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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."
Patrick Joseph Flaherty (June 29, 1876 – January 23, 1968), born in Mansfield (now Carnegie), Pennsylvania, [1] was a pitcher for the Louisville Colonels (1899), Pittsburgh Pirates (1900 and 1904–05), Chicago White Sox (1903–1904), Boston Doves (1907–08), Philadelphia Phillies (1910) and Boston Rustlers (1911), who specialized in his spitball.
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 ...
April 3, 1968: Hank Aguirre was acquired by the Dodgers from the Detroit Tigers for cash and a player to be named later. The Tigers completed the deal by sending Fred Moulder (minors) to the Dodgers on April 4. [6] April 23, 1968: Jim Hickman and Phil Regan were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Ted Savage and Jim Ellis. [7]
The 1968 baseball season, known as the "Year of the Pitcher," was the Detroit Tigers' 68th since they entered the American League in 1901, their eighth pennant, and third World Series championship. Detroit pitcher Denny McLain won the Cy Young Award and was named the American League's Most Valuable Player after winning 31 games.
1968 Major League Baseball All-Star Game; 1968 Minnesota Twins season; N. 1968 New York Mets season; 1968 New York Yankees season; O. 1968 Oakland Athletics season; P.
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) July 6, 2024 The Mud Hens don't play Sunday or Monday. The back-to-back off days create a natural break in the schedule for the Tigers to make a decision on Báez ...
American League; Team W L Pct. GB Home Road; Detroit Tigers: 103: 59 .636 — 56–25 47–34 Baltimore Orioles: 91: 71 .562 12 47–33 44–38 Cleveland Indians: 86: 75 .534 16½ 43–37 43–38 Boston Red Sox: 86: 76 .531 17 46–35 40–41 New York Yankees: 83: 79 .512 20 39–42 44 ...