1968 Cincinnati Reds season explained

Cincinnati Reds
Season:	1968
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Crosley Field
City:	Cincinnati
Owners:	Francis Dale
General Managers:	Bob Howsam
Managers:	Dave Bristol
Television:	WLW (Ed Kennedy, Frank McCormick)
Radio:	WCKY (Jim McIntyre, Joe Nuxhall)

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

• 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.

Roster

1968 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (Third base) (First base) (Pitching) (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		154	564	155	.275	15	82
1B		146	559	162	.290	22	80
2B		127	507	146	.288	2	47
SS		137	452	106	.235	7	41
3B		160	625	176	.282	18	92
LF		149	603	188	.312	2	58
CF		130	499	135	.271	5	48
RF		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
	103	234	59	.252	10	34
	87	171	44	.257	6	32
	85	139	36	.259	0	9
	56	119	29	.244	0	10
	46	98	28	.286	2	11
	31	57	15	.263	2	14
	20	56	15	.268	0	6
	17	51	10	.196	0	2
	16	15	4	.267	0	1
	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
	42	226.0	11	16	3.23	114
	33	207.0	16	10	3.61	181
	36	205.1	12	10	3.33	140
	23	150.0	9	4	2.40	111
	17	91.1	4	3	4.04	65
	5	18.1	0	1	5.89	20
	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

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
	58	7	7	17	2.29	61
	78	10	7	13	2.46	64
	44	2	4	3	5.15	34
	35	4	1	1	4.00	39
	30	3	4	2	4.97	30
	28	2	3	0	4.61	32
	23	1	0	0	6.23	7
	14	0	1	0	5.25	16

Awards and honors

• Pete Rose, Hutch Award^[6]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Asheville^[7]

References

• 1968 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2018, At Bats>=5750, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest At Bats . Baseball Reference. July 4, 2018.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mashocl01.shtml Clyde Mashore
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kelsobi01.shtml Bill Kelso
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chambch01.shtml Chris Chambliss
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/williji03.shtml Jimy Williams
6. Web site: 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