1967 Boston Red Sox | ||
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American League Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 92–70 (.568) | |
League place | 1st | |
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
President | Tom Yawkey | |
General managers | Dick O'Connell | |
Managers | Dick Williams | |
Television | WHDH-TV 5 (Ken Coleman, Ned Martin, Mel Parnell) | |
Radio | WHDH-AM 850 (Ken Coleman, Ned Martin, Mel Parnell) | |
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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The 1967 Boston Red Sox season was the 67th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses. The team then faced the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals in the 1967 World Series, which the Red Sox lost in seven games.
The regular season had one of the most memorable finishes in baseball history, as the AL pennant race went to the last game, with the Red Sox finishing one game ahead of both the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins in the final AL standings. Red Sox left fielder Carl Yastrzemski won the Triple Crown, tying Harmon Killebrew for the AL lead in home runs (44) while leading the league in runs batted in (121) and batting average (.326).[1]
Often referred to as "The Impossible Dream", this was the team's first winning season since 1958, as the Red Sox shocked all of New England and the rest of the baseball world by reaching the World Series for the first time since 1946.