July 21, 1967
Just getting back to my 1967 replay for the first time in 3 months. I completed my 2006 replay while away from this one. When reviewing the season from where I left off, I was reminded how well the Kansas City Athletics have been playing. Well above their actual performance.
In real life, the team was in a bit of a turmoil with all the rumors going around. It was said the A's owner Charles Finley wanted to move the franchise to Oakland California. Not knowing what their future might be, it wouldn't be surprising if the players had been very distracted. The A's finished 62- 99 in '67, good for last place in the AL. But the team had a number of promising players and soon after they moved to Oakland in '68 they became a powerhouse in the AL West.
The A's aren't laying down in this '67 replay and are currently in 3rd place, just 2 games back. In todays game, one of their stars, Jim "Catfish' Hunter, won his AL leading 14th game of the season when KC defeated the Chicago White Sox 3-2. KC has been winning mostly with fine pitching and aggressive offensive play. They don't hit many homeruns, but they do lead the AL in stolen bases and try to take the extra base on balls hit in play. It'll be interesting to see how the team finishes in this replay.
Below is today's game, the AL Standings and the teams' Primary Stats as of 7-22-67.
BOXSCORE: 1967 Chicago White Sox At 1967 Kansas City Athletics 7/21/1967
White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
W.Williams LF 4 0 0 0 .153 B.Campaneris SS 4 1 2 1 .254
D.Buford 3B 4 0 3 1 .278 J.Donaldson 2B 4 0 0 0 .255
W.Causey 2B 4 0 0 0 .150 D.Cater LF 3 0 0 0 .287
P.Ward 1B 4 1 1 0 .198 A-J.Gosger LF 1 0 0 0 .230
J.Martin C 4 0 1 0 .226 K.Harrelson 1B 4 0 3 1 .278
R.Hansen SS 2 0 1 1 .254 M.Hershberger RF 4 0 1 0 .272
K.Berry RF 3 0 0 0 .242 R.Monday CF 3 0 0 0 .314
T.Agee CF 4 0 0 0 .244 D.Green 3B 3 1 1 0 .185
W.Wood P 2 1 0 0 .000 P.Roof C 3 1 1 0 .216
B-S.Burgess PH 1 0 0 0 .190 C.Hunter P 3 0 1 1 .193
T.Pierce P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 32 2 6 2 Totals 32 3 9 3
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Cater In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Wood In 9th Inning
White Sox....... 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 6 0
Athletics....... 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 9 2
White Sox (43-47) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
W.Wood LOSS(1-4) 8 9 3 3 0 5 0 1.82
Totals 8 9 3 3 0 5 0
Athletics (52-40) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C.Hunter WIN(14-5) 8 2/3 6 2 1 3 8 0 2.46
T.Pierce SAVE(11th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.19
Totals 9 6 2 1 3 8 0
ATTENDANCE- 12,353 DATE- Friday, July 21st 1967 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Jerry Neudecker, Larry Napp, Frank Umont, Bill Kinnamon
T- 2:23
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 7 Athletics: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 0 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- K.Harrelson, D.Green
DOUBLES- D.Buford(9th), D.Green(4th), C.Hunter
TRIPLES- D.Buford(6th), P.Roof(3rd)
RBIs- D.Buford(23rd), R.Hansen(33rd), B.Campaneris(17th), K.Harrelson(25th),
C.Hunter
STOLEN BASES- J.Martin(6th), K.Berry(12th), B.Campaneris-2(58th)
CAUGHT STEALING- D.Green
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Hansen
WALKS- R.Hansen, K.Berry, W.Wood
STRIKE OUTS- W.Williams, J.Martin, R.Hansen, K.Berry, T.Agee-3, W.Wood, D.Cater,
R.Monday-2, C.Hunter-2
GIDP- K.Berry
2-out RBI- K.Harrelson, C.Hunter, D.Buford
RLISP 2-out- P.Ward, B.Campaneris, K.Berry-2, W.Causey, D.Cater, T.Agee,
S.Burgess
TEAM RISP- White Sox: 1 for 10 Athletics: 3 for 10
12,353 fans were treated to a fine game at Municipal Stadium as only one run
separated the combatants at game's end. The Kansas City Athletics won by the
slimmest of margins, 3 to 2.
Kansas City started with a bang, jumping out to an early lead in their half of
the first scoring a single run utilizing 2 base hits. Kansas City out-hit
Chicago for the game, 9 hits to 6.
Catfish Hunter(14-5) went 8 and 2/3 innings allowing 2 runs for the victory.
Hunter got help from Tony Pierce who earned his 11th save. Wilbur Wood(1-4)
was hit with the loss.
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1967 American League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1967 Minnesota MNA 53 37 .589 ---- 73 49 41 .544 91 71 .562
1967 Detroit DEA 52 37 .584 .5 47 42 .528 91 71 .562
1967 Kansas City KCA 52 40 .565 2.0 39 53 .424 62 99 .385
1967 Boston BOA 49 40 .551 3.5 49 40 .551 92 70 .568
1967 Cleveland CLA 47 45 .511 7.0 44 48 .478 75 87 .463
1967 Washington WAA 45 49 .479 10.0 45 49 .479 76 85 .472
1967 Baltimore BAA 44 48 .478 10.0 42 50 .457 76 85 .472
1967 Chicago CHA 43 47 .478 10.0 51 39 .567 89 73 .549
1967 California CAA 44 51 .463 11.5 51 44 .537 84 77 .522
1967 New York NYA 27 62 .303 25.5 39 50 .438 72 90 .444
Primary Player Statistics For 1967 Kansas City Athletics Totals After 92 Games
NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
E.Charles .328 18 61 8 20 1 0 0 6 12 10 1 0 2 0 0 5
K.Harrelson .328 23 58 2 19 2 0 0 6 1 9 0 0 2 1 0 1
R.Monday .314 82 299 52 94 14 7 13 39 40 71 3 1 2 6 8 3
D.Cater .287 88 338 32 97 15 6 0 44 19 41 5 0 12 1 3 10
M.Hershberger .272 74 254 31 69 12 1 2 26 16 20 6 3 4 5 1 2
J.Donaldson .255 39 137 9 35 5 2 0 16 11 13 0 0 0 4 2 3
B.Campaneris .254 85 354 53 90 12 1 0 17 22 42 4 6 1 58 15 15
J.Rudi .250 5 16 1 4 1 0 0 5 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
S.Bando .246 20 61 5 15 2 0 0 9 13 9 1 1 1 0 0 1
R.Repoz .235 27 81 9 19 6 0 1 11 12 21 0 0 0 0 1 0
J.Gosger .230 67 178 19 41 3 2 3 21 21 30 0 1 0 4 4 2
R.Webster .222 63 212 22 47 7 2 1 18 24 15 2 0 7 9 1 7
P.Roof .216 64 208 13 45 13 3 1 15 9 51 2 0 4 0 1 4
D.Duncan .210 18 62 8 13 3 0 3 7 4 35 0 0 0 0 0 2
J.Nossek .202 38 94 3 19 5 0 0 7 4 14 0 0 2 3 0 1
D.Green .185 67 195 22 36 4 5 2 16 21 38 0 3 4 7 1 5
K.Suarez .172 29 64 6 11 3 0 2 9 13 25 0 0 0 2 0 2
T.Kubiak .171 13 35 1 6 1 0 0 4 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 2
R.Jackson .141 23 78 6 11 3 3 0 4 9 30 3 0 0 0 4 2
O.Chavarria .122 18 41 3 5 1 0 0 2 7 10 1 0 1 0 0 2
T.Talton .105 18 19 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 0
A.Lewis .000 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
W.Bowlin ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .236 92 225 25 53 14 0 2 18 12 82 0 17 1 1 1 7
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TEAM TOTALS .245 3071 751 32 301 585 33 106 76
92 333 128 30 277 28 45 43
NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
R.Rodriguez 0.00 0 0 ---- 5 0 0 0 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 5 2
W.Stock 0.00 0 0 ---- 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
T.Pierce 1.19 1 2 .333 26 1 0 0 11 37.2 25 6 5 1 10 21
C.Dobson 1.77 9 3 .750 16 16 3 1 0 117.0 95 25 23 5 41 65
P.Lindblad 2.02 6 4 .600 27 7 3 1 2 98.0 85 27 22 7 18 70
J.Aker 2.28 3 3 .500 33 0 0 0 12 43.1 45 16 11 1 11 37
C.Hunter 2.46 14 5 .737 20 20 7 3 0 161.0 122 48 44 10 61 142
D.Segui 2.95 1 1 .500 15 3 0 0 1 42.2 34 14 14 4 15 42
L.Krausse 3.10 6 7 .462 19 16 3 3 0 116.0 86 45 40 8 43 60
J.Nash 3.43 8 10 .444 20 20 1 1 0 128.2 115 56 49 10 63 100
B.Odom 4.35 4 5 .444 14 9 0 0 1 60.0 46 33 29 7 31 43
J.Sanford 4.91 0 0 ---- 3 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 2 2 0 1 4
B.Edgerton 6.00 0 0 ---- 4 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 2 1 7
B.Duliba 20.65 0 0 ---- 6 0 0 0 0 5.2 14 13 13 3 6 5
G.Lauzerique ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B.Stafford ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 5 +0
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TEAM TOTALS 2.78 40 92 17 27 682 256 307
52 .565 92 14 829.2 289 58 598