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1968 Atlanta Braves season

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Major League Baseball team season

1968 Atlanta Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	Atlanta Stadium
City	Atlanta
Record	81–81 (.500)
League place	5th
Owners	William Bartholomay
General managers	Paul Richards
Managers	Lum Harris
Television	WSB-TV (Ernie Johnson,Milo Hamilton,Dizzy Dean, Carl Sell)
Radio	WSB (Ernie Johnson,Milo Hamilton, Carl Sell)
← 1967 Seasons 1969 →

The1968 Atlanta Braves season was the third season inAtlanta and the 98th overall season of the franchise. The team went 81–81 in the final season of play before both theAmerican andNational Leagues were split into divisionsthe following season.

Offseason

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October 6, 1967:Bob Uecker was released by the Braves.^[1]
November 28, 1967:Ramón Hernández was drafted from the Braves by theChicago Cubs in the 1967rule 5 draft.^[2]
December 7, 1967:Bobby Cox was traded by the Braves to theNew York Yankees forBob Tillman andDale Roberts.^[3]

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	.599	—	47‍–‍34	50‍–‍31
San Francisco Giants	88	74	.543	9	42‍–‍39	46‍–‍35
Chicago Cubs	84	78	.519	13	47‍–‍34	37‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds	83	79	.512	14	40‍–‍41	43‍–‍38
Atlanta Braves	81	81	.500	16	41‍–‍40	40‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	.494	17	40‍–‍41	40‍–‍41
Los Angeles Dodgers	76	86	.469	21	41‍–‍40	35‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies	76	86	.469	21	38‍–‍43	38‍–‍43
New York Mets	73	89	.451	24	32‍–‍49	41‍–‍40
Houston Astros	72	90	.444	25	42‍–‍39	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

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1968 National League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–10	10–8	11–7	9–9	12–6–1	11–7	6–12	9–9	5–13
Chicago	10–8	—	7–11	10–8	12–6	8–10	9–9	10–8	9–9–1	9–9
Cincinnati	8–10	11–7	—	9–9	9–9	10–8	11–7	10–8–1	8–10	7–11
Houston	7–11	8–10	9–9	—	11–7	10–8	9–9	5–13	8–10	5–13
Los Angeles	9–9	6–12	9–9	7–11	—	7–11	10–8	10–8	9–9	9–9
New York	6–12–1	10–8	8–10	8–10	11–7	—	8–10	9–9	7–11	6–12
Philadelphia	7–11	9–9	7–11	9–9	8–10	10–8	—	9–9	9–9	8–10
Pittsburgh	12–6	8–10	8–10–1	13–5	8–10	9–9	9–9	—	7–11	6–12
San Francisco	9–9	9–9–1	10–8	10–8	9–9	11–7	9–9	11–7	—	10–8
St. Louis	13–5	9–9	11–7	13–5	9–9	12–6	10–8	12–6	8–10	—

Opening Day lineup

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Roster

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1968 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 42Jim Britton 20Clay Carroll 40Tony Cloninger 23Ted Davidson 37Skip Guinn 33Pat Jarvis 30Ken Johnson 22Dick Kelley 37Rick Kester 23,47Stu Miller 35Phil Niekro 32Milt Pappas 36Claude Raymond 38Ron Reed 24Al Santorini 40George Stone 34Cecil Upshaw		Catchers 39Walt Hriniak 10Bob Tillman 15Joe Torre Infielders 6Clete Boyer 23Wayne Causey 7Gil Garrido 16Sonny Jackson 14Bob Johnson 11Deron Johnson 2Marty Martínez 17Félix Millán 14Woody Woodward		Outfielders 44Hank Aaron 18Tommie Aaron 29Felipe Alou 12Dusty Baker 19Tito Francona 28Mike Lum 43Mike Page 48Sandy Valdespino Other batters 48Ralph Garr		Manager 26Lum Harris Coaches 8Jim Busby 5Harry Dorish 9Billy Goodman 3Ken Silvestri

1968 Atlanta Braves

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

48Ralph Garr

Manager

26Lum Harris

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C	Joe Torre	115	424	115	.271	10	55
1B	Deron Johnson	127	342	71	.208	8	33
2B	Félix Millán	149	570	165	.289	1	33
SS	Sonny Jackson	105	358	81	.226	1	19
3B	Clete Boyer	71	273	62	.227	4	17
LF	Tito Francona	122	346	99	.286	2	47
CF	Felipe Alou	160	662	210*	.317	11	57
RF	Hank Aaron	160	606	174	.287	29	86

Tied with Pete Rose

Other batters

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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 Martínez	113	356	82	.230	0	12
Tommie Aaron	98	283	69	.244	1	25
Bob Tillman	86	236	52	.220	5	20
Mike Lum	122	232	52	.220	5	20
Bob Johnson	59	187	49	.262	0	11
Sandy Valdespino	36	86	20	.233	1	4
Gil Garrido	18	53	11	.208	0	2
Wayne Causey	16	37	4	.108	1	4
Mike Page	20	28	5	.179	0	1
Walt Hriniak	9	26	9	.346	0	3
Woody Woodward	12	24	4	.167	0	1
Ralph Garr	11	7	2	.286	0	0
Dusty Baker	6	5	2	.400	0	0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Niekro	37	256.2	14	12	2.59	140
Pat Jarvis	34	256.0	16	12	2.60	157
Ron Reed	35	201.2	11	10	3.35	111
Milt Pappas	22	121.1	10	8	2.37	75
Al Santorini	1	3.0	0	1	0.00	0

Other pitchers

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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 Johnson	31	135.0	5	8	3.47	57
Dick Kelley	31	98.1	2	4	2.75	73
Jim Britton	34	90.0	4	6	3.10	61
George Stone	17	75.0	7	4	2.76	52
Tony Cloninger	8	19.0	3	0	4.26	7

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Cecil Upshaw	52	8	7	13	2.47	74
Claude Raymond	36	3	5	10	2.83	37
Clay Carroll	10	0	1	0	4.84	10
Rick Kester	5	0	0	0	5.68	9
Ted Davidson	4	0	0	0	6.75	3
Skip Guinn	3	0	0	0	3.60	4
Stu Miller	2	0	0	0	54.00	1

Farm system

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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

References

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^Bob Uecker atBaseball Reference
^Ramón Hernández atBaseball Reference
^Bobby Cox atBaseball Reference

External links

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1968 Atlanta Braves season atBaseball Reference

v t e 1968 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Minnesota New York Oakland Washington
National League	Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1968 MLB draft 1968 All-Star Game 1968 World Series 1968 MLB expansion draft

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Established in1871
Formerly theBoston Red Stockings,Boston Red Caps,Boston Beaneaters,Boston Doves,Boston Rustlers,Boston Bees,Boston Braves and theMilwaukee Braves
Based inAtlanta, Georgia

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