1968 St. Louis Cardinals roster

27 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 MLB season. They reached the 1968 World Series and lost 4-3.

1968 Cardinals roster: batting

1968 St. Louis Cardinals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Lou Brock1596609218465162.279.328.746
Curt Flood1506187118656011.301.339.705
Orlando Cepeda1576007114916738.248.306.685
Mike Shannon1565766215315791.266.309.710
Julian Javier1395195413545210.260.291.638
Dal Maxvill151459511161240.253.329.627
Tim McCarver128434351105484.253.295.645
Roger Maris10031025795450.255.307.681
Bobby Tolan9227828645179.230.272.607
Johnny Edwards8523014553291.239.287.613
Dick Schofield691271428181.220.303.618
Phil Gagliano5310513240130.229.281.585
Dave Ricketts202213010.136.136.273
Joe Hague71724110.235.316.728
Floyd Wicker5422000.500.5001.000
Ted Simmons2301000.333.500.833

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1968 Cardinals roster: pitching

1968 St. Louis Cardinals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Bob GibsonP34342291.12304.22680.850
Nelson BrilesP333319112.81243.21411.260
Steve CarltonSP343313112.99231.21621.190
Ray WashburnP31301482.26215.01241.110
Larry JasterP31219133.50154.1701.240
Dick HughesP255223.5264.0491.034
Ron WillisP480233.3963.2391.234
Mel NelsonP184212.9152.2161.101
Joe HoernerP470821.4848.2420.9517
Wayne GrangerP340422.2544.0271.184
Mike TorrezSP52212.7919.161.660

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.