1967 Minnesota Twins season

March 2026 November 2013 Minnesota Twins 1967 American League Metropolitan Stadium Bloomington, Minnesota 91 71 y 2nd Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes) Calvin Griffith Sam Mele, Cal Ermer WTCN-TV 830 WCCO AM(Herb Carneal, Halsey Hall, Merle Harmon) The 1967 Minnesota Twins season was the 7th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 7th season at Metropolitan Stadium and the 67th overall in the American League. The Twins finished 91–71, tied for second in the American League with the Detroit Tigers. The Twins had a one-game lead on the Red Sox with two games remaining in Boston, but lost both games. A total of 1,483,547 fans attended Twins games, the second highest total in the American League. Offseason December 3, 1966: Bernie Allen and Camilo Pascual were traded by the Twins to the Washington Senators for Ron Kline.Bernie Allen https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/allenbe01.shtml 2024-09-19 Baseball-Reference.com en Regular season With a second-place finish in 1966, the Twins appeared poised to contend in 1967. However, at the end of May, they were in sixth place (in a ten team league), with 20 wins and 22 losses.The 1967 Minnesota Twins Game Log https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1967/VMIN01967.htm 2024-09-19 www.retrosheet.org One week later, owner Calvin Griffith fired manager Sam Mele, who had guided the club to a pennant in 1965. He was replaced by Cal Ermer, who had been managing the Twins AAA farm club in Denver.Cal Ermer https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=ermer-001cal 2024-09-19 Baseball-Reference.com en On May 21, César Tovar became the first Twin to have a four-extra-base day hitting. The Twins continued to play .500 ball until late June, when Minnesota reeled off an eight-game winning streak. At the All-Star break, they had risen to third place, two and one half games behind the league leading Chicago White Sox. On July 26, pitcher Jim Merritt set a club record, pitching the first thirteen innings (and taking a no-decision) in an 18-inning win over the New York Yankees. Facing 46 batters, he allowed just two runs. Four Twins made the All-Star Game: first baseman Harmon Killebrew, who led the team with 44 HR and 113 RBI; second baseman Rod Carew, the AL Rookie of the Year; outfielder Tony Oliva, and pitcher Dean Chance, a 20-game winner in 1967. After a brief slump in late July, the Twins began the month of August by winning 15 of 20 games, including a three-game sweep of the White Sox, which put them in first place on August 13. From that point on, they remained in first place, or never more than two games out of it. Twins pitcher Dean Chance threw the club's second no-hitter on August 25.Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians Box Score: August 25, 1967 https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE196708252.shtml 2024-09-19 Baseball-Reference.com enWancho Joseph August 25, 1967: Twins' Dean Chance fires a no-hitter at Cleveland https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/august-25-1967-twins-dean-chance-fires-a-no-hitter-at-cleveland/ 2024-09-19 Society for American Baseball Research en-US Earlier in the month, he pitched a perfect five innings on August 6 -- but the game was called for rain and ultimately not counted.Thornley Stew August 6, 1967: Dean Chance is perfect for five innings https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/august-6-1967-dean-chance-is-perfect-for-five-innings/ 2024-09-19 Society for American Baseball Research en-US On July 28, Chance got his first hit as a Minnesota Twin after going 0 for 53 since arriving from the California Angels.Dean Chance 1967 Batting Game Logs https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=chancde01&t=b&year=1967 2024-09-19 Baseball-Reference.com en On September 14, outfielder Walt Bond died of leukemia. Bond had been diagnosed with the disease several years earlier, but it had gone into remission.Treder Steve 2007-02-13 Walt Bond https://tht.fangraphs.com/walt-bond/ 2024-09-19 The Hardball Times He started the season with the Twins and played in 10 games before being removed from the active roster. His final game was on May 7. With one day left in the regular season, Minnesota was tied for first place with the Boston Red Sox, with the Detroit Tigers just a half game behind them. The two first place teams were scheduled to play one another in Fenway Park, while the Tigers were to meet the California Angels in a doubleheader. Dean Chance threw five scoreless innings and the Twins scored unearned runs in the first and third inning to take a 2–0 lead. However, in the sixth inning, things fell apart for the Twins as the Red Sox took advantage of four consecutive singles, two wild pitches, and an error to score five runs.October 1, 1967 Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 3 https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1967/B10010BOS1967.htm 2024-09-19 www.retrosheet.org Minnesota mustered only one more run, and lost the game and their chance for a second league championship in three years. The Tigers won their first game, but lost their second, and Boston earned the American League pennant. Utilityman César Tovar set an American League record by playing in 164 games this season. Pitcher Jim Kaat won his sixth Gold Glove Award. Season standings Minnesota Twins Record vs. opponents MIN Notable transactions June 6, 1967: 1967 Major League Baseball draft Mike Sadek was drafted by the Twins in the 5th round.Mike Sadek https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sadekmi01.shtml 2024-09-19 Baseball-Reference.com en Steve Luebber was drafted by the Twins in the 13th round.Steve Luebber https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/luebbst01.shtml 2024-09-19 Baseball-Reference.com en Roster 1967 Minnesota Twins Roster Pitchers 23 Dave Boswell 32 Dean Chance 33 Mudcat Grant 36 Jim Kaat 27 Ron Kline 17,26 Jim Merritt 26 Mel Nelson 18 Jim Ollom 31 Jim Perry 19 Jim Roland 25 Dwight Siebler 15 Al Worthington Catchers 10 Earl Battey 21 Hank Izquierdo  5 Russ Nixon 22 Jerry Zimmerman Infielders 29 Rod Carew  8 Ron Clark 24 Jackie Hernández  3 Harmon Killebrew  7 Frank Quilici 20 Rich Reese  9 Rich Rollins  2 Zoilo Versalles Outfielders  4 Bob Allison 21 Walt Bond 30 Carroll Hardy 24 Andy Kosco 16 Frank Kostro  6 Tony Oliva 12 César Tovar 11 Ted Uhlaender 28 Sandy Valdespino Other batters 25 Pat Kelly 35 Graig Nettles Manager 14 Sam Mele 43 Cal Ermer (After June 9) Coaches 52 Jim Lemon (First base)  1 Billy Martin (Third base) 47 Early Wynn (Pitching) Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting = Indicates league leader 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 Jerry Zimmerman 104 234 39 .167 1 12 1B Harmon Killebrew 163 547 147 .269 44 113 2B Rod Carew 137 514 150 .292 8 51 SS Zoilo Versalles 160 581 116 .200 6 50 3B Rich Rollins 109 339 83 .245 6 39 LF Bob Allison 153 496 128 .258 24 75 CF Ted Uhlaender 133 415 107 .258 6 49 RF Tony Oliva 146 557 161 .289 17 83 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 César Tovar 164 649 173 .267 6 47 Russ Nixon 74 170 40 .235 1 22 Earl Battey 48 109 18 .165 0 8 Rich Reese 95 101 25 .248 4 20 Sandy Valdespino 99 97 16 .165 1 3 Ron Clark Ron Clark (baseball) 20 60 10 .167 2 11 Frank Kostro 32 31 10 .323 0 2 Andy Kosco 9 28 4 .143 0 4 Jackie Hernández 29 28 4 .143 0 3 Hank Izquierdo 16 26 7 .269 0 2 Frank Quilici 23 19 2 .105 0 0 Walt Bond 10 16 5 .313 1 5 Carroll Hardy 11 8 3 .375 1 2 Graig Nettles 3 3 1 .333 0 0 Pat Kelly Pat Kelly (outfielder) 8 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 Dean Chance 41 283.2 20 14 2.73 220 Jim Kaat 42 263.1 16 13 3.04 211 Jim Merritt baseball 37 227.2 13 7 2.53 161 Dave Boswell Dave Boswell (baseball player) 37 222.2 14 12 3.27 204 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 Jim Perry Jim Perry (baseball) 37 130.2 8 7 3.03 94 Mudcat Grant 27 95.1 5 6 4.72 50 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 Al Worthington 59 8 9 16 2.84 80 Ron Kline 54 7 1 5 3.77 36 Jim Roland 25 0 1 2 3.03 16 Jim Ollom 21 0 1 0 5.40 17 Dwight Siebler 2 0 0 0 3.00 0 Mel Nelson 1 0 0 0 54.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Denver Bears Pacific Coast League Cal Ermer and Johnny Goryl AA Charlotte Hornets Southern League Harry Warner A Wilson Tobs Carolina League Vern Morgan A Orlando Twins Florida State League Ralph Rowe A Wisconsin Rapids Twins Midwest League Ray Bellino A-Short Season Auburn Twins New York–Penn League Tom Umphlett A-Short Season St. Cloud Rox Northern League Ken Staples Rookie GCL Twins Gulf Coast League Fred Waters LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Auburn, St. Cloud Notes 2 References Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com Team info from www.baseball-almanac.com Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 Category:Minnesota Twins seasons Minnesota Twins season Minnesota Twins