 1.11
Hoyt Wilhelm CHA 4 4 72 0 0 0 12 93.6 69 18 24 72 1.73 0.99
Lindy McDaniel NYA 4 1 24 0 0 0 10 51.3 30 10 12 43 1.75 0.82
Sam McDowell CLE 15 14 38 37 11 3 0 269.0 181 54 110 283 1.81 1.08
Wilbur Wood CHA 13 12 88 2 0 0 16 159.0 127 33 33 74 1.87 1.01
Moe Drabowsky BAL 4 4 45 0 0 0 7 61.3 35 13 25 46 1.91 0.98
Dave McNally BAL 22 10 35 35 18 5 0 273.0 175 59 55 202 1.95 0.84
Denny McLain DET 31 6 41 41 28 6 0 336.0 241 73 63 280 1.96 0.90
Tommy John CHA 10 5 25 25 5 1 0 177.3 135 39 49 117 1.98 1.04
Bobby Bolin SFN 10 5 34 19 6 3 0 176.6 128 39 46 126 1.99 0.98
Luke Walker PIT 0 3 39 2 0 0 3 61.6 42 14 39 66 2.04 1.31
Stan Bahnsen NYA 17 12 37 34 10 1 0 267.3 216 61 68 162 2.05 1.06
Bob Veale PIT 13 14 36 33 13 4 0 245.3 187 56 94 171 2.05 1.15
Jerry Koosman NYN 19 12 35 34 17 7 0 263.6 221 61 69 178 2.08 1.10
Mudcat Grant LAN 6 4 37 4 1 0 3 94.6 77 22 19 35 2.09 1.01
Frank Linzy SFN 9 8 57 0 0 0 12 94.6 76 22 27 36 2.09 1.09
Daryl Patterson DET 2 3 38 1 0 0 7 68.0 53 16 27 49 2.12 1.18
Steve Blass PIT 18 6 33 31 12 7 0 220.3 191 52 57 132 2.12 1.13
Steve Hamilton NYA 2 2 40 0 0 0 11 50.6 37 12 13 42 2.13 0.99
Don Drysdale LAN 14 12 31 31 12 8 0 239.0 201 57 56 155 2.15 1.08
Jack Billingham LAN 3 0 50 1 0 0 8 70.6 54 17 30 46 2.17 1.19
Tom Murphy CAL 5 6 15 15 3 0 0 99.3 67 24 28 56 2.17 0.96
Phil Regan CHN 10 5 68 0 0 0 25 127.0 109 31 24 60 2.20 1.05
Tom Seaver NYN 16 12 36 35 14 5 1 277.6 224 68 48 205 2.20 0.98
Andy Messersmith CAL 4 2 28 5 2 1 4 81.3 44 20 35 74 2.21 0.97
Jose Santiago BOS 9 4 18 18 7 2 0 124.0 96 31 42 86 2.25 1.11
Ray Washburn SLN 14 8 31 30 8 4 0 215.0 191 54 47 124 2.26 1.11
Jim Perry MIN 8 6 32 18 3 2 1 139.0 113 35 26 69 2.27 1.00
Eddie Watt BAL 5 5 59 0 0 0 11 83.3 63 21 35 72 2.27 1.18
Jim McAndrew NYN 4 7 12 12 2 1 0 79.0 66 20 17 46 2.28 1.05
Jim Nash OAK 13 13 34 33 12 6 0 228.6 185 58 55 169 2.28 1.05
Bob Locker CHA 5 4 70 0 0 0 10 90.3 78 23 27 62 2.29 1.16
Clay Carroll CIN 7 7 58 1 0 0 17 121.6 102 31 32 61 2.29 1.10
Milt Pappas ATL 10 8 22 19 3 1 0 121.3 111 32 22 75 2.37 1.10
Joe Horlen CHA 12 14 35 35 4 1 0 223.6 197 59 70 102 2.37 1.19
Diego Segui OAK 6 5 52 0 0 0 6 83.0 51 22 32 72 2.39 1.00
John Hiller DET 9 6 39 12 4 1 2 128.0 92 34 51 78 2.39 1.12
Paul Lindblad OAK 4 3 47 1 0 0 2 56.3 51 15 14 42 2.40 1.15
Gary Nolan CIN 9 4 23 22 4 2 0 150.0 105 40 49 111 2.40 1.03
Wally Bunker BAL 2 0 18 10 2 1 0 71.0 59 19 14 44 2.41 1.03
Roger Nelson BAL 4 3 19 6 0 0 1 71.0 49 19 26 70 2.41 1.06
Cal Koonce NYN 6 4 55 2 0 0 11 97.0 80 26 32 50 2.41 1.15
Juan Marichal SFN 26 9 38 38 30 5 0 326.0 295 88 46 218 2.43 1.05
Gaylord Perry SFN 16 15 39 38 19 3 1 291.0 240 79 59 173 2.44 1.03
Blue Moon Odom OAK 16 10 32 31 9 4 0 231.3 179 63 98 143 2.45 1.20
Dave Morehead BOS 1 4 11 9 3 1 0 55.0 52 15 20 28 2.45 1.31
Mel Stottlemyre NYA 21 12 36 36 19 6 0 278.6 243 76 65 140 2.45 1.11
Cecil Upshaw ATL 8 7 52 0 0 0 13 116.6 98 32 24 74 2.47 1.05
Ted Abernathy CIN 10 7 78 0 0 0 13 134.6 111 37 55 64 2.47 1.23
Jim Brewer LAN 8 3 54 0 0 0 14 76.3 59 21 33 75 2.48 1.21
Stan Williams CLE 13 11 44 24 6 2 9 194.3 163 54 51 147 2.50 1.10
Jim Hardin BAL 18 13 35 35 16 2 0 244.0 188 68 70 160 2.51 1.06
Dock Ellis PIT 6 5 26 10 2 0 0 104.0 82 29 38 52 2.51 1.15
Dean Chance MIN 16 16 43 39 15 6 1 292.0 224 82 63 234 2.53 0.98
Phil Niekro ATL 14 12 37 34 15 5 2 257.0 228 74 45 140 2.59 1.06
Roy Face PIT 2 4 43 0 0 0 13 52.0 46 15 7 34 2.60 1.02
Don Sutton LAN 11 15 35 27 7 2 1 207.6 179 60 59 162 2.60 1.15
Pat Jarvis ATL 16 12 34 34 14 1 0 256.0 202 74 50 157 2.60 0.98
Tom Phoebus BAL 15 15 36 36 9 3 0 240.6 186 70 105 193 2.62 1.21
Fritz Peterson NYA 12 11 36 27 6 2 0 212.3 187 62 29 115 2.63 1.02
Fergie Jenkins CHN 20 15 40 40 20 3 0 308.0 255 90 65 260 2.63 1.04
Pat Dobson DET 5 8 47 10 2 1 7 125.0 89 37 48 93 2.66 1.10
Jim Ray HOU 2 3 41 2 1 0 1 80.6 65 24 25 71 2.68 1.12
Camilo Pascual WS2 13 12 31 31 8 4 0 201.0 181 60 59 111 2.69 1.19
Ron Taylor NYN 1 5 58 0 0 0 13 76.6 64 23 18 49 2.70 1.07
Al Worthington MIN 4 5 54 0 0 0 18 76.3 67 23 32 57 2.71 1.30
Bob Moose PIT 8 12 38 22 3 3 3 171.3 136 52 41 126 2.73 1.03
Bob Miller MIN 0 3 45 0 0 0 2 72.3 65 22 24 41 2.74 1.23
Sparky Lyle BOS 6 1 49 0 0 0 11 65.6 67 20 14 52 2.74 1.23
Mike Cuellar HOU 8 11 28 24 11 2 1 170.6 152 52 45 133 2.74 1.15
Dick Kelley ATL 2 4 31 11 1 1 1 98.0 86 30 45 73 2.76 1.34
Dick Selma NYN 9 10 33 23 4 3 0 169.6 148 52 54 117 2.76 1.19
George Stone ATL 7 4 17 10 2 0 0 75.0 63 23 19 52 2.76 1.09
Larry Jackson PHI 13 17 34 34 12 2 0 243.6 229 75 60 127 2.77 1.19
Woodie Fryman PHI 12 14 34 32 10 5 0 213.6 198 66 64 151 2.78 1.23
Marty Pattin CAL 4 4 52 4 0 0 3 84.0 67 26 37 66 2.79 1.24
Nelson Briles SLN 19 11 33 33 13 4 0 243.6 251 76 55 141 2.81 1.26
Denny Lemaster HOU 10 15 33 32 7 2 0 224.0 231 70 72 146 2.81 1.35
Claude Raymond ATL 3 5 36 0 0 0 10 60.3 56 19 18 37 2.83 1.23
Earl Wilson DET 13 12 34 33 10 3 0 224.3 192 71 65 168 2.85 1.15
Eddie Fisher CLE 4 2 54 0 0 0 4 94.6 87 30 17 42 2.85 1.10
George Brunet CAL 13 17 39 36 8 5 0 245.3 191 78 68 132 2.86 1.06
Bill Singer LAN 13 17 37 36 12 6 0 256.3 227 82 78 227 2.88 1.19
Bill Hands CHN 16 10 38 34 11 4 0 258.6 221 83 36 148 2.89 0.99
Mel Nelson SLN 2 1 18 4 1 0 1 52.6 49 17 9 16 2.91 1.10
Ray Sadecki SFN 12 18 38 36 13 6 0 254.0 225 82 70 206 2.91 1.16
Ray Culp BOS 16 6 35 30 11 6 0 216.3 166 70 82 190 2.91 1.15
Chris Short PHI 19 13 42 36 9 2 1 269.6 236 88 81 202 2.94 1.18
Jim Kaat MIN 14 12 30 29 9 2 0 208.0 192 68 40 130 2.94 1.12
Grant Jackson PHI 1 6 33 6 1 0 1 61.0 59 20 20 49 2.95 1.30
Don Cardwell NYN 7 13 29 25 5 1 1 179.6 156 59 50 82 2.96 1.15
Sonny Siebert CLE 12 10 31 30 8 4 0 206.0 145 68 88 146 2.97 1.13
Jack Fisher CHA 8 13 35 28 2 0 0 180.6 176 60 48 80 2.99 1.24
Steve Carlton SLN 13 11 34 33 10 5 0 231.6 214 77 61 162 2.99 1.19
Chuck Dobson OAK 12 14 35 34 11 3 0 225.3 197 75 80 168 3.00 1.23
Gary Wagner PHI 4 4 44 0 0 0 8 78.0 69 26 31 43 3.00 1.28
Jim Hannan WS2 10 6 25 22 4 1 0 140.3 147 47 50 75 3.01 1.40
Dick Ellsworth BOS 16 7 31 28 10 1 0 196.0 196 66 37 106 3.03 1.19
John Purdin LAN 2 3 35 1 0 0 2 55.6 42 19 21 38 3.07 1.13
Claude Osteen LAN 12 18 39 36 5 3 0 253.6 267 87 54 119 3.09 1.27
Nolan Ryan NYN 6 9 21 18 3 0 0 134.0 93 46 75 133 3.09 1.25
Jim Britton ATL 4 6 34 9 2 2 3 90.0 81 31 34 61 3.10 1.28
Ron Perranoski MIN 8 7 66 0 0 0 6 87.0 86 30 38 65 3.10 1.43
Lew Krausse OAK 10 11 36 25 2 0 4 185.0 147 64 62 105 3.11 1.13
Gary Bell BOS 11 11 35 27 9 3 1 199.3 177 69 68 103 3.12 1.23
John Buzhardt HOU 4 4 39 4 0 0 5 83.6 73 29 35 37 3.12 1.29
Dave Leonhard BAL 7 7 28 18 5 2 1 126.3 95 44 57 61 3.13 1.20
Bill Landis BOS 3 3 38 1 0 0 3 60.0 48 21 30 59 3.15 1.30
Joe Verbanic NYA 6 7 40 11 2 1 4 97.0 104 34 41 40 3.15 1.49
Mickey Lolich DET 17 9 39 32 8 4 1 220.0 178 78 65 197 3.19 1.10
Dave Giusti HOU 11 14 37 34 12 2 1 251.0 226 89 67 186 3.19 1.17
Dooley Womack NYA 3 7 45 0 0 0 2 61.6 53 22 29 27 3.21 1.33
George Culver CIN 11 16 42 35 5 2 2 226.3 229 81 84 114 3.22 1.38
Steve Barber NYA 6 5 20 19 3 1 0 128.3 127 46 64 87 3.23 1.49
Jerry Johnson PHI 4 4 16 11 2 0 0 80.6 82 29 29 40 3.24 1.38
Jim Merritt MIN 12 16 38 34 11 1 1 238.3 207 86 52 181 3.25 1.09
Dennis Higgins WS2 4 4 59 0 0 0 13 99.6 81 36 46 66 3.25 1.27
Joe Coleman WS2 12 16 33 33 12 2 0 223.0 212 81 51 139 3.27 1.18
Ed Sprague OAK 3 4 47 1 0 0 4 68.6 51 25 34 34 3.28 1.24
Don Wilson HOU 13 16 33 30 9 3 0 208.6 187 76 70 175 3.28 1.23
Tommie Sisk PIT 5 5 33 11 0 0 1 96.0 101 35 35 41 3.28 1.42
Gene Brabender BAL 6 7 37 15 3 2 3 125.0 116 46 48 92 3.31 1.31
Larry Dierker HOU 12 15 32 32 10 1 0 233.6 206 86 89 161 3.31 1.26
Dave Boswell MIN 10 13 34 28 7 2 0 190.0 148 70 87 143 3.32 1.24
Gerry Arrigo CIN 12 10 36 31 5 1 0 205.3 181 76 77 140 3.33 1.26
Catfish Hunter OAK 13 13 36 34 11 2 1 234.0 210 87 69 172 3.35 1.19
Ron Reed ATL 11 10 35 28 6 1 0 201.6 189 75 49 111 3.35 1.18
Ken Holtzman CHN 11 14 34 32 6 3 1 215.0 201 80 76 151 3.35 1.29
Fred Talbot NYA 1 9 29 11 1 0 0 99.0 89 37 42 67 3.36 1.32
Barry Moore WS2 4 6 32 18 0 0 3 117.6 116 44 42 56 3.37 1.34
Ron Willis SLN 2 3 48 0 0 0 4 63.6 50 24 28 39 3.39 1.23
Pete Richert BAL 6 3 36 0 0 0 6 62.3 51 24 12 47 3.47 1.01
Ken Johnson ATL 5 8 31 16 1 0 0 135.0 145 52 25 57 3.47 1.26
Turk Farrell PHI 4 6 54 0 0 0 12 83.0 83 32 32 57 3.47 1.39
Larry Jaster SLN 9 13 31 21 3 1 0 154.3 153 60 38 70 3.50 1.24
Jim Roland MIN 4 1 28 4 1 0 0 61.6 55 24 24 36 3.50 1.28
Dick Hughes SLN 2 2 25 5 0 0 4 64.0 45 25 21 49 3.52 1.03
Al Downing NYA 3 3 15 12 1 0 0 61.3 54 24 20 40 3.52 1.21
Rickey Clark CAL 1 11 21 17 0 0 0 94.3 74 37 54 60 3.53 1.36
Jim McGlothlin CAL 10 15 40 32 8 0 3 208.3 187 82 60 135 3.54 1.19
Al McBean PIT 9 12 36 28 9 2 0 198.3 204 79 63 100 3.58 1.35
Mike McCormick SFN 12 14 38 28 9 2 1 198.3 196 79 49 121 3.58 1.24
Juan Pizarro BOS 6 8 19 12 6 0 2 107.6 97 43 44 84 3.59 1.31
Jim Maloney CIN 16 10 33 32 8 5 0 207.0 183 83 80 181 3.61 1.27
Bob Priddy CHA 3 11 35 18 2 0 0 114.0 106 46 41 66 3.63 1.29
John Boozer PHI 2 2 38 0 0 0 5 68.6 76 28 15 49 3.67 1.33
Gary Waslewski BOS 4 7 34 11 2 0 2 105.3 108 43 40 59 3.67 1.41
Bob Humphreys WS2 5 7 56 0 0 0 2 92.6 78 38 30 56 3.69 1.17
Al Jackson NYN 3 7 25 9 0 0 3 92.6 88 38 17 59 3.69 1.13
Dick Bosman WS2 2 9 46 10 0 0 1 139.0 139 57 35 63 3.69 1.25
Joe Sparma DET 10 10 34 31 7 1 0 182.3 169 75 77 110 3.70 1.35
Gary Peters CHA 4 13 31 25 6 1 1 162.6 146 68 60 110 3.76 1.27
Rich Nye CHN 7 12 27 20 6 1 1 132.6 145 56 34 74 3.80 1.35
Jim Bunning PIT 4 14 27 26 3 1 0 160.0 168 69 48 95 3.88 1.35
Cisco Carlos CHA 4 14 29 21 0 0 0 122.3 121 53 37 57 3.90 1.29
Danny Frisella NYN 2 4 19 4 0 0 2 50.6 53 22 17 47 3.91 1.38
Mike Kekich LAN 2 10 25 20 1 1 0 115.0 116 50 46 84 3.91 1.41
Mike Paul CLE 5 8 36 7 0 0 3 91.6 72 40 35 87 3.93 1.17
Lee Stange BOS 5 5 50 2 1 0 12 103.0 89 45 25 53 3.93 1.11
Clyde Wright CAL 10 6 41 13 2 1 3 125.6 123 55 44 71 3.94 1.33
Sammy Ellis CAL 9 10 42 24 3 0 2 164.0 150 72 56 93 3.95 1.26
Bill Kelso CIN 4 1 35 0 0 0 1 54.0 56 24 15 39 4.00 1.31
Tony Cloninger CIN 4 3 17 17 2 2 0 91.3 81 41 48 65 4.04 1.41
Jack Aker OAK 4 4 54 0 0 0 11 74.6 72 34 33 44 4.10 1.41
Steve Hargan CLE 8 15 32 27 4 2 0 158.3 139 73 81 78 4.15 1.39
Minnie Rojas CAL 4 3 38 0 0 0 6 55.0 55 26 15 33 4.25 1.27
Jack Lamabe CHN 3 2 42 0 0 0 1 61.3 68 29 24 30 4.26 1.50
Jeff James PHI 4 4 29 13 1 1 0 116.0 112 55 46 83 4.27 1.36
Tom Dukes HOU 2 2 43 0 0 0 4 52.6 62 25 28 37 4.27 1.71
Jim Lonborg BOS 6 10 23 17 4 1 0 113.3 89 54 59 73 4.29 1.31
Joe Niekro CHN 14 10 34 29 2 1 2 177.0 204 85 59 65 4.32 1.49
Tom Burgmeier CAL 1 4 56 2 0 0 5 72.6 65 35 24 33 4.33 1.22
Bill Monbouquette NYA 5 7 17 11 2 0 0 89.3 92 44 13 32 4.43 1.18
Rick Wise PHI 9 15 30 30 7 1 0 182.0 210 92 37 97 4.55 1.36
Jay Ritchie CIN 2 3 28 2 0 0 0 56.6 68 29 13 32 4.61 1.43
Frank Bertaina WS2 7 13 27 23 1 0 0 127.3 133 66 69 81 4.66 1.59
Billy McCool CIN 3 4 30 4 0 0 2 50.6 59 28 41 30 4.97 1.97
Phil Ortega WS2 5 12 31 16 1 1 0 115.6 115 64 62 57 4.98 1.53
Bob Lee CIN 2 4 44 1 0 0 3 65.3 73 37 37 34 5.10 1.68
Milt Pappas CIN 2 5 15 11 0 0 0 62.6 70 39 10 43 5.60 1.28
Jerry Stephenson BOS 2 8 23 7 2 0 0 68.6 81 43 42 51 5.64 1.79
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1968 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1968?
Frank Howard led with 44 home runs in 1968.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1968?
Ken Harrelson led with 109 RBI in 1968.
Who led MLB in hits in 1968?
Pete Rose led with 210 hits in 1968.
Who led MLB in wins in 1968?
Denny McLain led with 31 wins in 1968.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1968?
Sam McDowell led with 283 strikeouts in 1968.
Who had the lowest ERA in 1968?
Bob Gibson at 1.12, among pitchers with at least 50 innings.