⭐ Division Winner

1968 St. Louis Cardinals

97-65 • 0.599 Win% • 1st in NL

📊 Season Record

97 Wins
65 Losses
0.599 Win %
1st Rank
583 R 472 RA
Diff +111

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⚡ Quick Stats

583 Runs Scored
472 Runs Allowed
+111 Run Diff
2,011K Attendance

📈 vs. 1968 NL Average

Batting Avg .248 2% above the 1968 league average (.243)
OBP .296 equal to the 1968 league average (.297)
SLG .288 1% below the 1968 league average (.291)
Team ERA 2.49 17% better than the 1968 league average (2.99)
Runs Scored 583 5% above the 1968 league average (558 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBusch Stadium II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,011,567
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Avg per Game 24,834

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Curt Flood 0.301 2 Lou Brock 0.279 3 Mike Shannon 0.266 4 Julian Javier 0.260 5 Roger Maris 0.255

Home Runs

1 Orlando Cepeda 16 2 Mike Shannon 15 3 Lou Brock 6 4 Curt Flood 5 5 Roger Maris 5

RBI

1 Mike Shannon 79 2 Orlando Cepeda 73 3 Curt Flood 60 4 Julian Javier 52 5 Lou Brock 51
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Lou Brock 159 660 92 184 0 0 6 51 46 124 62 0.279
Curt Flood 150 618 71 186 0 0 5 60 33 58 11 0.301
Orlando Cepeda 157 600 71 149 0 0 16 73 43 96 8 0.248
Mike Shannon 156 576 62 153 0 0 15 79 37 114 1 0.266
Julian Javier 139 519 54 135 0 0 4 52 24 61 10 0.260
Dal Maxvill 151 459 51 116 0 0 1 24 52 71 0 0.253
Tim McCarver 128 434 35 110 0 0 5 48 26 31 4 0.253
Roger Maris 100 310 25 79 0 0 5 45 24 38 0 0.255
Bobby Tolan 92 278 28 64 0 0 5 17 13 42 9 0.230
Johnny Edwards 85 230 14 55 0 0 3 29 16 20 1 0.239
Dick Schofield 69 127 14 28 0 0 1 8 13 31 1 0.220
Phil Gagliano 53 105 13 24 0 0 0 13 7 12 0 0.229
Bob Gibson 35 94 3 16 0 0 0 6 7 32 1 0.170
Nelson Briles 33 80 5 11 0 0 0 5 4 21 0 0.138
Ron Davis 33 79 11 14 0 0 0 5 5 17 1 0.177
Steve Carlton 35 73 6 12 0 0 2 3 0 25 0 0.164
Ray Washburn 31 60 5 5 0 0 0 5 8 38 0 0.083
Dick Simpson 26 56 11 13 0 0 3 8 8 21 0 0.232
Ed Spiezio 29 51 1 8 0 0 0 2 5 6 1 0.157
Larry Jaster 31 43 2 6 0 0 1 1 1 9 0 0.140
Dave Ricketts 20 22 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.136
Joe Hague 7 17 2 4 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0.235
Dick Hughes 25 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.000
Mel Nelson 18 12 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.167
Ron Willis 48 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Mike Torrez 5 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.286
Joe Hoerner 47 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Wayne Granger 34 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Hal Gilson 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Floyd Wicker 5 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Pete Mikkelsen 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ted Simmons 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.333

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bob Gibson 1.12 2 Joe Hoerner 1.48 3 Wayne Granger 2.25 4 Ray Washburn 2.26 5 Nelson Briles 2.81

Wins

1 Bob Gibson 22 2 Nelson Briles 19 3 Ray Washburn 14 4 Steve Carlton 13 5 Larry Jaster 9

Strikeouts

1 Bob Gibson 268 2 Steve Carlton 162 3 Nelson Briles 141 4 Ray Washburn 124 5 Larry Jaster 70
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Gibson 22 9 1.12 34 34 0 304.2 62 268
Nelson Briles 19 11 2.81 33 33 0 243.2 55 141
Steve Carlton 13 11 2.99 34 33 0 231.2 61 162
Ray Washburn 14 8 2.26 31 30 0 215.0 47 124
Larry Jaster 9 13 3.50 31 21 0 154.1 38 70
Dick Hughes 2 2 3.52 25 5 4 64.0 21 49
Ron Willis 2 3 3.39 48 0 4 63.2 28 39
Mel Nelson 2 1 2.91 18 4 1 52.2 9 16
Joe Hoerner 8 2 1.48 47 0 17 48.2 12 42
Wayne Granger 4 2 2.25 34 0 4 44.0 12 27
Hal Gilson 0 2 4.57 13 0 2 21.2 11 19
Mike Torrez 2 1 2.79 5 2 0 19.1 12 6
Pete Mikkelsen 0 0 1.13 5 0 0 16.0 7 8

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series
Lost to DET 4-3

👥 Roster (32)

Nelson Briles Lou Brock Steve Carlton Orlando Cepeda Ron Davis Johnny Edwards Curt Flood Phil Gagliano Bob Gibson Hal Gilson Wayne Granger Joe Hague +20 more

32 players

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