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1967 San Francisco Giants season

Field	Value
name	San Francisco Giants
season	1967
league	National League
ballpark	Candlestick Park
city	San Francisco, California
record
league_place	2nd
owners	Horace Stoneham
general_managers	Chub Feeney
managers	Herman Franks
television	KTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
radio	KSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)

(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson) (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson) |}}

The 1967 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 85th year in Major League Baseball, their tenth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their eighth at Candlestick Park. The team finished in second place in the National League with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses, games behind the NL and World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

November 29, 1966: Hal Haydel was drafted by the Giants from the Chicago Cubs in the 1966 minor league draft.
December 14, 1966: Len Gabrielson was traded by the Giants to the California Angels for Norm Siebern.
January 28, 1967: Von Joshua was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.

Regular season

July 14, 1967: Eddie Mathews of the Atlanta Braves hit the 500th home run of his career. He hit his milestone homer off future Hall of Famer Juan Marichal of the Giants.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Jesús Alou
Jim Davenport
Tom Haller
Jim Ray Hart
Ken Henderson
Hal Lanier
Juan Marichal
Willie Mays
Willie McCovey

Notable transactions

June 6, 1967: 1967 Major League Baseball draft
- Dave Rader was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (18th pick). Player signed June 14, 1967.
- Don Carrithers was drafted by the Giants in the 3rd round.
- Gary Lavelle was drafted by the Giants in the 20th round.
June 22, 1967: Dick Groat was purchased by the Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies.
July 15, 1967: Norm Siebern was purchased from the Giants by the Boston Red Sox.

Roster

1967 San Francisco Giants
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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	141	455	114	.251	14	49
1B	135	456	126	.276	31	91
2B	133	344	72	.209	5	29
3B	158	578	167	.289	29	99
SS	151	525	112	.213	0	42
LF	129	510	149	.292	5	30
CF	141	486	128	.263	22	70
RF	120	412	110	.267	13	53

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
124	295	81	.275	5	30
65	179	34	.190	4	14
73	153	42	.275	6	26
62	135	31	.230	0	7
64	122	33	.270	0	4
56	120	27	.225	4	19
40	115	26	.226	1	15
34	70	12	.171	0	4
46	58	9	.155	0	4
18	21	3	.143	0	0
7	19	4	.211	0	1
18	17	3	.176	0	1
8	10	3	.300	0	0
4	3	0	.000	0	0
1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	293.0	15	17	2.61	230
40	262.1	22	10	2.85	150
26	202.1	14	10	2.76	166
35	188.0	12	6	2.78	145

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
42	125.2	4	5	3.08	52
37	120.0	6	8	4.88	69
28	82.0	6	2	3.07	63

Relief pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
57	95.2	7	7	17	1.51	38
41	72.2	2	6	2	3.72	48
28	21.2	2	0	2	2.08	23
2	5.0	1	0	0	0.00	3
1	4.0	0	0	0	4.50	2
1	2.0	0	0	0	4.50	1

Awards and honors

Mike McCormick, Cy Young Award All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Medford

Notes

References

1967 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
1967 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haydeha01.shtml Hal Hayden] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/siebeno01.shtml Norm Siebern] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/joshuvo01.shtml Von Joshua] at ''Baseball Reference''
[http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/matheed01.php Eddie Mathews. The Baseball Page]
"1967 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/raderda01.shtml Dave Rader] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carrido01.shtml Don Carrithers] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lavelga01.shtml Gary Lavelle] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/groatdi01.shtml Dick Groat] 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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