1967 Cleveland Indians season

1967 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersVernon Stouffer
General managersGabe Paul
ManagersJoe Adcock
TelevisionWJW-TV
(Harry Jones, Herb Score)
RadioWERE
(Jimmy Dudley, Bob Neal)

The 1967 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished eighth in the American League with a record of 75–87, 17 games behind the Boston Red Sox.

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: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KCA MIN NYY WAS
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

  • July 20, 1967: Gary Kroll was purchased by the Indians from the Houston Astros.[3]
  • September 4, 1967: Jim Kern was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.[4]

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
# Name Position
25 Vic Davalillo CF
10 Max Alvis 3B
27 Leon Wagner LF
15 Fred Whitfield 1B
23 Chuck Hinton RF
18 Gus Gil 2B
9 Duke Sims C
16 Larry Brown SS
48 Sam McDowell P

[5]

Roster

1967 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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 Joe Azcue 86 295 74 .251 11 34
1B Tony Horton 106 363 102 .281 10 44
2B Vern Fuller 73 206 46 .223 7 21
SS Larry Brown 152 485 110 .227 7 37
3B Max Alvis 161 637 163 .256 21 70
LF Leon Wagner 135 433 105 .242 15 54
CF Vic Davalillo 139 359 103 .287 2 22
RF Chuck Hinton 147 498 122 .245 10 37

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
Lee Maye 115 297 77 .259 9 27
Duke Sims 88 272 55 .202 12 37
Fred Whitfield 100 257 56 .218 9 31
Chico Salmon 90 203 46 .227 2 19
Rocky Colavito 63 191 46 .241 5 21
Pedro González 80 189 43 .228 1 8
Don Demeter 51 121 25 .207 5 12
Gus Gil 51 96 11 .115 0 5
Richie Scheinblum 18 66 21 .318 0 6
José Vidal 16 34 4 .118 0 0
Willie Smith 21 32 7 .219 0 2
Jim King 19 21 3 .143 0 0
Ray Fosse 7 16 1 .063 0 0
Gordy Lund 3 8 2 .250 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
Sam McDowell 37 236.1 13 15 3.85 236
Steve Hargan 30 223.0 14 13 2.62 141
Luis Tiant 33 213.2 12 9 2.74 219
Sonny Siebert 34 185.1 10 12 2.38 136
Gary Bell 9 60.2 1 5 3.71 39

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
John O'Donoghue 33 130.2 8 9 3.24 81
Stan Williams 16 79.0 6 4 2.62 75
Ed Connolly 15 49.1 2 1 7.48 45

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
Orlando Peña 48 0 3 8 3.36 72
George Culver 53 7 3 3 3.96 41
Bob Allen 47 0 5 5 2.98 50
Steve Bailey 32 2 5 2 3.90 46
Bobby Tiefenauer 5 0 1 0 0.79 6
Dick Radatz 3 0 0 0 6.00 1
Jack Kralick 2 0 2 0 9.00 1
Tom Kelley 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Johnny Lipon
AA Pawtucket Indians Eastern League Red Davis
A Reno Silver Sox California League Phil Cavarretta
A Rock Hill Indians Western Carolinas League Pinky May
Rookie GCL Indians Gulf Coast League Gordon Seyfried

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References

  1. ^ Lou Klimchock at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Lee Maye at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Gary Kroll at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Jim Kern at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ 1967 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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