1967 Boston Red Sox
American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record92–70 (.568)
League place1st
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersDick O'Connell
ManagersDick Williams
TelevisionWHDH-TV Channel 5
RadioWHDH-AM 850
(Ken Coleman, Ned Martin, Mel Parnell)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

The 1967 Boston Red Sox season was the 67th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses. The team then faced the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals in the 1967 World Series, which the Red Sox lost in seven games.

The regular season had one of the most memorable finishes in baseball history, as the AL pennant race went to the last game, with the Red Sox finishing one game ahead of both the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins in the final AL standings. Red Sox left fielder Carl Yastrzemski won the Triple Crown, tying Harmon Killebrew for the AL lead in home runs (44) while leading the league in runs batted in (121) and batting average (.326).[1]

Often referred to as "The Impossible Dream", this was the team's first winning season since 1958, as the Red Sox shocked all of New England and the rest of the baseball world by reaching the World Series for the first time since 1946.

Offseason

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Preseason: Low expectations

The Red Sox entered the 1967 season as "doormats" of the American League, with low expectations, low attendance to begin the season, and little known talent outside of team captain Carl Yastrzemski. They had had losing seasons for each of the previous eight years. Two years earlier, the Red Sox had finished the 1965 season with 100 losses. In addition, the team posted ninth-place finishes in 1965 and 1966. Low expectations for the season were demonstrated by the measly 8,324 fans who attended Opening Day, which about matched their average attendance throughout the 1960s.[9]

Regular season

Boston historians consider the 1967 Red Sox season as the "re-invention" of Boston Red Sox baseball. Every aspect of Boston baseball was transformed at the hands of this club. For instance, in 1966, the Red Sox ranked eighth out of ten American League teams in home attendance (811,172). The 1967 season set a Fenway Park record and the Sox finished first in the league in home attendance (1,727,832). Jerry Remy (former Red Sox television broadcaster for NESN) is quoted as saying, "1967 created the Red Sox craze and Red Sox Nation we have today. They re-invented baseball in New England."

Major personnel moves

In 1967, Dick Williams became the manager of the Red Sox. Previously, he had coached the Red Sox' farm club in Toronto. Williams was a stern disciplinarian and enacted a get tough policy. He stressed the fundamentals. In spring training, he had called George Scott "George Scott".[10]

The Red Sox also made two major acquisitions down the stretch. The first came on August 3, when the Red Sox acquired catcher Elston Howard from the New York Yankees. Howard would hit just .147 while replacing Mike Ryan as the starting catcher, forcing the Red Sox to turn to third-stringer Russ Gibson more and more often down the stretch.[11] While Gibson hit just .203, it was better than either Howard or Ryan (who hit .199) had managed during the season. The acquisition was more about Howard's experience: the Red Sox had a very young team, and Howard was a good influence on their pitching staff. The second was on August 28, when they signed outfielder Ken Harrelson after the Kansas City Athletics released him.[12] Harrelson replaced José Tartabull as the starting right fielder.[11] Tartabull himself had replaced the injured Tony Conigliaro,[11] who was out for the season after a brutal beaning, detailed below.

With the players on their roster averaging 25.4 years of age, the 1967 Red Sox were the second-youngest team in Major League Baseball that season; only the cellar-dwelling Athletics (24.8) were younger.[13]

Setback: Tony Conigliaro

Throughout the season of 1967, the Red Sox were clicking offensively and defensively right from Opening Day. One of the keys to the Red Sox instant success was young, fan-favorite Tony Conigliaro. Entering his fourth season in 1967, Conigliaro set the bar for his personal success very high, as he achieved immediate success his first three years in the major leagues. In fact, Conigliaro slugged an amazing 24 home runs his rookie season in 1964, followed by an AL leading 32 home runs his sophomore season in 1965 and 28 in 1966. As the Red Sox showed promise in the early part of the 1967 season, Conigliaro's expectations from the fans rose exponentially.

Throughout Conigliaro's first three seasons, minor and typical baseball injuries struck the young player. He had broken his left arm his rookie season, broken his left wrist his sophomore season after being hit by a pitch, and missed day-to-day action on other various minor injuries. Nothing serious had prevented Conigliaro from bouncing back and continuing to see offensive success at an unparalleled rapid pace. Some Red Sox die-hards in fact predicted Conigliaro would finish his career with better numbers than the great Ted Williams.

On August 18, 1967, in the fifth inning of a mid-summer game between Boston and the California Angels at Fenway Park, Conigliaro was beaned by a pitch from Angels pitcher Jack Hamilton right above the left cheek bone. Conigliaro was immediately knocked unconscious and was taken off the field on a stretcher. It was later announced that the slugger had sustained severe damage to his cheek bone and the retina of his eye. Conigliaro missed the remainder of the 1967 season and, as Boston held its breath for their young phenom, memories of the long drought of being a winning team in baseball had crept over the Fenway crowd. (No mentions of a curse, however. The idea of the "Curse of the Bambino" would not be entertained for another 20 years.)

Though their young All-Star was out indefinitely, the Red Sox won the game and continued on to win the American League Championship. However, faith from Red Sox fans had to be found without Conigliaro. He would return a year later, and earn Comeback Player of the Year Award in 1969. In 1970, he would reach career-high numbers in HRs (36) and RBI (116). Problems with Conigliaro's eyesight returned in 1971 and he had to retire from major league baseball following a stint with the California Angels that year. His eyesight improved to the point that he attempted—and briefly succeeded—in a comeback attempt with the Red Sox during the spring of 1975. However following an early season injury he was replaced in the lineup by rookie and future Hall-of-Famer Jim Rice, and was released shortly thereafter, never to return to professional baseball.

Carl Yastrzemski

During the "impossible dream" of 1967, Red Sox slugger and the 1963 batting champion, Carl Yastrzemski, led the Red Sox in his break-out season, transforming his young career and elevating himself from All-Star to Most Valuable Player. "Yaz" led the Red Sox in batting average, hits, home runs, runs batted in, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, on-base + slugging, games played, at bat appearances, runs scored, total bases, doubles, base on balls (walks) and extra base hits. He was also named to his fourth All-Star Game, which was the third straight year he received this honor.

All of these team categories in which he led the club were overshadowed by his accomplishments in offensive statistics league-wide. Yastrzemski batted .326 on the season, slugged 44 home runs, and drove in 121 RBIs, which led the American League in all three of these main offensive categories (Yastrzemski was actually tied in the home run category with Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins). In leading the league in home runs, RBIs, and batting average, Yastrzemski achieved the Triple Crown. Only one Red Sox player in history had reached this milestone—Ted Williams, who did it twice, in 1942 and 1947. It was the second consecutive year that the Triple Crown was achieved in the American League, Frank Robinson having won the honor in 1966 during his first year with the Baltimore Orioles. It took 45 years before another triple crown was won, by Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers in 2012. In the scope of this season that had begun with low expectations for the Boston Red Sox, the leadership and outstanding batting by Yastrzemski added to the "impossible" feeling that the season overall had overwhelmed the New England region.

Yastrzemski ended the season with numerous awards and honors: 1967 All-Star, 1967 Most Valuable Player, 1967 Outfield Gold Glove, 1967 Major League Player of the Year. Statistically, Yastrzemski dominated the American League, as he had his own team. He led the league in: batting average, runs batted in, home runs, runs, slugging percentage, on-base plus slugging, hits, on-base percentage, and total bases.

The setting

Red Sox second baseman Mike Andrews says of the times: "This chaotic war was going on while we were playing baseball. To think that baseball could be meaningful to these wounded soldiers was unbelievable."[9] Four Red Sox players—All-Stars Jim Lonborg and Tony Conigliaro, along with Dalton Jones and Bill Landis—were drafted for military service. The four served two-week stints in the military reserve.

Season summary

Early games

As a 21-year-old rookie, Billy Rohr made his first start on April 14 at Yankee Stadium facing Whitey Ford. He was one strike away from a no-hitter when Elston Howard, who would join the Red Sox later that season, hit a soft single into right-center field. Yastrzemski had saved Rohr's no-hit bid earlier in the game when he made an over-the-shoulder running-away catch deep in left field off the bat of Tom Tresh. Following Howard's single, Rohr proceeded to retire the next batter for a 3–0 shutout. Four days later at Fenway Park, he beat the Yankees again, 6–1. Mel Stottlemyre was charged with the loss. However Rohr only won one more major league game and was out of the majors after the 1968 season.

August

Right out of the gate, the Red Sox showed contender capabilities and entering August, were only two and a half games behind the league-leading Chicago White Sox and were eight games over .500. By month's end, the White Sox lost hold of first-place and on August 26, the Red Sox sat atop the American League at 72–56. A five-way race between the Red Sox, White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, and the California Angels developed for the American League pennant. The Angels slumped in early September to fall out of the race, and the White Sox slumped in the next to last week of the season.

Down the stretch

Starting September—the last month of the season—the Red Sox sat atop of the American League, but were caught in a dog-fight with Chicago, Minnesota and Detroit. The four teams were separated by half a game and all jumped between first to fourth sporadically. The pennant race was coming down to the last weekend of the season. Unfortunately for the White Sox, a three-game sweep at the hands of the Washington Senators left Chicago three games out of first place and the pennant scramble a three-team race. The Red Sox faced the Twins in a two-game series at Fenway Park on that last weekend. The Twins were in first place, ahead by one game over the Red Sox.[12] To win the pennant, The Red Sox had to sweep the Twins while the Detroit Tigers, playing the California Angels, would have to lose at least one more game.

From left: Coach Bobby Doerr, Dalton Jones, Rico Petrocelli, Manager Dick Williams, Red Sox VP Dick O'Connell, Mayor John F. Collins

Carl Yastrzemski, vying for the triple crown, led the American League in batting average and RBI, and shared the home run lead with Harmon Killebrew of the Twins. Both players hit one home run in the series, so Yastrzemski won the triple crown. Yastrzemski went 7 for 8 with a home run and 6 RBI in the two-game series. In the last game of the season, 21-game winner Jim Lonborg got the start for the Red Sox vs. the Twins' 20-game winner Dean Chance. The Red Sox won the game 5–3 with a five-run sixth inning, and Lonborg finished the season with 22 victories. Afterwards, the Red Sox were forced to watch the Tigers-Angels doubleheader in the clubhouse. In Detroit, the Tigers won the first game of a double header vs. the Angels, and needed to win the second game to tie the Red Sox for first place. But their bullpen failed, and the Angels' Rick Reichardt hit a home run in an 8–5 Angel win. The Red Sox had won their first American League pennant in 21 years.[12] Mayor of Boston John F. Collins declared October 3, the day before the start of the World Series, as "Boston Red Sox Day".[14]

Aftermath

Although the Red Sox did not complete the unbelievable task and lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1967 World Series, the overachieving club is considered among the greatest Red Sox teams in club history. Beyond Yastrzemski completing one of the best single season offensive campaigns, Red Sox players dominated the American League across the board. Pitcher Jim Lonborg won the Cy Young Award. The two Sox All-Stars, joined by Tony Conigliaro and Rico Petrocelli, comprised the four Red Sox named to the American League All-Star team.

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9270 0.568 — 49–32 43–38
Detroit Tigers 9171 0.562 1 52–29 39–42
Minnesota Twins 9171 0.562 1 52–29 39–42
Chicago White Sox 8973 0.549 3 49–33 40–40
California Angels 8477 0.522 7½ 53–30 31–47
Washington Senators 7685 0.472 15½ 40–40 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 7685 0.472 15½ 35–42 41–43
Cleveland Indians 7587 0.463 17 36–45 39–42
New York Yankees 7290 0.444 20 43–38 29–52
Kansas City Athletics 6299 0.385 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 —10–86–117–119–93–1510–88–1013–510–8
Boston 8–10—10–88–1013–511–712–67–1112–611–7
California 11–68–10—7–1114–48–1014–47–119–96–12
Chicago 11–710–811–7—12–68–108–109–912–68–10
Cleveland 9–95–134–146–12—8–1011–710–89–913–5
Detroit 15–37–1110–810–810–8—12–68–10–110–89–9
Kansas City 8–106–124–1410–87–116–12—8–107–116–11
Minnesota 10–811–711–79–98–1010–8–110–8—12–6–110–8
New York 5–136–129–96–129–98–1011–76–12–1—12–6
Washington 8–107–1112–610–85–139–911–68–106–12—

Opening Day lineup

12José TartabullCF
  1Joe Foy3B
  8Carl Yastrzemski  LF
25Tony ConigliaroRF
  5George Scott1B
  7Reggie Smith2B
  6Rico PetrocelliSS
22Mike RyanC
16Jim LonborgP

Notable transactions

Roster

1967 Boston Red Sox
Roster
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Infielders

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Coaches

Game log

1967 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 12White Sox5–4Lonborg (1–0)Buzhardt (0–1)McMahon (1)8,3241–0
2April 13White Sox8–5Lamabe (1–0)Fischer (0–1)Locker (1)3,6071–1
3April 14@ Yankees3–0Rohr (1–0)Ford (0–1)14,3752–1
4April 15@ Yankees1–0Stottlemyre (2–0)Bennett (0–1)12,0352–2
5April 16@ Yankees7 – 6 (18)Downing (1–0)Stange (0–1)19,2902–3
6April 18@ White Sox5–2Howard (1–0)Brandon (0–1)1,3132–4
7April 21Yankees6–1Rohr (2–0)Stottlemyre (2–1)25,6033–4
8April 22Yankees5–4Santiago (1–0)Womack (0–1)McMahon (2)8,1894–4
9April 23Yankees7–5Downing (2–0)Santiago (1–1)18,0414–5
10April 24@ Senators7–4Wyatt (1–0)Lines (0–1)2,2355–5
11April 25@ Senators9–3Fischer (1–1)Richert (0–3)3,3676–5
12April 28Athletics3–0Lonborg (2–0)Hunter (2–1)9,0267–5
13April 29Athletics11 – 10 (15)McMahon (1–0)Aker (2–1)9,7248–5
14April 30Athletics1–0Nash (2–2)Brandon (0–2)31,4508–6
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
15May 1@ Angels4–0Bennett (1–1)Rubio (0–2)8,9569–6
16May 2@ Angels3–2McGlothlin (1–0)Fischer (1–2)8,1679–7
17May 3@ Angels2–1Kelso (2–0)Lonborg (2–1)8,8809–8
18May 5@ Twins5–2Grant (1–3)Rohr (2–1)Worthington (3)9,8939–9
19May 6@ Twins4–2Chance (4–1)Brandon (0–3)11,5959–10
20May 7@ Twins9–6Osinski (1–0)Perry (0–2)Wyatt (1)11,86410–10
21May 9@ Athletics4–3Krausse (1–4)McMahon (1–1)Aker (4)10–11
22May 9@ Athletics5–2Wyatt (2–0)Aker (2–2)Osinski (1)7,70811–11
23May 10@ Athletics7–4Lindblad (1–0)Stange (0–2)4,99611–12
24May 12Tigers5–4Wilson (4–2)Brandon (0–4)Gladding (5)15,56411–13
25May 13Tigers10–8Korince (1–0)Wyatt (2–1)Wickersham (2)9,60611–14
26May 14Tigers8–5Lonborg (3–1)McLain (3–4)Fischer (1)12–14
27May 14Tigers13–9Santiago (2–1)Lolich (4–2)Cisco (1)16,43613–14
28May 16Orioles8–5Fisher (2–1)Wyatt (2–2)Miller (4)9,51013–15
29May 17Orioles12–8Dillman (2–0)Cisco (0–1)Drabowsky (2)8,71413–16
30May 19Indians3–2Lonborg (4–1)Bell (1–3)15,53414–16
31May 20Indians5 – 3 (10)Bailey (1–0)McMahon (1–2)8,99414–17
32May 21Indians4–3Wyatt (3–2)Siebert (3–3)Stange (1)15–17
33May 21Indians6–2Brandon (1–4)McDowell (2–2)24,97616–17
34May 23@ Tigers5–2Bennett (2–1)Lolich (5–3)Wyatt (2)7,57017–17
35May 24@ Tigers1–0Lonborg (5–1)McLain (4–5)9,89018–17
36May 25@ Tigers9–3Wilson (6–3)Santiago (2–2)8,78218–18
37May 26@ Orioles4–3Drabowsky (3–0)Rohr (2–2)13,78618–19
38May 27@ Orioles10–0Phoebus (3–1)Brandon (1–5)26,48818–20
39May 28@ Orioles4–3Lonborg (6–1)Barber (3–5)Wyatt (3)14,07119–20
40May 30Angels5–4Osinski (2–0)Kelso (2–1)Wyatt (4)20–20
41May 30Angels6–1Bennett (3–1)Brunet (1–8)32,01221–20
42May 31Twins3–2Brandon (2–5)Perry (0–3)Wyatt (5)12,33522–20
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
43June 1Twins4–0Chance (9–2)Rohr (2–3)12,23322–21
44June 2@ Indians2–1Lonborg (7–1)Siebert (4–4)8,80923–21
45June 3@ Indians6–2Bennett (4–1)Bell (1–5)Santiago (1)5,81624–21
46June 4@ Indians3–0Hargan (7–4)Stange (0–3)27,39524–22
47June 6@ White Sox5–3Wilhelm (3–1)Brandon (2–6)Wood (1)10,46324–23
48June 8@ White Sox5–2Horlen (7–0)Bennett (4–2)24–24
49June 8@ White Sox7–3Bell (2–5)Howard (1–4)4,74825–24
50June 9Senators8–7Santiago (3–2)Humphreys (1–1)Wyatt (6)25,32626–24
51June 10Senators7–3Pascual (6–3)Stange (0–4)Baldwin (5)15,63426–25
52June 11Senators4–3Santiago (4–2)Baldwin (0–1)Wyatt (7)27–25
53June 11Senators8–7Cox (1–0)Osinski (2–1)Priddy (2)16,59927–26
54June 12Yankees3–1Bell (3–5)Verbanic (2–1)18,93928–26
55June 13Yankees5–3Talbot (3–2)Lonborg (7–2)Womack (5)17,19028–27
56June 14White Sox8–7Peters (8–3)Bennett (4–3)Wood (3)28–28
57June 14White Sox6–1Stange (1–4)Klages (0–1)Santiago (2)22,17829–28
58June 15White Sox2 – 1 (11)Wyatt (4–2)Buzhardt (2–6)16,77530–28
59June 16@ Senators1–0Priddy (1–3)Bell (3–6)Baldwin (6)30–29
60June 16@ Senators4–3Cox (2–0)Wyatt (4–3)8,82030–30
61June 17@ Senators5–1Lonborg (8–2)Moore (3–4)3,94431–30
62June 18@ Senators3 – 2 (10)Knowles (4–5)Santiago (4–3)28,77631–31
63June 20@ Yankees7–1Bell (4–6)Stottlemyre (6–7)8,73932–31
64June 21@ Yankees8–1Lonborg (9–2)Tillotson (3–3)13,06133–31
65June 23Indians8–4Stange (2–4)Siebert (6–7)30,23334–31
66June 24Indians3–2Hargan (9–6)Brandon (2–7)30,02734–32
67June 25Indians8–3Bell (5–6)Tiant (6–2)Santiago (3)23,71935–32
68June 26@ Twins2–1Kaat (5–8)Lonborg (9–3)Worthington (10)13,70135–33
69June 27@ Twins3–2Waslewski (1–0)Chance (10–6)Wyatt (8)18,71136–33
70June 28@ Twins3–2Boswell (5–5)Stange (2–5)11,94036–34
71June 30@ Athletics5–3Bell (6–6)Nash (8–7)Wyatt (9)8,62937–34
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
72July 1@ Athletics10–2Lonborg (10–3)Dobson (4–5)Santiago (4)12,95138–34
73July 2@ Athletics2–1Waslewski (2–0)Hunter (8–6)Wyatt (10)9,26439–34
74July 3@ Angels9–3Stange (3–5)Hamilton (1–1)17,00540–34
75July 4@ Angels4–3Clark (6–6)Bell (6–7)Rojas (13)39,67340–35
76July 5@ Angels4–3Brunet (6–11)Santiago (4–4)12,08040–36
77July 7@ Tigers5 – 4 (11)Marshall (1–1)Wyatt (4–4)27,21340–37
78July 8@ Tigers2–0McLain (10–9)Stange (3–6)19,48140–38
79July 9@ Tigers10–4Wilson (10–7)Bell (6–8)Marshall (4)40–39
80July 9@ Tigers3–0Lonborg (11–3)Wickersham (4–2)Wyatt (11)48,26641–39
81July 13Orioles4–2Stange (4–6)Phoebus (7–4)Wyatt (12)19,17142–39
82July 13Orioles10–0McNally (6–5)Bell (6–9)23,11142–40
83July 14Orioles11–5Lonborg (12–3)Adamson (0–1)Wyatt (13)27,78743–40
84July 15Orioles5–1Santiago (5–4)Richert (5–10)Bell (1)16,02544–40
85July 16Tigers9–5Brandon (3–7)Sparma (9–3)Lyle (1)28,23745–40
86July 17Tigers7–1Stange (5–6)McLain (10–11)28,99146–40
87July 18@ Orioles6–2Lonborg (13–3)McNally (6–6)14,40947–40
88July 19@ Orioles6–4Santiago (6–4)Richert (6–11)12,15448–40
89July 21@ Indians6–2Brandon (4–7)Tiant (7–5)10,89349–40
90July 22@ Indians4–0Stange (6–6)Hargan (9–8)7,99050–40
91July 23@ Indians8–5Lonborg (14–3)O'Donoghue (5–3)51–40
92July 23@ Indians5–1Bell (7–9)Tiant (7–6)13,78652–40
93July 25Angels6–4Newman (1–0)Waslewski (2–1)21,52752–41
94July 26Angels9–6Landis (1–0)Rojas (7–6)Wyatt (14)32,40353–41
95July 27Angels6 – 5 (10)Lyle (1–0)Kelso (4–3)34,19354–41
96July 28Twins9–2Chance (12–8)Lonborg (14–4)33,07554–42
97July 29Twins6–3Wyatt (5–4)Worthington (6–6)Santiago (5)55–42
98July 29Twins10–3Perry (3–5)Waslewski (2–2)35,46955–43
99July 30Twins7–5Merritt (7–3)Brandon (4–8)Roland (2)24,45955–44
100July 31Twins4–0Stange (7–6)Boswell (8–8)22,60556–44
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
101August 1Athletics4–3Dobson (7–6)Morehead (0–1)56–45
102August 1Athletics8–3Lonborg (15–4)Sanford (4–4)Lyle (2)26,75057–45
103August 2Athletics8–6Segui (2–3)Wyatt (5–5)Krausse (2)24,58157–46
104August 3Athletics5–3Morehead (1–1)Hunter (9–11)Wyatt (15)18,92058–46
105August 4@ Twins3–0Merritt (8–3)Brandon (4–9)31,64558–47
106August 5@ Twins2–1Boswell (9–8)Stange (7–7)26,00358–48
107August 6@ Twins2 – 0 (5)Chance (14–8)Lonborg (15–5)26,00358–49
108August 7@ Athletics5–3Hunter (10–11)Morehead (1–2)Aker (12)58–50
109August 8@ Athletics7–5Wyatt (6–5)Stafford (0–1)Brandon (1)13,12559–50
110August 9@ Athletics5–1Lonborg (16–5)Nash (10–11)Lyle (3)7,31360–50
111August 11@ Angels1–0McGlothlin (10–4)Stange (7–8)26,77360–51
112August 12@ Angels2–1Hamilton (6–2)Bell (7–10)Rojas (21)32,82160–52
113August 13@ Angels3–2Clark (9–8)Lonborg (16–6)Kelso (9)22,00860–53
114August 15Tigers4–0Morehead (2–2)Sparma (12–5)27,12561–53
115August 16Tigers8–3Brandon (5–9)McLain (15–13)32,05162–53
116August 17Tigers7 – 4 (10)Gladding (4–4)Lyle (1–1)28,65362–54
117August 18Angels3–2Bell (8–10)Hamilton (6–3)31,02763–54
118August 19Angels12–11Osinski (3–1)Coates (0–2)Stephenson (1)24,11764–54
119August 20Angels12–2Stange (8–8)Brunet (11–15)65–54
120August 20Angels9–8Santiago (7–4)Rojas (9–8)33,84066–54
121August 21Senators6–5Wyatt (7–5)Knowles (5–7)26,01867–54
122August 22Senators2–1Stephenson (1–0)Ortega (9–6)Wyatt (16)68–54
123August 22Senators5–3Bell (9–10)Cox (6–2)Brandon (2)30,99469–54
124August 23Senators3–2Priddy (2–5)Lyle (1–2)33,68069–55
125August 24Senators7–5Morehead (3–2)Nold (0–2)Wyatt (17)31,28370–55
126August 25@ White Sox7–1Lonborg (17–6)Peters (14–7)71–55
127August 25@ White Sox2–1Locker (6–3)Wyatt (7–6)34,58071–56
128August 26@ White Sox6–2Stephenson (2–0)Horlen (14–5)Brandon (3)12,39172–56
129August 27@ White Sox4–3Bell (10–10)Klages (2–3)Wyatt (18)73–56
130August 27@ White Sox1 – 0 (11)Peters (15–7)Brandon (5–10)22,35273–57
131August 28@ Yankees3–0Morehead (4–2)Talbot (5–7)Lyle (4)27,29674–57
132August 29@ Yankees2–1Lonborg (18–6)Stottlemyre (13–11)75–57
133August 29@ Yankees4 – 3 (20)Bouton (1–0)Brandon (5–11)40,31475–58
134August 30@ Yankees2 – 1 (11)Wyatt (8–6)Downing (12–8)22,76676–58
135August 31White Sox4–2McMahon (4–2)Bell (10–11)35,13876–59
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1White Sox10–2Santiago (8–4)Peters (15–8)34,05477–59
137September 2White Sox4–1Horlen (15–6)Lonborg (18–7)28,22277–60
138September 3White Sox4–0John (9–9)Stange (8–9)29,81877–61
139September 4@ Senators5–2Pascual (12–10)Morehead (4–3)Knowles (12)77–62
140September 4@ Senators6–4Stephenson (3–0)Lines (1–5)Wyatt (19)32,35578–62
141September 5@ Senators8–2Bell (11–11)Bertaina (4–5)9,09379–62
142September 7Yankees3–1Lonborg (19–7)Stottlemyre (14–12)28,73880–62
143September 8Yankees5–2Monbouquette (4–4)Stange (8–10)Verbanic (2)33,53480–63
144September 9Yankees7–1Morehead (5–3)Barber (9–16)Lyle (5)32,11981–63
145September 10Yankees9–1Bell (12–11)Downing (13–9)26,34182–63
146September 12Athletics3–1Lonborg (20–7)Hunter (11–15)27,97683–63
147September 13Athletics4–2Wyatt (9–6)Aker (3–8)12,25784–63
148September 15Orioles6–2Phoebus (13–8)Morehead (5–4)Drabowsky (11)32,48984–64
149September 16Orioles4–1Hardin (7–2)Lonborg (20–8)27,21984–65
150September 17Orioles5–2Brabender (5–4)Bell (12–12)Miller (8)30,30184–66
151September 18@ Tigers6 – 5 (10)Santiago (9–4)Marshall (1–3)42,67485–66
152September 19@ Tigers4–2Santiago (10–4)Lolich (11–13)Bell (2)43,00486–66
153September 20@ Indians5–4Wyatt (10–6)Culver (7–3)6,60387–66
154September 21@ Indians6–5Bell (13–12)Hargan (14–13)Wyatt (20)4,49288–66
155September 22@ Orioles10–0Hardin (8–2)Stephenson (3–1)88–67
156September 22@ Orioles10–3Santiago (11–4)Richert (9–16)14,71489–67
157September 23@ Orioles7–5Miller (3–10)Wyatt (10–7)10,25189–68
158September 24@ Orioles11–7Lonborg (21–8)Phoebus (14–9)Osinski (2)5,60990–68
159September 26Indians6–3Tiant (12–9)Bell (13–13)16,65290–69
160September 27Indians6–0Siebert (10–12)Lonborg (21–9)Williams (1)18,41590–70
161September 30Twins6–4Santiago (12–4)Kline (7–1)Bell (3)32,90991–70
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1Twins5–3Lonborg (22–9)Chance (20–14)35,77092–70

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
CMike Ryan7922645.199227
1BGeorge Scott159565171.3031982
2BMike Andrews142494130.263840
3BJoe Foy130446112.2511649
SSRico Petrocelli142491127.2591766
LFCarl Yastrzemski161579189.32644121
CFReggie Smith158565139.2461561
RFTony Conigliaro95349100.2872067

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
Jerry Adair8931692.291326
José Tartabull11524755.223010
Dalton Jones8915946.289325
Russ Gibson4913828.203115
Elston Howard4211617.147111
George Thomas658919.21316
Ken Harrelson238016.200314
Bob Tillman306412.18814
Norm Siebern33449.20507
Don Demeter204312.27914
Tony Horton213912.30809
Jim Landis571.14311
Ken Poulsen551.20000

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
Jim Lonborg39273.12293.16246
Lee Stange35181.18102.77101
Gary Bell29165.11283.16115
Dennis Bennett1369.2433.8834
Billy Rohr1042.1235.1016

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
Bucky Brandon39157.25114.1796
José Santiago50145.11243.59109
Dave Morehead1047.2544.3440
Gary Waslewski1242.0223.2120
Jerry Stephenson839.2313.8624
Hank Fischer926.2122.3618

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
John Wyatt60107202.6068
Dan Osinski343122.5438
Sparky Lyle271252.2842
Bill Landis181005.2623
Galen Cisco110113.638
Don McMahon111223.5710
Ken Brett10004.502

1967 World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)
Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1Cardinals: 2, Red Sox: 1October 4Fenway Park34,7962:22
2Cardinals: 0, Red Sox: 5October 5Fenway Park35,1882:24
3Red Sox: 2, Cardinals: 5October 7Busch Memorial Stadium54,5752:15
4Red Sox: 0, Cardinals: 6October 8Busch Memorial Stadium54,5752:05
5Red Sox: 3, Cardinals: 1October 9Busch Memorial Stadium54,5752:20
6Cardinals: 4, Red Sox: 8October 11Fenway Park35,1882:48
7Cardinals: 7, Red Sox: 2October 12Fenway Park35,1882:23

Awards and honors

Individual awards and leaders

Team statistics

  • Batting average: 1st (.255)
  • Runs/game: 1st (4.46)
  • Hits: 1st (1394)
  • Home Runs: 1st (158)

Commemoration

The 2007 season marked the 40th anniversary of The Impossible Dream, which was honored and marked with Opening Day ceremonies featuring members of the 1967 Red Sox team and an hour-long documentary on NESN (a regional sports network part-owned by the Red Sox) called Impossible to Forget.[22] The Red Sox went on to win the 2007 World Series, a four-game sweep over the Colorado Rockies as well, to earn their second title in four years.

In October 2023, nine members of the team met at TD Garden in Boston to commemorate the season.[23] Of the 39 players who appeared in a game for the 1967 Red Sox, 20 were known to still be living.[23] Attending the reunion were: Gary Bell, Darrell "Bucky" Brandon, Jim Lonborg, Dave Morehead, Rico Petrocelli, Billy Rohr, José Santiago, George Thomas, and Carl Yastrzemski.[23]

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Eddie Kasko
AA Pittsfield Red Sox Eastern League Billy Gardner
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Bill Slack
A Waterloo Hawks Midwest League Rac Slider
A Greenville Red Sox Western Carolinas League Matt Sczesny

Source:[24]

References

  1. ↑ "1967 American League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Lamberty, Bill (June 1, 2019). "Amos Otis". Society for American Baseball Research. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  3. ↑ Nowlin, Bill. "Ed Connolly Jr". Society for American Baseball Research. Archived from the original on February 5, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  4. ↑ Skelton, David E. "Ed Rawkow". Society for American Baseball Research. Archived from the original on October 1, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Sheldon, Stigman go to Cincinnati". The Press-Courier. December 17, 1966. p. 11. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  6. ↑ Geoff Zahn at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ "Red Sox Sign Fisk". Reading Eagle. February 5, 1967. p. 53. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  8. ↑ Tony Muser at Baseball Reference
  9. 1 2 "Red Sox: A Retrospective of Boston Baseball." ISBN 1-4027-2796-8. page 104.
  10. ↑ Cole, Milton; Kaplan, Jim (2009). The Boston Red Sox: An Illustrated History. North Dighton, Massachusetts: World Publications Group. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-57215-412-4.
  11. 1 2 3 1967 Red Sox lineups from Baseball Reference
  12. 1 2 3 Cole, Milton; Kaplan, Jim (2009). The Boston Red Sox: An Illustrated History. North Dighton, Massachusetts: World Publications Group. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-57215-412-4.
  13. ↑ Baseball Reference: 1967 MLB Attendance & Team Age
  14. ↑ "Bedlam in Boston". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. AP. October 3, 1967. p. 9. Retrieved June 20, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ Jerry Adair at Baseball Reference
  16. ↑ Gary Bell at Baseball Reference
  17. ↑ Mike Garman at Baseball Reference
  18. ↑ Norm Siebern at Baseball Reference
  19. ↑ Elston Howard at Baseball Reference
  20. ↑ Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male)
  21. ↑ "Hutch Award". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  22. ↑ "Impossible Dream" remembered on Opening Day.
  23. 1 2 3 Abraham, Peter (October 10, 2023). "When the 1967 Red Sox get together 56 years later, it still feels like an impossible dream". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  24. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

Further reading

  • The 1967 Impossible Dream Red Sox: Pandemonium on the Field. Edited by Bill Nowlin and Dan Desrochers. Rounder Books. 2007. ISBN 978-1579401412.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Coleman, Ken; Valenti, Dan (1987). The Impossible Dream Remembered: The 1967 Red Sox. Stephen Greene Press. ISBN 0828905568.
  • Crehan, Herb (2016). The Impossible Dream 1967 Red Sox: Birth of Red Sox Nation. Summer Game Books. ISBN 978-1938545689.
  • Petrocelli, Rico; Scroggins, Chaz (2007). Rico Petrocelli's Tales from the Impossible Dream Red Sox. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 978-1596701915.
  • Petrocelli, Rico; Scroggins, Chaz (2017). Tales from the 1967 Red Sox: A Collection of the Greatest Stories Ever Told. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 978-1683580508.
  • Reynolds, Bill (1992). Lost Summer: The '67 Red Sox and the Impossible Dream. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 0446516155.
  • Sinibaldi, Raymond (2014). 1967 Red Sox: The Impossible Dream Season. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1467120937.
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