Boston Red Sox pitcher Jim Lonborg, who was 22-9 with 246 strikeouts for the American League champions, is named the 1967 American League Cy Young Award winner.

On November 3, 1967 — Boston Red Sox pitcher Jim Lonborg, who was 22-9 with 246 strikeouts for the American League champions, is named the 1967 American League Cy Young Award winner. Lonborg collected 18 of 20 First place votes.

Pleased but not surprised over his selection as winner of the Cy Young Award as the best American League pitcher in 1967, big Jim Lonborg makes it clear he wants no part in the Sal Maglie-Dick Williams controversy. “Control,” said Lonborg, was the main reason for his success. He was just as controlled in declining comment on former Boston Red Sox pitching coach Maglie ‘s charges against Williams. Maglie, fired after the season, claimed Manager Williams used poor judgment in not taking Lonborg out of the final World Series game earlier. With a 22-9 record, Jim won two World Series games but was pounded in the finale after only two days rest as St. Louis won 7-2. NO REST “I might have liked an extra day of rest, but I’ll never ask to be taken out,” was Lonborg’s comment. He said he didn’t feel any extra pressure in 1967 after posting a 10-10 record in 1966. The 6-foot 5-inch, 200-pounder joined the Boston club in 1965 following two years in the minors after a collegiate career at Stanford. “When I walk across the white line, it’s just another game,” he commented of the pressure-packed performance in the tight league race. He didn’t add any new pitches to his repertoire, but “I was throwing more strikes.”

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