1967 New York Yankees season
{{short description|Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox baseball team season
| name = New York Yankees
| season = 1967
| misc =
| league = American League
| ballpark = Yankee Stadium
| city = New York City
| 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)
|}}
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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tepedfr01.shtml Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference]
- November 29, 1966: Clete Boyer was traded by the Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for Bill Robinson and Chi-Chi Olivo.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boyercl02.shtml Clete Boyer page at Baseball Reference]
- December 8, 1966: Roger Maris was traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Charley Smith.[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]
- December 10, 1966: Pedro Ramos was traded by the Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Joe Verbanic and cash.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramospe01.shtml Pedro Ramos page at Baseball Reference]
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.[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/05141967.shtml Baseball Almanac – Box Score of 500th Home Run by Mickey Mantle]
= Season standings =
{{1967 American League standings|highlight=New York Yankees}}
= Record vs. opponents =
{{1967 AL Record vs. opponents|team=NYY}}
= 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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rogerst01.shtml Steve Rogers page at Baseball Reference]
- 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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/barbest01.shtml Steve Barber page at Baseball Reference]
- 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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/howarel01.shtml Elston Howard page at Baseball Reference]
= Roster =
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colspan="10" style="background-color: #1c2841; color: white; text-align: center;" | 1967 New York Yankees |
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colspan="10" style="background-color: #1c2841; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster |
valign="top" | Pitchers
{{MLBplayer|18|Steve Barber}} {{MLBplayer|56|Jim Bouton}} {{MLBplayer|24|Al Downing}} {{MLBplayer|16|Whitey Ford}} {{MLBplayer|39|Steve Hamilton}} {{MLBplayer|40|Bill Monbouquette}} {{MLBplayer|48|Cecil Perkins}} {{MLBplayer|19|Fritz Peterson}} {{MLBplayer|18|Hal Reniff}} {{MLBplayer|43|Dale Roberts}} {{MLBplayer|30|Mel Stottlemyre}} {{MLBplayer|22|Fred Talbot}} {{MLBplayer|54|Thad Tillotson}} {{MLBplayer|52|Joe Verbanic}} {{MLBplayer|58|Dooley Womack}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Catchers {{MLBplayer|60|Billy Bryan}} {{MLBplayer|38|Frank Fernández}} {{MLBplayer|41|Jake Gibbs}} {{MLBplayer|32|Elston Howard}} {{MLBplayer|23|Bob Tillman}} Infielders {{MLBplayer|12|Rubén Amaro}} {{MLBplayer|42|Ray Barker}} {{MLBplayer|20|Horace Clarke}} {{MLBplayer|34|Mike Hegan}} {{MLBplayer|10|Dick Howser}} {{MLBplayer|26|John Kennedy}} {{MLBplayer|14|Jerry Kenney}} {{MLBplayer| 7|Mickey Mantle}} {{MLBplayer| 6|Charley Smith}} {{MLBplayer|47|Frank Tepedino}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Outfielders {{MLBplayer|40|Lou Clinton}} {{MLBplayer|53|Ross Moschitto}} {{MLBplayer|25|Joe Pepitone}} {{MLBplayer|11|Bill Robinson}} {{MLBplayer|17,27|Tom Shopay}} {{MLBplayer|15|Tom Tresh}} {{MLBplayer|28|Steve Whitaker}} {{MLBplayer|48|Roy White}} Other batters {{MLBplayer|49|Charlie Sands}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Manager {{MLBplayer|35|Ralph Houk}} Coaches {{MLBplayer|36|Loren Babe}} {{MLBplayer| 2|Frankie Crosetti}} {{MLBplayer|44|Jim Hegan}} {{MLBplayer|31|Jim Turner}} |
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
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bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pos
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | |||||||
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align="center"
| C | Jake Gibbs | 116 | 374 | 87 | .233 | 4 | 25 |
align="center"
| 1B | Mickey Mantle | 144 | 440 | 108 | .245 | 22 | 55 |
align="center"
| 2B | Horace Clarke | 143 | 588 | 160 | .272 | 3 | 29 |
align="center"
| SS | Rubén Amaro Sr. | 130 | 417 | 93 | .223 | 1 | 17 |
align="center"
| 3B | {{sortname|Charley|Smith}} | 135 | 425 | 95 | .224 | 9 | 38 |
align="center"
| OF | Tom Tresh | 130 | 448 | 98 | .219 | 14 | 53 |
align="center"
| OF | Joe Pepitone | 133 | 501 | 126 | .251 | 13 | 64 |
align="center"
| 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
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bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | ||||||
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align="center"
| {{sortname|Bill|Robinson|Bill Robinson (outfielder)}} | 116 | 342 | 67 | .196 | 7 | 29 |
align="center" | 70 | 214 | 48 | .224 | 2 | 18 |
align="center" | 66 | 199 | 39 | .196 | 3 | 17 |
align="center"
| {{sortname|John|Kennedy|John Kennedy (third baseman)}} | 78 | 179 | 35 | .196 | 1 | 17 |
align="center" | 63 | 149 | 40 | .268 | 0 | 10 |
align="center" | 68 | 118 | 16 | .136 | 1 | 3 |
align="center" | 22 | 63 | 16 | .254 | 2 | 9 |
align="center" | 20 | 58 | 18 | .310 | 1 | 5 |
align="center"
| {{sortname|Frank|Fernández|Frank Fernández (baseball)}} | 9 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 1 | 4 |
align="center" | 8 | 27 | 8 | .296 | 2 | 6 |
align="center" | 17 | 26 | 2 | .077 | 0 | 0 |
align="center" | 16 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 1 | 2 |
align="center" | 14 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
align="center"
| {{sortname|Frank|Tepedino}} | 9 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
align="center" | 6 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 |
align="center" | 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
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bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
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align="center" | 36 | 255.0 | 15 | 15 | 2.96 | 151 |
align="center"
| {{sortname|Al|Downing|Al Downing (baseball)}} | 31 | 201.2 | 14 | 10 | 2.63 | 171 |
align="center" | 36 | 181.1 | 8 | 14 | 3.47 | 102 |
align="center" | 29 | 138.2 | 6 | 8 | 4.22 | 61 |
align="center"
| {{sortname|Steve|Barber}} | 17 | 97.2 | 6 | 9 | 4.05 | 70 |
align="center" | 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
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bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
align="center" | 33 | 133.1 | 6 | 5 | 2.36 | 53 |
align="center" | 43 | 98.1 | 3 | 9 | 4.03 | 62 |
align="center" | 28 | 80.1 | 4 | 3 | 2.80 | 39 |
align="center" | 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
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bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
align="center" | 65 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 2.41 | 57 |
align="center" | 44 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3.48 | 55 |
align="center" | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.28 | 24 |
align="center"
| {{sortname|Jim|Bouton}} | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.67 | 31 |
align="center" | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Farm system
{{See also|Minor League Baseball}}
{{MLB Farm System|level15=AAA|team15=Syracuse Chiefs|league15=International League|manager15=Gary Blaylock
|level16=AA |team16=Binghamton Triplets|league16=Eastern League|manager16=Jack Reed
|level17=A |team17=Greensboro Yankees|league17=Carolina League|manager17=Bob Bauer
|level18=A |team18=Fort Lauderdale Yankees|league18=Florida State League|manager18=Billy Shantz
|level19=A-Short Season|team19=Oneonta Yankees|league19=New York–Penn League|manager19=Frank Verdi
|level20=Rookie|team20=Johnson City Yankees|league20=Appalachian League|manager20=Dick Berardino
}}
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BinghamtonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
Notes
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References
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1967.shtml 1967 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference]
- [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1967&t=NYA 1967 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
{{1967 MLB season by team}}
{{New York Yankees}}