1967 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1967 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas Johnson (minority shareholders)
General manager(s)	Joe L. Brown
Manager(s)	Harry Walker, Danny Murtaugh
Local television	KDKA-TV Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King
Local radio	KDKA Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King
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The 1967 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 86th season in franchise history. The sixth-place Pirates finished at 81–81, 20½ games behind the National League and World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

• October 12, 1966: Wilbur Wood was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Juan Pizarro to the Pirates on November 28.^[2]
• November 29, 1966: Manny Jiménez was drafted by the Pirates from the Kansas City Athletics in the 1966 minor league draft.^[3]
• December 1, 1966: Bob Bailey and Gene Michael were traded by the Pirates to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Maury Wills.^[4]
• December 6, 1966: Don Cardwell and Don Bosch were traded by the Pirates to the New York Mets for Dennis Ribant and Gary Kolb.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	101	60	0.627	—	49–32	52–28
San Francisco Giants	91	71	0.562	10½	51–31	40–40
Chicago Cubs	87	74	0.540	14	49–34	38–40
Cincinnati Reds	87	75	0.537	14½	49–32	38–43
Philadelphia Phillies	82	80	0.506	19½	45–35	37–45
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	81	0.500	20½	49–32	32–49
Atlanta Braves	77	85	0.475	24½	48–33	29–52
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	89	0.451	28½	42–39	31–50
Houston Astros	69	93	0.426	32½	46–35	23–58
New York Mets	61	101	0.377	40½	36–42	25–59

Record vs. opponents

1967 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	11–7	5–13	11–7	8–10	8–10	10–8	8–10	10–8	6–12
Chicago	7–11	—	12–6	8–10	9–9	13–5	11–7	11–7–1	10–8	6–11
Cincinnati	13–5	6–12	—	15–3	8–10	12–6	10–8	10–8	8–10	5–13
Houston	7–11	10–8	3–15	—	10–8	11–7	7–11	9–9	6–12	6–12
Los Angeles	10–8	9–9	10–8	8–10	—	12–6	6–12	7–11	5–13	6–12
New York	10–8	5–13	6–12	7–11	6–12	—	4–14	11–7	5–13	7–11
Philadelphia	8-10	7–11	8–10	11–7	12–6	14–4	—	8–10	8–10	6–12
Pittsburgh	10–8	7–11–1	8–10	9–9	11–7	7–11	10–8	—	8–10	11–7
San Francisco	8–10	8–10	10–8	12–6	13–5	13–5	10–8	10–8	—	7–11
St. Louis	12–6	11–6	13–5	12–6	12–6	11–7	12–6	7–11	11–7	—

Notable transactions

• June 6, 1967: Tom Dettore was drafted by the Pirates in the 9th round of the secondary phase of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.^[6]
• June 21, 1967: Al Luplow was purchased by the Pirates from the New York Mets.^[7]

Roster

1967 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 28 Steve Blass 19 Bruce Dal Canton 26 Roy Face 22 Woodie Fryman 37 John Gelnar 32 Vern Law 34 Al McBean 19 Pete Mikkelsen 38 Bob Moose 31 Billy O'Dell 29 Juan Pizarro 36 Dennis Ribant 38 Jim Shellenback 37 Bill Short 25 Tommie Sisk 39 Bob Veale		Catchers 20 Jesse Gonder 12 Jerry May 10 Jim Pagliaroni 35 Manny Sanguillén Infielders 14 Gene Alley 17 Donn Clendenon  9 Bill Mazeroski 11 José Pagán 3,24 Bob Robertson  7 Andre Rodgers 30 Maury Wills		Outfielders 18 Matty Alou 21 Roberto Clemente 24 Manny Jiménez 20 Al Luplow 15 Manny Mota 23 George Spriggs  8 Willie Stargell		Manager 40 Danny Murtaugh  3 Harry Walker Coaches  5 Alex Grammas  6 Clyde King  4 Johnny Pesky  2 Hal Smith

Statistics

Batting

Regular Season[8] Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Clemente, RobertoRoberto Clemente 147 585 209 0.357 23 110 Alou, MattyMatty Alou 139 550 186 0.338 2 28 Dal Canton, BruceBruce Dal Canton 8 6 2 0.333 0 1 Moose, BobBob Moose 2 6 2 0.333 0 1 Mota, MannyManny Mota 120 349 112 0.321 4 56 Wills, MauryMaury Wills 149 616 186 0.302 3 45 Pagan, JoseJose Pagan 81 211 61 0.289 1 19 Alley, GeneGene Alley 152 550 158 0.287 6 55 Sanguillen, MannyManny Sanguillen 30 96 26 0.271 0 8 May, JerryJerry May 110 325 88 0.271 3 22 Stargell, WillieWillie Stargell 134 462 125 0.271 20 73 Ribant, DennisDennis Ribant 47 60 16 0.267 0 3 Mazeroski, BillBill Mazeroski 163 639 167 0.261 9 77 Pizarro, JuanJuan Pizarro 50 27 7 0.259 0 3 Jimenez, MannyManny Jimenez 50 56 14 0.250 2 10 Clendenon, DonnDonn Clendenon 131 478 119 0.249 13 56 Rodgers, AndreAndre Rodgers 47 61 14 0.230 2 4 McBean, AlAl McBean 51 29 6 0.207 0 3 Pagliaroni, JimJim Pagliaroni 44 100 20 0.200 0 9 Luplow, AlAl Luplow 55 103 19 0.184 1 8 Spriggs, GeorgeGeorge Spriggs 38 57 10 0.175 0 5 Robertson, BobBob Robertson 9 35 6 0.171 2 4 Gelnar, JohnJohn Gelnar 10 6 1 0.167 0 0 Shellenback, JimJim Shellenback 6 6 1 0.167 0 0 Gonder, JesseJesse Gonder 22 36 5 0.139 0 3 Blass, SteveSteve Blass 32 39 5 0.128 0 5 Fryman, WoodieWoodie Fryman 28 34 4 0.118 0 1 O'Dell, BillyBilly O'Dell 28 26 3 0.115 0 0 Law, VernVern Law 26 27 3 0.111 0 1 Sisk, TommieTommie Sisk 37 69 7 0.101 0 4 Veale, BobBob Veale 33 69 3 0.043 0 1 Face, RoyRoy Face 61 6 0 0.000 0 0 Mikkelsen, PetePete Mikkelsen 32 4 0 0.000 0 0 Short, BillBill Short 6 1 0 0.000 0 0

Pitching

Regular Season[9] Player G IP W L ERA SO Dal Canton, BruceBruce Dal Canton 8 24 2 1 1.88 13 Face, RoyRoy Face 61 74^1⁄3 7 5 2.42 41 McBean, AlAl McBean 51 131 7 4 2.54 54 Shellenback, JimJim Shellenback 6 23^1⁄3 1 1 2.70 11 Sisk, TommieTommie Sisk 37 207^2⁄3 13 13 3.34 85 Blass, SteveSteve Blass 32 126^2⁄3 6 8 3.55 72 Veale, BobBob Veale 33 203 16 8 3.64 179 Moose, BobBob Moose 2 14^2⁄3 1 0 3.68 7 Short, BillBill Short 6 2^1⁄3 0 0 3.86 1 Pizarro, JuanJuan Pizarro 50 107 8 10 3.95 96 Fryman, WoodieWoodie Fryman 28 113^1⁄3 3 8 4.05 74 Ribant, DennisDennis Ribant 38 172 9 8 4.08 75 Law, VernVern Law 25 97 2 6 4.18 43 Mikkelsen, PetePete Mikkelsen 32 56^1⁄3 1 2 4.31 30 O'Dell, BillyBilly O'Dell 27 86^2⁄3 5 6 5.82 34 Gelnar, JohnJohn Gelnar 10 19 0 1 8.05 5

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Harding "Pete" Peterson
AA	Macon Peaches	Southern League	Don Osborn and Frank Oceak
A	Raleigh Pirates	Carolina League	Joe Morgan
A	Clinton Pirates	Midwest League	Bob Clear
A	Gastonia Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Don Leppert
Rookie	Salem Pirates	Appalachian League	Buddy Pritchard

Notes

1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
2. Wilbur Wood page at Baseball Reference
3. Manny Jiménez page at Baseball-Reference
4. Maury Wills page at Baseball Reference
5. Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference
6. Tom Dettore page at Baseball Reference
7. Al Luplow page at Baseball Reference
8. "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
9. "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

References

• 1967 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1967 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.