1968 Atlanta Braves | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Atlanta Stadium | |
City | Atlanta | |
Record | 81–81 (.500) | |
League place | 5th | |
Owners | William Bartholomay | |
General managers | Paul Richards | |
Managers | Lum Harris | |
Television | WSB-TV (Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton, Dizzy Dean, Carl Sell) | |
Radio | WSB (Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton, Carl Sell) | |
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The 1968 Atlanta Braves season was the third season in Atlanta and the 98th overall season of the franchise. The team went 81–81 in the final season of play before both the American and National Leagues were split into divisions the following season.
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 | — |
1968 Atlanta Braves | |||||||||
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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 | Joe Torre | 115 | 424 | 115 | .271 | 10 | 55 |
1B | Deron Johnson | 127 | 342 | 71 | .208 | 8 | 33 |
2B | Félix Millán | 149 | 570 | 165 | .289 | 1 | 33 |
SS | Sonny Jackson | 105 | 358 | 81 | .226 | 1 | 19 |
3B | Clete Boyer | 71 | 273 | 62 | .227 | 4 | 17 |
LF | Tito Francona | 122 | 346 | 99 | .286 | 2 | 47 |
CF | Felipe Alou | 160 | 662 | 210 | .317 | 11 | 57 |
RF | Hank Aaron | 160 | 606 | 174 | .287 | 29 | 86 |
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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Marty Martínez | 113 | 356 | 82 | .230 | 0 | 12 |
Tommie Aaron | 98 | 283 | 69 | .244 | 1 | 25 |
Bob Tillman | 86 | 236 | 52 | .220 | 5 | 20 |
Mike Lum | 122 | 232 | 52 | .220 | 5 | 20 |
Bob Johnson | 59 | 187 | 49 | .262 | 0 | 11 |
Sandy Valdespino | 36 | 86 | 20 | .233 | 1 | 4 |
Gil Garrido | 18 | 53 | 11 | .208 | 0 | 2 |
Wayne Causey | 16 | 37 | 4 | .108 | 1 | 4 |
Mike Page | 20 | 28 | 5 | .179 | 0 | 1 |
Walt Hriniak | 9 | 26 | 9 | .346 | 0 | 3 |
Woody Woodward | 12 | 24 | 4 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Ralph Garr | 11 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Dusty Baker | 6 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
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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Phil Niekro | 37 | 256.2 | 14 | 12 | 2.59 | 140 |
Pat Jarvis | 34 | 256.0 | 16 | 12 | 2.60 | 157 |
Ron Reed | 35 | 201.2 | 11 | 10 | 3.35 | 111 |
Milt Pappas | 22 | 121.1 | 10 | 8 | 2.37 | 75 |
Al Santorini | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 |
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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Ken Johnson | 31 | 135.0 | 5 | 8 | 3.47 | 57 |
Dick Kelley | 31 | 98.1 | 2 | 4 | 2.75 | 73 |
Jim Britton | 34 | 90.0 | 4 | 6 | 3.10 | 61 |
George Stone | 17 | 75.0 | 7 | 4 | 2.76 | 52 |
Tony Cloninger | 8 | 19.0 | 3 | 0 | 4.26 | 7 |
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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Cecil Upshaw | 52 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 2.47 | 74 |
Claude Raymond | 36 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2.83 | 37 |
Clay Carroll | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.84 | 10 |
Rick Kester | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 9 |
Ted Davidson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
Skip Guinn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 4 |
Stu Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 |
See also: Minor League Baseball |
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