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The 1967 season of the American League was the sixty-seventh season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Boston Red Sox	162	92	70	0	.568	-.-	722 (4.46)	614 (3.79)	0.255	0.320	0.395	3.36	0.977
2	Minnesota Twins	164	91	71	2	.555	1.0	671 (4.09)	590 (3.60)	0.240	0.305	0.369	3.14	0.978
2	Detroit Tigers	163	91	71	1	.558	1.0	683 (4.19)	587 (3.60)	0.243	0.322	0.376	3.32	0.978
4	Chicago White Sox	162	89	73	0	.549	3.0	531 (3.28)	491 (3.03)	0.225	0.288	0.320	2.45	0.979
5	California Angels	161	84	77	0	.522	7.5	567 (3.52)	587 (3.65)	0.238	0.298	0.349	3.19	0.982
6	Washington Senators	161	76	85	0	.472	15.5	550 (3.42)	637 (3.96)	0.223	0.285	0.326	3.38	0.978
7	Baltimore Orioles	161	76	85	0	.472	15.5	654 (4.06)	592 (3.68)	0.240	0.308	0.372	3.32	0.980
8	Cleveland Indians	162	75	87	0	.463	17.0	559 (3.45)	613 (3.78)	0.235	0.289	0.359	3.25	0.981
9	New York Yankees	163	72	90	1	.442	25.0	522 (3.20)	621 (3.81)	0.225	0.294	0.317	3.24	0.976
10	Kansas City Athletics	161	62	99	0	.385	29.5	533 (3.31)	660 (4.10)	0.233	0.292	0.330	3.68	0.978

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Cesar Tovar	Minnesota Twins	164
At Bats	Cesar Tovar	Minnesota Twins	649
Runs Scored	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	112
Hits	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	189
Doubles	Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins	34
Triples	Paul Blair	Baltimore Orioles	12
Home Runs	Harmon Killebrew Carl Yastrzemski	Minnesota Twins Boston Red Sox	44
Total Bases	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	360
Runs Batted In	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	121
Stolen Bases	Bert Campaneris	Kansas City Athletics	55
Caught Stealing	Don Buford	Chicago White Sox	21
Walks	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	131
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Bill Freehan Harmon Killebrew	Detroit Tigers Minnesota Twins	15
Hit by Pitch	Bill Freehan	Detroit Tigers	20
Strikeouts	Frank Howard	Washington Senators	155
Sacrifice Hits	Mike Andrews	Boston Red Sox	18
Sacrifice Flies	Davey Johnson Harmon Killebrew Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles Minnesota Twins Baltimore Orioles	8
Grounded into Double Plays	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	21
Batting Average	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	0.326
On-Base Percentage	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	0.418
Slugging Percentage	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	0.622
On-Base plus Slugging	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	1.040
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	195

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Jim Lonborg Earl Wilson	Boston Red Sox Detroit Tigers	22
Losses	George Brunet	California Angels	19
Win-Loss Percentage	Jose Santiago	Boston Red Sox	0.750
Appearances	Bob Locker	Chicago White Sox	77
Games Started	Dean Chance Jim Lonborg	Minnesota Twins Boston Red Sox	39
Complete Games	Dean Chance	Minnesota Twins	18
Shutouts	Steve Hargan Joe Horlen Tommy John Mickey Lolich Jim McGlothlin	Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox Detroit Tigers California Angels	6
Games Finished	Minnie Rojas	California Angels	53
Saves	Minnie Rojas	California Angels	27
Innings Pitched	Dean Chance	Minnesota Twins	283.2
Batters Faced	Dean Chance	Minnesota Twins	1161
Hits Allowed	Jim Kaat	Minnesota Twins	269
Home Runs Allowed	Denny McLain	Detroit Tigers	35
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Sam McDowell	Cleveland Indians	123
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Minnie Rojas	California Angels	17
Hit Batsmen	Jim Lonborg	Boston Red Sox	19
Strikeouts	Jim Lonborg	Boston Red Sox	246
Wild Pitches	Sam McDowell	Cleveland Indians	18
Balks	Darold Knowles	Washington Senators	3
Runs Allowed	Sam McDowell	Cleveland Indians	112
Earned Runs Allowed	Sam McDowell	Cleveland Indians	101
Earned Run Average	Joe Horlen	Chicago White Sox	2.06
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Joe Horlen	Chicago White Sox	0.953

All-Star Game

The American League lost the thirty-eighth midsummer classic at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, CA on Tuesday, July 11, 1967 by a score of 2 to 1 in 15 innings. The league's manager was Hank Bauer.

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion Boston Red Sox were defeated by the National League's St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Carl Yastrzemski, an outfielder with the Boston Red Sox. In the award's voting, he had 275 out of a possible 280 points and 19 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Cy Young Award, given its best pitcher, was Jim Lonborg of the Boston Red Sox. In the award's voting, he had 18 out of a possible 20 points and 18 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Rod Carew, a second baseman with the Minnesota Twins. In the award's voting, he had 19 out of a possible 20 points and 19 first place votes.

Gold Gloves

The following players won the Gold Glove Award, given to the league's best fielders as voted upon by its managers and coaches, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
P	Jim Kaat	Minnesota Twins
C	Bill Freehan	Detroit Tigers
1B	George Scott	Boston Red Sox
2B	Bobby Knoop	California Angels
3B	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles
SS	Jim Fregosi	California Angels
OF	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox
	Paul Blair	Baltimore Orioles
	Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers

Hall of Fame Game

The twenty-fifth annual Hall of Fame Game was played on July 24 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the American League's Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cincinnati Reds of the National League by a score of 3 to 0.

Umpires

• Emmett Ashford
• Nestor Chylak
• Lou DiMuro
• Cal Drummond
• Red Flaherty
• Bill Haller
• Jim Honochick
• Bill Kinnamon
• Larry Napp
• Jerry Neudecker
• Jim Odom
• John Rice
• Ed Runge
• Al Salerno
• Hank Soar
• Marty Springstead
• Johnny Stevens
• Bob Stewart
• Frank Umont
• Bill Valentine

Further Reading

• Andy Andres: "The Great Race", in Bill Nowlin and Dan Desrochers, eds.: The 1967 Impossible Dream Red Sox: 'Pandemonium on the Field', SABR, Rounder Books, Burlington, MA, 2007, pp. 311-312. ISBN 978-1-5794-0141-2
• Cameron Bright: The 1967 American League Pennant Race: Four Teams, Six Weeks, One Winner, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2018. ISBN 978-1-4766-7296-0