1967 California Angels season

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1967  California Angels
League American League
Ballpark Anaheim Stadium
City Anaheim, California
Owners Gene Autry
General managers Fred Haney
Managers Bill Rigney
Television KTLA
Radio KMPC
(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
  1966 Seasons 1968  

The 1967 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 84 wins and 77 losses, 7+12 games behind the AL Champion Boston Red Sox.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

The 1967 Angels broke from the past, trading their ace pitcher and 1964 Cy Young Award winner Dean Chance to the Twins. In exchange, they obtained power hitting first baseman Don Mincher. Mincher would be their first legitimate consistent power threat since Leon Wagner was traded after the 1963 season. The Angels also obtained outfielder Jimmie Hall, who had averaged 25 home runs per season for the Twins from 1963–66. The Angels counted on young pitchers Jim McGlothlin and Rickey Clark to pick up the slack for the departed Chance.

The 1967 Angels had the second best record in franchise history to date and ranked a franchise best to date 4th in the American League in attendance. Mincher chipped in 25 homers and Hall added 16 in 129 games. Former bonus baby Rick Reichardt finally started showing promise by batting .265 with 17 homers, while shortstop Jim Fregosi had another solid season, batting .290 and earning a Gold Glove. Second baseman Bobby Knoop also won a Gold Glove, and the Angels led the league in fielding percentage. The pitching staff was led by McGlothlin, who was named to the AL All-Star team, along with Clark and hard luck veteran George Brunet, who lost 19 games despite a 3.31 ERA. Relief pitcher Minnie Rojas had a remarkable season, with a league-leading 27 saves, winning 12 games in relief, and sporting a 2.52 ERA.

Season summary

The Angels, coming off an 80–82 record in 1966, started slowly. On May 31, they were 18–27 and 10 games out of first place. At that point, they began to jell, and after going 20–11 in June and 17–11 in July, they found themselves at 55–49. While this put them in fifth place, they were only 4+12 games out of first in what had become a five-team race between the Angels, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, and the surprising Boston Red Sox.

On August 13, the Angels completed a 3-game sweep of the Red Sox. They were now only 1+12 games out of first as they embarked on a crucial road trip that included stops in Minnesota and Boston. The Angels lost 3 games to the Twins, and 3 games in Boston (in one of which Boston's Tony Conigliaro was severely beaned and almost killed by the Angels' Jack Hamilton). When they returned home, the Angels lost 3 out of 4 to the Tigers, and they entered September only 1 game over .500 and 8 games out of first.

They played well in September, going 17–11 to finish 84–77, but never got closer than 6 games out of first. However, they had a big influence on the tight American League pennant race as they beat the Tigers in Detroit in the last game of the season, enabling the Red Sox to win the pennant by 1 game.

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9270.56849324338
Detroit Tigers 9171.562152293942
Minnesota Twins 9171.562152293942
Chicago White Sox 8973.549349334040
California Angels 8477.52253303147
Washington Senators 7685.47215½40403645
Baltimore Orioles 7685.47215½35424143
Cleveland Indians 7587.4631736453942
New York Yankees 7290.4442043382952
Kansas City Athletics 6299.38529½37442555

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCAMINNYYWSH
Baltimore 10–86–117–119–93–1510–88–1013–510–8
Boston 8–1010–88–1013–511–712–67–1112–611–7
California 11–68–107–1114–48–1014–47–119–96–12
Chicago 11–710–811–712–68–108–109–912–68–10
Cleveland 9–95–134–146–128–1011–710–89–913–5
Detroit 15–37–1110–810–810–812–68–10–110–89–9
Kansas City 8–106–124–1410–87–116–128–107–116–11
Minnesota 10–811–711–79–98–1010–8–110–812–6–110–8
New York 5–136–129–96–129–98–1011–76–12–112–6
Washington 8–107–1112–610–85–139–911–68–106–12

Notable transactions

Roster

1967 California Angels
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Buck Rodgers 13942994.219641
1B Don Mincher 147487133.2732576
2B Bobby Knoop 159511125.245938
SS Jim Fregosi 151590171.290596
3B Paul Schaal 9927251.188620
LF Rick Reichardt 146498132.2651769
CF José Cardenal 10838190.236627
RF Jimmie Hall 129401100.2491655

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jay Johnstone 7923048.209210
Tom Satriano 9020145.224421
Bubba Morton 8020163.313032
Roger Repoz 7417644.250520
Woodie Held 5814131.220417
Aurelio Rodríguez 2913031.23818
Bill Skowron 6212327.220110
Johnny Werhas 497512.16026
Hawk Taylor 235216.30813
Orlando McFarlane 12225.22703
Len Gabrielson 11121.08302
Ed Kirkpatrick 380.00000
Don Wallace 2360.00000
Moose Stubing 550.00000
Jimmy Piersall 530.00000
Jim Hibbs 330.00000
Tom Egan 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
George Brunet 40250.011193.31165
Jim McGlothlin 32197.112112.59137
Rickey Clark 32174.012112.5981
Jack Hamilton 26119.1963.2474
Jorge Rubio 315.0023.604
Marcelino López 49.0029.006

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Clyde Wright 2077.1553.2635
Jack Sanford 1248.1324.4721
Nick Willhite 1039.1024.3522
Curt Simmons 1434.2212.6013
Jim Weaver 1330.1302.6720
Fred Newman 36.1101.420

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Minnie Rojas 72129272.5283
Bill Kelso 6953112.9791
Pete Cimino 463313.2680
Jim Coates 251204.3039
Lew Burdette 191014.918
Ken Turner 131204.156
Bobby Locke 93022.337

Awards and honors


All-Star Game

Gold Glove Award

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Seattle Angels Pacific Coast League Chuck Tanner
AA El Paso Sun Kings Texas League Rocky Bridges
A San Jose Bees California League Harry Dunlop
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Fred Koenig
Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Tom Sommers

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Jim Piersall at Baseball Reference
  2. Ramón Hernández at Baseball Reference
  3. 1 2 Chris Krug at Baseball Reference
  4. Pete Cimino page at Baseball-Reference
  5. Norm Siebern at Baseball Reference
  6. Bill Skowron at Baseball Reference
  7. Woodie Held at Baseball Reference
  8. Jim Weaver at Baseball Reference

References