1968 New York (N) Giants
Record: 91-71
Finish: 2nd in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 779
Runs Allowed: 648
Exp W-L: 95-67
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 2,250,212
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 6th in the National League
AA: 66-71, 5th in the National League
A: 67-70, 6th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 2-4 to Cleveland (N) Spiders
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over Colorado Rockies
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF  Hank Aaron 34 156 611 88 182 38 2 25 95 10 2 48 91 .298 .349 .489 .839 95.0 21.7 3.0
3B *Billy Williams 30 156 613 81 179 30 10 20 86 8 13 32 53 .292 .325 .471 .797 86.5 17.5 4.6
C  Rico Carty 28 126 450 71 133 27 1 21 68 0 0 40 77 .296 .353 .500 .853 71.0 16.0 4.3
2B *Gary Geiger 31 146 425 77 129 19 5 16 70 10 6 59 44 .304 .388 .485 .872 75.2 18.1 2.3
1B *John Herrnstein 30 136 425 58 133 23 2 10 59 0 3 31 67 .313 .360 .447 .807 64.4 14.8 1.8
SS  Bobby Richardson 32 143 425 50 119 21 3 2 29 1 3 25 23 .280 .321 .358 .678 47.3 8.6 4.7
SS *Tony Kubek 31 136 392 61 105 17 2 6 60 0 0 53 62 .268 .355 .367 .722 52.9 10.2 7.2
LF  Tommy Davis 29 135 371 55 115 26 2 11 47 4 1 29 63 .310 .360 .480 .840 60.8 14.4 1.3
RF  Lou Clinton 30 129 349 56 87 17 6 13 43 2 0 22 73 .249 .293 .444 .737 44.7 7.9 1.2
CF *Al Luplow 29 104 315 43 72 12 0 10 51 2 3 32 55 .229 .300 .362 .662 35.1 4.7 1.6
1B  Ron Jackson 34 103 283 36 71 11 1 10 44 2 0 25 87 .251 .312 .403 .715 34.0 5.9 1.4
C *Duke Sims 27 70 212 31 44 3 0 10 33 0 1 23 62 .208 .293 .363 .656 23.2 2.8 2.2
2B  Mike De La Hoz 29 46 150 19 37 5 1 5 24 1 0 10 15 .247 .292 .393 .685 16.4 2.3 1.4
SS  Ken McMullen 26 90 136 20 36 5 1 6 18 1 1 13 29 .265 .333 .449 .782 20.2 4.4 1.5
P *Chuck Stobbs 38 44 120 9 11 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 37 .092 .092 .117 .208 -3.9 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Terry 32 44 107 8 15 4 0 1 6 0 0 0 33 .140 .147 .206 .352 1.6 0.0 0.0
P *Jim Kaat 29 36 107 2 14 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 36 .131 .131 .140 .271 -1.5 0.0 0.0
P *Jim Merritt 24 23 64 4 8 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 19 .125 .138 .172 .310 0.0 0.0 0.0
3B  Bob Oliver 25 24 34 7 8 2 0 3 6 0 0 2 8 .235 .278 .559 .837 5.5 1.3 0.6
P  Steve Blass 26 21 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Bob Johnson 32 12 11 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .364 .636 0.6 0.1 0.1
P  Jose Santiago 27 43 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Locke 34 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Mikkelsen 28 65 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
C *Clay Dalrymple 31 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 0.6 0.3 0.1
P  Eddie Fisher 31 93 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 2094 5633 779 1503 268 36 169 759 41 33 448 948 .267 .321 .417 .738 728.4 151.0 39.2
  Rank among 10 NL teams 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 9 6 6 5 2 4 2 2 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Chuck Stobbs 38 22 12 .647 44 44 0 329.7 306 118 32 68 191 3.22 20.3
 Ralph Terry 32 20 14 .588 44 44 0 329.0 353 121 31 44 159 3.31 20.8
*Jim Kaat 29 18 14 .563 36 36 0 291.0 304 116 36 53 141 3.59 16.3
*Jim Merritt 24 11 10 .524 23 23 0 173.7 185 84 19 41 92 4.35 4.6
 Eddie Fisher 31 7 5 .583 93 0 18 97.0 102 43 8 31 50 3.99 8.4
 Pete Mikkelsen 28 7 5 .583 65 1 6 77.3 70 34 8 25 48 3.96 6.0
 Jose Santiago 27 2 7 .222 43 2 6 62.7 69 33 9 32 36 4.74 0.5
 Steve Blass 26 3 4 .429 21 7 0 59.3 57 32 9 26 38 4.85 0.7
 Bobby Locke 34 1 0 1.000 5 5 0 18.3 10 2 1 7 9 0.98 2.3
*Dick Kelley 28 0 0 .000 19 0 3 9.3 2 1 0 3 7 0.96 3.0
Team Totals 29.7 91 71 .562 393 162 33 1447.3 1458 584 153 330 771 3.63 82.8
Rank among 10 NL teams 4 4 4 4 6 9 10 5 1 10 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 33.8
R.Carty 950.7 108 110 512 46 6 1 .989 39.7
D.Sims 492.3 54 62 279 22 3 1 .990 32.4
C.Dalrymple 4.3 0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1447.3 162 177 795 69 9 2 .990 37.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.25
J.Herrnstein 810.0 90 101 980 57 2 81 .998 11.52
R.Jackson 597.0 72 76 755 46 3 77 .996 12.08
G.Geiger 22.7 0 9 31 2 0 7 1.000 13.11
A.Luplow 14.7 0 7 24 1 0 1 1.000 15.35
M.De La Hoz 8.3 0 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 9.76
K.McMullen 3.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1455.6 162 200 1802 106 5 166 .997 11.80
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.60
B.Richardson 874.3 105 107 198 374 16 72 .973 5.89
M.De La Hoz 173.7 17 18 51 68 2 17 .983 6.17
K.McMullen 131.7 9 43 30 67 2 12 .980 6.63
G.Geiger 33.3 1 14 6 18 0 4 1.000 6.48
B.Johnson 21.7 2 5 6 7 0 3 1.000 5.40
B.Oliver 12.0 0 7 4 4 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1246.7 134 194 295 538 20 109 .977 6.01
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.88
B.Williams 1295.3 145 149 83 362 14 32 .969 3.09
K.McMullen 151.0 17 18 14 43 1 2 .983 3.40
M.De La Hoz 1.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Oliver 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.8 162 169 97 405 15 34 .971 3.12
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.98
T.Kubek 1065.7 122 132 161 468 19 73 .971 5.31
B.Richardson 260.0 32 35 41 121 6 28 .964 5.61
M.De La Hoz 145.4 14 16 17 51 2 6 .971 4.21
B.Oliver 72.3 8 12 8 38 2 5 .958 5.72
K.McMullen 29.0 0 16 5 15 0 2 1.000 6.21
G.Geiger 16.3 0 8 6 10 0 3 1.000 8.82
B.Johnson 2.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Dalrymple 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1591.7 176 223 239 705 29 117 .970 5.34
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.77
A.Luplow 703.0 90 90 165 5 1 1 .994 2.18
T.Davis 618.7 72 86 134 3 6 2 .958 1.99
L.Clinton 59.0 0 34 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.68
R.Carty 20.0 0 13 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
J.Herrnstein 17.7 0 12 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.02
G.Geiger 12.0 0 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Jackson 8.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
H.Aaron 8.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
B.Williams 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.De La Hoz 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.8 162 250 325 8 7 3 .979 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.43
H.Aaron 1319.3 148 151 339 6 10 1 .972 2.35
T.Davis 72.0 8 9 27 0 1 0 .964 3.38
G.Geiger 56.0 6 6 16 0 1 0 .941 2.57
Team Total 1447.3 162 166 382 6 12 1 .970 2.41
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.87
G.Geiger 819.0 93 94 175 5 0 1 1.000 1.98
L.Clinton 612.3 69 69 125 1 0 0 1.000 1.85
J.Herrnstein 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
T.Davis 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Williams 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Aaron 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.3 162 170 302 6 0 1 1.000 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.05
C.Stobbs 329.7 44 44 12 50 2 3 .969 1.69
R.Terry 329.0 44 44 15 58 2 10 .973 2.00
J.Kaat 291.0 36 36 10 38 1 3 .980 1.48
J.Merritt 173.7 23 23 10 33 4 2 .915 2.23
E.Fisher 97.0 0 93 6 21 1 2 .964 2.51
P.Mikkelsen 77.3 1 65 4 13 1 1 .944 1.98
J.Santiago 62.7 2 43 2 15 1 0 .944 2.44
S.Blass 59.3 7 21 3 10 1 0 .929 1.97
B.Locke 18.3 5 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.47
D.Kelley 9.3 0 19 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1447.3 162 393 62 243 13 21 .959 1.90
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Aaron .298
On-Base Pct Geiger .375
Slugging Pct Carty .490
OPS Geiger .841
XR Aaron 95.0
Games Williams, Aaron 156
At-Bats Williams 613
Runs Aaron 88
Hits Aaron 182
Total Bases Aaron 299
Singles Williams 119
Doubles Aaron 38
Triples Williams 10
Homeruns Aaron 25
RBIs Aaron 95
Stolen Bases Aaron, Geiger 10
Caught Stealing Williams 13
Walks Geiger 59
Strikeouts Aaron 91
ERA Stobbs 3.22
Wins Stobbs 22
Losses Kaat, Terry 14
Winning Pct Stobbs .647
Saves Fisher 18
Games Pitched Fisher 93
Games Started Stobbs, Terry 44
Complete Games Kaat 15
Shutouts Kaat, Stobbs 3
Innings Pitched Stobbs 329.7
Hits Allowed Terry 353
Homeruns Allowed Kaat 36
Strikeouts Stobbs 191
Walks Allowed Stobbs 68
Walks per 9IP Terry 1.2
Hits per 9IP Stobbs 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Stobbs 5.2
WHiP Stobbs 1.13
OAVG Stobbs .243
OOBP Stobbs .283
OSLG Stobbs .372
OOPS Stobbs .655
Team All-Stars
Hank Aaron
Jim Kaat
Chuck Stobbs
Billy Williams
Player Salaries
Gary Geiger $ 12,540,000
Chuck Stobbs $ 10,780,000
Rico Carty $ 6,107,143
Jim Kaat $ 5,000,000
Hank Aaron $ 5,000,000
Billy Williams $ 5,000,000
Lou Clinton $ 3,432,857
Eddie Fisher $ 3,400,000
Tony Kubek $ 3,400,000
Al Luplow $ 2,100,000
Mike De La Hoz $ 2,078,571
Bobby Richardson $ 1,850,000
John Herrnstein $ 1,400,000
Tommy Davis $ 1,400,000
Ralph Terry $ 1,350,000
Jose Santiago $ 1,160,000
Ron Jackson $ 1,000,000
Pete Mikkelsen $ 905,000
Bob Johnson $ 500,500
Clay Dalrymple $ 350,000
Bobby Locke $ 350,000
Brooks Robinson $ 350,000
Sonny Siebert $ 350,000
Ken McMullen $ 300,000
Jim Merritt $ 300,000
Bob Oliver $ 300,000
Duke Sims $ 300,000
Steve Blass $ 300,000
Dick Kelley $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/22 Signed     Bob Johnson
4/2 Traded Woodie Held San Diego Bob Botz
7/31 Traded Bob Botz Toronto Mike De La Hoz