1967 Major League Baseball season

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1967 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 10 – October 12, 1967
Number of games162
Number of teams20
TV partner(s) NBC
Draft
Top draft pick Ron Blomberg
Picked by New York Yankees
Regular season
Season MVP AL: Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)
NL: Orlando Cepeda (STL)
AL champions Boston Red Sox
  AL runners-up Detroit Tigers
NL champions St. Louis Cardinals
  NL runners-up San Francisco Giants
World Series
Champions St. Louis Cardinals
  Runners-up Boston Red Sox
World Series MVP Bob Gibson (STL)
MLB seasons
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Locations of teams for the 1966–1967 American League seasons
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The 1967 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 10 to October 12, 1967. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox four games to three in the World Series, which was the first World Series appearance for the Red Sox in 21 years. Following the season, the Kansas City Athletics relocated to Oakland.

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The season was filled with historic seasons from multiple players. Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox had tied for the most home runs in MLB with Harmon Killebrew, giving him the elusive triple crown. He led the American League in batting average (.326), home runs due to the tie with Killebrew (44) and runs batted in (121) (This feat would not be accomplished again until Miguel Cabrera earned the triple crown in 2012 with the Detroit Tigers). [1] Yastrzemski also won the AL MVP and led the Red Sox to the AL pennant for the first time in two decades. They would ultimately lose to the St. Louis Cardinals 7–2 in Game 7 of the World Series. [2]

The Cardinals had standout players as well, with first baseman Orlando Cepeda becoming the first unanimously voted NL MVP. Cepeda finished the season with 25 home runs, 111 RBIs and a .325 batting average. He did however, struggle in the World Series, hitting only .103 with one RBI. [3]

Awards and honors

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Dodgers vs. Reds at Dodger Stadium, June 1967

MLB statistical leaders

  American League National League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVG Carl Yastrzemski 1 BOS.326 Roberto Clemente PIT.357
HR Harmon Killebrew MIN
Carl Yastrzemski 1 BOS		44 Hank Aaron ATL39
RBI Carl Yastrzemski 1 BOS121 Orlando Cepeda STL111
Wins Jim Lonborg BOS
Earl Wilson DET		22 Mike McCormick SF22
ERA Joe Horlen CWS2.06 Phil Niekro ATL1.87
SO Jim Lonborg BOS246 Jim Bunning PHI253
SV Minnie Rojas CAL27 Ted Abernathy CIN28
SB Bert Campaneris KC55 Lou Brock STL52

1 American League Triple Crown Batting Winner

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9270.568—49‍–‍3243‍–‍38
Detroit Tigers 9171.562152‍–‍2939‍–‍42
Minnesota Twins 9171.562152‍–‍2939‍–‍42
Chicago White Sox 8973.549349‍–‍3340‍–‍40
California Angels 8477.5227½53‍–‍3031‍–‍47
Washington Senators 7685.47215½40‍–‍4036‍–‍45
Baltimore Orioles 7685.47215½35‍–‍4241‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians 7587.4631736‍–‍4539‍–‍42
New York Yankees 7290.4442043‍–‍3829‍–‍52
Kansas City Athletics 6299.38529½37‍–‍4425‍–‍55

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10160.627—49‍–‍3252‍–‍28
San Francisco Giants 9171.56210½51‍–‍3140‍–‍40
Chicago Cubs 8774.5401449‍–‍3438‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds 8775.53714½49‍–‍3238‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies 8280.50619½45‍–‍3537‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates 8181.50020½49‍–‍3232‍–‍49
Atlanta Braves 7785.47524½48‍–‍3329‍–‍52
Los Angeles Dodgers 7389.45128½42‍–‍3931‍–‍50
Houston Astros 6993.42632½46‍–‍3523‍–‍58
New York Mets 61101.37740½36‍–‍4225‍–‍59

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
         
AL Boston Red Sox 1 52 0 382
NL St. Louis Cardinals 20 561 4 7

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
St. Louis Cardinals [4] 10121.7%2,090,14522.0%25,804
Boston Red Sox [5] 9227.8%1,727,832113.0%21,331
Los Angeles Dodgers [6] 73−23.2%1,664,362−36.4%20,548
New York Mets [7] 61−7.6%1,565,492−19.0%20,070
Minnesota Twins [8] 912.2%1,483,54717.8%18,315
Detroit Tigers [9] 913.4%1,447,14328.7%17,648
Atlanta Braves [10] 77−9.4%1,389,222−9.8%17,151
Houston Astros [11] 69−4.2%1,348,303−28.0%16,646
California Angels [12] 845.0%1,317,713−5.9%15,876
New York Yankees [13] 722.9%1,259,51412.0%15,360
San Francisco Giants [14] 91−2.2%1,242,480−25.0%15,152
Chicago White Sox [15] 897.2%985,634−0.4%12,020
Chicago Cubs [16] 8747.5%977,22653.7%11,634
Cincinnati Reds [17] 8714.5%958,30029.0%11,831
Baltimore Orioles [18] 76−21.6%955,053−20.6%12,403
Pittsburgh Pirates [19] 81−12.0%907,012−24.2%11,198
Philadelphia Phillies [20] 82−5.7%828,888−25.2%10,361
Washington Senators [21] 767.0%770,86833.8%9,636
Kansas City Athletics [22] 62−16.2%726,639−6.1%8,971
Cleveland Indians [23] 75−7.4%662,980−26.6%8,185

Other

Television coverage

NBC was the exclusive national TV broadcaster of MLB, airing the weekend Game of the Week , the All-Star Game, and the World Series.

See also

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