1968_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

1968 Pittsburgh Pirates
1968 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managers	Joe L. Brown
Managers	Larry Shepard
Television	KDKA-TV ; Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King
Radio	KDKA; Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King

1968 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1968 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 87th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 82nd in the National League. The Pirates finished sixth in the league standings with a record of 80–82.

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1968 game log: 80–82 (home: 40–41; Away: 40–41)

April: 8–8 (home: 5–3; Away: 3–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 10	@ Astros	4–5	Dierker	Pizarro (0–1)	—	21,320	0–1
2	April 11	@ Giants	3–1 (15)	Face (1–0)	Linzy	Moose (1)	7,844	1–1
3	April 13	@ Giants	2–1	McBean (1–0)	Perry	—	11,488	2–1
4	April 14	@ Dodgers	3–0	Bunning (1–0)	Osteen	—	27,136	3–1
5	April 15	@ Dodgers	2–3	Singer	Veale (0–1)	—	16,214	3–2
6	April 17	Astros	13–4	McBean (2–0)	Lemaster	—	30,779	4–2
7	April 19	Giants	2–5	Marichal	Bunning (1–1)	—	24,224	4–3
8	April 20	Giants	0–1	Sadecki	Veale (0–2)	—	8,156	4–4
9	April 21	Giants	10–0	McBean (3–0)	McCormick	—	17,337	5–4
10	April 22	Dodgers	3–5	Brewer	Moose (0–1)	Billingham	7,963	5–5
11	April 24	Dodgers	4–3	Bunning (2–1)	Osteen	Face (1)	4,938	6–5
12	April 26	@ Cardinals	1–2	Gibson	Veale (0–3)	—	39,866	6–6
13	April 27	@ Cardinals	5–7	Briles	McBean (3–1)	Hoerner	20,863	6–7
14	April 28	@ Cardinals	2–4	Carlton	Sisk (0–1)	—	20,562	6–8
15	April 29	Cubs	7–4	Blass (1–0)	Jenkins	Moose (2)	5,603	7–8
16	April 30	Cubs	4–3	Pizarro (1–1)	Hartenstein	—	3,710	8–8

May: 10–15 (home: 4–9; Away: 6–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
17	May 1	Cubs	4–0	McBean (4–1)	Nye	—	5,449	9–8
18	May 2	Cubs	0–1	Niekro	Bunning (2–2)	—	7,249	9–9
19	May 3	@ Phillies	2–3	Farrell	Kline (0–1)	—	9,433	9–10
20	May 4	@ Phillies	2–3	Hall	Face (1–1)	—	15,834	9–11
21	May 5	@ Phillies	5–2	Wickersham (1–0)	Jackson	Moose (3)	9,407	10–11
22	May 6	@ Braves	2–1	Bunning (3–2)	Jarvis	Kline (1)	9,131	11–11
23	May 7	@ Braves	1–2	Upshaw	McBean (4–2)	—	6,610	11–12
24	May 8	@ Braves	4–3 (14)	Kline (1–1)	Upshaw	Face (2)	7,035	12–12
25	May 9	@ Braves	2–4	Reed	Moose (0–2)	Britton	5,704	12–13
26	May 10	Phillies	2–1	Veale (1–3)	Fryman	Face (3)	9,397	13–13
27	May 12	Phillies	2–1	McBean (5–2)	James	—	12,203	14–13
28	May 13	Cardinals	0–1	Briles	Bunning (3–3)	—	10,082	14–14
29	May 15	Cardinals	0–1	Carlton	Blass (1–1)	—	9,461	14–15
30	May 16	Cardinals	3–0	Veale (2–3)	Washburn	—	9,595	15–15
31	May 17	Reds	2–3	Maloney	McBean (5–3)	Abernathy	13,499	15–16
32	May 18	Reds	3–8	McCool	Bunning (3–4)	—	3,670	15–17
33	May 19	Reds	3–9	Culver	Blass (1–2)	Kelso	9,458	15–18
34	May 20	@ Mets	1–2	Koosman	Veale (2–4)	—	12,221	15–19
35	May 21	@ Mets	3–4 (17)	Taylor	Moose (0–3)	—	8,188	15–20
36	May 22	@ Cubs	13–6	Sisk (1–1)	Niekro	Wickersham (1)	5,075	16–20
37	May 24	@ Reds	8–5	Kline (2–1)	Culver	—	9,379	17–20
38	May 25	@ Reds	5–4 (12)	Sisk (2–1)	McCool	—	12,153	18–20
39	May 26	@ Reds	8–8 (7)			—	9,672	18–20
40	May 30	Mets	3–6	Koosman	Bunning (3–5)	Koonce		18–21
41	May 30	Mets	4–5	Selma	Veale (2–5)	Jackson	19,779	18–22
42	May 31	Braves	2–5	Niekro	McBean (5–4)	—	7,301	18–23

June: 18–13 (home: 9–5; Away: 9–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
43	June 2	Braves	8–4	Kline (3–1)	Cloninger	—		19–23
44	June 2	Braves	5–10	Jarvis	Moose (0–4)	Niekro	21,491	19–24
45	June 3	@ Dodgers	0–2	Osteen	Veale (2–6)	—	14,568	19–25
46	June 4	@ Dodgers	0–5	Drysdale	Bunning (3–6)	—	30,422	19–26
47	June 5	@ Dodgers	1–2 (10)	Singer	McBean (5–5)	—	14,660	19–27
48	June 6	@ Dodgers	2–4	Sutton	Sisk (2–2)	—	14,112	19–28
49	June 7	@ Astros	5–0	Blass (2–2)	Giusti	—	14,578	20–28
50	June 8	@ Astros	2–3	Lemaster	Bunning (3–7)	Buzhardt	21,447	20–29
51	June 9	@ Astros	3–1	Moose (1–4)	Cuellar	Kline (2)	12,862	21–29
52	June 10	@ Giants	0–8	Marichal	Veale (2–7)	—	4,356	21–30
53	June 11	@ Giants	7–4	Kline (4–1)	Sadecki	Face (4)	7,807	22–30
54	June 12	@ Giants	2–4	Bolin	Bunning (3–8)	Linzy	4,771	22–31
55	June 13	@ Giants	8–7	Sisk (3–2)	Linzy	Face (5)	6,028	23–31
56	June 14	Astros	3–0	Moose (2–4)	Lemaster	—	8,603	24–31
57	June 15	Astros	13–2	Veale (3–7)	Wilson	—	5,005	25–31
58	June 16	Astros	3–1	Blass (3–2)	Cuellar	Face (6)		26–31
59	June 16	Astros	11–2	Sisk (4–2)	Dierker	Kline (3)	8,448	27–31
60	June 17	Astros	4–3	McBean (6–5)	Giusti	Face (7)	5,887	28–31
61	June 18	Dodgers	3–2 (10)	Ellis (1–0)	Aguirre	—	13,721	29–31
62	June 19	Dodgers	2–1	Veale (4–7)	Singer	—	10,799	30–31
63	June 20	Dodgers	7–3	Blass (4–2)	Sutton	—		31–31
64	June 20	Dodgers	2–3 (10)	Billingham	Face (1–2)	Purdin	19,838	31–32
65	June 21	Giants	0–3	Bolin	McBean (6–6)	—	16,222	31–33
66	June 22	Giants	3–10	McCormick	Moose (2–5)	—	15,617	31–34
67	June 23	Giants	1–2	Marichal	Bunning (3–9)	—	16,843	31–35
68	June 25	@ Cardinals	3–2	Veale (5–7)	Carlton	Walker (1)	26,927	32–35
69	June 26	@ Cardinals	0–3	Gibson	McBean (6–7)	—		32–36
70	June 26	@ Cardinals	3–1	Blass (5–2)	Jaster	Kline (4)	30,641	33–36
71	June 28	@ Phillies	10–1	Bunning (4–9)	Fryman	—	18,994	34–36
72	June 29	@ Phillies	1–0	Moose (3–5)	Jackson	—	17,052	35–36
73	June 30	@ Phillies	5–2	Veale (6–7)	Farrell	—	8,884	36–36

July: 15–18 (home: 7–12; Away: 8–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
74	July 2	@ Mets	2–1	McBean (7–7)	Selma	Face (8)	27,350	37–36
75	July 3	@ Mets	8–1	Blass (6–2)	Ryan	—	14,909	38–36
76	July 4	@ Mets	3–2	Kline (5–1)	Koosman	—		39–36
77	July 4	@ Mets	3–4	Cardwell	Bunning (4–10)	Taylor	29,587	39–37
78	July 5	@ Cubs	4–0	Veale (7–7)	Nye	—	16,040	40–37
79	July 6	@ Cubs	1–6	Jenkins	Walker (0–1)	—		40–38
80	July 6	@ Cubs	2–10	Ross	Sisk (4–3)	—	30,794	40–39
81	July 7	@ Cubs	4–5	Regan	Veale (7–8)	—		40–40
82	July 7	@ Cubs	3–4	Regan	Face (1–3)	—	32,447	40–41
83	July 11	Phillies	0–5	Jackson	Veale (7–9)	—		40–42
84	July 11	Phillies	1–4	Short	Moose (3–6)	Boozer	15,371	40–43
85	July 12	Phillies	2–3	James	Bunning (4–11)	Boozer	9,206	40–44
86	July 13	Phillies	2–3 (16)	Short	Ellis (1–1)	—	6,869	40–45
87	July 14	Cubs	2–6	Niekro	McBean (7–8)	—	19,335	40–46
88	July 15	Cubs	1–2 (10)	Jenkins	Walker (0–2)	—	6,648	40–47
89	July 16	Mets	3–2	Kline (6–1)	Selma	—	6,123	41–47
90	July 17	Mets	8–2	Blass (7–2)	Koosman	—		42–47
91	July 17	Mets	4–5	Koonce	Walker (0–3)	Taylor	8,974	42–48
92	July 18	Mets	0–3	Seaver	McBean (7–9)	—	6,234	42–49
93	July 19	@ Braves	2–0	Moose (4–6)	Reed	—	17,286	43–49
94	July 20	@ Braves	2–1	Veale (8–9)	Niekro	—	20,771	44–49
95	July 21	@ Braves	6–0	Blass (8–2)	Pappas	—	25,109	45–49
96	July 23	Reds	6–7 (12)	Arrigo	Face (1–4)	Lee	8,739	45–50
97	July 25	Reds	0–2	Culver	Veale (8–10)	Carroll	5,797	45–51
98	July 26	Cardinals	1–9	Briles	Blass (8–3)	—		45–52
99	July 26	Cardinals	5–4 (10)	Kline (7–1)	Granger	—	23,515	46–52
100	July 27	Cardinals	0–4	Carlton	Moose (4–7)	—	12,147	46–53
101	July 28	Cardinals	7–1	McBean (8–9)	Jaster	—	14,926	47–53
102	July 29	Braves	3–2	Veale (9–10)	Reed	—	7,357	48–53
103	July 30	Braves	8–5	Blass (9–3)	Johnson	Sisk (1)		49–53
104	July 30	Braves	5–4 (10)	Kline (8–1)	Niekro	—	11,624	50–53
105	July 31	@ Reds	2–8	Arrigo	Moose (4–8)	—		50–54
106	July 31	@ Reds	10–1	Ellis (2–1)	Ritchie	Face (9)	14,780	51–54

August: 14–17 (home: 4–6; Away: 10–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
107	August 1	@ Reds	6–1	Sisk (5–3)	Maloney	Face (10)	10,926	52–54
108	August 2	@ Giants	3–1	McBean (9–9)	Perry	—	6,423	53–54
109	August 3	@ Giants	0–7	Sadecki	Veale (9–11)	—	9,251	53–55
110	August 4	@ Giants	0–2	Bolin	Bunning (4–12)	—	18,151	53–56
111	August 5	@ Dodgers	0–1 (10)	Brewer	Blass (9–4)	—	17,851	53–57
112	August 6	@ Dodgers	4–1	Moose (5–8)	Drysdale	Kline (5)	15,732	54–57
113	August 7	@ Dodgers	2–6	Sutton	McBean (9–10)	—	13,848	54–58
114	August 8	@ Astros	4–3	Kline (9–1)	Cuellar	Face (11)	14,851	55–58
115	August 9	@ Astros	1–2	Shea	Ellis (2–2)	—	15,270	55–59
116	August 10	@ Astros	3–16	Coombs	Blass (9–5)	—	12,814	55–60
117	August 10	@ Astros	7–4	Kline (10–1)	House	—	25,814	56–60
118	August 11	@ Astros	1–5	Dierker	Sisk (5–4)	Giusti	16,892	56–61
119	August 13	Giants	0–3	Marichal	Veale (9–12)	—	9,135	56–62
120	August 14	Giants	1–2 (10)	Perry	Kline (10–2)	—	6,926	56–63
121	August 15	Giants	2–0	Blass (10–5)	Bolin	—	6,859	57–63
122	August 16	Dodgers	4–8	Drysdale	McBean (9–11)	Billingham	8,221	57–64
123	August 17	Dodgers	3–0	Moose (6–8)	Kekich	Kline (6)	8,181	58–64
124	August 18	Dodgers	5–1	Veale (10–12)	Sutton	—	17,423	59–64
125	August 19	@ Reds	3–8	Arrigo	Bunning (4–13)	—	6,659	59–65
126	August 20	@ Reds	8–3	Ellis (3–2)	Ritchie	Kline (7)	8,103	60–65
127	August 21	@ Reds	19–1	Blass (11–5)	Maloney	Face (12)	8,155	61–65
128	August 22	@ Reds	5–7	Abernathy	Sisk (5–5)	—	7,195	61–66
129	August 23	@ Cardinals	2–3 (11)	Hoerner	Kline (10–3)	—	34,845	61–67
130	August 24	@ Cardinals	6–4	Face (2–4)	Gibson	—	31,019	62–67
131	August 25	@ Cardinals	2–4	Briles	Ellis (3–3)	Hoerner	26,756	62–68
132	August 26	@ Braves	4–0	Blass (12–5)	Pappas	—	7,491	63–68
133	August 27	@ Braves	4–3 (11)	Kline (11–3)	Britton	Face (13)	6,633	64–68
134	August 28	Cardinals	0–8	Gibson	Veale (10–13)	—	11,197	64–69
135	August 29	Cardinals	0–5	Washburn	Moose (6–9)	—	7,681	64–70
136	August 30	Braves	0–2	Pappas	Ellis (3–4)	Raymond	5,896	64–71
137	August 31	Braves	8–0	Blass (13–5)	Reed	—	4,671	65–71

September: 15–11 (home: 11–6; Away: 4–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
138	September 1	Braves	7–8 (11)	Raymond	Kline (11–4)	Britton	5,650	65–72
139	September 2	Astros	6–1	Veale (11–13)	Cuellar	—		66–72
140	September 2	Astros	4–3 (10)	Dal Canton (1–0)	Ray	—	6,225	67–72
141	September 3	Astros	3–2	Ellis (4–4)	Dierker	Walker (2)	3,003	68–72
142	September 6	Mets	2–1	Blass (14–5)	McAndrew	—	4,082	69–72
143	September 7	Mets	3–4	Koosman	Bunning (4–14)	Taylor	4,002	69–73
144	September 8	Mets	3–0	Veale (12–13)	Seaver	—	5,424	70–73
145	September 9	Phillies	7–8 (15)	Short	Dal Canton (1–1)	—	2,664	70–74
146	September 11	Phillies	6–8 (12)	Wagner	McBean (9–12)	Farrell		70–75
147	September 11	Phillies	6–4	Blass (15–5)	Wise	Walker (3)	2,789	71–75
148	September 13	@ Mets	0–2	Koosman	Moose (6–10)	—	17,245	71–76
149	September 14	@ Mets	6–0	Veale (13–13)	Seaver	—	15,676	72–76
150	September 15	@ Mets	3–0	Blass (16–5)	Cardwell	—	33,838	73–76
151	September 16	@ Phillies	6–1	Ellis (5–4)	Wise	—	2,087	74–76
152	September 17	@ Phillies	4–2	Moose (7–10)	Short	Dal Canton (1)	2,576	75–76
153	September 18	@ Phillies	1–2	Johnson	Veale (13–14)	Wagner	2,463	75–77
154	September 20	Cubs	5–0	Blass (17–5)	Jenkins	—	4,478	76–77
155	September 21	Cubs	5–1	Ellis (6–4)	Niekro	—	3,429	77–77
156	September 22	Cubs	5–1	Moose (8–10)	Holtzman	Dal Canton (2)	27,405	78–77
157	September 23	Reds	6–9	Kelso	Kline (11–5)	Carroll		78–78
158	September 23	Reds	2–1 (10)	Kline (12–5)	Kelso	—	4,232	79–78
159	September 24	Reds	2–0	Blass (18–5)	Nolan	—	4,044	80–78
160	September 25	Reds	0–3	Maloney	Ellis (6–5)	—	4,577	80–79
161	September 27	@ Cubs	1–4	Holtzman	Moose (8–11)	Regan	2,384	80–80
162	September 28	@ Cubs	3–4	Jenkins	Blass (18–6)	—	10,940	80–81
163	September 29	@ Cubs	4–5	Regan	Moose (8–12)	—	16,860	80–82

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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	—

Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
30	Maury Wills	3B
22	Gene Alley	SS
21	Roberto Clemente	RF
8	Willie Stargell	LF
17	Donn Clendenon	1B
9	Bill Mazeroski	2B
18	Matty Alou	CF
12	Jerry May	C
14	Jim Bunning	SP

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Johnny Pesky
AA	York Pirates	Eastern League	Joe Morgan
A	Salem Rebels	Carolina League	Don Hoak
A	Clinton Pilots	Midwest League	Bob Clear
A	Gastonia Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Frank Oceak
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Buddy Pritchard

1968_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

1968 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

Statistics

Farm system

Notes

References

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