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1968 National League
Team Record GB
St. Louis Cardinals 97 - 65
San Francisco Giants 88 - 74 9.0
Chicago Cubs 84 - 78 13.0
Cincinnati Reds 83 - 79 14.0
Atlanta Braves 81 - 81 16.0
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 - 82 17.0
Los Angeles Dodgers 76 - 86 21.0
Philadelphia Phillies 76 - 86 21.0
New York Mets 73 - 89 24.0
Houston Astros 72 - 90 25.0

NL Champion
Runs Scored: 583
Runs Allowed: 472
Attendance: 2,011,167

1968 St. Louis Cardinals Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Tim McCarver C 26 128 434 35 110 15 6 5 48 26 8 31 4 3 2 1 6 .253 .295 .350 .645
Orlando Cepeda 1B 30 157 600 71 149 26 2 16 73 43 13 96 8 6 0 9 13 .248 .306 .378 .684
Julian Javier 2B 31 139 519 54 135 25 4 4 52 24 2 61 10 3 4 1 10 .260 .291 .347 .638
Mike Shannon 3B 28 156 576 62 153 29 2 15 79 37 5 114 1 2 4 2 11 .266 .309 .401 .710
Dal Maxvill SS 29 151 459 51 116 8 5 1 24 52 9 71 0 2 2 1 8 .253 .329 .298 .627
Lou Brock LF 29 159 660 92 184 46 14 6 51 46 7 124 62 12 1 3 4 .279 .328 .418 .746
Curt Flood CF 30 150 618 71 186 17 4 5 60 33 2 58 11 6 6 5 8 .301 .339 .366 .705
Roger Maris RF 33 100 310 25 79 18 2 5 45 24 3 38 0 0 1 1 3 .255 .307 .374 .681

1968 St. Louis Cardinals Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bobby Tolan 22 92 278 28 64 12 1 5 17 13 3 42 9 5 2 3 8 .230 .272 .335 .607
Johnny Edwards 30 85 230 14 55 9 1 3 29 16 0 20 1 1 1 1 6 .239 .287 .326 .613
Dick Schofield 33 69 127 14 28 7 1 1 8 13 2 31 1 2 0 2 1 .220 .303 .315 .618
Phil Gagliano 26 53 105 13 24 4 2 0 13 7 0 12 0 0 1 1 2 .229 .281 .305 .586
Ron Davis 26 33 79 11 14 4 2 0 5 5 0 17 1 0 1 0 2 .177 .221 .278 .499
Ed Spiezio 26 29 51 1 8 0 0 0 2 5 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 .157 .228 .157 .385
Dick Simpson 24 26 56 11 13 0 0 3 8 8 2 21 0 1 0 0 1 .232 .323 .393 .716
Dave Ricketts 32 20 22 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .136 .136 .136 .272
Joe Hague 24 7 17 2 4 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .235 .316 .412 .728
Floyd Wicker 24 5 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Ted Simmons 18 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833

1968 St. Louis Cardinals Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bob Gibson P 32 35 94 3 16 5 0 0 6 7 0 32 1 1 7 1 1 .170 .233 .223 .456
Nelson Briles P 24 33 80 5 11 2 0 0 5 4 0 21 0 0 9 1 2 .138 .186 .163 .349
Steve Carlton P 23 35 73 6 12 0 1 2 3 0 0 25 0 0 6 0 1 .164 .164 .274 .438
Ray Washburn P 30 31 60 5 5 0 1 0 5 8 0 38 0 0 11 0 2 .083 .191 .117 .308
Larry Jaster P 24 31 43 2 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 9 0 0 6 0 0 .140 .159 .209 .368
Dick Hughes P 30 25 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .063 .000 .063
Mel Nelson P 32 18 12 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .231 .167 .398
Ron Willis P 24 48 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .083 .000 .083
Mike Torrez P 21 5 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .572
Joe Hoerner P 31 47 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Wayne Granger P 24 34 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Hal Gilson P 26 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pete Mikkelsen P 28 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1968 St. Louis Cardinals Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Bob Gibson 32 34 34 22 9 .710 1.12 304.2 49 38 198 11 62 268 .181 7 4 28 13 0 2.39
Nelson Briles 24 33 33 19 11 .633 2.81 243.2 90 76 251 18 55 141 .261 7 4 13 4 0 3.57
Steve Carlton 23 34 33 13 11 .542 2.99 231.2 87 77 214 11 61 162 .240 3 6 10 5 0 3.05
Ray Washburn 30 31 30 14 8 .636 2.26 215.0 67 54 191 9 47 124 .235 1 3 8 4 0 3.06
Larry Jaster 24 31 21 9 13 .409 3.50 154.1 63 60 153 13 38 70 .255 6 2 3 1 0 4.04

1968 St. Louis Cardinals Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Ron Willis 24 48 0 2 3 .400 3.39 63.2 25 24 50 4 28 39 .207 1 1 0 0 4 3.96
Joe Hoerner 31 47 0 8 2 .800 1.48 48.2 9 8 34 2 12 42 .188 1 3 0 0 17 2.61
Wayne Granger 24 34 0 4 2 .667 2.25 44.0 14 11 40 2 12 27 .235 2 2 0 0 4 3.32
Dick Hughes 30 25 5 2 2 .500 3.52 64.0 25 25 45 7 21 49 .199 2 1 0 0 4 3.97
Mel Nelson 32 18 4 2 1 .667 2.91 52.2 20 17 49 3 9 16 .243 1 0 1 0 1 3.70
Hal Gilson 26 13 0 0 2 .000 4.57 21.2 11 11 27 1 11 19 .303 1 1 0 0 2 3.51
Pete Mikkelsen 28 5 0 0 0 .000 1.13 16.0 5 2 10 0 7 8 .172 0 1 0 0 0 3.31
Mike Torrez 21 5 2 2 1 .667 2.79 19.1 7 6 20 1 12 6 .270 1 2 0 0 0 5.07