1968 Boston Red Sox season


The 1968 Boston Red Sox season was the 68th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, 17 games behind the AL and World Series champion Detroit Tigers.

Offseason

Regular season

Carl Yastrzemski set an American League record by having the lowest batting average to win a batting title. Yaz hit.301 to claim the batting title.

Notable transactions

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C7623152.225320
1B12435060.171325
2B147536145.271745
SS12340695.2341246
3B150515116.2251060
LF157539162.3012374
CF155558148.2651569
RF150535147.27535109

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
11135483.234529
7420845.216212
7120349.241518
7213939.28106
298513.15306
297815.19216
11466.13001
16355.14301
27302.06700
23243.12502
6186.33324
12102.20011

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
35216.11662.91190
35199.111113.12102
31196.01673.03106
18124.0942.2586
23113.16104.2973
19107.2683.5984
1155.0142.4578

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
34105.1473.6759
2368.2285.6451

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGWLSVERASO
5055123.9353
4961112.7452
383333.1559
80006.3910
81204.2211
40002.164
10000.003

Awards and honors

Farm system

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