Jim Fregosi (TRADING CARD DB)

May 20, 1968: Jim Fregosi’s walk-off single completes second career cycle

It was the first trip of the season to California for the 1968…

June 8, 1968: Don Drysdale surpasses the Big Train for consecutive scoreless innings mark

Hall of Famer Don Drysdale won 209 games and hit 154 batters.…

June 18, 1968: Twins-Senators game has almost everything

The Twins-Senators game on June 18, 1968, had many ebbs and flows…

June 24, 1968: Detroit’s Jim Northrup hits two grand slams — and almost three

On June 24, 1968, the Detroit Tigers routed the Cleveland Indians,…

July 9, 1968: All-Star parade of pitchers in the ‘Year of the Pitcher’

It was expected to be a glittering night of firsts.The 1968 All-Star…

July 11, 1968: Earl Weaver wins his first game as Baltimore Orioles manager

The managerial move was finally made during the All-Star break.…

July 13, 1968: Roberto Clemente records 5-hit game for the fourth time

Coming off a 1967 National League batting championship, his…

July 14, 1968: Astros’ Don Wilson strikes out 18, ties two records

On July 14 the Cincinnati Reds hosted the Houston Astros for…
MunsonThurman

July 20, 1968: Eastern League game marks Thurman Munson’s Yankee Stadium debut

The record books will tell you that Thurman Munson played his…

August 23, 1968: Astros reach the heady heights of seventh place

Baseball fans in Houston had never had it so good in the short…
Bob Gibson (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

August 28, 1968: Bob Gibson fans 14 in shutout vs. Pirates for 19th win of season

It was an explosive night in Pittsburgh: St. Louis Cardinals…

September 10, 1968: The Billy Williams Show

Billy Williams was on fire, the 30-year-old hammering the ball…

September 14, 1968: Denny McLain’s 30th victory

Denny McLain began the morning the same as he always did. His…

September 17, 1968: Unlikely heroes Sparma, Wert clinch AL pennant for Tigers

In the aftermath of the 1967 Detroit riots, Detroiters desperately…

September 17, 1968: Gaylord Perry no-hits Cardinals, outduels Bob Gibson

The 1968 season in the major leagues is commonly referred to…

September 18, 1968: Cardinals’ Ray Washburn no-hits the Giants

Folks by the Bay were still buzzing about the previous evening.…