1967 New York Yankees season explained

New York Yankees
Season:	1967
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Yankee Stadium
City:	New York City
Owners:	CBS
General Managers:	Lee MacPhail
Managers:	Ralph Houk
Television:	WPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola)
Radio:	WHN (Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola)

The 1967 New York Yankees season was the 65th season for the Yankees. The team finished ahead of only the Kansas City Athletics (who moved to Oakland after the season ended) in the American League final standings, with a record of 72–90, finishing 20 games behind the Boston Red Sox. It was their most losses in a season since losing 94 games in 1913, which was the first season in which the team went by the word Yankees. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason

November 28, 1966: Frank Tepedino was drafted by the Yankees from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1966 first-year draft.^[1]
November 29, 1966: Clete Boyer was traded by the Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for Bill Robinson and Chi-Chi Olivo.^[2]
December 8, 1966: Roger Maris was traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Charley Smith.^[3]
December 10, 1966: Pedro Ramos was traded by the Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Joe Verbanic and cash.^[4]

Regular season

May 14, 1967: At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle hit his 500th home run in the bottom of the seventh inning off of Stu Miller in a 6–5 Yankee win over the Baltimore Orioles.^[5]

Notable transactions

June 6, 1967: Steve Rogers was drafted by the Yankees in the 60th round of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.^[6]
July 4, 1967: Ray Barker, players to be named later, and cash were traded by the Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for Steve Barber. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Chet Trail (minors) and Joe Brady (minors) to the Orioles on December 15, 1967.^[7]
August 3, 1967: Elston Howard was traded by the Yankees to the Boston Red Sox for Pete Magrini and a player to be named later. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Ron Klimkowski to the Yankees on August 8.^[8]

Roster

1967 New York Yankees
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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	116	374	87	.233	4	25
1B	144	440	108	.245	22	55
2B	143	588	160	.272	3	29
SS	130	417	93	.223	1	17
3B	135	425	95	.224	9	38
OF	130	448	98	.219	14	53
OF	133	501	126	.251	13	64
OF	122	441	107	.243	11	50

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
116	342	67	.196	7	29
70	214	48	.224	2	18
66	199	39	.196	3	17
78	179	35	.196	1	17
63	149	40	.268	0	10
68	118	16	.136	1	3
22	63	16	.254	2	9
20	58	18	.310	1	5
9	28	6	.214	1	4
8	27	8	.296	2	6
17	26	2	.077	0	0
16	12	2	.167	1	2
14	9	1	.111	0	0
9	5	2	.400	0	0
6	4	2	.500	0	2
1	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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	255.0	15	15	2.96	151
31	201.2	14	10	2.63	171
36	181.1	8	14	3.47	102
29	138.2	6	8	4.22	61
17	97.2	6	9	4.05	70
7	44.0	2	4	1.64	21

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	133.1	6	5	2.36	53
43	98.1	3	9	4.03	62
28	80.1	4	3	2.80	39
2	5.0	0	1	9.00	1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
65	5	6	18	2.41	57
44	2	4	4	3.48	55
24	0	2	0	4.28	24
17	1	0	0	4.67	31
2	0	0	0	9.00	0

Farm system

References

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tepedfr01.shtml Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boyercl02.shtml Clete Boyer page at Baseball Reference
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19661207&id=QBAiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D3MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=799,1600493 Yanks trade Roger Maris to Cards for third baseman Charlie Smith
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramospe01.shtml Pedro Ramos page at Baseball Reference
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/05141967.shtml Baseball Almanac – Box Score of 500th Home Run by Mickey Mantle
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rogerst01.shtml Steve Rogers page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/barbest01.shtml Steve Barber page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/howarel01.shtml Elston Howard page at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007