1967 New York Yankees season

1967 New York Yankees
1967 New York Yankees
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. 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.^[1]
November 29, 1966: Clete Boyer was traded by the Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for Bill Robinson and Chi-Chi Olivo.^[2]
December 8, 1966: Roger Maris was traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Charley Smith.^[3]
December 10, 1966: Pedro Ramos was traded by the Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Joe Verbanic and cash.^[4]

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.^[5]

Season standings

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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 v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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

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.^[6]
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.^[7]
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.^[8]

Roster

1967 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

49 Charlie Sands

Manager

35 Ralph Houk

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