1968 San Francisco Giants season explained

San Francisco Giants
Season:	1968
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Candlestick Park
City:	San Francisco, California
Owners:	Horace Stoneham
General Managers:	Chub Feeney
Managers:	Herman Franks
Television:	KTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
Radio:	KSFO (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)

The 1968 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 86th year in Major League Baseball, their 11th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their ninth at Candlestick Park. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 88–74 record, 9 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. The Giants' opponents scored 529 runs against them, the fewest in franchise history for a 162-game season.^[1] The Giants shut out the opposition 20 times, a record for the club's era in San Francisco.^[2]

Offseason

January 27, 1968: 1968 Major League Baseball draft
- Garry Maddox was drafted by the Giants in the 2nd round.^[3]
- George Foster was drafted by the Giants in the 3rd round.^[4]
February 13, 1968: Tom Haller and Frank Kasheta (minors) were traded by the Giants to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ron Hunt and Nate Oliver.^[5]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

June 7, 1968: Jim Howarth was drafted by the Giants in the 8th round of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft.^[7]

Roster

1968 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers	CatchersInfielders	Outfielders	ManagerCoaches

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	98	301	82	.272	6	38
1B	148	523	153	.293	36	105
2B	148	529	132	.250	2	28
3B	136	480	124	.258	23	78
SS	151	486	100	.206	0	27
LF	116	291	65	.223	1	28
CF	148	498	144	.289	23	79
RF	120	419	110	.263	0	39

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
81	307	78	.254	9	35
113	272	61	.224	1	17
90	268	52	.232	4	34
76	174	46	.264	1	16
67	174	33	.190	1	7
40	95	22	.232	0	11
46	92	24	.261	0	5
36	73	13	.178	0	1
35	44	7	.159	0	2
10	19	3	.158	0	1
3	3	1	.333	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
38	325.2	26	9	2.43	218
39	290.2	16	15	2.45	173
38	253.2	12	18	2.91	206
38	198.1	12	14	3.58	121

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	176.2	10	5	1.99	126
3	9.0	2	0	6.00	8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
57	9	8	12	2.08	36
29	1	2	1	1.58	22
28	0	0	0	3.35	18
12	0	0	0	7.45	9
7	0	1	1	3.75	5
7	0	2	0	5.40	0

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

External links

1968 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
1968 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

Web site: Team Pitching Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1962 to 2021, For SFG, Standard stats, requiring Runs Allowed <= 600, sorted by lowest Runs Allowed.. Stathead Baseball. April 23, 2021.
Web site: Team Pitching Game Finder: In the Regular Season, since 1901, For SFG, requiring Runs Allowed = 0, sorted by most games.. Stathead Baseball. April 23, 2021.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maddoga01.shtml Garry Maddox
https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fostege01.shtml George Foster
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huntro01.shtml Ron Hunt
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1968&t=SFN 1968 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/howarji01.shtml Jim Howarth
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007