1967 Kansas City Athletics season

Offseason

• November 29, 1966: Manny Jiménez was drafted from the Athletics by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1966 minor league draft.
• January 28, 1967: 1967 Major League Baseball draft (January Draft) notable picks:

:Secondary Phase

• In the offseason, local millionaire Ewing Kauffman was approached by a group led by sportswriter Ernie Mehl to buy the club and ensure that it remained in Kansas City.

Regular season

• Despite an 18–18 start, the Athletics had a record of 35 wins compared to 49 losses by the All-Star Break.
• On June 9, Reggie Jackson debuted in the major leagues with the A's at home in a doubleheader shutout sweep of the Cleveland Indians. He started in right field and went hitless in three at-bats in the opener, then entered the nightcap in the fifth inning and promptly hit a lead-off triple off of long reliever Orlando Peña, but did not score.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• June 6, 1967: 1967 Major League Baseball draft (June Draft) notable picks:

:Secondary Phase:

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Birmingham, GCL A's

Awards and honors

• Bert Campaneris led the American League in stolen bases for the third consecutive season.

Relocation

• May 7, 1967: The New York Times and New York Daily News reported that the Athletics were prepared to relocate to Oakland, California.
• July 1967: The Sporting News reported that the Athletics had reached an agreement to relocate to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Athletics had obtained pledges for television and radio broadcasting rights with the sponsorship of Schlitz Brewery. The proposed move would require the support of seven of the ten American League owners. The league only had five votes in favour of the proposed relocation.
• August 1, 1967: The Governor of Washington State Dan Evans, and mayor of Seattle, J.D. Braman spoke to Finley on the phone to discuss the relocation of the team to Seattle. Finley had met with city officials on August 7 to discuss a possible relocation.
• In September 1967, Finley had sent a telegram to city manager Carleton Sharpe, advising that the Athletics would leave Kansas City for Oakland.
• October 18, 1967: City officials from Kansas City, Oakland and Seattle were invited by Joe Cronin to discuss the A's relocation plans. United States Senator Stuart Symington attended the meeting and discussed the possibility of revoking baseball's antitrust exemption if the A's were allowed to leave Kansas City. The owners began deliberation and after the first ballot, only six owners were in favour of relocation. The owner of Baltimore voted against, while the ownership for Cleveland, New York and Washington had abstained. In the second ballot, the New York Yankees voted in favour of the Athletics' relocation to Oakland. To appease all interested parties, the Athletics announced that MLB would expand to Kansas City and Seattle no later than the 1971 MLB season.

References

References

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2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jimenma01.shtml Manny Jiménez page at Baseball-Reference]
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8. (June 10, 1967). "A's smear Tribe with whitewash". Toledo Blade.
9. (June 9, 1967). "Kansas City Athletics 6, Cleveland Indians 0". Bases Produced.
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11. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bluevi01.shtml Vida Blue page at Baseball-Reference]
12. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/soderer01.shtml Eric Soderholm page at Baseball-Reference]
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14. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/evansda01.shtml Darrell Evans page at Baseball-Reference]
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17. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mD9QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NFcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4465,89307&dq=charles+finley+evans&hl=en Seattle wants A's]
18. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nAhPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dwEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7459,1650704&dq=charles+finley+dan+evans&hl=en Finley checks Seattle, Says he's pleased]
19. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p3MhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=togFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3881,2794088&dq=charles+finley+carleton+sharpe+telegram&hl=en Finley takes first step to move]
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21. ''Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman'', p.114, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, {{ISBN. 978-0-8027-1745-0