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1967 Chicago White Sox
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
White Sox Park (Since 1910) Chicago, Illinois (Since 1900)
1967 Information
Owner(s)	Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General manager(s)	Ed Short
Manager(s)	Eddie Stanky
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit)
Local radio	WMAQ (AM) (Bob Elson, Red Rush)
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The 1967 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 67th season in the major leagues, and its 68th season overall. They finished with a record 89-73, good enough for fourth place in the American League, 3 games behind the first-place Boston Red Sox.

Offseason

October 12, 1966: The White Sox traded a player to be named later to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Wilbur Wood. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Juan Pizarro to the Pirates on November 28.^[1]
October 17, 1966: Smoky Burgess was released by the White Sox.^[2]
December 14, 1966: Johnny Romano and Lee White (minors) were traded by the White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Walt Williams and Don Dennis.^[3]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

Joe Horlen and The Sockless Sox

The Sockless Sox hit only .225, but they had a pitching staff that carried the team to a near miraclous American League pennant that year. they were led by Joe Horlen who won 19 games, and pitched a no-hitter on September 10 against the Detroit Tigers. He had a league-leading 2.06 ERA. The pitching staff was the trump card that landed the White Sox in first place on June 10. They held the lead until a heartbreaking loss to the Minnesota Twins knocked them into second place on August 13. Thereafter it was a four-team dogfight.

White Sox Unsung Heroes

Sinker-ball specialist Bob Locker teamed with Hoyt Wilhelm and Don McMahon, an early-season pickup, to form the nucleus of a tough bullpen. With assembly-line precision, pitching coach Ray Berres "manufactured" live, young arms and rejuvenated the veterans. Berres had supervised the Sox pitchers for 19 years until Eddie Stanky replaced him with Marv Grissom in 1967.

Black Wednesday

Ed Short burned up the telephone lines seeking a capable hitter to beef up the punchless attack. Jim King, Ken Boyer, and Rocky Colavito arrived via the waiver route, but those were desultory moves that upset the delicate chemistry of the ballclub and hurt the morale of the younger players coming down the homestretch.

The fate of the White Sox hung in the balance on September 27 - 'Black Wednesday' - in Kansas City. playing in that city for the finalt time before moving on to Oakland for 1968, Charlie Finleys doormat A's knocked off the Sox in a twi-night doubleheader. Stankey's team needed only a split of the 2 games to place them in an enviable position going into the final 3 days of the season. The other contenders had all lost that day including the Boston Red Sox. Their 89 win season was their 17th consecutive first-division finish. It would be 5 years before the White Sox had a winning season again and 16 years before the White Sox had a chance to make it to the postseason.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Red Sox	92	70	.568	–
Detroit Tigers	91	71	.562	1
Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	1
Chicago White Sox	89	73	.549	3
California Angels	84	77	.522	7½
Baltimore Orioles	76	85	.472	15½
Washington Senators	76	85	.472	15½
Cleveland Indians	75	87	.463	17
New York Yankees	72	90	.444	20
Kansas City Athletics	62	99	.385	29½

Notable transactions

May 6, 1967: Bill Skowron was traded by the White Sox to the California Angels for Cotton Nash and cash.^[4]
June 15, 1967: Ed Stroud was traded by the White Sox to the Washington Senators for Jim King.^[5]
July 22, 1967: Bill Southworth and a player to be named later were traded by the White Sox to the New York Mets for Ken Boyer and a player to be named later. The Mets completed their part of the deal by sending Sandy Alomar to the White Sox on August 15. The White Sox completed their part of the deal by sending J. C. Martin to the Mets on November 27.^[6]

Roster

1967 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

2 Smoky Burgess
14 Bill Skowron

Manager

12 Eddie Stanky

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Martin, J. C.J. C. Martin	101	252	22	59	.234	4	22	4
1B	McCraw, TommyTommy McCraw	125	453	55	107	.236	11	45	24
2B	Causey, WayneWayne Causey	124	292	21	66	.226	1	28	2
3B	Buford, DonDon Buford	156	535	61	129	.241	4	32	34
SS	Hansen, RonRon Hansen	157	498	35	116	.233	8	51	0
LF	Ward, PetePete Ward	146	467	49	109	.233	18	62	3
CF	Agee, TommieTommie Agee	158	529	73	124	.234	14	52	28
RF	Berry, KenKen Berry	147	485	49	117	.241	7	41	9

^[7]

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Williams, WaltWalt Williams	104	275	35	66	.240	3	15	3
Colavito, RockyRocky Colavito	60	190	20	42	.221	3	29	1
Josephson, DuaneDuane Josephson	62	189	11	45	.238	1	9	0
Boyer, KenKen Boyer	57	180	17	47	.261	4	21	0
McNertney, JerryJerry McNertney	56	123	8	28	.228	3	13	0
Adair, JerryJerry Adair	28	98	6	20	.204	0	9	0
Kenworthy, DickDick Kenworthy	50	97	9	22	.227	4	11	0
Burgess, SmokySmoky Burgess	77	60	2	8	.133	2	11	0
Staehle, MarvMarv Staehle	32	54	1	6	.111	0	1	1
Weis, AlAl Weis	50	53	9	13	.245	0	4	3
King, JimJim King	23	50	2	6	.120	0	2	0
Stroud, EdEd Stroud	20	27	6	8	.296	0	3	7
Voss, BillBill Voss	13	22	4	2	.091	0	0	1
Bradford, BuddyBuddy Bradford	24	20	6	2	.100	0	1	1
Stewart, JimmyJimmy Stewart	24	18	5	3	.167	0	1	1
Alomar, SandySandy Alomar	12	15	4	3	.200	0	0	2
Morales, RichRich Morales	8	10	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Skowron, BillBill Skowron	8	8	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Nash, CottonCotton Nash	3	3	1	0	.000	0	0	0
Herrmann, EdEd Herrmann	2	3	1	2	.667	0	1	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Peters, GaryGary Peters	38	260	16	11	2.28	91	215
Horlen, JoeJoe Horlen	35	258	19	7	2.06	58	103
John, TommyTommy John	31	178.1	10	13	2.47	47	110
Carlos, CiscoCisco Carlos	8	41.2	2	0	0.86	9	27

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Buzhardt, JohnJohn Buzhardt	28	88.2	3	9	3.96	33

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Locker, BobBob Locker	77	7	5	20	2.09	80
Wood, WilburWilbur Wood	51	4	2	4	2.45	47
Nelson, RogerRoger Nelson	5	0	1	0	1.29	4

Awards and honors

1967 MLB All-Star Game
- Tommie Agee, reserve
- Ken Berry, reserve
- Joe Horlen, reserve
- Gary Peters, reserve^[8]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pacific Coast League	Don Gutteridge
AA	Evansville White Sox	Southern League	George Noga
A	Lynchburg White Sox	Carolina League	Stan Wasiak
A	Appleton Foxes	Midwest League	Alex Cosmidis
Short-Season A	Duluth-Superior Dukes	Northern League	Ira Hutchinson
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	Bruce Andrew

Notes

^ Wilbur Wood page at Baseball Reference
^ Smoky Burgess page at Baseball Reference
^ Walt Williams page at Baseball Reference
^ Moose Skowron page at Baseball Reference
^ Ed Stroud page at Baseball Reference
^ Sandy Alomar page at Baseball Reference
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1967.shtml
^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1967as.shtml
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

References

1967 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

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National League	Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1967 Major League Baseball Draft 1967 All-Star Game 1967 World Series

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