1967 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1967  St. Louis Cardinals
World Series champions
National League champions
St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
League National League
Ballpark Busch Memorial Stadium
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record101–60 (.627)
League place1st
Owners August "Gussie" Busch
General managers Stan Musial
Managers Red Schoendienst
Television KSD-TV
Radio KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Jerry Gross)
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The 1967 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 86th season in St. Louis, Missouri, its 76th season in the National League, and its first full season at Busch Memorial Stadium. Gussie Busch hired former outfielder Stan Musial as general manager before the season. Featuring four future Hall of Famers in Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Steve Carlton, and Orlando Cepeda, "El Birdos" went 101–60 during the season and won the NL pennant by 10+1⁄2 games over the San Francisco Giants. They went on to win the World Series in seven games over the Boston Red Sox.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

First baseman Orlando Cepeda won the MVP Award this year, batting .325, with 25 home runs and 111 RBIs. He was the first unanimous selection (all 20 first-place votes for 280 points) for the award in the history of the National League. [3] Catcher Tim McCarver was second in the MVP voting for 136 points. [4] Pitcher Bob Gibson and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year.

Flood, whose record streak of 568 consecutive chances in the field without an error ended June 4 when he dropped a fly ball, returned to regular play in late July. His 227-game string had begun September 3, 1965. Once back in the lineup, he batted .373 the rest of the season, finishing fourth in the league at .335.

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1967 National League record

Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINHOULADNYMPHIPITSFSTL
Atlanta —11–75–1311–78–108–1010–88–1010–86–12
Chicago 7–11—12–68–109–913–511–711–7–110–86–11
Cincinnati 13–56–12—15–38–1012–610–810–88–105–13
Houston 7–1110–83–15—10–811–77–119–96–126–12
Los Angeles 10–89–910–88–10—12–66–127–115–136–12
New York 10–85–136–127–116–12—4–1411–75–137–11
Philadelphia 8-107–118–1011–712–614–4—8–108–106–12
Pittsburgh 10–87–11–18–109–911–77–1110–8—8–1011–7
San Francisco 8–108–1010–812–613–513–510–810–8—7–11
St. Louis 12–611–613–512–612–611–712–67–1111–7—

Notable transactions

Roster

1967 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

May 17, 2017. Players reunite 50 years after their Championship Season.(Pictured from left to right) Dick Hughes, Steve Carlton, Orlando Cepeda, Tim McCarver, Julian Javier, Mike Shannon, Lou Brock, Red Schoendienst, Ray Washburn, Larry Jaster, Ted Savage, Ed Spiezio, Bob Gibson, Bobby Tolan. 1967 St.Louis Cardinals Reunion team.jpg
May 17, 2017. Players reunite 50 years after their Championship Season.(Pictured from left to right) Dick Hughes, Steve Carlton, Orlando Cepeda, Tim McCarver, Julian Javier, Mike Shannon, Lou Brock, Red Schoendienst, Ray Washburn, Larry Jaster, Ted Savage, Ed Spiezio, Bob Gibson, Bobby Tolan.

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Tim McCarver 138471139.2951469
1B Orlando Cepeda 151563183.32525111
2B Julián Javier 140520146.2811464
3B Mike Shannon 130482118.2451277
SS Dal Maxvill 152476108.227141
LF Lou Brock 159689206.2992176
CF Curt Flood 134514172.335550
RF Roger Maris 125410107.261955

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Bobby Tolan 11026567.253632
Phil Gagliano 7321748.221221
Alex Johnson 8117539.223112
Ed Spiezio 5510522.210310
Dave Ricketts 529927.273114
Ed Bressoud 52679.13411
Johnny Romano 24587.12102
Ted Savage 981.12500
Steve Huntz 361.16700
Jimy Williams 120.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dick Hughes 37222.11662.67161
Steve Carlton 30193.01492.98168
Ray Washburn 27186.11073.5398
Bob Gibson 24175.11372.98147
Larry Jaster 34152.1973.0187

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Nelson Briles 49155.11452.4394
Al Jackson 38107.0943.9543
Jim Cosman 1031.1103.1611
Mike Torrez 35.2013.185

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Joe Hoerner 5744152.5950
Ron Willis 6565102.6742
Hal Woodeshick 362125.1820
Jack Lamabe 233442.8330

1967 World Series

St. Louis defeated the Boston Red Sox in the World Series, bursting "The Impossible Dream" bubble of the latter team, which had won their first pennant in 21 years on the last day of the season. Bob Gibson won Games 1, 4 and 7 in the Series and was named Series MVP for a second time. Nelson Briles won Game 3. Gibson came back from a broken leg during the season to accomplish his incredible World Series performance. KMOX radio awarded Lou Brock a car for his superb play (12–29 .414 with a record-tying 7 stolen bases) in the Series.

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)
GameScoreDateLocationAttendanceTime of Game
1Cardinals – 2, Red Sox – 1October 4 Fenway Park 34,7962:22
2Cardinals – 0, Red Sox – 5October 5 Fenway Park 35,1882:24
3Red Sox – 2, Cardinals – 5October 7 Busch Memorial Stadium 54,5752:15
4Red Sox – 0, Cardinals – 6October 8 Busch Memorial Stadium 54,5752:05
5Red Sox – 3, Cardinals – 1October 9 Busch Memorial Stadium 54,5752:20
6Cardinals – 4, Red Sox – 8October 11 Fenway Park 35,1882:48
7Cardinals – 7, Red Sox – 2October 12 Fenway Park 35,1882:23

Despite winning a World Series in his first season as general manager, Musial stepped down, citing that he did not think the occupation was right for him, making it his only season as GM. He worked in other capacities in the Cardinals front office until 1980. Busch rehired Bing Devine after Musial's resignation.

Awards and honors

Farm system

References

  1. ↑ Charley Smith page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Walt Williams page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 153, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  4. ↑ "1967 Awards Voting". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Mets, Cards Engage In 5-Player Deal," The Associated Press (AP), Sunday, April 2, 1967. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  6. ↑ Ted Simmons page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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