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 Record vs. opponents Game log |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || April 10 || @ Astros || 4–5 || Dierker || Pizarro (0–1) || — || 21,320 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 2 || April 11 || @ Giants || 3–1 (15) || Face (1–0) || Linzy || Moose (1) || 7,844 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 3 || April 13 || @ Giants || 2–1 || McBean (1–0) || Perry || — || 11,488 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 4 || April 14 || @ Dodgers || 3–0 || Bunning (1–0) || Osteen || — || 27,136 || 3–1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || April 15 || @ Dodgers || 2–3 || Singer || Veale (0–1) || — || 16,214 || 3–2 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 6 || April 17 || Astros || 13–4 || McBean (2–0) || Lemaster || — || 30,779 || 4–2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 19 || Giants || 2–5 || Marichal || Bunning (1–1) || — || 24,224 || 4–3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 20 || Giants || 0–1 || Sadecki || Veale (0–2) || — || 8,156 || 4–4 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 9 || April 21 || Giants || 10–0 || McBean (3–0) || McCormick || — || 17,337 || 5–4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 22 || Dodgers || 3–5 || Brewer || Moose (0–1) || Billingham || 7,963 || 5–5 |- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 11 || April 24 || Dodgers || 4–3 || Bunning (2–1) || Osteen || Face (1) || 4,938 || 6–5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || April 26 || @ Cardinals || 1–2 || Gibson || Veale (0–3) || — || 39,866 || 6–6 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 27 || @ Cardinals || 5–7 || Briles ||