# 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.

## Offseason

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

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational 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 recordvte 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 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats
### 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 |

#### 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

| 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