This article is about the 1967 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1967 in baseball.
Sports season
1967 MLB season
League
Major League Baseball
Sport
Baseball
Duration
April 10 – October 12, 1967
Number of games
162
Number of teams
20
TV partner(s)
NBC
Draft
Top draft pick
Ron Blomberg
Picked by
New York Yankees
Regular season
Season MVP
AL: Carl Yastrzemski (BOS) NL: Orlando Cepeda (STL)
AL champions
Boston Red Sox
AL runners-up
Detroit Tigers
NL champions
St. Louis Cardinals
NL runners-up
San Francisco Giants
World Series
Champions
St. Louis Cardinals
Runners-up
Boston Red Sox
World Series MVP
Bob Gibson (STL)
MLB seasons
← 1966
1968 →
The 1967 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 10 to October 12, 1967. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox four games to three in the World Series, which was the first World Series appearance for the Red Sox in 21 years. Following the season, the Kansas City Athletics relocated to Oakland.
The season was filled with historic seasons from multiple players. Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox had tied for the most home runs in MLB with Harmon Killebrew, giving him the elusive triple crown. He led the American League in batting average (.326), home runs due to the tie with Killebrew (44) and runs batted in (121) (This feat would not be accomplished again until Miguel Cabrera earned the triple crown in 2012 with the Detroit Tigers).[1] Yastrzemski also won the AL MVP and led the Red Sox to the AL pennant for the first time in two decades. They would ultimately lose to the St. Louis Cardinals 7–2 in Game 7 of the World Series.[2]
The Cardinals had standout players as well, with first baseman Orlando Cepeda becoming the first unanimously voted NL MVP. Cepeda finished the season with 25 home runs, 111 RBIs and a .325 batting average. He did however, struggle in the World Series, hitting only .103 with one RBI.[3]
^"Miguel Cabrera becomes 1st Triple Crown winner in 45 years; Buster Posey wins NL batting title". The Washington Post. October 4, 2012. Archived from the original on December 24, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
^"Orlando Cepeda Stats".
^"Baseball History in 1967 American League by Baseball Almanac".
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