1968 Atlanta Braves season

The 1968 Atlanta Braves season was the third season in Atlanta and the 98th overall season of the franchise. The team went 81–81 in the final season of play before both the American and National Leagues were split into divisions the following season.

1968 Atlanta Braves
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record81–81 (.500)
League place5th
Other information
OwnersWilliam Bartholomay
General managersPaul Richards
ManagersLum Harris
Local televisionWSB-TV
(Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton, Dizzy Dean, Carl Sell)
Local radioWSB
(Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton, Carl Sell)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9765 0.599 — 47–34 50–31
San Francisco Giants 8874 0.543 9 42–39 46–35
Chicago Cubs 8478 0.519 13 47–34 37–44
Cincinnati Reds 8379 0.512 14 40–41 43–38
Atlanta Braves 8181 0.500 16 41–40 40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 8082 0.494 17 40–41 40–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 7686 0.469 21 41–40 35–46
Philadelphia Phillies 7686 0.469 21 38–43 38–43
New York Mets 7389 0.451 24 32–49 41–40
Houston Astros 7290 0.444 25 42–39 30–51

Record vs. opponents
1968 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Atlanta —8–1010–811–79–912–6–111–76–129–95–13
Chicago 10–8—7–1110–812–68–109–910–89–9–19–9
Cincinnati 8–1011–7—9–99–910–811–710–8–18–107–11
Houston 7–118–109–9—11–710–89–95–138–105–13
Los Angeles 9–96–129–97–11—7–1110–810–89–99–9
New York 6–12–110–88–108–1011–7—8–109–97–116–12
Philadelphia 7–119–97–119–98–1010–8—9–99–98–10
Pittsburgh 12–68–108–10–113–58–109–99–9—7–116–12
San Francisco 9–99–9–110–810–89–911–79–911–7—10–8
St. Louis 13–59–911–713–59–912–610–812–68–10—

Roster
1968 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CJoe Torre115424115.2711055
1BDeron Johnson12734271.208833
2BFélix Millán149570165.289133
SSSonny Jackson10535881.226119
3BClete Boyer7127362.227417
LFTito Francona12234699.286247
CFFelipe Alou160662210.3171157
RFHank Aaron160606174.2872986

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
Marty Martínez11335682.230012
Tommie Aaron9828369.244125
Bob Tillman8623652.220520
Mike Lum12223252.220520
Bob Johnson5918749.262011
Sandy Valdespino368620.23314
Gil Garrido185311.20802
Wayne Causey16374.10814
Mike Page20285.17901
Walt Hriniak9269.34603
Woody Woodward12244.16701
Ralph Garr1172.28600
Dusty Baker652.40000

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
Phil Niekro37256.214122.59140
Pat Jarvis34256.016122.60157
Ron Reed35201.211103.35111
Milt Pappas22121.11082.3775
Al Santorini13.0010.000

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
Ken Johnson31135.0583.4757
Dick Kelley3198.1242.7573
Jim Britton3490.0463.1061
George Stone1775.0742.7652
Tony Cloninger819.0304.267

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
Cecil Upshaw5287132.4774
Claude Raymond3635102.8337
Clay Carroll100104.8410
Rick Kester50005.689
Ted Davidson40006.753
Skip Guinn30003.604
Stu Miller200054.001

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Eddie Haas
AA Shreveport Braves Texas League Charley Lau
A West Palm Beach Braves Florida State League Andy Pafko
A Greenwood Braves Western Carolinas League Lou Fitzgerald
Rookie Magic Valley Cowboys Pioneer League Connie Ryan

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Greenwood

References
  1. Bob Uecker at Baseball Reference
  2. Ramón Hernández at Baseball Reference
  3. Bobby Cox at Baseball Reference


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