1968 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
BallparkCrosley Field
CityCincinnati
OwnersFrancis Dale
General managersBob Howsam
ManagersDave Bristol
TelevisionWLW
(Ed Kennedy, Frank McCormick)
RadioWCKY
(Jim McIntyre, Joe Nuxhall)
← 1967 Seasons 1969 →

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).

Offseason

Regular season

Catcher Johnny Bench won the NL's Rookie of the Year Award.

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 —


Roster

1968 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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 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

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
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

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
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

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Milt Pappas 15 62.2 2 5 5.60 43

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
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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians Pacific Coast League Don Zimmer
AA Asheville Tourists Southern League Sparky Anderson
A Tampa Tarpons Florida State League George Scherger
A-Short Season Sioux Falls Packers Northern League Jim Snyder
Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League Bill Lajoie

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Asheville [7]

Notes

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b Clyde Mashore at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Bill Kelso at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Chris Chambliss at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Jimy Williams at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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