1967 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1967 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1967 in baseball.

1967 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 10 – October 12, 1967
Number of games	162
Number of teams	20
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
← 1966 1968 →

Orioles

Red Sox

Angels

White Sox

Indians

Tigers

Athletics

Twins

Yankees

Senators

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Locations of teams for the 1966–1967 American League seasons
American League

Braves

Cubs

Reds

Astros

Dodgers

Mets

      Phillies

Pirates   

   Giants

Cardinals

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Locations of teams for the 1966–1968 National League seasons
National League

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.

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

Dodgers vs. Reds at Dodger Stadium, June 1967

• Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Branch Rickey
  • Red Ruffing
  • Lloyd Waner
• Most Valuable Player
  • Carl Yastrzemski, Boston Red Sox, OF (AL)
  • Orlando Cepeda, St. Louis Cardinals, 1B (NL)
• Cy Young Award
  • Jim Lonborg, Boston Red Sox
  • Mike McCormick, San Francisco Giants
• Rookie of the Year
  • Rod Carew, Minnesota Twins, 2B (AL)
  • Tom Seaver, New York Mets, SP (NL)
• Gold Glove Award
  • George Scott (1B) (AL)
  • Bobby Knoop (2B) (AL)
  • Brooks Robinson (3B) (AL)
  • Jim Fregosi (SS) (AL)
  • Paul Blair (OF) (AL)
  • Al Kaline (OF) (AL)
  • Carl Yastrzemski (OF) (AL)
  • Bill Freehan (C) (AL)
  • Jim Kaat (P) (AL)

MLB statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Carl Yastrzemski 1 BOS .326 Roberto Clemente PIT .357 HR Harmon Killebrew MIN Carl Yastrzemski 1 BOS 44 Hank Aaron ATL 39 RBI Carl Yastrzemski 1 BOS 121 Orlando Cepeda STL 111 Wins Jim Lonborg BOS Earl Wilson DET 22 Mike McCormick SF 22 ERA Joe Horlen CWS 2.06 Phil Niekro ATL 1.87 SO Jim Lonborg BOS 246 Jim Bunning PHI 253 SV Minnie Rojas CAL 27 Ted Abernathy CIN 28 SB Bert Campaneris KC 55 Lou Brock STL 52

¹ American League Triple Crown Batting Winner

Standings

American League

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	92	70	.568	—	49‍–‍32	43‍–‍38
Detroit Tigers	91	71	.562	1	52‍–‍29	39‍–‍42
Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	1	52‍–‍29	39‍–‍42
Chicago White Sox	89	73	.549	3	49‍–‍33	40‍–‍40
California Angels	84	77	.522	7½	53‍–‍30	31‍–‍47
Washington Senators	76	85	.472	15½	40‍–‍40	36‍–‍45
Baltimore Orioles	76	85	.472	15½	35‍–‍42	41‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians	75	87	.463	17	36‍–‍45	39‍–‍42
New York Yankees	72	90	.444	20	43‍–‍38	29‍–‍52
Kansas City Athletics	62	99	.385	29½	37‍–‍44	25‍–‍55

National League

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	101	60	.627	—	49‍–‍32	52‍–‍28
San Francisco Giants	91	71	.562	10½	51‍–‍31	40‍–‍40
Chicago Cubs	87	74	.540	14	49‍–‍34	38‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds	87	75	.537	14½	49‍–‍32	38‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies	82	80	.506	19½	45‍–‍35	37‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	81	.500	20½	49‍–‍32	32‍–‍49
Atlanta Braves	77	85	.475	24½	48‍–‍33	29‍–‍52
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	89	.451	28½	42‍–‍39	31‍–‍50
Houston Astros	69	93	.426	32½	46‍–‍35	23‍–‍58
New York Mets	61	101	.377	40½	36‍–‍42	25‍–‍59

Postseason

Bracket

	World Series
	AL	Boston Red Sox	3
	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	4

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
St. Louis Cardinals [4]	101	21.7%	2,090,145	22.0%	25,804
Boston Red Sox [5]	92	27.8%	1,727,832	113.0%	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]	91	2.2%	1,483,547	17.8%	18,315
Detroit Tigers [9]	91	3.4%	1,447,143	28.7%	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]	84	5.0%	1,317,713	−5.9%	15,876
New York Yankees [13]	72	2.9%	1,259,514	12.0%	15,360
San Francisco Giants [14]	91	−2.2%	1,242,480	−25.0%	15,152
Chicago White Sox [15]	89	7.2%	985,634	−0.4%	12,020
Chicago Cubs [16]	87	47.5%	977,226	53.7%	11,634
Cincinnati Reds [17]	87	14.5%	958,300	29.0%	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]	76	7.0%	770,868	33.8%	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

• April 21 – The Los Angeles Dodgers run of 737 consecutive games without a game being rained out ends. ^[24]
• May 14 – Mickey Mantle hit his 500th home run at Yankee Stadium.
• October 18, 1967: City officials from Kansas City, Oakland and Seattle were invited by Joe Cronin to discuss the A's relocation plans. United States Senator Stuart Symington attended the meeting and discussed the possibility of revoking baseball's antitrust exemption if the A's were allowed to leave Kansas City. The owners began deliberation and after the first ballot, only six owners were in favor of relocation. The owner of Baltimore voted against, while the ownership for Cleveland, New York and Washington had abstained. ^[25] In the second ballot, the New York Yankees voted in favor of the Athletics relocation to Oakland. To appease all interested parties, the Athletics announced that MLB would expand to Kansas City and Seattle no later than the 1971 MLB season. ^[26] MLB owners, bowing to Symington's threat, awarded Kansas City and Seattle expansion American League franchises for the 1969 season.

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

• 1967 Nippon Professional Baseball season

References

1. "Miguel Cabrera becomes 1st Triple Crown winner in 45 years; Buster Posey wins NL batting title". The Washington Post . October 4, 2012. Archived from the original on December 24, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
2. "Orlando Cepeda Stats".
3. "Baseball History in 1967 American League by Baseball Almanac".
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12. "Los Angeles Angels Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
13. "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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15. "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
16. "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
17. "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
18. "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
19. "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
20. "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
21. "Texas Rangers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
22. "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
23. "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
24. Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts . United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp.  352. ISBN   978-1-4027-4273-6.
25. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p. 113, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN   978-0-8027-1745-0
26. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.114, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN   978-0-8027-1745-0

External links

• 1967 Major League Baseball season schedule