The 1967 New York Yankees season was the 65th season for the Yankees. The team finished ahead of only the Kansas City Athletics (who moved to Oakland after the season ended) in the American League final standings, with a record of 72–90, finishing 20 games behind the Boston Red Sox. It was their most losses in a season since losing 94 games in 1913, which was the first season in which the team went by the word Yankees. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason November 28, 1966: Frank Tepedino was drafted by the Yankees from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1966 first-year draft.Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference November 29, 1966: Clete Boyer was traded by the Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for Bill Robinson and Chi-Chi Olivo.Clete Boyer page at Baseball Reference December 8, 1966: Roger Maris was traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Charley Smith.Yanks trade Roger Maris to Cards for third baseman Charlie Smith December 10, 1966: Pedro Ramos was traded by the Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Joe Verbanic and cash.Pedro Ramos page at Baseball Reference

Regular season May 14, 1967: At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle hit his 500th home run in the bottom of the seventh inning off of Stu Miller in a 6–5 Yankee win over the Baltimore Orioles.Baseball Almanac – Box Score of 500th Home Run by Mickey Mantle

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 6, 1967: Steve Rogers was drafted by the Yankees in the 60th round of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.Steve Rogers page at Baseball Reference July 4, 1967: Ray Barker, players to be named later, and cash were traded by the Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for Steve Barber. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Chet Trail (minors) and Joe Brady (minors) to the Orioles on December 15, 1967.Steve Barber page at Baseball Reference August 3, 1967: Elston Howard was traded by the Yankees to the Boston Red Sox for Pete Magrini and a player to be named later. The Red Sox completed the deal by sending Ron Klimkowski to the Yankees on August 8.Elston Howard page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1967 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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 Jake Gibbs 116 374 87 .233 4 25 1B Mickey Mantle 144 440 108 .245 22 55 2B Horace Clarke 143 588 160 .272 3 29 SS Rubén Amaro Sr. 130 417 93 .223 1 17 3B 135 425 95 .224 9 38 OF Tom Tresh 130 448 98 .219 14 53 OF Joe Pepitone 133 501 126 .251 13 64 OF Steve Whitaker 122 441 107 .243 11 50

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 116 342 67 .196 7 29 Roy White 70 214 48 .224 2 18 Elston Howard 66 199 39 .196 3 17 78 179 35 .196 1 17 Dick Howser 63 149 40 .268 0 10 Mike Hegan 68 118 16 .136 1 3 Bob Tillman 22 63 16 .254 2 9 Jerry Kenney 20 58 18 .310 1 5 9 28 6 .214 1 4 Tom Shopay 8 27 8 .296 2 6 Ray Barker 17 26 2 .077 0 0 Billy Bryan 16 12 2 .167 1 2 Ross Moschitto 14 9 1 .111 0 0 9 5 2 .400 0 0 Lou Clinton 6 4 2 .500 0 2 Charlie Sands 1 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 Mel Stottlemyre 36 255.0 15 15 2.96 151 31 201.2 14 10 2.63 171 Fritz Peterson 36 181.1 8 14 3.47 102 Fred Talbot 29 138.2 6 8 4.22 61 17 97.2 6 9 4.05 70 Whitey Ford 7 44.0 2 4 1.64 21

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 Bill Monbouquette 33 133.1 6 5 2.36 53 Thad Tillotson 43 98.1 3 9 4.03 62 Joe Verbanic 28 80.1 4 3 2.80 39 Cecil Perkins 2 5.0 0 1 9.00 1

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 Dooley Womack 65 5 6 18 2.41 57 Steve Hamilton 44 2 4 4 3.48 55 Hal Reniff 24 0 2 0 4.28 24 17 1 0 0 4.67 31 Dale Roberts 2 0 0 0 9.00 0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BinghamtonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1967 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1967 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com