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The 1967 season of the National League was the ninety-second 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	St. Louis Cardinals	161	101	60	0	.627	-.-	695 (4.32)	557 (3.46)	0.263	0.317	0.379	3.05	0.977
2	San Francisco Giants	162	91	71	0	.562	10.5	652 (4.02)	551 (3.40)	0.245	0.310	0.372	2.92	0.979
3	Chicago Cubs	162	87	74	1	.537	14.0	702 (4.33)	624 (3.85)	0.251	0.315	0.378	3.48	0.981
4	Cincinnati Reds	162	87	75	0	.537	14.5	604 (3.73)	563 (3.48)	0.248	0.295	0.372	3.05	0.980
5	Philadelphia Phillies	162	82	80	0	.506	19.5	612 (3.78)	581 (3.59)	0.242	0.311	0.357	3.10	0.978
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	163	81	81	1	.497	20.5	679 (4.17)	693 (4.25)	0.277	0.323	0.380	3.74	0.978
7	Atlanta Braves	162	77	85	0	.475	24.5	631 (3.90)	640 (3.95)	0.240	0.305	0.372	3.47	0.978
8	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	73	89	0	.451	28.5	519 (3.20)	595 (3.67)	0.236	0.298	0.332	3.21	0.975
9	Houston Astros	162	69	93	0	.426	28.0	626 (3.86)	742 (4.58)	0.249	0.316	0.364	4.03	0.974
10	New York Mets	162	61	101	0	.377	40.5	498 (3.07)	672 (4.15)	0.238	0.286	0.325	3.73	0.975

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Bill Mazeroski	Pittsburgh Pirates	163
At Bats	Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	689
Runs Scored	Hank Aaron Lou Brock	Atlanta Braves St. Louis Cardinals	113
Hits	Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates	209
Doubles	Rusty Staub	Houston Astros	44
Triples	Vada Pinson	Cincinnati Reds	13
Home Runs	Hank Aaron	Atlanta Braves	39
Total Bases	Hank Aaron	Atlanta Braves	344
Runs Batted In	Orlando Cepeda	St. Louis Cardinals	111
Stolen Bases	Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	52
Caught Stealing	Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	18
Walks	Ron Santo	Chicago Cubs	96
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Adolfo Phillips	Chicago Cubs	29
Hit by Pitch	Orlando Cepeda	St. Louis Cardinals	12
Strikeouts	Jimmy Wynn	Houston Astros	137
Sacrifice Hits	Cookie Rojas	Philadelphia Phillies	16
Sacrifice Flies	Ron Santo	Chicago Cubs	12
Grounded into Double Plays	Joe Torre	Atlanta Braves	22
Batting Average	Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.357
On-Base Percentage	Dick Allen	Philadelphia Phillies	0.404
Slugging Percentage	Hank Aaron	Atlanta Braves	0.573
On-Base plus Slugging	Dick Allen	Philadelphia Phillies	0.970
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Dick Allen	Philadelphia Phillies	174

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Mike McCormick	San Francisco Giants	22
Losses	Jack Fisher	New York Mets	18
Win-Loss Percentage	Nelson Briles	St. Louis Cardinals	0.737
Appearances	Ted Abernathy Ron Perranoski	Cincinnati Reds Los Angeles Dodgers	70
Games Started	Jim Bunning	Philadelphia Phillies	40
Complete Games	Fergie Jenkins	Chicago Cubs	20
Shutouts	Jim Bunning	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Games Finished	Ted Abernathy	Cincinnati Reds	61
Saves	Ted Abernathy	Cincinnati Reds	28
Innings Pitched	Jim Bunning	Philadelphia Phillies	302.1
Batters Faced	Jim Bunning	Philadelphia Phillies	1216
Hits Allowed	Claude Osteen	Los Angeles Dodgers	298
Home Runs Allowed	Fergie Jenkins	Chicago Cubs	30
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bob Veale	Pittsburgh Pirates	119
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Jim Bunning Ron Willis	Philadelphia Phillies St. Louis Cardinals	20
Hit Batsmen	Jim Bunning	Philadelphia Phillies	13
Strikeouts	Jim Bunning	Philadelphia Phillies	253
Wild Pitches	Phil Niekro	Atlanta Braves	19
Balks	Bill Singer Bob Veale Don Wilson	Los Angeles Dodgers Pittsburgh Pirates Houston Astros	3
Runs Allowed	Jack Fisher	New York Mets	121
Earned Runs Allowed	Jack Fisher	New York Mets	115
Earned Run Average	Phil Niekro	Atlanta Braves	1.87
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Dick Hughes	St. Louis Cardinals	0.954

All-Star Game

The National League won 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 Walter Alston.

Postseason

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

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Orlando Cepeda, a first baseman with the St. Louis Cardinals. In the award's voting, he had 280 out of a possible 280 points and 20 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Cy Young Award, given its best pitcher, was Mike McCormick (mccormi03) of the San Francisco Giants. 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 Tom Seaver, a pitcher with the New York Mets. In the award's voting, he had 11 out of a possible 20 points and 11 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	Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals
C	Randy Hundley	Chicago Cubs
1B	Wes Parker	Los Angeles Dodgers
2B	Bill Mazeroski	Pittsburgh Pirates
3B	Gene Alley	Pittsburgh Pirates
SS	Ron Santo	Chicago Cubs
OF	Curt Flood	St. Louis Cardinals
	Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates
	Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants

Monthly Awards

• Player of the Month Award
  • April: none
  • May: Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh Pirates
  • June: Hank Aaron, Atlanta Braves
  • July: Jim Ray Hart, San Francisco Giants
  • August: Orlando Cepeda, St. Louis Cardinals
  • September: none

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 National League's Cincinnati Reds lost to the Baltimore Orioles of the American League by a score of 3 to 0.

Umpires

• Al Barlick
• Ken Burkhart
• Shag Crawford
• Frank Dezelan
• Augie Donatelli
• Bob Engel
• Tom Gorman
• Doug Harvey
• Bill Jackowski
• John Kibler
• Stan Landes
• Chris Pelekoudas
• Paul Pryor
• Frank Secory
• Mel Steiner
• Ed Sudol
• Ed Vargo
• Tony Venzon
• Harry Wendelstedt
• Lee Weyer
• Bill Williams