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
Draft
Top draft pickRon Blomberg
Picked byNew York Yankees
Regular season
Season MVPAL: Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)
NL: Orlando Cepeda (STL)
Postseason
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
Finals 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 the 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 nearly 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

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9270 0.568 — 49–32 43–38
Detroit Tigers 9171 0.562 1 52–29 39–42
Minnesota Twins 9171 0.562 1 52–29 39–42
Chicago White Sox 8973 0.549 3 49–33 40–40
California Angels 8477 0.522 7½ 53–30 31–47
Washington Senators 7685 0.472 15½ 40–40 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 7685 0.472 15½ 35–42 41–43
Cleveland Indians 7587 0.463 17 36–45 39–42
New York Yankees 7290 0.444 20 43–38 29–52
Kansas City Athletics 6299 0.385 29½ 37–44 25–55

National League final 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

Other
  • April 21 – The Los Angeles Dodgers run of 737 consecutive games without a game being rained out ends.[4]
  • 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.[5] 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.[6] MLB owners, bowing to Symington's threat, awarded Kansas City and Seattle expansion American League franchises for the 1969 season.

See also

References
  1. Carl Yastrzemski
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cepedor01.shtml
  3. https://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/yr1967a.shtml
  4. Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.
  5. 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
  6. 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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