1967 Chicago White Sox season

1967 Chicago White Sox

League| American League
Ballpark| White Sox Park
City| Chicago
Owners| Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General managers| Ed Short
Managers| Eddie Stanky
Television| WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit)
Radio| WMAQ (AM)
(Bob Elson, Red Rush)
| <- 1966 | Seasons | 1968 ->

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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[edit]

* 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[edit]

### Opening Day lineup[edit]

* Walt Williams, LF
* Don Buford, 3B
* Tommie Agee, CF
* Pete Ward, 1B
* Ken Berry, RF
* Jerry McNertney, C
* Ron Hansen, SS
* Jerry Adair, 2B
* John Buzhardt, P

### Season standings[edit]

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American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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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[edit]

1967 American League record

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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[edit]

* 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[edit]

1967 Chicago White Sox

Roster
Pitchers

* 30 John Buzhardt
* 30 Cisco Carlos
* 41 Dennis Higgins
* 20 Joe Horlen
* 19 Bruce Howard
* 25 Tommy John
* 39 Steve Jones
* 27 Fred Klages
* 36 Jack Lamabe
* 23 Bob Locker
* 44 Don McMahon
* 17 Aurelio Monteagudo
* 48 Roger Nelson
* 18,21 Jim O'Toole
* 43 Gary Peters
* 31 Hoyt Wilhelm
* 28 Wilbur Wood

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* 42 Ed Herrmann
* 5 Duane Josephson
* 10 J. C. Martin
* 15 Jerry McNertney

Infielders

* 11 Jerry Adair
* 11 Sandy Alomar Sr.
* 14 Ken Boyer
* 7 Don Buford
* 9 Wayne Causey
* 4 Ron Hansen
* 26 Dick Kenworthy
* 24 Tommy McCraw
* 17 Rich Morales
* 50 Cotton Nash
* 29 Marv Staehle
* 6 Al Weis

|  | Outfielders

* 1 Tommie Agee
* 16 Ken Berry
* 32 Buddy Bradford
* 18 Rocky Colavito
* 18 Jim King
* 11 Jimmy Stewart
* 17 Ed Stroud
* 22 Bill Voss
* 8 Pete Ward
* 3 Walt Williams

Other batters

* 2 Smoky Burgess
* 14 Bill Skowron

|  | Manager

* 12 Eddie Stanky

Coaches

* 34 Kerby Farrell
* 35 Marv Grissom
* 33 Les Moss
* 37 Grover Resinger

## Player stats[edit]

### Batting[edit]

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

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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

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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[edit]

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

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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[edit]

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

## Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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[edit]

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

## References[edit]

* 1967 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

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