1968 NL Awards

October 9, 1968

 The 1968 NL Award Winners were announced by Strat-O-Matic today. St. Louis Cardinal Bob Gibson(21-10, 289 IP, 1.74 ERA, 241 K's, 9.5 WAR) was named the NL MVP as well as the Cy Young award winner.  I would have picked San Francisco's Willie McCovey (.285 BA, 49 HR, 103 RBI, 6.9 WAR) as the MVP.

AWARDS VOTING FOR 1968 National League                         Date: 9/30/1968
 
MVP AWARD                               CY YOUNG AWARD
B.Gibson(SLN) 433                       B.Gibson(SLN) 144
W.McCovey(SFN) 359                      F.Jenkins(CHN) 80
L.Brock(SLN) 193                        J.Marichal(SFN) 42
H.Aaron(ATN) 123                        T.Seaver(NYN) 14
W.Mays(SFN) 88                          G.Perry(SFN) 7
 
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C  J.Bench(CIN) 1,479,695               T.Haller(LAN) 1,122,087
1B W.McCovey(SFN) 3,834,863             O.Cepeda(SLN) 1,654,175
2B G.Beckert(CHN) 1,887,745             J.Javier(SLN) 1,496,699
3B R.Santo(CHN) 3,021,306               T.Perez(CIN) 2,208,467
SS D.Kessinger(CHN) 1,360,822           G.Alley(PIN) 1,161,057
LF L.Brock(SLN) 2,620,451               B.Williams(CHN) 2,430,745
CF W.Mays(SFN) 2,339,180                F.Alou(ATN) 1,953,663
RF H.Aaron(ATN) 2,940,811               P.Rose(CIN) 1,934,341
Pi B.Gibson(SLN) 3,681,468              P.Jarvis(ATN) 2,440,838
   F.Jenkins(CHN) 2,347,626             T.Seaver(NYN) 2,222,562
   G.Perry(SFN) 2,003,895               J.Marichal(SFN) 1,895,967
   L.Jackson(PHN) 1,758,280             G.Nolan(CIN) 1,666,712
   D.Drysdale(LAN) 1,405,825            R.Sadecki(SFN) 1,393,542
   J.Maloney(CIN) 1,270,299             C.Short(PHN) 1,245,299
 
GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
P  T.Seaver(NYN)                        D.Giusti(HON) 
C  R.Hundley(CHN)                       J.Grote(NYN) 
1B W.Parker(LAN)                        E.Banks(CHN) 
2B G.Beckert(CHN)                       T.Helms(CIN) 
3B R.Santo(CHN)                         M.Wills(PIN) 
SS H.Lanier(SFN)                        D.Maxvill(SLN) 
OF W.Mays(SFN)                          J.Callison(PHN) 
OF C.Flood(SLN)                         H.Aaron(ATN) 
OF P.Rose(CIN)                          R.Clemente(PIN) 
 
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
C  J.Bench(CIN)                         J.Torre(ATN) 
1B W.McCovey(SFN)                       O.Cepeda(SLN) 
2B G.Beckert(CHN)                       J.Javier(SLN) 
3B R.Santo(CHN)                         T.Perez(CIN) 
SS D.Kessinger(CHN)                     G.Alley(PIN) 
LF B.Williams(CHN)                      D.Allen(PHN) 
CF W.Mays(SFN)                          J.Wynn(HON) 
RF H.Aaron(ATN)                         R.Clemente(PIN) 
 
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD            MANAGER OF THE YEAR
J.Hoerner(SLN) 45                       Red Schoendienst(SLN) 
J.Brewer(LAN) 34                        Walter Alston(LAN) 
R.Kline(PIN) 32                         Dave Bristol(CIN) 
T.Abernathy(CIN) 28                     Herman Franks(SFN) 
F.Linzy(SFN) 26                         Larry Shepard(PIN)