1967 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1967 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 86th season in franchise history. The sixth-place Pirates finished at 81–81, 20+12 games behind the National League and World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals.

1967 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersJohn W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managersJoe L. Brown
ManagersHarry Walker, Danny Murtaugh
TelevisionKDKA-TV
Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King
RadioKDKA
Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King
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Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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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

Record vs. opponents

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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


Game log

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1967 Game Log: 81–81 (Home: 49–32; Away: 32–49)
April: 7–5 (Home: 3–3; Away: 4–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 11 @ Mets 6–3 Veale (1–0) Cardwell Mikkelsen (1) 31,510 1–0
2 April 13 @ Mets 2–3 Estrada Law (0–1) Taylor 5,005 1–1
3 April 14 Cubs 5–8 Simmons Ribant (0–1) 32,296 1–2
4 April 15 Cubs 3–7 Culp Sisk (0–1) 10,624 1–3
5 April 16 Cubs 6–5 Pizarro (1–0) Upham 13,510 2–3
6 April 17 Mets 6–9 Cardwell Law (0–2) Taylor 7,599 2–4
7 April 21 @ Cubs 6–1 Veale (2–0) Culp 2,974 3–4
8 April 23 @ Cubs 3–7 Jenkins Pizarro (1–1) 6,754 3–5
9 April 25 Phillies 7–3 O'Dell (1–0) Bunning 5,585 4–5
10 April 27 Phillies 5–4 Mikkelsen (1–0) Hall Short (1) 4,979 5–5
11 April 28 @ Cardinals 6–2 Veale (3–0) Washburn 45,565 6–5
12 April 30 @ Cardinals 2–0 Pizarro (2–1) Jaster 20,017 7–5
May: 16–13 (Home: 11–6; Away: 5–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
13 May 1 @ Cardinals 8–5 O'Dell (2–0) Jackson Face (1) 13,707 8–5
14 May 2 Dodgers 3–5 (11) Regan Blass (0–1) Perranoski 5,762 8–6
15 May 3 Dodgers 6–5 (15) Pizarro (3–1) Singer 9,124 9–6
16 May 4 Dodgers 9–3 Veale (4–0) Egan Mikkelsen (2) 9,603 10–6
17 May 5 Giants 7–2 Sisk (1–1) Bolin 18,294 11–6
18 May 6 Giants 6–5 (10) Face (1–0) Linzy 7,662 12–6
19 May 8 Cardinals 5–6 (10) Willis Law (0–3) Jaster 5,388 12–7
20 May 9 Cardinals 3–6 Carlton Fryman (0–1) Hoerner 4,951 12–8
21 May 10 Cardinals 4–1 Veale (5–0) Hughes Face (2) 8,466 13–8
22 May 11 Braves 2–9 Bruce Sisk (1–2) 4,885 13–9
23 May 12 Braves 5–2 O'Dell (3–0) Jarvis Face (3) 12,920 14–9
24 May 13 Braves 6–5 (10) Face (2–0) Niekro 8,156 15–9
25 May 14 Braves 5–2 Ribant (1–1) Kelley Face (4) 26,071 16–9
26 May 15 @ Reds 7–8 (10) Arrigo Pizarro (3–2) 5,222 16–10
27 May 16 @ Reds 3–6 Queen Fryman (0–2) 13,389 16–11
28 May 17 @ Reds 1–3 Ellis Sisk (1–3) 13,159 16–12
29 May 18 @ Braves 5–3 O'Dell (4–0) Carroll Face (5) 14,092 17–12
30 May 19 @ Braves 2–3 Lemaster Ribant (1–2) 20,603 17–13
31 May 20 @ Braves 6–2 Veale (6–0) Kelley McBean (1) 33,883 18–13
32 May 21 @ Braves 2–7 Johnson Pizarro (3–3) 23,221 18–14
33 May 22 @ Astros 3–1 Sisk (2–3) Zachary 10,613 19–14
34 May 23 @ Astros 3–8 Dierker O'Dell (4–1) Schneider 10,572 19–15
35 May 24 @ Astros 7–4 Face (3–0) Latman 13,140 20–15
36 May 26 Reds 6–5 (12) McBean (1–0) Osteen 24,358 21–15
37 May 27 Reds 1–6 Pappas Pizarro (3–4) 28,179 21–16
38 May 28 Reds 3–2 Sisk (3–3) Nottebart Face (6) 31,778 22–16
39 May 30 Astros 2–3 Wilson Ribant (1–3) 22–17
40 May 30 Astros 4–3 Face (4–0) Sembera 32,986 23–17
41 May 31 @ Giants 4–15 Herbel Veale (6–1) Linzy 7,393 23–18
June: 13–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 7–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
42 June 1 @ Giants 1–7 Perry Pizarro (3–5) 7,000 23–19
43 June 2 @ Dodgers 5–3 Blass (1–1) Regan Face (7) 35,540 24–19
44 June 3 @ Dodgers 1–5 Sutton O'Dell (4–2) 39,621 24–20
45 June 4 @ Dodgers 4–1 Veale (7–1) Drysdale Face (8) 39,741 25–20
46 June 6 Mets 0–1 (10) Shaw Face (4–1) 25–21
47 June 6 Mets 2–3 (10) Hamilton Face (4–2) 16,712 25–22
48 June 7 Mets 3–0 Sisk (4–3) Fisher 7,979 26–22
49 June 9 Phillies 16–1 O'Dell (5–2) Wise 17,064 27–22
50 June 10 Phillies 4–3 McBean (2–0) Hall 17,587 28–22
51 June 11 Phillies 1–14 Bunning Pizarro (3–6) 15,915 28–23
52 June 12 Cardinals 7–5 Ribant (2–3) Carlton Face (9) 10,964 29–23
53 June 13 Cardinals 4–7 Hughes Sisk (4–4) Hoerner 14,325 29–24
54 June 14 Cardinals 4–7 Gibson O'Dell (5–3) 14,217 29–25
55 June 15 @ Phillies 1–4 Hall Veale (7–2) 29–26
56 June 15 @ Phillies 5–2 Blass (2–1) Ellsworth 24,480 30–26
57 June 16 @ Phillies 3–5 Jackson O'Dell (5–4) 20,796 30–27
58 June 17 @ Phillies 6–5 Ribant (3–3) Bunning Face (10) 9,595 31–27
59 June 18 @ Phillies 5–3 Sisk (5–4) Wise Pizarro (1) 14,726 32–27
60 June 19 Cubs 4–3 Veale (8–2) Jenkins McBean (2) 12,224 33–27
61 June 20 Cubs 3–5 Hartenstein Blass (2–2) 12,393 33–28
62 June 21 Cubs 3–6 Simmons O'Dell (5–5) Radatz 11,870 33–29
63 June 23 @ Reds 4–2 Ribant (4–3) Abernathy McBean (3) 25,227 34–29
64 June 24 @ Reds 4–6 Nolan Sisk (5–5) Lee 28,312 34–30
65 June 25 @ Reds 5–4 Veale (9–2) Pappas Pizarro (2) 23,673 35–30
66 June 26 @ Mets 2–3 Taylor Face (4–3) 27,294 35–31
67 June 27 @ Mets 2–5 Selma Fryman (0–3) 18,167 35–32
68 June 28 @ Cubs 2–4 Jenkins Ribant (4–4) 35–33
69 June 28 @ Cubs 1–3 Culp Sisk (5–6) 22,731 35–34
70 June 29 @ Cubs 3–4 Niekro McBean (2–1) Hartenstein 16,415 35–35
71 June 30 Braves 3–1 Blass (3–2) Carroll 15,988 36–35
July: 13–16 (Home: 9–6; Away: 4–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
72 July 1 Braves 2–4 Raymond Mikkelsen (1–1) 9,353 36–36
73 July 3 Dodgers 5–2 Sisk (6–6) Drysdale 12,321 37–36
74 July 4 Dodgers 9–7 Face (5–3) Miller 9,080 38–36
75 July 5 Dodgers 3–5 Sutton Blass (3–3) 12,821 38–37
76 July 7 Reds 2–6 Ellis Veale (9–3) 19,805 38–38
77 July 8 Reds 6–1 Sisk (7–6) Arrigo 11,182 39–38
78 July 9 Reds 2–1 Ribant (5–4) Maloney 25,934 40–38
79 July 12 @ Cardinals 3–4 Jackson Mikkelsen (1–2) 14,812 40–39
80 July 13 @ Cardinals 8–5 Veale (10–3) Carlton McBean (4) 24,134 41–39
81 July 14 @ Cardinals 1–2 Jaster Sisk (7–7) Hoerner 25,668 41–40
82 July 15 @ Cardinals 6–4 Pizarro (4–6) Briles Face (11) 39,440 42–40
83 July 16 @ Braves 1–2 Niekro Law (0–4) 35,204 42–41
84 July 17 @ Braves 2–6 Johnson Veale (10–4) 18,220 42–42
85 July 18 Giants 8–6 Blass (4–3) Marichal Face (12) 43–42
86 July 18 Giants 2–3 Gibbon O'Dell (5–6) Linzy 28,023 43–43
87 July 19 Giants 2–1 (11) Ribant (6–4) McCormick 16,013 44–43
88 July 20 Giants 1–6 Perry Law (0–5) 10,359 44–44
89 July 21 Astros 9–1 Veale (11–4) Blasingame 14,687 45–44
90 July 22 Astros 15–2 Fryman (1–3) Belinsky 9,597 46–44
91 July 23 Astros 5–8 Giusti Blass (4–4) Sherry 46–45
92 July 23 Astros 15–2 Sisk (8–7) Latman 22,925 47–45
93 July 24 @ Dodgers 3–4 Regan Face (5–4) 22,495 47–46
94 July 25 @ Dodgers 1–3 Singer Law (0–6) 24,348 47–47
95 July 26 @ Dodgers 4–2 Veale (12–4) Sutton Pizarro (3) 24,772 48–47
96 July 27 @ Astros 4–5 Latman McBean (2–2) 17,229 48–48
97 July 28 @ Astros 3–9 Giusti Sisk (8–8) 20,909 48–49
98 July 29 @ Astros 5–6 Eilers Pizarro (4–7) Sherry 25,785 48–50
99 July 30 @ Giants 4–3 Law (1–6) Sadecki Face (13) 32,209 49–50
100 July 31 @ Giants 4–8 McCormick Pizarro (4–8) Linzy 8,683 49–51
August: 15–18 (Home: 10–5; Away: 5–13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
101 August 1 @ Giants 1–3 Marichal Fryman (1–4) 15,501 49–52
102 August 2 @ Giants 2–7 Perry Ribant (6–5) 11,654 49–53
103 August 4 Dodgers 3–2 (10) Pizarro (5–8) Miller 13,474 50–53
104 August 5 Dodgers 2–1 Law (2–6) Regan 9,658 51–53
105 August 6 Dodgers 4–5 Osteen Sisk (8–9) Perranoski 12,384 51–54
106 August 7 @ Cubs 6–3 Face (6–4) Hartenstein 52–54
107 August 7 @ Cubs 3–3 (14) 11,482 52–54
108 August 8 @ Cubs 4–8 Niekro Gelnar (0–1) 9,412 52–55
109 August 9 @ Cubs 0–6 Jenkins Veale (12–5) 52–56
110 August 9 @ Cubs 10–6 McBean (3–2) Stoneman 16,822 53–56
111 August 10 @ Mets 3–0 Sisk (9–9) Fisher 20,572 54–56
112 August 11 @ Mets 2–3 Frisella Ribant (6–6) Shaw 29,202 54–57
113 August 12 @ Mets 1–6 Koonce Fryman (1–5) 20,181 54–58
114 August 13 @ Mets 0–3 Seaver Blass (4–5) 54–59
115 August 13 @ Mets 9–11 Shaw McBean (3–3) Taylor 34,122 54–60
116 August 14 Reds 4–3 Veale (13–5) Nolan Face (14) 8,414 55–60
117 August 15 Reds 1–2 Abernathy Sisk (9–10) 9,237 55–61
118 August 16 Reds 0–4 Maloney Fryman (1–6) McCool 9,116 55–62
119 August 17 Mets 5–6 Cardwell Pizarro (5–9) 55–63
120 August 17 Mets 6–5 (14) Pizarro (6–9) Seaver 9,213 56–63
121 August 18 Mets 7–2 Veale (14–5) Fisher 6,628 57–63
122 August 19 Mets 6–5 Sisk (10–10) Taylor 7,570 58–63
123 August 20 Mets 4–2 Pizarro (7–9) Selma Face (15) 7,263 59–63
124 August 21 Cubs 5–1 Fryman (2–6) Jenkins Face (16) 7,794 60–63
125 August 22 Cubs 1–8 Niekro Veale (14–6) 8,414 60–64
126 August 23 Cubs 2–1 McBean (4–3) Hands 8,952 61–64
127 August 25 @ Phillies 0–2 Bunning Sisk (10–11) 61–65
128 August 25 @ Phillies 2–6 Short Blass (4–6) Farrell 13,696 61–66
129 August 26 @ Phillies 0–1 Wise Veale (14–7) 16,454 61–67
130 August 27 @ Phillies 0–2 (5) Jackson Fryman (2–7) 10,953 61–68
131 August 28 @ Braves 4–3 (10) Ribant (7–6) Ritchie Pizarro (4) 8,725 62–68
132 August 29 @ Braves 3–7 Niekro Ribant (7–7) Upshaw 6,516 62–69
133 August 30 @ Braves 11–9 Ribant (8–7) Carroll Face (17) 8,674 63–69
134 August 31 Phillies 6–4 Veale (15–7) Hall Pizarro (5) 3,406 64–69
September: 16–12 (Home: 9–5; Away: 7–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
135 September 1 Phillies 3–0 Fryman (3–7) Jackson 6,113 65–69
136 September 2 Phillies 9–1 McBean (5–3) Bunning 6,431 66–69
137 September 3 Phillies 2–7 Short Sisk (10–12) Farrell 7,164 66–70
138 September 4 @ Cardinals 10–8 Ribant (9–7) Lamabe Pizarro (6) 67–70
139 September 4 @ Cardinals 9–3 Blass (5–6) Washburn Pizarro (7) 43,960 68–70
140 September 6 Braves 1–4 Lemaster Fryman (3–8) 68–71
141 September 6 Braves 4–1 McBean (6–3) Jarvis 6,849 69–71
142 September 7 Braves 4–2 Sisk (11–12) Niekro Pizarro (8) 3,990 70–71
143 September 8 Cardinals 4–3 (10) Dal Canton (1–0) Willis 9,637 71–71
144 September 9 Cardinals 0–6 Carlton Blass (5–7) 6,446 71–72
145 September 10 Cardinals 8–7 Pizarro (8–9) Hoerner Sisk (1) 8,920 72–72
146 September 11 @ Reds 3–4 Davidson Pizarro (8–10) 4,150 72–73
147 September 12 @ Reds 7–15 Lee Veale (15–8) Nottebart 4,605 72–74
148 September 13 @ Reds 11–3 Sisk (12–12) Queen 4,966 73–74
149 September 15 Giants 3–6 Perry Blass (5–8) 6,332 73–75
150 September 16 Giants 5–4 (16) Dal Canton (2–0) McCormick 5,056 74–75
151 September 17 Giants 5–4 McBean (7–3) Linzy 5,733 75–75
152 September 18 @ Astros 4–14 Giusti Sisk (12–13) 6,327 75–76
153 September 19 @ Astros 11–7 Face (7–4) Sherry Pizarro (9) 5,321 76–76
154 September 20 @ Astros 4–5 House Ribant (9–8) 4,629 76–77
155 September 22 @ Giants 0–1 Sadecki McBean (7–4) 10,238 76–78
156 September 23 @ Giants 4–8 McDaniel Face (7–5) Linzy 12,431 76–79
157 September 24 @ Giants 2–1 Blass (6–8) Perry Fryman (1) 16,123 77–79
158 September 25 @ Dodgers 2–1 (11) Shellenback (1–0) Regan 11,983 78–79
159 September 26 @ Dodgers 1–3 Drysdale Dal Canton (2–1) Perranoski 12,486 78–80
160 September 27 @ Dodgers 1–0 Veale (16–8) Foster 12,467 79–80
161 September 29 Astros 4–1 Moose (1–0) Blasingame 1,951 80–80
162 September 30 Astros 3–4 Coombs Shellenback (1–1) 2,109 80–81
October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
163 October 1 Astros 10–3 Sisk (13–13) Von Hoff 28,244 81–81
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

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Opening Day Starters
# Name Position
18 Matty Alou CF
30 Maury Wills 3B
21 Roberto Clemente RF
8 Willie Stargell LF
17 Donn Clendenon 1B
9 Bill Mazeroski 2B
14 Gene Alley SS
20 Jesse Gonder C
39 Bob Veale SP

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Notable transactions

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Roster

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1967 Pittsburgh Pirates
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Statistics

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Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

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

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Jets International League Harding "Pete" Peterson
AA Macon Peaches Southern League Don Osborn and Frank Oceak
A Raleigh Pirates Carolina League Joe Morgan
A Clinton Pirates Midwest League Bob Clear
A Gastonia Pirates Western Carolinas League Don Leppert
Rookie Salem Pirates Appalachian League Buddy Pritchard

Notes

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  1. ^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ^ Juan Pizzaro at "Baseball Almanac"
  3. ^ Jerry Lynch at "Baseball Almanac"
  4. ^ Bill Short at "Baseball Almanac"
  5. ^ Manny Jiménez page at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Dodgers trade Maury Wills to Pittsburgh
  7. ^ Mets trade Ribant, Kolb to Pittsburgh
  8. ^ 1967 Opening Day lineup at "Baseball-Almanac"
  9. ^ Richie Zisk at "Baseball Almanac"
  10. ^ Luplow waived to Bucs by Mets
  11. ^ Harry Walker
  12. ^ Pete Mikkelsen at "Baseball Almanac"
  13. ^ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  14. ^ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2016.

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