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Home Attendance Figures
Tigers:     2,031,847
Cardinals:  2,011,167
Red Sox:    1,940,788
Mets:       1,781,657
Dodgers:    1,581,093
Astros:     1,312,887
Yankees:    1,185,666
Twins:      1,143,257
Braves:     1,126,540
Cubs:       1,043,409
Angels:     1,025,956
Orioles:      943,977
Indians:      857,994
A's:          837,466
Giants:       837,220
White Sox:    803,775
Reds:         733,354
Pirates:      693,485
Phillies:     664,546
Senators:     546,661
MVP Awards
American League (top 10)

Denny McLain          280
Bill Freehan          161
Ken Harrelson         103
Willie Horton         102
Dave McNally           78
Luis Tiant             78
Dick McAuliffe         71
Frank Howard           63
Carl Yastrzemski       50
Mel Stottlemyre        49


National League (top 10)

Bob Gibson            242
Pete Rose             205
Willie McCovey        135
Curt Flood            116
Juan Marichal          93
Lou Brock              73
Mike Shannon           55
Billy Williams         48
Glenn Beckert          40
Felipe Alou            33

No Hitters
Tom Phoebus (BAL) vs Red Sox, 4/27/68      6-0
Catfish Hunter (OAK) vs Twins, 5/8/68      4-0
George Culver (CIN) at Phillies, 7/29/68   6-1
Gaylord Perry (SF) vs Cardinals, 9/17/68   1-0
Ray Washburn (STL) at Giants, 9/18/68      2-0

1968 World Series
 1:  Cards 4, Tigers 0    W: Gibson    L: McLain
 2:  Tigers 8, Cards 1    W: Lolich    L: Briles
 3:  Cards 7, Tigers 3    W: Washburn  L: Wilson
 4:  Cards 10, Tigers 1   W: Gibson    L: McLain
 5:  Tigers 5, Cards 3    W: Lolich    L: Hoerner
 6:  Tigers 13, Cards 1   W: McLain    L: Washburn
 7:  Tigers 4, Cards 1    W: Lolich    L: Gibson

1968 All-Star Game
(at Houston Astrodome)
Nationals 1, Americans 0
W: Drysdale  L: Tiant

The only run scored in the first inning
on a double play groundout.

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