1967 St. Louis Cardinals season

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1967 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

1967 St. Louis Cardinals
1967 World Series Champions National League champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	101–60 (.627)
League place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)	Stan Musial
Manager(s)	Red Schoendienst
Local television	KSD-TV
Local radio	KMOX (Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Jerry Gross)
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The 1967 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 86th season in St. Louis, Missouri, its 76th season in the National League, and its first full season at Busch Memorial Stadium. Gussie Busch hired former outfielder Stan Musial as general manager before the season. Featuring four future Hall of Famers in Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Steve Carlton and Orlando Cepeda, "El Birdos" went 101–60 during the season and won the NL pennant by 10½ games over the San Francisco Giants. They went on to win the 1967 World Series in seven games over the Boston Red Sox.

Offseason

December 8, 1966: Charley Smith was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Roger Maris.^[1]
December 14, 1966: Walt Williams and Don Dennis were traded by the Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for Johnny Romano and Lee White (minors).^[2]

Regular season

First baseman Orlando Cepeda won the MVP Award this year, batting .325, with 25 home runs and 111 RBIs. He was the first unanimous selection for the award in the history of the National League.^[3] Pitcher Bob Gibson and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year.

Flood, whose record streak of 568 consecutive chances in the field without an error ended June 4 when he dropped a fly ball, returned to regular play in late July. His 227-game string had begun September 3, 1965. Once back in the lineup, he batted .373 the rest of the season, finishing fourth in the league at .335.

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

April 1, 1967: Art Mahaffey, Jerry Buchek and Tony Martínez were traded by the Cardinals to the New York Mets for Eddie Bressoud, Danny Napoleon, and cash.^[4]
June 6, 1967: Ted Simmons was drafted by the Cardinals in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft.^[5]

Roster

1967 St. Louis Cardinals roster

Roster

Pitchers

34 Nelson Briles

32 Steve Carlton

42 Jim Cosman

45 Bob Gibson

43 Joe Hoerner

31 Dick Hughes

38 Al Jackson

39 Larry Jaster

23 Jack Lamabe

48 Mike Torrez

44 Ray Washburn

36 Ron Willis

46 Hal Woodeshick

Catchers

15 Tim McCarver

10 Dave Ricketts

1 Johnny Romano

Infielders

11 Eddie Bressoud

30 Orlando Cepeda

16 Phil Gagliano

14 Steve Huntz

25 Julián Javier

27 Dal Maxvill

18 Mike Shannon

26 Ed Spiezio

24 Jimy Williams

Outfielders

20 Lou Brock

21 Curt Flood

12 Alex Johnson

9 Roger Maris

17 Bobby Tolan

Other batters

22 Ted Savage

Manager

2 Red Schoendienst

Coaches

8 Bob Milliken

4 Billy Muffett

3 Joe Schultz

5 Dick Sisler

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	McCarver, TimTim McCarver	138	471	139	.295	14	69
1B	Cepeda, OrlandoOrlando Cepeda	151	563	183	.325	25	111
2B	Javier, JuliánJulián Javier	140	520	146	.281	14	64
3B	Shannon, MikeMike Shannon	130	482	118	.245	12	77
SS	Maxvill, DalDal Maxvill	152	476	108	.227	1	41
LF	Brock, LouLou Brock	159	689	206	.299	21	76
CF	Flood, CurtCurt Flood	134	514	172	.335	5	50
RF	Maris, RogerRoger Maris	125	410	107	.261	9	55

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
Bressoud, EddieEddie Bressoud	52	67	9	.134	1	1
Romano, JohnnyJohnny Romano	24	58	7	.121	0	2
Williams, JimyJimy Williams	1	2	0	.000	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
Hughes, DickDick Hughes	37	222.1	16	6	2.67	161
Carlton, SteveSteve Carlton	30	193	14	9	2.98	168
Washburn, RayRay Washburn	27	186.1	10	7	3.53	98
Gibson, BobBob Gibson	24	175.1	13	7	2.98	147
Jaster, LarryLarry Jaster	34	152.1	9	7	3.01	87

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
Briles, NelsonNelson Briles	49	155.1	14	5	2.43	94
Jackson, AlAl Jackson	38	107	9	4	3.95	43
Cosman, JimJim Cosman	10	31.1	1	0	3.16	11

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
Willis, RonRon Willis	65	6	5	10	2.67	42
Hoerner, JoeJoe Hoerner	57	4	4	15	2.59	50

1967 World Series

Main article: 1967 World Series

St. Louis defeated the Boston Red Sox in the World Series, bursting "The Impossible Dream" bubble of the latter team, which had won their first pennant in 21 years on the last day of the season. Bob Gibson won Games 1, 4 and 7 in the Series and was named Series MVP for a second time. Nelson Briles won Game 3. Gibson came back from a broken leg during the season to accomplish his incredible World Series performance. KMOX radio awarded Lou Brock a car for his superb play (12–29 .414 with a record-tying 7 stolen bases) in the Series.

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	Cardinals – 2, Red Sox – 1	October 4	Fenway Park	34,796	2:22
2	Cardinals – 0, Red Sox – 5	October 5	Fenway Park	35,188	2:24
3	Red Sox – 2, Cardinals – 5	October 7	Busch Memorial Stadium	54,575	2:15
4	Red Sox – 0, Cardinals – 6	October 8	Busch Memorial Stadium	54,575	2:05
5	Red Sox – 3, Cardinals – 1	October 9	Busch Memorial Stadium	54,575	2:20
6	Cardinals – 4, Red Sox – 8	October 11	Fenway Park	35,188	2:48
7	Cardinals – 7, Red Sox – 2	October 12	Fenway Park	35,188	2:23

Despite winning a World Series in his first season as general manager, Musial stepped down, citing that he did not think the occupation was right for him, making it his only season as GM. He worked in other capacities in the Cardinals front office until 1980. Busch rehired Bing Devine after Musial's resignation.

Awards and honors

Lou Brock, Babe Ruth Award
Orlando Cepeda, National League Most Valuable Player Award
Bob Gibson, World Series Most Valuable Player Award
Red Schoendienst, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year

Farm system

References

↑ Charley Smith page at Baseball Reference
↑ Walt Williams page at Baseball Reference
↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 153, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
↑ Art Mahaffey page at Baseball Reference
↑ Ted Simmons page at Baseball Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

World Series champions

National League champions

1967 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota New York Washington

National League	Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1967 MLB draft 1967 All-Star Game 1967 World Series

St. Louis Cardinals 1967 World Series Champions

9 Roger Maris 10 Dave Ricketts 11 Eddie Bressoud 15 Tim McCarver 16 Phil Gagliano 17 Bobby Tolan 18 Mike Shannon 20 Lou Brock 21 Curt Flood 23 Jack Lamabe 25 Julián Javier 26 Ed Spiezio 27 Dal Maxvill 30 Orlando Cepeda 31 Dick Hughes 32 Steve Carlton 34 Nelson Briles 36 Ron Willis 39 Larry Jaster 43 Joe Hoerner 44 Ray Washburn 45 Bob Gibson (World Series MVP) 46 Hal Woodeshick

Manager 2 Red Schoendienst Coaches 3 Joe Schultz 4 Billy Muffett 5 Dick Sisler 8 Bob Milliken

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