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1968 Chicago White Sox season

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General manager(s)
  
Ed Short

Manager(s)
  
Eddie Stanky, Al López

Owner(s)
  
Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn

Local television
  
WFLD (Jack Drees, Dave Martin)

Local radio
  
WMAQ (AM) (Bob Elson, Red Rush)

The 1968 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 68th season in the major leagues, and its 69th season overall. They finished with a record 67–95, good enough for eighth place in the American League, 36 games behind the first-place Detroit Tigers.

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Offseason

  • October 16, 1967: Smoky Burgess was released by the White Sox.
  • October 26, 1967: Marv Staehle was sent by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal (the White Sox traded Jim King and a player to be named later to the Indians for Rocky Colavito) made on July 29, 1967.
  • November 29, 1967: Don Buford, Roger Nelson and Bruce Howard were traded by the White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Luis Aparicio, Russ Snyder and John Matias.
  • December 15, 1967: Tommie Agee and Al Weis were traded by the White Sox to the New York Mets for Tommy Davis, Jack Fisher, Billy Wynne, and Buddy Booker.
  • February 13, 1968: Dennis Higgins, Steve Jones, and Ron Hansen were traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Tim Cullen, Buster Narum and Bob Priddy.

    • Opening Day lineup

  • Luis Aparicio, ss
  • Tommy McCraw, 1b
  • Tommy Davis, lf
  • Pete Ward, rf
  • Ken Boyer, 3b
  • Duane Josephson, c
  • Ken Berry, cf
  • Tim Cullen, 2b
  • Joel Horlen, p

    • Games in Milwaukee

    To demonstrate there still was support for big-league ball in Milwaukee, Bud Selig's group contracted with Chicago White Sox owner Arthur Allyn to host nine White Sox home games at Milwaukee County Stadium in 1968. A 1967 exhibition game between the White Sox and Minnesota Twins had attracted more than 51,000 spectators, and Selig was convinced the strong Milwaukee fan base would demonstrate the city would provide a good home for a new club.

    The experiment was staggeringly successful – those nine games drew 264,297 fans. In Chicago that season, the Sox drew 539,478 fans to their remaining 58 home games. In just a handful of games, the Milwaukee crowds accounted for nearly one-third of the total attendance at White Sox games. In light of this success, Selig and Allyn agreed County Stadium would host Sox home games again the next season.

    Notable transactions

  • June 7, 1968: Rich McKinney was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft.
  • July 20, 1968: Wayne Causey was traded by the White Sox to the California Angels for Woodie Held.
  • July 26, 1968: Don McMahon was traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Dennis Ribant.
  • August 2, 1968: Tim Cullen was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Ron Hansen.

    • Batting

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

    Pitching

    Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

    References

    1968 Chicago White Sox season Wikipedia
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