1968 St. Louis Cardinals season
- 1968 St. Louis Cardinals season
MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1968
misc =
current league = National League
y1 = 1892
Uniform 
ballpark = Busch Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = August "Gussie" Busch
managers = Red Schoendienst
television = KSD-TV
radio = KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe St. Louis Cardinals 1968 season was the team's 87th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 77th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 97-65 during the season and won their second consecutive NL Pennant, by nine games over the San Francisco Giants. They lost in 7 games to the Detroit Tigers in the World Series. After that, the Cardinals would not return to postseason until by|1982.
Pitcher Bob Gibson won both the MVP Award and the Cy Young Award this year, with a 1.12 ERA, 22 wins, and 268 strikeouts. Gibson, shortstop Dal Maxvill, and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year.
It was also the final season before both the American and National Leagues would split into divisions.
Offseason
February 8, 1968: Jimy Williams was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Pat Corrales to the Cincinnati Reds for Johnny Edwards. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/williji03.shtml Jimy Williams Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
Regular Season
National League final standings
Opening Day starters
Transactions
*June 7, 1968: Bob Forsch was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round of the 1968 amateur draft. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/forscbo01.shtml]
Roster
Starting pitchers
World Series
Awards and honors
*Lou Brock, National League Stolen Base Leader, 62 [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hisb2nl.shtml Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac ] ]
* Red Schoendienst, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year
References
External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1968.shtml 1968 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1968&t=SLN 1968 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
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