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).
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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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Catcher Johnny Bench won the NL's Rookie of the Year Award.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: 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 |
Note: 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 |
Note: 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 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Asheville [7]