1967 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1]
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managers	Joe L. Brown
Managers	Harry Walker, Danny Murtaugh
Television	KDKA-TV Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King
Radio	KDKA Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Nellie King
←  1966 Seasons 1968 →

The 1967 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 86th season in franchise history. The sixth-place Pirates finished at 81–81, 20+1⁄2 games behind the National League and World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

• October 12, 1966: Wilbur Wood was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago White Sox for player to be named. November 28, 1966: Juan Pizarro sent to the Pirates to complete trade. ^[2]
• October 142, 1966: Jerry Lynch was released by the Pirates. ^[3]
• October 17, 1966: Bill Short was sold to the Pirates by the Boston Red Sox. ^[4]
• November 29, 1966: Manny Jiménez was drafted by the Pirates from the Kansas City Athletics in the 1966 minor league draft. ^[5]
• December 1, 1966: Bob Bailey and Gene Michael were traded by the Pirates to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Maury Wills. ^[6]
• December 6, 1966: Don Cardwell and Don Bosch were traded by the Pirates to the New York Mets for Dennis Ribant and Gary Kolb. ^[7]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	101	60	0.627	—	49–32	52–28
San Francisco Giants	91	71	0.562	10½	51–31	40–40
Chicago Cubs	87	74	0.540	14	49–34	38–40
Cincinnati Reds	87	75	0.537	14½	49–32	38–43
Philadelphia Phillies	82	80	0.506	19½	45–35	37–45
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	81	0.500	20½	49–32	32–49
Atlanta Braves	77	85	0.475	24½	48–33	29–52
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	89	0.451	28½	42–39	31–50
Houston Astros	69	93	0.426	32½	46–35	23–58
New York Mets	61	101	0.377	40½	36–42	25–59

Record vs. opponents

1967 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	11–7	5–13	11–7	8–10	8–10	10–8	8–10	10–8	6–12
Chicago	7–11	—	12–6	8–10	9–9	13–5	11–7	11–7–1	10–8	6–11
Cincinnati	13–5	6–12	—	15–3	8–10	12–6	10–8	10–8	8–10	5–13
Houston	7–11	10–8	3–15	—	10–8	11–7	7–11	9–9	6–12	6–12
Los Angeles	10–8	9–9	10–8	8–10	—	12–6	6–12	7–11	5–13	6–12
New York	10–8	5–13	6–12	7–11	6–12	—	4–14	11–7	5–13	7–11
Philadelphia	8-10	7–11	8–10	11–7	12–6	14–4	—	8–10	8–10	6–12
Pittsburgh	10–8	7–11–1	8–10	9–9	11–7	7–11	10–8	—	8–10	11–7
San Francisco	8–10	8–10	10–8	12–6	13–5	13–5	10–8	10–8	—	7–11
St. Louis	12–6	11–6	13–5	12–6	12–6	11–7	12–6	7–11	11–7	—

Game log

1967 Game Log: 81–81 (Home: 49–32; Away: 32–49)
April: 7–5 (Home: 3–3; Away: 4–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 11 @ Mets 6–3 Veale (1–0) Cardwell Mikkelsen (1) 31,510 1–0 2 April 13 @ Mets 2–3 Estrada Law (0–1) Taylor 5,005 1–1 3 April 14 Cubs 5–8 Simmons Ribant (0–1) — 32,296 1–2 4 April 15 Cubs 3–7 Culp Sisk (0–1) — 10,624 1–3 5 April 16 Cubs 6–5 Pizarro (1–0) Upham — 13,510 2–3 6 April 17 Mets 6–9 Cardwell Law (0–2) Taylor 7,599 2–4 7 April 21 @ Cubs 6–1 Veale (2–0) Culp — 2,974 3–4 8 April 23 @ Cubs 3–7 Jenkins Pizarro (1–1) — 6,754 3–5 9 April 25 Phillies 7–3 O'Dell (1–0) Bunning — 5,585 4–5 10 April 27 Phillies 5–4 Mikkelsen (1–0) Hall Short (1) 4,979 5–5 11 April 28 @ Cardinals 6–2 Veale (3–0) Washburn — 45,565 6–5 12 April 30 @ Cardinals 2–0 Pizarro (2–1) Jaster — 20,017 7–5
May: 16–13 (Home: 11–6; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 13 May 1 @ Cardinals 8–5 O'Dell (2–0) Jackson Face (1) 13,707 8–5 14 May 2 Dodgers 3–5 (11) Regan Blass (0–1) Perranoski 5,762 8–6 15 May 3 Dodgers 6–5 (15) Pizarro (3–1) Singer — 9,124 9–6 16 May 4 Dodgers 9–3 Veale (4–0) Egan Mikkelsen (2) 9,603 10–6 17 May 5 Giants 7–2 Sisk (1–1) Bolin — 18,294 11–6 18 May 6 Giants 6–5 (10) Face (1–0) Linzy — 7,662 12–6 19 May 8 Cardinals 5–6 (10) Willis Law (0–3) Jaster 5,388 12–7 20 May 9 Cardinals 3–6 Carlton Fryman (0–1) Hoerner 4,951 12–8 21 May 10 Cardinals 4–1 Veale (5–0) Hughes Face (2) 8,466 13–8 22 May 11 Braves 2–9 Bruce Sisk (1–2) — 4,885 13–9 23 May 12 Braves 5–2 O'Dell (3–0) Jarvis Face (3) 12,920 14–9 24 May 13 Braves 6–5 (10) Face (2–0) Niekro — 8,156 15–9 25 May 14 Braves 5–2 Ribant (1–1) Kelley Face (4) 26,071 16–9 26 May 15 @ Reds 7–8 (10) Arrigo Pizarro (3–2) — 5,222 16–10 27 May 16 @ Reds 3–6 Queen Fryman (0–2) — 13,389 16–11 28 May 17 @ Reds 1–3 Ellis Sisk (1–3) — 13,159 16–12 29 May 18 @ Braves 5–3 O'Dell (4–0) Carroll Face (5) 14,092 17–12 30 May 19 @ Braves 2–3 Lemaster Ribant (1–2) — 20,603 17–13 31 May 20 @ Braves 6–2 Veale (6–0) Kelley McBean (1) 33,883 18–13 32 May 21 @ Braves 2–7 Johnson Pizarro (3–3) — 23,221 18–14 33 May 22 @ Astros 3–1 Sisk (2–3) Zachary — 10,613 19–14 34 May 23 @ Astros 3–8 Dierker O'Dell (4–1) Schneider 10,572 19–15 35 May 24 @ Astros 7–4 Face (3–0) Latman — 13,140 20–15 36 May 26 Reds 6–5 (12) McBean (1–0) Osteen — 24,358 21–15 37 May 27 Reds 1–6 Pappas Pizarro (3–4) — 28,179 21–16 38 May 28 Reds 3–2 Sisk (3–3) Nottebart Face (6) 31,778 22–16 39 May 30 Astros 2–3 Wilson Ribant (1–3) — 22–17 40 May 30 Astros 4–3 Face (4–0) Sembera — 32,986 23–17 41 May 31 @ Giants 4–15 Herbel Veale (6–1) Linzy 7,393 23–18
June: 13–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 7–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 42 June 1 @ Giants 1–7 Perry Pizarro (3–5) — 7,000 23–19 43 June 2 @ Dodgers 5–3 Blass (1–1) Regan Face (7) 35,540 24–19 44 June 3 @ Dodgers 1–5 Sutton O'Dell (4–2) — 39,621 24–20 45 June 4 @ Dodgers 4–1 Veale (7–1) Drysdale Face (8) 39,741 25–20 46 June 6 Mets 0–1 (10) Shaw Face (4–1) — 25–21 47 June 6 Mets 2–3 (10) Hamilton Face (4–2) — 16,712 25–22 48 June 7 Mets 3–0 Sisk (4–3) Fisher — 7,979 26–22 49 June 9 Phillies 16–1 O'Dell (5–2) Wise — 17,064 27–22 50 June 10 Phillies 4–3 McBean (2–0) Hall — 17,587 28–22 51 June 11 Phillies 1–14 Bunning Pizarro (3–6) — 15,915 28–23 52 June 12 Cardinals 7–5 Ribant (2–3) Carlton Face (9) 10,964 29–23 53 June 13 Cardinals 4–7 Hughes Sisk (4–4) Hoerner 14,325 29–24 54 June 14 Cardinals 4–7 Gibson O'Dell (5–3) — 14,217 29–25 55 June 15 @ Phillies 1–4 Hall Veale (7–2) — 29–26 56 June 15 @ Phillies 5–2 Blass (2–1) Ellsworth — 24,480 30–26 57 June 16 @ Phillies 3–5 Jackson O'Dell (5–4) — 20,796 30–27 58 June 17 @ Phillies 6–5 Ribant (3–3) Bunning Face (10) 9,595 31–27 59 June 18 @ Phillies 5–3 Sisk (5–4) Wise Pizarro (1) 14,726 32–27 60 June 19 Cubs 4–3 Veale (8–2) Jenkins McBean (2) 12,224 33–27 61 June 20 Cubs 3–5 Hartenstein Blass (2–2) — 12,393 33–28 62 June 21 Cubs 3–6 Simmons O'Dell (5–5) Radatz 11,870 33–29 63 June 23 @ Reds 4–2 Ribant (4–3) Abernathy McBean (3) 25,227 34–29 64 June 24 @ Reds 4–6 Nolan Sisk (5–5) Lee 28,312 34–30 65 June 25 @ Reds 5–4 Veale (9–2) Pappas Pizarro (2) 23,673 35–30 66 June 26 @ Mets 2–3 Taylor Face (4–3) — 27,294 35–31 67 June 27 @ Mets 2–5 Selma Fryman (0–3) — 18,167 35–32 68 June 28 @ Cubs 2–4 Jenkins Ribant (4–4) — 35–33 69 June 28 @ Cubs 1–3 Culp Sisk (5–6) — 22,731 35–34 70 June 29 @ Cubs 3–4 Niekro McBean (2–1) Hartenstein 16,415 35–35 71 June 30 Braves 3–1 Blass (3–2) Carroll — 15,988 36–35
July: 13–16 (Home: 9–6; Away: 4–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 72 July 1 Braves 2–4 Raymond Mikkelsen (1–1) — 9,353 36–36 73 July 3 Dodgers 5–2 Sisk (6–6) Drysdale — 12,321 37–36 74 July 4 Dodgers 9–7 Face (5–3) Miller — 9,080 38–36 75 July 5 Dodgers 3–5 Sutton Blass (3–3) — 12,821 38–37 76 July 7 Reds 2–6 Ellis Veale (9–3) — 19,805 38–38 77 July 8 Reds 6–1 Sisk (7–6) Arrigo — 11,182 39–38 78 July 9 Reds 2–1 Ribant (5–4) Maloney — 25,934 40–38 79 July 12 @ Cardinals 3–4 Jackson Mikkelsen (1–2) — 14,812 40–39 80 July 13 @ Cardinals 8–5 Veale (10–3) Carlton McBean (4) 24,134 41–39 81 July 14 @ Cardinals 1–2 Jaster Sisk (7–7) Hoerner 25,668 41–40 82 July 15 @ Cardinals 6–4 Pizarro (4–6) Briles Face (11) 39,440 42–40 83 July 16 @ Braves 1–2 Niekro Law (0–4) — 35,204 42–41 84 July 17 @ Braves 2–6 Johnson Veale (10–4) — 18,220 42–42 85 July 18 Giants 8–6 Blass (4–3) Marichal Face (12) 43–42 86 July 18 Giants 2–3 Gibbon O'Dell (5–6) Linzy 28,023 43–43 87 July 19 Giants 2–1 (11) Ribant (6–4) McCormick — 16,013 44–43 88 July 20 Giants 1–6 Perry Law (0–5) — 10,359 44–44 89 July 21 Astros 9–1 Veale (11–4) Blasingame — 14,687 45–44 90 July 22 Astros 15–2 Fryman (1–3) Belinsky — 9,597 46–44 91 July 23 Astros 5–8 Giusti Blass (4–4) Sherry 46–45 92 July 23 Astros 15–2 Sisk (8–7) Latman — 22,925 47–45 93 July 24 @ Dodgers 3–4 Regan Face (5–4) — 22,495 47–46 94 July 25 @ Dodgers 1–3 Singer Law (0–6) — 24,348 47–47 95 July 26 @ Dodgers 4–2 Veale (12–4) Sutton Pizarro (3) 24,772 48–47 96 July 27 @ Astros 4–5 Latman McBean (2–2) — 17,229 48–48 97 July 28 @ Astros 3–9 Giusti Sisk (8–8) — 20,909 48–49 98 July 29 @ Astros 5–6 Eilers Pizarro (4–7) Sherry 25,785 48–50 99 July 30 @ Giants 4–3 Law (1–6) Sadecki Face (13) 32,209 49–50 100 July 31 @ Giants 4–8 McCormick Pizarro (4–8) Linzy 8,683 49–51
August: 15–18 (Home: 10–5; Away: 5–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 101 August 1 @ Giants 1–3 Marichal Fryman (1–4) — 15,501 49–52 102 August 2 @ Giants 2–7 Perry Ribant (6–5) — 11,654 49–53 103 August 4 Dodgers 3–2 (10) Pizarro (5–8) Miller — 13,474 50–53 104 August 5 Dodgers 2–1 Law (2–6) Regan — 9,658 51–53 105 August 6 Dodgers 4–5 Osteen Sisk (8–9) Perranoski 12,384 51–54 106 August 7 @ Cubs 6–3 Face (6–4) Hartenstein — 52–54 107 August 7 @ Cubs 3–3 (14) — 11,482 52–54 108 August 8 @ Cubs 4–8 Niekro Gelnar (0–1) — 9,412 52–55 109 August 9 @ Cubs 0–6 Jenkins Veale (12–5) — 52–56 110 August 9 @ Cubs 10–6 McBean (3–2) Stoneman — 16,822 53–56 111 August 10 @ Mets 3–0 Sisk (9–9) Fisher — 20,572 54–56 112 August 11 @ Mets 2–3 Frisella Ribant (6–6) Shaw 29,202 54–57 113 August 12 @ Mets 1–6 Koonce Fryman (1–5) — 20,181 54–58 114 August 13 @ Mets 0–3 Seaver Blass (4–5) — 54–59 115 August 13 @ Mets 9–11 Shaw McBean (3–3) Taylor 34,122 54–60 116 August 14 Reds 4–3 Veale (13–5) Nolan Face (14) 8,414 55–60 117 August 15 Reds 1–2 Abernathy Sisk (9–10) — 9,237 55–61 118 August 16 Reds 0–4 Maloney Fryman (1–6) McCool 9,116 55–62 119 August 17 Mets 5–6 Cardwell Pizarro (5–9) — 55–63 120 August 17 Mets 6–5 (14) Pizarro (6–9) Seaver — 9,213 56–63 121 August 18 Mets 7–2 Veale (14–5) Fisher — 6,628 57–63 122 August 19 Mets 6–5 Sisk (10–10) Taylor — 7,570 58–63 123 August 20 Mets 4–2 Pizarro (7–9) Selma Face (15) 7,263 59–63 124 August 21 Cubs 5–1 Fryman (2–6) Jenkins Face (16) 7,794 60–63 125 August 22 Cubs 1–8 Niekro Veale (14–6) — 8,414 60–64 126 August 23 Cubs 2–1 McBean (4–3) Hands — 8,952 61–64 127 August 25 @ Phillies 0–2 Bunning Sisk (10–11) — 61–65 128 August 25 @ Phillies 2–6 Short Blass (4–6) Farrell 13,696 61–66 129 August 26 @ Phillies 0–1 Wise Veale (14–7) — 16,454 61–67 130 August 27 @ Phillies 0–2 (5) Jackson Fryman (2–7) — 10,953 61–68 131 August 28 @ Braves 4–3 (10) Ribant (7–6) Ritchie Pizarro (4) 8,725 62–68 132 August 29 @ Braves 3–7 Niekro Ribant (7–7) Upshaw 6,516 62–69 133 August 30 @ Braves 11–9 Ribant (8–7) Carroll Face (17) 8,674 63–69 134 August 31 Phillies 6–4 Veale (15–7) Hall Pizarro (5) 3,406 64–69
September: 16–12 (Home: 9–5; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 1 Phillies 3–0 Fryman (3–7) Jackson — 6,113 65–69 136 September 2 Phillies 9–1 McBean (5–3) Bunning — 6,431 66–69 137 September 3 Phillies 2–7 Short Sisk (10–12) Farrell 7,164 66–70 138 September 4 @ Cardinals 10–8 Ribant (9–7) Lamabe Pizarro (6) 67–70 139 September 4 @ Cardinals 9–3 Blass (5–6) Washburn Pizarro (7) 43,960 68–70 140 September 6 Braves 1–4 Lemaster Fryman (3–8) — 68–71 141 September 6 Braves 4–1 McBean (6–3) Jarvis — 6,849 69–71 142 September 7 Braves 4–2 Sisk (11–12) Niekro Pizarro (8) 3,990 70–71 143 September 8 Cardinals 4–3 (10) Dal Canton (1–0) Willis — 9,637 71–71 144 September 9 Cardinals 0–6 Carlton Blass (5–7) — 6,446 71–72 145 September 10 Cardinals 8–7 Pizarro (8–9) Hoerner Sisk (1) 8,920 72–72 146 September 11 @ Reds 3–4 Davidson Pizarro (8–10) — 4,150 72–73 147 September 12 @ Reds 7–15 Lee Veale (15–8) Nottebart 4,605 72–74 148 September 13 @ Reds 11–3 Sisk (12–12) Queen — 4,966 73–74 149 September 15 Giants 3–6 Perry Blass (5–8) — 6,332 73–75 150 September 16 Giants 5–4 (16) Dal Canton (2–0) McCormick — 5,056 74–75 151 September 17 Giants 5–4 McBean (7–3) Linzy — 5,733 75–75 152 September 18 @ Astros 4–14 Giusti Sisk (12–13) — 6,327 75–76 153 September 19 @ Astros 11–7 Face (7–4) Sherry Pizarro (9) 5,321 76–76 154 September 20 @ Astros 4–5 House Ribant (9–8) — 4,629 76–77 155 September 22 @ Giants 0–1 Sadecki McBean (7–4) — 10,238 76–78 156 September 23 @ Giants 4–8 McDaniel Face (7–5) Linzy 12,431 76–79 157 September 24 @ Giants 2–1 Blass (6–8) Perry Fryman (1) 16,123 77–79 158 September 25 @ Dodgers 2–1 (11) Shellenback (1–0) Regan — 11,983 78–79 159 September 26 @ Dodgers 1–3 Drysdale Dal Canton (2–1) Perranoski 12,486 78–80 160 September 27 @ Dodgers 1–0 Veale (16–8) Foster — 12,467 79–80 161 September 29 Astros 4–1 Moose (1–0) Blasingame — 1,951 80–80 162 September 30 Astros 3–4 Coombs Shellenback (1–1) — 2,109 80–81
October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 163 October 1 Astros 10–3 Sisk (13–13) Von Hoff — 28,244 81–81
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
18	Matty Alou	CF
30	Maury Wills	3B
21	Roberto Clemente	RF
8	Willie Stargell	LF
17	Donn Clendenon	1B
9	Bill Mazeroski	2B
14	Gene Alley	SS
20	Jesse Gonder	C
39	Bob Veale	SP

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Notable transactions

• June 6, 1967: Richie Zisk was drafted by the Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft. ^[9]
• June 21, 1967: Al Luplow was acquired by the Pirates from the New York Mets via waivers. ^[10]
• July 18, 1967: Pirates fire Manager Harry Walker. Danny Murtaugh is named interim Manager. ^{[11][ circular reference]}
• August 4, 1967: Pete Mikkelsen claimed on waivers by Chicago Cubs from the Pirates. ^[12]

Roster

1967 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 28 Steve Blass 19 Bruce Dal Canton 26 Roy Face 22 Woodie Fryman 37 John Gelnar 32 Vern Law 34 Al McBean 19 Pete Mikkelsen 38 Bob Moose 31 Billy O'Dell 29 Juan Pizarro 36 Dennis Ribant 38 Jim Shellenback 37 Bill Short 25 Tommie Sisk 39 Bob Veale		Catchers 20 Jesse Gonder 12 Jerry May 10 Jim Pagliaroni 35 Manny Sanguillén Infielders 14 Gene Alley 17 Donn Clendenon  9 Bill Mazeroski 11 José Pagán 3,24 Bob Robertson  7 Andre Rodgers 30 Maury Wills		Outfielders 18 Matty Alou 21 Roberto Clemente 24 Manny Jiménez 20 Al Luplow 15 Manny Mota 23 George Spriggs  8 Willie Stargell		Manager 40 Danny Murtaugh  3 Harry Walker Coaches  5 Alex Grammas (Third base)  6 Clyde King (Pitching)  4 Johnny Pesky (First base)  2 Hal Smith (Bullpen)

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Harding "Pete" Peterson
AA	Macon Peaches	Southern League	Don Osborn and Frank Oceak
A	Raleigh Pirates	Carolina League	Joe Morgan
A	Clinton Pirates	Midwest League	Bob Clear
A	Gastonia Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Don Leppert
Rookie	Salem Pirates	Appalachian League	Buddy Pritchard

Notes

References

• 1967 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1967 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN  978-0-9637189-8-3.