1967 New York Yankees season

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1967 New York Yankees
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
OwnersCBS
General managersLee MacPhail
ManagersRalph Houk
TelevisionWPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola)
RadioWHN
(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. 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

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1967 American League record

Sources:
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

Roster

1967 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 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

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
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

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
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

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
Jim Bouton 17 1 0 0 4.67 31
Dale Roberts 2 0 0 0 9.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Gary Blaylock
AA Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Jack Reed
A Greensboro Yankees Carolina League Bob Bauer
A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Billy Shantz
A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Frank Verdi
Rookie Johnson City Yankees Appalachian League Dick Berardino

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Binghamton[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Clete Boyer page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Yanks trade Roger Maris to Cards for third baseman Charlie Smith
  4. ^ Pedro Ramos page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Baseball Almanac – Box Score of 500th Home Run by Mickey Mantle
  6. ^ Steve Rogers page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Steve Barber page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Elston Howard page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References