1967 Atlanta Braves season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Atlanta Braves
season = 1967
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1876
Uniform
ballpark = Atlanta Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = Atlanta, Georgia
y5 = 1966
owners = William Bartholomay
general manager = Paul Richards
managers =Billy Hitchcock
television = WSB-TV
(Larry Munson, Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton, Dizzy Dean)
radio = WSB
(Larry Munson, Ernie Johnson, Milo Hamilton)|

The 1967 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves second season in Atlanta.

Offseason

* November 29, 1966: Clete Boyer was traded by the New York Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for Bill Robinson and Chi-Chi Olivo. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boyercl02.shtml Clete Boyer Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*February 25, 1967: Sandy Alomar, Sr. was sent by the Atlanta Braves to the Houston Astros to complete an earlier deal made on December 31, 1966. The Atlanta Braves sent a player to be named later, Eddie Mathews, and Arnold Umbach to the Houston Astros for Dave Nicholson and Bob Bruce. The Atlanta Braves sent Sandy Alomar (February 25, 1967) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa01.shtml]

Regular season

On July 14, 1967, Eddie Matthews hit the 500th HR of his career. He hit his milestone homer off future Hall of Famer Juan Marichal. [ [http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/matheed01.php Eddie Mathews | The Baseball Page ] ]

eason standings

Transactions

*June 6, 1967: Bob Uecker was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Atlanta Braves for Gene Oliver. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/u/ueckebo01.shtml Bob Uecker Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*June 15, 1967: Claude Raymond was traded by the Houston Astros to the Atlanta Braves for Wade Blasingame. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/raymocl01.shtml Claude Raymond Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Roster

Relief pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Richmond Braves (International League; Lum Harris, manager)
* Class AA: Austin Braves (Texas League; Hub Kittle, manager)
* Class A: Kinston Eagles (Carolina League; Andy Pafko, manager)
* Class A: West Palm Beach Braves (Florida State League; Eddie Haas, manager)
* Class A: Lexington Braves (Western Carolinas League; Buddy Hicks, manager)
* Class SS-A: Jamestown Braves (New York-Penn League; Harry Dorish, manager)
* Rookie: GCL Braves (Gulf Coast League; Tom Saffell, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ATL/1967.shtml 1967 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference]