1967 Atlanta Braves season explained

Atlanta Braves
Season:	1967
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Atlanta Stadium
City:	Atlanta
Record:	75–88 (.475)
League Place:	8th
Owners:	William Bartholomay
General Managers:	Paul Richards
Managers:	Billy Hitchcock
Television:	WSB-TV (Larry Munson, Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton, Dizzy Dean)
Radio:	WSB (Larry Munson, Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton)

The 1967 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' second season in Atlanta and the 97th overall. The team went 77–85, as they suffered their first losing season since 1952, the franchise's final season in Boston. The seventh-place Braves finished games behind the National League and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

• November 28, 1966: Ramón Hernández was drafted by the Braves from the California Angels in the 1966 rule 5 draft.^[1]
• November 29, 1966: Bill Robinson and Chi-Chi Olivo were traded by the Braves to the New York Yankees for Clete Boyer.^[2]
• November 29, 1966: Mike Page was drafted by the Braves from the Boston Red Sox in the 1966 minor league draft.^[3]
• December 1966: John Herrnstein and Chris Cannizzaro were traded by the Braves to the Boston Red Sox for Julio Navarro and Ed Rakow.^[4]
• December 31, 1966: Eddie Mathews, Arnold Umbach and a player to be named later were traded by the Braves to the Houston Astros for Dave Nicholson and Bob Bruce. The Braves completed the deal by sending Sandy Alomar Sr. to the Astros on February 25, 1967.^[5]

Regular season

Managerial turnover

The Braves' worst season since —their last year in their original home of Boston—cost manager Billy Hitchcock his job on September 28, 1967; the team stood at 77–82 (.484) and 21 games in arrears of the eventual 1967 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals at the time. Bullpen coach Ken Silvestri took over the club for the final three games of the season (all losses) on an interim basis.

Hitchcock's firing enabled general manager Paul Richards, on the job in Atlanta for only 13 months, to name his own man as skipper for, and he chose a veteran associate, Luman Harris, 52, as Hitchcock's permanent successor.^[6] Harris had played with Richards with the minor league Atlanta Crackers in the 1930s, and coached for Richards with three MLB clubs; he had also managed under GM Richards with the 1965 Houston Astros. Harris had been the 1967 skipper of the Triple-A Richmond Braves, and had led them to the best record in the International League.

Notable transactions

• June 6, 1967: Gene Oliver was traded by the Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bob Uecker.^[7]
• June 15, 1967: Wade Blasingame was traded by the Braves to the Houston Astros for Claude Raymond.^[8]

Roster

1967 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		135	477	132	.277	20	68
1B		140	574	157	.274	15	43
2B		136	429	97	.226	0	25
SS		129	418	95	.227	7	39
3B		154	572	140	.245	26	96
LF		134	444	113	.255	15	64
CF		140	454	115	.253	17	50
RF		155	600	184	.307	39	109

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
	82	254	63	.248	6	25
	62	158	23	.146	3	13
	74	143	29	.203	3	14
	41	136	32	.235	2	6
	69	117	19	.162	1	5
	44	73	21	.288	0	5
	17	51	10	.196	3	6
	52	45	9	.200	1	5
	11	26	8	.308	0	0
	9	26	6	.231	0	1
	10	25	5	.200	0	1
	9	25	3	.120	0	1
	10	8	0	.000	0	0
	4	4	0	.000	0	0
	4	3	0	.000	0	1

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
	31	215.1	9	9	3.34	148
	29	210.1	13	9	2.74	85
	32	194.0	15	10	3.66	118
	16	76.2	4	7	5.17	55
	3	21.1	1	1	2.45	11
	2	13.1	0	2	6.08	4

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
	46	207.0	11	9	1.87	129
	39	98.0	2	9	3.77	75
	42	93.0	6	12	5.52	35
	17	39.1	3	2	5.26	25
	12	38.2	2	3	4.89	22
	10	25.1	1	0	4.62	20
	2	7.1	0	0	4.91	5

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
	30	2	3	9	2.58	31
	52	4	6	2	3.17	57
	46	0	2	5	4.18	28
	28	4	1	4	2.62	14
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1967 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hernara01.shtml Ramón Hernández
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boyercl02.shtml Clete Boyer
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pagemi01.shtml Mike Page
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/herrnjo01.shtml John Herrnstein
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa01.shtml Sandy Alomar, Jr.
6. http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/830e6aff Corbett, Warren, Lum Harris.
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/ueckebo01.shtml Bob Uecker
8. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19670617&id=RfJdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F18NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2469,5659990&hl=en Braves send Blasingame to Houston; few other trades