1967 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1967 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909);
	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1887);
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath
Manager(s)	Harry Walker, Danny Murtaugh
Local television	KDKA-TV ; Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King
Local radio	KDKA; Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King
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The 1967 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 86th season in franchise history. The sixth-place Pirates finished at 81–81, 20½ games behind the National League and World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

October 12, 1966: Wilbur Wood was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Juan Pizarro to the Pirates on November 28.^[1]
November 29, 1966: Manny Jiménez was drafted by the Pirates from the Kansas City Athletics in the 1966 minor league draft.^[2]
December 1, 1966: Bob Bailey and Gene Michael were traded by the Pirates to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Maury Wills.^[3]
December 6, 1966: Don Cardwell and Don Bosch were traded by the Pirates to the New York Mets for Dennis Ribant and Gary Kolb.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	101	60	--	.627
San Francisco Giants	91	71	10.5	.562
Chicago Cubs	87	74	14	.540
Cincinnati Reds	87	75	14.5	.537
Philadelphia Phillies	82	80	19.5	.506
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	81	20.5	.500
Atlanta Braves	77	85	24.5	.475
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	89	28.5	.451
Houston Astros	69	93	32.5	.426
New York Mets	61	101	40.5	.377

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

June 6, 1967: Tom Dettore was drafted by the Pirates in the 9th round of the secondary phase of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.^[5]
June 21, 1967: Al Luplow was purchased by the Pirates from the New York Mets.^[6]

Roster

1967 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

40 Danny Murtaugh
3 Harry Walker

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	May, JerryJerry May	110	325	88	.271	3	22
1B	Clendenon, DonnDonn Clendenon	131	478	119	.249	13	56
2B
3B
SS
LF
CF
RF

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
Jiménez, MannyManny Jiménez	50	56	14	.250	2	10

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

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
Blass, SteveSteve Blass	32	126.2	6	8	3.55	72
Dal Canton, BruceBruce Dal Canton	8	24	2	1	1.88	13

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
Pizarro, JuanJuan Pizarro	50	8	10	9	3.95	96

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

Notes

References

1967 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1967 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

[1] Wilbur Wood page at Baseball Reference

[2] Manny Jiménez page at Baseball-Reference

[3] Maury Wills page at Baseball Reference

[4] Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference

[5] Tom Dettore page at Baseball Reference

[6] Al Luplow page at Baseball Reference

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