1967 San Francisco Giants season

Major League Baseball team season

1967 San Francisco Giants

League| National League
Ballpark| Candlestick Park
City| San Francisco, California
Owners| Horace Stoneham
General managers| Chub Feeney
Managers| Herman Franks
Television| KTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
Radio| KSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
| <- 1966 | Seasons | 1968 ->

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The 1967 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 85th year in Major League Baseball, their tenth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their eighth at Candlestick Park. The team finished in second place in the National League with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses, 10+1⁄2 games behind the NL and World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals.

## Offseason

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* November 29, 1966: Hal Haydel was drafted by the Giants from the Chicago Cubs in the 1966 minor league draft.[1]
* December 14, 1966: Len Gabrielson was traded by the Giants to the California Angels for Norm Siebern.[2]
* January 28, 1967: Von Joshua was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.[3]

## Regular season

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* July 14, 1967: Eddie Mathews of the Atlanta Braves hit the 500th home run of his career. He hit his milestone homer off future Hall of Famer Juan Marichal of the Giants.[4]

### Season standings

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National League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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St. Louis Cardinals | 101 | 60  | .627  | —  | 49‍–‍32  | 52‍–‍28
San Francisco Giants | 91 | 71  | .562  | 10½  | 51‍–‍31  | 40‍–‍40
Chicago Cubs | 87 | 74  | .540  | 14  | 49‍–‍34  | 38‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 75  | .537  | 14½  | 49‍–‍32  | 38‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies | 82 | 80  | .506  | 19½  | 45‍–‍35  | 37‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 81  | .500  | 20½  | 49‍–‍32  | 32‍–‍49
Atlanta Braves | 77 | 85  | .475  | 24½  | 48‍–‍33  | 29‍–‍52
Los Angeles Dodgers | 73 | 89  | .451  | 28½  | 42‍–‍39  | 31‍–‍50
Houston Astros | 69 | 93  | .426  | 32½  | 46‍–‍35  | 23‍–‍58
New York Mets | 61 | 101  | .377  | 40½  | 36‍–‍42  | 25‍–‍59

### Record vs. opponents

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1967 National League record

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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 | —

### Opening Day starters

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* Jesús Alou
* Jim Davenport
* Tom Haller
* Jim Ray Hart
* Ken Henderson
* Hal Lanier
* Juan Marichal
* Willie Mays
* Willie McCovey

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### Notable transactions

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* June 6, 1967: 1967 Major League Baseball draft
* Dave Rader was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (18th pick). Player signed June 14, 1967.[6]
* Don Carrithers was drafted by the Giants in the 3rd round.[7]
* Gary Lavelle was drafted by the Giants in the 20th round.[8]
* June 22, 1967: Dick Groat was purchased by the Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies.[9]
* July 15, 1967: Norm Siebern was purchased from the Giants by the Boston Red Sox.[2]

### Roster

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1967 San Francisco Giants

Roster
Pitchers

* 42 Bobby Bolin
* 49 Ron Bryant
* 50 Néstor Chávez
* 28 Joe Gibbon
* 45 Bill Henry
* 34 Ron Herbel
* 35 Frank Linzy
* 27 Juan Marichal
* 40 Mike McCormick
* 39 Lindy McDaniel
* 36 Gaylord Perry
* 48 Rich Robertson
* 37 Ray Sadecki

|  | Catchers

* 1 Bob Barton
* 2 Dick Dietz
* 5 Tom Haller

Infielders

* 12 Jim Davenport
* 17 Bobby Etheridge
* 23 Tito Fuentes
* 20 Dick Groat
* 17,31 César Gutiérrez
* 16 Jim Ray Hart
* 7 Jack Hiatt
* 22 Hal Lanier
* 31,41 Don Mason
* 44 Willie McCovey
* 15 Bob Schroder
* 29 Norm Siebern

|  | Outfielders

* 14 Jesús Alou
* 25 Ollie Brown
* 19 Ty Cline
* 15 Ken Henderson
* 19,33 Frank Johnson
* 24 Willie Mays
* 18 Billy Sorrell

Other batters

* 18 Dave Marshall

|  | Manager

* 3 Herman Franks

Coaches

* 9 Charlie Fox
* 46 Larry Jansen
* 8 Cookie Lavagetto
* 6 Peanuts Lowrey

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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C | Tom Haller | 141 | 455 | 114 | .251 | 14 | 49
1B | Willie McCovey | 135 | 456 | 126 | .276 | 31 | 91
2B | Tito Fuentes | 133 | 344 | 72 | .209 | 5 | 29
3B | Jim Ray Hart | 158 | 578 | 167 | .289 | 29 | 99
SS | Hal Lanier | 151 | 525 | 112 | .213 | 0 | 42
LF | Jesús Alou | 129 | 510 | 149 | .292 | 5 | 30
CF | Willie Mays | 141 | 486 | 128 | .263 | 22 | 70
RF | Ollie Brown | 120 | 412 | 110 | .267 | 13 | 53

#### Other batters

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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

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Jim Davenport | 124 | 295 | 81 | .275 | 5 | 30
Ken Henderson | 65 | 179 | 34 | .190 | 4 | 14
Jack Hiatt | 73 | 153 | 42 | .275 | 6 | 26
Bob Schroder | 62 | 135 | 31 | .230 | 0 | 7
Ty Cline | 64 | 122 | 33 | .270 | 0 | 4
Dick Dietz | 56 | 120 | 27 | .225 | 4 | 19
Bobby Etheridge | 40 | 115 | 26 | .226 | 1 | 15
Dick Groat | 34 | 70 | 12 | .171 | 0 | 4
Norm Siebern | 46 | 58 | 9 | .155 | 0 | 4
Cesar Gutierrez | 18 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 0
Bob Barton | 7 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 1
Billy Sorrell | 18 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 1
Frank Johnson | 8 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 0
Don Mason | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Dave Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | \
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### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Gaylord Perry | 39 | 293.0 | 15 | 17 | 2.61 | 230
Mike McCormick | 40 | 262.1 | 22 | 10 | 2.85 | 150
Juan Marichal | 26 | 202.1 | 14 | 10 | 2.76 | 166
Ray Sadecki | 35 | 188.0 | 12 | 6 | 2.78 | 145

#### Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Ron Herbel | 42 | 125.2 | 4 | 5 | 3.08 | 52
Bobby Bolin | 37 | 120.0 | 6 | 8 | 4.88 | 69
Joe Gibbon | 28 | 82.0 | 6 | 2 | 3.07 | 63

#### Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Frank Linzy | 57 | 95.2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 1.51 | 38
Lindy McDaniel | 41 | 72.2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3.72 | 48
Bill Henry | 28 | 21.2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.08 | 23
Néstor Chávez | 2 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3
Ron Bryant | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2
Rich Robertson | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1

## Awards and honors

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* Mike McCormick, Cy Young Award

All-Star Game

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Phoenix Giants | Pacific Coast League | Bill Werle
AA | Waterbury Giants | Eastern League | Andy Gilbert
A | Fresno Giants | California League | Dave Garcia
A | Decatur Commodores | Midwest League | Dennis Sommers
A-Short Season | Medford Giants | Northwest League | Tony Eichelberger
Rookie | Salt Lake City Giants | Pioneer League | Harvey Koepf

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Medford[10]

## Notes

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1. ^ Hal Hayden at Baseball Reference
2. ^ a b Norm Siebern at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Von Joshua at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Eddie Mathews | The Baseball Page
5. ^ "1967 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
6. ^ Dave Rader at Baseball Reference
7. ^ Don Carrithers at Baseball Reference
8. ^ Gary Lavelle at Baseball Reference
9. ^ Dick Groat at Baseball Reference
10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

## References

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* 1967 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
* 1967 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac

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* 1967 MLB draft
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