1967 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1967 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907);
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General manager(s)	Joe L. Brown
Manager(s)	Harry Walker, Danny Murtaugh
Local television	KDKA-TV ; Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King
Local radio	KDKA; Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King
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The 1967 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 86th season in franchise history. The sixth-place Pirates finished at 81–81, 20½ games behind the National League and World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

October 12, 1966: Wilbur Wood was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago White Sox for player to be named. November 28, 1966: Juan Pizarro sent to the Pirates to complete trade.[2]
October 142, 1966: Jerry Lynch was released by the Pirates.[3]
October 17, 1966: Bill Short was sold to the Pirates by the Boston Red Sox.[4]
November 29, 1966: Manny Jiménez was drafted by the Pirates from the Kansas City Athletics in the 1966 minor league draft.[5]
December 1, 1966: Bob Bailey and Gene Michael were traded by the Pirates to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Maury Wills.[6]
December 6, 1966: Don Cardwell and Don Bosch were traded by the Pirates to the New York Mets for Dennis Ribant and Gary Kolb.[7]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	101	60	0.627	—	49–32	52–28
San Francisco Giants	91	71	0.562	10½	51–31	40–40
Chicago Cubs	87	74	0.540	14	49–34	38–40
Cincinnati Reds	87	75	0.537	14½	49–32	38–43
Philadelphia Phillies	82	80	0.506	19½	45–35	37–45
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	81	0.500	20½	49–32	32–49
Atlanta Braves	77	85	0.475	24½	48–33	29–52
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	89	0.451	28½	42–39	31–50
Houston Astros	69	93	0.426	32½	46–35	23–58
New York Mets	61	101	0.377	40½	36–42	25–59

Record vs. opponents

1967 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	11–7	5–13	11–7	8–10	8–10	10–8	8–10	10–8	6–12
Chicago	7–11	—	12–6	8–10	9–9	13–5	11–7	11–7–1	10–8	6–11
Cincinnati	13–5	6–12	—	15–3	8–10	12–6	10–8	10–8	8–10	5–13
Houston	7–11	10–8	3–15	—	10–8	11–7	7–11	9–9	6–12	6–12
Los Angeles	10–8	9–9	10–8	8–10	—	12–6	6–12	7–11	5–13	6–12
New York	10–8	5–13	6–12	7–11	6–12	—	4–14	11–7	5–13	7–11
Philadelphia	8-10	7–11	8–10	11–7	12–6	14–4	—	8–10	8–10	6–12
Pittsburgh	10–8	7–11–1	8–10	9–9	11–7	7–11	10–8	—	8–10	11–7
San Francisco	8–10	8–10	10–8	12–6	13–5	13–5	10–8	10–8	—	7–11
St. Louis	12–6	11–6	13–5	12–6	12–6	11–7	12–6	7–11	11–7	—

Game log

1967 Game Log: 81–81 (Home: 49–32; Away: 32–49)

April: 7–5 (Home: 3–3; Away: 4–2)

May: 16–13 (Home: 11–6; Away: 5–7)

June: 13–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 7–10)

July: 13–16 (Home: 9–6; Away: 4–10)

August: 15–18 (Home: 10–5; Away: 5–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
101	August 1	@ Giants	1–3	Marichal	Fryman (1–4)	—	15,501	49–52
102	August 2	@ Giants	2–7	Perry	Ribant (6–5)	—	11,654	49–53
103	August 4	Dodgers	3–2 (10)	Pizarro (5–8)	Miller	—	13,474	50–53
104	August 5	Dodgers	2–1	Law (2–6)	Regan	—	9,658	51–53
105	August 6	Dodgers	4–5	Osteen	Sisk (8–9)	Perranoski	12,384	51–54
106	August 7	@ Cubs	6–3	Face (6–4)	Hartenstein	—		52–54
107	August 7	@ Cubs	3–3 (14)			—	11,482	52–54
108	August 8	@ Cubs	4–8	Niekro	Gelnar (0–1)	—	9,412	52–55
109	August 9	@ Cubs	0–6	Jenkins	Veale (12–5)	—		52–56
110	August 9	@ Cubs	10–6	McBean (3–2)	Stoneman	—	16,822	53–56
111	August 10	@ Mets	3–0	Sisk (9–9)	Fisher	—	20,572	54–56
112	August 11	@ Mets	2–3	Frisella	Ribant (6–6)	Shaw	29,202	54–57
113	August 12	@ Mets	1–6	Koonce	Fryman (1–5)	—	20,181	54–58
114	August 13	@ Mets	0–3	Seaver	Blass (4–5)	—		54–59
115	August 13	@ Mets	9–11	Shaw	McBean (3–3)	Taylor	34,122	54–60
116	August 14	Reds	4–3	Veale (13–5)	Nolan	Face (14)	8,414	55–60
117	August 15	Reds	1–2	Abernathy	Sisk (9–10)	—	9,237	55–61
118	August 16	Reds	0–4	Maloney	Fryman (1–6)	McCool	9,116	55–62
119	August 17	Mets	5–6	Cardwell	Pizarro (5–9)	—		55–63
120	August 17	Mets	6–5 (14)	Pizarro (6–9)	Seaver	—	9,213	56–63
121	August 18	Mets	7–2	Veale (14–5)	Fisher	—	6,628	57–63
122	August 19	Mets	6–5	Sisk (10–10)	Taylor	—	7,570	58–63
123	August 20	Mets	4–2	Pizarro (7–9)	Selma	Face (15)	7,263	59–63
124	August 21	Cubs	5–1	Fryman (2–6)	Jenkins	Face (16)	7,794	60–63
125	August 22	Cubs	1–8	Niekro	Veale (14–6)	—	8,414	60–64
126	August 23	Cubs	2–1	McBean (4–3)	Hands	—	8,952	61–64
127	August 25	@ Phillies	0–2	Bunning	Sisk (10–11)	—		61–65
128	August 25	@ Phillies	2–6	Short	Blass (4–6)	Farrell	13,696	61–66
129	August 26	@ Phillies	0–1	Wise	Veale (14–7)	—	16,454	61–67
130	August 27	@ Phillies	0–2 (5)	Jackson	Fryman (2–7)	—	10,953	61–68
131	August 28	@ Braves	4–3 (10)	Ribant (7–6)	Ritchie	Pizarro (4)	8,725	62–68
132	August 29	@ Braves	3–7	Niekro	Ribant (7–7)	Upshaw	6,516	62–69
133	August 30	@ Braves	11–9	Ribant (8–7)	Carroll	Face (17)	8,674	63–69
134	August 31	Phillies	6–4	Veale (15–7)	Hall	Pizarro (5)	3,406	64–69

September: 16–12 (Home: 9–5; Away: 7–7)

October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Matty Alou	CF
Maury Wills	3B
Roberto Clemente	RF
Willie Stargell	LF
Donn Clendenon	1B
Bill Mazeroski	2B
Gene Alley	SS
Jesse Gonder	C
Bob Veale	SP

[8]

Notable transactions

June 6, 1967: Richie Zisk was drafted by the Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft.[9]
June 21, 1967: Al Luplow was acquired by the Pirates from the New York Mets via waivers.[10]
July 18, 1967: Pirates fire Manager Harry Walker. Danny Murtaugh is named interim Manager.[11]
August 4, 1967: Pete Mikkelsen claimed on waivers by Chicago Cubs from the Pirates.[12]

Roster

1967 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

28 Steve Blass

19 Bruce Dal Canton

26 Roy Face

22 Woodie Fryman

37 John Gelnar

32 Vern Law

34 Al McBean

19 Pete Mikkelsen

38 Bob Moose

31 Billy O'Dell

29 Juan Pizarro

36 Dennis Ribant

38 Jim Shellenback

37 Bill Short

25 Tommie Sisk

39 Bob Veale

Catchers

20 Jesse Gonder

12 Jerry May

10 Jim Pagliaroni

35 Manny Sanguillén

Infielders

14 Gene Alley

17 Donn Clendenon

9 Bill Mazeroski

11 José Pagán

3,24 Bob Robertson

7 Andre Rodgers

30 Maury Wills

Outfielders

18 Matty Alou

21 Roberto Clemente

24 Manny Jiménez

20 Al Luplow

15 Manny Mota

23 George Spriggs

8 Willie Stargell

Manager

40 Danny Murtaugh

3 Harry Walker

Coaches

5 Alex Grammas (Third Base)

6 Clyde King (Pitching)

4 Johnny Pesky (First Base)

2 Hal Smith (Bullpen)

Statistics

Batting

Regular Season[13]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Roberto Clemente	147	585	209	0.357	23	110
Matty Alou	139	550	186	0.338	2	28
Bruce Dal Canton	8	6	2	0.333	0	1
Bob Moose	2	6	2	0.333	0	1
Manny Mota	120	349	112	0.321	4	56
Maury Wills	149	616	186	0.302	3	45
Jose Pagan	81	211	61	0.289	1	19
Gene Alley	152	550	158	0.287	6	55
Manny Sanguillen	30	96	26	0.271	0	8
Jerry May	110	325	88	0.271	3	22
Willie Stargell	134	462	125	0.271	20	73
Dennis Ribant	47	60	16	0.267	0	3
Bill Mazeroski	163	639	167	0.261	9	77
Juan Pizarro	50	27	7	0.259	0	3
Manny Jimenez	50	56	14	0.250	2	10
Donn Clendenon	131	478	119	0.249	13	56
Andre Rodgers	47	61	14	0.230	2	4
Al McBean	51	29	6	0.207	0	3
Jim Pagliaroni	44	100	20	0.200	0	9
Al Luplow	55	103	19	0.184	1	8
George Spriggs	38	57	10	0.175	0	5
Bob Robertson	9	35	6	0.171	2	4
John Gelnar	10	6	1	0.167	0	0
Jim Shellenback	6	6	1	0.167	0	0
Jesse Gonder	22	36	5	0.139	0	3
Steve Blass	32	39	5	0.128	0	5
Woodie Fryman	28	34	4	0.118	0	1
Billy O'Dell	28	26	3	0.115	0	0
Vern Law	26	27	3	0.111	0	1
Tommie Sisk	37	69	7	0.101	0	4
Bob Veale	33	69	3	0.043	0	1
Roy Face	61	6	0	0.000	0	0
Pete Mikkelsen	32	4	0	0.000	0	0
Bill Short	6	1	0	0.000	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season[14]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bruce Dal Canton	8	24	2	1	1.88	13
Roy Face	61	74¹⁄₃	7	5	2.42	41
Al McBean	51	131	7	4	2.54	54
Jim Shellenback	6	23¹⁄₃	1	1	2.70	11
Tommie Sisk	37	207²⁄₃	13	13	3.34	85
Steve Blass	32	126²⁄₃	6	8	3.55	72
Bob Veale	33	203	16	8	3.64	179
Bob Moose	2	14²⁄₃	1	0	3.68	7
Bill Short	6	2¹⁄₃	0	0	3.86	1
Juan Pizarro	50	107	8	10	3.95	96
Woodie Fryman	28	113¹⁄₃	3	8	4.05	74
Dennis Ribant	38	172	9	8	4.08	75
Vern Law	25	97	2	6	4.18	43
Pete Mikkelsen	32	56¹⁄₃	1	2	4.31	30
Billy O'Dell	27	86²⁄₃	5	6	5.82	34
John Gelnar	10	19	0	1	8.05	5

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Harding "Pete" Peterson
AA	Macon Peaches	Southern League	Don Osborn and Frank Oceak
A	Raleigh Pirates	Carolina League	Joe Morgan
A	Clinton Pirates	Midwest League	Bob Clear
A	Gastonia Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Don Leppert
Rookie	Salem Pirates	Appalachian League	Buddy Pritchard

Notes

From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
Juan Pizzaro at "Baseball Almanac"
Jerry Lynch at "Baseball Almanac"
Bill Short at "Baseball Almanac"
Manny Jiménez page at Baseball-Reference
Dodgers trade Maury Wills to Pittsburgh
Mets trade Ribant, Kolb to Pittsburgh
1967 Opening Day lineup at "Baseball-Almanac"
Richie Zisk at "Baseball Almanac"
Luplow waived to Bucs by Mets
Harry Walker
Pete Mikkelsen at "Baseball Almanac"
"Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
"Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

References

1967 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1967 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
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.

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[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Juan Pizzaro at "Baseball Almanac"

[3] Jerry Lynch at "Baseball Almanac"

[4] Bill Short at "Baseball Almanac"

[5] Manny Jiménez page at Baseball-Reference

[6] Dodgers trade Maury Wills to Pittsburgh

[7] Mets trade Ribant, Kolb to Pittsburgh

[8] 1967 Opening Day lineup at "Baseball-Almanac"

[9] Richie Zisk at "Baseball Almanac"

[10] Luplow waived to Bucs by Mets

[11] Harry Walker

[12] Pete Mikkelsen at "Baseball Almanac"

[13] "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[14] "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

1967 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota New York Washington
National League	Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1967 MLB draft 1967 All-Star Game 1967 World Series