1968 St. Louis Cardinals Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 97–65 (.599), 1st place in National League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1968 Bob Gibson 35 101 3 16 5 0 0 6 7 32 1 1 .158 .218 .208 .426
1968 Bobby Tolan 92 280 28 64 12 1 5 17 13 42 9 5 .229 .270 .332 .602
1968 Curt Flood 150 624 71 186 17 4 5 60 33 58 11 6 .298 .336 .362 .699
1968 Dal Maxvill 151 461 51 116 8 5 1 24 52 71 0 2 .252 .328 .297 .625
1968 Dave Ricketts 20 22 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 .136 .136 .136 .273
1968 Dick Simpson 26 56 11 13 0 0 3 8 8 21 0 1 .232 .323 .393 .716
1968 Dick Schofield 69 127 14 28 7 1 1 8 13 31 1 2 .220 .303 .315 .618
1968 Dick Hughes 25 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 .000 .059 .000 .059
1968 Ed Spiezio 29 51 1 8 0 0 0 2 5 6 1 1 .157 .228 .157 .385
1968 Floyd Wicker 5 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1968 Hal Gilson 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Joe Hoerner 47 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Joe Hague 7 17 2 4 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 .235 .316 .412 .728
1968 Johnny Edwards 85 231 14 55 9 1 3 29 16 20 1 1 .238 .286 .325 .610
1968 Julian Javier 139 523 54 135 25 4 4 52 24 61 10 3 .258 .289 .344 .633
1968 Larry Jaster 31 49 2 6 0 0 1 1 1 9 0 0 .122 .140 .184 .324
1968 Lou Brock 159 661 92 184 46 14 6 51 46 124 62 12 .278 .327 .418 .745
1968 Mel Nelson 18 12 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 .167 .231 .167 .397
1968 Mike Torrez 5 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
1968 Mike Shannon 156 580 62 153 29 2 15 79 37 114 1 2 .264 .307 .398 .705
1968 Nelson Briles 33 89 5 11 2 0 0 5 4 21 0 0 .124 .168 .146 .314
1968 Orlando Cepeda 157 600 71 149 26 2 16 73 43 96 8 6 .248 .306 .378 .685
1968 Pete Mikkelsen 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Phil Gagliano 53 106 13 24 4 2 0 13 7 12 0 0 .226 .278 .302 .580
1968 Ray Washburn 31 71 5 5 0 1 0 5 8 38 0 0 .070 .165 .099 .263
1968 Roger Maris 100 311 25 79 18 2 5 45 24 38 0 0 .254 .306 .373 .679
1968 Ron Davis 33 80 11 14 4 2 0 5 5 17 1 0 .175 .218 .275 .493
1968 Ron Willis 48 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .000 .083 .000 .083
1968 Steve Carlton 35 79 6 12 0 1 2 3 0 25 0 0 .152 .152 .253 .405
1968 Ted Simmons 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
1968 Tim McCarver 128 436 35 110 15 6 5 48 26 31 4 3 .252 .293 .349 .642
1968 Wayne Granger 34 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
– – 162 5,628 583 1,383 227 48 73 539 378 897 110 45 .246 .295 .342 .637

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1968 Bob Gibson 34 304.2 22 9 0 0 0 198 49 38 62 7 268 34 0 28 13 1.12 0.85
1968 Dick Hughes 25 64.0 2 2 4 0 0 45 25 25 21 0 49 5 0 0 0 3.52 1.03
1968 Hal Gilson 13 21.2 0 2 2 0 0 27 11 11 11 0 19 0 0 0 0 4.57 1.75
1968 Joe Hoerner 47 48.2 8 2 17 0 0 34 9 8 12 0 42 0 0 0 0 1.48 0.95
1968 Larry Jaster 31 154.1 9 13 0 0 0 153 63 60 38 6 70 21 0 3 1 3.50 1.24
1968 Mel Nelson 18 52.2 2 1 1 0 0 49 20 17 9 0 16 4 0 1 0 2.91 1.10
1968 Mike Torrez 5 19.1 2 1 0 0 0 20 7 6 12 1 6 2 0 0 0 2.79 1.66
1968 Nelson Briles 33 243.2 19 11 0 0 0 251 90 76 55 7 141 33 0 13 4 2.81 1.26
1968 Pete Mikkelsen 5 16.0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 2 7 0 8 0 0 0 0 1.12 1.06
1968 Ray Washburn 31 215.0 14 8 0 0 0 191 67 54 47 1 124 30 0 8 4 2.26 1.11
1968 Ron Willis 48 63.2 2 3 4 0 0 50 25 24 28 1 39 0 0 0 0 3.39 1.23
1968 Steve Carlton 34 231.2 13 11 0 0 0 214 87 77 61 3 162 33 0 10 5 2.99 1.19
1968 Wayne Granger 34 44.0 4 2 4 0 0 40 14 11 12 2 27 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.18
– – 162 1,479.1 97 65 32 0 0 1,282 472 409 375 28 971 162 0 63 27 2.49 1.12

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1968 Bob Gibson P 34 21 28 1 50 2 .980 1.44
1968 Dick Hughes P 25 7 10 0 17 3 1.000 0.68
1968 Hal Gilson P 13 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1968 Joe Hoerner P 47 2 6 1 9 0 .889 0.17
1968 Larry Jaster P 31 5 20 0 25 1 1.000 0.81
1968 Mel Nelson P 18 3 9 0 12 0 1.000 0.67
1968 Mike Torrez P 5 2 4 1 7 0 .857 1.20
1968 Nelson Briles P 33 15 31 2 48 1 .958 1.39
1968 Pete Mikkelsen P 5 0 2 2 4 0 .500 0.40
1968 Ray Washburn P 31 24 20 1 45 2 .978 1.42
1968 Ron Willis P 48 2 15 0 17 0 1.000 0.35
1968 Steve Carlton P 34 4 39 3 46 1 .935 1.26
1968 Wayne Granger P 34 6 14 2 22 1 .909 0.59
1968 Dave Ricketts C 1 5 0 0 5 0 1 0 0.0% 1.000 5.00
1968 Johnny Edwards C 54 350 25 3 378 2 11 14 56.0% .992 6.94
1968 Ted Simmons C 2 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 2.00
1968 Tim McCarver C 109 708 54 11 773 6 38 22 36.7% .986 6.99
1968 Bobby Tolan 1B 9 83 9 0 92 7 1.000 10.22
1968 Joe Hague 1B 2 15 1 0 16 1 1.000 8.00
1968 Orlando Cepeda 1B 154 1,362 90 17 1,469 109 .988 9.43
1968 Dick Schofield 2B 23 65 50 3 118 15 .975 5.00
1968 Julian Javier 2B 139 304 339 16 659 68 .976 4.63
1968 Phil Gagliano 2B 17 24 32 1 57 6 .982 3.29
1968 Ed Spiezio 3B 2 1 4 0 5 0 1.000 2.50
1968 Mike Shannon 3B 156 110 310 21 441 25 .952 2.69
1968 Phil Gagliano 3B 10 5 19 0 24 2 1.000 2.40
1968 Dal Maxvill SS 151 232 458 22 712 81 .969 4.57
1968 Dick Schofield SS 43 44 66 3 113 7 .973 2.56
1968 Bobby Tolan LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1968 Ed Spiezio LF 3 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 2.00
1968 Lou Brock LF 156 269 9 14 292 1 .952 1.78
1968 Phil Gagliano LF 4 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0.50
1968 Ron Davis LF 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 1.50
1968 Bobby Tolan CF 9 24 2 2 28 0 .929 2.89
1968 Curt Flood CF 149 384 11 7 402 4 .983 2.65
1968 Ron Davis CF 10 13 3 0 16 1 1.000 1.60
1968 Bobby Tolan RF 59 93 1 2 96 1 .979 1.59
1968 Dick Simpson RF 22 25 2 0 27 0 1.000 1.23
1968 Ed Spiezio RF 9 14 1 0 15 1 1.000 1.67
1968 Joe Hague RF 3 4 0 1 5 0 .800 1.33
1968 Phil Gagliano RF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1968 Roger Maris RF 84 170 3 3 176 1 .983 2.06
1968 Ron Davis RF 15 28 0 1 29 0 .966 1.87
– – 162 4,437 1,689 140 6,266 349 50 36 41.9% .978 37.81

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1968 Bob Gibson 3 9 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 .111 .200 .444 .644
1968 Bobby Tolan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Curt Flood 7 28 4 8 1 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 .286 .333 .321 .655
1968 Dal Maxvill 7 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 .000 .120 .000 .120
1968 Dave Ricketts 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1968 Dick Schofield 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Dick Hughes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Ed Spiezio 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1968 Joe Hoerner 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1968 Johnny Edwards 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Julian Javier 7 27 1 9 1 0 0 3 3 4 1 1 .333 .400 .370 .770
1968 Larry Jaster 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Lou Brock 7 28 6 13 3 1 2 5 3 4 7 2 .464 .516 .857 1.373
1968 Mel Nelson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Mike Shannon 7 29 3 8 1 0 1 4 1 5 0 0 .276 .300 .414 .714
1968 Nelson Briles 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
1968 Orlando Cepeda 7 28 2 7 0 0 2 6 2 3 0 1 .250 .300 .464 .764
1968 Phil Gagliano 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Ray Washburn 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Roger Maris 6 19 5 3 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 .158 .273 .211 .483
1968 Ron Davis 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Ron Willis 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Steve Carlton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 Tim McCarver 7 27 3 9 0 2 1 4 3 2 0 1 .333 .400 .593 .993
1968 Wayne Granger 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
– – 7 240 27 61 7 3 7 27 21 40 11 5 .254 .317 .396 .713

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1968 Bob Gibson 3 27.0 2 1 0 0 0 18 5 5 4 0 35 3 0 3 1 1.67 0.81
1968 Dick Hughes 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.00
1968 Joe Hoerner 3 4.2 0 1 1 0 0 5 4 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 3.86 2.14
1968 Larry Jaster 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 810,000.00 300,000,000.00
1968 Mel Nelson 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
1968 Nelson Briles 2 11.1 0 1 0 0 0 13 7 7 4 0 7 2 0 0 0 5.56 1.50
1968 Ray Washburn 2 7.1 1 1 0 0 0 7 8 8 7 0 6 2 0 0 0 9.82 1.91
1968 Ron Willis 3 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 8.31 1.38
1968 Steve Carlton 2 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 6.75 2.00
1968 Wayne Granger 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50
– – 8 62.0 3 4 1 0 0 56 34 32 27 3 59 7 0 3 1 4.65 1.34

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1968 Bob Gibson P 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1968 Dick Hughes P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1968 Joe Hoerner P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1968 Larry Jaster P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1968 Mel Nelson P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1968 Nelson Briles P 2 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1968 Ray Washburn P 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1968 Ron Willis P 3 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1968 Steve Carlton P 2 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1968 Wayne Granger P 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.000 1.00
1968 Tim McCarver C 7 61 1 0 62 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 8.86
1968 Orlando Cepeda 1B 7 47 4 0 51 7 1.000 7.29
1968 Julian Javier 2B 7 15 13 0 28 4 1.000 4.00
1968 Mike Shannon 3B 7 5 10 1 16 1 .937 2.14
1968 Dal Maxvill SS 7 15 15 0 30 6 1.000 4.29
1968 Dick Schofield SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1968 Lou Brock LF 7 14 0 1 15 0 .933 2.00
1968 Curt Flood CF 7 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 1.71
1968 Roger Maris RF 5 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 1.60
1968 Ron Davis RF 2 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 2.50
– – 7 186 48 2 236 19 0 0 .992 33.43

Awards

Player Award Stats
Bob Gibson Most Valuable Player (P) 22–9, 268 SO, 1.12 ERA
Bob Gibson Cy Young Award (P) 22–9, 268 SO, 1.12 ERA
Steve Carlton All-Star (P) 13–11, 162 SO, 2.99 ERA
Bob Gibson All-Star (P) 22–9, 268 SO, 1.12 ERA
Julian Javier All-Star (2B) .258–4–52, 10 SB
Curt Flood All-Star (LF) .298–5–60, 11 SB
Bob Gibson Gold Glove (P) .980 FPct, 1.44 RF
Dal Maxvill Gold Glove (SS) .969 FPct, 4.57 RF
Curt Flood Gold Glove (CF) .983 FPct, 2.65 RF
Joe Medwick Hall of Fame (LF) -

Frequently asked questions about the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals

Who had the most hits on the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals?

Curt Flood led the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals with 186 hits in 150 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals?

Curt Flood led the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals with a .298 batting average in 150 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals?

Orlando Cepeda led the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals with 16 home runs in 157 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals?

Curt Flood led the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals with a .336 on-base percentage (OBP) in 150 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals?

Lou Brock led the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals with a .418 slugging percentage in 159 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals?

Lou Brock led the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals with 62 stolen bases in 159 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals?

Bob Gibson had a 1.12 earned-run average (ERA) in 34 games, the lowest on the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals?

Bob Gibson had a 0.85 WHIP in 34 games, the lowest on the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals?

Bob Gibson led the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals with 268 strikeouts in 34 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals?

Bob Gibson led the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals with 22 wins in 34 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals?

Joe Hoerner led the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals with 17 saves in 47 games.