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] The Reds as a team led all of MLB this season in runs scored (690) and in batting average (.273).
1968 Cincinnati Reds | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Crosley Field | |
City | Cincinnati | |
Owners | Francis Dale | |
General managers | Bob Howsam | |
Managers | Dave Bristol | |
Television | WLW (Ed Kennedy, Frank McCormick) | |
Radio | WCKY (Jim McIntyre, Joe Nuxhall) | |
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Offseason
edit- 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
editCatcher Johnny Bench won the NL's Rookie of the Year Award.
Season 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 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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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 | Johnny Bench | 154 | 564 | 155 | .275 | 15 | 82 |
1B | Lee May | 146 | 559 | 162 | .290 | 22 | 80 |
2B | Tommy Helms | 127 | 507 | 146 | .288 | 2 | 47 |
SS | Leo Cárdenas | 137 | 452 | 106 | .235 | 7 | 41 |
3B | Tony Pérez | 160 | 625 | 176 | .282 | 18 | 92 |
LF | Alex Johnson | 149 | 603 | 188 | .312 | 2 | 58 |
CF | Vada Pinson | 130 | 499 | 135 | .271 | 5 | 48 |
RF | Pete Rose | 149 | 626 | 210 | .335 | 10 | 49 |
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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Mack Jones | 103 | 234 | 59 | .252 | 10 | 34 |
Fred Whitfield | 87 | 171 | 44 | .257 | 6 | 32 |
Chico Ruiz | 85 | 139 | 36 | .259 | 0 | 9 |
Woody Woodward | 56 | 119 | 29 | .244 | 0 | 10 |
Don Pavletich | 46 | 98 | 28 | .286 | 2 | 11 |
Jim Beauchamp | 31 | 57 | 15 | .263 | 2 | 14 |
Pat Corrales | 20 | 56 | 15 | .268 | 0 | 6 |
Hal McRae | 17 | 51 | 10 | .196 | 0 | 2 |
Bob Johnson | 16 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 1 |
Jimmie Schaffer | 4 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
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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George Culver | 42 | 226.0 | 11 | 16 | 3.23 | 114 |
Jim Maloney | 33 | 207.0 | 16 | 10 | 3.61 | 181 |
Gerry Arrigo | 36 | 205.1 | 12 | 10 | 3.33 | 140 |
Gary Nolan | 23 | 150.0 | 9 | 4 | 2.40 | 111 |
Tony Cloninger | 17 | 91.1 | 4 | 3 | 4.04 | 65 |
Mel Queen | 5 | 18.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.89 | 20 |
John Tsitouris | 3 | 12.2 | 0 | 3 | 7.11 | 6 |
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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Milt Pappas | 15 | 62.2 | 2 | 5 | 5.60 | 43 |
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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Clay Carroll | 58 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 2.29 | 61 |
Ted Abernathy | 78 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 2.46 | 64 |
Bob Lee | 44 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5.15 | 34 |
Bill Kelso | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.00 | 39 |
Billy McCool | 30 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4.97 | 30 |
Jay Ritchie | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.61 | 32 |
Ted Davidson | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 7 |
Dan McGinn | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.25 | 16 |
Awards and honors
edit- Pete Rose, Hutch Award[6]
Farm system
editLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Asheville [7]
Notes
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Clyde Mashore at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bill Kelso at Baseball Reference
- ^ Chris Chambliss at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jimy Williams at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
- ^ 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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