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Well, since 1930 seems to have just disappeared, I have decided to try to replicate the 1967 Impossible Dream season.
Boston is coming off of a 72-90, 9th place in a 10 team American League. The Sox do have a couple of established veterans and a couple of solid young prospects on the horizon. First will be brief overviews of the Opening Day Rosters and Minor League prospects!
1967 Opening Day Roster
CF- Reggie Smith (93/98) 21 year old rookie with good batting skills (83 contact, 83 power) and a great eye (88).
SS- Rico Petrocelli (78/84) 23 year old coming off a .238 18-59 season. Good power (83) and perfect eye (84) for the 2 hole.
RF- Tony Conigliaro (77/92) Local hero who has hit 84 HR's before his 23rd birthday. Should be a monster for years to come.
LF- Carl Yastrzemski (91) Great batter (93 contact 85 power) who has never really lived up to his billing. Will this be the year he puts it all together?
1B- George Scott (79) "Boomer" hit .245 27-90 as a rookie. Needs to cut down on his 152 strikeouts however.
3B- Dalton Jones (83/90) Has been primarily the first bat off the bench, but will be the starting 3B this year. Not great at anything, but solid at everything.
2B- Mike Andrews (74/84) Teriffic eye (93), but no real stick to speak of (71 contact 67 power).
C- Bob Tillman (74) Backup last year, who has some stick (77 contact 70 power), but his real skill is his arm (86)
Bench:
C- Mike Ryan (73/75) Good glove (89 arm 83 handling) but not much else.
OF- Jose Tartabull (76) Great speed (89) should be main pinch runner.
1B- Tony Horton (77/85) Up and down for the last 3 years, but stuck behind Scott. Should be the first stick off the bench (77 contact 78 power)
OF- Don Demeter (85) Veteran OF will be a late inning defensive replacement as his glove (100) is unparalled.
OF- George Thomas (71/73) 5th outfielder, but like Demeter has a great glove (100)
3B- Joe Foy (67/71) Rookie coming off .262 15-63 season but will be a bat off the benchg starting this year.
Pitching Rotation:
Jim Lonborg (84) 24 year old comes into the year with a 19-27 career record. Is the unquestionable ace of this staff.
Dennis Bennett (75) Went 3-3 last year in 16 games for the Sox. Best of the rest sadly.
Hank Fischer (76/82) Good power (82), but still very unsure. Pitched for 3 different teams last year.
Dave Morehead (74) Great power (86) only threw 28 innings last year in 12 games for Boston.
Bucky Brandon (78/85) 26 year old coming off 8-8 rookie season in 40 games, 17 starts.
Closer- Don McMahon (75) 100 career in 522 appearances.
Setup- John Wyatt (76) Excellent power (87), struck out 63 in 71 innings last year.
Short- Don Osinski (84) 4-3 3.61 in 44 games last year covering 67 innings.
Short- Lee Stange (75) Swing type guy 28 games last year 19 starts he went 7-9 3.35 with Boston, 8-9 overall.
Middle- Jose Santiago (75/81) Another starter/reliever type 12-13 3.66 last year in 28 starts 32 games overall.
Long- Gary Waslewski (84/92) 25 year old rookie who struck out 48 in 66 AAA innings last year.
Minor Leaguers Hitters to Watch:
OF- Joe Lahoud 64/89
OF- Ken Poulson 69/93
OF- Billy Conigliaro 57/83
C- Carlton Fisk 69/78
OF- Rick Miller 66/86
Pitchers:
Jerry Stephenson 75/93
Sparky Lyle 74/87
Bill Lee 69/88
Leading off the season is 6 at home, 3 vs the Baltimore Orioles followed by 3 vs the Detroit Tigers.
Um...not to detract from your 1967 effort, but what the heck happened to 1930!? I mean, was it removed? Did a glitch eat it?
Looking at your team it seems very strong, even more so in a year or two when your three pitchers are able to join the ballgame.
I accidentally saved over it looking at some other seasons in the mid 30's. I got annoyed and deleted the thread.
April 1,2,3 v Baltimore Orioles (0-0)
April 1-A 4 run 8th capped by Carl Yastrzemski's 3 run HR gave the Red Sox a 5-1 win on Opening Day. (1-0)
W-Don McMahon (1-0) L-Jim Palmer (0-1)
April 2-Dave McNally and 2 relievers stymied the Red Sox offense allowing just 1 run and Sam Bowens hit a 2 run HR as Baltimore beat Boston 3-1. (1-1)
W-Dave McNally (1-0) L-Dennis Bennett (0-1) S-Stu Miller (1)
April 3-Mike Andrews hit a 1 out, 2 run HR in the bottom of the 13th inning to give Boston a thrilling 8-6 win. Carl Yastrzemski had 3 RBI in the win. (2-1)
W-Dan Osinski (1-0) L-Eddie Watt (0-1)
April 4,5,6 v Detroit Tigers (3-0)
April 4-The Tigers scored 6 runs in the final two innings, lead by Norm Cash, who hit a run HR in the 8th and a 3 run HR in the 9th to give Detroit a 12-9 win. (2-2)
W-Dave Wickersham (1-0) L-Lee Stange (0-1) S-Fred Gladding (1)
April 5-Rico Petrocelli and Carl Yastrzemski each hit homeruns, and Jim Lonborg pitched a complete game as Boston beat the Tigers 5-1. (3-2)
W-Jim Lonborg (1-0) L-Mickey Lolich (0-1)
April 6-In one of the worst losses in the history of Fenway Park, the Tigers hit 5 homeruns, lead by Dick McAuliffe who hit 1 HR and drove in 8 runs, and Al Kaline who hit 2 HR's and had 3 RBI, as Detroit was all over Boston from the start in a 23-2 win. (3-3)
W-Earl Wilson (1-0) L-Dennis Bennett (0-2)
I knew the offense wouldn't be a problem, and that our pitching would be the achilles heel, but I didn't think it would be quite this bad. Through 6 games, I have 2 pitchers I trust, Jim Lonborg and Jose Santiago.
Up next for the Sox is 3 in Chicago against the White Sox followed by 3 in Cleveland to face the Indians.
Hm. Hasn't pitching always been the Red Sox' Achilles heel?
It's probably a little early to worry. but if this continues too long you'll have to take steps. Can't afford to fall too far behind.
April 7,8,9 at Chicago White Sox (2-4)
April 7-Carl Yastrzemski hit a pair of homeruns, driving in 4, and Hank Fischer pitched 7 shutout innings as Boston beat Chicago 7-2. (4-3)
W-Hank Fischer (1-0) L-Jim O'Toole (0-2)
April 8-Don Buford went 3-6 with 4 RBI and Ron Hansen hit a solo HR as the White Sox beat the Red 11-3. (4-4)
W-Tommy John (1-1) L-Dave Morehead (0-1)
April 9-Boomer Scott hit his 1st HR of the year, a 3 run shot, and Bob Tillman and Rico Petrocelli each added 3 RBI as Boston took two of three from Chicago, winning 10-5. (5-4)
W-Jose Santiago (1-0) L-Joe Horlen (1-1)
April 10,11,12 at Cleveland Indians (2-7)
April 10-Reggie Smith hit his first career HR, a 3 run HR, and Jim Lonborg won his 2nd game of the year as Boston beat Cleveland 9-7. (6-4)
W-Jim Lonborg (2-0) L-Sam McDowell (0-2) S-Lee Stange (1)
April 11-Carl Yastrzemski hit his 5th HR of the year a 2 run bomb over the Monster, and Reggie Smith went 4-5, helping Bucky Brandon pitched 5 solid innings as the Sox beat the Indians 6-3. (7-4)
W-Lee Stange (1-1) L-Sonny Seibert (1-1) S-Don McMahon (1)
April 12-The Sox capped an 8 run 7th inning with a grand slam by Rico Petrocelli, as Boston swept Cleveland, winning 10-3. (8-4)
W-John Wyatt (1-0) L-Steve Hargan (0-2)
Around the MLB:
Future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees, hit his 500th HR off of Baltimore's Tom Phoebus in a 5-3 loss to the Orioles. Boxscore below:
On a slightly less dramatic scale, New York Mets 3B Ken Boyer picked up his 2000th hit, a double off Ken Bruce in a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves.Code:New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles
April 9, 1967
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
Yankees (NYY) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 7 0
Orioles (BAL) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 x 5 11 0
NEW YORK ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
D. Howser (2B) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .320
R. White (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .421
J. Pepitone (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .214
M. Mantle (CF) 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .333
L. Clinton (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .056
E. Howard (C) 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .270
J. Kennedy (3B) 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
H. Clarke (SS) 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250
M. Stottlemyre (P) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
H. Reniff (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T. Tresh (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
TOTALS 33 7 2 3 1 3 4 1
2B: E. Howard (4)
HR: M. Mantle (4)
NEW YORK ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
M. Stottlemyre 7.0 8 5 0 5 5 3 108 3.38
H. Reniff 1.0 3 1 0 0 0 0 22 9.00
TOTALS 8.0 11 6 0 5 5 3 130
BALTIMORE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
L. Aparicio (SS) 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 .268
R. Snyder (CF) 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .320
B. Powell (1B) 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 .290
F. Robinson (LF) 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .231
B. Robinson (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
D. Johnson (2B) 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333
C. Blefary (RF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .250
C. Lau (C) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
T. Phoebus (P) 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333
M. Drabowsky (P) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
TOTALS 30 11 6 5 0 5 3 2
2B: B. Powell 2 (4)
CS: F. Robinson
BALTIMORE ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
T. Phoebus 6.2 6 2 1 3 3 3 121 3.29
M. Drabowsky 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 34 0.00
TOTALS 9.0 7 2 1 3 3 4 155
WP: M. Drabowsky (1-0)
LP: M. Stottlemyre (2-1)
Temperature: 54F
Wind: 3 MPH (left to right)
Attendance: 33,953
Time: 3:15
Up next for the Sox is 3 at home vs the Detroit Tigers followed by 3 in Fenway against the Baltimore Orioles.
April 13,14,15 v Detroit Tigers (7-2)
April 13-Rico Petrocelli hit a 2 run HR and Mike Andrews added 2 RBI as Boston beat Detroit 5-2. (9-4)
W-Jose Santiago (2-0) L-Mickey Lolich (0-2) S-Don McMahon (2)
April 14-Willie Horton hit a grand slam and Norm Cash hit a 3 run shot as the Tigers hammered Boston 9-3. (9-5)
W-Hank Agguire (3-0) L-Galen Sisco (0-1)
April 15-Tony C. went 3-5 and Carl Yastrzemski hit his 6th HR of the year as the Red Sox beat the Tigers 9-3. (10-5)
W-Jim Lonborg (3-0) L-Denny McLain (1-1)
April 16,17,18 v Baltimore Orioles (9-3)
April 16-Rico Petrocelli hit his 4th HR of the year, a solo shot as Boston beat the first place Orioles 4-2. (11-5)
W-Bucky Brandon (1-0) L-Tom Phoebus (0-1) S-Don McMahon (3)
April 17-Charlie Lau had 3 RBI and Luis Aparicio, Brooks Robinson and Curt Blefary added 2 RBI each as Baltimore beat up on the Sox 9-2. (11-6)
W-Jim Palmer (3-1) L-Jose Santiago (2-1)
April 18-Rico Petrocelli hit a solo HR, and Dennis Bennett pitched 6 innings, striking out 8 as Boston beat the Orioles 4-1. (12-6)
W-Dennis Bennett (1-2) L-Wally Bunker (1-2) S-Don McMahon (4)
Around the MLB:
Boston made a trade today with the St. Louis Cardinals that may be a long term landslide win for the Sox. Boston sent OF Rick Miller to the Cardinals in exchange for 22 year old lefthanded pitcher, Steve Carlton. Carlton is 3-4 in 26 career games, covering 13 starts. Miller was a prospect, but he was stuck behind about 5 other outfielders. Carlton will go to AAA and work on his control (64) and gaining some movement (43) on his pitches. If he can do this, he could be a top end starter in the near future.
Up next for Boston is a roadtrip that starts with 3 in Minneapolis against the Twins followed by three on the South Side of Chicago against the White Sox.
April 19,20,21 at Minnesota Twins (12-3)
April 19-Tony Conigliaro hit his 1st HR of the year, a solo shot, and Dave Morehead outdueled Mudcat Grant as Boston beat Minnesota 2-1. (13-6)
W-John Wyatt (2-0) L-Mudcat Grant (2-1) S-Don McMahon (5)
April 20-Rico Petrocelli hit a 2 out solo HR in the top of the 10th inning off Jim Merritt, leading Boston to a 8-7 win over the Twins. (14-6)
W-Don McMahon (2-0) L-Jim Merritt (1-1)
April 21-Jim Kaat pitched 8 innings of 1 run ball, and Minnesota salvaged one game of the series, winning 2-1. (14-7)
W-Jim Kaat (5-0) L-Bucky Brandon (1-1) S-Al Worthington (1)
April 23,24,25 at Chicago White Sox (9-9)
April 23-The White Sox hit 3 homeruns, and Moose Skowron lead Chicago with 4 hits and 3 RBI as the Pale Hose beat up on the Carmines, winning 9-3. (14-8)
W-Joe Horlen (2-1) L-Jose Santiago (2-2)
April 24-Reggie Smith hit a pair of homeruns, including an inside-the-park shot in the 5th inning, later adding a 2 run job, as Boston beat Chicago 5-2. (15-8)
W-Dennis Bennett (2-2) L-Tommy John (3-2) S-Don McMahon (6)
April 25-Boston continued its streak of winning 2 games in 3 game series, as Carl Yastrzemski (8), Rico Petrocelli (7), and Boomer Scott (3) each hit homeruns, helping Boston to a 9-3 win. (16-8)
W-Jim Lonborg (4-0) L-Gary Peters (3-2)
Around the MLB:
A couple of big time performances over the past week or so. First Chicago White Sox outfielder Pete Ward, who hit 5 homeruns all of last year, hit 4 in a single game, adding 9 RBI in a 12-3 shellacking of the Cleveland Indians. Boxscore below:
Also, Houston Astros thirdbaseman, Eddie Mathews hit his 499th and 500th career HR's off of Cincinnati starter Gary Nolan. Boxscore below:Code:Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox
April 20, 1967
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
Indians (CLE) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1
White Sox (CHW) 4 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 x 12 12 0
CLEVELAND ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
C. Hinton (CF) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245
C. Salmon (SS) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .274
L. Wagner (LF) 4 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 .339
R. Colavito (RF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .164
F. Whitfield (1B) 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 .217
M. Alvis (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .328
J. Azcue (C) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .194
P. Gonzalez (2B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182
L. Tiant (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
D. Sims (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
T. Kelley (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
G. Culver (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
TOTALS 33 6 2 3 2 3 6 0
HR: F. Whitfield (1), L. Wagner (5)
CLEVELAND ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
L. Tiant 4.0 7 1 2 6 5 5 73 6.59
T. Kelley 1.2 3 2 1 5 5 2 38 17.65
G. Culver 2.1 2 2 1 1 1 1 45 3.86
TOTALS 8.0 12 5 4 12 11 8 156
CHICAGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
D. Buford (3B) 4 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 .348
T. McCraw (1B) 4 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 .263
T. Agee (CF) 5 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 .230
P. Ward (LF) 5 4 0 4 4 9 0 0 .236
S. Burgess (C) 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .244
J. Adair (SS) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .122
W. Causey (2B) 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 .250
E. Stroud (RF) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .308
G. Peters (P) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .100
W. Wood (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
TOTALS 37 12 5 12 4 12 8 1
2B: E. Stroud (3), T. McCraw (2)
3B: W. Causey (1)
HR: P. Ward 4 (5)
CHICAGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
G. Peters 8.0 6 2 2 3 3 6 103 6.75
W. Wood 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.38
TOTALS 9.0 6 2 2 3 3 6 110
WP: G. Peters (3-1)
LP: L. Tiant (0-2)
Temperature: 51F
Wind: 2 MPH (right to left)
Attendance: 32,860
Time: 2:45
Finishing up April for Boston is 3 in Minnesota against the Twins followed by a trip to the West Coast for a 3 game set against the California Angels.Code:Cincinnati Reds at Houston Astros
April 22, 1967
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
Reds (CIN) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 9 0
Astros (HOU) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0
CINCINNATI ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
T. Harper (RF) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .355
P. Rose (2B) 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .317
V. Pinson (CF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
T. Perez (1B) 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .304
D. Johnson (LF) 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 .290
D. Pavletich (C) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .290
L. Cardenas (SS) 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .352
T. Helms (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .306
G. Nolan (P) 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .200
F. Robinson (P) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .357
D. Nottebart (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
L. May (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
T. Abernathy (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
TOTALS 32 9 1 5 1 5 5 0
2B: L. Cardenas (6), T. Harper (2)
HR: D. Johnson (3)
HBP: T. Perez
GIDP: T. Helms
CINCINNATI ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
G. Nolan 7.0 8 1 2 3 3 7 108 5.17
D. Nottebart 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 2.95
T. Abernathy 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 1.29
TOTALS 9.0 8 2 2 3 3 8 137
HOUSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
J. Morgan (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215
J. Wynn (CF) 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .250
R. Staub (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .325
E. Mathews (3B) 4 2 0 2 2 3 1 0 .265
B. Watson (1B) 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .387
A. Pointer (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250
S. Jackson (SS) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .284
B. Heath (C) 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .246
M. Cuellar (P) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333
D. Giusti (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
J. Landis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
TOTALS 33 8 2 3 2 3 8 0
2B: B. Watson (8)
HR: E. Mathews 2 (7)
CS: B. Watson
HOUSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
M. Cuellar 7.2 6 0 1 5 5 5 109 4.50
D. Giusti 1.1 3 1 0 0 0 0 17 3.29
TOTALS 9.0 9 1 1 5 5 5 126
WP: G. Nolan (2-1)
LP: M. Cuellar (2-2)
SV: T. Abernathy (4)
Temperature: 67F
Wind: None (Domed Stadium)
Attendance: 28,195
Time: 3:00
April 25,26,27 at Minnesota Twins (16-5)
April 25-Earl Battey homered and drove in 7 runs, and Harmon Killebrew added a 2 run shot as the Twins beat up on the Sox 14-4. (16-9)
W-Jim Kaat (6-0) L-Bucky Brandon (1-2)
April 26-Harmon Killebrew hit a 3 run HR and Cesar Tovar added 3 RBI as Minnesota beat the Sox again, today 7-1. (16-10)
W-Dean Chance (4-1) L-Dave Morehead (0-2)
April 27-Bobby Allison homered and drove in 4 runs, and Ted Uhlander added a 3 run shot as the Twins swept Boston, winning 11-8. (16-11)
W-Mel Nelson (2-1) L-Jerry Stephenson (0-1) S-Al Worthington (2)
April 28,29,30 at California Angels (12-12)
April 28-Don Mincher hit a 2 run HR and Len Gabrielson drove in 3 as the Angels extended the Red Sox losing streak to 4 with a 8-6 win. (16-12)
W-Bobby Locke (2-0) L-Bill Landin (0-1) S-Pete Cimino (2)
April 29-Joe Foy (1), Rico Petrocelli (9), and Reggie Smith (4) each hit solo HR's as Boston ended it's losing streak, beating the Angels 6-5. (17-12)
W-Tug McGraw (1-0) L-Bill Kelso (0-2) S-Don McMahon (7)
April 30-The Sox scored 6 runs in the final 3 innings, lead by Carl Yastrzemski's 3 run HR giving Boston two of three on the West Coast, winning 807. (18-12)
W-Jerry Stephenson (1-1) L-Bill Kelso (0-3) S-Don McMahon (8)
Around the MLB:
As you can see from above, the Red Sox and New York Mets have finalized a trade that should help the Sox bullpen woes. Boston acquires 22 year old Tug McGraw in exchange for 3 minor league pitchers, Hank Fischer, John Curtis, and Dick Mills.
McGraw is 8-16 in 37 career appearances, but was 3-0 in 7 games with the Mets this year with 11 strikeouts in 13 1/3 innings. He will move into a setup role for now as Don McMahon seems to have settled into his closers role after struggling initially.
End of April Team Batting Stats: (leaders in bold)
Pitching Stats: (leaders below)Code:1967 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Wyatt, John BOS 0 .500 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500
Yastrzemski, Carl BOS 30 .355 124 44 9 1 9 19 17 1 0 23 30 .661 .441
Petrocelli, Rico BOS 30 .350 137 48 8 0 9 12 15 0 0 26 26 .606 .403
Scott, George BOS 30 .313 128 40 8 1 3 11 24 0 0 16 20 .461 .364
Conigliaro, Tony BOS 21 .304 92 28 5 1 3 7 15 0 0 15 10 .478 .356
Santiago, Jose BOS 5 .300 10 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 .400 .364
Foy, Joe BOS 25 .294 51 15 3 2 1 14 8 1 0 11 6 .490 .448
Smith, Reggie BOS 30 .293 133 39 5 1 4 17 27 5 0 25 16 .436 .371
Andrews, Mike BOS 30 .280 107 30 8 0 1 17 8 0 0 11 15 .383 .375
Jones, Dalton BOS 21 .273 77 21 5 0 0 9 13 0 0 10 9 .338 .349
Horton, Tony BOS 19 .270 37 10 2 0 0 5 6 0 0 5 7 .324 .341
Lonborg, Jim BOS 7 .263 19 5 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 2 4 .263 .263
Gibson, Russ BOS 1 .250 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .250
Ryan, Mike BOS 22 .235 81 19 1 1 0 8 18 0 0 6 10 .272 .304
Demeter, Don BOS 12 .190 21 4 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 3 1 .333 .261
Brandon, Bucky BOS 4 .167 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .167 .167
Tillman, Bob BOS 7 .143 28 4 1 0 0 5 7 0 0 5 4 .179 .265
Tartabull, Jose BOS 8 .125 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .125 .125
Bennett, Dennis BOS 6 .100 10 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .100 .182
Thomas, George BOS 3 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333
Morehead, Dave BOS 5 .000 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .200
McMahon, Don BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Landis, Bill BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Stange, Lee BOS 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Stephenson, Jerry BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
McGraw, Tug BOS 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .000 .250
Carlton, Steve BOS 2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Cisco, Galen BOS 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Leading off May for the Sox are two separate three game series in Kansas City to play the last place A's.Code:1967 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
McMahon, Don BOS 18.0 2.00 12 0 2 0 8 9 15 14.50
Stange, Lee BOS 25.1 2.49 13 0 1 1 1 14 8 11.01
Wyatt, John BOS 13.1 2.70 7 0 2 0 0 15 7 11.48
McGraw, Tug BOS 15.1 3.52 8 0 4 0 0 13 8 9.98
Stephenson, Jerry BOS 9.1 3.86 4 0 1 1 0 4 5 15.43
Lonborg, Jim BOS 49.0 4.22 7 7 4 0 0 32 27 14.88
Santiago, Jose BOS 31.2 5.40 7 5 2 2 0 27 22 15.63
Osinski, Dan BOS 11.1 6.35 9 0 1 0 0 8 13 21.44
Bennett, Dennis BOS 31.1 6.61 6 6 2 2 0 32 20 17.81
Landis, Bill BOS 9.1 6.75 5 0 0 1 0 9 10 24.11
Waslewski, Gary BOS 7.0 7.71 7 0 0 0 0 2 7 19.29
Morehead, Dave BOS 20.1 9.74 5 5 0 2 0 14 13 21.69
Brandon, Bucky BOS 23.2 10.65 5 4 1 2 0 21 17 20.15
Cisco, Galen BOS 4.1 14.54 1 1 0 1 0 4 2 20.77
Carlton, Steve BOS 5.0 23.40 2 2 0 1 0 1 8 34.20
May 1,2,3 at Kansas City A's (6-21)
May 1-Rookie pinch hitter Rick Monday hit a 2 run HR off closer Don McMahon giving the A's a 3-2 win. (18-13)
W-Wes Stock (3-0) L-Don McMahon (1-1)
May 2-Bert Campaneris hit a 2 run single off of Jim Longborg giving Kansas City 2 straight wins over Boston with a 3-2 win. (18-14)
W-Catfish Hunter (2-4) L-Jim Lonborg (4-1)
May 3-Bucky Brandon helped his cause with an RBI single, which accounted for the only run of the game as Boston blanked the A's 1-0. (19-14)
W-Bucky Brandon (2-2) L-Jim Nash (0-6) S-Lee Stange (2)
May 7,8,9 at Kansas City A's (8-22)
May 7-3 Sox pitchers combined to allow just 6 hits and 1 run and Joe Foy hit a solo HR as Boston beat KC 4-2. (20-14)
W-Jose Santiago (3-2) L-Blue Moon Odom (1-4) S-Don McMahon (9)
May 8-Carl Yastrzemski hit a 3 run HR, and Mike Ryan added a 2 run shot, his 1st of the year as Boston beat the A's 9-3. (21-14)
W-Jim Lonborg (5-1) L-Chuck Dobson (0-4)
May 9-Carl Yastrzemski hit 3 homeruns, numbers 11,12, and 13 on the year, driving in 4 as Boston won it's 4th straight, beating KC 8-2. (22-14)
W-Bucky Brandon (3-2) L-Catfish Hunter (2-3)
Around the MLB:
In news that is eerily similar to what actually happened in 1967, Red Sox outfielder Tony Conigliaro will miss the rest of the season with a horrific injury. Conigliaro was injured diving for a ball in RF, then slamming into the wall head first, breaking a back vertabre. He will undergo surgery and will be able to resume workouts in 6-8 months.
In other terrible injury news, swing man Jose Santiago will miss the next 2 months with a Dislocated Hip he suffered falling down the dugout steps.
Rookie Tony Horton will move into Conigliaro's spot in the lineup, and rookie Jerry Stephenson will move into Santiago's spot in the rotation.
Also, in happier news, Pittsburgh Pirates Firstbasemen Donn Clennendon hit 4 homeruns in a game, a 9-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Boxscore below:
Next for Boston is 3 in Cleveland vs. the Indians followed by 3 more in Kansas City to face the A's.Code:Pittsburgh Pirates at Los Angeles Dodgers
May 3, 1967
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
Pirates (PIT) 2 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 9 10 0
Dodgers (LAD) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
PITTSBURGH ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
M. Wills (3B) 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .221
M. Alou (CF) 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .313
D. Clendenon (1B) 5 4 0 4 4 7 0 0 .212
R. Clemente (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .329
J. Pagliaroni (C) 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 .250
M. Jimenez (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
B. Mazeroski (2B) 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .223
G. Alley (SS) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .325
J. Pizarro (P) 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .125
TOTALS 36 10 3 9 4 9 4 1
2B: G. Alley (5)
HR: D. Clendenon 4 (6)
HBP: R. Clemente
GIDP: M. Jimenez
PITTSBURGH ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
J. Pizarro 9.0 7 1 0 1 1 9 127 3.71
TOTALS 9.0 7 1 0 1 1 9 127
LOS ANGELES ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
W. Parker (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
R. Hunt (2B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .240
R. Fairly (CF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 .313
A. Ferrara (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .288
J. Hickman (RF) 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
B. Bailey (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .211
J. Roseboro (C) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .231
D. Schofield (SS) 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .253
A. Foster (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J. Brewer (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J. Lefebvre (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077
J. Moeller (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
TOTALS 33 7 1 1 0 1 9 1
2B: J. Roseboro (4)
LOS ANGELES ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
A. Foster 5.2 8 2 3 7 7 2 93 11.12
J. Brewer 1.1 2 1 1 2 2 0 17 4.91
J. Moeller 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 14.40
TOTALS 9.0 10 3 4 9 9 4 131
WP: J. Pizarro (1-1)
LP: A. Foster (0-1)
Temperature: 64F
Wind: 6 MPH (out to center)
Attendance: 56,000
Time: 2:32
May 10,11,12 at Cleveland Indians (15-21)
May 10-Carl Yastrzemski continued his hot hitting with another HR, a solo shot, helping Boston to a 3-1 win over the Tribe. (23-14)
W-Dennis Bennett (3-2) L-Sonny Seibert (5-3) S-Don McMahon (10)
May 11-Vic Davalillo drove in 2 runs, and Luis Tiant allowed just 2 hits over 6 innings as Cleveland beat the Sox 3-1. (23-15)
W-Luis Tiant (3-2) L-Jerry Stephenson (1-2) S-Tom Kelley (2)
May 12-Reggie Smith homered and drove in 3, and Boomer Scott added 3 RBI as Boston took two of three from Cleveland, winning 7-2. (24-15)
W-Dave Morehead (1-2) L-Steve Hargan (1-6)
May 13,14,15 at Kansas City Athletics (8-28)
May 13-Rico Petrocelli hit his 10th HR of the year, a 2 run shot, and Jim Lonborg pitched a complete game 4 hit shutout, striking out 5 in a 6-0 Boston win. (25-15)
W-Jim Lonborg (6-1) L-Catfish Hunter (2-6)
May 14-Boston outhitted the A's 6-5. but thanks to 8 walks and 2 hit batsmen, the A's piled up 9 runs en route to a 9-1 win. (25-16)
W-Jim Nash (1-6) L-Bucky Brandon (3-3)
May 15-Roger Repoz had 3 hits and 2 RBI as Boston continues to struggle with the last place A's, falling to KC 6-5. (25-17)
W-Bob Duliba (2-1) L-Lee Stange (1-2) S-Wes Stock (2)
Around the MLB:
We haven't made a move yet to improve the starting rotation, but we have our eyes on a couple of young prospects. The first one is 18 year old Cincinnati Reds pitcher Gary Nolan. He is already up in the Reds rotation, we just want to watch him for a few more weeks before jumping on anything. He is 2-1 with a 4.87 ERA in 6 starts so far. Also on the radar is a 20 year old in the Cardinal organization, Paul Splittorff. He is currently sitting in AA ball going 4-1 3.04 in 8 starts so far. Keep your eye on these two players as they could be in the Red Sox rotation sooner rather than later.
Next for Boston is the end of their roadtrip with 3 in California against the Angels followed by 3 in Fenway against the Washington Senators.
May 16,17,18 at California Angels (23-16)
May 16-Carl Yastrzemski went 4-5 with 3 RBI and Joy Foy hit a 2 run double in the 9th inning to help Boston overcome a 6-0 deficit to win 7-6. (26-17)
W-Bill Landis (1-1) L-Bill Kelso (1-3) S-Don McMahon (11)
May 17-Mike Ryan and Tony Horton each drove in a pair of runs to make a winner of Jim Lonborg as Boston beat the Angels 6-4. (27-17)
W-Jim Lonborg (7-1) L-Jim Coates (0-1) S-Tug McGraw (1)
May 18-Backup C Bob Tillman hit a 2 run HR in the top of the 9th, helping Boston sweep the Angels, winning 6-4. (28-17)
W-Lee Stange (2-2) L-Bill Kelso (1-4) S-Don McMahon (12)
May 19,20,21 v Washington Senators (12-27)
May 19-Frank Howard hit a 3 run bomb over everything in left field, and Hawk Harrelson added a 2 run shot as Washington beat Boston 7-5. (28-18)
W-Joe Coleman (2-3) L-Dennis Bennett (3-3) S-Dave Baldwin (3)
May 20-George Scott (6), Carl Yastrzemski (15) and Don Demeter (2) each hit homeruns, helping Boston beat the Senators 5-2. (29-18)
W-Lee Stange (3-2) L-Dick Bosman (1-5) S-Don McMahon (13)
May 21-Pinch Hitter Ken Harrelson's RBI single in the 11th inning, spoiled the debut of Bill "Spaceman" Lee, who, forced into action due to an injury to Jim Lonborg, pitched 7 innings, allowing 7 hits, just 1 run and striking out a pair in a 2-1 Boston loss. (29-19)
W-Dick Lines (2-0) L-Bill Landis (1-2) S-Darold Knowles (4)
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Injuries continue to pile up for the Red Sox. First Jim Lonborg goes down for a couple of weeks with a sore shoulder. Then another big one as rookie secondbaseman Mike Andrews separated his shoulder breaking up a double play and will miss 2 1/2 months. The inkjury to Andrews forced us to make a deal we didn't plan on making. Boston sends minor league pitcher Mike Nagy to the Philadephia Phillies in exchange for veteran infielder Tony Taylor. Taylor is hitting .254 2-10 so far this year, and is hitting .260 with 47 HR's in a 10 year Major League Career with the Cubs and Phillies.
Due to the excellent showing of Bill Lee, we are going to hold off trading for a pitcher, hoping that he can hold down the fort until Lonborg returns.
Next for Boston is 3 at home against the Cleveland Indians followed by 3 more at home against the Washington Senators.
Editors Note at 2:20 PM CST (GO DICE-K!!!!!)
May 22,23,24 v Cleveland Indians (18-27)
May 22-Boomer Scott hit a grand slam in the 2nd inning, leading Boston to a 8-3 win over the Indians. (30-19)
W-Dave Morehead (2-2) L-Steve Hargan (1-7)
May 23-Rico Petrocelli hit an RBI single in the bottom of the 14th, making a winner of Tug McGraw, who pitched 4 innings, in a 6-5 Boston win. (31-19)
W-Tug McGraw (2-0) L-John O'Donoghue (0-1)
May 24-C Mike Ryan had 3 RBI, and Tony Horton and Joe Foy each added 2 RBI as Boston swept Cleveland, winning 8-5. (32-19)
W-Dennis Bennett (4-3) L-Sonny Seibert (5-5) S-Don McMahon (14)
May 25,26,27 v Washington Senators (16-29)
May 25-Tony Horton hit his 2nd HR of the year, a 2 run shot, and Joe Foy added 2 RBI in a 9 run 4th as Boston wins 9-6. (33-19)
W-Dan Osinski (2-0) L-Jim Hannah (1-6) S-Don McMahon (15)
May 26-Joy Foy went 2-3 with a 2 run HR, and rookie Bill Lee pitched 6 innings allowing 3 runs, winning his 1st career game as Boston beat Washington 6-4. (34-19)
W-Bill Lee (1-0) L-Pete Richert (3-6) S-Don McMahon (16)
May 27-Joy Foy went 5-5 with 2 homeruns and 6 RBI, and Rico Petrocelli added a solo shot, his 13th as Boston won its 6th in a row, beating the Senators 13-3. (35-19)
W-Lee Stange (4-2) L-Joe Coleman (2-5)
Around the MLB:
Quick updates on some of the acquisitions we have made this year thusfar:
Tug McGraw: 2-0 1.80 20 IP 11 K's 1 sv
Tony Taylor: .348 (8-23) 5 RBI 3 steals
Steve Carlton: 3-1 2.47 in 6 starts 47 1/3 IP 23 K's
Finishing up May and leading off June for Boston is 3 at home vs. the California Angels followed by 3 on the road against Detroit. Next will be up to date team statistics!
Complete Team Batting Stats: (team leaders in bold)
Complete Team Pitching Stats: (leaders in bold)Code:1967 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Wyatt, John BOS 0 .500 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500
Yastrzemski, Carl BOS 58 .350 234 82 18 1 16 34 28 3 1 45 54 .641 .437
Petrocelli, Rico BOS 57 .311 251 78 15 1 14 23 47 0 0 47 41 .546 .369
Scott, George BOS 58 .308 247 76 14 2 8 20 41 0 0 39 40 .478 .361
Conigliaro, Tony BOS 24 .298 104 31 5 2 3 7 18 0 0 17 10 .471 .345
Foy, Joe BOS 53 .291 151 44 8 3 5 25 21 5 3 31 25 .483 .400
Taylor, Tony BOS 44 .280 175 49 5 3 2 9 26 8 5 25 16 .377 .321
Demeter, Don BOS 30 .268 41 11 2 0 2 2 4 0 0 8 5 .463 .318
Tillman, Bob BOS 13 .267 45 12 2 0 1 6 10 0 0 8 9 .378 .346
Horton, Tony BOS 45 .265 147 39 9 0 2 8 23 0 0 17 23 .367 .299
Jones, Dalton BOS 36 .264 106 28 7 1 0 11 19 0 0 14 10 .349 .333
Smith, Reggie BOS 57 .260 254 66 11 2 5 27 43 12 2 41 20 .378 .329
Andrews, Mike BOS 47 .257 167 43 9 0 3 23 18 0 0 18 22 .365 .345
Thomas, George BOS 9 .250 8 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .250 .333
Gibson, Russ BOS 1 .250 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .250
Brandon, Bucky BOS 10 .250 16 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 .250 .250
Santiago, Jose BOS 6 .250 12 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 .333 .308
Ryan, Mike BOS 46 .216 171 37 4 1 1 11 35 0 0 11 22 .269 .262
McGraw, Tug BOS 0 .200 5 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 .200 .429
Lonborg, Jim BOS 11 .152 33 5 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 2 4 .152 .152
Morehead, Dave BOS 7 .143 7 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 0 .143 .333
Tartabull, Jose BOS 9 .125 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 .125 .222
Stephenson, Jerry BOS 4 .125 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .125 .125
Bennett, Dennis BOS 12 .087 23 2 0 0 0 2 13 0 0 0 2 .087 .160
Lee, Bill BOS 3 .000 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .143
Stange, Lee BOS 2 .000 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
McMahon, Don BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Landis, Bill BOS 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Carlton, Steve BOS 2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Cisco, Galen BOS 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Code:1967 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
McMahon, Don BOS 30.0 1.80 23 0 2 1 17 17 17 11.70
Stange, Lee BOS 53.1 2.19 22 2 4 2 2 34 15 9.96
McGraw, Tug BOS 36.2 2.45 18 0 5 0 1 25 11 9.33
Lee, Bill BOS 19.0 2.84 3 3 1 0 0 9 7 13.26
Lonborg, Jim BOS 80.0 3.38 11 11 7 1 0 49 34 13.39
Stephenson, Jerry BOS 30.0 4.50 8 4 1 3 0 25 15 16.50
Wyatt, John BOS 25.2 4.56 16 0 2 1 0 24 17 14.73
Osinski, Dan BOS 15.2 4.60 12 0 2 0 0 12 13 17.23
Santiago, Jose BOS 37.2 5.02 8 6 3 2 0 32 23 14.58
Bennett, Dennis BOS 70.1 5.50 12 12 5 3 0 63 33 14.33
Landis, Bill BOS 22.2 6.35 13 0 1 2 0 23 17 18.66
Brandon, Bucky BOS 58.2 6.60 11 10 4 3 0 54 36 15.19
Morehead, Dave BOS 31.1 6.61 7 7 2 2 0 23 17 17.52
Waslewski, Gary BOS 7.0 7.71 7 0 0 0 0 2 7 19.29
Cisco, Galen BOS 4.1 14.54 1 1 0 1 0 4 2 20.77
Carlton, Steve BOS 5.0 23.40 2 2 0 1 0 1 8 34.20
May 28,29,30 v California Angels (28-20)
May 28-C Bob Tillman drove in 3 runs, and Rico Petrocelli added a solo HR as Boston beat the Angels 7-4. (36-19)
W-Bucky Brandon (4-3) L-Clyde Wright (6-5) S-Don McMahon (17)
May 29-Rico Petrocelli and Boomer Scott each had a pair of RBI, and Dennis Bennett pitched 7 innings, allowing just 5 hits, giving the Sox a 5-2 win. (37-19)
W-Dennis Bennett (5-3) L-Marcelino Lopez (3-1)
May 30-Bobby Knoop drove in the lone run of the game with a sac fly in the 7th inning, and 37 year old Jack Sanford pitched a complete game 3 hit shutout, leading the Angels to a 1-0 win. (37-20)
W-Jack Sanford (3-2) L-Jerry Stephenson (1-3)
May 31, June 1,2 at Detroit Tigers (31-20)
May 31-Going into the bottom of the 7th inning, Boston had a 7-3 lead, 14 runs and 19 hits later, the Angels beat Boston 17-7. Dick McAuliffe hit 2 homeruns and drove in 7 in the win. (37-21)
W-Dave Wickersham (2-0) L-John Wyatt (2-1)
June 1-Earl Wilson pitched a complete game shutout scattering 8 hits, and Dick McAuliffe drove in both Tiger runs in a 2-0 Detroit win. (37-22)
W-Earl Wilson (6-4) L-Lee Stange (4-3)
June 2-4 Different Red Sox hit solo HR's, as Boston avoided the sweep, beating Detroit 5-2. (38-22)
W-Bucky Brandon (5-3) L-Mickey Lolich (4-6) S-Don McMahon (18)
Around the MLB:
There were a couple of trades that went down that didn't involve the Red Sox. First, the Chicago Cubs sent P Don Larsen, SS Roger Meztger, C Freddie Velazquez, and 2B Norm Gigon to the Kansas City A's in exchange for P Lew Krausse, P Bill Edgerton, and P Roberto Rodriguez.
Edge KC here as Meztger could end up being a solid SS in a couple of years. Everything else here is filler. It becomes much more even if the 24 year old Krausse can repeat his 14-9 2.99 from a year ago.
The other deal included the A's again, this time they sent 3B Weldon Bowlin, C Phil Roof, and 2B Dick Green to the Baltimore Orioles for P Bill Dillman, C Jeff Newman, and P Tom Fisher.
Edge Baltimore here as Dick Green can backup a couple of infield positions, but is stuck behind Davey Johnson.
Up next for Boston is 6 games at home against the Kansas City Athletics. The draft is coming up in a couple of days and I'll have a review of it afterwards.
1967 Amateur Draft:
1) CHI NL- 3B Mike Schmidt
2) NY NL- C Ted Simmons
3) NY AL- 2B Bobby Grich
4) WAS- P Jerry Reuss
5) BOS- LF Don Baylor: This kid can hit, plain and simple. He hit .297 36-133 HR's in 478 AB's in H.S. Also has a bit of speed swiping 19 bases in 23 chances.
6) HOU- 1B John Mayberry
7) KC- 1B Andre Thornton
8) CIN- 2B Phil Garner
9) CAL- RF Richie Zisk
10) CLE- P Jim Kern
11) CHI AL- RF George Hendrick
12) STL- P Steve Rogers
13) ATL- OF Dusty Baker
14) PHI- OF Jerry Martin
15) DET- C John Wockenfuss
16) MIN- P Dave Goltz
17) PIT- OF Dave Augustine
18) SF- OF Ben Ogilvie
19) LA- P Rick Reuschel
20) BAL- P Jesse Jefferson
Other Sox picks:
2nd round (25th overall) SP Vida Blue: 29-7 in H.S. with a 2.29 ERA in 45 starts with a K/BB ratio of 283/70.
3rd round (45th overall) P Roger Moret: Power pitcher with 156 K's in 170 IP's. Was 8-6 in his H.S career, mostly a reliever.
4th round (65th overall) 1B John Milner: Power hitting firstbasemen who may not hit for a high enough average to make it fulltime. Hit 26 HR's in 467 AB's.
5th round (85th overall) CF Garry Maddox: Could be a real sleeper. Hit .352 20-104 in 480 Ab's in H.S. Also stole 15 bases in 20 attempts.
6th round (105th overall) RP Jim Willoughby: 3-1 1.39 ERA as a senior with 19 K's in 32 innings to go along with 5 saves.
There was also a draft day trade made between the Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs. Boston sent it's 3rd round pick Roger Moret and minor league outfielder Bob Gallagher to Chicago in exchange for Chicago's 2nd round pick, 1B Bill Buckner. Buckner hit .404 19-133 in 482 AB's with 30 doubles and a 35/17 BB/K ratio. When it's all said and done, this will go down as one of our best deals I think.
June 5,6,7 v Kansas City A's (14-40)
June 5-Reggie Smith had 2 RBI, and Tony Horton went 3-4 as Boston beat the A's, 7-2. (39-22)
W-Jim Lonborg (8-1) L-Blue Moon Odom (1-9)
June 6-Reggie Smith drove in Boston's only 2 runs of the game with a double, and 3 Sox pitchers made it stand up as the Red Sox beat KC 2-1. (40-22)
W-Lee Stange (5-3) L-Chuck Dobson (1-7) S-Don McMahon (19)
June 7-Boomer Scott (10), Don Demeter (3), Dalton Jones (1) and Reggie Smith (7) each hit homeruns, as Boston swept the first of the two three game series with KC, winning 6-5. (41-22)
W-Bill Landis (2-2) L-Catfish Hunter (4-9) Don McMahon (20)
June 9,10,11 v Kansas City Athletics (14-43)
June 9-Jim Nash and Don Larsen combined on a 3 hit shutout, and Roger Repoz had 3 RBI as KC beat Boston 7-0. (41-23)
W-Jim Nash (2-10) L-Dennis Bennett (5-4)
June 10-Roger Repoz hit a HR and drove in 3, and Chuck Dobson pitched 8 shutout innings, striking out 7 as the A's beat Boston 5-2. (41-24)
W-Chuck Dobson (2-7) L-Jim Lonborg (8-2)
June 11-3 Red Sox pitchers combined to allow 8 hits and just 1 run as Boston salvaged the last game of the 3 game series, winning 3-1. (42-24)
W-Lee Stange (6-3) L-Bill Stafford (0-4) S-Don McMahon (21)
Around the MLB:
The Yankees and Senators came together on two separate deals this past week, and one of them was a biggie. The New York Yankees send OF Tom Tresh, SS Ruben Amaro, P Joe Verbanic, P Dale Roberts, and P Stan Thomas to Washington in exchange for monster power hitting OF Frank Howard.
Edge to the Yankees here as Howard gives them a big bat in front of Mantle. They give up alot in Tresh, and possibly Thomas who was the Yankees 3rd round pick this year.
The second trade between the two teams saw Washington sending 1B John Orsino, 2B Bob Saverine, and SS Ruben Amaro goes back to the Yankees in exchange for 3B John Kennedy and RF Bill Robinson.
Edge Washington here as Robinson could be an impact power hitter.
Next on the schedule for the Red Sox is 3 in Detroit against the 2nd place Tigers followed by 3 at home against the Washington Senators.
June 12,13,14 at Detroit Tigers (38-25)
June 12-Jim Northrup hit a 3 run HR, and Norm Cash added his 17th shot of the year as the Tigers beat Boston 8-1. (42-25)
W-Denny McLain (9-2) L-Bucky Brandon (5-4)
June 13-Willie Horton hit a 8th inning grand slam, giving the Tigers a 7-5 lead, they would go onto a 7-5 win. (42-26)
W-Larry Sherry (7-2) L-John Wyatt (2-2)
June 14-Jim Northrup hit his 2nd 3 run HR of the series and Detroit completed the sweep of Boston, winning 6-3. (42-27)
W-Earl Wilson (7-5) L-Jerry Stephenson (1-4) S-Fred Gladding (14)
June 16,17,18 v Washington Senators (20-46)
June 16-Reggie Smith hit a leadoff HR in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving Boston a 3-2 win over the Senators. (43-27)
W-Tug McGraw (3-0) L-Darold Knowles (0-4)
June 17-Lee Stange pitched a complete game, 4 hit shutout as Boston beat Washington 3-0.. Stange lowered his league leading ERA to 1.91. (44-27)
W-Lee Stange (7-3) L-Jim Hannah (3-9)
June 18-In a wild game, the two teams combined for 24 runs and 30 hits, as the Senators came out ahead in a 14-10 win. Jim King homered and drove in 7 for the winners. (44-28)
W-Bob Humphreys (2-2) L-Tug McGraw (3-1)
Around the MLB:
The first no-hitter of the year was pitched by Dean Chance of the Minnesota Twins. he walked 2, struck out 9 and hit a batter in a 3-0 win over Baltimore. Boxscore below:
There was also a deal struck between the Washington Senators and the Detroit Tigers. Detroit sends prospect P Joe Sparma, and P Joe Warden to Washington in exchange for veteran righty Camilo Pascual, 3B Ken McMullen, and C Doug Camilli.Code:Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins
June 14, 1967
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
Orioles (BAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Twins (MIN) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 x 3 6 0
BALTIMORE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
L. Aparicio (SS) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .236
R. Snyder (CF) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .257
B. Powell (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .282
F. Robinson (RF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .276
B. Robinson (3B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
D. Johnson (2B) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251
S. Bowens (LF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .241
C. Lau (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .264
T. Phoebus (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .136
P. Blair (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215
M. Drabowsky (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
TOTALS 27 0 2 0 0 0 9 1
HBP: D. Johnson
BALTIMORE ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
T. Phoebus 7.0 5 2 3 3 3 10 110 4.17
M. Drabowsky 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 2.08
TOTALS 8.0 6 2 3 3 3 11 127
MINNESOTA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
C. Tovar (2B) 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .335
R. Carew (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
B. Allison (LF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
H. Killebrew (3B) 4 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 .301
A. Kosco (RF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .211
Z. Versalles (SS) 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .235
T. Uhlaender (CF) 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 .327
R. Nixon (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .268
D. Chance (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .091
TOTALS 29 6 2 3 3 3 11 1
2B: Z. Versalles (13), B. Allison (14)
HR: C. Tovar (3), H. Killebrew 2 (18)
CS: R. Carew
MINNESOTA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
D. Chance 9.0 0 2 0 0 0 9 115 3.32
TOTALS 9.0 0 2 0 0 0 9 115
WP: D. Chance (7-6)
LP: T. Phoebus (3-5)
Temperature: 72F
Wind: 6 MPH (in from right)
Attendance: 28,429
Time: 2:29
The edge here goes to Detroit. Sparma could be a good player in a year or two, but as of right this minute, Detroit got the 2 best players in the trade in Pascual and McMullen.
Next for Boston is 3 in Washington to face the Senators again followed by 3 in Detroit against the now first place Tigers.
June 21,22,23 at Washington Senators (21-48)
June 21-Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli each drove in runs in the top of the 9th inning, helping Boston come from behind and beat Washington 3-1. (45-28)
W-John Wyatt (3-2) L-Dick Bosman (2-9) S-Don McMahon (22)
June 22-Lee Stange pitched his 2nd straight complete game, allowing just 5 hits and 1 run, and helped his own cause with an RBI single as the Sox beat the Senators again, today 2-1. (46-28)
W-Lee Stange (8-3) L-Joe Sparma (0-1)
June 23-Reggie Smith, batting 2nd for the first time this year, hit a 3 run HR, leading Boston to a 4-1 win and a sweep over the Senators. (47-28)
W-Dennis Bennett (6-4) L-Jim Hannah (3-10) S-Don McMahon (23)
June 24,25,26 at Detroit Tigers (50-25)
June 24-Rico Petrocelli hit a grand slam, and Bob Tillman added a 2 run shot as Boston beat the Tigers 7-2. (48-28)
W-Bucky Brandon (6-4) L-Denny McClain (10-3)
June 25-George Scott, Carl Yastrzemski and Rico Petrocelli went back to back to back in a 4 run 1st inning and Boston held on for a 5-4 win. (49-28)
W-Gary Waslewski (1-0) L-Bill Monbouquette (2-2) S-Don McMahon (24)
June 26-Willie Horton hit a solo HR and Al Kaline added 2 RBI as Detroit avoided the sweep, winning the finale 5-2. (49-29)
W-Mickey Lolich (6-7) L-Jim Lonborg (8-3)
Around the MLB:
A flurry of trade activity this past week or ten days, and first we'll discuss a move the Sox made, once more for the future.
Boston sends P Dave Morehead, P Ralph Garcia, and 2B Buddy Hunter to the Kansas City A's for 20 year old outfielder Joe Rudi. Rudi was hitting .319 11-54 in AA, and adds depth should Tony C, not come all the way back from his injury.
Some other moves from around the majors:
New York (AL) sends P Tom Hamilton
KC sends P Don Larsen 3B Ed Charles P Tom Brown
Edge New York as Charles becomes their starting thirdbaseman.
Minnesota sends C Russ Nixon LF Bill McNulty 1B Rich Reese
New York NL sends P Jim McAndrew 2B Chuck Hiller
Edge push as Reese could be a nice bat off the bench for the Mets and McAndrew could turn into a serviceable 3rd or 4th starter.
Los Angeles sends P Joe Moeller SS Tommy Dean P Dick Egan
New York NL sends SS Bud Harrelson
Edge LA here as Dean will end up a better SS than Harrelson, not to mention they got two other average players.
Minnesota sends P Bob Gebhard
Kansas City sends CF Roger Repoz
Edge Minnesota as Repoz gives them another bat with his 10 HR's on the year so far.
Houston sends P Arnold Early
New York NL sends P Jerry Hinsley P Ron Taylor C Jerry Grote
Whole lotta nothing here as all 4 players are rated peak under 70.
Finishing up June and heading in to July and the All-Star Break is our first look at the New York Yankees for 3 in the Bronx followed by 3 more against the Washington Senators, then it's the All-star break!
End of the Month Team Batting Stats: (team leaders in bold)
End of June Team Pitching Stats: (team leaders in bold)Code:1967 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Wyatt, John BOS 0 .500 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500
Demeter, Don BOS 45 .348 69 24 3 0 5 4 10 0 1 13 13 .609 .392
Yastrzemski, Carl BOS 79 .322 317 102 21 1 20 43 37 3 1 55 61 .584 .405
Scott, George BOS 79 .307 326 100 19 2 13 34 58 0 0 49 50 .497 .373
Petrocelli, Rico BOS 72 .304 312 95 17 1 16 28 56 0 0 53 48 .519 .362
Conigliaro, Tony BOS 24 .298 104 31 5 2 3 7 18 0 0 17 10 .471 .345
Taylor, Tony BOS 65 .291 247 72 10 3 2 19 40 8 7 33 22 .381 .344
Jones, Dalton BOS 48 .272 136 37 9 1 1 13 25 0 0 17 12 .375 .336
Foy, Joe BOS 72 .270 222 60 10 3 5 32 36 8 4 37 28 .410 .368
Horton, Tony BOS 63 .265 211 56 10 0 2 12 31 0 0 19 27 .341 .302
Smith, Reggie BOS 78 .263 342 90 20 2 10 34 55 14 3 57 35 .421 .330
Andrews, Mike BOS 47 .257 167 43 9 0 3 23 18 0 0 18 22 .365 .345
Gibson, Russ BOS 1 .250 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .250
Santiago, Jose BOS 6 .250 12 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 .333 .308
Tillman, Bob BOS 24 .219 73 16 2 0 3 9 20 0 0 13 14 .370 .306
Ryan, Mike BOS 59 .203 212 43 5 1 1 13 40 0 0 14 23 .250 .248
Brandon, Bucky BOS 15 .192 26 5 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 3 .192 .192
Thomas, George BOS 19 .182 22 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 .182 .208
Stephenson, Jerry BOS 6 .167 12 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .167 .167
Lonborg, Jim BOS 16 .146 41 6 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 2 4 .146 .146
Bennett, Dennis BOS 15 .143 28 4 0 0 0 2 14 0 0 0 2 .143 .200
McGraw, Tug BOS 0 .143 7 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 .143 .333
Tartabull, Jose BOS 10 .111 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 .111 .200
Stange, Lee BOS 8 .095 21 2 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 2 .095 .136
McMahon, Don BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Waslewski, Gary BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Landis, Bill BOS 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Lee, Bill BOS 3 .000 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .143
Carlton, Steve BOS 2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Cisco, Galen BOS 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Code:1967 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
McMahon, Don BOS 37.0 1.46 31 0 2 1 24 19 19 11.19
Stange, Lee BOS 101.1 1.87 28 8 8 4 2 65 22 9.50
Lee, Bill BOS 19.0 2.84 3 3 1 0 0 9 7 13.26
Lonborg, Jim BOS 115.2 3.27 16 16 8 3 0 80 47 13.31
McGraw, Tug BOS 46.2 3.86 26 0 6 1 1 33 16 10.22
Osinski, Dan BOS 18.2 4.82 15 0 2 0 0 14 14 17.36
Wyatt, John BOS 35.0 4.89 23 0 3 2 0 34 23 15.17
Waslewski, Gary BOS 11.0 4.91 8 0 1 0 0 4 7 13.91
Santiago, Jose BOS 37.2 5.02 8 6 3 2 0 32 23 14.58
Bennett, Dennis BOS 91.0 5.04 15 15 6 4 0 82 36 13.05
Stephenson, Jerry BOS 40.2 5.09 10 6 1 4 0 32 22 16.38
Landis, Bill BOS 33.0 5.73 19 0 2 2 0 37 20 17.18
Brandon, Bucky BOS 86.1 6.05 16 15 6 4 0 66 49 15.32
Cisco, Galen BOS 4.1 14.54 1 1 0 1 0 4 2 20.77
Carlton, Steve BOS 5.0 23.40 2 2 0 1 0 1 8 34.20
June 30, July 1,2 at New York Yankees (43-33)
June 30-Mickey Mantle hit a 2 run HR, his 15th HR of the year as the Yankees beat the Sox 3-1. (49-30)
W-Jim Bouton (3-0) L-Lee Stange (8-4) S-Hal Reniff (6)
July 1-Bob Tillman hit a solo HR and 3 Sox pitchers combined on a 7 hit shutout, as Boston beat the Yankees 2-0. (50-30)
W-Dennis Bennett (7-4) L-Mel Stottlemyre (9-6) S-Don McMahon (25)
July 2-Dick Howser hit an inside the park HR, and Fritz Peterson scattered 9 hits as New York beat Boston 4-3. (50-31)
W-Fritz Peterson (9-4) L-Jose Santiago (3-3) S-Hal Reniff (7)
July 3,4,5 at Washington Senators (25-56)
July 3-Jim King hit a 3 run HR as the Senators beat up on Jim Lonborg and the Sox, winning 5-3. (50-32)
W-Buster Narum (3-0) L-Jim Lonborg (8-4) S-Darrold Knowles (8)
July 4-Rookie Bill Robinson hit a solo HR, and Pete Richert struck out 9 in 7 innings as Washington beat Boston 3-2. (50-33)
W-Pete Richert (4-7) L-Tug McGraw (3-2) S-Darrold Knowles (9)
July 5-Tom Tresh hit a solo homerun, and Dick Bosman pitched 10 innings of 1 run ball, striking out 11 Red Sox as the Senators swept Boston, winning 2-1. (50-34)
W-Darrold Knowles (1-4) L-John Wyatt (3-3)
Around the MLB:
The Red Sox made one more deal before the trade deadline to try and improve the team this season. With our catchers hitting a combined .205 6-38 with 26/63 BB/K ratio, Boston sent C Mike Ryan and OF Mike Derrick to the San Fransisco Giants in exchange for C Dick Deitz. Deitz doesn't have much power (70), but he has an immaculate eye (91) and good arm (86) and should be able to make the pitchers work at the bottom of the order.
Up next is a quick All-Star Report!
1967 Home Run Derby
A teriffic battle here as Hank Aaron and Harmon Killebrew faced off in the finals, and after 5 outs the two contestants were tied at 2. They were forced to go to an "overtime" session with 3 outs per player. Killebrew had just enough juice left to hit 2 homeruns, and Aaron hit just 1 as both men were spent after roughly 50 swings each. Carl Yastrzemski was the only Red Sox to compete and he didn't get out of the 1st round. Complete results below:
1967 All-Star GameCode:1967 Home Run Showdown
FIRST ROUND (10 Outs)
PLAYER HOMERS
Frank Robinson (BAL) 7
Hank Aaron (ATL) 7
Harmon Killebrew (MIN) 6
Ernie Banks (CHC) 6
Rocky Colavito (CLE) 5
Billy Williams (CHC) 4
Don Mincher (CAL) 3
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS) 3
Willie Mays (SFG) 2
Rico Carty (ATL) 1
SECOND ROUND (5 Outs)
PLAYER HOMERS
Hank Aaron (ATL) 3
Harmon Killebrew (MIN) 3
Ernie Banks (CHC) 2
Frank Robinson (BAL) 1
FINAL ROUND (5 Outs)
PLAYER HOMERS
Hank Aaron (ATL) 2
Harmon Killebrew (MIN) 2
EXTRA INNINGS (3 outs)
PLAYER HOMERS
HARMON KILLEBREW 2
Hank Aaron 1
WINNER: Harmon Killebrew
Frank Robinson hit a 2 run HR and Elston Howard hit a solo shot, as the American League beat the National League 5-3 in the Midsummer Classic. Jim Palmer was named the winner, going the first 2 innings, allowing no baserunners. Red Sox that were named to the team were Carl Yastrzemski, who went 1-4, Lee Stange, who pitched 2 innings striking out 3 and allowing a run, and Don McMahon, who pitched 2 innings allowing 1 run. Robinson was named MVP. Complete boxscore below:
Leading off the second half for Boston who is in the midst of losing 6 of 7, is a 6 game homestand, the first 3 against the California Angels, followed by vs. the Cleveland Indians.Code:National League All Stars at American League All Stars
July 10, 1967
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
All Stars (NL) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 1
All Stars (AL) 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 x 5 10 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
J. Morgan (2B) 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 .276
O. Cepeda (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .384
W. Mays (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .295
W. Stargell (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .305
B. Williams (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .304
E. Mathews (3B) 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .242
T. Haller (C) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .331
D. Groat (SS) 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .342
H. Aaron (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
R. Carty (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .321
J. Roseboro (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
TOTALS 33 6 1 2 1 2 4 1
2B: D. Groat 2
HR: E. Mathews
GIDP: O. Cepeda
ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
M. Pappas 2.0 5 0 0 2 2 0 36 3.34
G. Perry 2.0 3 0 2 2 2 3 37 2.76
M. Cuellar 2.0 1 3 0 1 1 0 41 2.84
B. O'Dell 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 2.87
B. Buhl 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 3.00
TOTALS 8.0 10 3 2 5 5 5 143
AMERICAN LEAGUE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
C. Tovar (2B) 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333
C. Yastrzemski (LF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .323
M. Mantle (CF) 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .266
F. Robinson (RF) 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 .267
H. Killebrew (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .287
D. Mincher (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .275
L. Aparicio (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
D. McAuliffe (SS) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269
E. Howard (C) 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .316
A. Kaline (P) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .351
T. Oliva (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .326
R. Colavito (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
R. Monday (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249
TOTALS 34 10 3 5 2 5 5 0
2B: C. Tovar
HR: E. Howard, F. Robinson
GIDP: E. Howard
ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
J. Palmer 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2.14
M. Stottlemyre 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 2.66
L. Stange 2.0 3 0 1 1 1 3 34 1.79
D. McMahon 2.0 1 1 0 1 1 0 38 1.42
L. Sherry 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 2.28
TOTALS 9.0 6 1 1 2 2 4 138
WP: J. Palmer
LP: M. Pappas
SV: L. Sherry
Temperature: 85F
Wind: 2 MPH (right to left)
Attendance: 44,500
Time: 2:41
July 12,13,14 v California Angels (42-42)
July 12-Joe Foy went 2-4 with a HR as Boston ended their losing streak, beating the Angels 5-3. (51-34)
W-Lee Stange (9-4) L-Clyde Wright (7-8) S-Don McMahon (26)
July 13-Don Mincher hit his league leading 28th HR of the year as the Angels beat Boston 3-2. (51-35)
W-Lew Burdette (3-2) L-Bill Landis (2-3)
July 14-Joe Foy went 4-5 with a HR and 2 doubles, and Jim Lonborg went 8 solid innings in a 3-1 Boston win. (52-35)
W-Jim Lonborg (9-4) L-George Brunet (3-5) S-Don McMahon (27)
July 15,16,17 v Cleveland Indians (41-49)
July 15-Carl Yastrzemski hit his 23rd HR of the year, a 2 run shot, and Jose Santiago pitched 7 shutout innings in a 3-2 Boston win. (53-35)
W-Tug McGraw (4-2) L-Gary Bell (1-7) S-Don McMahon (28)
July 16-4 different Sox had 4 hits, and Don Demeter and Dick Dietz each had 2 RBI as Boston's bats finally came alive in a 7-0 win. (54-35)
W-Jerry Stephenson (2-4) L-Steve Hargan (4-8)
July 17-Rico Petrocelli went 4-4 with a HR and 4 RBI and Jim Lonborg won his 10th game of the year as Boston beat up on the Indians 9-2. (55-35)
W-Jim Lonborg (10-4) L-Ed Connolly (0-1)
Around the MLB:
A couple of trades went down over the last week, and the details are below:
New York NL sends OF Tommy Davis
Chicago NL sends P Lew Krausse
Edge Cubbies here as Davis is still a very above average hitter.
Chicago AL sends P Jack Lamabe
Kansas City sends OF Mike Hershberger
Edge KC only because Hershberger is injured and Lamabe has a 2.87 ERA in 33 games this year.
Below are the standings for each league. First check out how close the top 7 teams are in the National League. Atlanta with a losing record is only 6.5 games back!!
American League Standings:
Up next for the Sox is 3 in Chicago to face the White Sox followed by 3 in New York against the Yankees!
July 21,22,23 at Chicago White Sox (47-46)
July 21-Joe Foy threw wide, allowing Tommy McGraw score, ending the longest game of the year, as Chicago beat Boston 6-5 in 16 innings. (55-36)
W-Wilbur Wood (4-1) L-Dan Osinski (2-1)
July 22-Don Demeter (6) and Reggie Smith (11) each hit solo HR's, and Jose Santiago made it stand up in a 2-1 Boston win. (56-36)
W-Jose Santiago (4-3) L-John Buzhardt (3-5) S-Don McMahon (29)
July 23-George Scott homered and drove in 3, and Tony Taylor added 3 RBI as Boston hammered Chicago 13-4. (57-36)
W-Jerry Stephenson (3-4) L-Tommy John (11-7)
July 24,25,26 at New York Yankees (52-41)
July 24-Mickey Mantle hit a 2 run HR, and Jim Bouton pitched 7 solid innings, helping the Yankees to a 4-3 win. (57-37)
W-Thad Tillotson (3-0) L-Tug McGraw (3-3)
July 25-Rico Petrocelli had 2 hits and 2 RBI, and Joe Foy added 3 hits as Boston beat the Yankees 5-2. (58-37)
W-Lee Stange (10-4) L-Al Downing (9-12) S-Bill Landis (1)
July 26-Frank Howard hit a 2 run single in the bottom of the 8th inning, giving New York a 3-2 win. Whitey Ford pitched 8 innings for the win. (58-38)
W-Whitey Ford (8-6) L-Tug McGraw (3-4) S-Hal Reniff (9)
Around the MLB:
A flurry of trade activity as we approach the trade deadline this past week. The Red Sox planned on standing pat, but Cleveland came calling and made us an offer we could not refuse. Boston sent IF Dalton Jones, P Dan Osinski, and 3B Dan O'Brien to Cleveland for P Dick Radatz, 2B Pedro Gonzalez, and OF Rocky Colavito.
The opportunity to pick up a bat like Colavito was too much to pass up. Rocky was hitting .239 22-62 at the time of the trade and will move into the 6th spot in the lineup immediately. Jones was difficult to give up, but we don't think he'll be anything other than average. Bringing The Monster back to Boston was a nice addition as a strikeout pitcher. Radatz was 3-2 with a 4.02 ERA this year for the Tribe.
Other trade news:
Washington sends SS Ed Brinkman
Houston sends 3B Bob Aspromante CF Bob Landis C Ron Brand
Edge Washington here as they pick up two starters and give up just 1.
Chicago AL sends LF Ken Berry
Washington sends RF Bill Robinson
Edge Chicago here as Washington gave up on Robinson after just two months with the team.
Houston sends SS Sonny Jackson P Bo Belinski
Washington sends OF Tom Tresh
Push here as Tresh is the best talent RIGHT NOW, but Jackson will end up being the best player in this deal.
Chicago NL sends P Cal Koonce CF Jimmy Stewart C Dick Bertell
Kansas City sends LF Jim Gosger P Bob Duliba 2B Norm Gigon
Slight edge to Chicago as Stewart could be a decent 4th outfielder, but that's about it.
Cincinnati sends LF Deron Johnson C Jimmie Coker
Cleveland sends John O'Donoghue
Edge Cleveland here as Johnson is just two years removed from 32 homers and 1 year removed from 24.
Los Angeles sends SS Gene Michael
Kansas City sends P Jim Ollom
Edge, who cares?
New York AL sends P Hal Reniff
Washington sends P Joe Verbanic 2B Bernie Allen
Edge Washington as they pick up an excellent bullpen arm.
Minnesota sends 3B Rich Rollins P Ron Kline 2B Frank Kostro
Kansas City sends CF Jimmy Stewart
Well, KC didn't think too much of Stewart it seems.....
MLB Milestones:
Eddie Mathews of the Houston Astros scored his 1500th run
Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees knocked in his 1500th Run
Ending the month for Boston is 3 in Minnesota against the Twins followed by 3 at home vs. the Baltimore Orioles. In between is the trade deadline, which will be next!
1967 Trade Deadline:
Wow, lots of action in the two days leading to the trade deadline. No big names moved, but below are all the trades that were made:
Cleveland sends P Ed Connolly P Barry Raziano 1B Ron Cash SS Jack Heideman
Detroit sends P Hal Reniff
That's alot to give up for a league average pitcher.
Chicago NL sends 1B Lee Thomas
New York NL sends P Chuck Estrada
Edge Mets as Thomas is a good stick if not much else.
Cleveland sends C Duke Sims P Bob Allen
Philadelphia sends P Jesus Hernaiz OF Tito Francona P Jeff James
Edge Philly as they get a new starting catcher.
San Fransisco sends OF Frank Johnson
Kansas City sends P Diego Segui
Below average pitcher for a career minor league outfielder, who cares?
Houston sends P Howie Reed LF Jay Schuelter P Jerry Hinsley
Kansas City sends C Don Pavletich P Ron Kline 2B George Lauzerique
Edge Houston as Pavletich is the new catcher and Kline moves into a setup role.
Baltimore sends 2B Dick Green
Washington sends C Ron Brand OF Jim Landis
Edge Baltimore as they get a couple of good bench sticks for the stretch run.
Detroit sends 3B Don Wert
New York NL sends P Arnold Early
Edge New York as Wert becomes the starting 3B, not to mention Early didn't want to go to Detroit and promptly retired!!!
New York AL sends 2B Bernie Allen C Elston Howard
Cleveland sends C Jay Kleven LF Willie Smith P Jeff James P Hal Kurtz
Edge Cleveland as Allen is a serviceable player and Howard is the new starting catcher.
Detroit sends P Orlando Pena
New York NL P sends 3B Don Wert
You read it right, basically Detroit gave the Mets Pena for nothing in the end....
Philadelphia sends C Clay Dalrymple
New York NL sends P Orlando Pena
In the end, New York got a starting catcher for a retired player, not bad negotiating skills.
Chicago NL sends P Chuck Estrada P Bob Duliba
Cleveland sends P Steve Mingori P Jim Rittwage 1B Fred Whitfield
Edge Chicago here as Whitfield is the only real talent in the group.
Kansas City sends P Jack Acker
New York AL sendsP Fred Talbot
A trade of two minor league pitchers that won't mount to anything.
Detroit sends CF Mickey Stanley 3B Don Wert
Cleveland sends P Hal Reniff
Man, Detroit got absolutely played this year. Trading Stanley, Wert and Orlando Pena for Hal Reniff, a pitcher they had traded for 2 days earlier.....not good.
July 27,28,29 at Minnesota Twins (57-39)
July 27-Bob Tillman had 2 hits and 2 RBI and Dennis Bennett pitched 7 very solid innings as Boston beat Minnesota 7-3. (59-38)
W-Tug McGraw (5-4) L-Hal Haydel (0-1)
July 28-7 homeruns were hit in this game, 4 by Minnesota and 3 by Boston. Roger Repoz hit 2 and drove in 3 as Minnesota beat Boston in a 11-10 slugfest. (59-39)
W-Hal Haydel (1-1) L-Don McMahon (2-2)
July 29-Rocky Colavito hit a HR and drove in 4 and Carl Yastrzemski added a solo HR as Boston took two of three from Minnesota, winning 5-4. (60-39)
W-Tug McGraw (6-4) L-Hal Haydel (1-2) S-John Wyatt (1)
July 31, August 1,2 v Baltimore Orioles (59-40)
July 31-Reggie Smith went 2-5 with 3 RBI and Rocky Colavito hit a solo HR as Boston took the first game of the series, winning 5-2. (61-39)
W-Lee Stange (11-4) L-Eddie Watt (1-2) S-Don McMahon (30)
August 1-Brooks Robinson had 3 RBI and Davey Johnson added 2 RBI as Jim Palmer shut down Boston for 8 innings in a 7-1 Oriole win. (61-40)
W-Jim Palmer (18-3) L-Jose Santiago (4-4)
August 2-Joe Foy went 3-6 with 3 RBI, and Boston pounded out 11 runs and 19 hits en route to a 11-4 win. (62-40)
W-Dennis Bennett (8-4) L-Wally Bunker (11-6)
Around the MLB:
Milt Pappas of the Cincinnati Reds pitched the 2nd no-hitter of the year, tossing a 1 walk 9 strikeout masterpiece at the Chicago Cubs. Boxscore below:
Below are the stats for the acquisitions we have made this year:Code:Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds
July 28, 1967
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
Cubs (CHC) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reds (CIN) 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 x 3 10 1
CHICAGO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
A. Phillips (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .257
D. Kessinger (SS) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
R. Santo (3B) 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .321
B. Williams (RF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .312
E. Banks (1B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .263
R. Hundley (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .253
C. Jones (LF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .261
P. Popovich (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
C. Simmons (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .156
L. Thomas (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338
TOTALS 27 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
CHICAGO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
C. Simmons 8.0 10 0 1 3 3 4 79 3.13
TOTALS 8.0 10 0 1 3 3 4 79
CINCINNATI ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
T. Harper (RF) 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .260
P. Rose (2B) 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .326
V. Pinson (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .228
T. Perez (1B) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303
A. Shamsky (LF) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248
D. Pavletich (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
L. Cardenas (SS) 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .270
C. Ruiz (3B) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .191
M. Pappas (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .204
TOTALS 30 10 0 3 1 3 4 0
2B: P. Rose (36)
HR: L. Cardenas (5)
GIDP: C. Ruiz, A. Shamsky, D. Pavletich
CS: V. Pinson
CINCINNATI ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
M. Pappas 9.0 0 1 0 0 0 9 98 2.84
TOTALS 9.0 0 1 0 0 0 9 98
WP: M. Pappas (12-5)
LP: C. Simmons (9-4)
Temperature: 72F
Wind: 9 MPH (left to right)
Attendance: 20,981
Time: 1:55
Rocky Colavito .313 (10-32) 3-11 in 8 games
Tony Taylor .289 1-20 10 doubles 7 steals
Tug McGraw 6-4 3.99 56 IP 36 K's in 33 games
Up next are complete team stats thru August 2! (I forgot to post the stats through July)
Complete Team Batting Stats Thru August 2: (team leaders in bold)
Complete Team Pitching Stats Thru August 2: (team leaders in bold)Code:1967 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Radatz, Dick BOS 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000
Wyatt, John BOS 0 .500 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500
Demeter, Don BOS 68 .353 139 49 11 0 8 8 20 0 1 19 27 .604 .392
Yastrzemski, Carl BOS 102 .332 410 136 32 2 25 59 46 3 1 74 77 .602 .417
Scott, George BOS 102 .303 433 131 23 3 16 39 77 0 0 58 60 .480 .360
Conigliaro, Tony BOS 24 .298 104 31 5 2 3 7 18 0 0 17 10 .471 .345
Petrocelli, Rico BOS 95 .291 409 119 20 1 17 35 76 0 0 62 60 .469 .348
Foy, Joe BOS 95 .284 324 92 15 4 9 40 49 9 5 54 43 .438 .365
Dietz, Dick BOS 60 .283 113 32 6 0 1 20 21 0 0 11 13 .363 .393
Taylor, Tony BOS 88 .275 335 92 14 4 3 26 61 12 9 46 30 .367 .330
Smith, Reggie BOS 101 .267 442 118 25 2 11 46 68 17 5 65 43 .407 .335
Gonzalez, Pedro BOS 93 .266 305 81 10 0 4 17 56 9 6 37 25 .338 .306
Andrews, Mike BOS 47 .257 167 43 9 0 3 23 18 0 0 18 22 .365 .345
Horton, Tony BOS 73 .253 221 56 10 0 2 12 32 0 0 19 27 .326 .289
Colavito, Rocky BOS 108 .245 400 98 18 0 25 68 52 0 2 62 73 .478 .357
Tillman, Bob BOS 42 .235 132 31 4 1 5 17 35 0 0 25 23 .394 .322
Stephenson, Jerry BOS 10 .211 19 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .211 .211
Thomas, George BOS 30 .194 31 6 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 5 3 .258 .257
Brandon, Bucky BOS 15 .192 26 5 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 3 .192 .192
Bennett, Dennis BOS 19 .184 38 7 1 0 0 2 17 0 0 2 2 .211 .225
Gibson, Russ BOS 2 .167 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .167 .286
Lonborg, Jim BOS 21 .148 54 8 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 2 4 .148 .148
Santiago, Jose BOS 11 .143 21 3 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 3 0 .190 .182
McGraw, Tug BOS 0 .143 7 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 .143 .333
Stange, Lee BOS 13 .121 33 4 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 2 2 .121 .147
Tartabull, Jose BOS 12 .100 10 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 .100 .182
McMahon, Don BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Landis, Bill BOS 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Waslewski, Gary BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Lee, Bill BOS 3 .000 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .143
Carlton, Steve BOS 2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Up next for the Sox are two separate three game series against the Baltimore Orioles. After the series, I will update the league standings!Code:1967 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
McMahon, Don BOS 46.2 1.54 39 0 2 2 30 22 27 10.99
Stange, Lee BOS 137.1 2.03 33 13 11 4 2 88 36 9.76
Lee, Bill BOS 19.0 2.84 3 3 1 0 0 9 7 13.26
Lonborg, Jim BOS 150.2 3.35 21 21 10 4 0 96 61 13.14
Radatz, Dick BOS 33.1 3.78 28 0 3 2 7 35 18 14.04
McGraw, Tug BOS 69.2 3.88 40 0 9 4 1 47 27 11.37
Bennett, Dennis BOS 118.0 4.35 19 19 8 4 0 97 42 12.28
Wyatt, John BOS 43.1 4.36 31 0 3 3 1 45 31 14.95
Santiago, Jose BOS 68.2 4.46 13 11 4 4 0 50 32 13.11
Stephenson, Jerry BOS 63.0 4.57 14 10 3 4 0 55 33 14.71
Waslewski, Gary BOS 11.0 4.91 8 0 1 0 0 4 7 13.91
Landis, Bill BOS 46.2 5.01 29 0 2 3 1 47 28 15.81
Brandon, Bucky BOS 92.0 5.77 20 15 6 4 0 70 51 14.97
Carlton, Steve BOS 5.0 23.40 2 2 0 1 0 1 8 34.20
August 4,5,6 at Baltimore Orioles (60-42)
August 4-Jim Palmer pitched a complete game, 3 hit shutout, striking out 10 and Russ Snyder drove in the only run with a sac fly in a 1-0 Oriole win. (62-41)
W-Jim Palmer (19-3) L-Jim Lonborg (10-5)
August 5-Dave McNally matched Palmer's outing yesterday by pitched another complete game shutout, allowing 5 hits and striking out 11 in Baltimore's 2-0 win over the Sox. (62-42)
W-Dave McNally (4-4) L-Lee Stange (11-5)
August 6-Rocky Colavito continued his torrid start with Boston, hitting 2 homeruns and driving in 3 as Boston avoided the sweep, winning 7-6. (63-42)
W-Tug McGraw (6-4) L-Stu Miller (1-3) S-Don McMahon (31)
August 8,9,10 at Baltimore Orioles (62-43)
August 8-Joe Foy went 2-5 and drove in all 3 Boston runs, and 3 Sox pitchers made it stand up in a 3-2 win. (64-42)
W-Jerry Stephenson (4-4) L-Jim Palmer (19-4) S-Don McMahon (32)
August 9-Rocky Colavito hit 2 more HR's, but it wasn't enough as the usually reliable Don McMahon and Tug McGraw blew the lead and gave Baltimore a 4-3 win. (64-43)
W-Eddie Watt (2-2) L-Tug McGraw (6-5)
August 10-Frank Robinson hit a 2 run HR, and Brooks Robinson had 3 hits and 2 RBI in Baltimore's 7-6 win. (64-44)
W-Eddie Watt (3-2) L-Lee Stange (11-6) S-Stu Miller (14)
Around the MLB:
The pennant races are really shaping up to be fun this year. Below are the teams still completely in it.
American League:
Detroit 68-43
Minnesota 67-44 1.0
Boston 64-44 2.5
Baltimore 64-44 2.5
New York 60-45 5.0
National League:
San Fransisco 63-45
Cincinnati 61-50 3.5
Houston 61-50 3.5
Chicago 60-51 4.5
Philadelphia 57-54 7.5
Los Angeles 56-55 8.5
Up next for the Sox is 3 at home against the California Angels followed by a 3 game set against the Kansas City Athletics.
August 11,12,13 v California Angels (53-58)
August 11-Marcelino Lopez pitched 8 2/3 shutout innings, and Jimmy Piersall drove in the only run of the game with a double in a 1-0 Angel win. (64-45)
W-Marcelino Lopez (5-1) L-Jose Santiago (4-5) S-Pete Cimino (8)
August 12-Rick Riechart went 2-3 with a HR, and Lew Burdette continued to baffle Sox hitters as California beat Boston again, today 5-3. (64-46)
W-Lew Burdette (5-5) L-Tug McGraw (7-6)
August 13-Joe Foy had 2 hits and 2 RBI and Boston outlasted California 6-5. (65-46)
W-Bill Landis (3-3) L-Bill Kelso (4-6) S-Don McMahon (33)
August 14,15,16 v Kansas City Athletics (37-77)
August 14-George Scott went 3-4 with a grand slam, and Carl Yastrzemski had 3 hits and 2 RBI as Boston beat up on the A's, 8-2. (66-46)
W-Lee Stange (12-6) L-Blue Moon Odom (6-14)
August 15-Sal Bando hit a pinch hit 3 run HR, and Bert Campaneris had 4 RBI as KC beat up on Boston's bullpen, w/inning 12-9. (66-47)
W-Steve Hamilton (3-6) L-Don McMahon (2-3) S-Ted Abernathy (10)
August 16-7 different A's had RBI as KC scored 6 runs in the final 2 innings off the Sox bullpen, taking 2 of 3 from Boston winning 8-7. (66-48)
W-Ted Abernathy (2-7) L-John Wyatt (3-4) S-Fred Talbot (1)
Around the MLB:
Not much going on individually, but below are the standings for each league:
American League:
Minnesota 69-45
Detroit 70-47 0.5
Baltimore 68-46 1.0
Boston 66-48 3.0
New York 63-48 4.5
National League:
San Fransisco 63-48
Houston 62-52 2.5
Chicago 63-54 3.0
Cincinnati 63-54 3.0
Philadelphia 61-56 5.0
Los Angeles 60-56 5.5
Next for Boston will be a stretch that could determine whether they are players or not this year as they host the Yankees for 3 games followed by 3 in Cleveland against the Indians.
August 17,18,19 vs New York Yankees (63-58)
August 17-Rico Petrocelli hit a grand slam, and Rocky Colavito added a pair of RBI as Boston beat the Yankees 8-3. (67-48)
W-Jerry Stephenson (5-4) L-Al Downing (12-13)
August 18-Rocky Colavito homered and drove in 2, and Reggie Smith added 2 RBI as Boston beat New York 6-5. (68-48)
W-Gary Waslewski (2-0) L-Thad Tollitson (3-1) S-Don McMahon (34)
August 19-Rocky Colavito hit 2 homeruns, driving in 4, and Carl Yastrzemski added a 2 run shot as Boston swept the Yankees, winning 13-3. (69-48)
W-Bill Lee (2-0) L-Jim Bouton (5-3)
August 20,21,22 at Cleveland Indians (56-64)
August 20-Lee Maye hit a 3 run HR, his 5th of the year, and Don Wert added his 14th as Cleveland beat Boston 6-2. (69-49)
W-Jack Kralik (12-4) L-Jose Santiago (4-6)
August 21-5 different Indians drove in runs, and Sam McDowell pitched 7 solid innings, helping Cleveland to a 5-3 win over Boston. (69-50)
W-Sam McDowell (7-11) L-Bucky Brandon (5-6) S-Dan Osinski (3)
August 22-Bernie Allen hit a solo HR, and Lee Maye dropped down a suicide squeeze in the bottom of the 12th as the Indians swept Boston, winning 2-1. (69-51)
W-Bob Duliba (6-2) L-Dick Radatz (3-3)
Up next for Boston, and ending August is 3 at home against the New York Yankees followed by 3 in Baltimore vs. the Baltimore Orioles.
August 23,24,25 v New York Yankees (56-52)
August 23-George Thomas hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 9th, scoring George Scott, giving Boston a 3-2 win. (70-51)
W-Gary Waslewski (3-0) L-Jim Bouton (5-4)
August 24-Ed Charles and Lou Clinton each hit homeruns as New York beat the Red Sox 9-7. (70-51)
W-Dooley Womack (5-4) L-Bill Landis (3-4) Jack Aker (7)
August 25-Joe Pepitone hit a solo HR and Mickey Mantle had 2 hits and 2 RBI as New York beat Boston 6-5. (70-52)
W-Dooley Womack (6-4) L-Gary Waslewski (3-1) S-Jack Aker (8)
August 28,29,30 at Baltimore Orioles (72-51)
August 28-Paul Blair hit a 2 run triple, and Dave McNally pitched 8 solid innings as Baltimore beat Boston 5-3. (70-54)
W-Dave McNally (6-5) L-Jim Lonborg (10-6) S-Stu Miller (18)
August 29-Rico Petrocelli and Carl Yastrzemski each hit grand slams, leading Boston to a 9-3 win. (71-54)
W-Lee Stange (13-6) L-Wally Bunker (12-8)
August 30-Davey Johnson had 2 hits and 3 RBI and Boog Powell hit a 2 run HR as the Orioles beat the Sox 7-4. (71-55)
W-Steve Barber (13-6) L-Jose Santiago (4-7) S-Stu Miller (19)
Around the MLB:
Rocky Colavito and Roberto Clemente of Pittsburgh each scored their 1000th runs.
Well, with a 10-16 month we have pretty much fallen out of the race as we sit now at 71-55 and in 4th place 6.5 games out of first. Leading off September for the Sox is 6 games at home against the Minnesota Twins.
September 1,2,3 v Minnesota Twins (79-50)
September 1-Pinch hitter Don Demeter drove in 2 with a single in the 7th, giving the Sox all the runs they would need as 4 Boston pitchers combined on a 5 hit shutout as Boston won 2-0. (72-55)
W-Tug McGraw (8-6) L-Jim Kaat (17-6) S-Don McMahon (35)
September 2-Tony Oliva hit a 1 out grand slam in the top of the 9th off Don McMahon, giving the Twins a 7-6 win. (72-56)
W-Mel Nelson (7-5) L-Don McMahon (2-4)
September 3-Reggie Smith hit a solo HR and Lee Stange pitched 7 shutout innings as Boston beat Minnesota 8-0. (73-56)
W-Lee Stange (14-6) L-Jim Perry (15-6)
September 5,6,7 v Minnesota Twins (80-52)
September 5-Rocky Colavito and George Scott each hit 3 run homeruns, and Don Demeter added a solo shot as Boston beat the Twins 9-3. (74-56)
W-Jose Santiago (5-7) L-Jim Merritt (3-7)
September 6-Tony Oliva hit a 3 run HR, and Earl Battey added 3 RBI, helping Minnesota to a 10-7 win. (74-57)
W-Jim Kaat (18-6) L-Jerry Stephenson (5-5) S-Mel Nelson (6)
September 7-Dean Chance pitched 7 innings, striking out 7, and 4 different Twins drove in runs as Minnesota beat Boston 4-2. (74-58)
W-Dean Chance (14-11) L-Jim Lonborg (10-7) S-Mel Nelson (7)
Around the MLB:
Pennant Race Update:
American League
Minnesota 82-53
Detroit 82-54 0.5
Baltimore 75-58 6.0
Boston 74-58 6.5
National League
Philadelphia 75-61
San Fransisco 73-60 0.5
Chicago 75-63 1.0
Houston 72-61 1.5
Los Angeles 70-65 4.5
Cincinnati 67-66 6.5
That National League race is going to be fun this next month or so!!!
Next for the Sox is 3 more at home against the Twins followed by 3 in the Nations capital vs the Senators.
September 8,9,10 v Minnesota Twins (82-53)
September 8-Earl Battey hit a solo HR, and Jim Perry pitched a complete game shutout, scattering 8 hits in a 2-0 Twins win. (74-59)
W-Jim Perry (16-6) L-Lee Stange (14-7)
September 9-The Sox first inning went as follows: Joe Foy (HR), Reggie Smith (HR), Carl Yastrzemski (HR), George Scott (pop-up), Don Demeter (HR). After that runs came like it was a game of running bases. When it was all said and done, Boston hit 7 homeruns, and Minnesota 6 as Boston won a slugfest by a final count of 16-11. (75-59)
W-Bill Lee (3-0) L-Jim Merritt (3-8)
September 10-George Scott homered and drove in 5, and Carl Yastrzemski homered and added 3 RBI as Boston beat up on the Twins 12-0. (76-59)
W-Jose Santiago (6-7) L-Jim Kaat (18-7)
September 13,14,15 at Washington Senators (42-96)
September 13-Rico Petrocelli hit a pair of solo HR's, and Jim Lonborg pitched 7 shutout innings as Boston beat the Senators 6-1. (77-59)
W-Jim Lonborg (11-7) L-Pete Richert (5-14)
September 14-Rocky Colavito hit his 37th HR of the year, a 3 run shot and Reggie Smith hit a 2 run HR as Boston won again, today 8-3. (78-59)
W-Lee Stange (15-7) L-Joe Sparma (3-7)
September 15-The Red Sox completed the sweep as Rocky Colavito hit a 2 run HR and Joe Foy and Tony Taylor added solo shots in a 5-3 Boston win. (79-59)
W-Jose Santiago (7-7) L-Bo Belinsky (3-9) S-Tug McGraw (2)
Around the MLB:
Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers, hit his 300th career Homerun, off of Jim Palmer in a 6-3 loss to the Orioles.
Pennant Races:
American League:
Detroit 86-58
Minnesota 84-57 0.5
Boston 79-59 4.0
Baltimore 80-61 4.5
National League:
Philadelphia 81-63
San Fransisco 79-62 0.5
Chicago 78-66 3.0
Houston 75-66 4.5
Next for Boston is 6 games at home, 3 against the New York Yankees followed by 3 vs. the Chicago White Sox.
September 16,17,18 v New York Yankees (75-66)
September 16-Boomer Scott hit his 22nd HR of the year, a 2 run shot in the 8th inning, making a winner of Bill Landis and giving Boston a 4-3 win over the Yankees. (80-59)
W-Bill Landis (5-4) L-Whitey Ford (11-9) S-Sparky Lyle (1)
September 17-Reggie Smith homered twice (20,21) and drove in 6 as Boston beat up on New York 11-4. (81-59)
W-Gary Waslewski (4-1) L-Thad Tollitson (4-3)
September 18-Frank Howard drove in both Yankee runs, and Mel Stottlemyre pitched 8 innings allowing just 1 run as the Yankees salvaged the final game of the three game series, winning 2-1. (81-60)
W-Mel Stottlemyre (14-11) L-Jim Lonborg (11-8) S-Jack Aker (11)
September 19,20,21 v Chicago White Sox (73-74)
September 19-Red Sox bats were silent for the 2nd straight day as Tommy John pitched 8 shutout innings, and Don Buford hit a 2 run HR in the 4th, leading Chicago to a 2-1 win. (81-61)
W-Tommy John (15-11) L-Lee Stange (15-8) S-Dennis Higgins (9)
September 20-Jose Santiago had a no hitter for 7 2/3 innings, broken up by a single by Pete Ward, Santiago ended up going 8 innings, allowing just the one hit, walking 5 and striking out 4 in a 4-1 Boston win. (82-61)
W-Jose Santiago (8-7) L-Jim O'Toole (10-15) S-Sparky Lyle (2)
September 21-3 Sox pitchers combined to scatter 9 hits, but allow just 2 runs, as Boston took 2 of 3 from Chicago, winning 3-2.
W-Bill Lee (4-0) L-Gary Peters (11-18) S-Sparky Lyle (3)
Around the MLB:
As you can see from above, rookie Sparky Lyle has taken the closers role away from Don McMahon, and doesn't appear to want to give it back. Lyle's line since being brought up: 11 games 10.2 innings 5 hits 1 run 7 walks 5 K's 3/3 in save chances.
Pennant Race Update:
American League
Minnesota 86-58
Detroit 87-60 0.5
Boston 83-61 3.0
Baltimore 82-62 4.0
Editors Note: It really is amazing how close to actual 1967 this is....4 teams battling it out right to the end.
National League
Philadelphia 87-63
San Fransisco 2.5
Down to a two team race in the National League, as the Phillies are lead by a 1-2 combo of Dick Allen .319 26-72 and Johnny Callison .264 24-95. The Giants are lead by a monster duo of Willie Mays .303 50-143 and Willie McCovey .252 45-100.
Up next for the Sox is 3 on the west coast against the California Angels followed by 3 in Fenway vs. the Chicago White Sox.
September 22,23,24 at California Angels (76-68)
September 22-Jimmy Hall and Paul Schaal each hit 2 run HR's as the Angels beat the Red Sox 5-4. (83-62)
W-Fred Newman (7-4) L-Jerry Stephenson (5-6) S-Bill Kelso (5)
September 23-Boomer Scott (23), Rico Petrocelli (29), and Bob Tillman (6) hit homeruns, and Jim Lonborg pitched a 2 hit shutout, striking out 8 in a 7-0 Boston win. (84-62)
W-Jim Lonborg (12-8) L-George Brunet (7-11)
September 24-Jim Piersall hit a 2 run single in the 8th inning, helping the Angels to a 3-1 win over the Sox. (84-63)
W-Bill Kelso (5-7) L-Lee Stange (15-9)
September 25,26,27 v Chicago White Sox (74-76)
September 25-Rookie Joe Rudi, Reggie Smith and Carl Yastrzemski had RBI singles in the bottom of the 9th inning, helping Boston overcome a 2-0 defecit and win 3-2. (85-63)
W-Tug McGraw (9-6) L-Dennis Higgins (1-9)
September 26-One week after being shutout for 8 innings by Tommy John, the Sox roughed up John for 10 hits and 6 runs in 4 1/3 innings in a 6-3 win. (86-63)
W-Bucky Brandon (7-5) L-Tommy John (15-12) S-Sparky Lyle (4)
September 27-Tommy Agee homered and drove in 4 and Wayne Causey added 3 RBI as the White Sox avoided the sweep with a 12-5 shellacking of Boston. (86-64)
W-Gary Peters (12-18) L-Jim Lonborg (12-9)
Around the MLB:
Pennant Race Updates:
American League:
Minnesota 89-58
Detroit 88-62 2.5
Baltimore 87-63 3.5
Boston 86-64 4.5
National League:
Philadelphia 90-66
San Fransisco 85-68 3.5
Ending September and leading off October for the Sox is 3 in New York against the Yankees followed by a trip home for 3 against the White Sox. After the Yankee series, I will post season stats as I forgot at the end of August!
Complete Team Batting Stats thru September: (team leaders in bold)
Complete Team Pitching Stats thru September: (team leaders in bold)Code:1967 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Radatz, Dick BOS 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000
Fisk, Carlton BOS 3 .667 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1.000 .667
Poulsen, Ken BOS 5 .500 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .500 .600
Wyatt, John BOS 0 .500 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500
Rudi, Joe BOS 20 .389 18 7 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 8 .556 .400
Demeter, Don BOS 108 .343 198 68 14 0 11 10 25 1 1 29 38 .581 .378
Yastrzemski, Carl BOS 151 .325 607 197 47 2 32 87 71 3 1 107 107 .567 .409
Scott, George BOS 153 .306 640 196 34 4 24 61 114 0 0 88 96 .484 .368
Conigliaro, Tony BOS 24 .298 104 31 5 2 3 7 18 0 0 17 10 .471 .345
Petrocelli, Rico BOS 146 .283 608 172 27 1 29 62 105 0 0 92 93 .474 .352
Dietz, Dick BOS 60 .283 113 32 6 0 1 20 21 0 0 11 13 .363 .393
Smith, Reggie BOS 152 .281 652 183 37 3 21 78 102 25 9 105 81 .443 .358
Taylor, Tony BOS 139 .276 529 146 28 4 6 42 90 14 10 65 53 .378 .329
Foy, Joe BOS 134 .275 494 136 23 5 12 57 78 10 5 82 55 .415 .352
Colavito, Rocky BOS 155 .272 573 156 31 0 38 101 76 0 2 100 115 .525 .383
Gonzalez, Pedro BOS 93 .266 305 81 10 0 4 17 56 9 6 37 25 .338 .306
Horton, Tony BOS 89 .261 234 61 10 0 2 15 33 0 0 21 30 .329 .303
Andrews, Mike BOS 59 .237 211 50 9 0 3 31 27 0 0 24 24 .322 .332
Gibson, Russ BOS 6 .222 18 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 .278 .300
Tillman, Bob BOS 90 .211 303 64 5 2 6 31 67 1 0 38 28 .300 .287
Bennett, Dennis BOS 19 .184 38 7 1 0 0 2 17 0 0 2 2 .211 .225
Stephenson, Jerry BOS 17 .182 33 6 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 3 .182 .182
Thomas, George BOS 42 .171 41 7 2 0 0 4 5 0 0 6 4 .220 .234
Stange, Lee BOS 24 .167 54 9 0 0 0 3 19 0 0 4 3 .167 .211
Brandon, Bucky BOS 19 .147 34 5 0 0 0 1 12 0 0 1 3 .147 .171
Lonborg, Jim BOS 33 .136 81 11 0 0 0 1 27 0 0 3 5 .136 .146
Lee, Bill BOS 9 .118 17 2 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 1 0 .118 .167
McGraw, Tug BOS 0 .111 9 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 1 .111 .273
Santiago, Jose BOS 22 .103 39 4 1 0 0 2 13 0 0 4 0 .128 .146
Tartabull, Jose BOS 14 .091 11 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 .091 .167
Lyle, Sparky BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Landis, Bill BOS 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
McMahon, Don BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Waslewski, Gary BOS 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Carlton, Steve BOS 2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Code:1967 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
Lyle, Sparky BOS 12.0 0.75 12 0 0 0 4 6 7 9.00
Stange, Lee BOS 211.2 2.55 44 24 16 9 2 131 56 10.20
Radatz, Dick BOS 48.0 3.00 40 0 3 3 7 51 31 13.31
McGraw, Tug BOS 111.1 3.31 64 0 12 7 2 80 40 10.67
Lonborg, Jim BOS 230.1 3.32 33 33 12 9 0 157 85 12.27
McMahon, Don BOS 58.1 3.55 50 0 2 4 35 33 38 12.81
Santiago, Jose BOS 137.2 4.05 24 22 8 8 0 98 59 12.88
Lee, Bill BOS 54.1 4.14 10 9 4 0 0 24 23 14.08
Stephenson, Jerry BOS 102.1 4.22 21 17 5 6 0 82 51 13.72
Bennett, Dennis BOS 118.0 4.35 19 19 8 4 0 97 42 12.28
Wyatt, John BOS 50.2 4.44 37 0 3 4 1 47 36 15.45
Landis, Bill BOS 69.0 5.09 47 0 4 4 1 64 41 15.39
Brandon, Bucky BOS 117.0 5.46 25 19 7 5 0 85 59 14.31
Waslewski, Gary BOS 29.0 5.59 19 0 4 1 0 17 11 14.28
Carlton, Steve BOS 12.2 15.63 9 2 0 1 0 8 12 23.45
September 28,29,30 at New York Yankees (80-70)
September 28-Dick Howser had 2 hits and 2 RBI, and Whitey Ford allowed just 1 run in 7 innings as the Yankees beat Boston 3-1. (86-65)
W-Whitey Ford (12-9) L-Tug McGraw (9-7) S-Dooley Womack (6)
September 29-Tony Taylor had 3 hits and 3 RBI, and Rocky Colavito added 3 more RBI as Boston beat up on the Yankees 14-4. (87-65)
W-Lee Stange (16-9) L-Mel Stottlemyre (15-12)
September 30-Dick Howser and Horace Clarke each drove in a pair of runs, and Al Downing allowed 2 runs in 8 innings as New York took 2 of 3 from Boston, winning 6-3. (87-66)
W-Al Downing (17-14) L-Jose Santiago (8-8)
October 1,2,3 v Chicago White Sox (75-78)
October 1-Rico Petrocelli hit 30 homeruns for the first time in his young career, helping Boston to a 4-2 win over the Pale Hose. (88-66)
W-Bill Landis (5-4) L-Jim O'Toole (10-16) S-Sparky Lyle (5)
October 2-Joe Foy went 4-4 with 2 RBI and George Scott added his 25th HR of the year, giving Boston a 5-3 win over Chicago. (89-66)
W-Jim Lonborg (13-9) L-John Buzhardt (8-8) S-Sparky Lyle (6)
October 3-In a playoff crushing loss, Mike Hershberger went 3-5 with 2 RBI, and Tommy John scattered 10 hits over 8 innings as Chicago beat the Sox 8-2. (89-67)
W-Tommy John (16-12) L-Lee Stange (16-10)
Around the MLB:
Pennant Race Update:
American League:
Minnesota 92-61
Baltimore 90-63 2.0
National League:
Philadelphia 93-66
San Fransisco 87-69 4.5
It appears as though we will have a Minnesota/Philadephia World Series, unless the Twins falter and allow the Orioles in. We need a miracle as we sit 4.5 games back. Basically we need the Twins to lose out and we need to win out. Let's see how it all unfolds!
Boston ends their season with 6 at home, the first three against the Detroit Tigers and the last three against the Cleveland Indians.
October 4,5,6 v Detroit Tigers (89-67)
October 4-Joe Foy hit a 2 run HR and Carl Yastrzemski added a solo shot as Boston beat the Tigers 5-4. (90-67)
W-Tug McGraw (10-7) L-Denny McClain (16-15) S-Sparky Lyle (7)
October 5-Rocky Colavito homered and drove in 5, and Rico Petrocelli added a HR and 3 RBI as Boston battered the Tigers 12-1. (91-67)
W-Jerry Stephenson (6-6) L-Earl Wilson (17-14)
October 6-Hank Aguirre pitched 7 shutout innings, and Bill Freehan had an RBI single as Detroit avoided the sweep, beating the Sox 2-1. (91-68)
W-Hank Aguirre (17-12) L-Jim Lonborg (13-10) S-Fred Gladding (36)
October 7,8,9 v Cleveland Indians (72-87)
October 7-Reggie Smith homered and drove in 3 runs, and Lee Stange pitched 7 innings of 1 run ball in a 6-3 Sox win. (92-68)
W-Lee Stange (17-10) L-Sonny Seibert (12-11) S-Sparky Lyle (8)
October 8-Boomer Scott hit a 2 run HR in the bottom of the 8th inning, giving the Sox a 5-4 win. (93-68)
W-Tug McGraw (11-7) L-Jack Kralik (16-7) S-Sparky Lyle (9)
October 9-Rocky Colavito hit his 40th HR of the year, a grand slam as Boston ended their season with a 4 game winning streak and a 6-2 win. (94-68)
W-Jerry Stephenson (7-6) L-Steve Hargan (4-12)
Around the MLB:
On back to back days, Baltimore Orioles RF Frank Robinson recorded his 2000th hit, and then hit his 400th career HR.
Pennant Race Update:
American League:
Minnesota 96-63
Baltimore 95-64 1.0
National League:
Philadelphia 95-67 (clinched)
Up next will be a World Series preview and results!