The 1967 Chicago Cubs season was the 96th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 92nd in the National League and the 52nd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 87–74, fourteen games behind the NL and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.
1967 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |
General managers | John Holland | |
Managers | Leo Durocher | |
Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) | |
Radio | WGN (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau) | |
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Offseason edit
- October 18, 1966: Joey Amalfitano was released by the Cubs.[1]
- October 18, 1966: Marty Keough was released by the Cubs.[2]
- November 29, 1966: Chris Krug and Wayne Schurr were traded by the Cubs to the California Angels for Mike White and Don Furnald (minors).[3]
- November 29, 1966: Hal Haydel was drafted from the Cubs by the San Francisco Giants in the 1966 minor league draft.[4]
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 101 | 60 | 0.627 | — | 49–32 | 52–28 |
San Francisco Giants | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | 10½ | 51–31 | 40–40 |
Chicago Cubs | 87 | 74 | 0.540 | 14 | 49–34 | 38–40 |
Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 14½ | 49–32 | 38–43 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 19½ | 45–35 | 37–45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 20½ | 49–32 | 32–49 |
Atlanta Braves | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 24½ | 48–33 | 29–52 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 28½ | 42–39 | 31–50 |
Houston Astros | 69 | 93 | 0.426 | 32½ | 46–35 | 23–58 |
New York Mets | 61 | 101 | 0.377 | 40½ | 36–42 | 25–59 |
Record vs. opponents edit
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 11–7 | 5–13 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 6–12 | |||||
Chicago | 7–11 | — | 12–6 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 11–7 | 11–7–1 | 10–8 | 6–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–5 | 6–12 | — | 15–3 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 5–13 | |||||
Houston | 7–11 | 10–8 | 3–15 | — | 10–8 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–12 | |||||
Los Angeles | 10–8 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 8–10 | — | 12–6 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 5–13 | 6–12 | |||||
New York | 10–8 | 5–13 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 6–12 | — | 4–14 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 7–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8-10 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 14–4 | — | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–12 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–8 | 7–11–1 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 10–8 | — | 8–10 | 11–7 | |||||
San Francisco | 8–10 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 10–8 | — | 7–11 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–6 | 11–6 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 11–7 | — |
Notable transactions edit
- May 20, 1967: Joey Amalfitano was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.[1]
- July 6, 1967: Joey Amalfitano was released by the Cubs.[1]
- July 24, 1967: Bob Shaw was purchased by the Cubs from the New York Mets.[5]
- September 19, 1967: Bob Shaw was released by the Cubs.[5]
Roster edit
1967 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches |
Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
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C | Randy Hundley | 152 | 539 | 144 | .267 | 14 | 60 |
1B | Ernie Banks | 151 | 573 | 158 | .276 | 23 | 95 |
2B | Glenn Beckert | 146 | 597 | 167 | .280 | 5 | 40 |
SS | Don Kessinger | 145 | 580 | 134 | .231 | 0 | 42 |
3B | Ron Santo | 161 | 586 | 176 | .300 | 31 | 98 |
LF | Billy Williams | 162 | 634 | 176 | .278 | 28 | 84 |
CF | Adolfo Phillips | 144 | 448 | 120 | .268 | 17 | 70 |
RF | Ted Savage | 96 | 225 | 49 | .218 | 5 | 33 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Lee Thomas | 77 | 191 | 42 | .220 | 2 | 23 |
Paul Popovich | 49 | 159 | 34 | .214 | 0 | 2 |
Clarence Jones | 53 | 135 | 34 | .252 | 2 | 16 |
Al Spangler | 62 | 130 | 33 | .254 | 0 | 13 |
Norm Gigon | 34 | 70 | 12 | .171 | 1 | 6 |
John Stephenson | 18 | 49 | 11 | .224 | 0 | 5 |
John Boccabella | 25 | 35 | 6 | .171 | 0 | 8 |
Bob Raudman | 8 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
Byron Browne | 10 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 2 |
George Altman | 15 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
Dick Bertell | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Stewart | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Campbell | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Joey Amalfitano | 4 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: 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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Ferguson Jenkins | 38 | 289.1 | 20 | 13 | 2.80 | 236 |
Rich Nye | 35 | 205.0 | 13 | 10 | 3.20 | 119 |
Ray Culp | 30 | 152.2 | 8 | 11 | 3.89 | 111 |
Ken Holtzman | 12 | 92.2 | 9 | 0 | 2.53 | 62 |
Curt Simmons | 17 | 82.0 | 3 | 7 | 4.94 | 31 |
Dick Calmus | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 1 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: 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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Joe Niekro | 36 | 169.2 | 10 | 7 | 3.34 | 77 |
Bill Hands | 49 | 150.0 | 7 | 8 | 2.46 | 84 |
Rob Gardner | 18 | 31.2 | 0 | 2 | 3.98 | 16 |
Bob Shaw | 9 | 22.1 | 0 | 2 | 6.04 | 7 |
Jim Ellis | 8 | 16.2 | 1 | 1 | 3.24 | 8 |
Rick James | 3 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 2 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: 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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Chuck Hartenstein | 45 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 3.08 | 20 |
Cal Koonce | 34 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.59 | 28 |
Bill Stoneman | 28 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3.29 | 52 |
Dick Radatz | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6.56 | 18 |
Bob Hendley | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6.57 | 10 |
Pete Mikkelsen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 0 |
John Upham | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.75 | 2 |
Don Larsen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
Fred Norman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
Farm system edit
Duluth-Superior affiliation shared with Chicago White Sox
References edit
- ^ a b c Joey Amalfitano at Baseball Reference
- ^ Marty Keough at Baseball Reference
- ^ Chris Krug at Baseball Reference
- ^ Hal Haydel at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Bob Shaw at Baseball-Reference