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1967 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Field	Value
name	New York Yankees
season	1967
league	American League
ballpark	Yankee Stadium
city	New York City
record
league_place	9th
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)

(Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola) (Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola) |}}

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. It was their most losses in a season since losing 94 games in 1913, which was the first season in which the team went by the word Yankees. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason

November 28, 1966: Frank Tepedino was drafted by the Yankees from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1966 first-year draft.
November 29, 1966: Clete Boyer was traded by the Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for Bill Robinson and Chi-Chi Olivo.
December 8, 1966: Roger Maris was traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Charley Smith.
December 10, 1966: Pedro Ramos was traded by the Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Joe Verbanic and cash.

Regular season

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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

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.
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.
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.

Roster

1967 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
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		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

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
	116	342	67	.196	7	29
Roy White	70	214	48	.224	2	18
Elston Howard	66	199	39	.196	3	17
	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
	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
	9	5	2	.400	0	0
Lou Clinton	6	4	2	.500	0	2
Charlie Sands	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mel Stottlemyre	36	255.0	15	15	2.96	151
	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
	17	97.2	6	9	4.05	70
Whitey Ford	7	44.0	2	4	1.64	21

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
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
	17	1	0	0	4.67	31
Dale Roberts	2	0	0	0	9.00	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Binghamton

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tepedfr01.shtml Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boyercl02.shtml Clete Boyer page at Baseball Reference]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19661207&id=QBAiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D3MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=799,1600493 Yanks trade Roger Maris to Cards for third baseman Charlie Smith]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramospe01.shtml Pedro Ramos page at Baseball Reference]
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/05141967.shtml Baseball Almanac – Box Score of 500th Home Run by Mickey Mantle]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rogerst01.shtml Steve Rogers page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/barbest01.shtml Steve Barber page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/howarel01.shtml 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

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