1967 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkTiger Stadium
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersJohn Fetzer
General managersJim Campbell
ManagersMayo Smith
TelevisionWJBK
(George Kell, Larry Osterman)
RadioWJR
(Ernie Harwell, Ray Lane)
← 1966 Seasons 1968 →

The 1967 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished tied for second in the American League with the Minnesota Twins with 91 wins and 71 losses, one game behind the AL pennant-winning Boston Red Sox.

The season is notable as during the middle of the 1967 season, a number of home games were cancelled due to the 1967 Detroit riots; this would be the last time a game would be cancelled due to rioting, until the 1992 LA Dodgers had their games cancelled due to the 1992 riots.

Regular season

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 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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 Bill Freehan 155 517 146 .282 20 74
1B Norm Cash 152 488 118 .242 22 72
2B Dick McAuliffe 153 557 133 .239 22 65
SS Ray Oyler 148 367 76 .207 1 29
3B Don Wert 142 534 137 .257 6 40
LF Willie Horton 122 401 110 .274 19 67
CF Mickey Stanley 145 333 70 .210 7 24
RF Al Kaline 131 458 141 .308 25 78

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
Jim Northrup 144 495 134 .271 10 61
Jerry Lumpe 81 177 41 .232 4 17
Lenny Green 58 151 42 .278 1 13
Eddie Mathews 36 108 25 .231 6 19
Dick Tracewski 74 107 30 .280 1 8
Jim Price 44 92 24 .261 0 8
Gates Brown 51 91 17 .187 2 9
Jim Landis 25 48 10 .208 2 4
Bill Heath 20 32 4 .125 0 4
Jake Wood 14 20 1 .050 0 0
Tom Matchick 8 6 1 .167 0 0
Wayne Comer 4 3 1 .333 0 0
Dave Campbell 2 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
Earl Wilson 39 264.0 22 11 3.27 184
Denny McLain 37 235.0 17 16 3.79 161
Joe Sparma 37 217.2 16 9 3.76 153
Mickey Lolich 31 204.0 14 13 3.04 174

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
John Hiller 23 65.0 4 3 2.63 49
Johnny Podres 21 63.1 3 1 3.84 34

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
Fred Gladding 42 6 4 10 1.99 64
Mike Marshall 37 1 3 10 1.98 41
Dave Wickersham 36 4 5 5 2.74 44
Hank Aguirre 31 0 1 0 2.40 33
Pat Dobson 28 1 2 0 2.92 34
Larry Sherry 20 0 1 1 6.43 20
Fred Lasher 17 2 1 9 3.90 28
George Korince 9 1 0 0 5.14 11
Johnny Klippstein 5 0 0 0 5.40 4
Orlando Peña 2 0 1 0 13.50 2
Bill Monbouquette 2 0 0 0 0.00 2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Jack Tighe
AA Montgomery Rebels Southern League Frank Carswell
A Rocky Mount Leafs Carolina League Al Federoff
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Stubby Overmire
A Statesville Tigers Western Carolinas League Len Okrie
A-Short Season Erie Tigers New York–Penn League Eddie Lyons

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Toledo

Notes

  1. ^ 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.212
  2. ^ Geoff Zahn at Baseball Reference

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