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1968 Los Angeles Dodgers season
Major League Baseball team season
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.
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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) | |||
| Radio | KFI Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW José García, Jaime Jarrín | |||
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- November 28, 1967: John Roseboro, Ron Perranoski and Bob Miller were traded by the Dodgers to the Minnesota Twins for Mudcat Grant and Zoilo Versalles.[1]
- November 30, 1967: Gene Michael was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Yankees.[2]
- November 30, 1967: Lou Johnson was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Paul Popovich.[3]
- February 13, 1968: Ron Hunt and Nate Oliver were traded by the Dodgers to the San Francisco Giants for Tom Haller and Frank Kasheta (minors).[4]
- March 26, 1968: Rocky Colavito was purchased by the Dodgers from the Chicago White Sox.[5]
Season standings
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| 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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Record vs. opponents
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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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Opening Day lineup
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Notable transactions
- April 3, 1968: Hank Aguirre was acquired by the Dodgers from the Detroit Tigers for cash and a player to be named later. The Tigers completed the deal by sending Fred Moulder (minors) to the Dodgers on April 4.[6]
- April 23, 1968: Jim Hickman and Phil Regan were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Ted Savage and Jim Ellis.[7]
- July 11, 1968: Rocky Colavito was released by the Dodgers.[5]
Roster
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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
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| 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 |
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Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
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| 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 |
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Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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| 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 |
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Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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| 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 |
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All-Stars
- 1968 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Don Drysdale, starter
- Tom Haller, reserve
See also: Minor League Baseball
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tri-City, Ogden
Main article: 1968 Major League Baseball Draft
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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January draft
January Secondary phase
June draft
June secondary phase
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