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June 7 – In the 1968 Major League Baseball draft, the Los Angeles Dodgers select Steve Garvey, Ron Cey, Bill Buckner, Bobby Valentine, Joe Ferguson and Doyle Alexander. All, save Valentine (whose brilliant future is torpedoed by a broken leg in 1973), become stars; Garvey, Cey and Ferguson anchor Los Angeles' four-time NL pennant winners ...
The 1968 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 10 to October 10, 1968. It was the final year of baseball's pre-expansion era, in which the teams that finished in first place in each league went directly to the World Series to face each other for the "World Championship."
The 1968 International League was a Class AAA baseball season played between April 20 and September 18. Eight teams played a 148-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the post-season. Eight teams played a 148-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the post-season.
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The 1968 Major League Baseball draft took place prior to the 1968 MLB season. The draft saw the New York Mets take shortstop Tim Foli first overall. First round ...
The American League was limited to three hits, unable to get a rally going against Don Drysdale, Juan Marichal, Steve Carlton and Tom Seaver, all future Hall of Famers.. A first-inning run scored by Willie Mays on a single, an errant pickoff attempt, a wild pitch by Luis Tiant and a double-play ball gave the winning National league the only run they would need.
The 1968 Cleveland Indians season was their 68th season of baseball in the American League. It saw their pitching staff lead the major leagues with the most strikeouts (1,157) while allowing the fewest hits (1,087). [1] Despite this, they finished 3rd in the American League, their highest finish in nine years.