1968 Cincinnati Reds season

1968 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Crosley Field (since 1934)
Cincinnati (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Francis Dale
Manager(s)	Dave Bristol
Local television	WLW (Ed Kennedy, Frank McCormick)
Local radio	WCKY (Jim McIntyre, Joe Nuxhall)
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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.

Offseason

November 28, 1967: Clyde Mashore was drafted from the Reds by the New York Mets in the 1967 rule 5 draft.^[1]
November 29, 1967: Sammy Ellis was traded by the Reds to the California Angels for Bill Kelso and Jorge Rubio.^[2]
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.^[3]
February 8, 1968: Johnny Edwards was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jimy Williams and Pat Corrales.^[4]
March 28, 1968: Clyde Mashore was returned to the Reds by the New York Mets.^[1]

Regular season

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

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	--	.599
San Francisco Giants	88	74	9	.543
Chicago Cubs	84	78	13	.519
Cincinnati Reds	83	79	14	.512
Atlanta Braves	81	81	16	.500
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	17	.494
Los Angeles Dodgers	76	86	21	.469
Philadelphia Phillies	76	86	21	.469
New York Mets	73	89	24	.451
Houston Astros	72	90	25	.444

Roster

1968 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

33 Ted Abernathy

35 Gerry Arrigo

38 Clay Carroll

40 Tony Cloninger

39 George Culver

56 Ted Davidson

26 Bill Kelso

48 Bob Lee

46 Jim Maloney

42 Billy McCool

31 Dan McGinn

38 Gary Nolan

32 Milt Pappas

22 Mel Queen

30 Jay Ritchie

37 John Tsitouris

Catchers

5 Johnny Bench

7 Pat Corrales

25 Jimmie Schaffer

Infielders

16 Leo Cárdenas

19 Tommy Helms

6 Bob Johnson

23 Lee May

11 Hal McRae

8 Don Pavletich

24 Tony Pérez

15 Chico Ruiz

17 Fred Whitfield

6 Woody Woodward

Outfielders

55 Jim Beauchamp

29 Alex Johnson

12 Mack Jones

28 Vada Pinson

14 Pete Rose

Manager

4 Dave Bristol

Coaches

10 Vern Benson

2 Jim Bragan

3 Mel Harder (Pitching)

9 Hal Smith

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

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
Corrales, PatPat Corrales	20	56	15	.268	0	6

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
Queen, MelMel Queen	5	18.1	0	1	5.89	20

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

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
Abernathy, TedTed Abernathy	78	10	7	13	2.46	64
Kelso, BillBill Kelso	35	4	1	1	4.00	39

Awards and honors

Pete Rose, Hutch Award^[5]

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
Short-Season A	Sioux Falls Packers	Northern League	Jim Snyder
Rookie	GCL Reds	Gulf Coast League	Bill Lajoie

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Clyde Mashore page at Baseball Reference
↑ Bill Kelso page at Baseball Reference
↑ Chris Chambliss page at Baseball Reference
↑ Jimy Williams page at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

References

1968 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

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 Major League Baseball Draft 1968 All-Star Game 1968 World Series 1968 MLB expansion draft

Cincinnati Reds

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

Franchise

Ballparks

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

Culture

Rivalries

Cleveland Indians

Key personnel

Owner: Robert Castellini
General Manager: Walt Jocketty
Manager: Bryan Price

Championships (5)

National League
pennants (9)

Other titles

American Association pennants: 1882
National League Central: 1995; 2010; 2012
National League West: 1970; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; 1990

Minors

Media

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