Baseball Historians

October 2, 1968 at Busch Stadium Cardinals 4, Tigers 0 Cardinals Lead Best of Seven Game Series 1-0 The Tigers ran into a buzz saw in game one of the 1968 World Series and the end result was a game one loss.  Bob Gibson struck out a World Series record seventeen batters as he was [...]

September 20, 1968 at D.C. Stadium Tigers 6, Senators 3  (100-54) The Tigers won their tenth straight and in the process, they reached the 100 win mark for just the fourth time in franchise history.  They were hoping they wouldn’t repeat history though because the other three times they won 100, they couldn’t get that [...]

September 21, 1968 at D.C. Stadium Tigers 4, Nationals 3  (101-54) The Tigers tied their franchise record in wins with 101st and they did it with their eleventh straight victory.  Mickey Stanley went three for five with a run while Al Kaline went two for five with an RBI. Earl Wilson didn’t get the decision [...]

September 14, 1968 at Tiger Stadium Tigers 5, Athletics 4  (95-54) Denny McLain needed some ninth inning heroics but the end result was his historic 30th win of the season.  With the A’s up 4-3, the Tigers picked up two runs in the ninth to win it.  Al Kaline came home on a fielder’s choice [...]

September 9, 1968 at Anaheim Stadium Tigers 6, Angels 0  (91-54) Mickey Lolich had one of his best starts of the season as the Tigers snapped a two game losing streak.  He gave up just two hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in the shutout win which pushed his record to 14-9 on the [...]

August 31, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Orioles 5, Tigers 1  (85-51)
The Tigers three game winning streak came to an end in a game where the offense picked up just six hits.  Al Kaline had two of those and he drove in a run while Dick McAuliffe tripled and scored.
John Hiller fell to 6-5 with a rough [...]

August 25, 1968 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Tigers 5  (81-48)
The Tigers blew a four run lead as they dropped their third straight to the Yankees in another doubleheader.  Pat Dobson gave up the first five runs in 5 2/3 innings but it was Daryl Patterson who gave up the final run, and for that he [...]

August 22, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 4, White Sox 2  (81-45)
Some fireworks flew as the Tigers finished up their series with the White Sox in winning fashion.  The Tigers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning when things went south in the third inning.  Tommy John threw two balls at Dick McAuliffe’s [...]

August 16, 1968 at Fenway Park
Tigers 4, Red Sox 0  (77-43)
Denny McLain put on another pitching show as he won his 25th game of the season.  He gave up just seven hits and a walk with nine strikeouts in his shutout win.  It was his sixth straight complete game and his sixth shutout of the season.
Dick McAuliffe [...]

May 22, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 4, Tigers 3  (23-14)
The Tigers lost their rubber game with the Twins despite coming back from two runs down to tie it in the top of the eighth.  Don Wert led off the inning with his second homerun of the game to make it a one run contest and [...]

May 20, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium
Tigers 4, Twins 3  (23-12)
The Tigers came back from an early 3-0 deficit in this one to walk away with their third straight win.  Willie Horton hit a solo shot, his tenth homer of the season, in the ninth inning to send the game into extra frames and then Al [...]

May 19, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5, Senators 4  (21-12)
The Tigers held off a late inning surge to walk away with a win in the first game of their doubleheader with the Senators.  The Tigers took a 4-0 lead into the eigth inning when Earl Wilson and Joe Warden were both tagged for a pair [...]

May 12, 1968 at D.C. Stadium
Senators 6, Tigers 3  (18-10)
The Tigers four game winning streak came to an end as Mickey Lolich and John Patterson were hammered in the sixth inning to the tune of five runs. Lolich gave up the first two runs and then Patterson came in and the floodgates opened as he [...]

May 11, 1968 at D.C. Stadium
Tigers 12, Senators 2  (18-9)
For the second straight game, an impressive offensive performance by the Tigers overshadowed a solid outing by the team’s starter.  Bill Freehan, Willie Horton and Don Wert all went yard in the contest and both Horton and Freehan finished with three RBIs a piece.  Mickey Stanley [...]

May 10, 1968 at D.C. Stadium
Tigers 12, Senators 1  (17-9)
The Tigers won their third straight game behind a huge game by Al Kaline at the plate and another rock solid outing on the mound by Denny McLain.  Kaline went three for four with a homerun, six RBIs and three runs.  Bill Freehan and Don Wert [...]

May 3, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Angels 6, Tigers 5  (13-7)
The Tigers lost their second one run game in as many days as Mickey Lolich was roughed up by the Angels’ hitters.  Lolich fell to 1-1 and he gave up five runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks with six strikeouts in 5 1/3 [...]

May 3, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Angels 6, Tigers 5  (13-7)
The Tigers lost their second one run game in as many days as Mickey Lolich was roughed up by the Angels’ hitters.  Lolich fell to 1-1 and he gave up five runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks with six strikeouts in 5 1/3 [...]

April 18, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5, Indians 0  (6-1)
The Tigers made it six straight wins behind an exceptional start by Joe Sparma.  He gave up seven hits and a walk with four strikeouts in the complete game shutout and it was his first win of the season.
Three of the Tigers’ runs came via the [...]