1968 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1968 National League Wrigley Field Chicago 84 78 y 3rd Philip K. Wrigley John Holland Leo Durocher WGN-TV(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) WGN(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau) thumb | right | Logo 1957-1978 The 1968 Chicago Cubs season was the 97th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 93rd in the National League and the 53rd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 84–78. Offseason November 28, 1967: Ramón Hernández was drafted by the Cubs from the Atlanta Braves in the 1967 rule 5 draft.Ramón Hernández at Baseball Reference November 30, 1967: Paul Popovich and Jim Williams were traded by the Cubs to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Lou Johnson.Paul Popovich at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Notable transactions May 4, 1968: Byron Browne was traded by the Cubs to the Houston Astros for Aaron Pointer.Byron Browne at Baseball Reference June 7, 1968: 1968 Major League Baseball draft Oscar Gamble was drafted by the Cubs in the 16th round. Player signed June 18, 1968.Oscar Gamble at Baseball Reference Paul Reuschel was drafted by the Cubs in the 4th round of the Secondary Phase. Player signed June 17, 1968.Paul Reuschel at Baseball Reference June 14, 1968: Ramón Hernández was purchased from the Cubs by the St. Louis Cardinals. Roster 1968 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 47 Jophery Brown 38 Darcy Fast 49 Bill Hands 42 Chuck Hartenstein 33 Ramón Hernández 30 Ken Holtzman 31 Ferguson Jenkins 40 Jack Lamabe 40 Pete Mikkelsen 48 Joe Niekro 32 Rich Nye 37 Frank Reberger 27 Phil Regan 39 Archie Reynolds 33 Gary Ross 36 Bill Stoneman 38,45 Bobby Tiefenauer 37 John Upham Catchers  6 Randy Bobb 12 John Boccabella 24 John Felske  9 Randy Hundley  8 Bill Plummer Infielders 14 Ernie Banks 18 Glenn Beckert 19 Lee Elia 29 Clarence Jones 11 Don Kessinger 22 Vic LaRose 15 Dick Nen 12 Gene Oliver 10 Ron Santo Outfielders 17 José Arcia 28 Jim Hickman 41 Lou Johnson 24 Jimmy McMath 20 Adolfo Phillips 25 Ted Savage 25 Willie Smith 21 Al Spangler 26 Billy Williams Other batters  6 John Stephenson Manager  2 Leo Durocher Coaches  5 Joey Amalfitano  3 Joe Becker  7 Pete Reiser  4 Verlon Walker 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 Randy Hundley 160 553 125 .226 7 65 1B Ernie Banks 150 552 136 .246 32 83 2B Glenn Beckert 155 643 189 .294 4 37 SS Don Kessinger 160 655 157 .240 1 32 3B Ron Santo 162 577 142 .246 26 98 LF Billy Williams Billy Williams (left fielder) 163 642 185 .288 30 98 CF Adolfo Phillips 143 439 106 .241 13 33 RF Lou Johnson 62 205 50 .244 1 14 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 Jim Hickman 75 188 42 .223 5 23 Al Spangler 88 177 48 .271 2 18 Willie Smith 55 142 39 .275 5 25 Dick Nen 81 94 17 .181 2 16 José Arcia 59 84 16 .190 1 8 Lee Elia 15 17 3 .176 0 3 John Boccabella 7 14 1 .071 0 1 Jimmy McMath 6 14 2 .143 0 2 Gene Oliver 8 11 4 .364 0 1 John Upham 13 10 2 .200 0 0 Randy Bobb 7 8 1 .125 0 0 Ted Savage 3 8 2 .250 0 0 Clarence Jones 5 2 0 .000 0 0 Vic LaRose 4 2 0 .000 0 0 Bill Plummer 2 2 0 .000 0 0 John Stephenson 2 2 0 .000 0 0 John Felske 4 2 0 .000 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 Ferguson Jenkins 40 308.0 20 15 2.63 260 Bill Hands 38 258.2 16 10 2.89 148 Ken Holtzman 34 215.0 11 14 3.35 151 Joe Niekro 34 177.1 14 10 4.31 65 Rich Nye 27 132.2 7 12 3.80 74 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 Ross 13 41.0 1 1 4.17 31 Archie Reynolds 7 13.1 0 1 6.75 6 Darcy Fast 8 10.0 0 1 5.40 10 Frank Reberger 3 6.0 0 1 4.50 3 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 Phil Regan 68 10 5 25 2.20 60 Jack Lamabe 42 3 2 2 4.30 30 Chuck Hartenstein 28 2 4 1 4.54 17 Bill Stoneman 18 0 1 0 5.52 18 Bobby Tiefenauer 9 0 1 1 6.08 9 Ramón Hernández Ramón Hernández (pitcher) 8 0 0 0 9.00 3 Pete Mikkelsen 3 0 0 0 7.71 5 John Upham 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 Willie Smith 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 Jophery Brown 1 0 0 0 4.50 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Tacoma Cubs Pacific Coast League Whitey Lockman AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Harry Bright A Lodi Crushers California League Jim Marshall and Al Heist A Quincy Cubs Midwest League Walt Dixon Rookie Caldwell Cubs Pioneer League George Freese Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1968 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs Category:1968 in Chicago Category:Long stubs with short prose