1968_San_Francisco_Giants_season

1968 San Francisco Giants
1968 San Francisco Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Candlestick Park
City	San Francisco, California
Owners	Horace Stoneham
General managers	Chub Feeney
Managers	Herman Franks
Television	KTVU; (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
Radio	KSFO; (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)

1968 San Francisco Giants season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1968 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 86th year in Major League Baseball, their 11th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their ninth at Candlestick Park. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 88–74 record, 9 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. The Giants' opponents scored 529 runs against them, the fewest in franchise history for a 162-game season.^[1] The Giants shut out the opposition 20 times, a record for the club's era in San Francisco.^[2]

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v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

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	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Dick Dietz	98	301	82	.272	6	38
1B	Willie McCovey	148	523	153	.293	36	105
2B	Ron Hunt	148	529	132	.250	2	28
3B	Jim Ray Hart	136	480	124	.258	23	78
SS	Hal Lanier	151	486	100	.206	0	27
LF	Ty Cline	116	291	65	.223	1	28
CF	Willie Mays	148	498	144	.289	23	79
RF	Jesús Alou	120	419	110	.263	0	39

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Bobby Bonds	81	307	78	.254	9	35
Jim Davenport	113	272	61	.224	1	17
Jack Hiatt	90	268	52	.232	4	34
Dave Marshall	76	174	46	.264	1	16
Frank Johnson	67	174	33	.190	1	7
Ollie Brown	40	95	22	.232	0	11
Bob Barton	46	92	24	.261	0	5
Nate Oliver	36	73	13	.178	0	1
Bob Schroder	35	44	7	.159	0	2
Don Mason	10	19	3	.158	0	1
Ken Henderson	3	3	1	.333	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Juan Marichal	38	325.2	26	9	2.43	218
Gaylord Perry	39	290.2	16	15	2.45	173
Ray Sadecki	38	253.2	12	18	2.91	206
Mike McCormick	38	198.1	12	14	3.58	121

1968_San_Francisco_Giants_season

1968 San Francisco Giants season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

Farm system

References

External links

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Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Frank Linzy	57	9	8	12	2.08	36
Joe Gibbon	29	1	2	1	1.58	22
Ron Herbel	28	0	0	0	3.35	18
Lindy McDaniel	12	0	0	0	7.45	9
Bill Monbouquette	7	0	1	1	3.75	5
Bill Henry	7	0	2	0	5.40	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Phoenix Giants	Pacific Coast League	Clyde King
AA	Amarillo Giants	Texas League	Andy Gilbert
A	Fresno Giants	California League	Dave Garcia
A	Decatur Commodores	Midwest League	Dennis Sommers
A-Short Season	Medford Giants	Northwest League	Harvey Koepf
Rookie	Salt Lake City Giants	Pioneer League	Ray Malgradi

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bobby Bolin	34	176.2	10	5	1.99	126
Rich Robertson	3	9.0	2	0	6.00	8