# 1967 Chicago Cubs season

The 1967 Chicago Cubs season was the 96th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 92nd in the National League and the 52nd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 87–74, fourteen games behind the NL and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

## Offseason

* October 18, 1966: Joey Amalfitano was released by the Cubs.
* October 18, 1966: Marty Keough was released by the Cubs.
* November 29, 1966: Chris Krug and Wayne Schurr were traded by the Cubs to the California Angels for Mike White and Don Furnald (minors).
* November 29, 1966: Hal Haydel was drafted from the Cubs by the San Francisco Giants in the 1966 minor league draft.

## Regular season
### 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

* May 20, 1967: Joey Amalfitano was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.
* July 6, 1967: Joey Amalfitano was released by the Cubs.
* July 24, 1967: Bob Shaw was purchased by the Cubs from the New York Mets.
* September 19, 1967: Bob Shaw was released by the Cubs.

### 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 | Randy Hundley | 152 | 539 | 144 | .267 | 14 | 60 |
| 1B | Ernie Banks | 151 | 573 | 158 | .276 | 23 | 95 |
| 2B | Glenn Beckert | 146 | 597 | 167 | .280 | 5 | 40 |
| SS | Don Kessinger | 145 | 580 | 134 | .231 | 0 | 42 |
| 3B | Ron Santo | 161 | 586 | 176 | .300 | 31 | 98 |
| LF | Billy Williams | 162 | 634 | 176 | .278 | 28 | 84 |
| CF | Adolfo Phillips | 144 | 448 | 120 | .268 | 17 | 70 |
| RF | Ted Savage | 96 | 225 | 49 | .218 | 5 | 33 |

#### 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 Thomas | 77 | 191 | 42 | .220 | 2 | 23 |
| Paul Popovich | 49 | 159 | 34 | .214 | 0 | 2 |
| Clarence Jones | 53 | 135 | 34 | .252 | 2 | 16 |
| Al Spangler | 62 | 130 | 33 | .254 | 0 | 13 |
| Norm Gigon | 34 | 70 | 12 | .171 | 1 | 6 |
| John Stephenson | 18 | 49 | 11 | .224 | 0 | 5 |
| John Boccabella | 25 | 35 | 6 | .171 | 0 | 8 |
| Bob Raudman | 8 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
| Byron Browne | 10 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 2 |
| George Altman | 15 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
| Dick Bertell | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Stewart | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Campbell | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Amalfitano | 4 | 1 | 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 |
| Ferguson Jenkins | 38 | 289.1 | 20 | 13 | 2.80 | 236 |
| Rich Nye | 35 | 205.0 | 13 | 10 | 3.20 | 119 |
| Ray Culp | 30 | 152.2 | 8 | 11 | 3.89 | 111 |
| Ken Holtzman | 12 | 92.2 | 9 | 0 | 2.53 | 62 |
| Curt Simmons | 17 | 82.0 | 3 | 7 | 4.94 | 31 |
| Dick Calmus | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Niekro | 36 | 169.2 | 10 | 7 | 3.34 | 77 |
| Bill Hands | 49 | 150.0 | 7 | 8 | 2.46 | 84 |
| Rob Gardner | 18 | 31.2 | 0 | 2 | 3.98 | 16 |
| Bob Shaw | 9 | 22.1 | 0 | 2 | 6.04 | 7 |
| Jim Ellis | 8 | 16.2 | 1 | 1 | 3.24 | 8 |
| Rick James | 3 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Chuck Hartenstein | 45 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 3.08 | 20 |
| Cal Koonce | 34 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.59 | 28 |
| Bill Stoneman | 28 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3.29 | 52 |
| Dick Radatz | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6.56 | 18 |
| Bob Hendley | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6.57 | 10 |
| Pete Mikkelsen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 0 |
| John Upham | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.75 | 2 |
| Don Larsen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Fred Norman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Tacoma Cubs | Pacific Coast League | Whitey Lockman |
| AA | Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs | Texas League | Jo-Jo White |
| A | Lodi Crushers | California League | Walt Dixon |
| A | Quincy Cubs | Midwest League | Harry Bright |
| A | Duluth–Superior Dukes | Northern League | Ira Hutchinson |
| Rookie | Caldwell Cubs | Pioneer League | George Freese |
Duluth-Superior affiliation shared with Chicago White Sox