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1967 Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
title	1967 MLB season
league	American League (AL)
National League (NL)
sport	Baseball
duration	Regular season:{{Bulleted list
no_of_games	162
no_of_teams	20 (10 per league)
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](1967-boston-red-sox-season)
conf1_runner-up	[Detroit Tigers](1967-detroit-tigers-season)
conf2	NL
conf2_champ	[St. Louis Cardinals](1967-st-louis-cardinals-season)
conf2_runner-up	[San Francisco Giants](1967-san-francisco-giants-season)
finals	World Series
finals_link	1967 World Series
finals_champ	[St. Louis Cardinals](1967-st-louis-cardinals-season)
finals_runner-up	[Boston Red Sox](1967-boston-red-sox-season)
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

National League (NL) | April 10 – October 1, 1967}}World Series:{{Bulleted list | October 4–12, 1967}} NL: Orlando Cepeda (STL) | conf1_runner-up = Detroit Tigers | conf2_runner-up = San Francisco Giants | finals_runner-up = Boston Red Sox The 1967 major league baseball season began on April 10, 1967. The regular season ended on October 1, with the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 64th World Series on October 4 and ended with Game 7 on October 12. In the second iteration of this World Series matchup, the Cardinals defeated the Red Sox, four games to three, capturing their eighth championship in franchise history, since their previous in . Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the Baltimore Orioles from the season.

The 38th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, was held on July 11 at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, home of California Angels. The National League won, 2–1.

It was the final season for the Kansas City Athletics, before relocating to Oakland, California and becoming the Oakland Athletics for the season.

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 with the Detroit Tigers). 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.

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.

Schedule

The 1967 schedule consisted of 162 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had ten teams. Each team was scheduled to play 18 games against the other nine teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place by the American League since the season and by the National League since the season, and would be used until .

Opening Day took place on April 10, featuring two teams from each league. The final day of the regular season was on October 1, which saw all 20 teams play, continuing the trend from . The World Series took place between October 4 and October 12.

Rule changes

The 1967 season saw the following rule changes:

Rules surrounding drafting college athletes were amended, with the adoption of the "four-year college rule". While previously, players could be drafted in the summer after their sophomore or junior years, players could now only be drafted following their senior year, with exceptions to 21-year-olds (before August 1 of their senior year), were considered to have met athletic eligibility, were dropped from their team because of academic reasons, or had spent at least 120 days out of school after quitting.
The National League adopted the American League rule previously adopted in , requiring a pitcher to be removed if the manager visited the pitcher's mound twice in the same inning.
The American League adopted the National League rule that required a pitcher to be standing on the rubber to receive signs from the catcher.
The minimum time a player must stay on the disabled list (now injured list) was increased from 15 to 21 days.
If a ball is touched by a fielder, then makes contact with an umpire or a member of the offensive team, then is caught by another fielder, the result is a live ball, not a catch.
If it is clear to the scorer, when a batter is bunting for a base hit and not for the purpose of advancing runners, the batter will be charged with a time at bat.
Mental errors, unless specified in the rule book, or not scored as errors.

Teams

League	Team	City
Baltimore, Maryland	Baltimore Memorial Stadium	52,185
Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	33,524
Anaheim, California	Anaheim Stadium	43,202
Chicago, Illinois	White Sox Park	46,550
Cleveland, Ohio	Cleveland Stadium	74,056
Detroit, Michigan	Tiger Stadium	53,089
Kansas City, Missouri	Municipal Stadium	34,165
Bloomington, Minnesota	Metropolitan Stadium	45,182
New York, New York	Yankee Stadium	67,000
Washington, D.C.	District of Columbia Stadium	43,500
Atlanta, Georgia	Atlanta Stadium	50,893
Chicago, Illinois	Wrigley Field	36,644
Cincinnati, Ohio	Crosley Field	29,603
Houston, Texas	Houston Astrodome	46,000
Los Angeles, California	Dodger Stadium	56,000
New York, New York	Shea Stadium	55,300
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Connie Mack Stadium	33,608
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	35,500
San Francisco, California	Candlestick Park	42,500
St. Louis, Missouri	Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium	49,450

Standings

American League

National League

Postseason

The postseason began on October 4 and ended on October 12 with the St. Louis Cardinals defeating the Boston Red Sox in the 1967 World Series in seven games.

Bracket

Managerial changes

Off-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager	Boston Red Sox	Cleveland Indians	Detroit Tigers
Pete Runnels	Dick Williams
George Strickland	Joe Adcock
Frank Skaff	Mayo Smith

In-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager	Atlanta Braves	Kansas City Athletics	Minnesota Twins	New York Mets	Pittsburgh Pirates
Billy Hitchcock	Ken Silvestri
Alvin Dark	Luke Appling
Sam Mele	Cal Ermer
Wes Westrum	Salty Parker
Harry Walker	Danny Murtaugh

League leaders

American League

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Carl Yastrzemski1 (BOS)	.326
OPS	Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)	1.040
HR	Harmon Killebrew (MIN)
Carl Yastrzemski1 (BOS)	44
RBI	Carl Yastrzemski1 (BOS)	121
R	Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)	112
H	Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)	189
SB	Bert Campaneris (KCA)	55

1 American League Triple Crown batting winner

Stat	Player	Total
W	Jim Lonborg (BOS)
Earl Wilson (DET)	22
L	George Brunet (CAL)	19
ERA	Joe Horlen (CWS)	2.06
K	Jim Lonborg (BOS)	246
IP	Dean Chance (MIN)	283.2
SV	Minnie Rojas (CAL)	27
WHIP	Joe Horlen (CWS)	0.953

National League

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Roberto Clemente (PIT)	.357
OPS	Dick Allen (PHI)	.970
HR	Hank Aaron (ATL)	39
RBI	Orlando Cepeda (STL)	111
R	Hank Aaron (ATL)
Lou Brock (STL)	113
H	Roberto Clemente (PIT)	209
SB	Lou Brock (STL)	52

Stat	Player	Total
W	Mike McCormick (SF)	22
L	Jack Fisher (NYM)	18
ERA	Phil Niekro (ATL)	1.87
K	Jim Bunning (PHI)	253
IP	Jim Bunning (PHI)	302.1
SV	Ted Abernathy (CIN)	28
WHIP	Dick Hughes (STL)	0.954

Awards and honors

Regular season

Baseball Writers' Association of America Awards	BBWAA Award	National League
Rookie of the Year	Tom Seaver (NYM)	Rod Carew (MIN)
Cy Young Award	Mike McCormick (SF)	Jim Lonborg (BOS)
Most Valuable Player	Orlando Cepeda (STL)	Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)
Babe Ruth Award
(World Series MVP)	Lou Brock (STL)	—
Pitcher	Bob Gibson (STL)	Jim Kaat (MIN)
Catcher	Randy Hundley (CHC)	Bill Freehan (DET)
1st Base	Wes Parker (LAD)	George Scott (BOS)
2nd Base	Bill Mazeroski (PIT)	Bobby Knoop (CAL)
3rd Base	Ron Santo (CHC)	Brooks Robinson (BAL)
Shortstop	Gene Alley (PIT)	Jim Fregosi (CAL)
Outfield	Roberto Clemente (PIT)	Paul Blair (BAL)
Curt Flood (STL)	Al Kaline (DET)
Willie Mays (SF)	Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)

Other awards

Hutch Award: Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)
Sport Magazine's World Series Most Valuable Player Award: Bob Gibson (STL)

The Sporting News Awards	Award	National League
Player of the Year	—	Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)
Pitcher of the Year	Mike McCormick (SF)	Jim Lonborg (BOS)
Fireman of the Year
(Relief pitcher)	Ted Abernathy (CIN)	Minnie Rojas (CAL)
Rookie Player of the Year	Lee May (CIN)	Rod Carew (MIN)
Rookie Pitcher of the Year	Dick Hughes (STL)	Tom Phoebus (BAL)
Comeback Player of the Year	Mike McCormick (SF)	Dean Chance (MIN)
Manager of the Year	—	Dick Williams (BOS)
Executive of the Year	—	Dick O'Connell (BOS)

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

Main article: Major League Baseball Player of the Month Award

Month	National League	May	June	July	August
Roberto Clemente (PIT)
Hank Aaron (ATL)
Jim Ray Hart (SF)
Orlando Cepeda (STL)

Baseball Hall of Fame

Main article: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Red Ruffing
Lloyd Waner
Branch Rickey (executive)

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
St. Louis Cardinals	101	21.7%	2,090,145	22.0%	25,804
Boston Red Sox	92	27.8%	1,727,832	113.0%	21,331
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	−23.2%	1,664,362	−36.4%	20,548
New York Mets	61	−7.6%	1,565,492	−19.0%	20,070
Minnesota Twins	91	2.2%	1,483,547	17.8%	18,315
Detroit Tigers	91	3.4%	1,447,143	28.7%	17,648
Atlanta Braves	77	−9.4%	1,389,222	−9.8%	17,151
Houston Astros	69	−4.2%	1,348,303	−28.0%	16,646
California Angels	84	5.0%	1,317,713	−5.9%	15,876
New York Yankees	72	2.9%	1,259,514	12.0%	15,360
San Francisco Giants	91	−2.2%	1,242,480	−25.0%	15,152
Chicago White Sox	89	7.2%	985,634	−0.4%	12,020
Chicago Cubs	87	47.5%	977,226	53.7%	11,634
Cincinnati Reds	87	14.5%	958,300	29.0%	11,831
Baltimore Orioles	76	−21.6%	955,053	−20.6%	12,403
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	−12.0%	907,012	−24.2%	11,198
Philadelphia Phillies	82	−5.7%	828,888	−25.2%	10,361
Washington Senators	76	7.0%	770,868	33.8%	9,636
Kansas City Athletics	62	−16.2%	726,639	−6.1%	8,971
Cleveland Indians	75	−7.4%	662,980	−26.6%	8,185

Venues

The Kansas City Athletics would play their final two games at Municipal Stadium on September 27 in a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox, relocating to Oakland, California at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum for the start of the 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.

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