# 1967 New York Yankees season

The 1967 New York Yankees season was the 65th season for the Yankees. The team finished ahead of only the Kansas City Athletics (who moved to Oakland after the season ended) in the American League final standings, with a record of 72–90, finishing 20 games behind the Boston Red Sox. It was their most losses in a season since losing 94 games in 1913, which was the first season in which the team went by the word Yankees. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

## Offseason

* November 28, 1966: Frank Tepedino was drafted by the Yankees from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1966 first-year draft.
* November 29, 1966: Clete Boyer was traded by the Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for Bill Robinson and Chi-Chi Olivo.
* December 8, 1966: Roger Maris was traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Charley Smith.
* December 10, 1966: Pedro Ramos was traded by the Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Joe Verbanic and cash.

## Regular season

* May 14, 1967: At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle hit his 500th home run in the bottom of the seventh inning off of Stu Miller in a 6–5 Yankee win over the Baltimore Orioles.

### Season standings

vteAmerican 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

1967 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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

* June 6, 1967: Steve Rogers was drafted by the Yankees in the 60th round of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.
* July 4, 1967: Ray Barker, players to be named later, and cash were traded by the Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for Steve Barber. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Chet Trail (minors) and Joe Brady (minors) to the Orioles on December 15, 1967.
* August 3, 1967: Elston Howard was traded by the Yankees to the Boston Red Sox for Pete Magrini and a player to be named later. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Ron Klimkowski to the Yankees on August 8.

### Roster
## 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 |
| C | Jake Gibbs | 116 | 374 | 87 | .233 | 4 | 25 |
| 1B | Mickey Mantle | 144 | 440 | 108 | .245 | 22 | 55 |
| 2B | Horace Clarke | 143 | 588 | 160 | .272 | 3 | 29 |
| SS | Rubén Amaro Sr. | 130 | 417 | 93 | .223 | 1 | 17 |
| 3B | Charley Smith | 135 | 425 | 95 | .224 | 9 | 38 |
| OF | Tom Tresh | 130 | 448 | 98 | .219 | 14 | 53 |
| OF | Joe Pepitone | 133 | 501 | 126 | .251 | 13 | 64 |
| OF | Steve Whitaker | 122 | 441 | 107 | .243 | 11 | 50 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Robinson | 116 | 342 | 67 | .196 | 7 | 29 |
| Roy White | 70 | 214 | 48 | .224 | 2 | 18 |
| Elston Howard | 66 | 199 | 39 | .196 | 3 | 17 |
| John Kennedy | 78 | 179 | 35 | .196 | 1 | 17 |
| Dick Howser | 63 | 149 | 40 | .268 | 0 | 10 |
| Mike Hegan | 68 | 118 | 16 | .136 | 1 | 3 |
| Bob Tillman | 22 | 63 | 16 | .254 | 2 | 9 |
| Jerry Kenney | 20 | 58 | 18 | .310 | 1 | 5 |
| Frank Fernández | 9 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 1 | 4 |
| Tom Shopay | 8 | 27 | 8 | .296 | 2 | 6 |
| Ray Barker | 17 | 26 | 2 | .077 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Bryan | 16 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 1 | 2 |
| Ross Moschitto | 14 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Tepedino | 9 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Clinton | 6 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 2 |
| Charlie Sands | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Mel Stottlemyre | 36 | 255.0 | 15 | 15 | 2.96 | 151 |
| Al Downing | 31 | 201.2 | 14 | 10 | 2.63 | 171 |
| Fritz Peterson | 36 | 181.1 | 8 | 14 | 3.47 | 102 |
| Fred Talbot | 29 | 138.2 | 6 | 8 | 4.22 | 61 |
| Steve Barber | 17 | 97.2 | 6 | 9 | 4.05 | 70 |
| Whitey Ford | 7 | 44.0 | 2 | 4 | 1.64 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Monbouquette | 33 | 133.1 | 6 | 5 | 2.36 | 53 |
| Thad Tillotson | 43 | 98.1 | 3 | 9 | 4.03 | 62 |
| Joe Verbanic | 28 | 80.1 | 4 | 3 | 2.80 | 39 |
| Cecil Perkins | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Dooley Womack | 65 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 2.41 | 57 |
| Steve Hamilton | 44 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3.48 | 55 |
| Hal Reniff | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.28 | 24 |
| Jim Bouton | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.67 | 31 |
| Dale Roberts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse Chiefs | International League | Gary Blaylock |
| AA | Binghamton Triplets | Eastern League | Jack Reed |
| A | Greensboro Yankees | Carolina League | Bob Bauer |
| A | Fort Lauderdale Yankees | Florida State League | Billy Shantz |
| A-Short Season | Oneonta Yankees | New York–Penn League | Frank Verdi |
| Rookie | Johnson City Yankees | Appalachian League | Dick Berardino |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Binghamton