1967 Atlanta Braves season

The 1967 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' second season in Atlanta and the 97th overall. The team went 77–85, as they suffered their first losing season since 1952, the franchise's final season in Boston. The seventh-place Braves finished 24½ games behind the National League and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

1967 Atlanta Braves
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record75–88 (.475)
League place8th
Other information
OwnersWilliam Bartholomay
General managersPaul Richards
ManagersBilly Hitchcock
Local televisionWSB-TV
(Larry Munson, Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton, Dizzy Dean)
Local radioWSB
(Larry Munson, Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10160 0.627 — 49–32 52–28
San Francisco Giants 9171 0.562 10½ 51–31 40–40
Chicago Cubs 8774 0.540 14 49–34 38–40
Cincinnati Reds 8775 0.537 14½ 49–32 38–43
Philadelphia Phillies 8280 0.506 19½ 45–35 37–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 8181 0.500 20½ 49–32 32–49
Atlanta Braves 7785 0.475 24½ 48–33 29–52
Los Angeles Dodgers 7389 0.451 28½ 42–39 31–50
Houston Astros 6993 0.426 32½ 46–35 23–58
New York Mets 61101 0.377 40½ 36–42 25–59

Record vs. opponents
1967 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD NYM PHI PIT SF STL
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—

Managerial turnover

The Braves' worst season since 1952—their last year in their original home of Boston—cost manager Billy Hitchcock his job on September 28, 1967; the team stood at 77–82 (.484) and 211⁄2 games in arrears of the eventual 1967 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals at the time. Bullpen coach Ken Silvestri took over the club for the final three games of the season (all losses) on an interim basis.

Hitchcock's firing enabled general manager Paul Richards, on the job in Atlanta for only 13 months, to name his own man as skipper for 1968, and he chose a veteran associate, Luman Harris, 52, as Hitchcock's permanent successor.[6] Harris had played with Richards with the minor league Atlanta Crackers in the 1930s, and coached for Richards with three MLB clubs; he had also managed under GM Richards with the 1965 Houston Astros. Harris had been the 1967 skipper of the Triple-A Richmond Braves, and had led them to the best record in the International League.

Notable transactions

Roster
1967 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CJoe Torre135477132.2772068
1BFelipe Alou140574157.2741543
2BWoody Woodward13642997.226025
SSDenis Menke12941895.227739
3BClete Boyer154572140.2452696
LFRico Carty134444113.2551564
CFMack Jones140454115.2531750
RFHank Aaron155600184.30739109

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
Tito Francona8225463.248625
Bob Uecker6215823.146313
Mike de la Hoz7414329.203314
Félix Millán4113632.23526
Gary Geiger6911719.16215
Marty Martínez447321.28805
Gene Oliver175110.19636
Charley Lau52459.20015
Remy Hermoso11268.30800
Mike Lum9266.23101
Dave Nicholson10255.20001
Cito Gaston9253.12001
Ty Cline1080.00000
Glen Clark440.00000
Jim Beauchamp430.00001

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
Denny Lemaster31215.1993.34148
Ken Johnson29210.11392.7485
Pat Jarvis32194.015103.66118
Tony Cloninger1676.2475.1755
Ron Reed321.1112.4511
Jim Britton213.1026.084

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
Phil Niekro46207.01191.87129
Dick Kelley3998.0293.7775
Clay Carroll4293.06125.5235
Ed Rakow1739.1325.2625
Bob Bruce1238.2234.8922
Wade Blasingame1025.1104.6220
George Stone27.1004.915

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
Cecil Upshaw302392.5831
Jay Ritchie524623.1757
Ramón Hernández460254.1828
Claude Raymond284142.6214
Don Schwall10000.000

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Lum Harris
AA Austin Braves Texas League Hub Kittle
A Kinston Eagles Carolina League Andy Pafko
A West Palm Beach Braves Florida State League Eddie Haas
A Lexington Braves Western Carolinas League Buddy Hicks
A-Short Season Jamestown Braves New York–Penn League Harry Dorish
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Tom Saffell

Notes
  1. Ramón Hernández at Baseball Reference
  2. Clete Boyer at Baseball Reference
  3. Mike Page at Baseball Reference
  4. John Herrnstein at Baseball Reference
  5. Sandy Alomar, Jr. at Baseball Reference
  6. Corbett, Warren, Lum Harris. Society for American Professional Baseball Research Biography Project
  7. Bob Uecker at Baseball Reference
  8. Braves send Blasingame to Houston; few other trades

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1967 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference
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