1967 Atlanta Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkAtlanta Stadium
CityAtlanta
Record75–88 (.475)
League place8th
OwnersWilliam Bartholomay
General managersPaul Richards
ManagersBilly Hitchcock
TelevisionWSB-TV
(Larry Munson, Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton, Dizzy Dean)
RadioWSB
(Larry Munson, Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton)
← 1966 Seasons 1968 →

The 1967 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' second season in Atlanta and the 97th overall. The team went 77–85, as they suffered their first losing season since 1952, the franchise's final season in Boston. The seventh-place Braves finished 24½ games behind the National League and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

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 record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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 —


Managerial turnover

The Braves' worst season since 1952—their last year in their original home of Boston—cost manager Billy Hitchcock his job on September 28, 1967; the team stood at 77–82 (.484) and 211⁄2 games in arrears of the eventual 1967 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals at the time. Bullpen coach Ken Silvestri took over the club for the final three games of the season (all losses) on an interim basis.

Hitchcock's firing enabled general manager Paul Richards, on the job in Atlanta for only 13 months, to name his own man as skipper for 1968, and he chose a veteran associate, Luman Harris, 52, as Hitchcock's permanent successor.[6] Harris had played with Richards with the minor league Atlanta Crackers in the 1930s, and coached for Richards with three MLB clubs; he had also managed under GM Richards with the 1965 Houston Astros. Harris had been the 1967 skipper of the Triple-A Richmond Braves, and had led them to the best record in the International League.

Notable transactions

Roster

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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Torre 135 477 132 .277 20 68
1B Felipe Alou 140 574 157 .274 15 43
2B Woody Woodward 136 429 97 .226 0 25
SS Denis Menke 129 418 95 .227 7 39
3B Clete Boyer 154 572 140 .245 26 96
LF Rico Carty 134 444 113 .255 15 64
CF Mack Jones 140 454 115 .253 17 50
RF Hank Aaron 155 600 184 .307 39 109

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
Tito Francona 82 254 63 .248 6 25
Bob Uecker 62 158 23 .146 3 13
Mike de la Hoz 74 143 29 .203 3 14
Félix Millán 41 136 32 .235 2 6
Gary Geiger 69 117 19 .162 1 5
Marty Martínez 44 73 21 .288 0 5
Gene Oliver 17 51 10 .196 3 6
Charley Lau 52 45 9 .200 1 5
Remy Hermoso 11 26 8 .308 0 0
Mike Lum 9 26 6 .231 0 1
Dave Nicholson 10 25 5 .200 0 1
Cito Gaston 9 25 3 .120 0 1
Ty Cline 10 8 0 .000 0 0
Glen Clark 4 4 0 .000 0 0
Jim Beauchamp 4 3 0 .000 0 1

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
Denny Lemaster 31 215.1 9 9 3.34 148
Ken Johnson 29 210.1 13 9 2.74 85
Pat Jarvis 32 194.0 15 10 3.66 118
Tony Cloninger 16 76.2 4 7 5.17 55
Ron Reed 3 21.1 1 1 2.45 11
Jim Britton 2 13.1 0 2 6.08 4

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
Phil Niekro 46 207.0 11 9 1.87 129
Dick Kelley 39 98.0 2 9 3.77 75
Clay Carroll 42 93.0 6 12 5.52 35
Ed Rakow 17 39.1 3 2 5.26 25
Bob Bruce 12 38.2 2 3 4.89 22
Wade Blasingame 10 25.1 1 0 4.62 20
George Stone 2 7.1 0 0 4.91 5

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
Cecil Upshaw 30 2 3 9 2.58 31
Jay Ritchie 52 4 6 2 3.17 57
Ramón Hernández 46 0 2 5 4.18 28
Claude Raymond 28 4 1 4 2.62 14
Don Schwall 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Lum Harris
AA Austin Braves Texas League Hub Kittle
A Kinston Eagles Carolina League Andy Pafko
A West Palm Beach Braves Florida State League Eddie Haas
A Lexington Braves Western Carolinas League Buddy Hicks
A-Short Season Jamestown Braves New York–Penn League Harry Dorish
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Tom Saffell

Notes

  1. ^ Ramón Hernández at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Clete Boyer at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Mike Page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ John Herrnstein at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Sandy Alomar, Jr. at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Corbett, Warren, Lum Harris. Society for American Professional Baseball Research Biography Project
  7. ^ Bob Uecker at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Braves send Blasingame to Houston; few other trades

References

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