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
General manager(s)	Bob Howsam
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

Record vs. opponents

1968 National League Records Sources:
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 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
A-Short Season	Sioux Falls Packers	Northern League	Jim Snyder
Rookie	GCL Reds	Gulf Coast League	Bill Lajoie

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Asheville ^[6]

Notes

1. Clyde Mashore at Baseball Reference
2. Bill Kelso at Baseball Reference
3. Chris Chambliss at Baseball Reference
4. Jimy Williams at Baseball Reference
5. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
6. 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