1968 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1968 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 86–76 (.531) 4th Tom Yawkey Tom Yawkey Dick O'Connell Dick Williams WHDH-TV, Ch, 5 WHDH-AM 850(Ken Coleman, Ned Martin, Mel Parnell) bos BOS The 1968 Boston Red Sox season was the 68th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, 17 games behind the AL and World Series champion Detroit Tigers. Offseason October 29, 1968: Elston Howard was released by the Red Sox.Elston Howard page at Baseball Reference Regular season Carl Yastrzemski set an American League record by having the lowest batting average to win a batting title. Yaz hit .301 to claim the batting title.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 191, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Season standings Record vs. opponents BOS Opening Day lineup   2 Mike Andrews 2B  3 Dalton Jones 3B  8 Carl Yastrzemski     LF  7 Reggie Smith CF  5 George Scott 1B15 Joe Lahoud RF  6 Rico Petrocelli SS18 Elston Howard C 36 Dick Ellsworth P Notable transactions August 7, 1968: Norm Siebern was released by the Red Sox.Norm Siebern page at Baseball Reference August 14, 1968: Galen Cisco was purchased from the Red Sox by the Kansas City Royals.Galen Cisco page at Baseball Reference Roster 1968 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 39 Gary Bell 27 Bucky Brandon 21 Ray Culp 36 Dick Ellsworth 29 Bill Landis 16 Jim Lonborg 28 Sparky Lyle 37 Dave Morehead 24 Juan Pizarro 17 Garry Roggenburk 30 José Santiago 20 Lee Stange 38 Jerry Stephenson 19 Gary Waslewski 24 Fred Wenz 26 John Wyatt Catchers 35 Russ Gibson 18 Elston Howard 10 Jerry Moses 15 Russ Nixon 22 Gene Oliver Infielders 14 Jerry Adair 41 Luis Alvarado  2 Mike Andrews  1 Joe Foy  3 Dalton Jones  6 Rico Petrocelli  5 George Scott  4 Norm Siebern Outfielders 40 Ken Harrelson 15 Joe Lahoud 11 Floyd Robinson  7 Reggie Smith 12 José Tartabull 17 George Thomas  8 Carl Yastrzemski Manager 23 Dick Williams Coaches 31 Bobby Doerr (First base & Hitting) 33 Darrell Johnson (Pitching) 34 Al Lakeman (Bullpen) 32 Eddie Popowski (Third base) Player stats Batting Starters by position 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 Russ Gibson 76 231 52 .225 3 20 1B George Scott George Scott (first baseman) 124 350 60 .171 3 25 2B Mike Andrews 147 536 145 .271 7 45 SS Rico Petrocelli 123 406 95 .234 12 46 3B Joe Foy 150 515 116 .225 10 60 LF Carl Yastrzemski 157 539 162 .301 23 74 CF Reggie Smith 155 558 148 .265 15 69 RF Ken Harrelson 150 535 147 .275 35 109 Other batters 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 Dalton Jones 111 354 83 .234 5 29 Jerry Adair 74 208 45 .216 2 12 Elston Howard 71 203 49 .241 5 18 José Tartabull 72 139 39 .281 0 6 Russ Nixon 29 85 13 .153 0 6 Joe Lahoud 29 78 15 .192 1 6 Luis Alvarado 11 46 6 .130 0 1 Gene Oliver 16 35 5 .143 0 1 Norm Siebern 27 30 2 .067 0 0 Floyd Robinson 23 24 3 .125 0 2 Jerry Moses 6 18 6 .333 2 4 George Thomas George Thomas (baseball) 12 10 2 .200 1 1 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Ray Culp 35 216.1 16 6 2.91 190 Gary Bell baseball 35 199.1 11 11 3.12 102 Dick Ellsworth 31 196.0 16 7 3.03 106 José Santiago José Santiago (1960s pitcher) 18 124.0 9 4 2.25 86 Jim Lonborg 23 113.1 6 10 4.29 73 Juan Pizarro Juan Pizarro (baseball) 19 107.2 6 8 3.59 84 Dave Morehead 11 55.0 1 4 2.45 78 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Gary Waslewski 34 105.1 4 7 3.67 59 Jerry Stephenson 23 68.2 2 8 5.64 51 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Lee Stange 50 5 5 12 3.93 53 Sparky Lyle 49 6 1 11 2.74 52 Bill Landis 38 3 3 3 3.15 59 Bucky Brandon 8 0 0 0 6.39 10 John Wyatt John Wyatt (baseball) 8 1 2 0 4.22 11 Garry Roggenburk 4 0 0 0 2.16 4 Fred Wenz 1 0 0 0 0.00 3 Awards and honors George Scott, Gold Glove Award (1B) Reggie Smith, Gold Glove Award (OF) Carl Yastrzemski, Gold Glove Award (OF) Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Louisville Colonels International League Eddie Kasko AA Pittsfield Red Sox Eastern League Billy Gardner A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Bill Slack A Waterloo Hawks Midwest League Rac Slider A Greenville Red Sox Western Carolinas League Matt Sczesny A-Short Season Jamestown Falcons New York–Penn League Jackie Moore Source:Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007https://archive.org/details/redsoxamericanle00bost/page/2/mode/2up Boston Red Sox 1968 Guide Compiled for Press TV Radio 1968 2 March 14, 2021 Wayback Machine References 30em External links 1968 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1968 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1968 in Boston Category:Long stubs with short prose