1968 Atlanta Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkAtlanta Stadium
CityAtlanta
Record81–81 (.500)
League place5th
OwnersWilliam Bartholomay
General managersPaul Richards
ManagersLum Harris
TelevisionWSB-TV
(Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton, Dizzy Dean, Carl Sell)
RadioWSB
(Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton, Carl Sell)
← 1967 Seasons 1969 →

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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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 record

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 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1968 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
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

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
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

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
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

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
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

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
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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Eddie Haas
AA Shreveport Braves Texas League Charley Lau
A West Palm Beach Braves Florida State League Andy Pafko
A Greenwood Braves Western Carolinas League Lou Fitzgerald
Rookie Magic Valley Cowboys Pioneer League Connie Ryan

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Greenwood

References

  1. ^ Bob Uecker at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Ramón Hernández at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Bobby Cox at Baseball Reference

External links


1968 MLB season by team
Atlanta Braves
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