The 1968 Chicago Cubs season was the 97th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 93rd in the National League and the 53rd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 84–78.
1968 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |
General managers | John Holland | |
Managers | Leo Durocher | |
Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) | |
Radio | WGN (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau) | |
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Offseason
edit- November 28, 1967: Ramón Hernández was drafted by the Cubs from the Atlanta Braves in the 1967 rule 5 draft.[1]
- November 30, 1967: Paul Popovich and Jim Williams were traded by the Cubs to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Lou Johnson.[2]
Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 47–34 | 50–31 |
San Francisco Giants | 88 | 74 | .543 | 9 | 42–39 | 46–35 |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 78 | .519 | 13 | 47–34 | 37–44 |
Cincinnati Reds | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14 | 40–41 | 43–38 |
Atlanta Braves | 81 | 81 | .500 | 16 | 41–40 | 40–41 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 82 | .494 | 17 | 40–41 | 40–41 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 76 | 86 | .469 | 21 | 41–40 | 35–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 76 | 86 | .469 | 21 | 38–43 | 38–43 |
New York Mets | 73 | 89 | .451 | 24 | 32–49 | 41–40 |
Houston Astros | 72 | 90 | .444 | 25 | 42–39 | 30–51 |
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
edit- May 4, 1968: Byron Browne was traded by the Cubs to the Houston Astros for Aaron Pointer.[3]
- June 7, 1968: 1968 Major League Baseball draft
- Oscar Gamble was drafted by the Cubs in the 16th round. Player signed June 18, 1968.[4]
- Paul Reuschel was drafted by the Cubs in the 4th round of the Secondary Phase. Player signed June 17, 1968.[5]
- June 14, 1968: Ramón Hernández was purchased from the Cubs by the St. Louis Cardinals.[1]
Roster
edit1968 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches |
Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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C | Randy Hundley | 160 | 553 | 125 | .226 | 7 | 65 |
1B | Ernie Banks | 150 | 552 | 136 | .246 | 32 | 83 |
2B | Glenn Beckert | 155 | 643 | 189 | .294 | 4 | 37 |
SS | Don Kessinger | 160 | 655 | 157 | .240 | 1 | 32 |
3B | Ron Santo | 162 | 577 | 142 | .246 | 26 | 98 |
LF | Billy Williams | 163 | 642 | 185 | .288 | 30 | 98 |
CF | Adolfo Phillips | 143 | 439 | 106 | .241 | 13 | 33 |
RF | Lou Johnson | 62 | 205 | 50 | .244 | 1 | 14 |
Other batters
editNote: 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 |
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Jim Hickman | 75 | 188 | 42 | .223 | 5 | 23 |
Al Spangler | 88 | 177 | 48 | .271 | 2 | 18 |
Willie Smith | 55 | 142 | 39 | .275 | 5 | 25 |
Dick Nen | 81 | 94 | 17 | .181 | 2 | 16 |
José Arcia | 59 | 84 | 16 | .190 | 1 | 8 |
Lee Elia | 15 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 3 |
John Boccabella | 7 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 1 |
Jimmy McMath | 6 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
Gene Oliver | 8 | 11 | 4 | .364 | 0 | 1 |
John Upham | 13 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Bobb | 7 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Savage | 3 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Clarence Jones | 5 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Vic LaRose | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Plummer | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
John Stephenson | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
John Felske | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ferguson Jenkins | 40 | 308.0 | 20 | 15 | 2.63 | 260 |
Bill Hands | 38 | 258.2 | 16 | 10 | 2.89 | 148 |
Ken Holtzman | 34 | 215.0 | 11 | 14 | 3.35 | 151 |
Joe Niekro | 34 | 177.1 | 14 | 10 | 4.31 | 65 |
Rich Nye | 27 | 132.2 | 7 | 12 | 3.80 | 74 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Gary Ross | 13 | 41.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.17 | 31 |
Archie Reynolds | 7 | 13.1 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 6 |
Darcy Fast | 8 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 10 |
Frank Reberger | 3 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 3 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Phil Regan | 68 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 2.20 | 60 |
Jack Lamabe | 42 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4.30 | 30 |
Chuck Hartenstein | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4.54 | 17 |
Bill Stoneman | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.52 | 18 |
Bobby Tiefenauer | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.08 | 9 |
Ramón Hernández | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 |
Pete Mikkelsen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 5 |
John Upham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Willie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Jophery Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
Farm system
editNotes
edit- ^ a b Ramón Hernández at Baseball Reference
- ^ Paul Popovich at Baseball Reference
- ^ Byron Browne at Baseball Reference
- ^ Oscar Gamble at Baseball Reference
- ^ Paul Reuschel at Baseball Reference
References
edit- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1968 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference