1968 Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Dodger Stadium | |
City | Los Angeles, | |
Owners | Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey | |
President | Walter O'Malley | |
General managers | Buzzie Bavasi, Fresco Thompson | |
Managers | Walter Alston | |
Television | KTTV (11) | |
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KFI Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW José García, Jaime Jarrín | |
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The 1968 Los Angeles Dodgers had a 76–86 record and finished in seventh place in the National League standings, 21 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. After the season, the Dodgers underwent some changes among the team management when long time general manager Buzzie Bavasi resigned to take over the expansion San Diego Padres. He was replaced by team vice-president Fresco Thompson. However, Thompson was diagnosed with cancer weeks after taking the job and died in November. Al Campanis became the new general manager for the following season.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 65 | 0.599 | — | 47–34 | 50–31 |
San Francisco Giants | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | 9 | 42–39 | 46–35 |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 13 | 47–34 | 37–44 |
Cincinnati Reds | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 14 | 40–41 | 43–38 |
Atlanta Braves | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 16 | 41–40 | 40–41 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 17 | 40–41 | 40–41 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 21 | 41–40 | 35–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 21 | 38–43 | 38–43 |
New York Mets | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 24 | 32–49 | 41–40 |
Houston Astros | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 25 | 42–39 | 30–51 |
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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 | — |
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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 |
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C | Tom Haller | 144 | 474 | 135 | .285 | 4 | 53 |
1B | Wes Parker | 135 | 468 | 112 | .239 | 3 | 27 |
2B | Paul Popovich | 134 | 418 | 97 | .232 | 2 | 25 |
SS | Zoilo Versalles | 122 | 403 | 79 | .196 | 2 | 24 |
3B | Bob Bailey | 105 | 322 | 73 | .227 | 8 | 39 |
LF | Len Gabrielson | 108 | 304 | 82 | .270 | 10 | 35 |
CF | Willie Davis | 160 | 643 | 161 | .250 | 7 | 31 |
RF | Ron Fairly | 141 | 441 | 103 | .234 | 4 | 43 |
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 |
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Jim Lefebvre | 84 | 286 | 69 | .241 | 5 | 31 |
Ken Boyer | 83 | 221 | 60 | .271 | 6 | 41 |
Willie Crawford | 61 | 175 | 44 | .251 | 4 | 14 |
Jim Fairey | 99 | 156 | 31 | .199 | 1 | 10 |
Ted Savage | 61 | 126 | 26 | .206 | 2 | 7 |
Rocky Colavito | 40 | 113 | 23 | .204 | 3 | 11 |
Luis Alcaraz | 41 | 106 | 16 | .151 | 2 | 5 |
Jeff Torborg | 37 | 93 | 15 | .161 | 0 | 4 |
Bill Sudakis | 24 | 87 | 24 | .276 | 3 | 12 |
Bart Shirley | 39 | 83 | 15 | .181 | 0 | 4 |
Jim Campanis | 4 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
Cleo James | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Al Ferrara | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bill Singer | 37 | 256.1 | 13 | 17 | 2.85 | 227 |
Claude Osteen | 39 | 254.0 | 12 | 18 | 3.08 | 119 |
Don Drysdale | 31 | 239.0 | 14 | 12 | 2.15 | 155 |
Don Sutton | 35 | 207.2 | 11 | 15 | 2.60 | 162 |
Mike Kekich | 25 | 115.0 | 2 | 10 | 3.91 | 84 |
Joe Moeller | 3 | 16.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.06 | 11 |
Alan Foster | 3 | 15.2 | 1 | 1 | 1.72 | 10 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jim Brewer | 54 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 2.49 | 75 |
Jack Billingham | 50 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2.14 | 46 |
Mudcat Grant | 37 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2.08 | 35 |
John Purdin | 35 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3.07 | 38 |
Hank Aguirre | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.69 | 25 |
Phil Regan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 7 |
Vicente Romo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tri-City, Ogden
This was the fourth year of a Major League Baseball Draft. The Dodgers drafted 78 players in the June draft and 23 in the January draft. This was one of the Dodgers most successful drafts in history as they drafted Steve Garvey, Ron Cey, Davey Lopes and Bobby Valentine in this draft.
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