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1967 featured one of the closest pennant races in history as Boston, Detroit, and Minnesota all entered the last day within a half-game of the league lead. Boston knocked off the Twins while Detroit lost the second game of a doubleheader with the Angels to give the Red Sox the pennant by one game. However, Boston could not figure out World Series MVP Bob Gibson, who had three wins and a home run as the Cardinals beat the Red Sox in seven games to win the 1967 championship. Boston LF Carl Yastrzemski won the Triple Crown and the AL MVP award with a .326 average, 44 home runs, and 121 runs batted in. Teammate Jim Lonborg led the league with 22 wins and 246 strikeouts to win the AL Cy Young award. Orlando Cepeda (.325, 25 HR, 111 RBI) won his only MVP award in his first full season with the Cardinals.\n\nMilestones and Moments from 1967 Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle joined the 500 home run club on May 14 with a blast off Baltimore’s Stu Miller…Longtime Braves star Eddie Mathews joined Mantle on July 14 when he hit his 500th homer as a member of the Houston Astros off Juan Marichal…Future Hall of Famers Rod Carew and Tom Seaver won the Rookie of the Year awards in 1967.

Awards and More

World Series – St. Louis Cardinals NL over Boston Red Sox AL 4 games to 3

World Series MVP – Bob Gibson
Babe Ruth Award – Lou Brock

Awards –
Major League Cy Young Award

Cy Young Award National League Mike McCormack

Cy Young Award American League Jim Longborg

MVP Awards – NL Orlando Cepeda AL Carl Yastrzemski

Major League Rookie of The Year –
NL Rookie of The Year – Tom Seaver

AL Rookie of The Year – Rod Carew

All-Star Game – July 11th – N.L. 2 over A.L. 1 (15), played at Anaheim Stadium (AL)
AL Starter Dean Chance NL Starter Juan Marichal+ MVP Tony Perez

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January 4, 1967

Houston trades outfielder Lee Maye and a minor leaguer to the Cleveland Indians for outfielder Jim Landis, catcher Doc Edwards and a minor leaguer. Landis hits .252 with one homer in part-time duty before being shipped to Detroit in mid-season. 

January 6, 1967

Former major league manager Johnny Keane dies from a heart attack at the age of 55

January 14, 1967

Tom Brown becomes the first major leaguer to play in the Super Bowl. The Green Bay defensive back, an outfielder and first baseman for the Senators in 1963, is best remembered for his last-minute interception of Cowboy quarterback Don Meredith’s Hail Mary pass in the NFL Championship game, making Green Bay a participant in the first-ever Super Bowl.

January 22, 1967

Cincinnati Reds hired 48-year-old Bob Howsam

January 23, 1967

The St. Louis Cardinals name future Hall of Famer Stan Musial as their new general manager.

January 29, 1967

Branch Rickey and Lloyd Waner are elected to the Hall of Fame

February 10, 1967

Astros sell pitcher Ron Taylor to the New York Mets

February 16, 1967

New York Yankees pitching great Red Ruffing is elected to the Hall of Fame

February 18, 1967

During a special softball exhibition game, pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out six consecutive major leaguers

February 24, 1967

Astros send pitcher Jim Ray to the Mets on a 30-day conditional deal

March 1, 1967

William Eckert approves the Baseball Writers Association of America’s plan to select a Cy Young Award recipient from both the National and American Leagues

March 3, 1967

The Chicago White Sox are given permission to use a partial designated hitter in training camp. With home club permission, each club will be allowed to use a designated pinch hitter twice in the same game.

March 4, 1967

1967 – Bullet Joe Rogan dies in Kansas City, Missouri, at age 77. One of the greatest pitchers in Negro league baseball, Rogan threw a devastating fastball which he complemented it with a dizzying array of other pitches. He also played the outfield when he wasn’t pitching, and in 1922 led the Negro National League with 16 home runs. Rogan will receive Hall of Fame honors in 1998.

March 9, 1967

Teddy Davidson Shot by his wife

March 16, 1967

In one of the highest-scoring spring training games ever, the Boston Red Sox upend the New York Mets, 23 – 18.

March 24, 1967

1967 – In a trade of infielders, the Houston Astros send Sandy Alomar to the New York Mets in exchange for Derrell Griffith.

April 3, 1967

Al Jackson, competing for a spot in the Cardinals’ rotation to replace an injured Steve Carlton, yields twenty hits over nine innings in an exhibition game. The southpaw’s poor outing comes against the Tulsa Oilers, the Redbirds’ Class AA minor league team in the Texas League.

April 11, 1967

Eddie Mathews beats his old Atlanta teammates in a 6-1 Opening Day victory

April 12, 1967

On Opening Day at Boston’s Fenway Park, the Red Sox draw only 8,324 to watch the team beat Chicago, 5-4. The eventual American League champs finished last season in ninth place with a 72-90 record.

April 13, 1967

Tom Seaver makes his major league debut for the New York Mets

April 14, 1967

Boston Red Sox rookie pitcher Billy Rohr makes a memorable debut tossing a near no hitter

April 15, 1967

Gary Nolan wins his debut

April 17, 1967

In the only game scheduled on this Monday evening, the New York Mets pound Pittsburgh, 9 – 6. Obscured amidst the offensive fireworks is the sorry plight of poor Jerry Buchek, a career backup infielder on the verge of his career year who’s got to be wondering what he ever did to Pirate right fielder Roberto Clemente, likewise embarking on his own best-ever season. Clemente abuses Buchek on both sides of the ball, starting with his 2nd-inning snatch of his 400-footer to right center. Pirate beat writer Les Biederman reports: “Clemente went toward the exit gate for a startling back-handed stab of Buchek’s long drive.” Next inning, one of Roberto’s patented one-hop rockets undresses the Met second baseman even as it dares him to return Clemente’s favor. “Clemente slammed a vicious one-hop shot right at Buchek,” writes Biederman, “but the second baseman dropped the ball as he set himself to throw.”

April 20, 1967

Tom Seaver picks up his first victory

April 21, 1967

1967 – After 737 consecutive games, the Dodgers are rained out for the first time since moving to Los Angeles. The St. Louis Cardinals were scheduled.

April 21, 1967

4/21/1967: Tony Oliva of Minnesota lost a home run due to a base running blunder. Playing in Detroit in the third inning, Cesar Tovar was the runner at first base. Oliva hit the ball out of the park off Denny McLain, but then passed Tovar between first and second. He was credited with a single and one RBI for scoring Tovar.

April 25, 1967

Whitey Ford gets final career win

April 25, 1967

Jim Lefebvre commits 4 errors in one game

April 27, 1967

1967 – Reliever Bill Short and right fielder Roberto Clemente preserve Pittsburgh’s come-from-behind, ulcer-inducing 5 – 4 victory over their cross-state rivals. Les Biederman of the Pittsburgh Press reports: “The Phils tried to get going after Pete Mikkelsen retired the first two batters in the 9th and what remained of the crowd of 4,979 stood in the aisles. Mikkelsen dared Richie Allen with a fastball and fanned him for the second out but Tony Gonzalez rammed a line drive into the right-center hole. Usually this is good for a double, maybe a triple if the ball gets through. But Clemente dived at the ball and came up throwing to second base as Gonzalez wisely stopped at first. Cookie Rojas followed with a single to left. Had Gonzalez’s ball gone through for a double, Rojas’ single would have scored him with the tying run. Bill Short came in to pitch to Johnny Callison and walked him on a 3-2 pitch to load the bases but then he got Jackie Brandt on a slow roller for the final out.” Pittsburgh pulls even in the game during Clemente’s two-out 7th-inning at-bat, but he is a mere spectator: a wild pitch from Larry Jackson and an errant throw from Bob Uecker account for the two equalizing runs.

April 27, 1967

1967 – Joe Morgan keys a five-run outburst with a bases-loaded triple off Hal Woodeshick that drops the Cardinals, 6-4. The win ends a ten-game losing streak, their longest since 1963.

April 30, 1967

The Tigers are no-hit by Oriole pitchers Steve Barber and Stu Miller, but still manage to win the game, 2-1.

May 2, 1967

1967 – Houston erupts for eight runs in the eighth to wallop the Phillies, 10-3. Rusty Staub has four RBIs. Bob Aspromonte slams a three-run shot and Jim Wynn has two hits in the decisive frame. Winning pitcher Mike Cuellar drills a run-scoring double to help his own cause.

May 4, 1967

Roberto’s Revenge: Old Testament Style – Donn Clendenon and Roberto Clemente combine to give Don Drysdale a taste of his own medicine (perhaps taking Orlando Cepeda’s adage – “the trick with Drysdale is to hit him before he hits you” – a tad literally). Dodger beat writer Frank Finch reports: “Before Drysdale retired, he took a physical pounding from the Pirates. Clemente’s third hit almost tore Don’s right hand off, and later in the same inning Donn Clendenon’s drive drilled Drysdale on the shins so hard that it bounced to first base, where Wes Parker made an easy put-out.”

May 9, 1967

Cardinals outfielder # 9 Roger Maris hits his first National League home run on the ninth day of the month in seat 9 of section 9.

May 9, 1967

Wearing his familiar uniform #9, Roger Maris hits his first National League home run on the ninth day of the month in seat 9 of section 9. The right fielder’s sixth-inning round-tripper off Woodie Fryman contributes to the Cardinals’ 6-3 victory over Pittsburgh at Forbes Field.

May 10, 1967

Adolfo Phillips steals home to help the Cubs edge the Giants, 5 – 4.

May 10, 1967

The Mets acquire 3B Ed Charles from the Athletics for infielder Bob Johnson. At age 34, Charles will be the oldest starter for the Mets.

May 10, 1967

Hank Aaron hits the only inside-the-park home run among his 755.

May 14, 1967

Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees joins the 500-home run club

May 14, 1967

Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits home run number 450, a 6th-inning solo shot in today’s contest between the Braves and Pirates. Roberto Clemente responds almost immediately with his own “number 450”. Les Biederman explains in the Pittsburgh Press: “Aaron whistled when he talked of the two shots Clemente drilled. One struck the left field wall and bounced back on the field for a double. The other traveled over Mack Jones’ head in dead center (450 feet) and he got a triple.” Both the two-out, 3rd-inning double and 6th-inning, leadoff triple are followed by RBI singles from Bill Mazeroski. In the 7th, Clemente singles home the insurance run in the Bucs’ 5 – 2 win.

May 15, 1967

Roberto Clemente clubs three homers to all fields plus a double off the scoreboard in left-center, driving in all seven Pittsburgh runs in the process. All this, alas, in a losing cause as all of Clemente’s contributions can’t quite keep pace with the Pirate pitchers’ even more generous contributions to their opponents’ final tally. After Bob Veale, Pete Mikkelsen and Juan Pizarro combine to give back every one of those seven runs, the 12-time Gold Glover comes up big in the 9th, scaling the right-field fence to prevent a walk-off homer from Reds reliever Gerry Arrigo, against whom Clemente himself has just gone deep. These heroics, however, only prolong the agony: before he can get one more crack at Arrigo, Clemente will watch Tony Perez’s shot to right center carry far beyond his outstretched glove, carrying with it any hope of a Pirate win, as Pete Rose scores easily from first, giving Cincinnati the 10-inning, 8 – 7 decision.

May 16, 1967

Roberto Clemente adds an encore to the previous night’s 3-home run, 7-RBI performance. Les Biederman writes in The Sporting News: “The night Clemente put on his show, only 5,222 fans showed up in Cincinnati. The next night, the attendance jumped to 13,389 and Clemente put on a display during batting practice. He lofted five of six balls out of the park in all directions and when he left the batting cage, the fans applauded. ‘It’s the first time I’ve seen that since Ted Williams’ days with the Red Sox,’ coach Johnny Pesky remarked. Clemente left Cincinnati, trailed by admiring remarks from the Reds.”

May 16, 1967

Reliever Phil Regan loses his first game in 77 appearances. The “Vulture” gets pinned with his first defeat in over a year when Astros third baseman Bob Aspromonte hits a two-run triple in the 10th to beat the Dodgers, 5 – 3.

May 16, 1967

Philadelphia voters approve a $13-million bond issue to build a new stadium. On the field, the Phillies tie a National League record with their 11th straight errorless game, but they still lose, 4 – 3, to St. Louis.

May 18, 1967

Jim Wynn ‘s first-inning homer off the left-field foul pole ignites a near riot during a 6-2 Astros win

May 21, 1967

Earl Wilson gives Detroit its third straight win over the Yankees, 9 – 4. Mickey Mantle hits his 5th homer in six games but it’s not enough for Whitey Ford, who appears in his last major league game.

May 21, 1967

At Philadelphia, the Phils win an 18-inning marathon with the Reds when Don Lock hits a two-out RBI single off Darrell Osteen.

May 24, 1967

The Yankees top Baltimore‚ 2 – 0. Mickey Mantle’s 3rd-inning drive to the wall is caught by Frank Robinson but the ball pops out and over the fence for a home run.

May 24, 1967

Tom McCraw of the Chicago White Sox launches three home runs

May 26, 1967

1967 – With the wind blowing out at Wrigley, Rusty Staub, Joe Morgan, Jim Wynn and Ron Davis homer in a 17-4 bombing of Chicago. Conditions favor the hitters so well that John Bateman, after being plunked by a pitch, begs the umpire to let him stay and hit.

May 29, 1967

Orioles 1B Mike Epstein and P Frank Bertaina are traded to the Senators for P Pete Richert.

May 30, 1967

Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees announces his retirement

June 3, 1967

Harmon Killebrew 503 foot homerun the longest home run ever hit in Metropolitan Stadium

June 3, 1967

Rick Monday. Kansas City’s 21-year-old rookie standout, was struck in the face by a pitch in the first inning

June 4, 1967

Cleveland sends Gary Bell to Boston for OF Don Demeter and 1B Tony Horton. Bell‚ a 16-game winner last year‚ is 1-5 this season‚ but he’ll win 12 games for Boston during their pennant drive.

June 4, 1967

St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood’s errorless streak of 227 games and 568 chances ends when he drops a fly ball in a game against the Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium.

June 4, 1967

The longest game in modern Orioles history – 19 innings – features 21 Washington strikeouts‚ as the Birds win, 7 – 5. Washington is the third American League club to strike out 21 times in an extra-inning game. Andy Etchebarren finally ends it with a homer after Brooks Robinson singles to lead off the bottom of the 19th.

June 4, 1967

At Busch Stadium, Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood’s errorless streak of 227 games and 568 chances ends when he drops Rich Nye’s fifth-inning fly ball. The muff leads to an unearned run, but St. Louis still beats Chicago, 4-3.

June 7, 1967

The last-place New York Yankees have the first pick in the free-agent draft and use it to take Ron Blomberg 11 of first 20 picks will make the show

June 7, 1967

The Reds play their major-league record 11th consecutive one-run game, losing to San Francisco at Crosley Field, 4-3. Cincinnati’s 19 year-old fireballer Gary Nolan, who strikes out 15 opponents, including fanning Willie Mays four times, a first in the Say Hey Kid’s Hall of Fame career, takes the loss after Willie McCovey blasts a three-run eighth-inning round-tripper, and reliever Bob Lee allows the decisive run to cross the plate in the frame.

June 7, 1967

1967 – Bob Aspromonte smacks five hits in a 17-1 thrashing at St. Louis, the biggest winning margin in club history. Houston pounds 23 hits, four by catcher Ron Brand. Julio Gotay adds three hits. Bo Belinsky and Claude Raymond combine to shut down the Redbirds, with reliever Raymond chipping in with a run-scoring double.

June 10, 1967

6/10/1967: Tommy Davis of the Mets homered to left field off the Cubs Bill Hands to lead off the second inning of a game in Chicago. The Saturday afternoon game was rained out after four innings.

June 10, 1967

Jimmy Wynn hits the longest home run in the history of Crosley Field

June 11, 1967

The Twins’ Dean Chance tosses a one-hitter at the Athletics in winning‚ 8 – 0. The only hit is Danny Cater’s single in the 4th.

June 11, 1967

Before the largest American League crowd of the year‚ 62‚582 at Yankee Stadium for Bat Day‚ the White Sox regain first place from the Tigers by sweeping a twin bill from New York, 2 – 1 and 3 – 2. They will stay in first until August 12.

June 11, 1967

At Crosley Field‚ Don Pavletich belts a pinch grand slam in the bottom of the 9th to give the Reds an 8 – 4 win over Houston.

June 11, 1967

Adolfo Phillips enjoys a career day for the Chicago Cubs – Powers 3 homers vs Mets

June 12, 1967

Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators play the longest night game in major league history

June 13, 1967

The Giants get a game-winning grand slam from “Super Sub” Willie Mays as Houston goes to the well once too often. Facing him first as a pinch hitter in the 6th inning, with the bases loaded, one out, and the Giants down by one, Houston starter Dave Giusti gets Mays to ground one to shortstop Sonny Jackson for an inning-ending double play. Jim Ray Hart hits a game-tying solo shot in the 8th. In the 10th inning, a tiring Giusti departs in favor of Barry Latman with runners on first and second. He fans Hart, but a walk to Jim Davenport loads the bases. It is Mays’s turn to shine, which he does, in “grand” fashion. Final score: Giants 6, Astros 2.

June 13, 1967

“Clemente’s Rifle Wing Amazes Fans, Shoots Down Cardinals,” reads The Sporting News’s headline. Les Biederman adds: “The fans who take their baseball through the newspapers and via the scores on radio and television miss the thrill and excitement of watching all the skills of Roberto Clemente. It’s almost impossible to describe properly the tremendous arm and the magnetic glove possessed by the Pirate star. Ordinarily, Clemente shouldn’t have many assists because so few teams will take chances on his rifle arm. Last night, Clemente staged a dazzling show from right field against the Cardinals.” The Cards score all seven runs and gather 10 of their 14 hits in the first three frames off Woody Fryman. Clemente holds the score down by nailing two runners at the plate on miraculous assists, nailing Orlando Cepeda and Bobby Tolan at home in the first two innings innings, but Cepeda manages to outrun Clemente’s arm in scoring on a sacrifice fly by Dal Maxvill in the third, and Tim McCarver follows him home when the throw bounces away from catcher Jerry May. The Cards win, 7 – 5.

June 15, 1967

Jimmy Wynn becomes the first Astro to hit three homers in one game, becoming the first of only two Houston players to have accomplished the feat in the 34-year history of the Astrodome. In 1994, ‘Toy Cannon’s’ performance will be matched by future Hall of Fame first baseman Jeff Bagwell.

June 16, 1967

1967 – Minutes before the trade deadline expires, Houston ships closer Claude Raymond to Atlanta for pitcher Wade Blasingame. Less than 24 hours later, Raymond saves a 9-8 decision over the Astros. Jim Wynn homers again, his seventh long ball in the past week.

June 17, 1967

A ten-hour and five-minute doubleheader between the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Athletics sets a major league record for the longest ever

June 18, 1967

Houston Astros right-hander Don Wilson pitches the first of his two career no-hitters

June 18, 1967

Red Sox third baseman Joe Foy, who is spending the night with his parents before a series against the Yankees, is able to get his parents safely out of the building when a fire breaks out in their home in the Bronx. The house blaze will result in the loss of the many souvenirs and keepsakes the 24 year-old infielder has accumulated as a baseball player.

June 19, 1967

1967 – Julio Gotay, filling in at second base while Joe Morgan is on military leave, goes 5-for-5 but the Cardinals outlast Houston, 5-4, in eleven innings. His last hit plates Bob Aspromonte to send the game to overtime. Roger Maris hits the game-winner off Barry Latman. Curt Flood ends it with a rare outfield unassisted double play, snaring a sinking liner by Bob Lillis then trotting to second base to double off Jim Landis. 

June 20, 1967

Phillies starter Larry Jackson improves to 18-0 vs the Mets with a dazzling one hitter

June 20, 1967

1967 – Julio Gotay doubles off Larry Jaster in the fifth inning for his eighth consecutive hit. The Cardinals rally late against Bo Belinsky to beat the Astros, 6-2. Gotay had been hit-by-pitched and singled before setting the club record.

June 21, 1967

Red Sox and Yankees bench clearing brawl 1967 game

June 21, 1967

Bob Uecker of the Atlanta Braves hits a grand slam for the only time in his career. It comes in the 3rd inning off Ron Herbel of the San Francisco Giants in a 9 – 2 Braves win at Candlestick Park.

June 24, 1967

Mickey Mantle breaks a 3 – 3 tie in the 9th with a home run off Detroit’s Fred Gladding to give 9th-place New York a 4 – 3 win.

June 25, 1967

Heavyweight contender Joe Frazier wants to hold a clinic to teach baseball players how to fight. “All they do is hurt themselves instead of the other guy,” he said from his training camp. “Look at Joe Pepitone. He banged up his hands without getting a punch across. Baseball players should know about combinations as well as double plays.” Frazier said he would hold a clinic on a day when the Yankees are off.

June 25, 1967

Ernie Banks slams two 2-run homers to back rookie Joe Niekro’s 3-hitter, and the Cubs win 8 – 0 over the Astros to sweep. Bill Hands hurls a 5-hitter in the opener to win, 4 – 1. Banks’ first blast breaks up a pitching duel with Bo Belinsky and his second caps a 5-run 7th.

June 27, 1967

Al Kaline breaks his hand as he slams his bat into the bat rack after being struck out by Sam McDowell as the 2nd-place Tigers lose to Cleveland, 8 – 1

June 27, 1967

Frank Robinson collides with Al Weis and misses 28 games

June 27, 1967

6/27/1967 – The Pirates were playing at Shea Stadium. In the top of the first, they sent six batters to the plate. Maury Wills and Manny Mota both singled and moved up on a wild pitch. Roberto Clemente grounded out, driving in Wills and Donn Clendenon also grounded with Mota remaining at third. After Bill Mazeroski walked, Gene Alley came to the plate and grounded out to the pitcher. Alley batted ahead of Jose Pagan, the proper batter, but since he made an out the Mets said nothing. In the third inning, Mota reached on his second bunt hit of the game and Clemente was called out on strikes. Both Clendenon and Mazeroski singled to left with Mota scoring on the latter’s safety. Alley again batted out of turn and hit into a force play at second moving Clendenon to third. After Pagan hit a 2-RBI double, the proper batter, Jim Pagliaroni, was called out. Pagan’s plate appearance was eliminated, along with the two runs. The Mets were leading at the time by the final score of 5-2.

June 28, 1967

Relief ace Hoyt Wilhelm of the White Sox extends his major-league record for consecutive errorless games to 247. The White Sox win, 3 – 2, at Baltimore.

June 29, 1967

The Reds jump on Don Drysdale on their way to a 14 – 0 pasting of the Dodgers.

June 29, 1967

6/29/1967: Mack Jones of the Braves homered off Mike Cuellar of the Astros in the bottom of the second at the Launching Pad in Atlanta. The blast came with two runners on base but the game was rained out in the middle of the fourth with Atlanta leading, 5-1.

June 30, 1967

Losing 12 – 3 in the second game against the Giants, the Phils send in utility man Cookie Rojas to pitch the 9th. Rojas throws a scoreless inning and has now played all nine positions since arriving in the big leagues in 1963.

July 1, 1967

Baltimore’s Jim Palmer gives up a grand slam – but it is in the minors. Sent to Rochester (International League) to rehabilitate from back problems, Rochester manager Earl Weaver starts the 21-year-old against Buffalo, in a game moved to Niagara Falls because of racial disturbances on Buffalo’s east side. Palmer is given a 7 – 0 lead, but the Bisons score five runs in the 3rd, four coming home on a grand slam by Johnny Bench. Rochester hangs on to win, 10 – 8.

July 1, 1967

Mike Adamson makes his major league debut for Baltimore: he is the first draftee to bypass the minors and go straight to the majors,

July 2, 1967

Ferguson Jenkins pitches the Cubs into a tie for first place

July 3, 1967

In St. Louis the fans get boxing with their baseball in the Cards’ 7 – 3, win over the Reds. Bob Gibson pitches inside to Tony Perez in the 5th inning, and the pair exchange words after Perez flies out. Both benches empty but there is no fighting until the Reds bullpen, led by Bob Lee, show up. It takes 12 minutes before the police are needed to restore order.

July 3, 1967

Billy Williams, Ron Santo, and Randy Hundley all homer for the Cubs in the first, and Rico Carty and Felipe Alou also go deep for the Braves in the same inning in Chicago’s 12-6 victory at Atlanta Stadium. The five round-trippers at the ‘Launching Pad’ tie a major league record for home runs hit by two teams in the same inning, but the barrage marks the first time the feat occurs in the opening frame.

July 4, 1967

The Mets end a 19-game losing streak to Juan Marichal with their first win against the Dominican Dandy, 8 – 7. Marichal’s win streak started in 1962. Jack Fisher is the winning pitcher.

July 4, 1967

In Minnesota, Mudcat Grant stops the Yankees to give the Twins an 8 – 3 victory. Mickey Mantle drives in all three New York runs with two homers.

July 4, 1967

Philadelphia C Clay Dalrymple collects six walks in a 19-inning doubleheader against the Astros. The Phillies win the first, 9 – 0, and take the nightcap, 4 – 3, in 11 innings.

July 4, 1967

Opposing his younger brother, Joe, Phil Niekro goes the distance to get the victory when the Braves beat the Cubs at Atlanta Stadium, 8-3. Joining Jesse and Virgil Barnes, who face one another five times as starters in the 1920’s, the Niekros become the second pair of siblings to start in the same major league game.

July 5, 1967

Red Sox P Jose Santiago loses to California, 4 – 3, and will not lose again this year. He will win his next eight straight.

July 8, 1967

Tom Seaver pitches the Mets to a 3 – 2 win over the Braves.

July 9, 1967

In the bottom of the 9th inning, Willie Stargell breaks a 1 – 1 tie by slamming a Jim Maloney pitch over the RF roof at Forbes Field. The Bucs top the Reds, 2 – 1.

July 9, 1967

Mets Walk off vs Braves – Hank Aaron Homers at Shea Classic Radio Broadcast

July 11, 1967

Jim Wynn becomes the first Houston player to get a hit in the All-Star Game 

July 11, 1967

Tony Perez hits a 15th inning home run against Jim “Catfish” Hunter in All Star Game

July 14, 1967

Houston Astros infielder Eddie Mathews blasts the 500th home run of his career

July 15, 1967

St. Louis Cardinals ace Bob Gibson suffers a broken leg

July 15, 1967

Kansas City A’s pinch-running specialist Allan Lewis ties the major-league record with two steals as a pinch runner in one inning. Lewis does his double in the 7th inning of a 3 – 2 loss at the Minnesota Twins.

July 15, 1967

Cardinals’ pitcher Bob Gibson’s right fibula is fractured by a Roberto Clemente line drive during a 6-3 loss to the Pirates. The injury will sideline the Redbird right-hander until Labor Day, but he will recover well enough to allow only three earned runs in three complete World Series game victories over the Red Sox.

July 15, 1967

Allan Lewis of the Kansas City A’s ties a major league record by stealing two bases as a pinch-runner in one inning

July 16, 1967

At Yankee Stadium, Baltimore outlasts the Yankees to win, 2 – 1, in 14 innings. New York manages just four hits, including a solo homer by Mickey Mantle, off Bill Dillman.

July 16, 1967

1967 – Houston sweeps a twinbill against the Dodgers for the first time. Ron Davis bashes two run-scoring doubles while Don Wilson tosses seven shutout innings in the 4-1 opener. Eddie Mathews and Jim Wynn belt homers to lead the 8-2 nightcap win at Dodger Stadium.

July 17, 1967

During a 6 – 2 defeat, concluding a dismal 2-and-4 road trip for the Pirates, the rarely disappointing Roberto Clemente does what he does so well – break the other team’s heart in their own house and have their fans thank him for it. As Les Biederman of the Pittsburgh Press reports: “Clemente robbed Joe Torre with a lunging catch of his pop fly in the 3rd inning with two on and the hometown Atlanta fans applauded him en route to the bench. They even applauded him when he went to bat in the 4th inning.”

July 18, 1967

1967 – Harry Walker (42-42) is fired as manager of the Pirates. Danny Murtaugh is called back to finish the season.

July 19, 1967

Tom Matchick’s two-run home run gives Detroit a dramatic 5-4 walk-off victory over Baltimore at Tiger Stadium. The rookie shortstop’s round-tripper, the first of only four he will hit in his six-year major league career, comes with two outs off Moe Drabowsky.

July 22, 1967

The White Sox acquire infielders Sandy Alomar and Ken Boyer from the Mets in exchange for infielder Bill Southworth and catcher J.C. Martin.

July 23, 1967

The Red Sox sweep a doubleheader from the Indians, to run Boston’s win streak to 10 games, all on the road. The Sox are now a half-game behind 1st-place Chicago. At Logan Airport, 10,000 fans are on hand to greet the Sox when they return.

July 23, 1967

The disappointing Pirates continue to flounder, splitting a pair with the last-place Astros, dropping the opener thanks in large part to outsize slugging by the “Toy Cannon”, Jimmy Wynn. Four of Houston’s eight runs ride home on Wynn’s two homers, the last of which is a three-run, tape-measure coup-de-grâce which puts Houston up by 8 before Pittsburgh even shows a pulse. The culminating “Cannon Shot” passes over the batting cage to the left of the 457-foot mark on the way out, putting it in the company of historic shots by Rogers Hornsby, Josh Gibson, Ralph Kiner, Dick Stuart and Roberto Clemente. As it turns out, the Pirates do eventually compete and what looked like icing will prove to be Houston’s margin of victory as they hold on and outlast Pittsburgh, 8 – 5.

July 23, 1967

Mickey Lolich loses his tenth straight game, setting a Tigers’ record for consecutive defeats when Detroit drops a 4-2 decision to the Yankees at Tiger Stadium. After the game, the 26 year-old southpaw, who will win nine of his next ten starts for the pennant contenders, is called up to the mobilized 191st National Guard unit to help quell riots which are taking place in the vicinity of the ballpark.

July 23, 1967

1967 – Jim Wynn clubs two homers in the 8-5 opener of a doubleheader split in Pittsburgh, including a mammoth three-run bomb that lands on a Little League diamond in back of Forbes Field. Houston has the league leader in each triple crown category (Wynn 25 HRs, 75 RBIs; Rusty Staub .358 BA) but sit, as a team, in last place. The Pirates get revenge in the nightcap, 15-2.

July 24, 1967

Chicago’s 3 – 1 win at St. Louis puts the Cards and Cubs even atop the National League.

July 24, 1967

The Tigers cancel tonight’s scheduled game against the Orioles as the result of the civil unrest in Detroit. The two remaining games of the series shift to Baltimore, with tomorrow’s game in the Charm City rained out during the second inning.

July 24, 1967

1967 – Mike Cuellar tosses a two-hitter and notches a dozen strikeouts during a 2-1 victory over Philadelphia in eleven innings. Cuellar also scores the game-winner on a single by Jim Wynn. A sacrifice fly by Eddie Mathews plates the other Houston run.

July 25, 1967

Race riots in Detroit force postponement of a Tigers-Orioles game. The games scheduled for the 26th and 27th are shifted to Baltimore.

July 25, 1967

At Yankee Stadium, American League home run leader Harmon Killebrew gives the Twins a 1 – 0 lead with a 1st-inning homer off Al Downing. Jim Kaat holds New York scoreless until two outs in the 9th inning when Mickey Mantle clocks a ball over the 457-foot mark to tie the score. The game is rained out with the score 1 – 1 and will be replayed on August 18th. New York will win the replay, 1 – 0.

July 25, 1967

The White Sox become the second major league team in history to win a doubleheader with two walk-off homers when they sweep the Indians, 3-1 and 6-5, thanks to game-ending home runs by J.C. Martin and Ken Berry. In 1962, the Mets were the first team to accomplish the feat, with Hobie Landrith and Gil Hodges going deep, respectively, in the bottom of the ninth inning of each game to give the team its first twin bill sweep in franchise history.

July 26, 1967

At Yankee Stadium, the Yankees play their second 18-inning game of the season, losing this one, 3 – 2, to Minnesota. Rod Carew walks, steals second base, continues to third on the catcher’s errant throw, and scores on Rich Rollins’ single. Al Worthington wins over Thad Tillotson in 4:20.

July 26, 1967

With a National League-record-tying 4 run-scoring sacrifice flies in one game, New York wins an 11 – 5 decision at San Francisco.

July 27, 1967

1967 – In a last-inning loss by the Pirates to the last-place Astros, Roberto Clemente undresses Astros catcher John Bateman. Les Biederman of the Pittsburgh Press documents their 1st-inning encounter: “Rusty Staub tried in vain to make a pick-up of Clemente’s pop single. The ball eluded Staub and Joe Morgan had to chase it so coach Alex Grammas gave Clemente the green light. Chuck Harrison relayed to John Bateman but Clemente hit him hard, knocked the ball loose and touched the plate with the second run.” By the time of his next encounter with the shell-shocked young receiver, Clemente has apparently been apprised of the fact that baseball is in fact not a contact sport; the one-time prospective Olympian reaches back into his track and field repertoire and executes a Willie Mays-like manoeuver: “Clemente beat out a high hopper with one gone in the 6th, took third on Bill Mazeroski’s single and showed the fans how to run the bases after Manny Mota bounced to Harrison. Bateman had the ball to tag Clemente but Clemente waited until Bateman made his move, then jumped over him and touched home plate with his hand.”

July 28, 1967

The Indians break a five-game losing streak when Tony Horton hits a walk-off homer leading off the bottom of the 12th inning. The first baseman’s round-tripper breaks up a scoreless pitching duel between Steve Hargan and Orioles’ right-hander Moe Drabowski, who allows only six hits in the extra-inning contest at Cleveland Stadium.

July 29, 1967

The Indians trade Rocky Colavito again, this time to the White Sox for OF Jim King and a player to be named later.

July 29, 1967

At Fenway Park, the Twins and Red Sox split a doubleheader. Boston wins the opener, 6 – 3, with the decision going to John Wyatt. In the nitecap, Boomer Scott thrills the crowd with an inside-the-park homer, but Tony Oliva, Harmon Killebrew, Bob Allison (2), and Ted Uhlaender all hit home runs for the Twins. Jim Perry wins, 10 – 3.

July 29, 1967

1967 – Bob Aspromonte drives in four as the Astros storm back to overcome the Pirates, 6-5, completing a four-game sweep. Julio Gotay, pinch-running for Aspro after his two-run double in the eighth, scores on a single by Bob Lillis for the game-winner. Larry Sherry shuts the door for winning pitcher Dave Eilers.

July 31, 1967

Jack Hiatt belts a pinch-hit grand slam off Pittsburgh’s Elroy Face to give the Giants an 8 – 4 win. Hiatt’s pinch slam is the 1,200th slam in major league history.

July 31, 1967

Bo Belinsky tosses eight innings of one-hit ball before running out of gas in a 3-2 triumph over the Mets. Larry Sherry notches the save. Ron Davis homers  while Doug Rader gets an infield single in his first big league at bat . Bob Lillissingles home Bob Aspromonte with the deciding run.

August 2, 1967

With homers from both sides of the plate, Pete Rose leads the Reds to a 7 – 3 win over the Braves. It’s a second time for Rose.

August 3, 1967

Charlie Finley fires his manager Alvin Dark after the two disagree over the owner’s handling player discipline. ‘Charlie O’ had fined and suspended Lew Krausse, Jr. for the pitcher’s reported rowdy behavior on a team flight, prompting the team’s first baseman Ken Harrelson, who will be also released, to call the A’s owner a menace to the sport.

August 3, 1967

The Red Sox obtain catcher Elston Howard from the Yankees for cash and two players to be named later, with pitchers Peter Magrini and Ron Klimkowski being sent to New York to complete the trade. The 38 year-old backstop will hit only .147 for his new team, but his veteran presence will contribute to Boston capturing the American League pennant.

August 3, 1967

The Braves set a club mark by hitting seven home runs in a 10-3 victory over the Cubs, with Tito Francona, Joe Torre (2), Clete Boyer (2), Denis Menke, and Hank Aaron all contributing to the record. All of Atlanta’s round-trippers come during the first five frames of the Wrigley Field contest, and all are solo shots, except for Boyer’s two-run blast in the third inning.

August 3, 1967

“The pennant should be decided in the traditional manner.” – Warren Giles, National League President.

August 4, 1967

John Fetzer, president of the major league television committee, announces a $50 million, 3-year deal with NBC to televise the World Series, All-Star Game, and 28 weekly telecasts.

August 5, 1967

1967 San Francisco Giants Ray Sadecki and Tom Haller

August 6, 1967

Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson hits into his fourth career triple play, setting a major league record. The fifth inning around-the-horn triple killing (5-4-3) doesn’t hurt the club when the Birds beat the White Sox at Memorial Stadium, 4-0, to complete a sweep of a twin bill.

August 6, 1967

Minnesota’s Dean Chance throws a perfect no-hitter for five innings against the Red Sox before the game is called. Chance wins, 2 – 0.

August 8, 1967

1967 – At Crosley Field‚ Reds P Milt Pappas allows 2 hits in beating Houston‚ 5 – 0.

August 9, 1967

Minnesota’s 20-inning, 9 – 7 loss to the Senators is the longest game in Twins history. Ken McMullen’s 20th-inning home run wins it for Washington.

August 9, 1967

In a definition of manager’s hell, the Carolina League (Class A) Burlington team plays a 7-inning game against Raleigh, and Burlington batters hit into a double play in each inning.

August 11, 1967

The Braves edge the Astros‚ 6 – 5‚ in 16 innings‚ winning on a game-ending home run by Joe Torre. Both teams score once in the 14th and Mack Jones cuts down Rusty Staub trying to score a second run for Houston. Felipe Alou ties it up with a homer.

August 11, 1967

The Mets’ Danny Frisella picks up his first major league win‚ but he’s long gone when the win is posted. Frisella pitches 6 2/3 innings before being lifted‚ then races to the airport to catch a plane to take him to an Air National Guard meeting in California. Don Shaw picks up the save in the 3 – 2 win over the Pirates.

August 11, 1967

Al Downing pitches an immaculate inning

August 13, 1967

1967 – Completing a three-game sweep of the White Sox, Jim Merritt pitches the Twins into first place with a 3 – 2 win.

August 14, 1967

After whipping the Mets eight straight times, Jim Bunning finally loses to the New Yorkers. The Mets beat Philadelphia, 8 – 3.

August 14, 1967

Despite a 2 – 1 loss to the Twins, the Angels are within 1 1/2 games of first place.

August 16, 1967

After retiring the first 19 Pirates he faces, Reds’ starter Jim Maloney is forced to leave the game when he hurts his ankle stepping in a hole in the Forbes Field turf. Billy McCool finishes the contest, giving up two hits in Cincinnati’s 4-0 victory over the Pirates.

August 17, 1967

Tigers obtain Eddie Mathews from Houston

August 17, 1967

Dave Giusti twirls an eight-hit shutout over the Dodgers, 4-0. A bases-loaded double by Ron Davis is the key blow. Houston deals first baseman Eddie Mathews to Detroit, eventually receiving reliever Fred Gladding and cash (not Norm) in return.

August 18, 1967

Tony Conigliaro is hit in the face with a fastball thrown by California’s Jack Hamilton

August 18, 1967

Charlie Finley suspends pitcher Lew Krausse for “conduct unbecoming a major leaguer.”

August 19, 1967

1967 – The Red Sox continue winning, beating California, 12 – 11.

August 20, 1967

Kansas City A’s owner Charlie Finley fires manager Alvin Dark

August 20, 1967

In the first game of a twin bill in Boston, switch-hitter Reggie Smith, in a 12-2 rout of the Angels, becomes the first Red Sox player to blast a home run from each side of the plate. Until today, the feat had never been accomplished by any Fenway Park batter.

August 20, 1967

In the nightcap of a doubleheader at Fenway Park, the Red Sox rally from an eight-run deficit to beat the Angels, 9-8. The big blow is Carl Yastrzemski’s fifth inning three-run homer, his second of the day, having gone deep with two men on in the first game.

August 21, 1967

Jim Maloney, who gave up nine hits on the 16th, allows just two hits, as the Reds beat the Giants, 2 – 0. Maloney pitches hitless ball over the last seven innings.

August 21, 1967

Ken “Hawk” Harrelson of the Kansas City A’s becomes baseball’s first free agent

August 22, 1967

Indian pitcher Luis Tiant has 16 strikeouts in a 3 – 2 win over California.

August 22, 1967

Charlie Finley lifts his suspension of Lew Krausse.

August 23, 1967

Twelve year-old Robert Stratta throws the eighth no-hitter in Little League World Series history when Chicago’s Roseland North team beats Rota, Spain in the quarterfinals, 1-0. The future transplant surgeon doesn’t allow the ball to leave the infield, retiring the last 11 batters he faces, eight on strikeouts.

August 23, 1967

1967 – Jim Wynn cracks his 30th home run of the season during a 9-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Clay Carroll is the victim. Wynn is the first Houston player to reach that plateau and no other Astro would join him until Glenn Davis in 1986. 

August 24, 1967

Philadelphia’s Dick Allen suffers a severe injury when he pushes his hand through the headlight

August 25, 1967

Houston’s Don Wilson strikes out 10 Reds, including Pete Rose four times, but loses to Cincy, 2 – 1.

August 25, 1967

Boston tops the White Sox, 6 – 2, to take over 1st place by a half game. A doubleheader split with Chicago tomorrow will put the Twins back atop the American League.

August 25, 1967

Dean Chance throws his second no-hitter of the month, defeating the Indians 2-1

August 27, 1967

1967 – In a critical game with the White Sox, Boston RF Jose Tartabull makes a great throw home in the 9th to Elston Howard to nail Ken Berry trying to score from third base. Boston wins, 4 – 3 behind two homers by Carl Yastrzemski.

August 28, 1967

A decisive extra-inning blast tops off Roberto Clemente’s power display, obscuring Hank Aaron’s heroics. Wayne Minshew of the Atlanta Constitution reports that Clemente “hit a Pat Jarvis fastball 414 feet in the 6th inning and a Jay Ritchie slider 403 feet in the 10th to win the cliffhanger after Aaron saved it for overtime by robbing Manny Jimenez of a home run in the 9th.” It was Clemente’s 6th-inning solo shot that put Pittsburgh up by two and Aaron’s 8th-inning single that made it three all. Hank’s 9th-inning circus catch keeps it tied but, in the 10th, after Matty Alou is caught stealing for the second out, Roberto takes matters into his own hands and the rest is history.

August 28, 1967

Boston signs free agent OF Ken Harrelson

August 28, 1967

Chico Ruiz, in the ninth inning of a Reds’ 3-2 loss to Philadelphia at Crosley Field, becomes the only major leaguer ever to pinch-hit for Johnny Bench. The 28 year-old Cuban infielder, with a runner on second, flies out to left field, standing in for the future Hall of Famer, who goes 0-for-3 in his first big league game.

August 28, 1967

Giants hurler Gaylord Perry begins the longest consecutive inning scoreless streak in franchise history when he shuts out the Dodgers at Candlestick Park, 7-0. The right-hander will not give up another run over a span of 40 innings, a feat the son of a tenant farmer from North Carolina will repeat three seasons later.

August 29, 1967

The Reds collect only two hits, but it’s enough to beat Jim Bunning and the Phils, 1 – 0. Vada Pinson doubles in the 7th, and scores on a ground out and fly out.

August 29, 1967

The Red Sox tie an American League record they originally set on July 4, 1905, by playing 29 innings in a doubleheader. Boston wins the first against the Yankees, 2 – 1, then drops the nightcap in 20 innings, 4 – 3. Winning pitcher Fred Talbot has a single in the 20th, off Darrell Brandon, to set up Horace Clarke’s game-winning single. The game lasts 5:15 and is the third game this year of 18 innings or more for New York.

August 29, 1967

Kansas City’s lead-off batter Bert Campaneris’ three triples at the spacious Municipal Stadium are to no avail as the home team loses to Cleveland in ten innings, 9-8. The A’s shortstop becomes the first American Leaguer to accomplish the feat since Ben Chapman totaled a trio of three-baggers in 1939 for the Tribe.

September 1, 1967

Cincinnati’s Bob Lee walks Dick Groat with the bases loaded in the 21st inning to give the Giants a 1 – 0 victory at Crosley Field. Twenty scoreless innings tie the major league mark set by the Pirates and the Braves on August 1‚ 1918‚ a game Pittsburgh also won in the 21st‚ 2 – 0. Gaylord Perry‚ with 9 one-run losses during the season‚ pitches the first 16 innings of shutout ball‚ with Frank Linzy going the last 5. Mel Queen tosses 9 1/3 innings for the Reds.

September 1, 1967

The Cubs start a streak of four straight doubleheaders by beating the Mets‚ 8 – 2‚ behind Fergie Jenkins’ 17th win. Former Cub Don Cardwell wins the nitecap‚ 3 – 0‚ striking out 11.

September 1, 1967

Alan Foster of Spokane pitches his Pacific Coast League-record second no-hitter of the year. Both no-nos are 1 – 0 games against Seattle.

September 1, 1967

Gaylord Perry, in the midst of his franchise record-setting of pitching 40 consecutive inning without allowing a run, extends his scoreless streak when he hurls 16 innings of shutout ball in the Giants’ 1-0 victory over the Reds. Frank Linzy keeps Cincinnati scoreless for the final five frames to get the victory for San Francisco in the 21-inning Crosley Field contest.

September 1, 1967

After 20 scoreless innings, which equals the major league mark, Dick Groat draws a bases loaded walk, giving the Giants a 1-0 victory over the Reds. In 1918, the Braves and Pirates also matched zeros for twenty frames, until the Bucs scored two runs in the top of the 21st for an eventual 2-0 victory in the Boston ballpark.

September 2, 1967

Washington’s Bob Priddy loses his 1 – 0 lead to the Yankees when Mickey Mantle clouts a 2-run pinch homer in the 8th and New York wins, 2 – 1. Mel Stottlemyre is the winner, allowing six hits and no walks. For Mantle, it is his 14th game-winning hit of the year, eight of them home runs.

September 2, 1967

Minnesota takes the American League lead on Dave Boswell’s 5 – 0 victory over Denny McLain and Detroit.

September 3, 1967

1967 – Before a Twins crowd of 43,494, Detroit’s Earl Wilson pitches a 5 – 0 shutout to narrow the Twins’ lead to half a game over the Tigers. The win is Wilson’s 19th.

September 3, 1967

The Reds intentionally walk Willie McCovey during his first three plate appearances in the Crosley Field contest. Although Cincinnati’s two-out strategy works every time, the Giants prevail when Ray Sadecki hurls a three-hit shutout en route to the team’s 4-0 victory.

September 4, 1967

1967 – In the first of two at Wrigley Field, Chuck Hartenstein and the Cubs top the Dodgers, 2 – 1, in 11 innings. Don Sutton takes the loss and is now 0-7 against Chicago.

September 6, 1967

1967 – After the Tigers sweep the A’s, 8 – 5 and 6 – 3‚ and the White Sox down the Angels, 3 – 2‚ the top 4 American League teams are separated by a single percentage point. Chicago and Minnesota are 78-61 for .561; Bostonand Detroit are 79-62 for .560.

September 6, 1967

In Detroit, Tiger right-hander Earl Wilson throws a complete game to earn his 20th victory of the season, beating the A’s in the nightcap of a twin bill, 6-3. The 32 year-old Louisianian will compile a 22-11 record, along with an ERA of 3.27, helping to keep the second-place club in the pennant race until the final day of the season.

September 7, 1967

1967 – The Giants tie their own National League record by using 25 players in a 15-inning 3 – 2 win over the Astros.

September 7, 1967

With just three weeks left in the season, the standings at the end of the day will reveal a four-way tie for first place in the American League. The Red Sox (79-62), the eventual AL champs, are battling the White Sox (78-61), Tigers (79-62), and the Twins (78-61) to capture the flag in the historic pennant race.

September 7, 1967

At Candlestick Park, the Giants tie a National League mark, using a record 25 players to beat the Astros in 15 innings, 3-2. Manager Herman Franks uses all his starters and five relief pitchers, sends six pinch hitters to the plate, and three players enter the contest as pinch runners, along with two defensive substitutions.

September 8, 1967

The Tigers move into a first-place tie with the Twins, as Eddie Mathews and Jim Northrup hit home runs, and Mickey Lolich beats Tommy John, 4 – 1, at Chicago.

September 8, 1967

Despite a brilliant relief effort by Dick Kelley, the Braves lose a 4 – 1 decision at Philadelphia. Kelley ties the National League record for relievers with six consecutive strikeouts.

September 8, 1967

The Mets, at the urging of their fans, honor former Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax, who retired last season when arthritis ended his career prematurely at the age of 30. The Brooklyn-born southpaw, who threw a no-hitter against New York in 1962, started twenty games against the Amazins, compiling a 17-2 record, that included 14 complete games and 5 shutouts.

September 9, 1967

1967 – White Sox starter Gary Peters takes a 3 – 0 lead into the 9th inning, but a 7-run 9th keeps Detroit tied for first place with the Twins with a 7 – 3 win at Chicago. Chicago is now in 4th place, two games back, with the Red Sox in 3rd place just a half-game behind.

September 9, 1967

Jim Wynn smashes two home runs becomes the first Astro in franchise history to reach 100 RBIs

September 10, 1967

In the first game of a doubleheader, White Sox Joe Horlen no-hits the Tigers, 6 – 0. Cisco Carlos, Hoyt Wilhelm, and Bob Locker combine to shut out Detroit in the second game.

September 10, 1967

Minnesota leads the tight American League race after edging the Orioles, 4 – 2, at Baltimore.

September 10, 1967

At Candlestick Park, San Francisco hurler Gaylord Perry’s 40-inning team record consecutive scoreless streak comes to an end as the Cubs score an unearned run in the seventh inning of a 2-1 victory over Fergie Jenkins and the Cubs. The future Hall of Famer will match his franchise mark with another string of scoreless innings in 1970.

September 11, 1967

A’s players agree to drop a grievance filed with the National Labor Relations Board against Charlie Finley. Finley agrees, in writing, that he will not coerce or intimidate his players, or discriminate against them for the threatened action.

September 11, 1967

Houston ties the National League record by using eight pitchers in one 9-inning game, defeating Chicago, 11 – 10, at the Astrodome.

September 11, 1967

1Jim Wynn cracks his 37th homer of the season in an 11-10 squeaker over the Cubs.

September 12, 1967

1967 – The Reds rout the Pirates, winning, 15 – 7.

September 13, 1967

1967 – At Comiskey Park Cleveland and Chicago play a marathon 17-inning game, the White Sox ultimately winning, 1 – 0, on a game-ending RBI single by Rocky Colavito against his former squad. The contest features excellent starting pitching by Sonny Siebert and Gary Peters. Siebert goes 11 innings, allowing just 4 hits and 0 walks to Chicago batters. Peters also pitches 11 innings, yielding only 1 hit while walking 10 Indians.

September 14, 1967

1967 – Walt Bond, who played for the Indians, Astros, and Twins, dies of leukemia at age 29. Bond had been released by the Twins this year and was with Jacksonville (International League) when he went on the inactive list because of the disease.

September 14, 1967

Walt Bond, who led the Colt .45s in home runs and RBIs three years earlier, dies of leukemia at Methodist Hospital. He was 29 years old.

September 15, 1967

There are just two runs scored in the Phils-Dodgers doubleheader, and Los Angeles scores both, winning 1 – 0 in each game. In game one, Phils OF Tony Gonzalez is 2 for 4, giving him 30 hits for his last 55 at bats.

September 15, 1967

At the spacious Astrodome, Jimmy Wynn becomes the first Astro to hit three homers in one game. The “Toy Cannon’s” performance isn’t enough as the Braves beat Houston, 9 – 8.

September 16, 1967

Norm Cash drives in five runs and John Hiller goes the distance, enabling Detroit to take the American League lead with a 9 – 1 win over the Yankees.

September 16, 1967

The Phils top the Dodgers, 8 – 4, in 11 innings, when Rick Joseph hits a pinch grand slam to end it.

September 17, 1967

1967 – California’s Jim Weaver gives up Reggie Jackson’s first major league homer but holds on to beat Kansas City, 4 – 3.

September 18, 1967

Bob Gibson pitches St. Louis to a 5 – 1 win and its 2nd pennant of the decade.

September 18, 1967

Minnesota keeps pace by beating Kansas City, 2 – 0, behind Jim Kaat’s six-hitter. The White Sox lose, 3 – 2, to the Angels when Rick Reichardt hits a 9th-inning RBI single. Boston, Detroit, and Minnesota are now tied for 1st, with Chicago in 4th place, a half-game back.

September 18, 1967

The Red Sox rally late to move into a first-place tie with Detroit (85-66)

September 19, 1967

Boston rallies again to beat Detroit, 4 – 2, scoring three runs in the 9th inning. Jose Santiago (10-4) wins for the second time in two days. The loss drops Detroit from 1st place down to 4th.

September 19, 1967

Wes Westrum (57-94) resigns as manager of the Mets following a 4 – 3 loss to the Dodgers. Coach Salty Parker takes over and will be 4-7 for the rest of the season. Two days later the board of directors announces it will try to obtain Gil Hodges as manager.

September 21, 1967

1967 – Gary Bell beats his old team, Cleveland, to give Boston a 6 – 5 win.

September 23, 1967

The White Sox move to a half game out of first place on the strength of Joel Horlen’s three-hitter, an 8 – 0 whitewash of Cleveland. The Red Sox are in 3rd place, also a half game out, after dropping a 7 – 5 decision to Baltimore. Carl Yastrzemski’s 42nd home run had given the Red Sox a 5 – 4 lead, but a Brooks Robinson home run in the 8th inning won it for the O’s.

September 23, 1967

Three straight sacrifice bunts by the Phillies tie a major-league record in a 4 – 0 win at Los Angeles.

September 24, 1967

Dean Chance wins 20th

September 24, 1967

Gary Nolan becomes only the second pitcher in baseball history to strike out 200 batters in a season as a teenager when he fans Adolfo Phillips in the bottom of the fourth inning in the Reds’ 3-2 victory over Chicago at Wrigley Field. The 19 year-old right-handed fireballer joins Hall of Famer Bob Feller, who accomplished the milestone before reaching the age of twenty in 1938, hurling for the Indians.

September 25, 1967

At Forbes Field, the Reds’ Jim Maloney pitches a two-hitter to beat the Pirates, 3 – 0. All the scores come on solo homers – two by Mack Jones and one by Lee May.

September 25, 1967

In an afternoon game, the Angels top the leading Twins, 9 – 2 in Minnesota, to move the idle Red Sox into a first-place tie. Detroit loses, 2 – 0, to Yankee lefty Al Downing.

September 26, 1967

1967 – Cleveland’s Luis Tiant beats the Red Sox, 6 – 3, despite Carl Yastrzemski’s 43rd home run of the season. The Twins top the Angels, 7 – 3, behind two monster home runs by Harmon Killebrew, his 42nd and 43rd of the season. Mickey Lolich blanks the Yanks, 1 – 0, for Detroit to tighten the pennant race. The Twins (91-68) lead with Chicago (89-68) and the idle Red Sox (90-69) a game back, and Detroit (89-69) one and a half back.

September 27, 1967

In afternoon games, Cleveland tops Boston, 6 – 0, while the Twins drop a 5 – 1 decision to California. In their last games in Kansas City before moving to Oakland, the 10th-place A’s sweep a doubleheader from Chicago, beating the American League’s ERA leaders Gary Peters and Joe Horlen. Peters loses the opener 5 – 2, and Horlen the nitecap, 4 – 0, to rookie Catfish Hunter. Jim Gosger leads the way for KC by going 5 for 8 in the doubleheader. The two losses on this “Black Wednesday” drop Chicago to 4th place with only a hope of a tie for the pennant.

September 27, 1967

Jim Bunning ties a National League record, suffering his fifth 1-0 defeat of the season. The hard-luck Phillies right-hander loses to the Astros when, after two quick outs in the 11th, Rusty Staub doubles and scores on Chuck Harrison’s single.

September 27, 1967

Ferguson Jenkins posts the first of his six 20-game win seasons when the Cubs beat the Reds at Crosley Field, 4-1. The Canadian right-hander will lead the American League with 25 victories after Chicago deals the future Hall of Famer to the Rangers in 1974.

September 30, 1967

Boston beats the Twins, 6 – 4, to tie Minnesota for first place. Carl Yastrzemski’s 3-run home run gives him the American League-lead with 44, but Harmon Killebrew answers with his 44th for the losers. Meanwhile, Detroit, which had games rained out on the 28th and 29th, plays two with the Angels. Mickey Lolich wins the opener, 5 – 0, his 3rd straight shutout, and Detroit takes a seemingly safe 6 – 2 lead into the 8th inning of the nitecap. The Angels then bat around, scoring six runs, to hand Detroit a devastating 8 – 6 loss. Detroit now trails Minnesota and Boston by a half-game.

September 30, 1967

Jim Davenport sets a National League record with his 64th straight errorless game – 137 chances – at 3B for the Giants.

September 30, 1967

Manager Billy Hitchcock (77-82) is fired by the Braves.

October 1, 1967

Impossible Dream – Yaz goes 4-4 and Longborg wins 22nd to clinch World Series Appearance

October 1, 1967

Dick McAuliffe grounds into Double Play on last at bat of season costing Detroit playoffs

October 1, 1967

Roberto Clemente manages for one game and wins!

October 4, 1967

Full Radio Broadcast 1967 World Series Game 3 Boston Red Sox vs St Louis Cardinals

October 5, 1967

Jim Lonborg of the Boston Red Sox pitches a one-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game Two of the World Series

October 8, 1967

Boston’s Ken Brett becomes the youngest player ever to pitch in the World Series when he appears in relief against the Cardinals in Game 4 of the Fall Classic. The 19 year-old Red Sox rookie southpaw, the older brother of future Hall of Fame third baseman George Brett, tosses a scoreless eighth inning, yielding a walk in the team’s 6-0 loss at Busch Stadium.

October 9, 1967

The St. Louis Cardinals’ Roger Maris hits a home run in the 9th inning, but Jim Lonborg’s 3 – 1 victory sends the World Series back to Boston.

October 11, 1967

Boston Red Sox shortstop Rico Petrocelli blasts a pair of home runs, highlighting an 8-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth game of the World Series

October 11, 1967

Gil Hodges inks a three-year deal to become the Mets skipper

October 11, 1967

Lou Brock slides head first in to home to beat the tag by Red Sox catcher Elston Howard in Game 6 of the 1967 World Series

October 12, 1967

Bob Gibson hits a home run and strikes out 10 batters in leading the St. Louis Cardinals to the World Championship over the Boston Red Sox

October 17, 1967

Dick Williams is selected as the American League’s Manager of the Year

October 17, 1967

Roberto Clemente hits 2 home runs off Don Drysdale, accounting for all of Pittsburgh’s runs in a 4 – 1 victory over Los Angeles. Clemente’s first bomb travels 400 feet to tie the score at 1 – 1 in the fifth. Facing him again in the seventh with 2 on and 2 out, Drysdale makes two mistakes: first, he flattens him; then, to compound his gaffe, rather than walk Clemente outright, he tries to pitch around him. The celebrated free-swinger lays off balls two and three and fouls off ball four, before slugging another potential ball four 420 feet away. Speaking with the Pittsburgh Press after the game, Clemente confides: “I was hoping he wouldn’t walk me. I wanted one good swing and I got it. It was a thrill but the biggest thrill came when I went back to the field and the [Dodger] fans applauded me. This doesn’t happen very often.”

October 18, 1967

American League owners approve the transfer of the Kansas City A’s to Oakland in time for the start of the 1968 season

October 20, 1967

1967 – Bob Kennedy is named by Oakland Athletics owner Charles Finley the first manager in team history.

October 22, 1967

Kansas City A’s’ owner Charlie Finley hires Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio as vice-president

October 22, 1967

The A’s name Bay Area native Joe DiMaggio as the team’s executive vice president and consultant. Oakland owner Charlie Finley uses the ‘Yankee Clipper’ to be a part-time hitting coach and public relations advocate for the club, a job the former superstar will quickly become unhappy with, leaving the organization after just two years in the position.

October 30, 1967

1967 – The Chicago White Sox announce the team will play nine regular season games in Milwaukee during the 1968 season. Chicago will become the first American League team to play regular season games outside its own city since 1905.

October 31, 1967

San Francisco Giants pitcher Mike McCormick wins the 1967 National League Cy Young Award

October 31, 1967

As the overwhelming choice of 23 of the 24 experts surveyed, Dick Williams is selected as the United Press International’s American League Manager of the Year

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.

November 7, 1967

St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Orlando Cepeda becomes only the second National League player to unanimously win the MVP Award

November 8, 1967

The Mets obtain Art Shamsky from the Reds in exchange for infielder Bob Johnson, who will play only 16 games for his new team before being traded to Atlanta. New York’s newest outfielder will hit 42 home runs playing in a part-time role during his four seasons with the team.

November 13, 1967

1967 – Following a meeting of National League owners, president Warren Giles says the league will not stand in the way of American League expansion to Seattle and Kansas City.

November 15, 1967

Triple Crown winner Carl Yastrzemski is selected by the BBWAA as the American League Most Valuable Player

November 20, 1967

 New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver is named National League Rookie of the Year by the BBWAA

November 21, 1967

1967 – Cleveland sends 1B Fred Whitfield and P George Culver to Cincinnati for OF Tommy Harper.

November 22, 1967

Minnesota Twins second baseman Rod Carew wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award

November 22, 1967

Astros receive pitcher Fred Gladding to complete the trade with Detroit for Eddie Mathews

November 27, 1967

The Mets complete the deal that brings Senator skipper Gil Hodges (321-444, .420), who still had a year left on his contract with Washington, to New York to become the team’s fourth manager in the brief history of the five year-old franchise. The Amazins’ obtain the beloved former Dodger and original Met by sending 21 year-old right-hander Bill Denehy and $100,000 in reparations to nation’s capital.

November 28, 1967

Minnesota Twins trade former MVP shortstop Zoilo Versalles and pitcher Mudcat Grant

November 29, 1967

Cleveland Indians acquire outfielder Jose Cardenal from the California Angels for infielder-outfielder Chuck Hinton

November 29, 1967

The White Sox reacquire SS Luis Aparicio in 6 player deal

November 30, 1967

The Cubs give up on pitcher Ray Culp and ship him to the Red Sox for minor leaguer Rudy Schlesinger and cash. A steal for the Sox, Culp will develop a palmball and win 64 games for them over the next four seasons.

November 30, 1967

The Yankees purchase Gene Michael from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

December 1, 1967

Pacific Northwest Sports, Inc. is awarded a new team that will be named the Seattle Pilots.

December 2, 1967

1967 – Minnesota trades P Ron Kline to the Pirates for IF Bob Oliver. Kline, who was 7-1 last season, will post a 12-5 record in relief for the Pirates next year.

December 5, 1967

1967 – Stan Musial resigns as general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and is replaced by Bing Devine. Musial remains a senior vice-president.

December 7, 1967

1967 – The Yankees trade C Bob Tillman and P Dale Roberts to the Braves for minor leaguer Bobby Cox.

December 10, 1967

1967 – In a Puerto Rican League game, San Juan beats Arecibo, 6 – 3 behind Pat Dobson. The Detroit rookie strikes out 21 Arecibo batters.

December 15, 1967

Pittsburgh Pirates acquire future Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning from the Philadelphia Phillies

December 15, 1967

The Red Sox trade C Mike Ryan and cash to the Phillies for P Dick Ellsworth and C/1B Gene Oliver.

December 15, 1967

The Mets obtain Tommy Ageefrom the White Sox

December 24, 1967

1967 – While skiing at Lake Tahoe, Boston Red Sox pitcher Jim Lonborg tears the ligaments in his left knee. Lonborg, who posted a 22-9 record with 246 strikeouts and a 3.49 ERA and received the Cy Young Award, will pitch 12 more seasons in the major leagues, but will not again reach double digits in wins until 1971.

December 27, 1967

Boston Red Sox star Jim Lonborg undergoes surgery on his left knee

December 27, 1967

Johnny Murphy becomes the Mets’ third general manager in franchise history when he replaces Bing Devine. During his tenure, the team begins to benefit from their talented farm system, especially its young pitching prospects which include Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Nolan Ryan, and Gary Gentry, all who will play a major role in the club’s World Championship in 1969.

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