1967 Kansas City Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Kansas City Athletics 1967 Kansas City Athletics Cap Logo (1965 to 1967).svg American League Municipal Stadium Kansas City, Missouri 62 99 y 10th Charles O. Finley Ed Lopat Alvin Dark, Luke Appling KCMO-TV KCMO (AM)(Monte Moore, Lynn Faris) 1968 Oakland Athletics season The 1967 Kansas City Athletics season was the 67th season for the Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their the 13th and final season in Kansas City, as the team relocated from Kansas City to Oakland the following season. The Athletics finished tenth in the American League with a record of 62 wins and 99 losses, 29 1 2 games behind the American League Champion Boston Red Sox. 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.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, 978-0-8027-1745-0 Offseason November 29, 1966: Manny Jiménez was drafted from the Athletics by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1966 minor league draft.Manny Jiménez page at Baseball-Reference January 28, 1967: 1967 Major League Baseball draft (January Draft) notable picks:1967 Kansas City Athletics Picks in the MLB January Amateur Draft Round 1: Ken Hottman (did not sign) Secondary Phase1967 Kansas City Athletics Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase Round 5: Jim Panther .Jim Panther page at Baseball-Reference In the offseason, local millionaire Ewing Kauffman was approached by a group led by sportswriter Ernie Mehl to buy the club and ensure that it remained in Kansas City.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, 978-0-8027-1745-0 Regular season Despite an 18–18 start, the Athletics had a record of 35 wins compared to 49 losses by the All-Star Break.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, 978-0-8027-1745-0 On June 9, Reggie Jackson debuted in the major leagues with the A's at home in a doubleheader shutout sweep of the Cleveland Indians. He started in right field and went hitless in three at-bats in the opener, then entered the nightcap in the fifth inning and promptly hit a lead-off triple off of long reliever Orlando Peña, but did not score.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dzRPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iwEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4987%2C1552844 Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press A's smear Tribe with whitewash June 10, 1967 17 http://www.basesproduced.com/logs/1967/0609/clekca2.html Bases Produced Kansas City Athletics 6, Cleveland Indians 0 June 9, 1967 December 2, 2015 Season standings Kansas City Athletics Record vs. opponents KCA Notable transactions June 6, 1967: 1967 Major League Baseball draft (June Draft) notable picks:1967 Kansas City Athletics Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft Round 2: Vida BlueVida Blue page at Baseball-Reference Round 11: Eric Soderholm (did not sign)Eric Soderholm page at Baseball-Reference Secondary Phase:1967 Kansas City Athletics Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase Round 4: Warren Bogle Round 5: Ray Peters (did not sign) Round 7: Darrell EvansDarrell Evans page at Baseball-Reference Roster 1967 Kansas City Athletics Roster Pitchers 23 Jack Aker 29 Chuck Dobson 31 Bob Duliba 22 Bill Edgerton 27 Catfish Hunter 20 Lew Krausse Jr. 28 George Lauzerique 25 Paul Lindblad 30 Jim Nash 13 Blue Moon Odom 32 Tony Pierce 16,17 Roberto Rodríguez 33 Jack Sanford 26 Diego Seguí 22 Bill Stafford 18 Wes Stock Catchers  6 Dave Duncan  4 Phil Roof 17 Ken Suarez 11 Tim Talton Infielders  6 Sal Bando 10 Weldon Bowlin 19 Bert Campaneris  2 Danny Cater 16 Ed Charles 10,12 Ossie Chavarria 12 John Donaldson  1 Dick Green 6,8 Ken Harrelson 14 Ted Kubiak 15 Joe Rudi 34 Ray Webster Outfielders 21 Jim Gosger  3 Mike Hershberger 31 Reggie Jackson  7 Rick Monday 24 Joe Nossek  9 Roger Repoz Other batters 10 Allan Lewis Manager 33 Luke Appling  5 Alvin Dark Coaches 42 Cot Deal (Pitching) 40 Bobby Hofman 18 Wes Stock 41 Al Vincent 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 Phil Roof 114 327 67 .205 6 24 1B Ray Webster Ray Webster (first baseman) 122 360 92 .258 11 51 2B John Donaldson John Donaldson (second baseman) 105 377 104 .276 0 28 SS Bert Campaneris 147 601 149 .248 3 32 3B Danny Cater 142 529 143 .270 4 46 LF Jim Gosger 134 356 86 .242 5 36 CF Rick Monday 124 406 102 .251 14 58 RF Mike Hershberger 142 480 122 .254 1 49 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 Dick Green 122 349 69 .198 5 37 Ken Harrelson 61 174 53 .305 6 30 Joe Nossek 87 166 34 .205 0 10 Sal Bando 47 130 25 .192 0 6 Reggie Jackson 35 118 21 .178 1 6 Ted Kubiak 53 102 16 .157 0 5 Dave Duncan Dave Duncan (baseball) 34 101 19 .188 5 11 Roger Repoz 40 87 21 .241 2 8 Ken Suarez 39 63 15 .238 2 9 Ed Charles 19 61 15 .246 0 5 Tim Talton 46 59 15 .254 0 5 Ossie Chavarría 38 59 6 .102 0 4 Joe Rudi 19 43 8 .186 0 1 Allan Lewis 34 6 1 .167 0 0 Weldon Bowlin 2 5 1 .200 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 Catfish Hunter 35 259.2 13 17 2.81 196 Jim Nash 37 222.1 12 17 3.76 186 Chuck 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 Lew Krausse Jr. 48 160.0 7 17 4.28 96 Paul Lindblad 46 115.2 5 8 3.58 83 Blue Moon Odom 29 103.2 3 8 5.04 67 Roberto Rodríguez Roberto Rodríguez (baseball) 15 40.1 1 1 3.57 29 George Lauzerique 3 16.0 0 2 2.25 10 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 Jack Aker 57 3 8 12 4.30 65 Tony Pierce 49 3 4 7 3.04 61 Diego Seguí 36 3 4 1 3.09 52 Bill Stafford 14 0 1 0 1.69 10 Jack Sanford 10 1 2 0 6.55 13 Bob Duliba 7 0 0 0 6.52 6 Bill Edgerton 7 1 0 0 2.16 6 Wes Stock 1 0 0 0 18.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 Bert Campaneris led the American League in stolen bases for the third consecutive season. Relocation May 7, 1967: The New York Times and New York Daily News reported that the Athletics were prepared to relocate to Oakland, California.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, 978-0-8027-1745-0 July 1967: The Sporting News reported that the Athletics had reached an agreement to relocate to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Athletics had obtained pledges for television and radio broadcasting rights with the sponsorship of Schlitz Brewery. The proposed move would require the support of seven of the ten American League owners. The league only had five votes in favour of the proposed relocation.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, 978-0-8027-1745-0 August 1, 1967: The Governor of Washington State Dan Evans, and mayor of Seattle, J.D. Braman spoke to Finley on the phone to discuss the relocation of the team to Seattle.Seattle wants A's Finley had met with city officials on August 7 to discuss a possible relocation.Finley checks Seattle, Says he's pleased In September 1967, Finley had sent a telegram to city manager Carleton Sharpe, advising that the Athletics would leave Kansas City for Oakland.Finley takes first step to move October 18, 1967: City officials from Kansas City, Oakland and Seattle were invited by Joe Cronin to discuss the A's relocation plans. United States Senator Stuart Symington attended the meeting and discussed the possibility of revoking baseball's antitrust exemption if the A's were allowed to leave Kansas City. The owners began deliberation and after the first ballot, only six owners were in favour of relocation. The owner of Baltimore voted against, while the ownership for Cleveland, New York and Washington had abstained.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, 978-0-8027-1745-0 In the second ballot, the New York Yankees voted in favour of the Athletics' relocation to Oakland. To appease all interested parties, the Athletics announced that MLB would expand to Kansas City and Seattle no later than the 1971 MLB season.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, 978-0-8027-1745-0 References 2 External links 1967 Kansas City Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1967 Kansas City Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Kansas City Athletics seasons Kansas City Athletics season Category:1967 in sports in Missouri