Repeat 1968 World Series

1968 World Series (4-3): Detroit Tigers <http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1968.shtml> (103-59) over St. Louis Cardinals <http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1968.shtml> (97-65)

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*Series Games*

Game 1

October 2, 1968 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - Detroit Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 X 4 6 0

PITCHERS: DET - McLain, Dobson (6), McMahon (8) STL - Gibson

WP - Gibson LP - McLain SAVE - none

HOME RUNS: DET - none STL - Brock

ATTENDANCE: 54,692

Retrosheet.org: Box Score and Play-By-Play <http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B10020SLN1968.htm>

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Game 2

October 3, 1968 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - Detroit Tigers 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 8 13 1 St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1

PITCHERS: DET - Lolich STL - Briles, Carlton (6), Willis (7), Hoerner (9)

WP - Lolich LP - Briles SAVE - none

HOME RUNS: DET - Horton, Lolich, Cash STL - none

ATTENDANCE: 54,692

Retrosheet.org: Box Score and Play-By-Play <http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B10030SLN1968.htm>

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Game 3

October 5, 1968 at Tiger Stadium (Detroit Tigers)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 7 13 0 Detroit Tigers 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0

PITCHERS: STL - Washburn, Hoerner (6) DET - Wilson, Dobson (5), McMahon (6), Patterson (7), Hiller (8)

WP - Washburn LP - Wilson SAVE - none

HOME RUNS: STL - McCarver, Cepeda DET - Kaline, McAuliffe

ATTENDANCE: 53,634

Retrosheet.org: Box Score and Play-By-Play <http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B10050DET1968.htm>

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Game 4

October 6, 1968 at Tiger Stadium (Detroit Tigers)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - St. Louis Cardinals 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 10 13 0 Detroit Tigers 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 4

PITCHERS: STL - Gibson DET - McLain, Sparma (3), Patterson (4), Lasher (6), Hiller (8), Dobson (8)

WP - Gibson LP - McLain SAVE - none

HOME RUNS: STL - Brock, Gibson DET - Northrup

ATTENDANCE: 53,634

Retrosheet.org: Box Score and Play-By-Play <http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B10060DET1968.htm>

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Game 5

October 7, 1968 at Tiger Stadium (Detroit Tigers)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - St. Louis Cardinals 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 Detroit Tigers 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 X 5 9 1

PITCHERS: STL - Briles, Hoerner (7), Willis (7) DET - Lolich

WP - Lolich LP - Hoerner SAVE - none

HOME RUNS: STL - Cepeda DET - none

ATTENDANCE: 53,634

Retrosheet.org: Box Score and Play-By-Play <http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B10070DET1968.htm>

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Game 6

October 9, 1968 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - Detroit Tigers 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 12 1 St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1

PITCHERS: DET - McLain STL - Washburn, Jaster (3), Willis (3), Hughes (3), Carlton (4), Granger (7), Nelson (9)

WP - McLain LP - Washburn SAVE - none

HOME RUNS: DET - Northrup, Kaline STL - none

ATTENDANCE: 54,692

Retrosheet.org: Box Score and Play-By-Play <http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B10090SLN1968.htm>

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Game 7

October 10, 1968 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - Detroit Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 8 1 St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0

PITCHERS: DET - Lolich STL - Gibson

WP - Lolich LP - Gibson SAVE - none

HOME RUNS: DET - none STL - Shannon

ATTENDANCE: 54,692

Retrosheet.org: Box Score and Play-By-Play <http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B10100SLN1968.htm>

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*Series MVP* - Mickey Lolich <http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lolicmi01.shtml>

Series Batting Stats

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*Detroit Tigers*

SERIES STATS | REGULAR SEASON Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB | AB H HR BA OPS SB +-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+ *Gates Brown <http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brownga01.shtml> 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 92 34 6 .370 1.127 0 *Norm Cash <http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cashno01.shtml> 7 26 5 10 0 0 1 5 3 5 .385 .433 .500 0 | 411 108 25 .263 .816 1 Wayne Comer <http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/comerwa01.shtml> 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000 1.000 0 | 48 6 1 .125 .389 0 Pat Dobson <http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dobsopa01.shtml> 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 28 4 0 .143 .343 0 Bill Freehan <http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freehbi01.shtml> 7 24 0 2 1 0 0 2 4 8 .083 .214 .125 0 | 540 142 25 .263 .820 0 John Hiller <http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hillejo01.shtml> 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 37 3 0 .081 .162 0 Willie Horton <http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hortowi01.shtml> 7 23 6 7 1 1 1 3 5 6 .304 .448 .565 0 | 512 146 36 .285 .895 0 Al Kaline <http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kalinal01.shtml> 7 29 6 11 2 0 2 8 0 7 .379 .400 .655 0 | 327 94 10 .287 .820 6 Fred Lasher <http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lashefr01.shtml> 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 9 1 0 .111 .222 0 #Mickey Lolich <http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lolicmi01.shtml> 3 12 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 5 .250 .308 .500 0 | 70 8 0 .114 .341 0 *Tom Matchick <http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/matchto01.shtml> 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 | 227 46 3 .203 .534 0 *Eddie Mathews <http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/matheed01.shtml> 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 0 | 52 11 3 .212 .666 0 *Dick McAuliffe <http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcauldi01.shtml> 7 27 5 6 0 0 1 3 4 6 .222 .323 .333 0 | 570 142 16 .249 .755 8 Denny McLain <http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mclaide01.shtml> 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0 | 111 18 0 .162 .359 0 Don McMahon <http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcmahdo02.shtml> 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |+ 7 1 0 .143 .286 0 *Jim Northrup <http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/northji01.shtml> 7 28 4 7 0 1 2 8 1 5 .250 .276 .536 0 | 580 153 21 .264 .771 4 Ray Oyler <http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oylerra01.shtml> 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 215 29 1 .135 .398 0 *Daryl Patterson <http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/patteda02.shtml> 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 13 0 0 .000 .071 0 Jim Price <http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/priceji01.shtml> 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 | 132 23 3 .174 .526 0 Joe Sparma <http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sparmjo01.shtml> 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 60 8 0 .133 .298 0 Mickey Stanley <http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stanlmi01.shtml> 7 28 4 6 0 1 0 0 2 4 .214 .267 .286 0 | 583 151 11 .259 .675 4 Dick Tracewski <http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tracedi01.shtml> 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 212 33 4 .156 .475 3 Don Wert <http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wertdo01.shtml> 6 17 1 2 0 0 0 2 6 5 .118 .375 .118 0 | 536 107 12 .200 .557 0 Earl Wilson <http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilsoea01.shtml> 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 | 88 20 7 .227 .742 0 +-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+ Total 7 231 34 56 4 3 8 33 27 59 .242 .328 .390 0 | 185 .235 .687 26

* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

*St. Louis Cardinals*

SERIES STATS | REGULAR SEASON Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB | AB H HR BA OPS SB +-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+ Nelson Briles <http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brilene01.shtml> 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .200 .000 0 | 80 11 0 .138 .348 0 *Lou Brock <http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brocklo01.shtml> 7 28 6 13 3 1 2 5 3 4 .464 .516 .857 7 | 660 184 6 .279 .746 62 *Steve Carlton <http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carltst01.shtml> 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 73 12 2 .164 .438 0 Orlando Cepeda <http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cepedor01.shtml> 7 28 2 7 0 0 2 6 2 3 .250 .300 .464 0 | 600 149 16 .248 .684 8 Ron Davis <http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/davisro01.shtml> 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 |+296 60 1 .203 .535 1 *Johnny Edwards <http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/edwarjo01.shtml> 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 | 230 55 3 .239 .613 1 Curt Flood <http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/floodcu01.shtml> 7 28 4 8 1 0 0 2 2 2 .286 .333 .321 3 | 618 186 5 .301 .705 11 Phil Gagliano <http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gagliph01.shtml> 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 105 24 0 .229 .586 0 Bob Gibson <http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gibsobo01.shtml> 3 8 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 .125 .222 .500 0 | 94 16 0 .170 .456 1 Wayne Granger <http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grangwa01.shtml> 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5 1 0 .200 .400 0 Joe Hoerner <http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hoernjo01.shtml> 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 0 | 6 0 0 .000 .000 0 Dick Hughes <http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hughedi01.shtml> 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 15 0 0 .000 .062 0 *Larry Jaster <http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jastela01.shtml> 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 43 6 1 .140 .368 0 Julian Javier <http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/javieju01.shtml> 7 27 1 9 1 0 0 3 3 4 .333 .400 .370 1 | 519 135 4 .260 .638 10 *Roger Maris <http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/marisro01.shtml> 6 19 5 3 1 0 0 1 3 3 .158 .273 .211 0 | 310 79 5 .255 .681 0 Dal Maxvill <http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maxvida01.shtml> 7 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .000 .120 .000 0 | 459 116 1 .253 .627 0 *Tim McCarver <http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mccarti01.shtml> 7 27 3 9 0 2 1 4 3 2 .333 .400 .593 0 | 434 110 5 .253 .645 4 Mel Nelson <http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nelsome01.shtml> 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 12 2 0 .167 .398 0 #Dave Ricketts <http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rickeda01.shtml> 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000 1.000 0 | 22 3 0 .136 .272 0 #Dick Schofield <http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schofdi01.shtml> 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 127 28 1 .220 .618 1 Mike Shannon <http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shannmi01.shtml> 7 29 3 8 1 0 1 4 1 5 .276 .300 .414 0 | 576 153 15 .266 .710 1 Ed Spiezio <http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/spiezed01.shtml> 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000 1.000 0 | 51 8 0 .157 .385 1 *Bobby Tolan <http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tolanbo01.shtml> 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 | 278 64 5 .230 .607 9 Ray Washburn <http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/washbra01.shtml> 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 | 60 5 0 .083 .308 0 Ron Willis <http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/williro01.shtml> 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 11 0 0 .000 .083 0 +-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+ Total 7 239 27 61 7 3 7 27 21 40 .255 .318 .397 11 | 73 .249 .643 110

* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

Click on the *Player* for career stats and accomplishments.

*Detroit Tigers*

SERIES STATS | REGULAR SEASON Player G ERA W-L SV CG IP H ER BB SO | W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV +-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+ *Mickey Lolich <http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lolicmi01.shtml> 3 1.67 3-0 0 3 27.0 20 5 6 21 | 17-9 220 3.19 1.10 197 1 Denny McLain <http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mclaide01.shtml> 3 3.24 1-2 0 1 16.7 18 6 4 13 | 31-6 336 1.96 0.90 280 Pat Dobson <http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dobsopa01.shtml> 3 3.86 0-0 0 0 4.7 5 2 1 0 | 5-8 125 2.66 1.10 93 7 Earl Wilson <http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilsoea01.shtml> 1 6.23 0-1 0 0 4.3 4 3 6 3 | 13-12 224 2.85 1.15 168 Daryl Patterson <http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/patteda02.shtml> 2 0.00 0-0 0 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 | 2-3 68 2.12 1.18 49 7 Fred Lasher <http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lashefr01.shtml> 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 | 5-1 49 3.33 1.21 32 5 *John Hiller <http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hillejo01.shtml> 2 13.50 0-0 0 0 2.0 6 3 3 1 | 9-6 128 2.39 1.12 78 2 Don McMahon <http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcmahdo02.shtml> 2 13.50 0-0 0 0 2.0 4 3 0 1 |+ 5-2 82 1.98 1.02 65 1 Joe Sparma <http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sparmjo01.shtml> 1 54.00 0-0 0 0 0.3 2 2 0 0 | 10-10 182 3.70 1.35 110 +-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+ Total 3.48 4-3 0 4 62.0 61 24 21 40 | 2.71 1.120

* - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

*St. Louis Cardinals*

SERIES STATS | REGULAR SEASON Player G ERA W-L SV CG IP H ER BB SO | W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV +-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+ Bob Gibson <http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gibsobo01.shtml> 3 1.67 2-1 0 3 27.0 18 5 4 35 | 22-9 305 1.12 0.85 268 Nelson Briles <http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brilene01.shtml> 2 5.56 0-1 0 0 11.3 13 7 4 7 | 19-11 244 2.81 1.26 141 Ray Washburn <http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/washbra01.shtml> 2 9.82 1-1 0 0 7.3 7 8 7 6 | 14-8 215 2.26 1.11 124 *Joe Hoerner <http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hoernjo01.shtml> 3 3.86 0-1 1 0 4.7 5 2 5 3 | 8-2 49 1.48 0.95 42 17 Ron Willis <http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/williro01.shtml> 3 8.31 0-0 0 0 4.3 2 4 4 3 | 2-3 64 3.39 1.23 39 4 *Steve Carlton <http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carltst01.shtml> 2 6.75 0-0 0 0 4.0 7 3 1 3 | 13-11 232 2.99 1.19 162 Wayne Granger <http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grangwa01.shtml> 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 2.0 0 0 1 1 | 4-2 44 2.25 1.18 27 4 *Mel Nelson <http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nelsome01.shtml> 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 | 2-1 53 2.91 1.10 16 1 Dick Hughes <http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hughedi01.shtml> 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 0.3 2 0 0 0 | 2-2 64 3.52 1.03 49 4 *Larry Jaster <http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jastela01.shtml> 1 inf 0-0 0 0 0.0 2 3 1 0 | 9-13 154 3.50 1.24 70 +-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+ Total 4.65 3-4 1 3 62.0 56 32 27 59 | 2.49 1.120

* - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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