1967 Regular Season In Mlb

By Author: Orlando Bray
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The 1967 season in Major League Baseball was a great season. The season featured the relocation of one team, the Kansas City Athletics. The team would play their last season in Kansas City. They would relocate to Oakland following the season.

The season was dominated by many of the same names as the year before in the National League. Roberto Clemente was arguably the best hitter in baseball at the time. He managed to hit .357 on the season, leading all of Major League Baseball in batting average. The homerun champion for the National League was none other than Hank Aaron. Aaron was in his prime at this time, chipping away at the homerun record that he would later set. He managed to knock 39 balls out of the park during the season. Orlando Cepeda was the best RBI man in the National League. He was playing for the St. Louis Cardinals. He managed to knock in 111 runs on the year. Mike McCormick was the pitcher with the most wins during the season. He won 22 games for the San Francisco Giants. Phil Niekro posted a 1.87 ERA for Atlanta on the year, the best ERA of any pitcher in baseball. Jim Bunning was the strikeout champion. ...
... He struck out 253 batters for the Phillies.

The American league was dominated by one player, Carl Yastrzemski. Yastrzemski was the Triple Crown winner that season. He led the American League in Batting Average and RBI's. He also tied Harmon Killebrew for the most homeruns in the American league. He finished with a .326 batting average, 44 homeruns and 121 RBI's.

Jim Lonborg, Earl Wilson and Joe Horlen dominated the pitching scene. Lonborg and Wilson won 22 games a piece on the season to lead the American League. Horlen posted an ERA of 2.06, leading the AL. Lonborg also managed to lead the AL in strikeouts with 246.

These players would be keys in the success of their teams. The Boston Red Sox led the American league in wins. They managed to win 92 games while losing 70 on the season. Their success was largely due to Yastrzemski and Lonborg. They managed to lead the league in many hitting and pitching categories during the season.

The Tigers and Twins also managed to have solid seasons. They won 91 games each. The last two teams over .500 in the AL were the White Sox and Angels. They won 89 and 84 games respectively.

The St. Louis Cardinals led the way in the NL. They won 101 games on the season while only losing 60. They were 10.5 games ahead of the next best team in the NL, the San Francisco Giants. The Giants managed to win 91 games while dropping 71 on the season. The Cups and Reds won 87 games each. The Phillies managed 82 wins and the Pirates were the last team with a record of .500 or better on the season. They finished with a record of 81-81 on the season.

AUTHOR:-
Orlando Bray writes reviews on various sporting events including the different online sportsbook websites. In this piece of write up, the author highlights on some of legends of MLB and MLB Betting odds. The author also takes the readers thought on how to bet on baseball.