1967 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1967
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)

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.

Offseason

• 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

Notable transactions

• 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

1967 Chicago Cubs
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		152	539	144	.267	14	60
1B		151	573	158	.276	23	95
2B		146	597	167	.280	5	40
SS		145	580	134	.231	0	42
3B		161	586	176	.300	31	98
LF		162	634	176	.278	28	84
CF		144	448	120	.268	17	70
RF		96	225	49	.218	5	33

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
	77	191	42	.220	2	23
	49	159	34	.214	0	2
	53	135	34	.252	2	16
	62	130	33	.254	0	13
	34	70	12	.171	1	6
	18	49	11	.224	0	5
	25		35	6	.171	0	8
	8	26	4	.154	0	1
	10	19	3	.158	0	2
	15	18	2	.111	0	1
	2	6	1	.167	0	0
	6	6	1	.167	0	1
	1	3	0	.000	0	0
	4	1	0	.000	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
	38	289.1	20	13	2.80	236
	35	205.0	13	10	3.20	119
	30	152.2	8	11	3.89	111
	12	92.2	9	0	2.53	62
	17	82.0	3	7	4.94	31
	1	4.1	0	0	8.31	1

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
	36	169.2	10	7	3.34	77
	49	150.0	7	8	2.46	84
	18	31.2	0	2	3.98	16
	9	22.1	0	2	6.04	7
	8	16.2	1	1	3.24	8
	3	4.2	0	1	13.50	2

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
	45	9	5	11	3.08	20
	34	2	2	2	4.59	28
	28	2	4	4	3.29	52
	20	1	0	5	6.56	18
	7	2	0	1	6.57	10
	7	0	0	0	6.43	0
	5	0	1	0	33.75	2
	3	0	0	0	9.00	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

Duluth-Superior affiliation shared with Chicago White Sox

External links

• 1967 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/amalfjo01.shtml Joey Amalfitano
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/keougma01.shtml Marty Keough
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/krugch01.shtml Chris Krug
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haydeha01.shtml Hal Haydel
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shawbo01.shtml Bob Shaw