1968 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 1968 Boston Red Sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1968 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1968 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1968 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1968 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1968 Boston Red Sox primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1968 Boston Red Sox



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Complete Roster  
 

39 Gary Bell 6-01 198 Right Right 1936-11-17
27 Bucky Brandon 6-02 200 Right Right 1940-07-08
21 Ray Culp 6-00 200 Right Right 1941-08-06
36 Dick Ellsworth 6-04 195 Left Left 1940-03-22
29 Bill Landis 6-02 178 Left Left 1942-10-08
16 Jim Lonborg 6-05 210 Right Right 1942-04-16
28 Sparky Lyle 6-01 192 Left Left 1944-07-22
37 Dave Morehead 6-01 185 Right Right 1942-09-05
24 Juan Pizarro 5-11 190 Left Left 1937-02-07
17, 26 Garry Roggenburk 6-06 195 Left Right 1940-04-16
30 Jose Santiago 6-02 185 Right Right 1940-08-15
20 Lee Stange 5-10 170 Right Right 1936-10-27
38 Jerry Stephenson 6-02 185 Right Left 1943-10-06
19 Gary Waslewski 6-04 195 Right Right 1941-07-21
24 Fred Wenz 6-03 214 Right Right 1941-08-26
26 John Wyatt 5-11½ 200 Right Right 1935-04-19
35 Russ Gibson 6-01 195 Right Right 1939-05-06
18 Elston Howard 6-02 200 Right Right 1929-02-23
10 Jerry Moses 6-03 210 Right Right 1946-08-09
15 Russ Nixon 6-01 200 Right Left 1935-02-19
22 Gene Oliver 6-02 225 Right Right 1935-03-22
14 Jerry Adair 6-00 175 Right Right 1936-12-17
41 Luis Alvarado 5-09 162 Right Right 1949-01-15
2 Mike Andrews 6-03 195 Right Right 1943-07-09
1 Joe Foy 6-00 215 Right Right 1943-02-21
3 Dalton Jones 6-01 180 Right Left 1943-12-10
6 Rico Petrocelli 6-00 185 Right Right 1943-06-27
5 George Scott 6-02 215 Right Right 1944-03-23
4 Norm Siebern 6-03 205 Right Left 1933-07-26
40 Ken Harrelson 6-02 190 Right Right 1941-09-04
15, 24 Joe Lahoud 6-00 202 Left Left 1947-04-14
11 Floyd Robinson 5-09 175 Right Left 1936-05-09
7 Reggie Smith 6-00 195 Right Both 1945-04-02
12 Jose Tartabull 5-11 165 Left Left 1938-11-27
17 George Thomas 6-03½ 190 Right Right 1937-11-29
8 Carl Yastrzemski 5-11 182 Right Left 1939-08-22


The 1968 Boston Red Sox played 162 games during the regular season, won 86 games, lost 76 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at Fenway Park (Park Factors: 107/106) where 1,940,788 fans witnessed their 1968 Red Sox finish the season with a .531 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1968 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1968 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1968 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1968 Boston Red Sox primary starters list:

1968 Boston Red Sox
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1968 Boston Red Sox
Most Games by Position

C Russ Gibson (74)
1B George Scott (112)
2B Mike Andrews (139)
3B Joe Foy (147)
SS Rico Petrocelli (117)
LF Carl Yastrzemski (154)
CF Reggie Smith (155)
RF Ken Harrelson (132)
  
SP Gary Bell
SP Ray Culp
SP Dick Ellsworth
SP Jim Lonborg
SP Jose Santiago
  
RP Bill Landis
RP Sparky Lyle
RP Jerry Stephenson
CL Lee Stange


1968 Boston Red Sox
Salaries

Elston Howard $65,000.00
Jerry Adair $44,000.00
Gary Bell $40,000.00
Dick Ellsworth $35,000.00
Ken Harrelson $35,000.00
Juan Pizarro $30,000.00
Norm Siebern $30,000.00
Dave Morehead $25,000.00
Floyd Robinson $21,000.00
Ray Culp $20,000.00
Russ Nixon $20,000.00
Joe Foy $18,000.00
Gary Waslewski $16,000.00


1968 Boston Red Sox
Uniform Numbers

#1 Joe Foy
#2 Mike Andrews
#3 Dalton Jones
#4 Norm Siebern
#5 George Scott
#6 Rico Petrocelli
#7 Reggie Smith
#8 Carl Yastrzemski
#10 Jerry Moses
#11 Floyd Robinson
#12 Jose Tartabull
#14 Jerry Adair
#15 Joe Lahoud
#15 Russ Nixon
#16 Jim Lonborg
#17 Garry Roggenburk
#17 George Thomas
#18 Elston Howard
#19 Gary Waslewski
#20 Lee Stange
#21 Ray Culp
#22 Gene Oliver
#24 Joe Lahoud
#24 Juan Pizarro
#24 Fred Wenz
#26 Garry Roggenburk
#26 John Wyatt
#27 Bucky Brandon
#28 Sparky Lyle
#29 Bill Landis
#30 Jose Santiago
#35 Russ Gibson
#36 Dick Ellsworth
#37 Dave Morehead
#38 Jerry Stephenson
#39 Gary Bell
#40 Ken Harrelson
#41 Luis Alvarado

Did you know that a 1968 Boston Red Sox Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

     

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