1968 Atlanta Braves season

March 2026 November 2013 Atlanta Braves 1968 National League Atlanta Stadium Atlanta 81–81 (.500) 5th William Bartholomay Paul Richards Lum Harris WSB-TV(Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton, Dizzy Dean, Carl Sell) WSB(Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton, Carl Sell) The 1968 Atlanta Braves season was the third season in Atlanta and the 98th overall season of the franchise. The team went 81–81 in the final season of play before both the American and National Leagues were split into divisions the following season. Offseason October 6, 1967: Bob Uecker was released by the Braves.Bob Uecker at Baseball Reference November 28, 1967: Ramón Hernández was drafted from the Braves by the Chicago Cubs in the 1967 rule 5 draft.Ramón Hernández at Baseball Reference December 7, 1967: Bobby Cox was traded by the Braves to the New York Yankees for Bob Tillman and Dale Roberts.Bobby Cox at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Atlanta Braves Record vs. opponents ATL Opening Day lineup Roster 1968 Atlanta Braves Roster Pitchers 42 Jim Britton 20 Clay Carroll 40 Tony Cloninger 23 Ted Davidson 37 Skip Guinn 33 Pat Jarvis 30 Ken Johnson 22 Dick Kelley 37 Rick Kester 23,47 Stu Miller 35 Phil Niekro 32 Milt Pappas 36 Claude Raymond 38 Ron Reed 24 Al Santorini 40 George Stone 34 Cecil Upshaw Catchers 39 Walt Hriniak 10 Bob Tillman 15 Joe Torre Infielders  6 Clete Boyer 23 Wayne Causey  7 Gil Garrido 16 Sonny Jackson 14 Bob Johnson 11 Deron Johnson  2 Marty Martínez 17 Félix Millán 14 Woody Woodward Outfielders 44 Hank Aaron 18 Tommie Aaron 29 Felipe Alou 12 Dusty Baker 19 Tito Francona 28 Mike Lum 43 Mike Page 48 Sandy Valdespino Other batters 48 Ralph Garr Manager 26 Lum Harris Coaches  8 Jim Busby  5 Harry Dorish  9 Billy Goodman  3 Ken Silvestri Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 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 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 Bob Johnson (infielder) 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 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 Phil Niekro 37 256.2 14 12 2.59 140 Pat Jarvis Pat Jarvis (baseball) 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 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 Ken Johnson (right-handed pitcher) 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 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 Minor League Baseball 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 LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Greenwood References 2 External links 1968 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference Category:Atlanta Braves seasons Atlanta Braves season Atlanta