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1968 seasonWWikipedia↗WWorld Series↗

20 teams in AL, NL · 1625 regular-season games · 1968-04-10 to 1968-09-29 · attendance 23,102,745

◀ 1967 1969 ▶

World Series champion

Detroit Tigers

MVP

Denny McLain AL
Bob Gibson NL

Cy Young

Denny McLain AL
Bob Gibson NL

Rookie of the Year

Stan Bahnsen AL
Johnny Bench NL

All-Star Game

1968-07-09 at Astrodome

Hall of Fame class of 1968

Goose Goslin, Joe Medwick, Kiki Cuyler

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	Detroit Tigers 4–3 St. Louis Cardinals	7

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Detroit Tigers	103	59	.636	—	492	2,031,847	Mayo Smith	World Series
2	Baltimore Orioles	91	71	.562	12	497	943,977	Hank Bauer, Earl Weaver
3	Cleveland Indians	86	75	.534	16.5	504	857,994	Al Dark
4	Boston Red Sox	86	76	.531	17	611	1,940,788	Dick Williams
5	New York Yankees	83	79	.512	20	531	1,185,666	Ralph Houk
6	Oakland Athletics	82	80	.506	21	544	837,466	Bob Kennedy
7	Minnesota Twins	79	83	.488	24	546	1,143,257	Cal Ermer
8	California Angels	67	95	.414	36	615	1,025,956	Bill Rigney
8	Chicago White Sox	67	95	.414	36	527	803,775	Eddie Stanky, Les Moss, Al Lopez, Les Moss, Al Lopez
10	Washington Senators	65	96	.404	37.5	665	546,661	Jim Lemon

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	.599	—	472	2,011,167	Red Schoendienst	Pennant
2	San Francisco Giants	88	74	.543	9	529	837,220	Herman Franks
3	Chicago Cubs	84	78	.519	13	611	1,043,409	Leo Durocher
4	Cincinnati Reds	83	79	.512	14	673	733,354	Dave Bristol
5	Atlanta Braves	81	81	.500	16	549	1,126,540	Lum Harris
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	.494	17	532	693,485	Larry Shepard
7	Los Angeles Dodgers	76	86	.469	21	509	1,581,093	Walter Alston
7	Philadelphia Phillies	76	86	.469	21	615	664,546	Gene Mauch, George Myatt, Bob Skinner
9	New York Mets	73	89	.451	24	499	1,781,657	Gil Hodges
10	Houston Astros	72	90	.444	25	588	1,312,887	Grady Hatton, Harry Walker

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Tom Phoebus, Baltimore Orioles vs. Boston Red Sox, 1968-04-27
Catfish Hunter, Oakland Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins, 1968-05-08
George Culver, Cincinnati Reds vs. Philadelphia Phillies, 1968-07-29
Gaylord Perry, San Francisco Giants vs. St. Louis Cardinals, 1968-09-17
Ray Washburn, St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Francisco Giants, 1968-09-18

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1968 seasonWWikipedia↗WWorld Series↗

Postseason

Standings

AL

NL

Leaders

AL

NL

No-hitters