TEAM NEWS
Thursday, 10/19/1968
Friday 2/3/1968 :
Ken Rowe retires ...
Paul Foytack becomes a free agent.
Saturday 4/8/1968 :
Sammy Taylor hits 2 homers against Washington.
Sammy Taylor has 7 RBI against Washington.
Saturday 5/6/1968 :
Sal Bando crushes 2 homers against Baltimore.
Saturday 5/20/1968 :
Jim Bolger has 4 hits against Boston.
Friday 5/26/1968 :
Bo Belinsky pitches a 4-hit shutout against New York (A)!!
C Sammy Taylor has been released.
Monday 5/29/1968 :
Jack Billingham was named Player of the Week!
He won 2 games, pitched 14 innings
with an ERA of 0.00, fanning 7.
Tuesday 6/6/1968 :
Jim Gentile drives in 5 runs against Washington.
Billy Murphy hits 2 homers against Washington.
Monday 6/19/1968 :
Dick Bertell scores 4 runs against Baltimore.
Vic Davalillo has 4 hits against Baltimore.
2B Don Blasingame has been released.
Thursday 6/22/1968 :
Ed Stroud sets a new single game AL-Record for Stolen Bases with 3!
Dick Bertell drives in 6 runs against Minnesota.
Monday 6/26/1968 :
Jim Gentile hits a 457-foot homerun!!
Thursday 7/27/1968 :
Dick Joyce pitches a 3-hit shutout against Baltimore!!
Friday 7/28/1968 :
1B Frank Torre has been released.
Tuesday 8/1/1968 :
Jack Billingham was named AL-Pitcher of the Month !
He had a record of 3-0 in 3 games started, with an ERA of 0.00.
Tuesday 8/1/1968 :
Ed Stroud slams 2 homers against Minnesota.
Sunday 8/13/1968 :
Rich Rollins hits a 462-foot homerun!!
Monday 8/14/1968 :
Sal Bando hits a 463-foot homerun!!
Tuesday 8/29/1968 :
Jack Billingham pitches a 2-hit shutout against Baltimore!!
Vic Davalillo has 4 hits against Washington.
Sunday 9/10/1968 :
Sal Bando has 4 hits against Washington.
Tuesday 9/12/1968 :
Manny Sanguillen has 4 hits against California.
Thursday 9/14/1968 :
Billy Murphy hits a 470-foot homerun!!
Sunday 9/17/1968 :
Ed Stroud sets a new season Team-Record for Stolen Bases with 45!
Thursday 9/21/1968 :
Bo Belinsky fans 11 batters against Baltimore.
Sunday 10/1/1968 :
Amos Otis hits a 462-foot homerun!!
Thursday 10/19/1968 :
Jack Billingham was named AL Rookie Of The Year Award !
In 38 games started, he pitched 287.2 innings, fanning 154 and walking 89 batters.
Thursday 10/19/1968 :
Pitcher Gold Glove Award Winner: Dick Rusteck!

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