# 1967 Detroit Tigers season

The 1967 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 67th season and the 56th season at Tiger Stadium. The team finished tied for second in the American League with the Minnesota Twins with 91 wins and 71 losses, one game behind the AL pennant-winning Boston Red Sox.
The season is notable as during the middle of the 1967 season, a number of home games were cancelled due to the 1967 Detroit riot; this would be the last time a game would be cancelled due to rioting, until the 1992 LA Dodgers had their games cancelled due to the 1992 riots.

## Regular season

* On April 30, 1967, Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Barber threw a no-hitter versus the Detroit Tigers but lost in a 2–1 final. Barber would become the first pitcher in the history of the American League whose no-hit game ended in a loss.

### 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: Geoff Zahn was drafted by the Tigers in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.

### 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 | Bill Freehan | 155 | 517 | 146 | .282 | 20 | 74 |
| 1B | Norm Cash | 152 | 488 | 118 | .242 | 22 | 72 |
| 2B | Dick McAuliffe | 153 | 557 | 133 | .239 | 22 | 65 |
| SS | Ray Oyler | 148 | 367 | 76 | .207 | 1 | 29 |
| 3B | Don Wert | 142 | 534 | 137 | .257 | 6 | 40 |
| LF | Willie Horton | 122 | 401 | 110 | .274 | 19 | 67 |
| CF | Mickey Stanley | 145 | 333 | 70 | .210 | 7 | 24 |
| RF | Al Kaline | 131 | 458 | 141 | .308 | 25 | 78 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Northrup | 144 | 495 | 134 | .271 | 10 | 61 |
| Jerry Lumpe | 81 | 177 | 41 | .232 | 4 | 17 |
| Lenny Green | 58 | 151 | 42 | .278 | 1 | 13 |
| Eddie Mathews | 36 | 108 | 25 | .231 | 6 | 19 |
| Dick Tracewski | 74 | 107 | 30 | .280 | 1 | 8 |
| Jim Price | 44 | 92 | 24 | .261 | 0 | 8 |
| Gates Brown | 51 | 91 | 17 | .187 | 2 | 9 |
| Jim Landis | 25 | 48 | 10 | .208 | 2 | 4 |
| Bill Heath | 20 | 32 | 4 | .125 | 0 | 4 |
| Jake Wood | 14 | 20 | 1 | .050 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Matchick | 8 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Comer | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Campbell | 2 | 2 | 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 |
| Earl Wilson | 39 | 264.0 | 22 | 11 | 3.27 | 184 |
| Denny McLain | 37 | 235.0 | 17 | 16 | 3.79 | 161 |
| Joe Sparma | 37 | 217.2 | 16 | 9 | 3.76 | 153 |
| Mickey Lolich | 31 | 204.0 | 14 | 13 | 3.04 | 174 |

#### 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 |
| John Hiller | 23 | 65.0 | 4 | 3 | 2.63 | 49 |
| Johnny Podres | 21 | 63.1 | 3 | 1 | 3.84 | 34 |

#### 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 |
| Fred Gladding | 42 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1.99 | 64 |
| Mike Marshall | 37 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1.98 | 41 |
| Dave Wickersham | 36 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2.74 | 44 |
| Hank Aguirre | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.40 | 33 |
| Pat Dobson | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.92 | 34 |
| Larry Sherry | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.43 | 20 |
| Fred Lasher | 17 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3.90 | 28 |
| George Korince | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 11 |
| Johnny Klippstein | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 4 |
| Orlando Peña | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |
| Bill Monbouquette | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Toledo Mud Hens | International League | Jack Tighe |
| AA | Montgomery Rebels | Southern League | Frank Carswell |
| A | Rocky Mount Leafs | Carolina League | Al Federoff |
| A | Lakeland Tigers | Florida State League | Stubby Overmire |
| A | Statesville Tigers | Western Carolinas League | Len Okrie |
| A-Short Season | Erie Tigers | New York–Penn League | Eddie Lyons |
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