# 1967 Carolina League season

The 1967 Carolina League was a Class A baseball season played between April 14 and September 4. Twelve teams played a 144-game schedule, with the top four teams in each division qualifying for the post-season.
The Durham Bulls won the Carolina League championship, defeating the Tidewater Tides in the final round of the playoffs.

## Team changes

* The Asheville Tourists join the Carolina League from the Southern League. The club is affiliated with the Houston Astros.
* The Raleigh Pirates switch from the West Division to the East Division.
* The Durham Bulls ended their affiliation with the Houston Astros and began a new affiliation with the New York Mets.
* The Peninsula Grays ended their affiliation with the Cincinnati Reds and began a new affiliation with the Kansas City Athletics.

## Teams

1967 Carolina League :
| Division | Team | City | MLB Affiliate | Stadium |
| East | Kinston Eagles | Kinston, North Carolina | Atlanta Braves | Grainger Stadium |
| East | Peninsula Grays | Hampton, Virginia | Kansas City Athletics | War Memorial Stadium |
| East | Raleigh Pirates | Raleigh, North Carolina | Pittsburgh Pirates | Devereaux Meadow |
| East | Rocky Mount Leafs | Rocky Mount, North Carolina | Detroit Tigers | Municipal Stadium |
| East | Tidewater Tides | Norfolk, Virginia | Philadelphia Phillies | Frank D. Lawrence Stadium |
| East | Wilson Tobs | Wilson, North Carolina | Minnesota Twins | Fleming Stadium |
| West | Asheville Tourists | Asheville, North Carolina | Houston Astros | McCormick Field |
| West | Burlington Senators | Burlington, North Carolina | Washington Senators | Burlington Athletic Stadium |
| West | Durham Bulls | Durham, North Carolina | New York Mets | Durham Athletic Park |
| West | Greensboro Yankees | Greensboro, North Carolina | New York Yankees | World War Memorial Stadium |
| West | Lynchburg White Sox | Lynchburg, Virginia | Chicago White Sox | City Stadium |
| West | Winston-Salem Red Sox | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Boston Red Sox | Ernie Shore Field |

## Regular season
### Summary

* The Raleigh Pirates finished with the best record in the league for the first time since 1959.
* The playoffs are expanded to the top four teams in each division.

### Standings

East division :
| Team | Win | Loss | % | GB |
| Raleigh Pirates | 77 | 65 | .542 | – |
| Peninsula Grays | 74 | 64 | .536 | 1 |
| Rocky Mount Leafs | 74 | 68 | .521 | 3 |
| Tidewater Tides | 70 | 68 | .507 | 5 |
| Wilson Tobs | 61 | 72 | .459 | 11.5 |
| Kinston Eagles | 60 | 75 | .444 | 13.5 |
| West division |||||
| Durham Bulls | 74 | 64 | .536 | – |
| Winston-Salem Red Sox | 69 | 68 | .504 | 4.5 |
| Burlington Senators | 70 | 69 | .504 | 4.5 |
| Lynchburg White Sox | 68 | 68 | .500 | 5 |
| Greensboro Yankees | 66 | 72 | .478 | 8 |
| Asheville Tourists | 64 | 74 | .464 | 10 |

## League Leaders
### Batting leaders

| Stat | Player | Total |
| AVG | Duncan Campbell, Raleigh Pirates | .331 |
| H | Van Kelly, Kinston Eagles | 161 |
| R | Danny Greenfield, Peninsula Grays | 93 |
| 2B | Don Money, Raleigh Pirates | 37 |
| 3B | Joe Sparks, Lynchburg White Sox | 9 |
| HR | Hal King, Asheville Tourists | 30 |
| RBI | Ron Allen, Tidewater Tides | 100 |
| SB | Fred Wolcott, Winston-Salem Red Sox | 49 |

### Pitching leaders

| Stat | Player | Total |
| W | Harold Clem, Raleigh Pirates Mike Daniel, Asheville Tourists Gary Jones, Greensboro Yankees Jon Warden, Rocky Mount Leafs | 15 |
| ERA | Harold Clem, Raleigh Pirates | 1.64 |
| CG | Luis Penalver, Burlington Senators | 15 |
| SHO | Bill Butler, Rocky Mount Leafs Gary Jones, Greensboro Yankees Jerry Wild, Durham Bulls | 6 |
| SO | Mark Schaeffer, Winston-Salem Red Sox | 226 |
| IP | Jon Warden, Rocky Mount Leafs | 219.0 |

## Playoffs

* The Durham Bulls won their second Carolina League championship, defeating the Tidewater Tides in three games.
* The quarter-finals was a single knockout game, followed by a best-of-three in each the semi-finals and finals.

### Playoff bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| E1 | Raleigh | 1 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Rocky Mount | 0 | | | | | | |
| E3 | Rocky Mount | 0 | E1 | Raleigh | 0 | | | |
| | | | E4 | Tidewater | 2 | | | |
| E2 | Peninsula | 0 | E4 | Tidewater | 2 | | | |
| E4 | Tidewater | 1 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Tidewater | 1 | | | | E4 | Tidewater | 1 |
| | | | | | | W1 | Durham | 2 |
| W1 | Durham | 1 | | | | | | | W1 | Durham | 2 |
| W3 | Burlington | 0 | | | | | | |
| W3 | Burlington | 0 | W1 | Durham | 2 | | | |
| | | | W4 | Lynchburg | 0 | | | |
| W2 | Winston-Salem | 0 | W4 | Lynchburg | 0 | | | |
| W4 | Lynchburg | 1 | | | | | | |

## Awards

Carolina League awards :
| Award name | Recipient |
| Most Valuable Player | Don Money, Raleigh Pirates |
| Manager of the Year | Clyde McCullough, Durham Bulls |