1968 Cincinnati Reds season

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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Offseason

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

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

Season standings

v t e 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 v t e 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

4 Dave Bristol

Coaches

10 Vern Benson (Third base)
2 Jim Bragan (First base)
3 Mel Harder (Pitching)
9 Hal Smith (Bullpen)

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

Pete Rose, Hutch Award^[6]

Farm system

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

^ "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

1968 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

v t e 1968 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Minnesota New York Oakland Washington
National League	Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1968 MLB draft 1968 All-Star Game 1968 World Series 1968 MLB expansion draft

Cincinnati Reds

Established in 1882
Formerly the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Cincinnati Redlegs
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; Tinker Field; Sixto Escobar Stadium; Plant Field; Al Lopez Field; Plant City Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Goodyear Ballpark

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Robert Castellini
President of Baseball Operations: Dick Williams
General Manager: Nick Krall
Manager: David Bell

World Series Championships (5)

National League pennants (9)

AA pennants (1)

1882

Division titles (10)

National League Central: 1995; 2010; 2012
National League West: 1970; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; 1990

Minor league affiliates

Louisville Bats (Triple-A)
Chattanooga Lookouts (Double-A)
Dayton Dragons (High-A)
Daytona Tortugas (Single-A)
ACL Reds (Rookie)
DSL Reds (Rookie)

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