1967 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkWhite Sox Park
CityChicago
OwnersArthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General managersEd Short
ManagersEddie Stanky
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit)
RadioWMAQ (AM)
(Bob Elson, Red Rush)
← 1966 Seasons 1968 →

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

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: [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

Roster

1967 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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

  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

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