The 1967 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished tied for second in the American League with the Minnesota Twins with 91 wins and 71 losses, one game behind the AL pennant-winning Boston Red Sox.
1967 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | John Fetzer | |
General managers | Jim Campbell | |
Managers | Mayo Smith | |
Television | WJBK (George Kell, Larry Osterman) | |
Radio | WJR (Ernie Harwell, Ray Lane) | |
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The season is notable as during the middle of the 1967 season, a number of home games were cancelled due to the 1967 Detroit riots; this would be the last time a game would be cancelled due to rioting, until the 1992 LA Dodgers had their games cancelled due to the 1992 riots.
Regular season
edit- On April 30, 1967, Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Barber threw a no-hitter versus the Detroit Tigers but lost in a 2–1 final. Barber would become the first pitcher in the history of the American League whose no-hit game ended in a loss.[1]
Season standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||||||||||
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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
edit- June 6, 1967: Geoff Zahn was drafted by the Tigers in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.[2]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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C | Bill Freehan | 155 | 517 | 146 | .282 | 20 | 74 |
1B | Norm Cash | 152 | 488 | 118 | .242 | 22 | 72 |
2B | Dick McAuliffe | 153 | 557 | 133 | .239 | 22 | 65 |
SS | Ray Oyler | 148 | 367 | 76 | .207 | 1 | 29 |
3B | Don Wert | 142 | 534 | 137 | .257 | 6 | 40 |
LF | Willie Horton | 122 | 401 | 110 | .274 | 19 | 67 |
CF | Mickey Stanley | 145 | 333 | 70 | .210 | 7 | 24 |
RF | Al Kaline | 131 | 458 | 141 | .308 | 25 | 78 |
Other batters
editNote: 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 |
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Jim Northrup | 144 | 495 | 134 | .271 | 10 | 61 |
Jerry Lumpe | 81 | 177 | 41 | .232 | 4 | 17 |
Lenny Green | 58 | 151 | 42 | .278 | 1 | 13 |
Eddie Mathews | 36 | 108 | 25 | .231 | 6 | 19 |
Dick Tracewski | 74 | 107 | 30 | .280 | 1 | 8 |
Jim Price | 44 | 92 | 24 | .261 | 0 | 8 |
Gates Brown | 51 | 91 | 17 | .187 | 2 | 9 |
Jim Landis | 25 | 48 | 10 | .208 | 2 | 4 |
Bill Heath | 20 | 32 | 4 | .125 | 0 | 4 |
Jake Wood | 14 | 20 | 1 | .050 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Matchick | 8 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Comer | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Campbell | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Earl Wilson | 39 | 264.0 | 22 | 11 | 3.27 | 184 |
Denny McLain | 37 | 235.0 | 17 | 16 | 3.79 | 161 |
Joe Sparma | 37 | 217.2 | 16 | 9 | 3.76 | 153 |
Mickey Lolich | 31 | 204.0 | 14 | 13 | 3.04 | 174 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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John Hiller | 23 | 65.0 | 4 | 3 | 2.63 | 49 |
Johnny Podres | 21 | 63.1 | 3 | 1 | 3.84 | 34 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Fred Gladding | 42 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1.99 | 64 |
Mike Marshall | 37 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1.98 | 41 |
Dave Wickersham | 36 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2.74 | 44 |
Hank Aguirre | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.40 | 33 |
Pat Dobson | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.92 | 34 |
Larry Sherry | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.43 | 20 |
Fred Lasher | 17 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3.90 | 28 |
George Korince | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 11 |
Johnny Klippstein | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 4 |
Orlando Peña | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |
Bill Monbouquette | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Farm system
editLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Toledo
Notes
edit- ^ 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.212
- ^ Geoff Zahn at Baseball Reference
References
edit- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1967 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference