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 of 67–95, good enough for eighth place in the American League, 36 games behind the first-place Detroit Tigers.

Offseason October 16, 1967: Smoky Burgess was released by the White Sox.Smoky Burgess page at Baseball Reference. 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.Marv Staehle page at Baseball Reference. 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.Roger Nelson at Baseball Reference 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.Tommie Agee at Baseball Reference 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.Tim Cullen at Baseball Reference

Regular season The White Sox played in 74 games that were decided by a one run margin, which is an all-time American League record. In those games, the team had a record of 30–44. Note that tie games are not explicitly shown in the table; the number of ties, if any, can be deduced from any discrepancy between #Matching and (Wins + Losses). The 1968 White Sox did not have any tied games in any case. The 44 one run losses are an all-time MLB record.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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

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.Rich McKinney at Baseball Reference July 20, 1968: Wayne Causey was traded by the White Sox to the California Angels for Woodie Held.Woodie Held at Baseball Reference July 26, 1968: Don McMahon was traded by the White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Dennis Ribant.Dennis Ribant at Baseball Reference August 2, 1968: Tim Cullen was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Ron Hansen.

Roster 1968 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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 Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Sandy Alomar Sr., 2B, 3B, SS 133 363 41 92 8 2 0 12 20 42 .253 21 Luis Aparicio, SS 155 622 55 164 24 4 4 36 33 43 .264 17 Ken Berry, CF 153 504 49 127 21 2 7 32 25 64 .252 6 Buddy Booker, C 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 Ken Boyer, 3B, 1B 10 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 .125 0 Buddy Bradford, RF, CF, LF 103 281 32 61 11 0 5 24 23 67 .217 8 Wayne Causey, 2B 59 100 8 18 2 0 0 7 14 7 .180 0 Tim Cullen, 2B 72 155 16 31 7 0 2 13 15 23 .200 0 Tommy Davis, LF, 1B 132 456 30 122 5 3 8 50 16 48 .268 4 Ron Hansen, 3B, SS 40 87 7 20 3 0 1 4 11 12 .230 0 Woodie Held, OF, 3B 40 54 5 9 1 0 0 2 5 14 .167 0 Gail Hopkins, 1B 29 37 4 8 2 0 0 2 6 3 .216 0 Duane Josephson, C 128 434 35 107 16 6 6 45 18 52 .247 2 Dick Kenworthy, 3B 58 122 2 27 2 0 0 2 5 21 .221 0 Carlos May, LF, RF 17 67 4 12 1 0 0 1 3 15 .179 0 Jerry McNertney, C 74 169 18 37 4 1 3 18 18 29 .219 0 Bill Melton, 3B 34 109 5 29 8 0 2 16 10 32 .266 1 Tommy McCraw, 1B 136 477 51 112 16 12 9 44 36 58 .235 20 Rich Morales, SS, 2B 10 29 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 .172 0 Russ Snyder, OF 38 82 2 11 2 0 1 5 4 16 .134 0 Bill Voss, OF 61 167 14 26 2 1 2 15 16 34 .156 5 Leon Wagner, RF, LF 69 162 14 46 8 0 1 18 21 31 .284 2 Pete Ward, 3B, 1B, LF, RF 125 399 43 86 15 0 15 50 76 85 .216 4 Walt Williams, RF, LF 63 133 6 32 6 0 1 8 4 17 .241 0 Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Cisco Carlos, P 29 31 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15 .065 0 Jack Fisher, P 35 53 1 6 1 0 0 2 1 4 .113 0 Joe Horlen, P 41 67 2 7 0 1 0 3 3 13 .104 0 Tommy John, P 25 62 3 12 1 0 1 9 0 15 .194 0 Danny Lazar, P 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .000 0 Bob Locker, P 70 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 0 Don McMahon, P 25 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 0 Jerry Nyman, P 8 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 .154 0 Gary Peters, P 46 72 10 15 3 1 2 8 6 13 .208 0 Bob Priddy, P 42 24 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 9 .042 0 Dennis Ribant, P 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Hoyt Wilhelm, P 72 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 Wilbur Wood, P 88 22 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 17 .091 0 162 5405 463 1233 169 33 71 431 397 840 .228 90

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 Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Cisco Carlos 4 14 3.90 29 21 0 122.1 121 64 53 13 42 57 Jack Fisher 8 13 2.99 35 28 0 180.2 176 68 60 14 52 80 Joe Horlen 12 14 2.37 35 35 0 223.2 197 75 59 16 77 102 Tommy John 10 5 1.98 25 25 0 177.1 135 45 39 10 53 117 Danny Lazar 0 1 4.05 8 1 0 13.1 14 6 6 1 4 11 Bob Locker 5 4 2.29 70 0 10 90.1 78 27 23 4 40 62 Don McMahon 2 1 1.96 25 0 0 46.0 31 10 10 2 26 32 Jerry Nyman 2 1 2.01 8 7 0 40.1 38 13 9 1 17 27 Gary Peters 4 13 3.76 31 25 1 162.2 146 79 68 7 66 110 Bob Priddy 3 11 3.63 35 18 0 114.0 106 50 46 14 42 66 Fred Rath Sr. 0 0 1.59 5 0 0 11.1 8 5 2 0 4 3 Dennis Ribant 0 2 6.03 17 0 1 31.1 42 24 21 3 21 20 Hoyt Wilhelm 4 4 1.73 72 0 12 93.2 69 20 18 4 29 72 Wilbur Wood 13 12 1.87 88 2 16 159.0 127 39 33 8 45 74 Billy Wynne 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 1 0 2 1 67 95 2.75 162 162 40 1468.0 1290 527 448 97 520 834

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

Notes

References 1968 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference