1967 San Francisco Giants season

1967 San Francisco Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Candlestick Park
City	San Francisco, California
Owners	Horace Stoneham
General managers	Chub Feeney
Managers	Herman Franks
Television	KTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
Radio	KSFO (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
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The 1967 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 85th year in Major League Baseball, their tenth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their eighth at Candlestick Park. The team finished in second place in the National League with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses, 10+1⁄2 games behind the NL and World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals.

• November 29, 1966: Hal Haydel was drafted by the Giants from the Chicago Cubs in the 1966 minor league draft.^[1]
• December 14, 1966: Len Gabrielson was traded by the Giants to the California Angels for Norm Siebern.^[2]
• January 28, 1967: Von Joshua was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[3]

• July 14, 1967: Eddie Mathews of the Atlanta Braves hit the 500th home run of his career. He hit his milestone homer off future Hall of Famer Juan Marichal of the Giants.^[4]

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National 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

1967 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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	—

• Jesús Alou
• Jim Davenport
• Tom Haller
• Jim Ray Hart
• Ken Henderson
• Hal Lanier
• Juan Marichal
• Willie Mays
• Willie McCovey

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• June 6, 1967: 1967 Major League Baseball draft
  • Dave Rader was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (18th pick). Player signed June 14, 1967.^[6]
  • Don Carrithers was drafted by the Giants in the 3rd round.^[7]
  • Gary Lavelle was drafted by the Giants in the 20th round.^[8]
• June 22, 1967: Dick Groat was purchased by the Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[9]
• July 15, 1967: Norm Siebern was purchased from the Giants by the Boston Red Sox.^[2]

1967 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers 42 Bobby Bolin 49 Ron Bryant 50 Néstor Chávez 28 Joe Gibbon 45 Bill Henry 34 Ron Herbel 35 Frank Linzy 27 Juan Marichal 40 Mike McCormick 39 Lindy McDaniel 36 Gaylord Perry 48 Rich Robertson 37 Ray Sadecki		Catchers  1 Bob Barton  2 Dick Dietz  5 Tom Haller Infielders 12 Jim Davenport 17 Bobby Etheridge 23 Tito Fuentes 20 Dick Groat 17,31 César Gutiérrez 16 Jim Ray Hart  7 Jack Hiatt 22 Hal Lanier 31,41 Don Mason 44 Willie McCovey 15 Bob Schroder 29 Norm Siebern		Outfielders 14 Jesús Alou 25 Ollie Brown 19 Ty Cline 15 Ken Henderson 19,33 Frank Johnson 24 Willie Mays 18 Billy Sorrell Other batters 18 Dave Marshall		Manager  3 Herman Franks Coaches  9 Charlie Fox 46 Larry Jansen  8 Cookie Lavagetto  6 Peanuts Lowrey

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	Tom Haller	141	455	114	.251	14	49
1B	Willie McCovey	135	456	126	.276	31	91
2B	Tito Fuentes	133	344	72	.209	5	29
3B	Jim Ray Hart	158	578	167	.289	29	99
SS	Hal Lanier	151	525	112	.213	0	42
LF	Jesús Alou	129	510	149	.292	5	30
CF	Willie Mays	141	486	128	.263	22	70
RF	Ollie Brown	120	412	110	.267	13	53

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
Jim Davenport	124	295	81	.275	5	30
Ken Henderson	65	179	34	.190	4	14
Jack Hiatt	73	153	42	.275	6	26
Bob Schroder	62	135	31	.230	0	7
Ty Cline	64	122	33	.270	0	4
Dick Dietz	56	120	27	.225	4	19
Bobby Etheridge	40	115	26	.226	1	15
Dick Groat	34	70	12	.171	0	4
Norm Siebern	46	58	9	.155	0	4
Cesar Gutierrez	18	21	3	.143	0	0
Bob Barton	7	19	4	.211	0	1
Billy Sorrell	18	17	3	.176	0	1
Frank Johnson	8	10	3	.300	0	0
Don Mason	4	3	0	.000	0	0
Dave Marshall	1	0	0	----	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Gaylord Perry	39	293.0	15	17	2.61	230
Mike McCormick	40	262.1	22	10	2.85	150
Juan Marichal	26	202.1	14	10	2.76	166
Ray Sadecki	35	188.0	12	6	2.78	145

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ron Herbel	42	125.2	4	5	3.08	52
Bobby Bolin	37	120.0	6	8	4.88	69
Joe Gibbon	28	82.0	6	2	3.07	63

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Frank Linzy	57	95.2	7	7	17	1.51	38
Lindy McDaniel	41	72.2	2	6	2	3.72	48
Bill Henry	28	21.2	2	0	2	2.08	23
Néstor Chávez	2	5.0	1	0	0	0.00	3
Ron Bryant	1	4.0	0	0	0	4.50	2
Rich Robertson	1	2.0	0	0	0	4.50	1

• Mike McCormick, Cy Young Award

All-Star Game

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Phoenix Giants	Pacific Coast League	Bill Werle
AA	Waterbury Giants	Eastern League	Andy Gilbert
A	Fresno Giants	California League	Dave Garcia
A	Decatur Commodores	Midwest League	Dennis Sommers
A-Short Season	Medford Giants	Northwest League	Tony Eichelberger
Rookie	Salt Lake City Giants	Pioneer League	Harvey Koepf

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Medford^[10]

• 1967 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
• 1967 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac