1967 Chicago White Sox season

1967 Chicago White Sox
1967 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	White Sox Park (since 1910); Chicago (since 1900);
Other information
Owners	Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General managers	Ed Short
Managers	Eddie Stanky
Local television	WGN-TV; (Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit)
Local radio	WMAQ (AM); (Bob Elson, Red Rush)
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The 1967 season was the Chicago White Sox' 67th season in the major leagues, and its 68th season overall. They finished with a record of 89–73, good enough for fourth place in the American League, 3 games behind the first-place Boston Red Sox. The team's earned run average (ERA) of 2.45 is the lowest in the live-ball era (1920 onwards).[1]

Offseason

October 17, 1966: Smoky Burgess was released by the White Sox.[2]
October and November 1966: In separate transactions, Wilbur Wood was sold by the Pirates to the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox also sold Juan Pizarro to the Pirates.[3]
December 14, 1966: Johnny Romano and Lee White (minors) were traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Walt Williams and Don Dennis.[4]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	92	70	0.568	—	49–32	43–38
Detroit Tigers	91	71	0.562	1	52–29	39–42
Minnesota Twins	91	71	0.562	1	52–29	39–42
Chicago White Sox	89	73	0.549	3	49–33	40–40
California Angels	84	77	0.522	7½	53–30	31–47
Washington Senators	76	85	0.472	15½	40–40	36–45
Baltimore Orioles	76	85	0.472	15½	35–42	41–43
Cleveland Indians	75	87	0.463	17	36–45	39–42
New York Yankees	72	90	0.444	20	43–38	29–52
Kansas City Athletics	62	99	0.385	29½	37–44	25–55

Record vs. opponents

1967 American League record Sources:
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

May 6, 1967: Bill Skowron was traded by the White Sox to the California Angels for Cotton Nash and cash.[5]
June 15, 1967: Ed Stroud was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Jim King.[6]
July 22, 1967: Bill Southworth and a player to be named later were traded by the White Sox to the New York Mets for Ken Boyer and a player to be named later. The Mets completed their part of the deal by sending Sandy Alomar Sr. to the White Sox on August 15. The White Sox completed their part of the deal by sending J. C. Martin to the Mets on November 27.[7]

Roster

1967 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

2 Smoky Burgess
14 Bill Skowron

Manager

12 Eddie Stanky

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Jerry Adair, 2B	28	98	6	20	4	0	0	9	4	17	.204	0
Tommie Agee, CF,LF,RF	158	529	73	124	26	2	14	52	44	129	.234	28
Sandy Alomar Sr., SS,2B	12	15	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200	2
Ken Berry, RF,CF,LF	147	485	49	117	14	4	7	41	46	68	.241	9
Ken Boyer, 3B,1B	57	180	17	47	5	1	4	21	7	25	.261	0
Buddy Bradford, OF	24	20	6	2	1	0	0	1	1	7	.100	1
Don Buford, 3B,2B	156	535	61	129	10	9	4	32	65	51	.241	34
Smoky Burgess, PH	77	60	2	8	1	0	2	11	14	8	.133	0
Wayne Causey, 2B	124	292	21	66	10	3	1	28	32	35	.226	2
Rocky Colavito, RF,LF	60	190	20	42	4	1	3	29	25	10	.221	1
Ron Hansen, SS	157	498	35	116	20	0	8	51	64	51	.233	0
Ed Herrmann, C	2	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.667	0
Duane Josephson, C	62	189	11	45	5	1	1	9	6	24	.238	0
Dick Kenworthy, 3B	50	97	9	22	4	1	4	11	4	17	.227	0
Jim King, OF	23	50	2	6	1	0	0	2	4	16	.120	0
J. C. Martin, C	101	252	22	59	12	1	4	22	30	41	.234	4
Jerry McNertney, C	56	123	8	28	6	0	3	13	6	14	.228	0
Tommy McCraw, 1B,CF	125	453	55	107	18	3	11	45	33	55	.236	24
Rich Morales, SS	8	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Cotton Nash, 1B	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0
Bill Skowron, PH	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0
Marv Staehle, 2B,SS	32	54	1	6	1	0	0	1	4	8	.111	1
Jimmy Stewart, 2B,LF	24	18	5	3	0	0	0	1	1	6	.167	1
Ed Stroud, LF,RF	20	27	6	8	0	1	0	3	1	5	.296	7
Bill Voss, OF	13	22	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.091	1
Pete Ward, LF,1B,RF,3B	146	467	49	109	16	2	18	62	61	109	.233	3
Al Weis, 2B,SS	50	53	9	13	2	0	0	4	1	7	.245	3
Walt Williams, LF,RF	104	275	35	66	16	3	3	15	17	20	.240	3

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
John Buzhardt, P	28	20	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	7	.200	0
Cisco Carlos, P	8	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	.063	0
Dennis Higgins, P	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Joe Horlen, P	51	83	8	14	1	0	0	5	1	14	.169	0
Bruce Howard, P	30	28	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	9	.179	0
Tommy John, P	31	51	0	8	0	0	0	2	1	12	.157	0
Steve Jones, P	11	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	0
Fred Klages, P	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	.000	0
Bob Locker, P	77	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	0
Don McMahon, P	52	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	.182	0
Jim O'Toole, P	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	.077	0
Gary Peters, P	48	99	10	21	0	2	2	13	2	23	.212	0
Hoyt Wilhelm, P	49	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	.077	0
Wilbur Wood, P	51	16	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	11	.063	0
Team Totals	162	5383	531	1209	181	34	89	491	480	849	.225	124

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
John Buzhardt	3	9	3.96	28	7	0	88.2	100	44	39	11	42	33
Cisco Carlos	2	0	0.86	8	7	0	41.2	23	5	4	0	9	27
Dennis Higgins	1	2	5.84	9	0	0	12.1	13	9	8	0	10	8
Joe Horlen	19	7	2.06	35	35	0	258.0	188	66	59	13	62	103
Bruce Howard	3	10	3.43	30	17	0	112.2	102	55	43	9	53	76
Tommy John	10	13	2.47	31	29	0	178.1	143	62	49	12	54	110
Steve Jones	2	2	4.21	11	3	0	25.2	21	13	12	1	12	17
Fred Klages	4	4	3.83	11	9	0	44.2	43	19	19	6	17	17
Jack Lamabe	1	0	1.80	3	0	0	5.0	7	2	1	0	2	3
Bob Locker	7	5	2.09	77	0	20	124.2	102	34	29	5	28	80
Don McMahon	5	0	1.67	52	0	3	91.2	54	21	17	5	31	74
Aurelio Monteagudo	0	1	20.25	1	1	0	1.1	4	3	3	1	2	0
Roger Nelson	0	1	1.29	5	0	0	7.0	4	1	1	1	0	4
Jim O'Toole	4	3	2.82	15	10	0	54.1	53	21	17	4	20	37
Gary Peters	16	11	2.28	38	36	0	260.0	187	81	66	15	99	215
Hoyt Wilhelm	8	3	1.31	49	0	12	89.0	58	21	13	2	38	76
Wilbur Wood	4	2	2.45	51	8	4	95.1	95	34	26	2	32	47
Team Totals	89	73	2.45	162	162	39	1490.1	1197	491	406	87	511	927

Awards and honors

1967 MLB All-Star Game
- Tommie Agee, reserve
- Ken Berry, reserve
- Joe Horlen, reserve
- Gary Peters, reserve[8]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pacific Coast League	Don Gutteridge
AA	Evansville White Sox	Southern League	George Noga
A	Lynchburg White Sox	Carolina League	Stan Wasiak
A	Appleton Foxes	Midwest League	Alex Cosmidis
A-Short Season	Duluth–Superior Dukes	Northern League	Ira Hutchinson
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	Bruce Andrew

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Appleton
Duluth-Superior affiliation shared with Chicago Cubs[9]

Notes

"Team Pitching Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1920 to 2021, Standard stats, requiring Earned Run Average <= 2.6, sorted by lowest Earned Run Average". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
Smoky Burgess at Baseball Reference
Pirates buy Juan Pizzaro
Walt Williams at Baseball Reference
Moose Skowron at Baseball Reference
Braves send Blasingame to Houston; few other trades
Sandy Alomar at Baseball Reference
"1967 All-Star Game".
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

1967 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

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[1] "Team Pitching Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1920 to 2021, Standard stats, requiring Earned Run Average <= 2.6, sorted by lowest Earned Run Average". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 23, 2021.

[2] Smoky Burgess at Baseball Reference

[3] Pirates buy Juan Pizzaro

[4] Walt Williams at Baseball Reference

[5] Moose Skowron at Baseball Reference

[6] Braves send Blasingame to Houston; few other trades

[7] Sandy Alomar at Baseball Reference

[8] "1967 All-Star Game".

[9] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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