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1967 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersFred Haney
ManagersBill Rigney
TelevisionKTLA
RadioKMPC
(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
← 1966 Seasons 1968 →

The 1967 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 84 wins and 77 losses, 7+1⁄2 games behind the AL Champion Boston Red Sox.

Offseason

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Regular season

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The 1967 Angels broke from the past, trading their ace pitcher and 1964 Cy Young Award winner Dean Chance to the Twins. In exchange, they obtained power hitting first baseman Don Mincher. Mincher would be their first legitimate consistent power threat since Leon Wagner was traded after the 1963 season. The Angels also obtained outfielder Jimmie Hall, who had averaged 25 home runs per season for the Twins from 1963–66. The Angels counted on young pitchers Jim McGlothlin and Rickey Clark to pick up the slack for the departed Chance.

The 1967 Angels had the second best record in franchise history to date and ranked a franchise best to date 4th in the American League in attendance. Mincher chipped in 25 homers and Hall added 16 in 129 games. Former bonus baby Rick Reichardt finally started showing promise by batting .265 with 17 homers, while shortstop Jim Fregosi had another solid season, batting .290 and earning a Gold Glove. Second baseman Bobby Knoop also won a Gold Glove, and the Angels led the league in fielding percentage. The pitching staff was led by McGlothlin, who was named to the AL All-Star team, along with Clark and hard luck veteran George Brunet, who lost 19 games despite a 3.31 ERA. Relief pitcher Minnie Rojas had a remarkable season, with a league-leading 27 saves, winning 12 games in relief, and sporting a 2.52 ERA.

Season summary

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The Angels, coming off an 80–82 record in 1966, started slowly. On May 31, they were 18–27 and 10 games out of first place. At that point, they began to jell, and after going 20–11 in June and 17–11 in July, they found themselves at 55–49. While this put them in fifth place, they were only 4+1⁄2 games out of first in what had become a five-team race between the Angels, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, and the surprising Boston Red Sox.

On August 13, the Angels completed a 3-game sweep of the Red Sox. They were now only 1+1⁄2 games out of first as they embarked on a crucial road trip that included stops in Minnesota and Boston. The Angels lost 3 games to the Twins, and 3 games in Boston (in one of which Boston's Tony Conigliaro was severely beaned and almost killed by the Angels' Jack Hamilton). When they returned home, the Angels lost 3 out of 4 to the Tigers, and they entered September only 1 game over .500 and 8 games out of first.

They played well in September, going 17–11 to finish 84–77, but never got closer than 6 games out of first. However, they had a big influence on the tight American League pennant race as they beat the Tigers in Detroit in the last game of the season, enabling the Red Sox to win the pennant by 1 game.

Opening Day lineup

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 92 70 .568 — 49‍–‍32 43‍–‍38
Detroit Tigers 91 71 .562 1 52‍–‍29 39‍–‍42
Minnesota Twins 91 71 .562 1 52‍–‍29 39‍–‍42
Chicago White Sox 89 73 .549 3 49‍–‍33 40‍–‍40
California Angels 84 77 .522 7½ 53‍–‍30 31‍–‍47
Washington Senators 76 85 .472 15½ 40‍–‍40 36‍–‍45
Baltimore Orioles 76 85 .472 15½ 35‍–‍42 41‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians 75 87 .463 17 36‍–‍45 39‍–‍42
New York Yankees 72 90 .444 20 43‍–‍38 29‍–‍52
Kansas City Athletics 62 99 .385 29½ 37‍–‍44 25‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

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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

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Roster

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1967 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
C Buck Rodgers 139 429 94 .219 6 41
1B Don Mincher 147 487 133 .273 25 76
2B Bobby Knoop 159 511 125 .245 9 38
SS Jim Fregosi 151 590 171 .290 5 96
3B Paul Schaal 99 272 51 .188 6 20
LF Rick Reichardt 146 498 132 .265 17 69
CF José Cardenal 108 381 90 .236 6 27
RF Jimmie Hall 129 401 100 .249 16 55

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
Jay Johnstone 79 230 48 .209 2 10
Tom Satriano 90 201 45 .224 4 21
Bubba Morton 80 201 63 .313 0 32
Roger Repoz 74 176 44 .250 5 20
Woodie Held 58 141 31 .220 4 17
Aurelio Rodríguez 29 130 31 .238 1 8
Bill Skowron 62 123 27 .220 1 10
Johnny Werhas 49 75 12 .160 2 6
Hawk Taylor 23 52 16 .308 1 3
Orlando McFarlane 12 22 5 .227 0 3
Len Gabrielson 11 12 1 .083 0 2
Ed Kirkpatrick 3 8 0 .000 0 0
Don Wallace 23 6 0 .000 0 0
Moose Stubing 5 5 0 .000 0 0
Jimmy Piersall 5 3 0 .000 0 0
Jim Hibbs 3 3 0 .000 0 0
Tom Egan 1 1 0 .000 0 0

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
George Brunet 40 250.0 11 19 3.31 165
Jim McGlothlin 32 197.1 12 11 2.59 137
Rickey Clark 32 174.0 12 11 2.59 81
Jack Hamilton 26 119.1 9 6 3.24 74
Jorge Rubio 3 15.0 0 2 3.60 4
Marcelino López 4 9.0 0 2 9.00 6

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
Clyde Wright 20 77.1 5 5 3.26 35
Jack Sanford 12 48.1 3 2 4.47 21
Nick Willhite 10 39.1 0 2 4.35 22
Curt Simmons 14 34.2 2 1 2.60 13
Jim Weaver 13 30.1 3 0 2.67 20
Fred Newman 3 6.1 1 0 1.42 0

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Minnie Rojas 72 12 9 27 2.52 83
Bill Kelso 69 5 3 11 2.97 91
Pete Cimino 46 3 3 1 3.26 80
Jim Coates 25 1 2 0 4.30 39
Lew Burdette 19 1 0 1 4.91 8
Ken Turner 13 1 2 0 4.15 6
Bobby Locke 9 3 0 2 2.33 7

Awards and honors

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AL All-Stars

Gold Glove Award

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Seattle Angels Pacific Coast League Chuck Tanner
AA El Paso Sun Kings Texas League Rocky Bridges
A San Jose Bees California League Harry Dunlop
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Fred Koenig
Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Tom Sommers

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Jim Piersall at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Ramón Hernández at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ a b Chris Krug at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Pete Cimino page at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Norm Siebern at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Bill Skowron at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Woodie Held at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Jim Weaver at Baseball Reference

References

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  • 1967 California Angels team at Baseball Reference
  • 1967 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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