Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees
Major League Baseball team season
1968 New York Yankees
League
American League
Ballpark
Yankee Stadium
City
New York City
Owners
CBS
General managers
Lee MacPhail
Managers
Ralph Houk
Television
WPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Frank Messer)
Radio
WHN (Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman)
← 1967
Seasons
1969 →
The 1968 New York Yankees season was the 66th season for the team. The team finished above .500 for the first time since 1964, with a record of 83–79, finishing 20 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. The 1968 season was notable for being Mickey Mantle's final season before he announced his retirement the following spring. The Yankees batted .214 as a team, the lowest total ever for a team in a full season in the live-ball era (as of 2023).
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