1968 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1968 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1968

World Series Champions

Detroit Tigers

Runner Up

St. Louis Cardinals

Most Valuable Players

AL: Denny McLain NL: Bob Gibson

Cy Young Winners

AL: Denny McLain NL: Bob Gibson

Rookies of the Year

AL: Stan Bahnsen NL: Johnny Bench

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

Tim Foli (New York Mets)

All-Star Game

Houston,Texas

Teams

Players

675

Attendance

23,102,745

Payroll

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1968 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	103	59	.636	--	671	492	179	Won World Series (Cardinals)	2,031,847	1	Jim Campbell	Mayo Smith	Tiger Stadium
2	2	3	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	12.0	579	497	82	dnq	943,977	12	Harry Dalton	Hank Bauer, Earl Weaver	Memorial Stadium
3	3	5	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	161	86	75	.534	16.5	516	504	12	dnq	857,994	13	Gabe Paul	Alvin Dark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
4	4	6	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	17.0	614	611	3	dnq	1,940,788	3	Dick O'Connell	Dick Williams	Fenway Park
5	5	8	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	20.0	536	531	5	dnq	1,185,666	7	Lee MacPhail	Ralph Houk	Yankee Stadium I
6	6	10	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	21.0	569	544	25	dnq	837,466	14	Charlie Finley	Bob Kennedy	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	24.0	562	546	16	dnq	1,143,257	8	Calvin Griffith	Cal Ermer	Metropolitan Stadium
8	8	19	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	36.0	498	615	-117	dnq	1,025,956	11	Fred Haney	Bill Rigney	Anaheim Stadium
9	9	18	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	36.0	463	527	-64	dnq	803,775	16	Ed Short	Eddie Stanky, Al Lopez, Les Moss	Comiskey Park
10	10	20	Washington Senators II	T - S - R - L	161	65	96	.404	37.5	524	665	-141	dnq	546,661	20	George Selkirk	Jim Lemon	RFK Memorial Stadium
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	97	65	.599	--	583	472	111	Lost World Series (Tigers)	2,011,167	2	Bing Devine	Red Schoendienst	Busch Stadium II
2	2	4	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	9.0	599	529	70	dnq	837,220	15	Chub Feeney	Herman Franks	Candlestick Park
3	3	7	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	13.0	612	611	1	dnq	1,043,409	10	John Holland	Leo Durocher	Wrigley Field
4	4	9	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	14.0	690	673	17	dnq	733,354	17	Bob Howsam	Dave Bristol	Crosley Field
5	5	11	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	16.0	514	549	-35	dnq	1,126,540	9	Paul Richards	Lum Harris	Atlanta Stadium
6	6	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	17.0	583	532	51	dnq	693,485	18	Joe Brown	Larry Shepard	Forbes Field
7	7	15	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	21.0	543	615	-72	dnq	664,546	19	John Quinn	Bob Skinner, Gene Mauch, George Myatt	Connie Mack Stadium
8	8	14	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	21.0	470	509	-39	dnq	1,581,093	5	Buzzie Bavasi	Walter Alston	Dodger Stadium
9	9	16	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	24.0	473	499	-26	dnq	1,781,657	4	Johnny Murphy	Gil Hodges	Shea Stadium
10	10	17	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	25.0	510	588	-78	dnq	1,312,887	6	Spec Richardson	Harry Walker, Grady Hatton	Astrodome
20 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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