1968 Cincinnati Reds season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Cincinnati Reds

| season = 1968

| misc =

| league = National League

| ballpark = Crosley Field

| city = Cincinnati

| record = {{winpct|83|79|record=y}}

| divisional_place = 4th

| 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 the 99th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball. The Reds finished 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/ztosp|title=Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2018, At Bats>=5750, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest At Bats |publisher=Baseball Reference|access-date=July 4, 2018}} 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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mashocl01.shtml Clyde Mashore] at Baseball Reference
November 29, 1967: Sammy Ellis was traded by the Reds to the California Angels for Bill Kelso and Jorge Rubio.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kelsobi01.shtml Bill Kelso] at Baseball Reference
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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chambch01.shtml Chris Chambliss] at Baseball Reference
February 8, 1968: Johnny Edwards was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jimy Williams and Pat Corrales.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/williji03.shtml Jimy Williams] at Baseball Reference
March 28, 1968: Clyde Mashore was returned to the Reds by the New York Mets.

Regular season

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

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Roster =

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colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|33\|Ted Abernathy}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Gerry Arrigo}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Clay Carroll}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Tony Cloninger}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|George Culver}} {{MLBplayer\|56\|Ted Davidson}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Bill Kelso}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|Bob Lee}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|Jim Maloney}} {{MLBplayer\|42\|Billy McCool}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Dan McGinn}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|Gary Nolan}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Milt Pappas}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Mel Queen}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Jay Ritchie}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|John Tsitouris}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Johnny Bench}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Pat Corrales}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Jimmie Schaffer}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|16\|Leo Cárdenas}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Tommy Helms}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Bob Johnson}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Lee May}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Hal McRae}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Don Pavletich}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Tony Pérez}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Chico Ruiz}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Fred Whitfield}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Woody Woodward}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|55\|Jim Beauchamp}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Alex Johnson}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Mack Jones}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Vada Pinson}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Pete Rose}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Dave Bristol}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|10\|Vern Benson}} (Third base) {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Jim Bragan}} (First base) {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Mel Harder}} (Pitching) {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Hal Smith}} (Bullpen)

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colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

{{MLBplayer|10|Vern Benson}} (Third base)

{{MLBplayer| 2|Jim Bragan}} (First base)

{{MLBplayer| 3|Mel Harder}} (Pitching)

{{MLBplayer| 9|Hal Smith}} (Bullpen)

Player stats

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| = Indicates team leader

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| = Indicates league leader

= Batting =

== Starters by position ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| R ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	Johnny Bench	154	564	67	155	.275	15	82
align=center \| 1B	Lee May	146	559	78	162	.290	style="background:#fc0;\|22	80
align=center \| 2B	Tommy Helms	127	507	35	146	.288	2	47
align=center \| SS	Leo Cárdenas	137	452	45	106	.235	7	41
align=center \| 3B	Tony Pérez	style="background:#fc0;\| 160	625	93	176	.282	18	style="background:#fc0;\|92
align=center \| LF	Alex Johnson	149	603	79	188	.312	2	58
align=center \| CF	Vada Pinson	130	499	60	135	.271	5	48
align=center \| RF	Pete Rose	149	style="background:#fc0;\|626	style="background:#fc0;\|94	style="background:#DDFFDD;\|210	style="background:#DDFFDD;\| .335	10	49

== Other batters ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Mack Jones	103	234	59	.252	10	34
align=center \| Fred Whitfield	87	171	44	.257	6	32
align=center \| Chico Ruiz	85	139	36	.259	0	9
align=center \| Woody Woodward	56	119	29	.244	0	10
align=center \| Don Pavletich	46	98	28	.286	2	11
align=center \| Jim Beauchamp	31	57	15	.263	2	14
align=center \| {{sortname\|Pat\|Corrales}}	20	56	15	.268	0	6
align="center" \| Hal McRae	17	51	10	.196	0	2
align=center \| Bob Johnson	16	15	4	.267	0	1
align=center \| Jimmie Schaffer	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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| George Culver	42	226.0	11	16	3.23	114
align=center \| Jim Maloney	33	207.0	16	10	3.61	181
align=center \| Gerry Arrigo	36	205.1	12	10	3.33	140
align=center \| Gary Nolan	23	150.0	9	4	2.40	111
align=center \| Tony Cloninger	17	91.1	4	3	4.04	65
align=center \| {{sortname\|Mel\|Queen\|Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder)}}	5	18.1	0	1	5.89	20
align="center" \| John Tsitouris	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

class="wikitable sortable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
align="center" \| Milt Pappas	15	62.2	2	5	5.60	43

class="wikitable sortable"

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO

align="center"

| Milt Pappas

62.2

5.60

== Relief pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Clay Carroll	58	7	7	17	2.29	61
align=center \| {{sortname\|Ted\|Abernathy}}	78	10	7	13	2.46	64
align="center" \| Bob Lee	44	2	4	3	5.15	34
align=center \| {{sortname\|Bill\|Kelso}}	35	4	1	1	4.00	39
align="center" \| Billy McCool	30	3	4	2	4.97	30
align=center \| Jay Ritchie	28	2	3	0	4.61	32
align=center \| Ted Davidson	23	1	0	0	6.23	7
align=center \| Dan McGinn	14	0	1	0	5.25	16

Awards and honors

Pete Rose, Hutch Award{{Cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml|title=Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac}}

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level16=AAA|team16=Indianapolis Indians|league16=Pacific Coast League|manager16=Don Zimmer

|level17=AA |team17=Asheville Tourists|league17=Southern League|manager17=Sparky Anderson

|level18=A |team18=Tampa Tarpons|league18=Florida State League|manager18=George Scherger

|level19=A-Short Season|team19=Sioux Falls Packers|league19=Northern League|manager19=Jim Snyder

|level20=Rookie|team20=GCL Reds|league20=Gulf Coast League|manager20=Bill Lajoie

}}

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Asheville

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/1968.shtml 1968 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference]

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