1968 Atlanta Braves season

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.

1968 Atlanta Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	Atlanta Stadium
City	Atlanta
Record	81–81 (.500)
League place	5th
Owners	William Bartholomay
General managers	Paul Richards
Managers	Lum Harris
Television	WSB-TV (Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton, Dizzy Dean, Carl Sell)
Radio	WSB (Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton, Carl Sell)
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Offseason

• October 6, 1967: Bob Uecker was released by the Braves.^[1]
• November 28, 1967: Ramón Hernández was drafted from the Braves by the Chicago Cubs in the 1967 rule 5 draft.^[2]
• December 7, 1967: Bobby Cox was traded by the Braves to the New York Yankees for Bob Tillman and Dale Roberts.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	.599	—	47‍–‍34	50‍–‍31
San Francisco Giants	88	74	.543	9	42‍–‍39	46‍–‍35
Chicago Cubs	84	78	.519	13	47‍–‍34	37‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds	83	79	.512	14	40‍–‍41	43‍–‍38
Atlanta Braves	81	81	.500	16	41‍–‍40	40‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	.494	17	40‍–‍41	40‍–‍41
Los Angeles Dodgers	76	86	.469	21	41‍–‍40	35‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies	76	86	.469	21	38‍–‍43	38‍–‍43
New York Mets	73	89	.451	24	32‍–‍49	41‍–‍40
Houston Astros	72	90	.444	25	42‍–‍39	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1968 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–10	10–8	11–7	9–9	12–6–1	11–7	6–12	9–9	5–13
Chicago	10–8	—	7–11	10–8	12–6	8–10	9–9	10–8	9–9–1	9–9
Cincinnati	8–10	11–7	—	9–9	9–9	10–8	11–7	10–8–1	8–10	7–11
Houston	7–11	8–10	9–9	—	11–7	10–8	9–9	5–13	8–10	5–13
Los Angeles	9–9	6–12	9–9	7–11	—	7–11	10–8	10–8	9–9	9–9
New York	6–12–1	10–8	8–10	8–10	11–7	—	8–10	9–9	7–11	6–12
Philadelphia	7–11	9–9	7–11	9–9	8–10	10–8	—	9–9	9–9	8–10
Pittsburgh	12–6	8–10	8–10–1	13–5	8–10	9–9	9–9	—	7–11	6–12
San Francisco	9–9	9–9–1	10–8	10–8	9–9	11–7	9–9	11–7	—	10–8
St. Louis	13–5	9–9	11–7	13–5	9–9	12–6	10–8	12–6	8–10	—

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	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	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	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

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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