The 1968 Chicago Cubs season was the 97th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 93rd in the National League and the 53rd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 84–78.
Offseason November 28, 1967: Ramón Hernández was drafted by the Cubs from the Atlanta Braves in the 1967 rule 5 draft.Ramón Hernández at Baseball Reference November 30, 1967: Paul Popovich and Jim Williams were traded by the Cubs to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Lou Johnson.Paul Popovich at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions May 4, 1968: Byron Browne was traded by the Cubs to the Houston Astros for Aaron Pointer.Byron Browne at Baseball Reference June 7, 1968: 1968 Major League Baseball draft Oscar Gamble was drafted by the Cubs in the 16th round. Player signed June 18, 1968.Oscar Gamble at Baseball Reference Paul Reuschel was drafted by the Cubs in the 4th round of the Secondary Phase. Player signed June 17, 1968.Paul Reuschel at Baseball Reference June 14, 1968: Ramón Hernández was purchased from the Cubs by the St. Louis Cardinals.
Roster 1968 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 Randy Hundley 160 553 125 .226 7 65 1B Ernie Banks 150 552 136 .246 32 83 2B Glenn Beckert 155 643 189 .294 4 37 SS Don Kessinger 160 655 157 .240 1 32 3B Ron Santo 162 577 142 .246 26 98 LF 163 642 185 .288 30 98 CF Adolfo Phillips 143 439 106 .241 13 33 RF 62 205 50 .244 1 14
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 Jim Hickman 75 188 42 .223 5 23 Al Spangler 88 177 48 .271 2 18 Willie Smith 55 142 39 .275 5 25 Dick Nen 81 94 17 .181 2 16 José Arcia 59 84 16 .190 1 8 Lee Elia 15 17 3 .176 0 3 John Boccabella 7 14 1 .071 0 1 Jimmy McMath 6 14 2 .143 0 2 Gene Oliver 8 11 4 .364 0 1 John Upham 13 10 2 .200 0 0 Randy Bobb 7 8 1 .125 0 0 Ted Savage 3 8 2 .250 0 0 Clarence Jones 5 2 0 .000 0 0 Vic LaRose 4 2 0 .000 0 0 Bill Plummer 2 2 0 .000 0 0 John Stephenson 2 2 0 .000 0 0 John Felske 4 2 0 .000 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 Ferguson Jenkins 40 308.0 20 15 2.63 260 Bill Hands 38 258.2 16 10 2.89 148 Ken Holtzman 34 215.0 11 14 3.35 151 Joe Niekro 34 177.1 14 10 4.31 65 Rich Nye 27 132.2 7 12 3.80 74
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 Gary Ross 13 41.0 1 1 4.17 31 Archie Reynolds 7 13.1 0 1 6.75 6 Darcy Fast 8 10.0 0 1 5.40 10 Frank Reberger 3 6.0 0 1 4.50 3
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 Phil Regan 68 10 5 25 2.20 60 Jack Lamabe 42 3 2 2 4.30 30 Chuck Hartenstein 28 2 4 1 4.54 17 Bill Stoneman 18 0 1 0 5.52 18 Bobby Tiefenauer 9 0 1 1 6.08 9 8 0 0 0 9.00 3 Pete Mikkelsen 3 0 0 0 7.71 5 John Upham 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 Willie Smith 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 4.50 0
Farm system
Notes
References
1968 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference