1967 Major League Baseball season explained

1967 MLB season
League:Major League Baseball
Sport:Baseball
Duration:April 10 – October 12, 1967
No Of Games:162
No Of Teams:20
Tv:NBC
Draft:Draft
Draft Link:1967 Major League Baseball draft
Top Pick:Ron Blomberg
Top Pick Link:List of first overall MLB draft picks
Picked By:New York Yankees
Season:Regular season
Mvp:AL

Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)
NL: Orlando Cepeda (STL)

Mvp Link:Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
Conf1:AL
Conf1 Champ:Boston Red Sox
Conf1 Runner-Up:Detroit Tigers
Conf2:NL
Conf2 Champ:St. Louis Cardinals
Conf2 Runner-Up:San Francisco Giants
Finals:World Series
Finals Link:1967 World Series
World Series Mvp:Bob Gibson (STL)
World Series Mvp Link:World Series Most Valuable Player Award
Seasonslist:List of MLB seasons
Seasonslistnames:MLB
Prevseason Link:1966 Major League Baseball season
Prevseason Year:1966
Nextseason Link:1968 Major League Baseball season
Nextseason Year:1968

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

MLB statistical leaders

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
Carl Yastrzemski1 BOS .326 Roberto Clemente PIT .357
Harmon Killebrew MIN
Carl Yastrzemski1 BOS 		44 Hank Aaron ATL 39
Carl Yastrzemski1 BOS 121 Orlando Cepeda STL 111
Jim Lonborg BOS
Earl Wilson DET 		22 Mike McCormick SF 22
Joe Horlen CWS 2.06 Phil Niekro ATL 1.87
Jim Lonborg BOS 246 Jim Bunning PHI 253
Minnie Rojas CAL 27 Ted Abernathy CIN 28
Bert Campaneris KC 55 Lou Brock STL 52

1 American League Triple Crown Batting Winner

Standings

National League

Postseason

Bracket

Home field attendance

Team nameWinsHome attendance
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

  • 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Miguel Cabrera becomes 1st Triple Crown winner in 45 years; Buster Posey wins NL batting title. https://web.archive.org/web/20181224121930/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/miguel-cabrera-becomes-1st-triple-crown-winner-in-45-years-buster-posey-wins-nl-batting-title/2012/10/03/caeb93ee-0dcb-11e2-ba6c-07bd866eb71a_story.html. dead. December 24, 2018. October 4, 2012. The Washington Post. October 4, 2012.
  2. Web site: Orlando Cepeda Stats.
  3. Web site: Baseball History in 1967 American League by Baseball Almanac.
  4. Web site: St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. Web site: Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. Web site: Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. Web site: New York Mets Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. Web site: Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  9. Web site: Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  10. Web site: Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  11. Web site: Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  12. Web site: Los Angeles Angels Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  13. Web site: New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  14. Web site: San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  15. Web site: Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  16. Web site: Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  17. Web site: Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  18. Web site: Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  19. Web site: Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  20. Web site: Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  21. Web site: Texas Rangers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  22. Web site: Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  23. Web site: Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
  24. Book: Pellowski, Michael J. The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. 2007. Sterling Publishing Co. United States. 978-1-4027-4273-6. 352. registration.
  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,
  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,

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