1967 Chicago White Sox season

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1967 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkWhite Sox Park
CityChicago
OwnersArthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General managersEd Short
ManagersEddie Stanky
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit)
RadioWMAQ (AM)
(Bob Elson, Red Rush)
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The 1967 season was the Chicago White Sox' 67th season in the major leagues, and its 68th season overall. They finished with a record of 89–73, good enough for fourth place in the American League, 3 games behind the first-place Boston Red Sox. The team's earned run average (ERA) of 2.45 is the lowest in the live-ball era (1920 onwards).[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 92 70 0.568 49–32 43–38
Detroit Tigers 91 71 0.562 1 52–29 39–42
Minnesota Twins 91 71 0.562 1 52–29 39–42
Chicago White Sox 89 73 0.549 3 49–33 40–40
California Angels 84 77 0.522 53–30 31–47
Washington Senators 76 85 0.472 15½ 40–40 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 76 85 0.472 15½ 35–42 41–43
Cleveland Indians 75 87 0.463 17 36–45 39–42
New York Yankees 72 90 0.444 20 43–38 29–52
Kansas City Athletics 62 99 0.385 29½ 37–44 25–55

Record vs. opponents


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

Roster

1967 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Jerry Adair, 2B 28 98 6 20 4 0 0 9 4 17 .204 0
Tommie Agee, CF,LF,RF 158 529 73 124 26 2 14 52 44 129 .234 28
Sandy Alomar Sr., SS,2B 12 15 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200 2
Ken Berry, RF,CF,LF 147 485 49 117 14 4 7 41 46 68 .241 9
Ken Boyer, 3B,1B 57 180 17 47 5 1 4 21 7 25 .261 0
Buddy Bradford, OF 24 20 6 2 1 0 0 1 1 7 .100 1
Don Buford, 3B,2B 156 535 61 129 10 9 4 32 65 51 .241 34
Smoky Burgess, PH 77 60 2 8 1 0 2 11 14 8 .133 0
Wayne Causey, 2B 124 292 21 66 10 3 1 28 32 35 .226 2
Rocky Colavito, RF,LF 60 190 20 42 4 1 3 29 25 10 .221 1
Ron Hansen, SS 157 498 35 116 20 0 8 51 64 51 .233 0
Ed Herrmann, C 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .667 0
Duane Josephson, C 62 189 11 45 5 1 1 9 6 24 .238 0
Dick Kenworthy, 3B 50 97 9 22 4 1 4 11 4 17 .227 0
Jim King, OF 23 50 2 6 1 0 0 2 4 16 .120 0
J. C. Martin, C 101 252 22 59 12 1 4 22 30 41 .234 4
Jerry McNertney, C 56 123 8 28 6 0 3 13 6 14 .228 0
Tommy McCraw, 1B,CF 125 453 55 107 18 3 11 45 33 55 .236 24
Rich Morales, SS 8 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0
Cotton Nash, 1B 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0
Bill Skowron, PH 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0
Marv Staehle, 2B,SS 32 54 1 6 1 0 0 1 4 8 .111 1
Jimmy Stewart, 2B,LF 24 18 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 .167 1
Ed Stroud, LF,RF 20 27 6 8 0 1 0 3 1 5 .296 7
Bill Voss, OF 13 22 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .091 1
Pete Ward, LF,1B,RF,3B 146 467 49 109 16 2 18 62 61 109 .233 3
Al Weis, 2B,SS 50 53 9 13 2 0 0 4 1 7 .245 3
Walt Williams, LF,RF 104 275 35 66 16 3 3 15 17 20 .240 3
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
John Buzhardt, P 28 20 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 7 .200 0
Cisco Carlos, P 8 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 .063 0
Dennis Higgins, P 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Joe Horlen, P 51 83 8 14 1 0 0 5 1 14 .169 0
Bruce Howard, P 30 28 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 9 .179 0
Tommy John, P 31 51 0 8 0 0 0 2 1 12 .157 0
Steve Jones, P 11 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 0
Fred Klages, P 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 .000 0
Bob Locker, P 77 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 0
Don McMahon, P 52 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 .182 0
Jim O'Toole, P 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 .077 0
Gary Peters, P 48 99 10 21 0 2 2 13 2 23 .212 0
Hoyt Wilhelm, P 49 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 .077 0
Wilbur Wood, P 51 16 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 11 .063 0
Team Totals
162 5383 531 1209 181 34 89 491 480 849 .225 124

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
John Buzhardt 3 9 3.96 28 7 0 88.2 100 44 39 11 42 33
Cisco Carlos 2 0 0.86 8 7 0 41.2 23 5 4 0 9 27
Dennis Higgins 1 2 5.84 9 0 0 12.1 13 9 8 0 10 8
Joe Horlen 19 7 2.06 35 35 0 258.0 188 66 59 13 62 103
Bruce Howard 3 10 3.43 30 17 0 112.2 102 55 43 9 53 76
Tommy John 10 13 2.47 31 29 0 178.1 143 62 49 12 54 110
Steve Jones 2 2 4.21 11 3 0 25.2 21 13 12 1 12 17
Fred Klages 4 4 3.83 11 9 0 44.2 43 19 19 6 17 17
Jack Lamabe 1 0 1.80 3 0 0 5.0 7 2 1 0 2 3
Bob Locker 7 5 2.09 77 0 20 124.2 102 34 29 5 28 80
Don McMahon 5 0 1.67 52 0 3 91.2 54 21 17 5 31 74
Aurelio Monteagudo 0 1 20.25 1 1 0 1.1 4 3 3 1 2 0
Roger Nelson 0 1 1.29 5 0 0 7.0 4 1 1 1 0 4
Jim O'Toole 4 3 2.82 15 10 0 54.1 53 21 17 4 20 37
Gary Peters 16 11 2.28 38 36 0 260.0 187 81 66 15 99 215
Hoyt Wilhelm 8 3 1.31 49 0 12 89.0 58 21 13 2 38 76
Wilbur Wood 4 2 2.45 51 8 4 95.1 95 34 26 2 32 47
Team Totals
89 73 2.45 162 162 39 1490.1 1197 491 406 87 511 927

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians Pacific Coast League Don Gutteridge
AA Evansville White Sox Southern League George Noga
A Lynchburg White Sox Carolina League Stan Wasiak
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Alex Cosmidis
A-Short Season Duluth–Superior Dukes Northern League Ira Hutchinson
Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Bruce Andrew

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Appleton
Duluth-Superior affiliation shared with Chicago Cubs
[9]

Notes

  1. ^ "Team Pitching Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1920 to 2021, Standard stats, requiring Earned Run Average <= 2.6, sorted by lowest Earned Run Average". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Smoky Burgess at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Pirates buy Juan Pizzaro
  4. ^ Walt Williams at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Moose Skowron at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Braves send Blasingame to Houston; few other trades
  7. ^ Sandy Alomar at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ "1967 All-Star Game".
  9. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References