# 1967 Cleveland Indians season

The 1967 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished eighth in the American League with a record of 75–87, 17 games behind the Boston Red Sox.

## Offseason

* October 12, 1966: Floyd Weaver was traded by the Indians to the New York Mets for Lou Klimchock and Ernie Bowman.
* January 4, 1967: Jim Landis, Jim Weaver, and Doc Edwards were traded by the Indians to the Houston Astros for Lee Maye and Ken Retzer.

## Regular season
### 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

* July 20, 1967: Gary Kroll was purchased by the Indians from the Houston Astros.
* September 4, 1967: Jim Kern was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.

### Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| # | Name | Position |
| 25 | Vic Davalillo | CF |
| 10 | Max Alvis | 3B |
| 27 | Leon Wagner | LF |
| 15 | Fred Whitfield | 1B |
| 23 | Chuck Hinton | RF |
| 18 | Gus Gil | 2B |
| 9 | Duke Sims | C |
| 16 | Larry Brown | SS |
| 48 | Sam McDowell | P |

### 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 | Joe Azcue | 86 | 295 | 74 | .251 | 11 | 34 |
| 1B | Tony Horton | 106 | 363 | 102 | .281 | 10 | 44 |
| 2B | Vern Fuller | 73 | 206 | 46 | .223 | 7 | 21 |
| SS | Larry Brown | 152 | 485 | 110 | .227 | 7 | 37 |
| 3B | Max Alvis | 161 | 637 | 163 | .256 | 21 | 70 |
| LF | Leon Wagner | 135 | 433 | 105 | .242 | 15 | 54 |
| CF | Vic Davalillo | 139 | 359 | 103 | .287 | 2 | 22 |
| RF | Chuck Hinton | 147 | 498 | 122 | .245 | 10 | 37 |

#### 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 Maye | 115 | 297 | 77 | .259 | 9 | 27 |
| Duke Sims | 88 | 272 | 55 | .202 | 12 | 37 |
| Fred Whitfield | 100 | 257 | 56 | .218 | 9 | 31 |
| Chico Salmon | 90 | 203 | 46 | .227 | 2 | 19 |
| Rocky Colavito | 63 | 191 | 46 | .241 | 5 | 21 |
| Pedro González | 80 | 189 | 43 | .228 | 1 | 8 |
| Don Demeter | 51 | 121 | 25 | .207 | 5 | 12 |
| Gus Gil | 51 | 96 | 11 | .115 | 0 | 5 |
| Richie Scheinblum | 18 | 66 | 21 | .318 | 0 | 6 |
| José Vidal | 16 | 34 | 4 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Smith | 21 | 32 | 7 | .219 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim King | 19 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Fosse | 7 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordy Lund | 3 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 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 |
| Sam McDowell | 37 | 236.1 | 13 | 15 | 3.85 | 236 |
| Steve Hargan | 30 | 223.0 | 14 | 13 | 2.62 | 141 |
| Luis Tiant | 33 | 213.2 | 12 | 9 | 2.74 | 219 |
| Sonny Siebert | 34 | 185.1 | 10 | 12 | 2.38 | 136 |
| Gary Bell | 9 | 60.2 | 1 | 5 | 3.71 | 39 |

#### 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 |
| John O'Donoghue | 33 | 130.2 | 8 | 9 | 3.24 | 81 |
| Stan Williams | 16 | 79.0 | 6 | 4 | 2.62 | 75 |
| Ed Connolly | 15 | 49.1 | 2 | 1 | 7.48 | 45 |

#### 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 |
| Orlando Peña | 48 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3.36 | 72 |
| George Culver | 53 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3.96 | 41 |
| Bob Allen | 47 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.98 | 50 |
| Steve Bailey | 32 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3.90 | 46 |
| Bobby Tiefenauer | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.79 | 6 |
| Dick Radatz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 |
| Jack Kralick | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Tom Kelley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Portland Beavers | Pacific Coast League | Johnny Lipon |
| AA | Pawtucket Indians | Eastern League | Red Davis |
| A | Reno Silver Sox | California League | Phil Cavarretta |
| A | Rock Hill Indians | Western Carolinas League | Pinky May |
| Rookie | GCL Indians | Gulf Coast League | Gordon Seyfried |