| 1967 Atlanta Braves | ||||
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| League | National League | |||
| Ballpark | Atlanta Stadium | |||
| City | Atlanta | |||
| Record | 75–88 (.475) | |||
| League place | 8th | |||
| Owners | William Bartholomay | |||
| General managers | Paul Richards | |||
| Managers | Billy Hitchcock | |||
| Television | WSB-TV (Larry Munson,Ernie Johnson,Milo Hamilton,Dizzy Dean) | |||
| Radio | WSB (Larry Munson,Ernie Johnson,Milo Hamilton) | |||
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The1967 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' second season inAtlanta and the 97th overall. The team went 77–85, as they suffered their first losing season since 1952, the franchise's final season inBoston. The seventh-place Braves finished24+1⁄2 games behind theNational League andWorld Series ChampionSt. Louis Cardinals.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | — | |||
The Braves' worst season since1952—their last year in their original home ofBoston—costmanagerBilly Hitchcock his job on September 28, 1967; the team stood at 77–82 (.484) and 211⁄2 games in arrears of the eventual1967 World ChampionSt. Louis Cardinals at the time.Bullpen coachKen Silvestri took over the club for the final three games of the season (all losses) on an interim basis.
Hitchcock's firing enabledgeneral managerPaul Richards, on the job in Atlanta for only 13 months, to name his own man as skipper for1968, and he chose a veteran associate,Luman Harris, 52, as Hitchcock's permanent successor.[6] Harris had played with Richards with theminor leagueAtlanta Crackers in the 1930s, and coached for Richards with three MLB clubs; he had also managed under GM Richards with the1965 Houston Astros. Harris had been the 1967 skipper of theTriple-ARichmond Braves, and had led them to the best record in theInternational League.
| 1967 Atlanta Braves | |||||||||
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| Roster | |||||||||
| Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders Other batters | Manager Coaches | ||||||
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 |
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| C | Joe Torre | 135 | 477 | 132 | .277 | 20 | 68 |
| 1B | Felipe Alou | 140 | 574 | 157 | .274 | 15 | 43 |
| 2B | Woody Woodward | 136 | 429 | 97 | .226 | 0 | 25 |
| SS | Denis Menke | 129 | 418 | 95 | .227 | 7 | 39 |
| 3B | Clete Boyer | 154 | 572 | 140 | .245 | 26 | 96 |
| LF | Rico Carty | 134 | 444 | 113 | .255 | 15 | 64 |
| CF | Mack Jones | 140 | 454 | 115 | .253 | 17 | 50 |
| RF | Hank Aaron | 155 | 600 | 184 | .307 | 39 | 109 |
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 |
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| Tito Francona | 82 | 254 | 63 | .248 | 6 | 25 |
| Bob Uecker | 62 | 158 | 23 | .146 | 3 | 13 |
| Mike de la Hoz | 74 | 143 | 29 | .203 | 3 | 14 |
| Félix Millán | 41 | 136 | 32 | .235 | 2 | 6 |
| Gary Geiger | 69 | 117 | 19 | .162 | 1 | 5 |
| Marty Martínez | 44 | 73 | 21 | .288 | 0 | 5 |
| Gene Oliver | 17 | 51 | 10 | .196 | 3 | 6 |
| Charley Lau | 52 | 45 | 9 | .200 | 1 | 5 |
| Remy Hermoso | 11 | 26 | 8 | .308 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Lum | 9 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Nicholson | 10 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Cito Gaston | 9 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 0 | 1 |
| Ty Cline | 10 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Clark | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Beauchamp | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Denny Lemaster | 31 | 215.1 | 9 | 9 | 3.34 | 148 |
| Ken Johnson | 29 | 210.1 | 13 | 9 | 2.74 | 85 |
| Pat Jarvis | 32 | 194.0 | 15 | 10 | 3.66 | 118 |
| Tony Cloninger | 16 | 76.2 | 4 | 7 | 5.17 | 55 |
| Ron Reed | 3 | 21.1 | 1 | 1 | 2.45 | 11 |
| Jim Britton | 2 | 13.1 | 0 | 2 | 6.08 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Phil Niekro | 46 | 207.0 | 11 | 9 | 1.87 | 129 |
| Dick Kelley | 39 | 98.0 | 2 | 9 | 3.77 | 75 |
| Clay Carroll | 42 | 93.0 | 6 | 12 | 5.52 | 35 |
| Ed Rakow | 17 | 39.1 | 3 | 2 | 5.26 | 25 |
| Bob Bruce | 12 | 38.2 | 2 | 3 | 4.89 | 22 |
| Wade Blasingame | 10 | 25.1 | 1 | 0 | 4.62 | 20 |
| George Stone | 2 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 5 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Cecil Upshaw | 30 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2.58 | 31 |
| Jay Ritchie | 52 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3.17 | 57 |
| Ramón Hernández | 46 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4.18 | 28 |
| Claude Raymond | 28 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2.62 | 14 |
| Don Schwall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
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