1967 Atlanta Braves season

1967 Atlanta Braves
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1876)
Location
Atlanta Stadium (Since 1966) Atlanta, Georgia (Since 1966)
1967 Information
Owner(s)	William Bartholomay
General manager(s)	Paul Richards
Manager(s)	Billy Hitchcock
Local television	WSB-TV (Larry Munson, Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton, Dizzy Dean)
Local radio	WSB (Larry Munson, Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton)
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The 1967 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' second season in Atlanta. The team went 77-85, as they suffered their first losing season since 1952, the franchise's final season in Boston. The seventh-place Braves finished 24½ games behind the National League and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

• November 28, 1966: Ramón Hernández was drafted by the Braves from the California Angels in the 1966 rule 5 draft.
• November 29, 1966: Bill Robinson and Chi-Chi Olivo were traded by the Braves to the New York Yankees for Clete Boyer.
• November 29, 1966: Mike Page was drafted by the Braves from the Boston Red Sox in the 1966 minor league draft.
• December, 1966: John Herrnstein and Chris Cannizzaro were traded by the Braves to the Boston Red Sox for Julio Navarro and Ed Rakow.
• December 31, 1966: Eddie Mathews, Arnold Umbach and a player to be named later were traded by the Braves to the Houston Astros for Dave Nicholson and Bob Bruce. The Braves completed the deal by sending Sandy Alomar to the Astros on February 25, 1967.

Regular season

• July 14: 1967: Eddie Mathews hit the 500th home run of his career. He hit the home run off Juan Marichal.

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	101	60	--	.627
San Francisco Giants	91	71	10.5	.562
Chicago Cubs	87	74	14	.540
Cincinnati Reds	87	75	14.5	.537
Philadelphia Phillies	82	80	19.5	.506
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	81	20.5	.500
Atlanta Braves	77	85	24.5	.475
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	89	28.5	.451
Houston Astros	69	93	32.5	.426
New York Mets	61	101	40.5	.377

Notable transactions

• June 6, 1967: Gene Oliver was traded by the Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bob Uecker.
• June 15, 1967: Wade Blasingame was traded by the Braves to the Houston Astros for Claude Raymond.

Roster

1967 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 36 Wade Blasingame 39 Jim Britton 42 Bob Bruce 20 Clay Carroll 40 Tony Cloninger 24 Ramón Hernández 33 Pat Jarvis 30 Ken Johnson 22 Dick Kelley 23 Denny Lemaster 35 Phil Niekro 27 Ed Rakow 36 Claude Raymond 38 Ron Reed 26 Jay Ritchie 37 Don Schwall 32 George Stone 34 Cecil Upshaw		Catchers 12 Gene Oliver 15 Joe Torre 12 Bob Uecker Infielders 29 Felipe Alou  6 Clete Boyer  7 Mike de la Hoz 11 Tito Francona 49 Remy Hermoso  2 Marty Martínez 19 Denis Menke 11 Félix Millán 14 Woody Woodward		Outfielders 44 Hank Aaron 43 Rico Carty 27 Ty Cline 25 Cito Gaston 31 Gary Geiger 48 Mack Jones 42 Mike Lum 47 Dave Nicholson Other batters 28 Jim Beauchamp 32 Glen Clark 10 Charlie Lau		Manager  8 Billy Hitchcock Coaches  9 Bill Adair  4 Bob Kennedy  3 Ken Silvestri  5 Whit Wyatt

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
3B	Boyer, CleteClete Boyer	154	572	140	.245	26	96

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

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
Britton, JimJim Britton	2	13.1	0	2	6.08	4

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
Blasingame, WadeWade Blasingame	10	25.1	1	0	4.62	20

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
Hernández, RamónRamón Hernández	46	0	2	5	4.18	28
Rakow, EdEd Rakow	17	3	2	0	5.26	25

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Richmond Braves	International League	Lum Harris
AA	Austin Braves	Texas League	Hub Kittle
A	Kinston Eagles	Carolina League	Andy Pafko
A	West Palm Beach Braves	Florida State League	Eddie Haas
A	Lexington Braves	Western Carolinas League	Buddy Hicks
Short-Season A	Jamestown Braves	New York-Penn League	Harry Dorish
Rookie	GCL Braves	Gulf Coast League	Tom Saffell

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3. 
• 1967 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference