1968 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1968 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Reds finishing in fourth in the National League, with a record of 83–79, 14 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds were managed by Dave Bristol and played their home games at Crosley Field. The team had 5,767 at bats, a single season National League record.[1]

1968 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Francis Dale
General manager(s)Bob Howsam
Manager(s)Dave Bristol
Local televisionWLW
(Ed Kennedy, Frank McCormick)
Local radioWCKY
(Jim McIntyre, Joe Nuxhall)
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Offseason

Regular season

Catcher Johnny Bench won the NL's Rookie of the Year Award.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9765 0.599 47–34 50–31
San Francisco Giants 8874 0.543 9 42–39 46–35
Chicago Cubs 8478 0.519 13 47–34 37–44
Cincinnati Reds 8379 0.512 14 40–41 43–38
Atlanta Braves 8181 0.500 16 41–40 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 8082 0.494 17 40–41 40–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 7686 0.469 21 41–40 35–46
Philadelphia Phillies 7686 0.469 21 38–43 38–43
New York Mets 7389 0.451 24 32–49 41–40
Houston Astros 7290 0.444 25 42–39 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1968 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Atlanta 8–1010–811–79–912–6–111–76–129–95–13
Chicago 10–87–1110–812–68–109–910–89–9–19–9
Cincinnati 8–1011–79–99–910–811–710–8–18–107–11
Houston 7–118–109–911–710–89–95–138–105–13
Los Angeles 9–96–129–97–117–1110–810–89–99–9
New York 6–12–110–88–108–1011–78–109–97–116–12
Philadelphia 7–119–97–119–98–1010–89–99–98–10
Pittsburgh 12–68–108–10–113–58–109–99–97–116–12
San Francisco 9–99–9–110–810–89–911–79–911–710–8
St. Louis 13–59–911–713–59–912–610–812–68–10

Roster

1968 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Pat Corrales205615.26806

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mel Queen518.1015.8920

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ted Abernathy78107132.4664
Bill Kelso354114.0039

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians Pacific Coast League Don Zimmer
AA Asheville Tourists Southern League Sparky Anderson
A Tampa Tarpons Florida State League George Scherger
A-Short Season Sioux Falls Packers Northern League Jim Snyder
Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League Bill Lajoie

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Asheville [7]

Notes

  1. "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2018, At Bats>=5750, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest At Bats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  2. Clyde Mashore at Baseball Reference
  3. Bill Kelso at Baseball Reference
  4. Chris Chambliss at Baseball Reference
  5. Jimy Williams at Baseball Reference
  6. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References


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