# 1967 Boston Red Sox season

The 1967 Boston Red Sox season was the 67th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses. The team then faced the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals in the 1967 World Series, which the Red Sox lost in seven games.
The regular season had one of the most memorable finishes in baseball history, as the AL pennant race went to the last game, with the Red Sox finishing one game ahead of both the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins in the final AL standings. Red Sox left fielder Carl Yastrzemski won the Triple Crown, tying Harmon Killebrew for the AL lead in home runs (44) while leading the league in runs batted in (121) and batting average (.326).
Often referred to as "The Impossible Dream", this was the team's first winning season since 1958, as the Red Sox shocked all of New England and the rest of the baseball world by reaching the World Series for the first time since 1946.

## Offseason
### Transactions

* October 21, 1966: The Red Sox release infielder Eddie Kasko and outfielder Lenny Green, 33. Kasko, 35, will succeed Dick Williams as manager of Triple-A Toronto.
* November 28, 1966: The Red Sox select left-hander Bill Landis, 24, from the Kansas City Athletics in the Rule 5 draft.
* November 29, 1966: During the Minor League Draft, Ed Connelly Jr. is drafted from the Red Sox by the Cleveland Indians and Amos Otis was drafted from the Red Sox by the New York Mets.
* December 7, 1966: Ed Rakow and Julio Navarro are traded to the Atlanta Braves for Chris Cannizzaro and John Herrnstein.
* December 17, 1966: Dick Stigman and Roland Sheldon are traded to the Reds to complete the deal made to acquire Hank Fischer.
* January 28, 1967: Geoff Zahn was drafted by the Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase), but did not sign.
* February 4, 1967: The Red Sox announce that they have signed Carlton Fisk.
* Prior to 1967 season: Tony Muser was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.

### Preseason: Low expectations

The Red Sox entered the 1967 season as "doormats" of the American League, with low expectations, low attendance to begin the season, and little known talent outside of team captain Carl Yastrzemski. They had had losing seasons for each of the previous eight years. Two years earlier, the Red Sox had finished the 1965 season with 100 losses. In addition, the team posted ninth-place finishes in 1965 and 1966. Low expectations for the season were demonstrated by the measly 8,324 fans who attended Opening Day, which about matched their average attendance throughout the 1960s.

## Regular season

Boston historians consider the 1967 Red Sox season as the "re-invention" of Boston Red Sox baseball. Every aspect of Boston baseball was transformed at the hands of this club. For instance, in 1966, the Red Sox ranked eighth out of ten American League teams in home attendance (811,172). The 1967 season set a Fenway Park record and the Sox finished first in the league in home attendance (1,727,832). Jerry Remy (former Red Sox television broadcaster for NESN) is quoted as saying, "1967 created the Red Sox craze and Red Sox Nation we have today. They re-invented baseball in New England."

### Major personnel moves

In 1967, Dick Williams became the manager of the Red Sox. Previously, he had coached the Red Sox' farm club in Toronto. Williams was a stern disciplinarian and enacted a get tough policy. He stressed the fundamentals. In spring training, he had called George Scott "Bomboclaat Scott".
The Red Sox also made two major acquisitions down the stretch. The first came on August 3, when the Red Sox acquired catcher Elston Howard from the New York Yankees. Howard would hit just .147 while replacing Mike Ryan as the starting catcher, forcing the Red Sox to turn to third-stringer Russ Gibson more and more often down the stretch. While Gibson hit just .203, it was better than either Howard or Ryan (who hit .199) had managed during the season. The acquisition was more about Howard's experience: the Red Sox had a very young team, and Howard was a good influence on their pitching staff. The second was on August 28, when they signed outfielder Ken Harrelson after the Kansas City Athletics released him. Harrelson replaced José Tartabull as the starting right fielder. Tartabull himself had replaced the injured Tony Conigliaro, who was out for the season after a brutal beaning, detailed below.
With the players on their roster averaging 25.4 years of age, the 1967 Red Sox were the second-youngest team in Major League Baseball that season; only the cellar-dwelling Athletics (24.8) were younger.

### Setback: Tony Conigliaro

Throughout the season of 1967, the Red Sox were clicking offensively and defensively right from Opening Day. One of the keys to the Red Sox instant success was young, fan-favorite Tony Conigliaro. Entering his fourth season in 1967, Conigliaro set the bar for his personal success very high, as he achieved immediate success his first three years in the major leagues. In fact, Conigliaro slugged an amazing 24 home runs his rookie season in 1964, followed by an AL leading 32 home runs his sophomore season in 1965 and 28 in 1966. As the Red Sox showed promise in the early part of the 1967 season, Conigliaro's expectations from the fans rose exponentially.
Throughout Conigliaro's first three seasons, minor and typical baseball injuries struck the young player. He had broken his left arm his rookie season, broken his left wrist his sophomore season after being hit by a pitch, and missed day-to-day action on other various minor injuries. Nothing serious had prevented Conigliaro from bouncing back and continuing to see offensive success at an unparalleled rapid pace. Some Red Sox die-hards in fact predicted Conigliaro would finish his career with better numbers than the great Ted Williams.
On August 18, 1967, in the fifth inning of a mid-summer game between Boston and the California Angels at Fenway Park, Conigliaro was beaned by a pitch from Angels pitcher Jack Hamilton right above the left cheek bone. Conigliaro was immediately knocked unconscious and was taken off the field on a stretcher. It was later announced that the slugger had sustained severe damage to his cheek bone and the retina of his eye. Conigliaro missed the remainder of the 1967 season and, as Boston held its breath for their young phenom, memories of the long drought of being a winning team in baseball had crept over the Fenway crowd. (No mentions of a curse, however. The idea of the "Curse of the Bambino" would not be entertained for another 20 years.)
Though their young All-Star was out indefinitely, the Red Sox won the game and continued on to win the American League Championship. However, faith from Red Sox fans had to be found without Conigliaro. He would return a year later, and earn Comeback Player of the Year Award in 1969. In 1970, he would reach career-high numbers in HRs (36) and RBI (116). Problems with Conigliaro's eyesight returned in 1971 and he had to retire from major league baseball following a stint with the California Angels that year. His eyesight improved to the point that he attempted—and briefly succeeded—in a comeback attempt with the Red Sox during the spring of 1975. However following an early season injury he was replaced in the lineup by rookie and future Hall-of-Famer Jim Rice, and was released shortly thereafter, never to return to professional baseball.

### Carl Yastrzemski

During the "impossible dream" of 1967, Red Sox slugger and the 1963 batting champion, Carl Yastrzemski, led the Red Sox in his break-out season, transforming his young career and elevating himself from All-Star to Most Valuable Player. "Yaz" led the Red Sox in batting average, hits, home runs, runs batted in, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, on-base + slugging, games played, at bat appearances, runs scored, total bases, doubles, base on balls (walks) and extra base hits. He was also named to his fourth All-Star Game, which was the third straight year he received this honor.
All of these team categories in which he led the club were overshadowed by his accomplishments in offensive statistics league-wide. Yastrzemski batted .326 on the season, slugged 44 home runs, and drove in 121 RBIs, which led the American League in all three of these main offensive categories (Yastrzemski was actually tied in the home run category with Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins). In leading the league in home runs, RBIs, and batting average, Yastrzemski achieved the Triple Crown. Only one Red Sox player in history had reached this milestone—Ted Williams, who did it twice, in 1942 and 1947. It was the second consecutive year that the Triple Crown was achieved in the American League, Frank Robinson having won the honor in 1966 during his first year with the Baltimore Orioles. It took 45 years before another triple crown was won, by Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers in 2012. In the scope of this season that had begun with low expectations for the Boston Red Sox, the leadership and outstanding batting by Yastrzemski added to the "impossible" feeling that the season overall had overwhelmed the New England region.
Yastrzemski ended the season with numerous awards and honors: 1967 All-Star, 1967 Most Valuable Player, 1967 Outfield Gold Glove, 1967 Major League Player of the Year. Statistically, Yastrzemski dominated the American League, as he had his own team. He led the league in: batting average, runs batted in, home runs, runs, slugging percentage, on-base plus slugging, hits, on-base percentage, and total bases.

### The setting

Red Sox second baseman Mike Andrews says of the times: "This chaotic war was going on while we were playing baseball. To think that baseball could be meaningful to these wounded soldiers was unbelievable." Four Red Sox players—All-Stars Jim Lonborg and Tony Conigliaro, along with Dalton Jones and Bill Landis—were drafted for military service. The four served two-week stints in the military reserve.

### Season summary
#### Early games

As a 21-year-old rookie, Billy Rohr made his first start on April 14 at Yankee Stadium facing Whitey Ford. He was one strike away from a no-hitter when Elston Howard, who would join the Red Sox later that season, hit a soft single into right-center field. Yastrzemski had saved Rohr's no-hit bid earlier in the game when he made an over-the-shoulder running-away catch deep in left field off the bat of Tom Tresh. Following Howard's single, Rohr proceeded to retire the next batter for a 3–0 shutout. Four days later at Fenway Park, he beat the Yankees again, 6–1. Mel Stottlemyre was charged with the loss. However Rohr only won one more major league game and was out of the majors after the 1968 season.

#### August

Right out of the gate, the Red Sox showed contender capabilities and entering August, were only two and a half games behind the league-leading Chicago White Sox and were eight games over .500. By month's end, the White Sox lost hold of first-place and on August 26, the Red Sox sat atop the American League at 72–56. A five-way race between the Red Sox, White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, and the California Angels developed for the American League pennant. The Angels slumped in early September to fall out of the race, and the White Sox slumped in the next to last week of the season.

#### Down the stretch

Starting September—the last month of the season—the Red Sox sat atop of the American League, but were caught in a dog-fight with Chicago, Minnesota and Detroit. The four teams were separated by half a game and all jumped between first to fourth sporadically. The pennant race was coming down to the last weekend of the season. Unfortunately for the White Sox, a three-game sweep at the hands of the Washington Senators left Chicago three games out of first place and the pennant scramble a three-team race. The Red Sox faced the Twins in a two-game series at Fenway Park on that last weekend. The Twins were in first place, ahead by one game over the Red Sox. To win the pennant, The Red Sox had to sweep the Twins while the Detroit Tigers, playing the California Angels, would have to lose at least one more game.
Carl Yastrzemski, vying for the triple crown, led the American League in batting average and RBI, and shared the home run lead with Harmon Killebrew of the Twins. Both players hit one home run in the series, so Yastrzemski won the triple crown. Yastrzemski went 7 for 8 with a home run and 6 RBI in the two-game series. In the last game of the season, 21-game winner Jim Lonborg got the start for the Red Sox vs. the Twins' 20-game winner Dean Chance. The Red Sox won the game 5–3 with a five-run sixth inning, and Lonborg finished the season with 22 victories. Afterwards, the Red Sox were forced to watch the Tigers-Angels doubleheader in the clubhouse. In Detroit, the Tigers won the first game of a double header vs. the Angels, and needed to win the second game to tie the Red Sox for first place. But their bullpen failed, and the Angels' Rick Reichardt hit a home run in an 8–5 Angel win. The Red Sox had won their first American League pennant in 21 years. Mayor of Boston John F. Collins declared October 3, the day before the start of the World Series, as "Boston Red Sox Day".

#### Aftermath

Although the Red Sox did not complete the unbelievable task and lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1967 World Series, the overachieving club is considered among the greatest Red Sox teams in club history. Beyond Yastrzemski completing one of the best single season offensive campaigns, Red Sox players dominated the American League across the board. Pitcher Jim Lonborg won the Cy Young Award. The two Sox All-Stars, joined by Tony Conigliaro and Rico Petrocelli, comprised the four Red Sox named to the American League All-Star team.

### 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| 12 | José Tartabull | CF |
| 1 | Joe Foy | 3B |
| 8 | Carl Yastrzemski | LF |
| 25 | Tony Conigliaro | RF |
| 5 | George Scott | 1B |
| 7 | Reggie Smith | 2B |
| 6 | Rico Petrocelli | SS |
| 22 | Mike Ryan | C |
| 16 | Jim Lonborg | P |

### Notable transactions

* June 2, 1967: Don McMahon and minor leaguer Bob Snow were traded by the Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Jerry Adair.
* June 4, 1967: Don Demeter and Tony Horton were traded by the Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Gary Bell.
* June 6, 1967: Mike Garman was drafted by the Red Sox in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 9, 1967.
* July 15, 1967: Norm Siebern was purchased by the Red Sox from the San Francisco Giants.
* August 3, 1967: Pete Magrini and a player to be named later were traded by the Red Sox to the New York Yankees for Elston Howard. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Ron Klimkowski to the Yankees on August 8.

### Roster
## Game log
### Regular season

Legend :
| | Red Sox win |
| | Red Sox loss |
| | Postponement |
| | Clinched pennant |
| Bold | Red Sox team member |
1967 regular season game log: 92–70 (Home: 49–32; Away: 43–38) :
April: 8–6 (Home: 5–3; Away: 3–3)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
—April 11White SoxPostponed (cold); Makeup: April 13
April 121:30 p.m. ESTWhite SoxW 5–4Lonborg (1–0)Buzhardt (0–1)McMahon (1)3:148,3241–0W1
2April 131:30 p.m. ESTWhite SoxL 5–8Lamabe (1–0)Fischer (0–1)Locker (1)3:003,6071–1L1
3April 14@ Yankees3–0Rohr (1–0)Ford (0–1)14,3752–1
4April 15@ Yankees1–0Stottlemyre (2–0)Bennett (0–1)12,0352–2
5April 16@ Yankees7–6 (18)Downing (1–0)Stange (0–1)19,2902–3
6April 182:15 p.m. EST@ White SoxL 2–5Howard (1–0)Brandon (0–1)—2:181,6132–4L3
7April 21Yankees6–1Rohr (2–0)Stottlemyre (2–1)25,6033–4
8April 22Yankees5–4Santiago (1–0)Womack (0–1)McMahon (2)8,1894–4
9April 23Yankees7–5Downing (2–0)Santiago (1–1)18,0414–5
10April 24@ Senators7–4Wyatt (1–0)Lines (0–1)2,2355–5
11April 25@ Senators9–3Fischer (1–1)Richert (0–3)3,3676–5
12April 28Athletics3–0Lonborg (2–0)Hunter (2–1)9,0267–5
13April 29Athletics11–10 (15)McMahon (1–0)Aker (2–1)9,7248–5
14April 30Athletics1–0Nash (2–2)Brandon (0–2)31,4508–6 :
May: 14–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–9)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
15May 111:00 p.m. EDT@ AngelsW 4–0Bennett (1–1)Rubio (0–2)—2:188,9569–6W1
16May 211:00 p.m. EDT@ AngelsL 2–3McGlothlin (1–0)Fischer (1–2)—1:578,1679–7L1
17May 311:00 p.m. EDT@ AngelsL 1–2Kelso (2–0)Lonborg (2–1)—2:138,8809–8L2
18May 59:00 p.m. EDT@ TwinsL 2–5Grant (1–3)Rohr (2–1)Worthington (3)2:299,8939–9L3
19May 62:30 p.m. EDT@ TwinsL 2–4Chance (4–1)Brandon (0–3)—2:0611,5959–10L4
20May 72:30 p.m. EDT@ TwinsW 9–6Osinski (1–0)Perry (0–2)Wyatt (1)3:0311,86410–10W1
21May 9@ Athletics4–3Krausse (1–4)McMahon (1–1)Aker (4)10–11
22May 9@ Athletics5–2Wyatt (2–0)Aker (2–2)Osinski (1)7,70811–11
23May 10@ Athletics7–4Lindblad (1–0)Stange (0–2)4,99611–12
24May 127:30 p.m. EDTTigersL 4–5Wilson (4–2)Brandon (0–4)Gladding (5)2:4415,56411–13L2
25May 132:00 p.m. EDTTigersL 8–10Korince (1–0)Wyatt (2–1)Wickersham (2)3:139,60611–14L3
26May 14 (1)1:00 p.m. EDTTigersW 8–5Lonborg (3–1)McLain (3–4)Fischer (1)2:29—12–14W1
27May 14 (2)4:04 p.m. EDTTigersW 13–9Santiago (2–1)Lolich (4–2)Cisco (1)3:0316,43613–14W2
28May 16Orioles8–5Fisher (2–1)Wyatt (2–2)Miller (4)9,51013–15
29May 17Orioles12–8Dillman (2–0)Cisco (0–1)Drabowsky (2)8,71413–16
30May 19Indians3–2Lonborg (4–1)Bell (1–3)15,53414–16
31May 20Indians5–3 (10)Bailey (1–0)McMahon (1–2)8,99414–17
32May 21Indians4–3Wyatt (3–2)Siebert (3–3)Stange (1)15–17
33May 21Indians6–2Brandon (1–4)McDowell (2–2)24,97616–17
34May 238:00 p.m. EDT@ TigersW 5–2Bennett (2–1)Lolich (5–3)Wyatt (2)2:367,57017–17W3
35May 248:00 p.m. EDT@ TigersW 1–0Lonborg (5–1)McLain (4–5)—2:319,89018–17W4
36May 258:00 p.m. EDT@ TigersL 3–9Wilson (6–3)Santiago (2–2)—2:208,78218–18L1
37May 26@ Orioles4–3Drabowsky (3–0)Rohr (2–2)13,78618–19
38May 27@ Orioles10–0Phoebus (3–1)Brandon (1–5)26,48818–20
39May 28@ Orioles4–3Lonborg (6–1)Barber (3–5)Wyatt (3)14,07119–20
40May 30 (1)1:00 p.m. EDTAngelsW 5–4Osinski (2–0)Kelso (2–1)Wyatt (4)2:45—20–20W2
41May 30 (2)4:20 p.m. EDTAngelsW 6–1Bennett (3–1)Brunet (1–8)—2:0632,01221–20W3
42May 317:30 p.m. EDTTwinsW 3–2Brandon (2–5)Perry (0–3)Wyatt (5)2:1112,33522–20W4 :
June: 15–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–8)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
43June 11:30 p.m. EDTTwinsL 0–4Chance (9–2)Rohr (2–3)—2:0912,23322–21L1
44June 2@ Indians2–1Lonborg (7–1)Siebert (4–4)8,80923–21
45June 3@ Indians6–2Bennett (4–1)Bell (1–5)Santiago (1)5,81624–21
46June 4@ Indians3–0Hargan (7–4)Stange (0–3)27,39524–22
47June 69:00 p.m. EDT@ White SoxL 3–5Wilhelm (3–1)Brandon (2–6)Wood (1)2:52White Sox Park24–23L2
—June 7@ White SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 8
—June 7@ White SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 25
48June 8 (1)2:15 p.m. EDT@ White SoxL 2–5Horlen (7–0)Bennett (4–2)—2:18—24–24L3
49June 8 (2)5:08 p.m. EDT@ White SoxW 7–3Bell (2–5)Howard (1–4)—2:404,74825–24W1
50June 9Senators8–7Santiago (3–2)Humphreys (1–1)Wyatt (6)25,32626–24
51June 10Senators7–3Pascual (6–3)Stange (0–4)Baldwin (5)15,63426–25
52June 11Senators4–3Santiago (4–2)Baldwin (0–1)Wyatt (7)27–25
53June 11Senators8–7Cox (1–0)Osinski (2–1)Priddy (2)16,59927–26
54June 12Yankees3–1Bell (3–5)Verbanic (2–1)18,93928–26
55June 13Yankees5–3Talbot (3–2)Lonborg (7–2)Womack (5)17,19028–27
56June 14 (1)5:00 p.m. EDTWhite SoxL 7–8Peters (8–3)Bennett (4–3)Wood (3)3:03—28–28L2
57June 14 (2)8:38 p.m. EDTWhite Sox"W' 6–1Stange (1–4)Klages (0–1)Santiago (2)2:3022,17829–28W1
58June 157:30 p.m. EDTWhite SoxW 2–1 (11)Wyatt (4–2)Buzhardt (2–6)—3:2216,77530–28W2
59June 16@ Senators1–0Priddy (1–3)Bell (3–6)Baldwin (6)30–29
60June 16@ Senators4–3Cox (2–0)Wyatt (4–3)8,82030–30
61June 17@ Senators5–1Lonborg (8–2)Moore (3–4)3,94431–30
62June 18@ Senators3–2 (10)Knowles (4–5)Santiago (4–3)28,77631–31
63June 20@ Yankees7–1Bell (4–6)Stottlemyre (6–7)8,73932–31
64June 21@ Yankees8–1Lonborg (9–2)Tillotson (3–3)13,06133–31
65June 23Indians8–4Stange (2–4)Siebert (6–7)30,23334–31
66June 24Indians3–2Hargan (9–6)Brandon (2–7)30,02734–32
67June 25Indians8–3Bell (5–6)Tiant (6–2)Santiago (3)23,71935–32
68June 269:00 p.m. EDT@ TwinsL 1–2Kaat (5–8)Lonborg (9–3)Worthington (10)2:3913,70135–33L1
69June 279:00 p.m. EDT@ TwinsW 3–2Waslewski (1–0)Chance (10–6)Wyatt (8)2:1618,71136–33W1
70June 289:00 p.m. EDT@ TwinsL 2–3Boswell (5–5)Stange (2–5)—2:2511,94036–34L1
71June 30@ Athletics5–3Bell (6–6)Nash (8–7)Wyatt (9)8,62937–34 :
July: 19–10 (Home: 9–5; Away: 10–5)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
72July 1@ Athletics10–2Lonborg (10–3)Dobson (4–5)Santiago (4)12,95138–34
73July 2@ Athletics2–1Waslewski (2–0)Hunter (8–6)Wyatt (10)9,26439–34
74July 311:00 p.m. EDT@ AngelsW 9–3Stange (3–5)Hamilton (1–1)—2:3617,00540–34W4
75July 44:00 p.m. EDT@ AngelsL 3–4Clark (6–6)Bell (6–7)Rojas (13)2:5139,67340–35L1
76July 511:00 p.m. EDT@ AngelsL 3–4Brunet (6–11)Santiago (4–4)—2:2412,08040–36L2
77July 78:00 p.m. EDT@ TigersL 4–5 (11)Marshall (1–1)Wyatt (4–4)—3:4427,21340–37L3
78July 81:15 p.m. EDT@ TigersL 0–2McLain (10–9)Stange (3–6)—2:1419,48140–38L4
79July 9 (1)1:30 p.m. EDT@ TigersL 4–10Wilson (10–7)Bell (6–8)Marshall (4)2:48—40–39L5
80July 9 (2)4:53 p.m. EDT@ TigersW 3–0Lonborg (11–3)Wickersham (4–2)Wyatt (11)2:1048,26641–39W1
—July 117:15 p.m. EDT38th All-Star Game in Anaheim, CA
81July 13Orioles4–2Stange (4–6)Phoebus (7–4)Wyatt (12)19,17142–39
82July 13Orioles10–0McNally (6–5)Bell (6–9)23,11142–40
83July 14Orioles11–5Lonborg (12–3)Adamson (0–1)Wyatt (13)27,78743–40
84July 15Orioles5–1Santiago (5–4)Richert (5–10)Bell (1)16,02544–40
85July 162:00 p.m. EDTTigersW 9–5Brandon (3–7)Sparma (9–3)Lyle (1)2:2828,23745–40W3
86July 177:30 p.m. EDTTigersW 7–1Stange (5–6)McLain (10–11)—2:0828,99146–40W4
87July 18@ Orioles6–2Lonborg (13–3)McNally (6–6)14,40947–40
88July 19@ Orioles6–4Santiago (6–4)Richert (6–11)12,15448–40
89July 21@ Indians6–2Brandon (4–7)Tiant (7–5)10,89349–40
90July 22@ Indians4–0Stange (6–6)Hargan (9–8)7,99050–40
91July 23@ Indians8–5Lonborg (14–3)O'Donoghue (5–3)51–40
92July 23@ Indians5–1Bell (7–9)Tiant (7–6)13,78652–40
93July 257:30 p.m. EDTAngelsL 4–6Newman (1–0)Waslewski (2–1)—3:1021,52752–41L1
94July 267:30 p.m. EDTAngelsW 9–6Landis (1–0)Rojas (7–6)Wyatt (14)2:4032,40353–41W1
95July 271:30 p.m. EDTAngelsW 6–5 (10)Lyle (1–0)Kelso (4–3)—2:3834,19354–41W2
96July 287:30 p.m. EDTTwinsL 2–9Chance (12–8)Lonborg (14–4)—2:2033,07554–42L1
97July 29 (1)5:00 p.m. EDTTwinsW 6–3Wyatt (5–4)Worthington (6–6)Santiago (5)2:35—55–42W1
98July 29 (2)8:10 p.m. EDTTwinsL 3–10Perry (3–5)Waslewski (2–2)—2:3935,46955–43L1
99July 302:00 p.m. EDTTwinsL 5–7Merritt (7–3)Brandon (4–8)Roland (2)2:4524,45955–44L2
100July 311:30 p.m. EDTTwinsW 4–0Stange (7–6)Boswell (8–8)—2:1522,60556–44W1 :
August: 20–15 (Home: 12–5; Away: 8–10)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
101August 1Athletics4–3Dobson (7–6)Morehead (0–1)56–45
102August 1Athletics8–3Lonborg (15–4)Sanford (4–4)Lyle (2)26,75057–45
103August 2Athletics8–6Segui (2–3)Wyatt (5–5)Krausse (2)24,58157–46
104August 3Athletics5–3Morehead (1–1)Hunter (9–11)Wyatt (15)18,92058–46
105August 49:00 p.m. EDT@ Twins0–3Merritt (8–3)Brandon (4–9)—2:3031,64558–47L1
106August 52:30 p.m. EDT@ Twins1–2Boswell (9–8)Stange (7–7)—2:1126,00358–48L2
107August 62:30 p.m. EDT@ Twins0–2 (5)Chance (14–8)Lonborg (15–5)—2:1126,00358–49L3
108August 7@ Athletics5–3Hunter (10–11)Morehead (1–2)Aker (12)58–50
109August 8@ Athletics7–5Wyatt (6–5)Stafford (0–1)Brandon (1)13,12559–50
110August 9@ Athletics5–1Lonborg (16–5)Nash (10–11)Lyle (3)7,31360–50
111August 1111:00 p.m. EDT@ AngelsL 0–1McGlothlin (10–4)Stange (7–8)—2:1426,77360–51L1
112August 1211:00 p.m. EDT@ AngelsL 1–2Hamilton (6–2)Bell (7–10)Rojas (21)2:1632,82160–52L2
113August 134:00 p.m. EDT@ AngelsL 2–3Clark (9–8)Lonborg (16–6)Kelso (9)2:3422,00860–53L3
114August 157:30 p.m. EDTTigersW 4–0Morehead (2–2)Sparma (12–5)—2:0827,12561–53W1
115August 167:30 p.m. EDTTigersW 8–3Brandon (5–9)McLain (15–13)—2:4332,05162–53W2
116August 171:30 p.m. EDTTigersL 4–7 (10)Gladding (4–4)Lyle (1–1)—3:2028,65362–54L1
117August 187:30 p.m. EDTAngelsW 3–2Bell (8–10)Hamilton (6–3)—2:1631,02763–54W1
118August 192:00 p.m. EDTAngelsW 12–11Osinski (3–1)Coates (0–2)Stephenson (1)3:3524,11764–54W2
119August 20 (1)1:00 p.m. EDTAngelsW 12–2Stange (8–8)Brunet (11–15)—3:14—65–54W3
120August 20 (2)4:49 p.m. EDTAngelsW 9–8Santiago (7–4)Rojas (9–8)—3:1933,84066–54W4
121August 21Senators6–5Wyatt (7–5)Knowles (5–7)26,01867–54
122August 22Senators2–1Stephenson (1–0)Ortega (9–6)Wyatt (16)68–54
123August 22Senators5–3Bell (9–10)Cox (6–2)Brandon (2)30,99469–54
124August 23Senators3–2Priddy (2–5)Lyle (1–2)33,68069–55
125August 24Senators7–5Morehead (3–2)Nold (0–2)Wyatt (17)31,28370–55
126August 25 (1)7:00 p.m. EDT@ White SoxW 7–1Lonborg (17–6)Peters (14–7)—2:25—71–55W2
127August 25 (2)10:00 p.m. EDT@ White SoxL 1–2Locker (6–3)Wyatt (7–6)—2:4034,58071–56L1
128August 267:30 p.m. EDT@ White SoxW 6–2Stephenson (2–0)Horlen (14–5)Brandon (3)2:5112,39172–56W1
129August 27 (1)2:15 p.m. EDT@ White SoxW 4–3Bell (10–10)Klages (2–3)Wyatt (18)2:45—73–56W2
130August 27 (2)5:35 p.m. EDT@ White SoxL 0–1 (11)Peters (15–7)Brandon (5–10)—2:3622,35273–57L1
131August 28@ Yankees3–0Morehead (4–2)Talbot (5–7)Lyle (4)27,29674–57
132August 29@ Yankees2–1Lonborg (18–6)Stottlemyre (13–11)75–57
133August 29@ Yankees4–3 (20)Bouton (1–0)Brandon (5–11)40,31475–58
134August 30@ Yankees2–1 (11)Wyatt (8–6)Downing (12–8)22,76676–58
135August 317:30 p.m. EDTWhite SoxL 2–4McMahon (4–2)Bell (10–11)—2:3435,13876–59L1 :
September: 15–11 (Home: 7–8; Away: 8–3)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
136September 17:30 p.m. EDTWhite SoxW 10–2Santiago (8–4)Peters (15–8)—2:3034,05477–59W1
137September 22:00 p.m. EDTWhite SoxL 1–4Horlen (15–6)Lonborg (18–7)—2:4628,22277–60L1
138September 32:00 p.m. EDTWhite SoxL 0–4John (9–9)Stange (8–9)—2:2829,81877–61L2
139September 4@ Senators5–2Pascual (12–10)Morehead (4–3)Knowles (12)77–62
140September 4@ Senators6–4Stephenson (3–0)Lines (1–5)Wyatt (19)32,35578–62
141September 5@ Senators8–2Bell (11–11)Bertaina (4–5)9,09379–62
142September 7Yankees3–1Lonborg (19–7)Stottlemyre (14–12)28,73880–62
143September 8Yankees5–2Monbouquette (4–4)Stange (8–10)Verbanic (2)33,53480–63
144September 9Yankees7–1Morehead (5–3)Barber (9–16)Lyle (5)32,11981–63
145September 10Yankees9–1Bell (12–11)Downing (13–9)26,34182–63
146September 12Athletics3–1Lonborg (20–7)Hunter (11–15)27,97683–63
147September 13Athletics4–2Wyatt (9–6)Aker (3–8)12,25784–63
148September 15Orioles6–2Phoebus (13–8)Morehead (5–4)Drabowsky (11)32,48984–64
149September 16Orioles4–1Hardin (7–2)Lonborg (20–8)27,21984–65
150September 17Orioles5–2Brabender (5–4)Bell (12–12)Miller (8)30,30184–66
151September 188:00 p.m. EDT@ TigersW 6–5 (10)Santiago (9–4)Marshall (1–3)—3:2242,67485–66W1
152September 198:00 p.m. EDT@ TigersW 4–2Santiago (10–4)Lolich (11–13)Bell (2)3:0043,00486–66W2
153September 20@ Indians5–4Wyatt (10–6)Culver (7–3)6,60387–66
154September 21@ Indians6–5Bell (13–12)Hargan (14–13)Wyatt (20)4,49288–66
155September 22@ Orioles10–0Hardin (8–2)Stephenson (3–1)88–67
156September 22@ Orioles10–3Santiago (11–4)Richert (9–16)14,71489–67
157September 23@ Orioles7–5Miller (3–10)Wyatt (10–7)10,25189–68
158September 24@ Orioles11–7Lonborg (21–8)Phoebus (14–9)Osinski (2)5,60990–68
159September 26Indians6–3Tiant (12–9)Bell (13–13)16,65290–69
160September 27Indians6–0Siebert (10–12)Lonborg (21–9)Williams (1)18,41590–70
161September 302:00 p.m. EDTTwinsW 6–4Santiago (12–4)Kline (7–1)Bell (3)3:0332,90991–70W1 :
October 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
162October 12:00 p.m. EDTTwinsW 5–3Lonborg (22–9)Chance (20–14)—2:2535,77092–70W2 :

### Postseason

Legend :
| | Red Sox win |
| | Red Sox loss |
| Bold | Red Sox team member |
1967 Postseason game log: 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Away: 1–2) :
World Series vs. St. Louis Cardinals 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Away 1–2)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTime of GameSeriesStreak
1October 41:00 p.m. EDTCardinalsL 1–2Gibson (1–0)Santiago (0–1)—34,7962:22STL 1–0L1
2October 51:00 p.m. EDTCardinalsW 5–0Lonborg (1–0)Hughes (0–1)—35,1882:24Tied 1–1W1
3October 72:00 p.m. EDT@ CardinalsL 2–5Briles (1–0)Bell (0–1)—54,5752:15STL 2–1L1
4October 82:00 p.m. EDT@ CardinalsL 0–6Gibson (2–0)Santiago (0–2)—54,5752:05STL 3–1L2
5October 92:00 p.m. EDT@ CardinalsW 3–1Lonborg (2–0)Carlton (0–1)—54,5752:20STL 3–2W1
6October 111:00 p.m. EDTCardinalsW 8–4Wyatt (1–0)Lamabe (0–1)Bell (1)35,1882:48Tied 3–3W2
7October 121:00 p.m. EDTCardinalsL 2–7Gibson (3–0)Lonborg (2–1)—35,1882:23STL 4–3L1 :

## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### 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 | Mike Ryan | 79 | 226 | 45 | .199 | 2 | 27 |
| 1B | George Scott | 159 | 565 | 171 | .303 | 19 | 82 |
| 2B | Mike Andrews | 142 | 494 | 130 | .263 | 8 | 40 |
| 3B | Joe Foy | 130 | 446 | 112 | .251 | 16 | 49 |
| SS | Rico Petrocelli | 142 | 491 | 127 | .259 | 17 | 66 |
| LF | Carl Yastrzemski | 161 | 579 | 189 | .326 | 44 | 121 |
| CF | Reggie Smith | 158 | 565 | 139 | .246 | 15 | 61 |
| RF | Tony Conigliaro | 95 | 349 | 100 | .287 | 20 | 67 |

#### 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 |
| Jerry Adair | 89 | 316 | 92 | .291 | 3 | 26 |
| José Tartabull | 115 | 247 | 55 | .223 | 0 | 10 |
| Dalton Jones | 89 | 159 | 46 | .289 | 3 | 25 |
| Russ Gibson | 49 | 138 | 28 | .203 | 1 | 15 |
| Elston Howard | 42 | 116 | 17 | .147 | 1 | 11 |
| George Thomas | 65 | 89 | 19 | .213 | 1 | 6 |
| Ken Harrelson | 23 | 80 | 16 | .200 | 3 | 14 |
| Bob Tillman | 30 | 64 | 12 | .188 | 1 | 4 |
| Norm Siebern | 33 | 44 | 9 | .205 | 0 | 7 |
| Don Demeter | 20 | 43 | 12 | .279 | 1 | 4 |
| Tony Horton | 21 | 39 | 12 | .308 | 0 | 9 |
| Jim Landis | 5 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Poulsen | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 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 |
| Jim Lonborg | 39 | 273.1 | 22 | 9 | 3.16 | 246 |
| Lee Stange | 35 | 181.1 | 8 | 10 | 2.77 | 101 |
| Gary Bell | 29 | 165.1 | 12 | 8 | 3.16 | 115 |
| Dennis Bennett | 13 | 69.2 | 4 | 3 | 3.88 | 34 |
| Billy Rohr | 10 | 42.1 | 2 | 3 | 5.10 | 16 |

#### 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 |
| Bucky Brandon | 39 | 157.2 | 5 | 11 | 4.17 | 96 |
| José Santiago | 50 | 145.1 | 12 | 4 | 3.59 | 109 |
| Dave Morehead | 10 | 47.2 | 5 | 4 | 4.34 | 40 |
| Gary Waslewski | 12 | 42.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.21 | 20 |
| Jerry Stephenson | 8 | 39.2 | 3 | 1 | 3.86 | 24 |
| Hank Fischer | 9 | 26.2 | 1 | 2 | 2.36 | 18 |

#### 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 |
| John Wyatt | 60 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 2.60 | 68 |
| Dan Osinski | 34 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.54 | 38 |
| Sparky Lyle | 27 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.28 | 42 |
| Bill Landis | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.26 | 23 |
| Galen Cisco | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.63 | 8 |
| Don McMahon | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.57 | 10 |
| Ken Brett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |

## 1967 World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3) :
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance | Time of Game |
| 1 | Cardinals: 2, Red Sox: 1 | October 4 | Fenway Park | 34,796 | 2:22 |
| 2 | Cardinals: 0, Red Sox: 5 | October 5 | Fenway Park | 35,188 | 2:24 |
| 3 | Red Sox: 2, Cardinals: 5 | October 7 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 54,575 | 2:15 |
| 4 | Red Sox: 0, Cardinals: 6 | October 8 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 54,575 | 2:05 |
| 5 | Red Sox: 3, Cardinals: 1 | October 9 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 54,575 | 2:20 |
| 6 | Cardinals: 4, Red Sox: 8 | October 11 | Fenway Park | 35,188 | 2:48 |
| 7 | Cardinals: 7, Red Sox: 2 | October 12 | Fenway Park | 35,188 | 2:23 |

## Awards and honors
### Individual awards and leaders

* American League Most Valuable Player: Carl Yastrzemski
* American League Cy Young Award: Jim Lonborg
* American League Gold Glove Awards: George Scott (first base), Carl Yastrzemski (outfield)
* American League Batting Champion: Carl Yastrzemski (.326)
* American League Home Run Champion: Carl Yastrzemski (44)
* American League RBI Leader: Carl Yastrzemski (121)
* American League All-Stars: Carl Yastrzemski, Rico Petrocelli, Tony Conigliaro, Jim Lonborg
* Associated Press Athlete of the Year: Carl Yastrzemski.
* Associated Press AL Manager of the Year: Dick Williams.
* Hutch Award: Carl Yastrzemski.

### Team statistics

* Batting average: 1st (.255)
* Runs/game: 1st (4.46)
* Hits: 1st (1394)
* Home runs: 1st (158)

### Commemoration

The 2007 season marked the 40th anniversary of The Impossible Dream, which was honored and marked with Opening Day ceremonies featuring members of the 1967 Red Sox team and an hour-long documentary on NESN (a regional sports network part-owned by the Red Sox) called Impossible to Forget. The Red Sox went on to win the 2007 World Series, a four-game sweep over the Colorado Rockies as well, to earn their second title in four years.
In October 2023, nine members of the team met at TD Garden in Boston to commemorate the season. Of the 39 players who appeared in a game for the 1967 Red Sox, 20 were known to still be living. Attending the reunion were: Gary Bell, Darrell "Bucky" Brandon, Jim Lonborg, Dave Morehead, Rico Petrocelli, Billy Rohr, José Santiago, George Thomas, and Carl Yastrzemski.

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Toronto Maple Leafs | International League | Eddie Kasko |
| AA | Pittsfield Red Sox | Eastern League | Billy Gardner |
| A | Winston-Salem Red Sox | Carolina League | Bill Slack |
| A | Waterloo Hawks | Midwest League | Rac Slider |
| A | Greenville Red Sox | Western Carolinas League | Matt Sczesny |
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