1968 California Angels season
The 1968 California Angels season was the 8th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 3rd in Anaheim, and their 3rd season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished the season eighth in the American League with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.
Offseason
- October 9, 1967: Bill Skowron was released by the Angels.
- November 28, 1967: Elrod Hendricks was drafted from the Angels by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1967 rule 5 draft.
- November 29, 1967: Bill Kelso and Jorge Rubio were traded by the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Sammy Ellis.
- January 27, 1968: Paul Reuschel was drafted by the Angels in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.
- Prior to 1968 season: Merritt Ranew was acquired from the Angels by the New York Yankees.
Regular season
Notable transactions
- July 20, 1968: Woodie Held was traded by the Angels to the Chicago White Sox for Wayne Causey.
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Buck Rodgers | 91 | 258 | 49 | .190 | 1 | 14 |
| 1B | 120 | 399 | 94 | .236 | 13 | 48 | |
| 2B | 152 | 494 | 123 | .249 | 3 | 39 | |
| 3B | 76 | 223 | 54 | .242 | 1 | 16 | |
| SS | 159 | 614 | 150 | .244 | 9 | 49 | |
| LF | 151 | 534 | 136 | .255 | 21 | 73 | |
| CF | 93 | 339 | 101 | .298 | 1 | 18 | |
| RF | 133 | 375 | 90 | .240 | 13 | 54 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Tom Satriano | 111 | 297 | 75 | .253 | 8 | 35 |
| Chuck Hinton | 116 | 267 | 52 | .195 | 7 | 23 |
| Paul Schaal | 60 | 219 | 46 | .210 | 2 | 16 |
| Bubba Morton | 81 | 163 | 44 | .270 | 1 | 18 |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | 89 | 161 | 37 | .230 | 1 | 15 |
| Jimmie Hall | 46 | 126 | 27 | .214 | 1 | 8 |
| Jay Johnstone | 41 | 115 | 30 | .261 | 0 | 3 |
| Jim Spencer | 19 | 68 | 13 | .191 | 0 | 5 |
| Chuck Cottier | 33 | 67 | 13 | .194 | 0 | 1 |
| Jarvis Tatum | 17 | 51 | 9 | .176 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | 45 | 5 | .111 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Egan | 16 | 43 | 5 | .116 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | 40 | 9 | .225 | 0 | 1 | |
| Winston Llenas | 16 | 39 | 5 | .128 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 31 | 9 | .290 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 39 | 245.1 | 13 | 17 | 2.86 | 132 | |
| 40 | 208.1 | 10 | 15 | 3.54 | 135 | |
| Tom Murphy | 15 | 99.1 | 5 | 6 | 2.17 | 56 |
| 21 | 94.1 | 1 | 11 | 3.53 | 60 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 42 | 164.0 | 9 | 10 | 3.95 | 93 | |
| 41 | 125.2 | 10 | 6 | 3.94 | 71 | |
| 28 | 81.1 | 4 | 2 | 2.21 | 74 | |
| 16 | 48.1 | 0 | 5 | 3.54 | 36 | |
| 10 | 33.2 | 1 | 6 | 5.08 | 22 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 38 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4.25 | 33 | |
| 56 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4.33 | 33 | |
| Marty Pattin | 52 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2.79 | 66 |
| 29 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6.44 | 33 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.32 | 18 | |
| 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.38 | 8 | |
| Bob Heffner | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 |
| Steve Kealey | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 2 | |
| Larry Sherry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 |
Awards and honors
1968 All-Star Game- Jim Fregosi, starter, shortstop