1968 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1968 St. Louis Cardinals
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1892)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (Since 1966) St. Louis, Missouri (Since 1882)
1968 Information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch
Manager(s)	Red Schoendienst
Local television	KSD-TV
Local radio	KMOX (Harry Caray, Jack Buck)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference

The St. Louis Cardinals 1968 season was the team's 87th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 77th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 97-65 during the season and won their second consecutive NL Pennant, by nine games over the San Francisco Giants. They lost in 7 games to the Detroit Tigers in the World Series. After that, the Cardinals would not return to postseason until 1982.

Pitcher Bob Gibson won both the MVP Award and the Cy Young Award this year, with a 1.12 ERA, 22 wins, and 268 strikeouts. Gibson, shortstop Dal Maxvill, and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year.

It was also the final season before both the American and National Leagues would split into divisions.

Contents 1 National League final standings 2 Roster 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Other batters 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.2.1 Other pitchers 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 4 World Series 5 Awards and Honors 6 External links

[edit] National League final standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	--	.599
San Francisco Giants	88	74	9	.543
Chicago Cubs	84	78	13	.519
Cincinnati Reds	83	79	14	.512
Atlanta Braves	81	81	16	.500
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	17	.494
Los Angeles Dodgers	76	86	21	.469
Philadelphia Phillies	76	86	21	.469
New York Mets	73	89	24	.451
Houston Astros	72	90	25	.444

[edit] Roster

1968 St. Louis Cardinals roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers 34 Nellie Briles 32 Steve Carlton 45 Bob Gibson 29 Wayne Granger 43 Joe Hoerner 31 Dick Hughes 47 Mel Nelson 44 Ray Washburn 36 Ron Willis		Catchers  7 Johnny Edwards 15 Tim McCarver 10 Dave Ricketts Infielders 30 Orlando Cepeda 16 Phil Gagliano 25 Julian Javier 27 Dal Maxvill 11 Ducky Schofield 18 Mike Shannon 26 Ed Spiezio		Outfielders 20 Lou Brock 14 Ron Davis 21 Curt Flood  9 Roger Maris 17 Bobby Tolan		Manager  2 Red Schoendienst Coaches  8 Bob Milliken  4 Billy Muffett  3 Joe Schultz  5 Dick Sisler

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Roger Maris	100	310	79	.255	5	45

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1968 World Series

AL Detroit Tigers (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	Tigers – 0, Cardinals – 4	October 2	Busch Memorial Stadium	54,692	2:29
2	Cardinals – 1, Tigers – 8	October 3	Busch Memorial Stadium	54,692	2:41
3	Tigers – 3, Cardinals – 7	October 5	Tiger Stadium	53,634	3:17
4	Tigers – 1, Cardinals – 10	October 6	Tiger Stadium	53,634	2:34
5	Tigers – 5, Cardinals – 3	October 7	Tiger Stadium	53,634	2:43
6	Cardinals – 1, Tigers – 13	October 9	Busch Memorial Stadium	54,692	2:26
7	Cardinals – 1, Tigers – 4	October 10	Busch Memorial Stadium	54,692	2:07

[edit] Awards and Honors

• Red Schoendienst, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year

[edit] External links

• 1968 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1968 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • 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 Mets • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • San Francisco • St. Louis 1968 All-Star Game • 1968 World Series

Preceded by St. Louis Cardinals 1967

National League Championship Season 1968

Succeeded by New York Mets 1969

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