1967 Chicago Cubs season

The 1967 Chicago Cubs season was the 96th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 92nd in the National League and the 52nd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 87–74, fourteen games behind the NL and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

1967 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Record	87–74 (.540)
League place	3rd
Owners	Philip K. Wrigley
General managers	John Holland
Managers	Leo Durocher
Television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Radio	WGN (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
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Offseason

• October 18, 1966: Joey Amalfitano was released by the Cubs.^[1]
• October 18, 1966: Marty Keough was released by the Cubs.^[2]
• November 29, 1966: Chris Krug and Wayne Schurr were traded by the Cubs to the California Angels for Mike White and Don Furnald (minors).^[3]
• November 29, 1966: Hal Haydel was drafted from the Cubs by the San Francisco Giants in the 1966 minor league draft.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	101	60	.627	—	49‍–‍32	52‍–‍28
San Francisco Giants	91	71	.562	10½	51‍–‍31	40‍–‍40
Chicago Cubs	87	74	.540	14	49‍–‍34	38‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds	87	75	.537	14½	49‍–‍32	38‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies	82	80	.506	19½	45‍–‍35	37‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	81	.500	20½	49‍–‍32	32‍–‍49
Atlanta Braves	77	85	.475	24½	48‍–‍33	29‍–‍52
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	89	.451	28½	42‍–‍39	31‍–‍50
Houston Astros	69	93	.426	32½	46‍–‍35	23‍–‍58
New York Mets	61	101	.377	40½	36‍–‍42	25‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

1967 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	11–7	5–13	11–7	8–10	8–10	10–8	8–10	10–8	6–12
Chicago	7–11	—	12–6	8–10	9–9	13–5	11–7	11–7–1	10–8	6–11
Cincinnati	13–5	6–12	—	15–3	8–10	12–6	10–8	10–8	8–10	5–13
Houston	7–11	10–8	3–15	—	10–8	11–7	7–11	9–9	6–12	6–12
Los Angeles	10–8	9–9	10–8	8–10	—	12–6	6–12	7–11	5–13	6–12
New York	10–8	5–13	6–12	7–11	6–12	—	4–14	11–7	5–13	7–11
Philadelphia	8-10	7–11	8–10	11–7	12–6	14–4	—	8–10	8–10	6–12
Pittsburgh	10–8	7–11–1	8–10	9–9	11–7	7–11	10–8	—	8–10	11–7
San Francisco	8–10	8–10	10–8	12–6	13–5	13–5	10–8	10–8	—	7–11
St. Louis	12–6	11–6	13–5	12–6	12–6	11–7	12–6	7–11	11–7	—

Notable transactions

• May 20, 1967: Joey Amalfitano was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.^[1]
• July 6, 1967: Joey Amalfitano was released by the Cubs.^[1]
• July 24, 1967: Bob Shaw was purchased by the Cubs from the New York Mets.^[5]
• September 19, 1967: Bob Shaw was released by the Cubs.^[5]

Roster

1967 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 45 Dick Calmus 37 Ray Culp 34 Jim Ellis 41 Rob Gardner 49 Bill Hands 42 Chuck Hartenstein 33 Bob Hendley 30 Ken Holtzman 38 Rick James 31 Ferguson Jenkins 34 Cal Koonce 33 Don Larsen 40 Pete Mikkelsen 48 Joe Niekro 41 Fred Norman 32 Rich Nye 43 Dick Radatz 33 Bob Shaw 39 Curt Simmons 36 Bill Stoneman 45 John Upham		Catchers  6 Dick Bertell  9 Randy Hundley  6 John Stephenson Infielders 14 Ernie Banks 18 Glenn Beckert 15 Norm Gigon 11 Don Kessinger 22 Paul Popovich 10 Ron Santo		Outfielders 21,29 George Altman 12 John Boccabella 29 Byron Browne 25 Joe Campbell 27 Clarence Jones 20 Adolfo Phillips 24,27 Bob Raudman 25 Ted Savage 21 Al Spangler  8 Lee Thomas 26 Billy Williams Other batters  5 Joey Amalfitano 25 Jimmy Stewart		Manager  2 Leo Durocher Coaches  5 Joey Amalfitano  3 Joe Becker  7 Pete Reiser  4 Verlon Walker

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Randy Hundley	152	539	144	.267	14	60
1B	Ernie Banks	151	573	158	.276	23	95
2B	Glenn Beckert	146	597	167	.280	5	40
SS	Don Kessinger	145	580	134	.231	0	42
3B	Ron Santo	161	586	176	.300	31	98
LF	Billy Williams	162	634	176	.278	28	84
CF	Adolfo Phillips	144	448	120	.268	17	70
RF	Ted Savage	96	225	49	.218	5	33

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Lee Thomas	77	191	42	.220	2	23
Paul Popovich	49	159	34	.214	0	2
Clarence Jones	53	135	34	.252	2	16
Al Spangler	62	130	33	.254	0	13
Norm Gigon	34	70	12	.171	1	6
John Stephenson	18	49	11	.224	0	5
John Boccabella	25	35	6	.171	0	8
Bob Raudman	8	26	4	.154	0	1
Byron Browne	10	19	3	.158	0	2
George Altman	15	18	2	.111	0	1
Dick Bertell	2	6	1	.167	0	0
Jimmy Stewart	6	6	1	.167	0	1
Joe Campbell	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Joey Amalfitano	4	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting 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
Ferguson Jenkins	38	289.1	20	13	2.80	236
Rich Nye	35	205.0	13	10	3.20	119
Ray Culp	30	152.2	8	11	3.89	111
Ken Holtzman	12	92.2	9	0	2.53	62
Curt Simmons	17	82.0	3	7	4.94	31
Dick Calmus	1	4.1	0	0	8.31	1

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
Joe Niekro	36	169.2	10	7	3.34	77
Bill Hands	49	150.0	7	8	2.46	84
Rob Gardner	18	31.2	0	2	3.98	16
Bob Shaw	9	22.1	0	2	6.04	7
Jim Ellis	8	16.2	1	1	3.24	8
Rick James	3	4.2	0	1	13.50	2

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
Chuck Hartenstein	45	9	5	11	3.08	20
Cal Koonce	34	2	2	2	4.59	28
Bill Stoneman	28	2	4	4	3.29	52
Dick Radatz	20	1	0	5	6.56	18
Bob Hendley	7	2	0	1	6.57	10
Pete Mikkelsen	7	0	0	0	6.43	0
John Upham	5	0	1	0	33.75	2
Don Larsen	3	0	0	0	9.00	1
Fred Norman	1	0	0	0	0.00	3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Whitey Lockman
AA	Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs	Texas League	Jo-Jo White
A	Lodi Crushers	California League	Walt Dixon
A	Quincy Cubs	Midwest League	Harry Bright
A	Duluth–Superior Dukes	Northern League	Ira Hutchinson
Rookie	Caldwell Cubs	Pioneer League	George Freese

Duluth-Superior affiliation shared with Chicago White Sox