The Boston Red Sox finally returned to the "Big Show" after a grueling twenty-one year absence to face a much more experienced Cardinals team. The National League champions had steamrolled over their competition and finished with an impressive 10½ game margin over the rest of the National League. Ending up ninth in '66, the American Leaguers finished in first after a close four team pennant chase. Despite the neck-and-neck marathon, rookie manager Dick Williams' team held on to complete the season one game ahead of both the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins and three games in front of the Chicago White Sox.
Bob Gibson remained the "Redbirds" biggest threat, winning ninteen, twenty and twenty-one games in the previous three years although he totaled a mere thirteen regular-season victories in '67. The Cardinals, sparked by Orlando Cepeda (twenty-five home runs, one-hundred eleven runs batted in and a .325 batting mark) gave Red Schoendienst a pennant in his third year as the St. Louis manager. Other key contributors included outfielders Curt Flood (a .335 hitter), Lou Brock (fifty-two stolen bases), twenty-nine year-old rookie righthander Dick Hughes (sixteen victories) and young pitchers Nelson Briles and Steve Carlton. On the Boston side, Carl Yastrzemski boasted the Triple Crown (forty-four home runs, one-hundred twenty-one RBIs and a .326 avg.) and was balanced by Jim Lonborg who won twenty-two games (ten more than any other pitcher in the rotation).
As Game 1 opened in the picturesque Fenway Park, Gibson went up against Jose Santiago in what would be a hitter's nightmare. The Cardinal ace struck out ten batters and only allowed six hits all day in the 2-1 victory. Roger Maris, (obtained from the New York Yankees in December 1966) knocked in both of St. Louis' runs with third and seventh-inning grounders. Game 2 however, belonged to the "Beantown Bombers" as Yastrzemski nailed two homers and Lonborg pitched no-hit ball for 7 2/3 innings before winding up with a one hit (Julian Javier's double), 5-0 masterpiece. As the Series shifted to St. Louis' Busch Memorial Stadium, the home team answered back with 5-2 and 6-0 victories. Game 3 foiled Boston's best efforts as Nelson Briles' seven hitter and Mike Shannon's two run blast proved to be the decisive factors, while Gibson's five hit hurling and two RBIs apiece by Maris and Tim McCarver kept the "Redbirds" up in Game 4.
Lonborg returned for Game 5 after an outstanding effort in the second outing and nothing changed as the twenty-five year-old righty tossed two hit, shutout ball over 8 2/3 innings, then settled for a 3-1 decision when Maris knocked a last-desperate homer to right. Going for the clincher, the visiting team took a 2-1 lead going into the fourth inning when Dick Hughes (who led the National League with a .727 winning percentage) gave up a record three homers in a single inning. Yastrzemski led off the fourth with a long drive over the wall in left-center and, two outs later, rookie Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli both hammered consecutive shots. Brock managed to tie the game four-all with a two run homer in the seventh, but Boston retaliated with four runs of their own and went on for the 8-4 triumph.
Game 7 promised to be a "gunslingers" shootout as Gibson and Lonborg met for the final duel. Both pitchers were 2-0 in the Series with Gibson giving up four hits in eighteen innings and Lonborg surrendering a single run and four hits in his eighteen. Pitching on three days rest (to his rivals two) the Cardinal ace clearly dominated the finale, permitting only three hits, striking out ten batters and even adding a homerun blast of his own in the fifth. Julian Javier added a three run shot off Lonborg in the sixth and Gibson cruised to the decisive 7-2 victory. He now boasted a 5-1 record and a 2.00 ERA in World Series competition, with fifty-seven strikeouts in fifty-four innings and only thirty-seven hits allowed. Research by Baseball Almanac.
"The talented Cardinals, led by Orlando Cepeda and Lou Brock, cruised to the National League pennant despite losing ace Bob Gibson for two months with a broken leg. The Red Sox, meanwhile, achieved "the impossible dream" after going from ninth place in 1966 to first in 1967, clinching their first pennant since 1946 on the final day of the regular season." - MLB Website
1967 World Series1967 World Series Commemorative Pin ← 1966 | St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs Boston Red Sox (3) | 1968 → |
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1967 World Series Fast Facts | |||
Game 1 | Date | Box Score | 10-04-1967 | |
Location | Fenway Park | ||
1st Pitch | From: | William D. Eckert (Commissioner) | |
To: | Undetermined | ||
Attendance | 34,796 | ||
National Anthem | Luigi Vena (Singer) | ||
Game 2 | Date | Box Score | 10-05-1967 | |
Location | Fenway Park | ||
1st Pitch | From: | Joe Cronin | |
To: | Elston Howard | ||
Attendance | 35,188 | ||
Game 3 | Date | Box Score | 10-07-1967 | |
Location | Busch Stadium | ||
1st Pitch | From: | Klint Betz (United Fund Poster Boy, 1967) | |
To: | Undetermined | ||
Attendance | 54,575 | ||
National Anthem | Gerald Hutton (Public School Teacher) | ||
Game 4 | Date | Box Score | 10-08-1967 | |
Location | Busch Stadium | ||
1st Pitch | From: | Frankie Frisch | |
To: | Tim McCarver | ||
Attendance | 54,575 | ||
National Anthem | Marty Bronson (Singer / TV Personality) | ||
Game 5 | Date | Box Score | 10-09-1967 | |
Location | Busch Stadium | ||
1st Pitch | From: | Billy Southworth | |
To | Tim McCarver | ||
Attendance | 54,575 | ||
National Anthem | Mary Schoendienst (Red Schoendienst Wife) | ||
Game 6 | Date | Box Score | 10-11-1967 | |
Location | Fenway Park | ||
1st Pitch | From: | Robert P. Blanchett (USMC Corporal) | |
To: | Elston Howard | ||
Attendance | 35,188 | ||
Game 7 | Date | Box Score | 10-12-1967 | |
Location | Fenway Park | ||
Attendance | 35,188 | ||
1967 World Series | |||
1967 World Series History | Research by Baseball Almanac |
Game 1 of the 1967 World Series1967 World Series Fenway Park Official Program Line Score | Box Score |
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1967 World Series Game 1 Capsule | ||||||||||||
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Boston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
St. Louis Pitcher(s) | Boston Pitcher(s) | |||||||||||
Bob Gibson (W) - |
Jose Santiago (L) John Wyatt (8th) |
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St. Louis Home Runs | Boston Home Runs | |||||||||||
None | Jose Santiago (3rd) |
Game 2 of the 1967 World SeriesLine Score | Box Score |
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1967 World Series Game 2 Capsule | ||||||||||||
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | x | 5 | 9 | 0 |
St. Louis Pitcher(s) | Boston Pitcher(s) | |||||||||||
Dick Hughes (L) Ron Willis (6th) Joe Hoerner (7th) Jack Lamabe (7th) |
Jim Lonborg (W) - - - |
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St. Louis Home Runs | Boston Home Runs | |||||||||||
None - |
Carl Yastrzemski (4th) Carl Yastrzemski (7th) |
Game 3 of the 1967 World Series1967 World Series Busch Stadium Official Program Line Score | Box Score |
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1967 World Series Game 3 Capsule | |||||||||||||
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
St. Louis | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | 5 | 10 | 0 | |
Boston Pitcher(s) | St. Louis Pitcher(s) | ||||||||||||
Gary Bell (L) Gary Waslewski (3rd) Lee Stange (6th) Dan Osinski (8th) |
Nelson Briles (W) - - - |
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Boston Home Runs | St. Louis Home Runs | ||||||||||||
Reggie Smith (7th) | Mike Shannon (2nd) |
Game 4 of the 1967 World SeriesLine Score | Box Score |
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1967 World Series Game 4 Capsule | ||||||||||||
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
St. Louis | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 6 | 9 | 0 |
Boston Pitcher(s) | St. Louis Pitcher(s) | |||||||||||
Jose Santiago (L) Gary Bell (1st) Jerry Stephenson (3rd) Dave Morehead (5th) Ken Brett (8th) |
Bob Gibson (W) - - - - |
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Boston Home Runs | St. Louis Home Runs | |||||||||||
None | None |
Game 5 of the 1967 World SeriesLine Score | Box Score |
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1967 World Series Game 5 Capsule | |||||||||||||
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
Boston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
Boston Pitcher(s) | St. Louis Pitcher(s) | ||||||||||||
Jim Lonborg (W) - - - |
Steve Carlton (L) Ray Washburn (7th) Ron Willis (9th) Jack Lamabe (9th) |
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Boston Home Runs | St. Louis Home Runs | ||||||||||||
None | Roger Maris (9th) |
Game 6 of the 1967 World SeriesLine Score | Box Score |
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1967 World Series Game 6 Capsule | ||||||||||||
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Boston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | x | 8 | 12 | 1 |
St. Louis Pitcher(s) | Boston Pitcher(s) | |||||||||||
Dick Hughes Ron Willis (4th) Nelson Briles (5th) Jack Lamabe (L, 7th) Joe Hoerner (7th) Larry Jaster (7th) Ray Washburn (7th) Hal Woodeshick (8th) |
Gary Waslewski John Wyatt (W, 6th) Gary Bell (S, 8th) - - - - - |
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St. Louis Home Runs | Boston Home Runs | |||||||||||
Lou Brock (7th) - - - |
Rico Petrocelli (2nd) Carl Yastrzemski (4th) Reggie Smith (4th) Rico Petrocelli (4th) |
Game 7 of the 1967 World SeriesLine Score | Game 7 |
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1967 World Series Game 6 Capsule | ||||||||||||
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
St. Louis Pitcher(s) | Boston Pitcher(s) | |||||||||||
Bob Gibson (W) - - - - |
Jim Lonborg (L) Jose Santiago (7th) Dave Morehead (9th) Dan Osinski (9th) Ken Brett (9th) |
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St. Louis Home Runs | Boston Home Runs | |||||||||||
Bob Gibson (5th) Julian Javier (6th) |
None - |
1967 World SeriesSt. Louis Cardinals 1967 World Series Composite Hitting Statistics |
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Name | Pos | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | Avg | BB | SO | SB |
Eddie Bressoud Nelson Briles Lou Brock Steve Carlton Orlando Cepeda Curt Flood Phil Gagliano Bob Gibson Joe Hoerner Dick Hughes Larry Jaster Julian Javier Jack Lamabe Roger Maris Dal Maxvill Tim McCarver Dave Ricketts Mike Shannon Ed Spiezio Bobby Tolan Ray Washburn Ron Willis Hal Woodeshick |
ss p of p 1b of ph p p p p 2b p of ss c ph 3b ph ph p p p |
2 2 7 1 7 7 1 3 2 2 1 7 3 7 7 7 3 7 1 3 2 3 1 |
0 3 29 1 29 28 1 11 0 3 0 25 0 26 19 24 3 24 1 2 0 0 0 |
0 0 12 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 10 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 |
0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 |
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 |
0 0 8 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 |
0 0 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 7 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 |
.000 .000 .414 .000 .103 .179 .000 .091 .000 .000 .000 .360 .000 .385 .158 .125 .000 .208 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 |
0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 |
0 0 3 0 4 3 0 2 0 3 0 6 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 |
0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
Totals | 229 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 24 | .223 | 17 | 30 | 7 | ||
1967 World SeriesBoston Red Sox 1967 World Series Composite Hitting Statistics |
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Name | Pos | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | Avg | BB | SO | SB |
Jerry Adair Mike Andrews Gary Bell Ken Brett Joe Foy Russ Gibson Ken Harrelson Elston Howard Dalton Jones Jim Lonborg Dave Morehead Dan Osinski Rico Petrocelli Mike Ryan Jose Santiago George Scott Norm Siebern Reggie Smith Lee Stange Jerry Stephenson Jose Tartabull George Thomas Gary Waslewski John Wyatt Carl Yastrzemski |
2b-4 2b-3 p p 3b-3 c of c 3b-4 p p p ss c p 1b of-1 of p p of-6 of-1 p p of |
5 5 3 2 6 2 4 7 6 3 2 2 7 1 3 7 3 7 1 1 7 2 2 2 7 |
16 13 0 0 15 2 13 18 18 9 0 0 20 2 2 26 3 24 0 0 13 2 1 0 25 |
2 4 0 0 2 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 6 1 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 |
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 |
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 |
0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 |
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 |
.125 .308 .000 .000 .133 .000 .077 .111 .389 .000 .000 .000 .200 .000 .500 .231 .333 .250 .000 .000 .154 .000 .000 .000 .400 |
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 |
3 1 0 0 4 2 3 2 3 7 0 0 8 1 1 6 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 |
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
Totals | 222 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 19 | .216 | 17 | 49 | 1 | ||
1967 World Series Composite Batting Statistics | Bold = World Series MVP |
1967 World SeriesSt. Louis Cardinals 1967 World Series Composite Pitching Statistics |
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Name | W | L | G | GS | CG | S | Sh | IP | ERA | H | SO | ER | BB |
Nelson Briles Steve Carlton Bob Gibson Joe Hoerner Dick Hughes Larry Jaster Jack Lamabe Ray Washburn Ron Willis Hal Woodeshick |
1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 |
2 1 3 2 2 1 3 2 3 1 |
1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 |
1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
11.0 6.0 27.0 0.2 9.0 0.1 2.2 2.1 1.0 1.0 |
1.64 0.00 1.00 40.50 5.00 0.00 6.75 0.00 27.00 0.00 |
7 3 14 4 9 2 5 1 2 1 |
4 5 26 0 7 0 4 2 1 0 |
2 0 3 3 5 0 2 0 3 0 |
1 2 5 1 3 0 0 1 4 0 |
Totals | 4 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 61.0 | 2.66 | 48 | 49 | 18 | 17 |
1967 World SeriesBoston Red Sox 1967 World Series Composite Pitching Statistics |
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Name | W | L | G | GS | CG | S | Sh | IP | ERA | H | SO | ER | BB |
Gary Bell Ken Brett Jim Lonborg Dave Morehead Dan Osinski Jose Santiago Lee Stange Jerry Stephenson Gary Waslewski John Wyatt |
0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 |
1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 |
3 2 3 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 |
1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 |
0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
5.1 1.1 24.0 3.1 1.1 9.2 2.0 2.0 8.1 3.2 |
5.06 0.00 2.63 0.00 6.75 5.59 0.00 9.00 2.16 4.91 |
8 0 14 0 2 16 3 3 4 1 |
1 1 11 3 0 6 0 0 7 1 |
3 0 7 0 1 6 0 2 2 2 |
1 1 2 4 0 3 0 1 2 3 |
Totals | 3 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 61.0 | 3.39 | 51 | 30 | 23 | 17 |
1967 World Series Composite Batting Statistics | Bold = World Series MVP |
Bob Gibson was the starting pitcher for Game 1, Game 4 and Game 7. During each of those contests he pitched a complete game, won all three, and had a shutout. Other pitchers with three victories in a seven-game Series include:
Pitcher's With Three Wins in a 7-Game World Series | |
Babe Adams | 1909 World Series |
Stan Coveleski | 1920 World Series |
Harry Brecheen | 1946 World Series |
Lew Burdette | 1957 World Series |
Mickey Lolich | 1968 World Series |
Randy Johnson | 2001 World Series |
Did you know that the World Series Most Valuable Player Awards were split during this particular Series? Bob Gibson won the Sport Magazine Award and Lou Brock won the Babe Ruth Award. Who would you have selected? Share your opinion on Baseball Fever.
When it was over, Jim Lonborg - the first Red Sox pitcher to win a Cy Young Award - said, "Pitching in the World Series is the greatest. There is so much adrenaline flowing, you completely forget all of the aches and pains that have built up during the season, and you just go after it."