1967 Kansas City Athletics season

1967 Kansas City Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Charles O. Finley
General manager(s) Ed Lopat
Manager(s) Alvin Dark, Luke Appling
Local television KCMO
Local radio KCMO (AM)
(Monte Moore, Lynn Faris)
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The 1967 Kansas City Athletics season involved the team's finishing 10th in the American League with a record of 62 wins and 99 losses, 29½ games behind the American League Champion Boston Red Sox. This was the franchise's 13th and final season in Kansas City. After the season, the team relocated from Kansas City to Oakland. This precipitated a series of events culminating in the enfranchisement of the Kansas City Royals in the 1969 Major League Baseball expansion.

The paid attendance for the season was 726,639 fans.[1]

Offseason

Round 1: Ken Hottman (did not sign)
Secondary Phase[4]
Round 5: Jim Panther .[5]

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 92 70 0.568 — 49–32 43–38
Detroit Tigers 91 71 0.562 1 52–29 39–42
Minnesota Twins 91 71 0.562 1 52–29 39–42
Chicago White Sox 89 73 0.549 3 49–33 40–40
California Angels 84 77 0.522 7½ 53–30 31–47
Washington Senators 76 85 0.472 15½ 40–40 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 76 85 0.472 15½ 35–42 41–43
Cleveland Indians 75 87 0.463 17 36–45 39–42
New York Yankees 72 90 0.444 20 43–38 29–52
Kansas City Athletics 62 99 0.385 29½ 37–44 25–55

Record vs. opponents

1967 American League Records

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore — 10–8 6–11 7–11 9–9 3–15 10–8 8–10 13–5 10–8
Boston 8–10 — 10–8 8–10 13–5 11–7 12–6 7–11 12–6 11–7
California 11–6 8–10 — 7–11 14–4 8–10 14–4 7–11 9–9 6–12
Chicago 11–7 10–8 11–7 — 12–6 8–10 8–10 9–9 12–6 8–10
Cleveland 9–9 5–13 4–14 6–12 — 8–10 11–7 10–8 9–9 13–5
Detroit 15–3 7–11 10–8 10–8 10–8 — 12–6 8–10–1 10–8 9–9
Kansas City 8–10 6–12 4–14 10–8 7–11 6–12 — 8–10 7–11 6–11
Minnesota 10–8 11–7 11–7 9–9 8–10 10–8–1 10–8 — 12–6–1 10–8
New York 5–13 6–12 9–9 6–12 9–9 8–10 11–7 6–12–1 — 12–6
Washington 8–10 7–11 12–6 10–8 5–13 9–9 11–6 8–10 6–12 —

Notable transactions

Round 2: Vida Blue[11]
Round 11: Eric Soderholm (did not sign)[12]
Secondary Phase:[13]
Round 4: Warren Bogle
Round 5: Ray Peters (did not sign)
Round 7: Darrell Evans [14]

Roster

1967 Kansas City Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
1B Webster, RayRay Webster 122 360 92 .258 11 51
2B Donaldson, JohnJohn Donaldson 105 377 104 .276 0 28

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
Jackson, ReggieReggie Jackson 35 118 21 .300 28 78
Duncan, DaveDave Duncan 34 101 19 .188 5 11

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
Dobson, ChuckChuck Dobson 32 197.2 10 10 3.69 110

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
Krausse, LewLew Krausse 48 160 7 17 4.28 96
Rodríguez, RobertoRoberto Rodríguez 15 40.1 1 1 3.57 29

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
Aker, JackJack Aker 57 3 8 12 4.30 65
Seguí, DiegoDiego Seguí 36 3 4 1 3.09 52
Duliba, BobBob Duliba 7 0 0 0 6.52 6

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Vancouver Mounties Pacific Coast League Mickey Vernon
AA Birmingham A's Southern League John McNamara
A Peninsula Grays Carolina League Gus Niarhos
A Leesburg Athletics Florida State League Jimmy Williams
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Al Ronning
Rookie GCL A's Gulf Coast League Connie Ryan

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Birmingham, GCL A's

Awards and honors

Relocation

References

  1. ↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.109, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  2. ↑ Manny Jiménez page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ 1967 Kansas City Athletics Picks in the MLB January Amateur Draft
  4. ↑ 1967 Kansas City Athletics Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  5. ↑ Jim Panther page at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, pp.98–99, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  7. ↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.99, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  8. ↑ "A's smear Tribe with whitewash". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. June 10, 1967. p. 17.
  9. ↑ "Kansas City Athletics 6, Cleveland Indians 0". Bases Produced. June 9, 1967. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ 1967 Kansas City Athletics Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  11. ↑ Vida Blue page at Baseball-Reference
  12. ↑ Eric Soderholm page at Baseball-Reference
  13. ↑ 1967 Kansas City Athletics Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase
  14. ↑ Darrell Evans page at Baseball-Reference
  15. ↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.100, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  16. ↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.102, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  17. ↑ Seattle wants A's
  18. ↑ Finley checks Seattle, Says he's pleased
  19. ↑ Finley takes first step to move
  20. ↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.113, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  21. ↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.114, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0

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