1967 Cleveland Indians season

1967 Cleveland Indians
1967 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Ballpark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Vernon Stouffer
General managers	Gabe Paul
Managers	Joe Adcock
Television	WJW-TV; (Harry Jones, Herb Score)
Radio	WERE; (Jimmy Dudley, Bob Neal)

The 1967 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished eighth in the American League with a record of 75–87, 17 games behind the Boston Red Sox.

Offseason

October 12, 1966: Floyd Weaver was traded by the Indians to the New York Mets for Lou Klimchock and Ernie Bowman.^[1]
January 4, 1967: Jim Landis, Jim Weaver, and Doc Edwards were traded by the Indians to the Houston Astros for Lee Maye and Ken Retzer.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	92	70	.568	—	49‍–‍32	43‍–‍38
Detroit Tigers	91	71	.562	1	52‍–‍29	39‍–‍42
Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	1	52‍–‍29	39‍–‍42
Chicago White Sox	89	73	.549	3	49‍–‍33	40‍–‍40
California Angels	84	77	.522	7½	53‍–‍30	31‍–‍47
Washington Senators	76	85	.472	15½	40‍–‍40	36‍–‍45
Baltimore Orioles	76	85	.472	15½	35‍–‍42	41‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians	75	87	.463	17	36‍–‍45	39‍–‍42
New York Yankees	72	90	.444	20	43‍–‍38	29‍–‍52
Kansas City Athletics	62	99	.385	29½	37‍–‍44	25‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1967 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KCA	MIN	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	10–8	6–11	7–11	9–9	3–15	10–8	8–10	13–5	10–8
Boston	8–10	—	10–8	8–10	13–5	11–7	12–6	7–11	12–6	11–7
California	11–6	8–10	—	7–11	14–4	8–10	14–4	7–11	9–9	6–12
Chicago	11–7	10–8	11–7	—	12–6	8–10	8–10	9–9	12–6	8–10
Cleveland	9–9	5–13	4–14	6–12	—	8–10	11–7	10–8	9–9	13–5
Detroit	15–3	7–11	10–8	10–8	10–8	—	12–6	8–10–1	10–8	9–9
Kansas City	8–10	6–12	4–14	10–8	7–11	6–12	—	8–10	7–11	6–11
Minnesota	10–8	11–7	11–7	9–9	8–10	10–8–1	10–8	—	12–6–1	10–8
New York	5–13	6–12	9–9	6–12	9–9	8–10	11–7	6–12–1	—	12–6
Washington	8–10	7–11	12–6	10–8	5–13	9–9	11–6	8–10	6–12	—

Notable transactions

July 20, 1967: Gary Kroll was purchased by the Indians from the Houston Astros.^[3]
September 4, 1967: Jim Kern was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.^[4]

Opening Day Lineup


Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
25	Vic Davalillo	CF
10	Max Alvis	3B
27	Leon Wagner	LF
15	Fred Whitfield	1B
23	Chuck Hinton	RF
18	Gus Gil	2B
9	Duke Sims	C
16	Larry Brown	SS
48	Sam McDowell	P

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Roster

1967 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

6 Joe Adcock

Coaches

2 Clay Bryant (Pitching)
4 Pat Mullin (Hitting)
5 Del Rice (First Base)
3 George Strickland (Third Base)

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	Joe Azcue	86	295	74	.251	11	34
1B	Tony Horton	106	363	102	.281	10	44
2B	Vern Fuller	73	206	46	.223	7	21
SS	Larry Brown	152	485	110	.227	7	37
3B	Max Alvis	161	637	163	.256	21	70
LF	Leon Wagner	135	433	105	.242	15	54
CF	Vic Davalillo	139	359	103	.287	2	22
RF	Chuck Hinton	147	498	122	.245	10	37

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
Lee Maye	115	297	77	.259	9	27
Duke Sims	88	272	55	.202	12	37
Fred Whitfield	100	257	56	.218	9	31
Chico Salmon	90	203	46	.227	2	19
Rocky Colavito	63	191	46	.241	5	21
Pedro González	80	189	43	.228	1	8
Don Demeter	51	121	25	.207	5	12
Gus Gil	51	96	11	.115	0	5
Richie Scheinblum	18	66	21	.318	0	6
José Vidal	16	34	4	.118	0	0
Willie Smith	21	32	7	.219	0	2
Jim King	19	21	3	.143	0	0
Ray Fosse	7	16	1	.063	0	0
Gordy Lund	3	8	2	.250	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
Sam McDowell	37	236.1	13	15	3.85	236
Steve Hargan	30	223.0	14	13	2.62	141
Luis Tiant	33	213.2	12	9	2.74	219
Sonny Siebert	34	185.1	10	12	2.38	136
Gary Bell	9	60.2	1	5	3.71	39

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
John O'Donoghue	33	130.2	8	9	3.24	81
Stan Williams	16	79.0	6	4	2.62	75
Ed Connolly	15	49.1	2	1	7.48	45

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
Orlando Peña	48	0	3	8	3.36	72
George Culver	53	7	3	3	3.96	41
Bob Allen	47	0	5	5	2.98	50
Steve Bailey	32	2	5	2	3.90	46
Bobby Tiefenauer	5	0	1	0	0.79	6
Dick Radatz	3	0	0	0	6.00	1
Jack Kralick	2	0	2	0	9.00	1
Tom Kelley	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Johnny Lipon
AA	Pawtucket Indians	Eastern League	Red Davis
A	Reno Silver Sox	California League	Phil Cavarretta
A	Rock Hill Indians	Western Carolinas League	Pinky May
Rookie	GCL Indians	Gulf Coast League	Gordon Seyfried

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References

^ Lou Klimchock at Baseball-Reference
^ Lee Maye at Baseball-Reference
^ Gary Kroll at Baseball Reference
^ Jim Kern at Baseball Reference
^ 1967 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

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[1] Lou Klimchock at Baseball-Reference

[2] Lee Maye at Baseball-Reference

[3] Gary Kroll at Baseball Reference

[4] Jim Kern at Baseball Reference

[5] 1967 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference

[6] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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