1967 New York Yankees season
1967 New York Yankees | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | CBS | |
General managers | Lee MacPhail | |
Managers | Ralph Houk | |
Television | WPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola) | |
Radio | WHN (Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola) | |
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The 1967 New York Yankees season was the 65th season for the Yankees. The team finished ahead of only the Kansas City Athletics (who moved to Oakland after the season ended) in the American League final standings, with a record of 72–90, finishing 20 games behind the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.
Offseason
[edit]- November 28, 1966: Frank Tepedino was drafted by the Yankees from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1966 first-year draft.[1]
- November 29, 1966: Clete Boyer was traded by the Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for Bill Robinson and Chi-Chi Olivo.[2]
- December 8, 1966: Roger Maris was traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Charley Smith.[3]
- December 10, 1966: Pedro Ramos was traded by the Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Joe Verbanic and cash.[4]
Regular season
[edit]- May 14, 1967: At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle hit his 500th home run in the bottom of the seventh inning off of Stu Miller in a 6–5 Yankee win over the Baltimore Orioles.[5]
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 49–32 | 43–38 |
Detroit Tigers | 91 | 71 | .562 | 1 | 52–29 | 39–42 |
Minnesota Twins | 91 | 71 | .562 | 1 | 52–29 | 39–42 |
Chicago White Sox | 89 | 73 | .549 | 3 | 49–33 | 40–40 |
California Angels | 84 | 77 | .522 | 7½ | 53–30 | 31–47 |
Washington Senators | 76 | 85 | .472 | 15½ | 40–40 | 36–45 |
Baltimore Orioles | 76 | 85 | .472 | 15½ | 35–42 | 41–43 |
Cleveland Indians | 75 | 87 | .463 | 17 | 36–45 | 39–42 |
New York Yankees | 72 | 90 | .444 | 20 | 43–38 | 29–52 |
Kansas City Athletics | 62 | 99 | .385 | 29½ | 37–44 | 25–55 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | MIN | NYY | WSH | |||
Baltimore | — | 10–8 | 6–11 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 3–15 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 13–5 | 10–8 | |||
Boston | 8–10 | — | 10–8 | 8–10 | 13–5 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 11–7 | |||
California | 11–6 | 8–10 | — | 7–11 | 14–4 | 8–10 | 14–4 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 6–12 | |||
Chicago | 11–7 | 10–8 | 11–7 | — | 12–6 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 8–10 | |||
Cleveland | 9–9 | 5–13 | 4–14 | 6–12 | — | 8–10 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 13–5 | |||
Detroit | 15–3 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 10–8 | — | 12–6 | 8–10–1 | 10–8 | 9–9 | |||
Kansas City | 8–10 | 6–12 | 4–14 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 6–12 | — | 8–10 | 7–11 | 6–11 | |||
Minnesota | 10–8 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 10–8–1 | 10–8 | — | 12–6–1 | 10–8 | |||
New York | 5–13 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 6–12–1 | — | 12–6 | |||
Washington | 8–10 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 11–6 | 8–10 | 6–12 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- June 6, 1967: Steve Rogers was drafted by the Yankees in the 60th round of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.[6]
- July 4, 1967: Ray Barker, players to be named later, and cash were traded by the Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for Steve Barber. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Chet Trail (minors) and Joe Brady (minors) to the Orioles on December 15, 1967.[7]
- August 3, 1967: Elston Howard was traded by the Yankees to the Boston Red Sox for Pete Magrini and a player to be named later. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Ron Klimkowski to the Yankees on August 8.[8]
Roster
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Manager
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Jake Gibbs | 116 | 374 | 87 | .233 | 4 | 25 |
1B | Mickey Mantle | 144 | 440 | 108 | .245 | 22 | 55 |
2B | Horace Clarke | 143 | 588 | 160 | .272 | 3 | 29 |
SS | Rubén Amaro Sr. | 130 | 417 | 93 | .223 | 1 | 17 |
3B | Charley Smith | 135 | 425 | 95 | .224 | 9 | 38 |
OF | Tom Tresh | 130 | 448 | 98 | .219 | 14 | 53 |
OF | Joe Pepitone | 133 | 501 | 126 | .251 | 13 | 64 |
OF | Steve Whitaker | 122 | 441 | 107 | .243 | 11 | 50 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Bill Robinson | 116 | 342 | 67 | .196 | 7 | 29 |
Roy White | 70 | 214 | 48 | .224 | 2 | 18 |
Elston Howard | 66 | 199 | 39 | .196 | 3 | 17 |
John Kennedy | 78 | 179 | 35 | .196 | 1 | 17 |
Dick Howser | 63 | 149 | 40 | .268 | 0 | 10 |
Mike Hegan | 68 | 118 | 16 | .136 | 1 | 3 |
Bob Tillman | 22 | 63 | 16 | .254 | 2 | 9 |
Jerry Kenney | 20 | 58 | 18 | .310 | 1 | 5 |
Frank Fernández | 9 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 1 | 4 |
Tom Shopay | 8 | 27 | 8 | .296 | 2 | 6 |
Ray Barker | 17 | 26 | 2 | .077 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Bryan | 16 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 1 | 2 |
Ross Moschitto | 14 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Tepedino | 9 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Clinton | 6 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 |
Charlie Sands | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mel Stottlemyre | 36 | 255.0 | 15 | 15 | 2.96 | 151 |
Al Downing | 31 | 201.2 | 14 | 10 | 2.63 | 171 |
Fritz Peterson | 36 | 181.1 | 8 | 14 | 3.47 | 102 |
Fred Talbot | 29 | 138.2 | 6 | 8 | 4.22 | 61 |
Steve Barber | 17 | 97.2 | 6 | 9 | 4.05 | 70 |
Whitey Ford | 7 | 44.0 | 2 | 4 | 1.64 | 21 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bill Monbouquette | 33 | 133.1 | 6 | 5 | 2.36 | 53 |
Thad Tillotson | 43 | 98.1 | 3 | 9 | 4.03 | 62 |
Joe Verbanic | 28 | 80.1 | 4 | 3 | 2.80 | 39 |
Cecil Perkins | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dooley Womack | 65 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 2.41 | 57 |
Steve Hamilton | 44 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3.48 | 55 |
Hal Reniff | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.28 | 24 |
Jim Bouton | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.67 | 31 |
Dale Roberts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Binghamton[9]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Clete Boyer page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Yanks trade Roger Maris to Cards for third baseman Charlie Smith
- ^ Pedro Ramos page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Baseball Almanac – Box Score of 500th Home Run by Mickey Mantle
- ^ Steve Rogers page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Steve Barber page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Elston Howard page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007