We're headed into the final week of the 1968 MLB regular season. The St. Louis Cardinals have managed to pull 3 games ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. The 2 teams have traded 1st and 2nd place positions since June 22. The Reds have contended all season on the strength of their hitting. The Cardinals have relied on their pitching.
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1968 National League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1968 St. Louis SLN 93 64 .592 ---- 4 94 63 .599 97 65 .599
1968 Cincinnati CIN 89 66 .574 3.0 80 75 .516 83 79 .512
1968 San Francisco SFN 85 72 .541 8.0 85 72 .541 88 74 .543
1968 Los Angeles LAN 83 74 .529 10.0 74 83 .471 76 86 .469
1968 Pittsburgh PIN 81 74 .523 11.0 78 77 .503 80 82 .494
1968 Philadelphia PHN 78 79 .497 15.0 73 84 .465 76 86 .469
1968 Atlanta ATN 76 81 .484 17.0 79 78 .503 81 81 .500
1968 New York NYN 74 83 .471 19.0 71 86 .452 73 89 .451
1968 Chicago CHN 67 90 .427 26.0 79 78 .503 84 78 .519
1968 Houston HON 57 100 .363 36.0 70 87 .446 72 90 .444
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
ATN 76 81 .484 38-38 38-43 22-24 54-57 14- 7 34-36 1-9 Lost 1
CHN 67 90 .427 33-43 34-47 19-22 48-68 6-10 25-36 4-6 Lost 1
CIN 89 66 .574 41-37 48-29 25-19 64-47 10- 4 27-22 5-5 Won 3
HON 57 100 .363 31-48 26-52 20-30 37-70 2-11 20-39 4-6 Lost 3
LAN 83 74 .529 48-33 35-41 25-31 58-43 13- 6 33-23 6-4 Lost 3
NYN 74 83 .471 39-39 35-44 29-26 45-57 8-14 28-27 6-4 Lost 1
PHN 78 79 .497 42-39 36-40 25-28 53-51 11-13 30-33 4-6 Won 1
PIN 81 74 .523 38-39 43-35 29-19 52-55 9- 8 21-22 7-3 Won 1
SFN 85 72 .541 44-37 41-35 24-21 61-51 10-12 32-24 6-4 Won 1
SLN 93 64 .592 44-32 49-32 33-18 60-46 8- 6 37-25 8-2 Won 5
TOTAL 783 783 .500
HOME 398 385 .508
ROAD 385 398 .492
LEFT 251 238 .513
RIGHT 532 545 .494
TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ RUNS AGNST DIFF
ATN 6-12 17-11 14-15 18-13 15-16 6-14 526 532 -6
CHN 10- 8 13-15 8-20 15-17 14-18 7-12 570 670 -100
CIN 10- 7 13-14 23- 7 13-14 20-12 10-12 723 667 +56
HON 4-13 7-21 16-14 9-21 15-17 6-14 445 589 -144
LAN 6-12 19-12 18-11 12-15 15-15 13- 9 511 531 -20
NYN 10- 6 7-21 11-19 17-16 17-15 12- 6 495 534 -39
PHN 13- 4 15- 9 12-16 15-19 15-17 8-14 552 556 -4
PIN 8- 8 12-13 12-19 18-15 18-13 13- 6 632 578 +54
SFN 10- 7 14-16 17-13 15-12 15-16 14- 8 579 562 +17
SLN 9- 9 21- 6 17-14 20-10 13-18 13- 7 652 466 +186
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1968 National League Date: 9/22/1968
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1968 SLN 93 64 T.Helms CIN .329 W.McCovey SFN 47 R.Santo CHN 106
1968 CIN 89 66 P.Rose CIN .328 H.Aaron ATN 36 W.McCovey SFN 100
1968 SFN 85 72 M.Wills PIN .319 R.Santo CHN 32 T.Perez CIN 94
1968 LAN 83 74 A.Johnson CIN .314 D.Allen PHN 29 H.Aaron ATN 93
1968 PIN 81 74 G.Beckert CHN .304 B.William CHN 28 W.Mays SFN 92
1968 PHN 78 79
1968 ATN 76 81 WINS SAVES ERA
1968 NYN 74 83 F.Jenkins CHN 23 T.Abernat CIN 14 B.Gibson SLN 1.66
1968 CHN 67 90 B.Gibson SLN 21 J.Hoerner SLN 14 P.Jarvis ATN 1.69
1968 HON 57 100 J.Maricha SFN 20 J.Brewer LAN 11 B.Moose PIN 1.79
L.Jackson PHN 19 R.Kline PIN 10 D.Lemaste HON 1.81
OTHERS TIED W 18 F.Linzy SFN 9 D.Drysdal LAN 1.89
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
M.Mota PIN 13 M.Wills PIN 79 F.Jenkins CHN 250
P.Rose CIN 11 L.Brock SLN 66 B.Singer LAN 250
F.Millan ATN 9 T.Taylor PHN 44 B.Gibson SLN 237
D.Rader HON 8 W.Davis LAN 40 R.Sadecki SFN 235
B.White PHN 8 C.Jones NYN 29 T.Seaver NYN 220
YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
ATN 0 at SFN 2 CIN-Culver(13-12, 3.85) at PIN-McBean(8-15, 4.76)
CHN 3 at PIN 6 CIN-Carroll(2-4, 2.47) at PIN-Bunning(8-14, 3.60)
CIN 3 at HON 2
NYN 3 at PHN 4
SLN 9 at LAN 2
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB
G.Alley PIN CHN 3 2 3 2 1 0 1 1
E.Charles NYN PHN 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 1
R.Swoboda NYN PHN 3 1 3 2 1 0 1 0
R.Clemente PIN CHN 4 2 2 2 0 0 1 0
B.Bonds SFN ATN 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS
B.Bolin SFN ATN 9.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 W
B.Moose PIN CHN 8.2 6 3 1 3 6 0 W
B.Gibson SLN LAN 9.0 6 2 1 2 7 1 W
P.Jarvis ATN SFN 7.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 L
G.Arrigo CIN HON 6.1 6 1 1 0 5 0 W
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
D.Allen PHN .333 42 14 13 6 7 B.Moose PIN 28 19 2 9 18 1 200
W.Mays SFN .296 27 8 8 5 2 B.Bolin SFN 25 17 3 9 21 0 200
E.Charles NYN .382 34 13 5 2 4 J.Marichal SFN 9 5 1 0 8 0 100
J.Briggs PHN .364 22 8 2 9 1 S.Carlton SLN 17 11 1 4 8 0 100
G.Alley PIN .333 27 9 6 2 1 G.Perry SFN 28 21 6 1 19 4 110
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
M.Martinez ATN .065 31 2 0 3 0 G.Stone ATN 8 12 13 6 4 4 020
N.Colbert HON .133 30 4 1 0 0 M.McCormick SFN 5 13 6 1 4 2 010
R.Hundley CHN .147 34 5 0 1 0 P.Niekro ATN 9 12 8 2 7 1 020
J.Pagan PIN .179 28 5 0 0 0 S.Blass PIN 15 20 12 4 17 3 010
F.Patek PIN .111 27 3 0 2 0 J.Johnson PHN 14 16 11 7 4 0 010
INJURY REPORT
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