1968 Cincinnati Reds season

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1968 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
  • National League (since 1890)
Location
  • Crosley Field (since 1934)
  • Cincinnati (since 1882)
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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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]

Offseason[]

  • November 28, 1967: Clyde Mashore was drafted from the Reds by the New York Mets in the 1967 rule 5 draft.[2]
  • November 29, 1967: Sammy Ellis was traded by the Reds to the California Angels for Bill Kelso and Jorge Rubio.[3]
  • January 27, 1968: Chris Chambliss was drafted by the Reds in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.[4]
  • February 8, 1968: Johnny Edwards was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jimy Williams and Pat Corrales.[5]
  • March 28, 1968: Clyde Mashore was returned to the Reds by the New York Mets.[2]

Regular season[]

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

Season standings[]

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National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 97 65 0.599 — 47–34 50–31
San Francisco Giants 88 74 0.543 9 42–39 46–35
Chicago Cubs 84 78 0.519 13 47–34 37–44
Cincinnati Reds 83 79 0.512 14 40–41 43–38
Atlanta Braves 81 81 0.500 16 41–40 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 82 0.494 17 40–41 40–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 76 86 0.469 21 41–40 35–46
Philadelphia Phillies 76 86 0.469 21 38–43 38–43
New York Mets 73 89 0.451 24 32–49 41–40
Houston Astros 72 90 0.444 25 42–39 30–51

Record vs. opponents[]

1968 National League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Atlanta — 8–10 10–8 11–7 9–9 12–6–1 11–7 6–12 9–9 5–13
Chicago 10–8 — 7–11 10–8 12–6 8–10 9–9 10–8 9–9–1 9–9
Cincinnati 8–10 11–7 — 9–9 9–9 10–8 11–7 10–8–1 8–10 7–11
Houston 7–11 8–10 9–9 — 11–7 10–8 9–9 5–13 8–10 5–13
Los Angeles 9–9 6–12 9–9 7–11 — 7–11 10–8 10–8 9–9 9–9
New York 6–12–1 10–8 8–10 8–10 11–7 — 8–10 9–9 7–11 6–12
Philadelphia 7–11 9–9 7–11 9–9 8–10 10–8 — 9–9 9–9 8–10
Pittsburgh 12–6 8–10 8–10–1 13–5 8–10 9–9 9–9 — 7–11 6–12
San Francisco 9–9 9–9–1 10–8 10–8 9–9 11–7 9–9 11–7 — 10–8
St. Louis 13–5 9–9 11–7 13–5 9–9 12–6 10–8 12–6 8–10 —


Roster[]

1968 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 10 Vern Benson (Third base)
  •  2 Jim Bragan (First base)
  •  3 Mel Harder (Pitching)
  •  9 Hal Smith (Bullpen)

Player stats[]

Batting[]

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 Corrales 20 56 15 .268 0 6

Pitching[]

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 Queen 5 18.1 0 1 5.89 20

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 Abernathy 78 10 7 13 2.46 64
Bill Kelso 35 4 1 1 4.00 39

Awards and honors[]

  • Pete Rose, Hutch Award[6]

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
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. ^ a b Clyde Mashore at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Bill Kelso at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Chris Chambliss at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Jimy Williams at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  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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