1967 Boston Red Sox season

1967  Boston Red Sox
American League Champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	92–70 (.568)
League place	1st
Owners	Tom Yawkey
President	Tom Yawkey
General managers	Dick O'Connell
Managers	Dick Williams
Television	WHDH-TV Channel 5
Radio	WHDH-AM 850 (Ken Coleman, Ned Martin, Mel Parnell)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1967 Boston Red Sox season was the 67th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses. The team then faced the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals in the 1967 World Series, which the Red Sox lost in seven games.

The regular season had one of the most memorable finishes in baseball history, as the AL pennant race went to the last game, with the Red Sox finishing one game ahead of both the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins in the final AL standings. Red Sox left fielder Carl Yastrzemski won the Triple Crown, tying Harmon Killebrew for the AL lead in home runs (44) while leading the league in runs batted in (121) and batting average (.326). ^[1]

Often referred to as "The Impossible Dream", this was the team's first winning season since 1958, as the Red Sox shocked all of New England and the rest of the baseball world by reaching the World Series for the first time since 1946.

Offseason

Transactions

• November 28, 1966: during the Minor League Draft, Ed Connelly Jr. was drafted from the Red Sox by the Cleveland Indians and Amos Otis was drafted from the Red Sox by the New York Mets. ^{[2] [3]}
• December 7, 1966: Ed Rakow and Julio Navarro are traded to the Atlanta Braves for Chris Cannizzaro and John Herrnstein. ^[4]
• December 17, 1966: Dick Stigman and Roland Sheldon are traded to the Reds to complete the deal made to acquire Hank Fischer. ^[5]
• January 28, 1967: Geoff Zahn was drafted by the Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase), but did not sign. ^[6]
• February 4, 1967: The Red Sox announce that they have signed Carlton Fisk. ^[7]
• Prior to 1967 season: Tony Muser was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox. ^[8]

Preseason: Low expectations

The Red Sox entered the 1967 season as "doormats" of the American League, with low expectations, low attendance to begin the season, and little known talent outside of team captain Carl Yastrzemski. They had had losing seasons for each of the previous eight years. Two years earlier, the Red Sox had finished the 1965 season with 100 losses. In addition, the team posted ninth-place finishes in 1965 and 1966. Low expectations for the season were demonstrated by the measly 8,324 fans who attended Opening Day, which about matched their average attendance throughout the 1960s. ^[9]

Regular season

Boston historians consider the 1967 Red Sox season as the "re-invention" of Boston Red Sox baseball.^{[ citation needed ]} Every aspect of Boston baseball was transformed at the hands of this club. For instance, in 1966, the Red Sox ranked eighth out of ten American League teams in home attendance (811,172). The 1967 season set a Fenway Park record and the Sox finished first in the league in home attendance (1,727,832). Jerry Remy (former Red Sox television broadcaster for NESN) is quoted as saying, "1967 created the Red Sox craze and Red Sox Nation we have today. They re-invented baseball in New England."

Major personnel moves

In 1967, Dick Williams became the manager of the Red Sox. Previously, he had coached the Red Sox' farm club in Toronto. Williams was a stern disciplinarian and enacted a get tough policy. He stressed the fundamentals. In spring training, he had called George Scott "Bomboclaat Scott". ^[10]

The Red Sox also made two major acquisitions down the stretch. The first came on August 3, when the Red Sox acquired catcher Elston Howard from the New York Yankees. Howard would hit just .147 while replacing Mike Ryan as the starting catcher, forcing the Red Sox to turn to third-stringer Russ Gibson more and more often down the stretch. ^[11] While Gibson hit just .203, it was better than either Howard or Ryan (who hit .199) had managed during the season. The acquisition was more about Howard's experience: the Red Sox had a very young team, and Howard was a good influence on their pitching staff. The second was on August 28, when they signed outfielder Ken Harrelson after the Kansas City Athletics released him. ^[12] Harrelson replaced José Tartabull as the starting right fielder. ^[11] Tartabull himself had replaced the injured Tony Conigliaro, ^[11] who was out for the season after a brutal beaning, detailed below.

With the players on their roster averaging 25.4 years of age, the 1967 Red Sox were the second-youngest team in Major League Baseball that season; only the cellar-dwelling Athletics (24.8) were younger. ^[13]

Setback: Tony Conigliaro

Throughout the season of 1967, the Red Sox were clicking offensively and defensively right from Opening Day. One of the keys to the Red Sox instant success was young, fan-favorite Tony Conigliaro. Entering his fourth season in 1967, Conigliaro set the bar for his personal success very high, as he achieved immediate success his first three years in the major leagues. In fact, Conigliaro slugged an amazing 24 home runs his rookie season in 1964, followed by an AL leading 32 home runs his sophomore season in 1965 and 28 in 1966. As the Red Sox showed promise in the early part of the 1967 season, Conigliaro's expectations from the fans rose exponentially.

Throughout Conigliaro's first three seasons, minor and typical baseball injuries struck the young player. He had broken his left arm his rookie season, broken his left wrist his sophomore season after being hit by a pitch, and missed day-to-day action on other various minor injuries. Nothing serious had prevented Conigliaro from bouncing back and continuing to see offensive success at an unparalleled rapid pace. Some Red Sox die-hards in fact predicted Conigliaro would finish his career with better numbers than the great Ted Williams.

On August 18, 1967, in the fifth inning of a mid-summer game between Boston and the California Angels at Fenway Park, Conigliaro was beaned by a pitch from Angels pitcher Jack Hamilton right above the left cheek bone. Conigliaro was immediately knocked unconscious and was taken off the field on a stretcher. It was later announced that the slugger had sustained severe damage to his cheek bone and the retina of his eye. Conigliaro missed the remainder of the 1967 season and, as Boston held its breath for their young phenom, memories of the long drought of being a winning team in baseball had crept over the Fenway crowd. (No mentions of a curse, however. The idea of the "Curse of the Bambino" would not be entertained for another 20 years.)

Though their young All-Star was out indefinitely, the Red Sox won the game and continued on to win the American League Championship. However, faith from Red Sox fans had to be found without Conigliaro. He would return a year later, and earn Comeback Player of the Year Award in 1969. In 1970, he would reach career-high numbers in HRs (36) and RBI (116). Problems with Conigliaro's eyesight returned in 1971 and he had to retire from major league baseball following a stint with the California Angels that year. His eyesight improved to the point that he attempted—and briefly succeeded—in a comeback attempt with the Red Sox during the spring of 1975. However following an early season injury he was replaced in the lineup by rookie and future Hall-of-Famer Jim Rice, and was released shortly thereafter, never to return to professional baseball.

Carl Yastrzemski

During the "impossible dream" of 1967, Red Sox slugger and the 1963 batting champion, Carl Yastrzemski, led the Red Sox in his break-out season, transforming his young career and elevating himself from All-Star to Most Valuable Player. "Yaz" led the Red Sox in batting average, hits, home runs, runs batted in, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, on-base + slugging, games played, at bat appearances, runs scored, total bases, doubles, base on balls (walks) and extra base hits. He was also named to his fourth All-Star Game, which was the third straight year he received this honor.

All of these team categories in which he led the club were overshadowed by his accomplishments in offensive statistics league-wide. Yastrzemski batted .326 on the season, slugged 44 home runs, and drove in 121 RBIs, which led the American League in all three of these main offensive categories (Yastrzemski was actually tied in the home run category with Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins). In leading the league in home runs, RBIs, and batting average, Yastrzemski achieved the Triple Crown. Only one Red Sox player in history had reached this milestone—Ted Williams, who did it twice, in 1942 and 1947. It was the second consecutive year that the Triple Crown was achieved in the American League, Frank Robinson having won the honor in 1966 during his first year with the Baltimore Orioles. It took 45 years before another triple crown was won, by Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers in 2012. In the scope of this season that had begun with low expectations for the Boston Red Sox, the leadership and outstanding batting by Yastrzemski added to the "impossible" feeling that the season overall had overwhelmed the New England region.

Yastrzemski ended the season with numerous awards and honors: 1967 All-Star, 1967 Most Valuable Player, 1967 Outfield Gold Glove, 1967 Major League Player of the Year. Statistically, Yastrzemski dominated the American League, as he had his own team. He led the league in: batting average, runs batted in, home runs, runs, slugging percentage, on-base plus slugging, hits, on-base percentage, and total bases.

The setting

Red Sox second baseman Mike Andrews says of the times: "This chaotic war was going on while we were playing baseball. To think that baseball could be meaningful to these wounded soldiers was unbelievable." ^[9] Four Red Sox players—All-Stars Jim Lonborg and Tony Conigliaro, along with Dalton Jones and Bill Landis—were drafted for military service. The four served two-week stints in the military reserve.

Season summary

Early games

As a 21-year-old rookie, Billy Rohr made his first start on April 14 at Yankee Stadium facing Whitey Ford. He was one strike away from a no-hitter when Elston Howard, who would join the Red Sox later that season, hit a soft single into right-center field. Yastrzemski had saved Rohr's no-hit bid earlier in the game when he made an over-the-shoulder running-away catch deep in left field off the bat of Tom Tresh. Following Howard's single, Rohr proceeded to retire the next batter for a 3–0 shutout. Four days later at Fenway Park, he beat the Yankees again, 6–1. Mel Stottlemyre was charged with the loss. However Rohr only won one more major league game and was out of the majors after the 1968 season.

August

Right out of the gate, the Red Sox showed contender capabilities and entering August, were only two and a half games behind the league-leading Chicago White Sox and were eight games over .500. By month's end, the White Sox lost hold of first-place and on August 26, the Red Sox sat atop the American League at 72–56. A five-way race between the Red Sox, White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, and the California Angels developed for the American League pennant. The Angels slumped in early September to fall out of the race, and the White Sox slumped in the next to last week of the season.

Down the stretch

Starting September—the last month of the season—the Red Sox sat atop of the American League, but were caught in a dog-fight with Chicago, Minnesota and Detroit. The four teams were separated by half a game and all jumped between first to fourth sporadically. The pennant race was coming down to the last weekend of the season. Unfortunately for the White Sox, a three-game sweep at the hands of the Washington Senators left Chicago three games out of first place and the pennant scramble a three-team race. The Red Sox faced the Twins in a two-game series at Fenway Park on that last weekend. The Twins were in first place, ahead by one game over the Red Sox. ^[12] To win the pennant, The Red Sox had to sweep the Twins while the Detroit Tigers, playing the California Angels, would have to lose at least one more game.

From left: Coach Bobby Doerr, Dalton Jones, Rico Petrocelli, Manager Dick Williams, Red Sox VP Dick O'Connell, Mayor John F. Collins

Carl Yastrzemski, vying for the triple crown, led the American League in batting average and RBI, and shared the home run lead with Harmon Killebrew of the Twins. Both players hit one home run in the series, so Yastrzemski won the triple crown. Yastrzemski went 7 for 8 with a home run and 6 RBI in the two-game series. In the last game of the season, 21-game winner Jim Lonborg got the start for the Red Sox vs. the Twins' 20-game winner Dean Chance. The Red Sox won the game 5–3 with a five-run sixth inning, and Lonborg finished the season with 22 victories. Afterwards, the Red Sox were forced to watch the Tigers-Angels doubleheader in the clubhouse. In Detroit, the Tigers won the first game of a double header vs. the Angels, and needed to win the second game to tie the Red Sox for first place. But their bullpen failed, and the Angels' Rick Reichardt hit a home run in an 8–5 Angel win. The Red Sox had won their first American League pennant in 21 years. ^[12] Mayor of Boston John F. Collins declared October 3, the day before the start of the World Series, as "Boston Red Sox Day". ^[14]

Aftermath

Although the Red Sox did not complete the unbelievable task and lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1967 World Series, the overachieving club is considered among the greatest Red Sox teams in club history. Beyond Yastrzemski completing one of the best single season offensive campaigns, Red Sox players dominated the American League across the board. Pitcher Jim Lonborg won the Cy Young Award. The two Sox All-Stars, joined by Tony Conigliaro and Rico Petrocelli, comprised the four Red Sox named to the American League All-Star team.

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	92	70	0.568	—	49–32	43–38
Detroit Tigers	91	71	0.562	1	52–29	39–42
Minnesota Twins	91	71	0.562	1	52–29	39–42
Chicago White Sox	89	73	0.549	3	49–33	40–40
California Angels	84	77	0.522	7½	53–30	31–47
Washington Senators	76	85	0.472	15½	40–40	36–45
Baltimore Orioles	76	85	0.472	15½	35–42	41–43
Cleveland Indians	75	87	0.463	17	36–45	39–42
New York Yankees	72	90	0.444	20	43–38	29–52
Kansas City Athletics	62	99	0.385	29½	37–44	25–55

Record vs. opponents

1967 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KCA	MIN	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	10–8	6–11	7–11	9–9	3–15	10–8	8–10	13–5	10–8
Boston	8–10	—	10–8	8–10	13–5	11–7	12–6	7–11	12–6	11–7
California	11–6	8–10	—	7–11	14–4	8–10	14–4	7–11	9–9	6–12
Chicago	11–7	10–8	11–7	—	12–6	8–10	8–10	9–9	12–6	8–10
Cleveland	9–9	5–13	4–14	6–12	—	8–10	11–7	10–8	9–9	13–5
Detroit	15–3	7–11	10–8	10–8	10–8	—	12–6	8–10–1	10–8	9–9
Kansas City	8–10	6–12	4–14	10–8	7–11	6–12	—	8–10	7–11	6–11
Minnesota	10–8	11–7	11–7	9–9	8–10	10–8–1	10–8	—	12–6–1	10–8
New York	5–13	6–12	9–9	6–12	9–9	8–10	11–7	6–12–1	—	12–6
Washington	8–10	7–11	12–6	10–8	5–13	9–9	11–6	8–10	6–12	—

Opening Day lineup

12	José Tartabull	CF
1	Joe Foy	3B
8	Carl Yastrzemski	LF
25	Tony Conigliaro	RF
5	George Scott	1B
7	Reggie Smith	2B
6	Rico Petrocelli	SS
22	Mike Ryan	C
16	Jim Lonborg	P

Notable transactions

• June 2, 1967: Don McMahon and minor leaguer Bob Snow were traded by the Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Jerry Adair. ^[15]
• June 4, 1967: Don Demeter and Tony Horton were traded by the Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Gary Bell. ^[16]
• June 6, 1967: Mike Garman was drafted by the Red Sox in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 9, 1967. ^[17]
• July 15, 1967: Norm Siebern was purchased by the Red Sox from the San Francisco Giants. ^[18]
• August 3, 1967: Pete Magrini and a player to be named later were traded by the Red Sox to the New York Yankees for Elston Howard. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Ron Klimkowski to the Yankees on August 8. ^[19]

Roster

1967 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 39 Gary Bell 28 Dennis Bennett 27 Bucky Brandon 36 Ken Brett 39 Galen Cisco 21 Hank Fischer 29 Bill Landis 16 Jim Lonborg 28 Sparky Lyle 44 Don McMahon 17 Dave Morehead 37 Dan Osinski 15 Billy Rohr 30 José Santiago 20 Lee Stange 18 Jerry Stephenson 19 Gary Waslewski 26 John Wyatt		Catchers 35 Russ Gibson 18 Elston Howard 22 Mike Ryan 10 Bob Tillman Infielders 14 Jerry Adair  2 Mike Andrews  1 Joe Foy 11 Tony Horton  3 Dalton Jones  6 Rico Petrocelli 17 Ken Poulsen  5 George Scott  4 Norm Siebern		Outfielders 25 Tony Conigliaro  4 Don Demeter 40 Ken Harrelson 15 Jim Landis  7 Reggie Smith 12 José Tartabull 24 George Thomas  8 Carl Yastrzemski		Manager 23 Dick Williams Coaches 31 Bobby Doerr (First base & Hitting) 34 Al Lakeman (Bullpen) 33 Sal Maglie (Pitching) 32 Eddie Popowski (Third base)

Game log

1967 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 12 White Sox 5–4 Lonborg (1–0) Buzhardt (0–1) McMahon (1) 8,324 1–0 2 April 13 White Sox 8–5 Lamabe (1–0) Fischer (0–1) Locker (1) 3,607 1–1 3 April 14 @ Yankees 3–0 Rohr (1–0) Ford (0–1) 14,375 2–1 4 April 15 @ Yankees 1–0 Stottlemyre (2–0) Bennett (0–1) 12,035 2–2 5 April 16 @ Yankees 7 – 6 (18) Downing (1–0) Stange (0–1) 19,290 2–3 6 April 18 @ White Sox 5–2 Howard (1–0) Brandon (0–1) 1,313 2–4 7 April 21 Yankees 6–1 Rohr (2–0) Stottlemyre (2–1) 25,603 3–4 8 April 22 Yankees 5–4 Santiago (1–0) Womack (0–1) McMahon (2) 8,189 4–4 9 April 23 Yankees 7–5 Downing (2–0) Santiago (1–1) 18,041 4–5 10 April 24 @ Senators 7–4 Wyatt (1–0) Lines (0–1) 2,235 5–5 11 April 25 @ Senators 9–3 Fischer (1–1) Richert (0–3) 3,367 6–5 12 April 28 Athletics 3–0 Lonborg (2–0) Hunter (2–1) 9,026 7–5 13 April 29 Athletics 11 – 10 (15) McMahon (1–0) Aker (2–1) 9,724 8–5 14 April 30 Athletics 1–0 Nash (2–2) Brandon (0–2) 31,450 8–6
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 15 May 1 @ Angels 4–0 Bennett (1–1) Rubio (0–2) 8,956 9–6 16 May 2 @ Angels 3–2 McGlothlin (1–0) Fischer (1–2) 8,167 9–7 17 May 3 @ Angels 2–1 Kelso (2–0) Lonborg (2–1) 8,880 9–8 18 May 5 @ Twins 5–2 Grant (1–3) Rohr (2–1) Worthington (3) 9,893 9–9 19 May 6 @ Twins 4–2 Chance (4–1) Brandon (0–3) 11,595 9–10 20 May 7 @ Twins 9–6 Osinski (1–0) Perry (0–2) Wyatt (1) 11,864 10–10 21 May 9 @ Athletics 4–3 Krausse (1–4) McMahon (1–1) Aker (4) 10–11 22 May 9 @ Athletics 5–2 Wyatt (2–0) Aker (2–2) Osinski (1) 7,708 11–11 23 May 10 @ Athletics 7–4 Lindblad (1–0) Stange (0–2) 4,996 11–12 24 May 12 Tigers 5–4 Wilson (4–2) Brandon (0–4) Gladding (5) 15,564 11–13 25 May 13 Tigers 10–8 Korince (1–0) Wyatt (2–1) Wickersham (2) 9,606 11–14 26 May 14 Tigers 8–5 Lonborg (3–1) McLain (3–4) Fischer (1) 12–14 27 May 14 Tigers 13–9 Santiago (2–1) Lolich (4–2) Cisco (1) 16,436 13–14 28 May 16 Orioles 8–5 Fisher (2–1) Wyatt (2–2) Miller (4) 9,510 13–15 29 May 17 Orioles 12–8 Dillman (2–0) Cisco (0–1) Drabowsky (2) 8,714 13–16 30 May 19 Indians 3–2 Lonborg (4–1) Bell (1–3) 15,534 14–16 31 May 20 Indians 5 – 3 (10) Bailey (1–0) McMahon (1–2) 8,994 14–17 32 May 21 Indians 4–3 Wyatt (3–2) Siebert (3–3) Stange (1) 15–17 33 May 21 Indians 6–2 Brandon (1–4) McDowell (2–2) 24,976 16–17 34 May 23 @ Tigers 5–2 Bennett (2–1) Lolich (5–3) Wyatt (2) 7,570 17–17 35 May 24 @ Tigers 1–0 Lonborg (5–1) McLain (4–5) 9,890 18–17 36 May 25 @ Tigers 9–3 Wilson (6–3) Santiago (2–2) 8,782 18–18 37 May 26 @ Orioles 4–3 Drabowsky (3–0) Rohr (2–2) 13,786 18–19 38 May 27 @ Orioles 10–0 Phoebus (3–1) Brandon (1–5) 26,488 18–20 39 May 28 @ Orioles 4–3 Lonborg (6–1) Barber (3–5) Wyatt (3) 14,071 19–20 40 May 30 Angels 5–4 Osinski (2–0) Kelso (2–1) Wyatt (4) 20–20 41 May 30 Angels 6–1 Bennett (3–1) Brunet (1–8) 32,012 21–20 42 May 31 Twins 3–2 Brandon (2–5) Perry (0–3) Wyatt (5) 12,335 22–20
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 43 June 1 Twins 4–0 Chance (9–2) Rohr (2–3) 12,233 22–21 44 June 2 @ Indians 2–1 Lonborg (7–1) Siebert (4–4) 8,809 23–21 45 June 3 @ Indians 6–2 Bennett (4–1) Bell (1–5) Santiago (1) 5,816 24–21 46 June 4 @ Indians 3–0 Hargan (7–4) Stange (0–3) 27,395 24–22 47 June 6 @ White Sox 5–3 Wilhelm (3–1) Brandon (2–6) Wood (1) 10,463 24–23 48 June 8 @ White Sox 5–2 Horlen (7–0) Bennett (4–2) 24–24 49 June 8 @ White Sox 7–3 Bell (2–5) Howard (1–4) 4,748 25–24 50 June 9 Senators 8–7 Santiago (3–2) Humphreys (1–1) Wyatt (6) 25,326 26–24 51 June 10 Senators 7–3 Pascual (6–3) Stange (0–4) Baldwin (5) 15,634 26–25 52 June 11 Senators 4–3 Santiago (4–2) Baldwin (0–1) Wyatt (7) 27–25 53 June 11 Senators 8–7 Cox (1–0) Osinski (2–1) Priddy (2) 16,599 27–26 54 June 12 Yankees 3–1 Bell (3–5) Verbanic (2–1) 18,939 28–26 55 June 13 Yankees 5–3 Talbot (3–2) Lonborg (7–2) Womack (5) 17,190 28–27 56 June 14 White Sox 8–7 Peters (8–3) Bennett (4–3) Wood (3) 28–28 57 June 14 White Sox 6–1 Stange (1–4) Klages (0–1) Santiago (2) 22,178 29–28 58 June 15 White Sox 2 – 1 (11) Wyatt (4–2) Buzhardt (2–6) 16,775 30–28 59 June 16 @ Senators 1–0 Priddy (1–3) Bell (3–6) Baldwin (6) 30–29 60 June 16 @ Senators 4–3 Cox (2–0) Wyatt (4–3) 8,820 30–30 61 June 17 @ Senators 5–1 Lonborg (8–2) Moore (3–4) 3,944 31–30 62 June 18 @ Senators 3 – 2 (10) Knowles (4–5) Santiago (4–3) 28,776 31–31 63 June 20 @ Yankees 7–1 Bell (4–6) Stottlemyre (6–7) 8,739 32–31 64 June 21 @ Yankees 8–1 Lonborg (9–2) Tillotson (3–3) 13,061 33–31 65 June 23 Indians 8–4 Stange (2–4) Siebert (6–7) 30,233 34–31 66 June 24 Indians 3–2 Hargan (9–6) Brandon (2–7) 30,027 34–32 67 June 25 Indians 8–3 Bell (5–6) Tiant (6–2) Santiago (3) 23,719 35–32 68 June 26 @ Twins 2–1 Kaat (5–8) Lonborg (9–3) Worthington (10) 13,701 35–33 69 June 27 @ Twins 3–2 Waslewski (1–0) Chance (10–6) Wyatt (8) 18,711 36–33 70 June 28 @ Twins 3–2 Boswell (5–5) Stange (2–5) 11,940 36–34 71 June 30 @ Athletics 5–3 Bell (6–6) Nash (8–7) Wyatt (9) 8,629 37–34
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 72 July 1 @ Athletics 10–2 Lonborg (10–3) Dobson (4–5) Santiago (4) 12,951 38–34 73 July 2 @ Athletics 2–1 Waslewski (2–0) Hunter (8–6) Wyatt (10) 9,264 39–34 74 July 3 @ Angels 9–3 Stange (3–5) Hamilton (1–1) 17,005 40–34 75 July 4 @ Angels 4–3 Clark (6–6) Bell (6–7) Rojas (13) 39,673 40–35 76 July 5 @ Angels 4–3 Brunet (6–11) Santiago (4–4) 12,080 40–36 77 July 7 @ Tigers 5 – 4 (11) Marshall (1–1) Wyatt (4–4) 27,213 40–37 78 July 8 @ Tigers 2–0 McLain (10–9) Stange (3–6) 19,481 40–38 79 July 9 @ Tigers 10–4 Wilson (10–7) Bell (6–8) Marshall (4) 40–39 80 July 9 @ Tigers 3–0 Lonborg (11–3) Wickersham (4–2) Wyatt (11) 48,266 41–39 81 July 13 Orioles 4–2 Stange (4–6) Phoebus (7–4) Wyatt (12) 19,171 42–39 82 July 13 Orioles 10–0 McNally (6–5) Bell (6–9) 23,111 42–40 83 July 14 Orioles 11–5 Lonborg (12–3) Adamson (0–1) Wyatt (13) 27,787 43–40 84 July 15 Orioles 5–1 Santiago (5–4) Richert (5–10) Bell (1) 16,025 44–40 85 July 16 Tigers 9–5 Brandon (3–7) Sparma (9–3) Lyle (1) 28,237 45–40 86 July 17 Tigers 7–1 Stange (5–6) McLain (10–11) 28,991 46–40 87 July 18 @ Orioles 6–2 Lonborg (13–3) McNally (6–6) 14,409 47–40 88 July 19 @ Orioles 6–4 Santiago (6–4) Richert (6–11) 12,154 48–40 89 July 21 @ Indians 6–2 Brandon (4–7) Tiant (7–5) 10,893 49–40 90 July 22 @ Indians 4–0 Stange (6–6) Hargan (9–8) 7,990 50–40 91 July 23 @ Indians 8–5 Lonborg (14–3) O'Donoghue (5–3) 51–40 92 July 23 @ Indians 5–1 Bell (7–9) Tiant (7–6) 13,786 52–40 93 July 25 Angels 6–4 Newman (1–0) Waslewski (2–1) 21,527 52–41 94 July 26 Angels 9–6 Landis (1–0) Rojas (7–6) Wyatt (14) 32,403 53–41 95 July 27 Angels 6 – 5 (10) Lyle (1–0) Kelso (4–3) 34,193 54–41 96 July 28 Twins 9–2 Chance (12–8) Lonborg (14–4) 33,075 54–42 97 July 29 Twins 6–3 Wyatt (5–4) Worthington (6–6) Santiago (5) 55–42 98 July 29 Twins 10–3 Perry (3–5) Waslewski (2–2) 35,469 55–43 99 July 30 Twins 7–5 Merritt (7–3) Brandon (4–8) Roland (2) 24,459 55–44 100 July 31 Twins 4–0 Stange (7–6) Boswell (8–8) 22,605 56–44
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 101 August 1 Athletics 4–3 Dobson (7–6) Morehead (0–1) 56–45 102 August 1 Athletics 8–3 Lonborg (15–4) Sanford (4–4) Lyle (2) 26,750 57–45 103 August 2 Athletics 8–6 Segui (2–3) Wyatt (5–5) Krausse (2) 24,581 57–46 104 August 3 Athletics 5–3 Morehead (1–1) Hunter (9–11) Wyatt (15) 18,920 58–46 105 August 4 @ Twins 3–0 Merritt (8–3) Brandon (4–9) 31,645 58–47 106 August 5 @ Twins 2–1 Boswell (9–8) Stange (7–7) 26,003 58–48 107 August 6 @ Twins 2 – 0 (5) Chance (14–8) Lonborg (15–5) 26,003 58–49 108 August 7 @ Athletics 5–3 Hunter (10–11) Morehead (1–2) Aker (12) 58–50 109 August 8 @ Athletics 7–5 Wyatt (6–5) Stafford (0–1) Brandon (1) 13,125 59–50 110 August 9 @ Athletics 5–1 Lonborg (16–5) Nash (10–11) Lyle (3) 7,313 60–50 111 August 11 @ Angels 1–0 McGlothlin (10–4) Stange (7–8) 26,773 60–51 112 August 12 @ Angels 2–1 Hamilton (6–2) Bell (7–10) Rojas (21) 32,821 60–52 113 August 13 @ Angels 3–2 Clark (9–8) Lonborg (16–6) Kelso (9) 22,008 60–53 114 August 15 Tigers 4–0 Morehead (2–2) Sparma (12–5) 27,125 61–53 115 August 16 Tigers 8–3 Brandon (5–9) McLain (15–13) 32,051 62–53 116 August 17 Tigers 7 – 4 (10) Gladding (4–4) Lyle (1–1) 28,653 62–54 117 August 18 Angels 3–2 Bell (8–10) Hamilton (6–3) 31,027 63–54 118 August 19 Angels 12–11 Osinski (3–1) Coates (0–2) Stephenson (1) 24,117 64–54 119 August 20 Angels 12–2 Stange (8–8) Brunet (11–15) 65–54 120 August 20 Angels 9–8 Santiago (7–4) Rojas (9–8) 33,840 66–54 121 August 21 Senators 6–5 Wyatt (7–5) Knowles (5–7) 26,018 67–54 122 August 22 Senators 2–1 Stephenson (1–0) Ortega (9–6) Wyatt (16) 68–54 123 August 22 Senators 5–3 Bell (9–10) Cox (6–2) Brandon (2) 30,994 69–54 124 August 23 Senators 3–2 Priddy (2–5) Lyle (1–2) 33,680 69–55 125 August 24 Senators 7–5 Morehead (3–2) Nold (0–2) Wyatt (17) 31,283 70–55 126 August 25 @ White Sox 7–1 Lonborg (17–6) Peters (14–7) 71–55 127 August 25 @ White Sox 2–1 Locker (6–3) Wyatt (7–6) 34,580 71–56 128 August 26 @ White Sox 6–2 Stephenson (2–0) Horlen (14–5) Brandon (3) 12,391 72–56 129 August 27 @ White Sox 4–3 Bell (10–10) Klages (2–3) Wyatt (18) 73–56 130 August 27 @ White Sox 1 – 0 (11) Peters (15–7) Brandon (5–10) 22,352 73–57 131 August 28 @ Yankees 3–0 Morehead (4–2) Talbot (5–7) Lyle (4) 27,296 74–57 132 August 29 @ Yankees 2–1 Lonborg (18–6) Stottlemyre (13–11) 75–57 133 August 29 @ Yankees 4 – 3 (20) Bouton (1–0) Brandon (5–11) 40,314 75–58 134 August 30 @ Yankees 2 – 1 (11) Wyatt (8–6) Downing (12–8) 22,766 76–58 135 August 31 White Sox 4–2 McMahon (4–2) Bell (10–11) 35,138 76–59
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 136 September 1 White Sox 10–2 Santiago (8–4) Peters (15–8) 34,054 77–59 137 September 2 White Sox 4–1 Horlen (15–6) Lonborg (18–7) 28,222 77–60 138 September 3 White Sox 4–0 John (9–9) Stange (8–9) 29,818 77–61 139 September 4 @ Senators 5–2 Pascual (12–10) Morehead (4–3) Knowles (12) 77–62 140 September 4 @ Senators 6–4 Stephenson (3–0) Lines (1–5) Wyatt (19) 32,355 78–62 141 September 5 @ Senators 8–2 Bell (11–11) Bertaina (4–5) 9,093 79–62 142 September 7 Yankees 3–1 Lonborg (19–7) Stottlemyre (14–12) 28,738 80–62 143 September 8 Yankees 5–2 Monbouquette (4–4) Stange (8–10) Verbanic (2) 33,534 80–63 144 September 9 Yankees 7–1 Morehead (5–3) Barber (9–16) Lyle (5) 32,119 81–63 145 September 10 Yankees 9–1 Bell (12–11) Downing (13–9) 26,341 82–63 146 September 12 Athletics 3–1 Lonborg (20–7) Hunter (11–15) 27,976 83–63 147 September 13 Athletics 4–2 Wyatt (9–6) Aker (3–8) 12,257 84–63 148 September 15 Orioles 6–2 Phoebus (13–8) Morehead (5–4) Drabowsky (11) 32,489 84–64 149 September 16 Orioles 4–1 Hardin (7–2) Lonborg (20–8) 27,219 84–65 150 September 17 Orioles 5–2 Brabender (5–4) Bell (12–12) Miller (8) 30,301 84–66 151 September 18 @ Tigers 6 – 5 (10) Santiago (9–4) Marshall (1–3) 42,674 85–66 152 September 19 @ Tigers 4–2 Santiago (10–4) Lolich (11–13) Bell (2) 43,004 86–66 153 September 20 @ Indians 5–4 Wyatt (10–6) Culver (7–3) 6,603 87–66 154 September 21 @ Indians 6–5 Bell (13–12) Hargan (14–13) Wyatt (20) 4,492 88–66 155 September 22 @ Orioles 10–0 Hardin (8–2) Stephenson (3–1) 88–67 156 September 22 @ Orioles 10–3 Santiago (11–4) Richert (9–16) 14,714 89–67 157 September 23 @ Orioles 7–5 Miller (3–10) Wyatt (10–7) 10,251 89–68 158 September 24 @ Orioles 11–7 Lonborg (21–8) Phoebus (14–9) Osinski (2) 5,609 90–68 159 September 26 Indians 6–3 Tiant (12–9) Bell (13–13) 16,652 90–69 160 September 27 Indians 6–0 Siebert (10–12) Lonborg (21–9) Williams (1) 18,415 90–70 161 September 30 Twins 6–4 Santiago (12–4) Kline (7–1) Bell (3) 32,909 91–70
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 162 October 1 Twins 5–3 Lonborg (22–9) Chance (20–14) 35,770 92–70

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Mike Ryan	79	226	45	.199	2	27
1B	George Scott	159	565	171	.303	19	82
2B	Mike Andrews	142	494	130	.263	8	40
3B	Joe Foy	130	446	112	.251	16	49
SS	Rico Petrocelli	142	491	127	.259	17	66
LF	Carl Yastrzemski	161	579	189	.326	44	121
CF	Reggie Smith	158	565	139	.246	15	61
RF	Tony Conigliaro	95	349	100	.287	20	67

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jerry Adair	89	316	92	.291	3	26
José Tartabull	115	247	55	.223	0	10
Dalton Jones	89	159	46	.289	3	25
Russ Gibson	49	138	28	.203	1	15
Elston Howard	42	116	17	.147	1	11
George Thomas	65	89	19	.213	1	6
Ken Harrelson	23	80	16	.200	3	14
Bob Tillman	30	64	12	.188	1	4
Norm Siebern	33	44	9	.205	0	7
Don Demeter	20	43	12	.279	1	4
Tony Horton	21	39	12	.308	0	9
Jim Landis	5	7	1	.143	1	1
Ken Poulsen	5	5	1	.200	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jim Lonborg	39	273.1	22	9	3.16	246
Lee Stange	35	181.1	8	10	2.77	101
Gary Bell	29	165.1	12	8	3.16	115
Dennis Bennett	13	69.2	4	3	3.88	34
Billy Rohr	10	42.1	2	3	5.10	16

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bucky Brandon	39	157.2	5	11	4.17	96
José Santiago	50	145.1	12	4	3.59	109
Dave Morehead	10	47.2	5	4	4.34	40
Gary Waslewski	12	42.0	2	2	3.21	20
Jerry Stephenson	8	39.2	3	1	3.86	24
Hank Fischer	9	26.2	1	2	2.36	18

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
John Wyatt	60	10	7	20	2.60	68
Dan Osinski	34	3	1	2	2.54	38
Sparky Lyle	27	1	2	5	2.28	42
Bill Landis	18	1	0	0	5.26	23
Galen Cisco	11	0	1	1	3.63	8
Don McMahon	11	1	2	2	3.57	10
Ken Brett	1	0	0	0	4.50	2

1967 World Series

Main article: 1967 World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	Cardinals: 2, Red Sox: 1	October 4	Fenway Park	34,796	2:22
2	Cardinals: 0, Red Sox: 5	October 5	Fenway Park	35,188	2:24
3	Red Sox: 2, Cardinals: 5	October 7	Busch Memorial Stadium	54,575	2:15
4	Red Sox: 0, Cardinals: 6	October 8	Busch Memorial Stadium	54,575	2:05
5	Red Sox: 3, Cardinals: 1	October 9	Busch Memorial Stadium	54,575	2:20
6	Cardinals: 4, Red Sox: 8	October 11	Fenway Park	35,188	2:48
7	Cardinals: 7, Red Sox: 2	October 12	Fenway Park	35,188	2:23

Awards and honors

Individual awards and leaders

• American League Most Valuable Player: Carl Yastrzemski
• American League Cy Young Award: Jim Lonborg
• American League Gold Glove Awards: George Scott (first base), Carl Yastrzemski (outfield)
• American League Batting Champion: Carl Yastrzemski (.326)
• American League Home Run Champion: Carl Yastrzemski (44)
• American League RBI Leader: Carl Yastrzemski (121)
• American League All-Stars: Carl Yastrzemski, Rico Petrocelli, Tony Conigliaro, Jim Lonborg
• Associated Press Athlete of the Year: Carl Yastrzemski ^[20]
• Associated Press AL Manager of the Year: Dick Williams
• Hutch Award: Carl Yastrzemski ^[21]

Team statistics

• Batting average: 1st (.255)
• Runs/game: 1st (4.46)
• Hits: 1st (1394)
• Home Runs: 1st (158)

Commemoration

The 2007 season marked the 40th anniversary of The Impossible Dream, which was honored and marked with Opening Day ceremonies featuring members of the 1967 Red Sox team and an hour-long documentary on NESN (a regional sports network part-owned by the Red Sox) called Impossible to Forget. ^[22] The Red Sox went on to win the 2007 World Series, a four-game sweep over the Colorado Rockies as well, to earn their second title in four years.

In October 2023, nine members of the team met at TD Garden in Boston to commemorate the season. ^[23] Of the 39 players who appeared in a game for the 1967 Red Sox, 20 were known to still be living. ^[23] Attending the reunion were: Gary Bell, Darrell "Bucky" Brandon, Jim Lonborg, Dave Morehead, Rico Petrocelli, Billy Rohr, José Santiago, George Thomas, and Carl Yastrzemski. ^[23]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Eddie Kasko
AA	Pittsfield Red Sox	Eastern League	Billy Gardner
A	Winston-Salem Red Sox	Carolina League	Bill Slack
A	Waterloo Hawks	Midwest League	Rac Slider
A	Greenville Red Sox	Western Carolinas League	Matt Sczesny

Source: ^[24]

References

1. "1967 American League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
2. Lamberty, Bill (June 1, 2019). "Amos Otis". Society for American Baseball Research. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
3. Nowlin, Bill. "Ed Connolly Jr". Society for American Baseball Research. Archived from the original on February 5, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
4. Skelton, David E. "Ed Rawkow". Society for American Baseball Research. Archived from the original on October 1, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
5. "Sheldon, Stigman go to Cincinnati". The Press-Courier . December 17, 1966. p. 11. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
6. Geoff Zahn at Baseball Reference
7. "Red Sox Sign Fisk". Reading Eagle . February 5, 1967. p. 53. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
8. Tony Muser at Baseball Reference
9. "Red Sox: A Retrospective of Boston Baseball." ISBN   1-4027-2796-8. page 104.
10. Cole, Milton; Kaplan, Jim (2009). The Boston Red Sox: An Illustrated History. North Dighton, Massachusetts: World Publications Group. p. 35. ISBN   978-1-57215-412-4.
11. 1967 Red Sox lineups from Baseball Reference
12. Cole, Milton; Kaplan, Jim (2009). The Boston Red Sox: An Illustrated History. North Dighton, Massachusetts: World Publications Group. p. 38. ISBN   978-1-57215-412-4.
13. Baseball Reference: 1967 MLB Attendance & Team Age
14. "Bedlam in Boston". The Burlington Free Press . Burlington, Vermont. AP. October 3, 1967. p. 9. Retrieved June 20, 2018– via newspapers.com.
15. Jerry Adair at Baseball Reference
16. Gary Bell at Baseball Reference
17. Mike Garman at Baseball Reference
18. Norm Siebern at Baseball Reference
19. Elston Howard at Baseball Reference
20. Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male)
21. "Hutch Award". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
22. "Impossible Dream" remembered on Opening Day.
23. Abraham, Peter (October 10, 2023). "When the 1967 Red Sox get together 56 years later, it still feels like an impossible dream" . The Boston Globe . Retrieved October 12, 2023.
24. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

Further reading

• The 1967 Impossible Dream Red Sox: Pandemonium on the Field. Edited by Bill Nowlin and Dan Desrochers. Rounder Books. 2007. ISBN   978-1579401412.
• Coleman, Ken; Valenti, Dan (1987). The Impossible Dream Remembered: The 1967 Red Sox. Stephen Greene Press. ISBN   0828905568.
• Crehan, Herb (2016). The Impossible Dream 1967 Red Sox: Birth of Red Sox Nation. Summer Game Books. ISBN   978-1938545689.
• Petrocelli, Rico; Scroggins, Chaz (2007). Rico Petrocelli's Tales from the Impossible Dream Red Sox. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN   978-1596701915.
• Petrocelli, Rico; Scroggins, Chaz (2017). Tales from the 1967 Red Sox: A Collection of the Greatest Stories Ever Told. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN   978-1683580508.
• Reynolds, Bill (1992). Lost Summer: The '67 Red Sox and the Impossible Dream. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN   0446516155.
• Sinibaldi, Raymond (2014). 1967 Red Sox: The Impossible Dream Season. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   978-1467120937.

External links

• 1967 Boston Red Sox at Baseball Reference
• 1967 Boston Red Sox season at Baseball Almanac