1967 Major League Baseball season

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.

This article is about the 1967 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1967 in baseball.
1967 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 10 – October 12, 1967
Number of games162
Number of teams20
TV partner(s)NBC
Draft
Top draft pickRon Blomberg
Picked byNew York Yankees
Regular season
Season MVPAL: Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)
NL: Orlando Cepeda (STL)
AL championsBoston Red Sox
  AL runners-upDetroit Tigers
NL championsSt. Louis Cardinals
  NL runners-upSan Francisco Giants
World Series
ChampionsSt. Louis Cardinals
  Runners-upBoston Red Sox
World Series MVPBob Gibson (STL)

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

MLB statistical leaders
 American LeagueNational League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVGCarl Yastrzemski1 BOS.326Roberto Clemente PIT.357
HRHarmon Killebrew MIN
Carl Yastrzemski1 BOS		44Hank Aaron ATL39
RBICarl Yastrzemski1 BOS121Orlando Cepeda STL111
WinsJim Lonborg BOS
Earl Wilson DET		22Mike McCormick SF22
ERAJoe Horlen CHW2.06Phil Niekro ATL1.87
SOJim Lonborg BOS246Jim Bunning PHI253
SVMinnie Rojas CAL27Ted Abernathy CIN28
SBBert Campaneris KC55Lou Brock STL52

1 American League Triple Crown Batting Winner

Standings

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

References
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  2. "Orlando Cepeda Stats".
  3. "Baseball History in 1967 American League by Baseball Almanac".
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  21. "Texas Rangers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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  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 9781402742736.
  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
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