Major League Baseball team season
1968 Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Forbes Field | |||
City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |||
Owners | John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders) | |||
General managers | Joe L. Brown | |||
Managers | Larry Shepard | |||
Television | KDKA-TV Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King | |||
Radio | KDKA Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King | |||
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The 1968 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the: 87th season of theββPittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 82nd in the National League. The Pirates finished sixth in the league standings with a record of 80β82.
Offseasonβ»
- October 3, 1967: Billy O'Dell was released by, "the Pirates."
- October 13, 1967: Larry Shepard named manager of the "Pirates."
- November 28, 1967: Dennis Ribant was traded by the Piratesββto the Detroit Tigers for Dave Wickersham.
- November 28, 1967: Chuck Hiller was selected by Pirates from Philadelphia Phillies in the Rule 5 major league draft.
- November 29, 1967: Bill Short was sold by Piratesββto the New York Mets.
- December 2, 1967: Bob Oliver was traded by the Pirates to the Minnesota Twins for Ron Kline.
- December 3, 1967: Jim Pagliaroni was sold by the Pirates to the Oakland Athletics.
- December 15, 1967: Woodie Fryman, Bill Laxton, Don Money and Harold Clem (minors) were traded by the Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jim Bunning.
- January 8, 1968: Frank Taveras was signed by the Pirates as a non-drafted free agent.
- January 27, 1968: Tom Dettore was drafted by the Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase). Player signed March 29, "1968."
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 65 | .599 | β | 47β34 | 50β31 |
San Francisco Giants | 88 | 74 | .543 | 9 | 42β39 | 46β35 |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 78 | .519 | 13 | 47β34 | 37β44 |
Cincinnati Reds | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14 | 40β41 | 43β38 |
Atlanta Braves | 81 | 81 | .500 | 16 | 41β40 | 40β41 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 82 | .494 | 17 | 40β41 | 40β41 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 76 | 86 | .469 | 21 | 41β40 | 35β46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 76 | 86 | .469 | 21 | 38β43 | 38β43 |
New York Mets | 73 | 89 | .451 | 24 | 32β49 | 41β40 |
Houston Astros | 72 | 90 | .444 | 25 | 42β39 | 30β51 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | β | 8β10 | 10β8 | 11β7 | 9β9 | 12β6β1 | 11β7 | 6β12 | 9β9 | 5β13 | |||||
Chicago | 10β8 | β | 7β11 | 10β8 | 12β6 | 8β10 | 9β9 | 10β8 | 9β9β1 | 9β9 | |||||
Cincinnati | 8β10 | 11β7 | β | 9β9 | 9β9 | 10β8 | 11β7 | 10β8β1 | 8β10 | 7β11 | |||||
Houston | 7β11 | 8β10 | 9β9 | β | 11β7 | 10β8 | 9β9 | 5β13 | 8β10 | 5β13 | |||||
Los Angeles | 9β9 | 6β12 | 9β9 | 7β11 | β | 7β11 | 10β8 | 10β8 | 9β9 | 9β9 | |||||
New York | 6β12β1 | 10β8 | 8β10 | 8β10 | 11β7 | β | 8β10 | 9β9 | 7β11 | 6β12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7β11 | 9β9 | 7β11 | 9β9 | 8β10 | 10β8 | β | 9β9 | 9β9 | 8β10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 12β6 | 8β10 | 8β10β1 | 13β5 | 8β10 | 9β9 | 9β9 | β | 7β11 | 6β12 | |||||
San Francisco | 9β9 | 9β9β1 | 10β8 | 10β8 | 9β9 | 11β7 | 9β9 | 11β7 | β | 10β8 | |||||
St. Louis | 13β5 | 9β9 | 11β7 | 13β5 | 9β9 | 12β6 | 10β8 | 12β6 | 8β10 | β |
Game logβ»
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April: 8β8 (home: 5β3; Away: 3β5)
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May: 10β15 (home: 4β9; Away: 6β6)
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June: 18β13 (home: 9β5; Away: 9β8)
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July: 15β18 (home: 7β12; Away: 8β6)
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August: 14β17 (home: 4β6; Away: 10β11)
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September: 15β11 (home: 11β6; Away: 4β5)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie Bold = Pirates team member |
Opening Day lineupβ»
Opening Day Starters | ||
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# | Name | Position |
30 | Maury Wills | 3B |
22 | Gene Alley | SS |
21 | Roberto Clemente | RF |
8 | Willie Stargell | LF |
17 | Donn Clendenon | 1B |
9 | Bill Mazeroski | 2B |
18 | Matty Alou | CF |
12 | Jerry May | C |
14 | Jim Bunning | SP |
Notable transactionsβ»
- June 7, 1968: 1968 Major League Baseball draft
- Milt May was drafted by the Pirates in the 11th round of the 1968 Major League draft.
- Bruce Kison was drafted by the Pirates in the 14th round of the 1968 Major League draft.
- June 27, 1968: Juan Pizarro sold by the Pirates to the Boston Red Sox.
- July 15, 1968: Bill Virdon was signed as a free agent by the Pirates (Virdon, who was on the coaching staff, was activated as a player-coach while Freddie Patek was on the DL).
- August 13, 1968: Bill Virdon was released by the Pirates.
- August 19, 1968: Bill Henry was released by the Pirates.
Rosterβ»
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Statisticsβ»
- Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
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- Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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Farm systemβ»
See also: Minor league baseball
Notesβ»
- ^ From 1882β1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
- ^ Billy O'Dell at "Baseball Almanac"
- ^ Larry Shepard
- ^ Dennis Ribant page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Chuck Hiller at "Baseball Almanac"
- ^ Mets buy Short
- ^ Ron Kline at "Baseball Almanac"
- ^ Jim Pagliaroni at "Baseball Almanac"
- ^ Woodie Fryman page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Frank Taveras
- ^ Tom Dettore page at Baseball Reference
- ^ 1968 Opening Day lineup at "Baseball-Almanac"
- ^ Milt May at "Baseball Almanac"
- ^ Bruce Kison at "Baseball Almanac"
- ^ Juan Pizarro at "Baseball Almanac"
- ^ Bill Virdon page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bill Henry at "Baseball Almanac"
- ^ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ^ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
Referencesβ»
- 1968 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
- 1968 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.