# 1967 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1967 Cincinnati Reds season was the 98th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball. The Reds finished in fourth place in the National League with a record of 87–75, 14+1⁄2 games behind the NL and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds were managed by Dave Bristol and played their home games at Crosley Field. This was the first season that the Reds wore their now famous Big Red Machine era uniforms. The uniforms themselves would see minor tweaks throughout the years. In 1972, the uniforms became pullovers and no longer had buttons. This variant would stay for the rest of its tenure until the uniform was retired all together following the 1992 season after 26 years.

## Regular season

On August 28, Johnny Bench made his major league debut at age 19.

### Season standings

vteNational 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

1967 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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

* June 6, 1967: Chris Chambliss was drafted by the Reds in the 31st round 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 | Johnny Edwards | 80 | 209 | 43 | .206 | 2 | 20 |
| 1B | Deron Johnson | 108 | 361 | 81 | .224 | 13 | 53 |
| 2B | Tommy Helms | 137 | 497 | 136 | .274 | 2 | 35 |
| SS | Leo Cárdenas | 108 | 379 | 97 | .256 | 2 | 21 |
| 3B | Tony Pérez | 156 | 600 | 174 | .290 | 26 | 102 |
| LF | Pete Rose | 148 | 585 | 176 | .301 | 12 | 76 |
| CF | Vada Pinson | 158 | 650 | 187 | .288 | 18 | 66 |
| RF | Tommy Harper | 103 | 365 | 82 | .225 | 7 | 22 |

#### 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 |
| Lee May | 127 | 438 | 116 | .265 | 12 | 57 |
| Chico Ruiz | 105 | 250 | 55 | .220 | 0 | 13 |
| Don Pavletich | 74 | 231 | 55 | .238 | 6 | 34 |
| Art Shamsky | 76 | 147 | 29 | .197 | 3 | 13 |
| Floyd Robinson | 55 | 130 | 31 | .238 | 1 | 10 |
| Jimmie Coker | 45 | 97 | 18 | .186 | 2 | 4 |
| Johnny Bench | 26 | 86 | 14 | .163 | 1 | 6 |
| Dick Simpson | 44 | 54 | 14 | .259 | 1 | 6 |
| Jake Wood | 16 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 1 |
| Gordy Coleman | 4 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Boehmer | 2 | 3 | 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 |
| Gary Nolan | 33 | 226.2 | 14 | 8 | 2.58 | 206 |
| Milt Pappas | 34 | 217.2 | 16 | 13 | 3.35 | 129 |
| Jim Maloney | 30 | 196.1 | 15 | 11 | 3.25 | 153 |
| Mel Queen | 32 | 195.2 | 14 | 8 | 2.76 | 154 |
| Sammy Ellis | 32 | 175.2 | 8 | 11 | 3.84 | 80 |

#### 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 |
| Billy McCool | 31 | 97.1 | 3 | 7 | 3.42 | 83 |
| Gerry Arrigo | 32 | 74.0 | 6 | 6 | 3.16 | 56 |
| John Tsitouris | 2 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Ted Abernathy | 70 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 1.27 | 88 |
| Don Nottebart | 47 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1.93 | 48 |
| Bob Lee | 27 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.44 | 33 |
| Darrell Osteen | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6.28 | 13 |
| Jack Baldschun | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 12 |
| Ted Davidson | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 6 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Buffalo Bisons | International League | Lou Fitzgerald and Don Zimmer |
| AA | Knoxville Smokies | Southern League | Don Zimmer and Lou Fitzgerald |
| A | Tampa Tarpons | Florida State League | George Scherger |
| A-Short Season | Sioux Falls Packers | Northern League | Jim Snyder |
| Rookie | Wytheville Reds | Appalachian League | Scott Breeden |