# 1967 Chicago White Sox season

The 1967 season was the Chicago White Sox' 67th season in the major leagues, and its 68th season overall. They finished with a record of 89–73, good enough for fourth place in the American League, 3 games behind the first-place Boston Red Sox. The team's earned run average (ERA) of 2.45 is the lowest in the live-ball era (1920 onwards). They trailed by one game for the pennant with five games to go but lost the next five.

## Offseason

* October 17, 1966: Smoky Burgess was released by the White Sox.
* October and November 1966: In separate transactions, Wilbur Wood was sold by the Pirates to the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox also sold Juan Pizarro to the Pirates.
* December 14, 1966: Johnny Romano and Lee White (minors) were traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Walt Williams and Don Dennis.

## Regular season
### Opening Day lineup

* Walt Williams, LF
* Don Buford, 3B
* Tommie Agee, CF
* Pete Ward, 1B
* Ken Berry, RF
* Jerry McNertney, C
* Ron Hansen, SS
* Jerry Adair, 2B
* John Buzhardt, P

### 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

* May 6, 1967: Bill Skowron was traded by the White Sox to the California Angels for Cotton Nash and cash.
* June 15, 1967: Ed Stroud was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Jim King.
* July 22, 1967: Bill Southworth and a player to be named later were traded by the White Sox to the New York Mets for Ken Boyer and a player to be named later. The Mets completed their part of the deal by sending Sandy Alomar Sr. to the White Sox on August 15. The White Sox completed their part of the deal by sending J. C. Martin to the Mets on November 27.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Jerry Adair, 2B | 28 | 98 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 17 | .204 | 0 |
| Tommie Agee, CF,LF,RF | 158 | 529 | 73 | 124 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 52 | 44 | 129 | .234 | 28 |
| Sandy Alomar Sr., SS,2B | 12 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | 2 |
| Ken Berry, RF,CF,LF | 147 | 485 | 49 | 117 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 46 | 68 | .241 | 9 |
| Ken Boyer, 3B,1B | 57 | 180 | 17 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 25 | .261 | 0 |
| Buddy Bradford, OF | 24 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .100 | 1 |
| Don Buford, 3B,2B | 156 | 535 | 61 | 129 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 65 | 51 | .241 | 34 |
| Smoky Burgess, PH | 77 | 60 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 8 | .133 | 0 |
| Wayne Causey, 2B | 124 | 292 | 21 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 32 | 35 | .226 | 2 |
| Rocky Colavito, RF,LF | 60 | 190 | 20 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 25 | 10 | .221 | 1 |
| Ron Hansen, SS | 157 | 498 | 35 | 116 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 51 | 64 | 51 | .233 | 0 |
| Ed Herrmann, C | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0 |
| Duane Josephson, C | 62 | 189 | 11 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 24 | .238 | 0 |
| Dick Kenworthy, 3B | 50 | 97 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 17 | .227 | 0 |
| Jim King, OF | 23 | 50 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 | .120 | 0 |
| J. C. Martin, C | 101 | 252 | 22 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 30 | 41 | .234 | 4 |
| Jerry McNertney, C | 56 | 123 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 14 | .228 | 0 |
| Tommy McCraw, 1B,CF | 125 | 453 | 55 | 107 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 45 | 33 | 55 | .236 | 24 |
| Rich Morales, SS | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Cotton Nash, 1B | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Bill Skowron, PH | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Marv Staehle, 2B,SS | 32 | 54 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .111 | 1 |
| Jimmy Stewart, 2B,LF | 24 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 1 |
| Ed Stroud, LF,RF | 20 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .296 | 7 |
| Bill Voss, OF | 13 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 | 1 |
| Pete Ward, LF,1B,RF,3B | 146 | 467 | 49 | 109 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 62 | 61 | 109 | .233 | 3 |
| Al Weis, 2B,SS | 50 | 53 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .245 | 3 |
| Walt Williams, LF,RF | 104 | 275 | 35 | 66 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 20 | .240 | 3 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| John Buzhardt, P | 28 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | .200 | 0 |
| Cisco Carlos, P | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .063 | 0 |
| Dennis Higgins, P | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Joe Horlen, P | 51 | 83 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | .169 | 0 |
| Bruce Howard, P | 30 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .179 | 0 |
| Tommy John, P | 31 | 51 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | .157 | 0 |
| Steve Jones, P | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
| Fred Klages, P | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .000 | 0 |
| Bob Locker, P | 77 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 0 |
| Don McMahon, P | 52 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .182 | 0 |
| Jim O'Toole, P | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .077 | 0 |
| Gary Peters, P | 48 | 99 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 23 | .212 | 0 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm, P | 49 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .077 | 0 |
| Wilbur Wood, P | 51 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .063 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5383 | 531 | 1209 | 181 | 34 | 89 | 491 | 480 | 849 | .225 | 124 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
| John Buzhardt | 3 | 9 | 3.96 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 88.2 | 100 | 44 | 39 | 11 | 42 | 33 |
| Cisco Carlos | 2 | 0 | 0.86 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 41.2 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 27 |
| Dennis Higgins | 1 | 2 | 5.84 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
| Joe Horlen | 19 | 7 | 2.06 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 258.0 | 188 | 66 | 59 | 13 | 62 | 103 |
| Bruce Howard | 3 | 10 | 3.43 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 112.2 | 102 | 55 | 43 | 9 | 53 | 76 |
| Tommy John | 10 | 13 | 2.47 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 178.1 | 143 | 62 | 49 | 12 | 54 | 110 |
| Steve Jones | 2 | 2 | 4.21 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 25.2 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 17 |
| Fred Klages | 4 | 4 | 3.83 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 44.2 | 43 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 17 |
| Jack Lamabe | 1 | 0 | 1.80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Bob Locker | 7 | 5 | 2.09 | 77 | 0 | 20 | 124.2 | 102 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 28 | 80 |
| Don McMahon | 5 | 0 | 1.67 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 91.2 | 54 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 31 | 74 |
| Aurelio Monteagudo | 0 | 1 | 20.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Roger Nelson | 0 | 1 | 1.29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Jim O'Toole | 4 | 3 | 2.82 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 54.1 | 53 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 20 | 37 |
| Gary Peters | 16 | 11 | 2.28 | 38 | 36 | 0 | 260.0 | 187 | 81 | 66 | 15 | 99 | 215 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 8 | 3 | 1.31 | 49 | 0 | 12 | 89.0 | 58 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 38 | 76 |
| Wilbur Wood | 4 | 2 | 2.45 | 51 | 8 | 4 | 95.1 | 95 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 32 | 47 |
| Team Totals | 89 | 73 | 2.45 | 162 | 162 | 39 | 1490.1 | 1197 | 491 | 406 | 87 | 511 | 927 |

## Awards and honors

* 1967 MLB All-Star Game
** Tommie Agee, reserve
** Ken Berry, reserve
** Joe Horlen, reserve
** Gary Peters, reserve

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Indianapolis Indians | Pacific Coast League | Don Gutteridge |
| AA | Evansville White Sox | Southern League | George Noga |
| A | Lynchburg White Sox | Carolina League | Stan Wasiak |
| A | Appleton Foxes | Midwest League | Alex Cosmidis |
| A-Short Season | Duluth–Superior Dukes | Northern League | Ira Hutchinson |
| Rookie | GCL White Sox | Gulf Coast League | Bruce Andrew |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Appleton Duluth-Superior affiliation shared with Chicago Cubs