1967 – Stan Musial resigns as general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and is replaced by Bing Devine. Musial remains a senior vice-president.
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.
1967 – Pacific Northwest Sports, Inc. is awarded one of the two American League expansion franchises. The new team will be named the Seattle Pilots.
The Yankees purchase Gene Michael from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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.
The White Sox reacquire SS Luis Aparicio, with OF Russ Snyder and 1B/OF John Matias, from Baltimore for pitchers Bruce Howard and Roger Nelson and IF Don Buford.
On November 29, 1967, the Cleveland Indians acquire outfielder Jose Cardenal from the California Angels for infielder-outfielder Chuck Hinton. Cardenal will hit .257 in each of two seasons with the Indians before being traded to St. Louis. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ [jetpack_subscription_form title=”Join the Community” subscribe_text=”We bring you cool stories about the game, players, ballparks and the…
On November 28, 1967, the Minnesota Twins trade former MVP shortstop Zoilo Versalles and pitcher Mudcat Grant to the Los Angeles Dodgers for pitchers Ron Perranoski and Bob Miller and catcher John Roseboro. Just 3 years removed from winning the 1965 AL MVP, Versalles will hit .196 in his only season with the Dodgers in…
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.
1967 – Astros receive pitcher Fred Gladding to complete the trade with Detroit for Eddie Mathews. The reliever compiles a 22-23 record with 76 saves over the next six years in Houston.