TEAM NEWS
Thursday, 10/19/1968
Friday 2/3/1968 :
Mickey Mantle retires ...
He will be in the Hall Of Fame!
Norm Zauchin retires ...
He will be in the Hall Of Fame!
Moe Thacker retires ...
Marshall Bridges retires ...
Johnny Kucks retires ...
Joe Cunningham retires ...
Don Ferrarese retires ...
Bill Wilson retires ...
Reno Bertoia becomes a free agent.
Thursday 2/9/1968 :
RF Harvey Kuenn refused assignment to the minors.
Monday 2/27/1968 :
P Jim Bunning refused assignment to the minors.
P Billy O'dell refused assignment to the minors.
RF Harvey Kuenn refused assignment to the minors.
Sunday 3/5/1968 :
RF Harvey Kuenn refused assignment to the minors.
P Jim Bunning refused assignment to the minors.
Tuesday 4/4/1968 :
P Jim Bunning refused assignment to the minors.
RF Harvey Kuenn refused assignment to the minors.
Monday 4/10/1968 :
Ron Jackson hits 2 homers against Washington.
Tuesday 4/11/1968 :
Vada Pinson hits a 497-foot homerun!!
Lee Maye hits a 461-foot homerun!!
Ron Jackson hits a 461-foot homerun!!
Wednesday 4/12/1968 :
Vada Pinson hits 2 homers against Washington.
Monday 4/17/1968 :
Eddie Mathews slams 2 homers against Minnesota.
Wednesday 4/19/1968 :
Brooks Robinson crushes 2 homers against Minnesota.
Thursday 4/20/1968 :
RF Harvey Kuenn refused assignment to the minors.
Vada Pinson hits a 470-foot homerun!!
Friday 4/21/1968 :
Vada Pinson hits 2 homers against Cleveland.
Sunday 4/23/1968 :
Sandy Koufax fans 12 batters against Cleveland.
Monday 4/24/1968 :
Vada Pinson was named Player of the Week!
He batted .455 in 33 AB, with 4 HR and 8 RBI.
Friday 4/28/1968 :
Sandy Koufax strikes out 11 against California.
Sunday 4/30/1968 :
Grant Jackson strikes out 11 against Baltimore.
Monday 5/1/1968 :
Norm Cash hits a 468-foot homerun!!
Brooks Robinson hits a 460-foot homerun!!
Tommy John pitches a 4-hit shutout against Baltimore!!
Wednesday 5/3/1968 :
Tom Tresh hits 2 homers against Detroit.
Tom Tresh drives in 5 runs against Detroit.
Monday 5/8/1968 :
Juan Marichal pitches a 3-hit shutout against Boston!!
Tuesday 5/9/1968 :
Grant Jackson pitches a 2-hit shutout against Baltimore!!
Wednesday 5/10/1968 :
Norm Cash hits a 463-foot homerun!!
Eddie Mathews hits a 462-foot homerun!!
Norm Cash hits 2 homers against Baltimore.
Thursday 5/11/1968 :
Sandy Koufax pitches a NO-HITTER against Baltimore!!
Sandy Koufax strikes out 11 against Baltimore.
Tom Tresh crushes 2 homers against Baltimore.
Friday 5/12/1968 :
Juan Marichal pitches a 6-hit shutout against California!!
Monday 5/15/1968 :
Juan Marichal was named Player of the Week!
He won 2 games, with 2 shutouts, pitched 18 innings
with an ERA of 0.00, fanning 7.
Friday 5/19/1968 :
Norm Cash hits a 466-foot homerun!!
Tommy John pitches a 6-hit shutout against Washington!!
Tom Tresh has 4 hits against Washington.
Saturday 5/20/1968 :
Sandy Koufax strikes out 11 against Washington.
Vada Pinson crushes 2 homers against Washington.
Sunday 5/21/1968 :
Tom Tresh crushes 2 homers against Cleveland.
Monday 5/22/1968 :
Lee Maye hits a 465-foot homerun!!
Thursday 5/25/1968 :
Norm Cash hits 2 homers against Chicago (A).
Sunday 5/28/1968 :
Vada Pinson has 4 hits against Oakland.
Monday 5/29/1968 :
RF Harvey Kuenn refused assignment to the minors.
P Jim Bunning refused assignment to the minors.
Thursday 6/1/1968 :
Tommy John was named AL-Pitcher of the Month !
He had a record of 7-0 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 1.57 and 2 shutouts.
Sunday 6/4/1968 :
Lee Maye drives in 6 runs against Chicago (A).
Tuesday 6/6/1968 :
Eddie Mathews hits a 467-foot homerun!!
Vada Pinson has 4 hits against Boston.
Wednesday 6/7/1968 :
Vada Pinson hits a 454-foot homerun!!
Monday 6/12/1968 :
Russ Nixon has 4 hits against Washington.
Tuesday 6/13/1968 :
Grant Jackson pitches a 3-hit shutout against Detroit!!
Grant Jackson fans 13 batters against Detroit.
Wednesday 6/14/1968 :
Tommy John pitches a 4-hit shutout against Detroit!!
Saturday 6/17/1968 :
Brooks Robinson hits a 466-foot homerun!!
Monday 6/19/1968 :
Brooks Robinson hits a 463-foot homerun!!
Brooks Robinson crushes 2 homers against California.
Tuesday 6/20/1968 :
Russ Nixon has 4 hits against California.
Saturday 6/24/1968 :
Norm Cash hits 2 homers against Washington.
Monday 6/26/1968 :
Grant Jackson pitches a 4-hit shutout against Oakland!!
Grant Jackson fans 11 batters against Oakland.
Tuesday 6/27/1968 :
Brooks Robinson crushes 2 homers against Oakland.
Brooks Robinson drives in 6 runs against Oakland.
Thursday 6/29/1968 :
P Jim Bunning refused assignment to the minors.
RF Harvey Kuenn refused assignment to the minors.
C Lou Berberet refused assignment to the minors.
Friday 6/30/1968 :
Eddie Mathews hits a 468-foot homerun!!
Saturday 7/1/1968 :
Brooks Robinson was named AL-Batter of the Month!
He batted .362 in 105 AB, with 8 homers and 28 RBI.
Saturday 7/1/1968 :
Tom Tresh hits a 465-foot homerun!!
Sunday 7/2/1968 :
Eddie Mathews hits a 492-foot homerun!!
Tommy John pitches a 4-hit shutout against Cleveland!!
Monday 7/3/1968 :
Tommy John was named Player of the Week!
He won 2 games, with one shutout, pitched 18 innings
with an ERA of 3.00, fanning 9.
Thursday 7/6/1968 :
P Tommy John will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
P Juan Marichal will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
C Russ Nixon will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
1B Norm Cash will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
3B Brooks Robinson will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
SS Tom Tresh will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
RF Vada Pinson will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
Saturday 7/8/1968 :
Sandy Koufax fans 11 batters against Baltimore.
Tuesday 7/11/1968 :
Tommy John pitches a 2-hit shutout against Minnesota!!
Wednesday 7/12/1968 :
Eddie Mathews hits a 458-foot homerun!!
Sandy Koufax strikes out 11 against Baltimore.
Eddie Mathews slams 2 homers against Baltimore.
Wednesday 7/19/1968 :
Norm Cash hits a 451-foot homerun!!
Thursday 7/20/1968 :
P Jim Bunning refused assignment to the minors.
Saturday 7/22/1968 :
Eddie Mathews hits 2 homers against Cleveland.
Sunday 7/23/1968 :
Vada Pinson sets a new single game AL-Record for Triples with 2!
Grant Jackson fans 11 batters against Cleveland.
Monday 7/24/1968 :
Eddie Mathews was named Player of the Week!
He batted .393 in 28 AB, with 4 HR and 9 RBI.
Monday 7/24/1968 :
Tommy John pitches a 5-hit shutout against Cleveland!!
Friday 7/28/1968 :
Tommy John pitches a 5-hit shutout against California!!
Monday 7/31/1968 :
Tommy John was named Player of the Week!
He won 2 games, with 2 shutouts, pitched 18 innings
with an ERA of 0.00, fanning 9.
Wednesday 8/2/1968 :
Norm Cash hits a 467-foot homerun!!
Eddie Mathews hits a 466-foot homerun!!
Norm Cash hits 2 homers against Oakland.
Friday 8/4/1968 :
Russ Nixon sets a new single game AL-Record for Triples with 2!
Monday 8/7/1968 :
Norm Cash was named Player of the Week!
He batted .500 in 20 AB, with 4 HR and 9 RBI.
Tuesday 8/8/1968 :
Vada Pinson hits a 460-foot homerun!!
Juan Marichal pitches a 6-hit shutout against Detroit!!
Thursday 8/10/1968 :
C Lou Berberet refused assignment to the minors.
P Jim Bunning refused assignment to the minors.
RF Harvey Kuenn refused assignment to the minors.
Friday 8/11/1968 :
Tommy John pitches a 4-hit shutout against Chicago (A)!!
Saturday 8/12/1968 :
Tom Tresh hits a 463-foot homerun!!
Pancho Herrera hits a 471-foot homerun!!
Monday 8/14/1968 :
Norm Cash hits a 463-foot homerun!!
Tuesday 8/15/1968 :
Tommy John pitches a 5-hit shutout against Baltimore!!
Monday 8/21/1968 :
Tommy John was named Player of the Week!
He won 2 games, with one shutout, pitched 18 innings
with an ERA of 1.50, fanning 13.
Wednesday 8/23/1968 :
Vada Pinson hits a 469-foot homerun!!
Thursday 8/24/1968 :
Grant Jackson fans 11 batters against Minnesota.
Thursday 8/31/1968 :
C Lou Berberet refused assignment to the minors.
Friday 9/1/1968 :
Vada Pinson was named AL-Batter of the Month!
He batted .400 in 115 AB, with 7 homers and 27 RBI.
Friday 9/1/1968 :
Vada Pinson has 4 hits against Boston.
Monday 9/4/1968 :
Vada Pinson was named Player of the Week!
He batted .552 in 29 AB, with 2 HR and 7 RBI.
Monday 9/4/1968 :
Vada Pinson sets a new single Extra-Inning Game AL-Record for At-Bats with 9.
Pancho Herrera has 4 hits against Oakland.
Tuesday 9/5/1968 :
Vada Pinson extends his hitting streak to 16 games!
Wednesday 9/6/1968 :
Pancho Herrera hits a 496-foot homerun!!
Tom Tresh hits a 494-foot homerun!!
Vada Pinson extends his hitting streak to 17 games!
Vada Pinson hits 2 homers against Oakland.
Thursday 9/7/1968 :
Vada Pinson extends his hitting streak to 18 games!
Friday 9/8/1968 :
Vada Pinson extends his hitting streak to 19 games!
Saturday 9/9/1968 :
Juan Marichal pitches a 7-hit shutout against Detroit!!
Vada Pinson extends his hitting streak to 20 games!
Sunday 9/10/1968 :
Vada Pinson extends his hitting streak to 21 games!
Monday 9/11/1968 :
Juan Marichal was named Player of the Week!
He won 2 games, with one shutout, pitched 18 innings
with an ERA of 0.50, fanning 17.
Monday 9/11/1968 :
Pancho Herrera hits a 471-foot homerun!!
Tuesday 9/12/1968 :
Vada Pinson extends his hitting streak to a career high 22 games!
Wednesday 9/13/1968 :
Vada Pinson extends his hitting streak to a career high 23 games!
Thursday 9/14/1968 :
Tom Tresh sets a new single game AL-Record for Triples with 2!
Vada Pinson extends his hitting streak to a career high 24 games!
Friday 9/15/1968 :
Vada Pinson extends his hitting streak to a career high 25 games!
Tommy John sets a new season Team-Record for Wins with 29!
Saturday 9/16/1968 :
Vada Pinson sets a new season Team-Record for Hitting Streak with 26 games!
Vada Pinson extends his hitting streak to a career high 26 games!
Sunday 9/17/1968 :
Vada Pinson extends his hitting streak to a career high 27 games!
Tuesday 9/19/1968 :
Vada Pinson's hitting streak was snapped at 27 games!
Monday 9/25/1968 :
P Jim Bunning refused assignment to the minors.
RF Harvey Kuenn refused assignment to the minors.
Tommy John pitches a 3-hit shutout against Baltimore!!
Sunday 10/1/1968 :
Tommy John was named AL-Pitcher of the Month !
He had a record of 7-0 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 2.08 and 1 shutouts.
Sunday 10/1/1968 :
Pancho Herrera was named AL-Batter of the Month!
He batted .405 in 79 AB, with 6 homers and 23 RBI.
Friday 10/6/1968 :
Jerry Lumpe sets a new single game AL-Record for Triples with 2!
Norm Cash slams 2 homers against Minnesota.
Monday 10/9/1968 :
P Jim Bunning refused assignment to the minors.
Wednesday 10/11/1968 :
Tom Tresh has 4 hits against Chicago (N).
Saturday 10/14/1968 :
Ron Jackson hits a 468-foot homerun!!
Russ Nixon has 4 hits against Chicago (N).
Thursday 10/19/1968 :
Tommy John was named AL-Pitcher of the year !
In 40 games started, he pitched 354 innings, fanning 200 and walking 27 batters.
Thursday 10/19/1968 :
Vada Pinson was named AL-Batter of the Year!
He batted .335 in 659 AB, with 34 homers and 98 RBI.
Thursday 10/19/1968 :
Catcher Gold Glove Award Winner: Russ Nixon!
Thursday 10/19/1968 :
Third Base Gold Glove Award Winner: Brooks Robinson!

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