• Source: 1968 Pittsburgh Pirates season

    • The 1968 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 87th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 82nd in the National League. The Pirates finished sixth in the league standings with a record of 80–82.


    Offseason


    October 3, 1967: Billy O'Dell was released by the Pirates.
    October 13, 1967: Larry Shepard named manager of the Pirates.
    November 28, 1967: Dennis Ribant was traded by the Pirates to the Detroit Tigers for Dave Wickersham.
    November 28, 1967: Chuck Hiller was selected by Pirates from Philadelphia Phillies in the Rule 5 major league draft.
    November 29, 1967: Bill Short was sold by Pirates to the New York Mets.
    December 2, 1967: Bob Oliver was traded by the Pirates to the Minnesota Twins for Ron Kline.
    December 3, 1967: Jim Pagliaroni was sold by the Pirates to the Oakland Athletics.
    December 15, 1967: Woodie Fryman, Bill Laxton, Don Money and Harold Clem (minors) were traded by the Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jim Bunning.
    January 8, 1968: Frank Taveras was signed by the Pirates as a non-drafted free agent.
    January 27, 1968: Tom Dettore was drafted by the Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase). Player signed March 29, 1968.


    Regular season




    = Season standings

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    = Record vs. opponents

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    = Game log

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    = Opening Day lineup

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    = Notable transactions

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    June 7, 1968: 1968 Major League Baseball draft
    Milt May was drafted by the Pirates in the 11th round of the 1968 Major League draft.
    Bruce Kison was drafted by the Pirates in the 14th round of the 1968 Major League draft.
    June 27, 1968: Juan Pizarro sold by the Pirates to the Boston Red Sox.
    July 15, 1968: Bill Virdon was signed as a free agent by the Pirates (Virdon, who was on the coaching staff, was activated as a player-coach while Freddie Patek was on the DL).
    August 13, 1968: Bill Virdon was released by the Pirates.
    August 19, 1968: Bill Henry was released by the Pirates.


    = Roster

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    Statistics


    Batting
    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Pitching
    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


    Farm system




    Notes




    References


    1968 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
    1968 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
    Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

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