1967 Atlanta Braves season

Offseason

• November 28, 1966: Ramón Hernández was drafted by the Braves from the California Angels in the 1966 rule 5 draft.
• November 29, 1966: Bill Robinson and Chi-Chi Olivo were traded by the Braves to the New York Yankees for Clete Boyer.
• November 29, 1966: Mike Page was drafted by the Braves from the Boston Red Sox in the 1966 minor league draft.
• December 1966: John Herrnstein and Chris Cannizzaro were traded by the Braves to the Boston Red Sox for Julio Navarro and Ed Rakow.
• December 31, 1966: Eddie Mathews, Arnold Umbach and a player to be named later were traded by the Braves to the Houston Astros for Dave Nicholson and Bob Bruce. The Braves completed the deal by sending Sandy Alomar Sr. to the Astros on February 25, 1967.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Managerial turnover

The Braves' worst season since —their last year in their original home of Boston—cost manager Billy Hitchcock his job on September 28, 1967; the team stood at 77–82 (.484) and 21 games in arrears of the eventual 1967 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals at the time. Bullpen coach Ken Silvestri took over the club for the final three games of the season (all losses) on an interim basis.

Hitchcock's firing enabled general manager Paul Richards, on the job in Atlanta for only 13 months, to name his own man as skipper for , and he chose a veteran associate, Luman Harris, 52, as Hitchcock's permanent successor. Harris had played with Richards with the minor league Atlanta Crackers in the 1930s, and coached for Richards with three MLB clubs; he had also managed under GM Richards with the 1965 Houston Astros. Harris had been the 1967 skipper of the Triple-A Richmond Braves, and had led them to the best record in the International League.

Notable transactions

• June 6, 1967: Gene Oliver was traded by the Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bob Uecker.
• June 15, 1967: Wade Blasingame was traded by the Braves to the Houston Astros for Claude Raymond.

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Farm system

Notes

References

• 1967 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference

References

1. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hernara01.shtml Ramón Hernández] at ''Baseball Reference''
2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boyercl02.shtml Clete Boyer] at ''Baseball Reference''
3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pagemi01.shtml Mike Page] at ''Baseball Reference''
4. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/herrnjo01.shtml John Herrnstein] at ''Baseball Reference''
5. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa01.shtml Sandy Alomar, Jr.] at ''Baseball Reference''
6. [http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/830e6aff Corbett, Warren, ''Lum Harris.''] [[Society for American Professional Baseball Research]] Biography Project
7. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/ueckebo01.shtml Bob Uecker] at ''Baseball Reference''
8. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19670617&id=RfJdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F18NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2469,5659990&hl=en Braves send Blasingame to Houston; few other trades]