1967 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersVernon Stouffer
General managersGabe Paul
ManagersJoe Adcock
TelevisionWJW-TV
(Harry Jones, Herb Score)
RadioWERE
(Jimmy Dudley, Bob Neal)
Seasons

The 1967 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished eighth in the American League with a record of 75–87, 17 games behind the Boston Red Sox.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9270 0.568 — 49–32 43–38
Detroit Tigers 9171 0.562 1 52–29 39–42
Minnesota Twins 9171 0.562 1 52–29 39–42
Chicago White Sox 8973 0.549 3 49–33 40–40
California Angels 8477 0.522 7½ 53–30 31–47
Washington Senators 7685 0.472 15½ 40–40 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 7685 0.472 15½ 35–42 41–43
Cleveland Indians 7587 0.463 17 36–45 39–42
New York Yankees 7290 0.444 20 43–38 29–52
Kansas City Athletics 6299 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 —10–86–117–119–93–1510–88–1013–510–8
Boston 8–10—10–88–1013–511–712–67–1112–611–7
California 11–68–10—7–1114–48–1014–47–119–96–12
Chicago 11–710–811–7—12–68–108–109–912–68–10
Cleveland 9–95–134–146–12—8–1011–710–89–913–5
Detroit 15–37–1110–810–810–8—12–68–10–110–89–9
Kansas City 8–106–124–1410–87–116–12—8–107–116–11
Minnesota 10–811–711–79–98–1010–8–110–8—12–6–110–8
New York 5–136–129–96–129–98–1011–76–12–1—12–6
Washington 8–107–1112–610–85–139–911–68–106–12—

Notable transactions

  • July 20, 1967: Gary Kroll was purchased by the Indians from the Houston Astros.[3]
  • September 4, 1967: Jim Kern was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.[4]

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
25Vic DavalilloCF
10Max Alvis3B
27Leon WagnerLF
15Fred Whitfield1B
23Chuck HintonRF
18Gus Gil2B
9Duke SimsC
16Larry BrownSS
48Sam McDowellP

[5]

Roster

1967 Cleveland Indians
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
CJoe Azcue8629574.2511134
1BTony Horton106363102.2811044
2BVern Fuller7320646.223721
SSLarry Brown152485110.227737
3BMax Alvis161637163.2562170
LFLeon Wagner135433105.2421554
CFVic Davalillo139359103.287222
RFChuck Hinton147498122.2451037

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
Lee Maye11529777.259927
Duke Sims8827255.2021237
Fred Whitfield10025756.218931
Chico Salmon9020346.227219
Rocky Colavito6319146.241521
Pedro González8018943.22818
Don Demeter5112125.207512
Gus Gil519611.11505
Richie Scheinblum186621.31806
José Vidal16344.11800
Willie Smith21327.21902
Jim King19213.14300
Ray Fosse7161.06300
Gordy Lund382.25000

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
Sam McDowell37236.113153.85236
Steve Hargan30223.014132.62141
Luis Tiant33213.21292.74219
Sonny Siebert34185.110122.38136
Gary Bell960.2153.7139

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 O'Donoghue33130.2893.2481
Stan Williams1679.0642.6275
Ed Connolly1549.1217.4845

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
Orlando Peña480383.3672
George Culver537333.9641
Bob Allen470552.9850
Steve Bailey322523.9046
Bobby Tiefenauer50100.796
Dick Radatz30006.001
Jack Kralick20209.001
Tom Kelley10000.000

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Johnny Lipon
AA Pawtucket Indians Eastern League Red Davis
A Reno Silver Sox California League Phil Cavarretta
A Rock Hill Indians Western Carolinas League Pinky May
Rookie GCL Indians Gulf Coast League Gordon Seyfried

[6]

References

  1. ↑ Lou Klimchock at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Lee Maye at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Gary Kroll at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Jim Kern at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ 1967 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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