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1967 Chicago Cubs season

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1967 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago
OwnersPhilip K. Wrigley
General managersJohn Holland
ManagersLeo Durocher
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
RadioWGN
(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
← 1966 Seasons 1968 →

The 1967 Chicago Cubs season was the 96th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 92nd in the National League and the 52nd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 87–74, fourteen games behind the NL and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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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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


Notable transactions

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  • May 20, 1967: Joey Amalfitano was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.[1]
  • July 6, 1967: Joey Amalfitano was released by the Cubs.[1]
  • July 24, 1967: Bob Shaw was purchased by the Cubs from the New York Mets.[5]
  • September 19, 1967: Bob Shaw was released by the Cubs.[5]

Roster

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1967 Chicago Cubs
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 Randy Hundley 152 539 144 .267 14 60
1B Ernie Banks 151 573 158 .276 23 95
2B Glenn Beckert 146 597 167 .280 5 40
SS Don Kessinger 145 580 134 .231 0 42
3B Ron Santo 161 586 176 .300 31 98
LF Billy Williams 162 634 176 .278 28 84
CF Adolfo Phillips 144 448 120 .268 17 70
RF Ted Savage 96 225 49 .218 5 33

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
Lee Thomas 77 191 42 .220 2 23
Paul Popovich 49 159 34 .214 0 2
Clarence Jones 53 135 34 .252 2 16
Al Spangler 62 130 33 .254 0 13
Norm Gigon 34 70 12 .171 1 6
John Stephenson 18 49 11 .224 0 5
John Boccabella 25 35 6 .171 0 8
Bob Raudman 8 26 4 .154 0 1
Byron Browne 10 19 3 .158 0 2
George Altman 15 18 2 .111 0 1
Dick Bertell 2 6 1 .167 0 0
Jimmy Stewart 6 6 1 .167 0 1
Joe Campbell 1 3 0 .000 0 0
Joey Amalfitano 4 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
Ferguson Jenkins 38 289.1 20 13 2.80 236
Rich Nye 35 205.0 13 10 3.20 119
Ray Culp 30 152.2 8 11 3.89 111
Ken Holtzman 12 92.2 9 0 2.53 62
Curt Simmons 17 82.0 3 7 4.94 31
Dick Calmus 1 4.1 0 0 8.31 1

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
Joe Niekro 36 169.2 10 7 3.34 77
Bill Hands 49 150.0 7 8 2.46 84
Rob Gardner 18 31.2 0 2 3.98 16
Bob Shaw 9 22.1 0 2 6.04 7
Jim Ellis 8 16.2 1 1 3.24 8
Rick James 3 4.2 0 1 13.50 2

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
Chuck Hartenstein 45 9 5 11 3.08 20
Cal Koonce 34 2 2 2 4.59 28
Bill Stoneman 28 2 4 4 3.29 52
Dick Radatz 20 1 0 5 6.56 18
Bob Hendley 7 2 0 1 6.57 10
Pete Mikkelsen 7 0 0 0 6.43 0
John Upham 5 0 1 0 33.75 2
Don Larsen 3 0 0 0 9.00 1
Fred Norman 1 0 0 0 0.00 3

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Cubs Pacific Coast League Whitey Lockman
AA Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs Texas League Jo-Jo White
A Lodi Crushers California League Walt Dixon
A Quincy Cubs Midwest League Harry Bright
A Duluth–Superior Dukes Northern League Ira Hutchinson
Rookie Caldwell Cubs Pioneer League George Freese

Duluth-Superior affiliation shared with Chicago White Sox

References

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  1. ^ a b c Joey Amalfitano at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Marty Keough at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Chris Krug at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Hal Haydel at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ a b Bob Shaw at Baseball-Reference
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