1967 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1967
misc = 1967 World Series Champions

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current league = National League
y1 = 1892
Uniform
ballpark = Busch Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = August "Gussie" Busch
managers = Red Schoendienst
television = KSD-TV
radio = KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Jerry Gross)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe St. Louis Cardinals 1967 season was the team's 86th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 76th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 101-60 during the season and won the NL Pennant, by 10½ games over the San Francisco Giants. They won in seven games over the Boston Red Sox in the World Series, while playing their first full season at Busch Memorial Stadium.

First baseman Orlando Cepeda won the MVP Award this year, batting .325, with 25 home runs and 111 RBIs. He would be the first unanimous selection for the award in the history of the National League. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.153, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0] Pitcher Bob Gibson and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year.

Curt Flood, whose record streak of 568 consecutive chances in the field without an error ended June 4 when he dropped a fly ball, returned to regular play in late July. His 227-game string had begun September 3, 1965. Once back in the lineup, he batted .373 the rest of the season, finishing fourth in the league at .335.

Gibson was the winning pitcher in three of the four Cardinal World Series wins, winning games 1, 4 and 7. Nelson Briles was the winner in game 3.

Offseason

* December 8, 1966: Roger Maris was traded by the New York Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Charley Smith.

Regular Season

tandings

Notable Transactions

June 6, 1967: Ted Simmons was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmote01.shtml Ted Simmons Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Roster

Other batters

Other pitchers

Awards and Honors

* Lou Brock, Babe Ruth Award
* Orlando Cepeda, First Base, National League Most Valuable Player Award
* Bob Gibson, World Series Most Valuable Player Award
* Red Schoendienst, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1967.shtml 1967 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1967&t=SLN 1967 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]