Baseball Historians

September 27, 1968 at Tiger Stadium Senators 3, Tigers 1  (103-57) buried move The Tigers came out a little flat as they kicked off their final regular season home series with a loss.  The hitters were held to just six hits and it was Norm Cash who provided the bulk of the offense.  He finished [...]

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 17, 1968 at Tiger Stadium Tigers 2, Yankees 1  (98-54) The Tigers clinched their first American League pennant since 1945 with their eighth straight win.  Joe Sparma got it done in a pitcher’s duel in another September complete game and he gave up one run on five hits and one walk with two strikeouts.  [...]

August 14, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers 3, Indians 0  (76-43)
The Tigers won their rubber game with the Indians behind a combined shutout by Joe Sparma and Mickey Lolich.  Sparma got into trouble and in the fourth inning and he pitched  3 1/3 shutout innings when Mickey Lolich came in to get the Tigers out of [...]

June 30, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
White Sox 12, Tigers 0 (48-27)
The Tigers five game winning streak came to an abrupt end as Tommy John shut out the Tigers and Joe Sparma and the Tigers pen were pummelled for twelve runs.  Sparma fell to 6-8 and he gave up six runs in 2 2/3 innings and [...]

June 23, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium
Indians 3, Tigers 0  (43-26)
The Tigers suffered their third straight loss and their second straight shutout at the hands of the Indians.  This time, the offense was held to just three hits, two of which were by Don Wert.  He singled and doubled while Tom Matchick had the only other [...]

June 19, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox 8, Tigers 5 (42-23)
Joe Sparma took it on the chin again and he fell to 5-7 with a subpar outing.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and four walks with eight strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.  Daryl Patterson gave up three runs in his 2/3 of [...]

June 15, 1968 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 7, Tigers 4 (40-21)
Joe Sparma had a rough outing and he fell to 5-6 as the Tigers five game winning streak came to an end.  He gave up five runs on five hits and three walks with a strikeout in four innings of work.
Bill Freehan went four for [...]

June 11, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 3, Twins 1 (36-20)
Pat Dobson outdueled Dean Chance as the Tigers took the first game of a series opening doubleheader that saw an over an hour rain delay in the second inning.  Dobson improved to 2-0 and he gave up one run on five hits and five walks with [...]

June 6, 1968 at Fenway Park
Tigers 5, Red Sox 3  (33-19)
The Tigers took the rubber game in their five game series with the Red Sox in a game that saw all eight runs come in the first three innings.  The Tigers jumped out to a two run lead in the top of the first, lost [...]

June 3, 1968 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 4, Tigers 3    (30-18)
The Tigers almost came back in this one but they fell a run short in their opener against the Red Sox.  Dick McAuliffe had a fantastic game and he went three for four with a homerun and two runs while Jim Northrup went three for [...]

May 30, 1968 at Anaheim Stadium
Tigers 7, Angels 3  (27-16)
Bill Freehan had a big day at the plate as the Tigers won their third straight game against the Angels.  He went three for three with two walks, a homerun, two RBIs and three runs.  Jim Northrup drove in three runs on two hits while Dick [...]

May 26, 1968 at the Oakland Coliseum
Athletics 7, Tigers 6  (24-15)
The Tigers lost a bizare one as Joe Sparma was pummelled for six runs total in the second, third and fourth innings.  The Tigers then scored two in the fifth and four in the sixth to tie it before the game settled down and the [...]

May 21, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 3, Tigers 1  (23-13)
The Tigers three game winning streak came to an end with a pretty pathetic day at the plate.  Tigers’ hitters managed just four hits and their lone run of the game came in the second inning when Bill Freehan singled home Willie Horton.
A solid start by [...]

May 17, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 7, Senators 3  (20-11)
Joe Sparma gave up just three hits in a solid start as the Tigers got back on track with a win against the Senators.  Sparma improved to 3-3 and he gave up three runs on the three hits with two walks and five strikeouts.  Two of [...]

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 6, 1968 at Memorial Stadium
Orioles 4, Tigers 0  (14-9)
Orioles starter Leohnard completely shutout down the Tigers as they managed just a single hit the entire game.  Jim Northrup singled with two outs in the seventh inning and that was it for the Tigers.
Joe Sparma fell to 1-3 with a subpar outing.  He gave up [...]

April 28, 1968 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 2, Tigers 1  (10-4)
The Tigers lost a tough one in a low scoring pitchers duel.  Joe Sparma took a shutout into the eighth inning but both he and Jon Warden combined to give up two runs in the eighth to blow a 1-0 lead.  Sparma dropped to 1-2 on [...]

April 24, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium
Indians 2, Tigers 0  (9-2)
The Tigers were held to just a single hit in series opening loss against the Indians.  The loss also snapped their impressive nine game winning streak.  The lone hit came in the third inning when Jim Northrup led things off with a single.
A solid start by Joe [...]

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 [...]

April 13, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5, White Sox 2  (2-1)
Daryl Patterson threw some exceptional relief pitching after Joe Sparma ran into problems in the fifth inning.  Like Jon Warden two days before, Patterson picked up his first career win and he gave up four hits and three walks with three strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.  [...]