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.
Offseason
[edit]- October 6, 1967: Bob Uecker was released by the Braves.[1]
- November 28, 1967: Ramón Hernández was drafted from the Braves by the Chicago Cubs in the 1967 rule 5 draft.[2]
- December 7, 1967: Bobby Cox was traded by the Braves to the New York Yankees for Bob Tillman and Dale Roberts.[3]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 47–34 | 50–31 |
San Francisco Giants | 88 | 74 | .543 | 9 | 42–39 | 46–35 |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 78 | .519 | 13 | 47–34 | 37–44 |
Cincinnati Reds | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14 | 40–41 | 43–38 |
Atlanta Braves | 81 | 81 | .500 | 16 | 41–40 | 40–41 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 82 | .494 | 17 | 40–41 | 40–41 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 76 | 86 | .469 | 21 | 41–40 | 35–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 76 | 86 | .469 | 21 | 38–43 | 38–43 |
New York Mets | 73 | 89 | .451 | 24 | 32–49 | 41–40 |
Houston Astros | 72 | 90 | .444 | 25 | 42–39 | 30–51 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
[edit]Roster
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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 |
Other pitchers
[edit]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 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]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 |
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Greenwood
References
[edit]- ^ Bob Uecker at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ramón Hernández at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bobby Cox at Baseball Reference
External links
[edit]- 1968 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference