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1968 St. Louis Cardinals season 

1968 St. Louis Cardinals
Major league affiliations
Location
1968 Information
Owner(s) August "Gussie" Busch
Manager(s) Red Schoendienst
Local television KSD-TV
Local radio KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck)
Stats ESPN.com

BB-reference

The St. Louis Cardinals 1968 season was the team's 87th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 77th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 97-65 during the season and won their second consecutive NL Pennant, by nine games over the San Francisco Giants. They lost in 7 games to the Detroit Tigers in the World Series. After that, the Cardinals would not return to postseason until 1982.

Pitcher Bob Gibson won both the MVP Award and the Cy Young Award this year, with a 1.12 ERA, 22 wins, and 268 strikeouts. Gibson, shortstop Dal Maxvill, and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year.

It was also the final season before both the American and National Leagues would split into divisions.

Contents

Offseason

February 8, 1968: Jimy Williams was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Pat Corrales to the Cincinnati Reds for Johnny Edwards. [1]

Regular Season

National League final 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

Opening Day starters

Transactions

  • June 7, 1968: Bob Forsch was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round of the 1968 amateur draft. [2]

Roster

1968 St. Louis Cardinals roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
Roger Maris 100 310 79 .255 5 45

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

World Series

Main article: 1968 World Series

AL Detroit Tigers (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (3)

Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1 Tigers – 0, Cardinals – 4 October 2 Busch Memorial Stadium 54,692 2:29
2 Cardinals – 1, Tigers – 8 October 3 Busch Memorial Stadium 54,692 2:41
3 Tigers – 3, Cardinals – 7 October 5 Tiger Stadium 53,634 3:17
4 Tigers – 1, Cardinals – 10 October 6 Tiger Stadium 53,634 2:34
5 Tigers – 5, Cardinals – 3 October 7 Tiger Stadium 53,634 2:43
6 Cardinals – 1, Tigers – 13 October 9 Busch Memorial Stadium 54,692 2:26
7 Cardinals – 1, Tigers – 4 October 10 Busch Memorial Stadium 54,692 2:07

Awards and honors

  • Lou Brock, National League Stolen Base Leader, 62 [3]
  • Red Schoendienst, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year

References

  1. ^ Jimy Williams Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/forscbo01.shtml
  3. ^ Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac

External links

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1968 MLB season by team
American League
National League
1968 Major League Baseball Draft • 1968 All-Star Game • 1968 World Series • 1968 MLB Expansion Draft
Preceded by
St. Louis Cardinals
1967		 National League Championship Season
1968		 Succeeded by
New York Mets
1969
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St. Louis Cardinals
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Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr. • General Manager: John Mozeliak • Manager: Tony La Russa
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