1967 World Series
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| Dates | October 4–12 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Bob Gibson (St. Louis, the 2nd time) | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Johnny Stevens (AL), Al Barlick (NL), Ed Runge (AL), Augie Donatelli (NL), Frank Umont (AL), Paul Pryor (NL) | ||||||||||||
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Umpire: Al Barlick Cardinals: Red Schoendienst‡ (mgr.), Lou Brock, Steve Carlton, Orlando Cepeda, Bob Gibson. Red Sox: Dick Williams (mgr.), Carl Yastrzemski. ‡ elected as a player. |
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| Television | NBC | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Curt Gowdy, Ken Coleman (Games 1–2, 6–7) and Harry Caray (Games 3–5) | ||||||||||||
| Radio | NBC | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Pee Wee Reese, Harry Caray (Games 1–2, 6–7), Ken Coleman (Games 3–5) and Jim Simpson (Game 7) | ||||||||||||
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| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| St. Louis Cardinals (4) | Red Schoendienst | 101–60, .627, GA: 10½ | |
| Boston Red Sox (3) | Dick Williams | 92–70, .568, GA: 1 |
The 1967 World Series matched the St. Louis Cardinals against the Boston Red Sox in a rematch of the 1946 World Series, with the Cardinals winning in seven games for their second championship in four years and their eighth overall. The Series was played from October 4 to 12 in Fenway Park and Busch Memorial Stadium.
The "Impossible Dream" Red Sox were led by triple crown winner Carl Yastrzemski (who won the Most Valuable Player award for his 1967 performance) and ace pitcher Jim Lonborg, who won the American League Cy Young Award. The Red Sox reached the World Series by emerging victorious from a dramatic four-team pennant race that revitalized interest in the team after eight straight losing seasons. Going into the last week of the season, the Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, and Chicago White Sox were all within one game of each other in the standings. The White Sox lost their last five games (two to the lowly Kansas City Athletics and three to the similarly inept Washington Senators) to fall out of the race. Meanwhile, the Red Sox and Twins met in Boston for the final two games of the season, with Minnesota -- who won the AL Pennant two years earlier -- holding a one-game lead. Boston swept the Twins, but needed to wait out the result of the Tigers' doubleheader with the California Angels in Detroit. A Detroit sweep would have enabled them to tie the Red Sox for first place. The Tigers won the first game but the Angels won the nightcap, enabling the Red Sox to claim their first A.L. pennant since 1946.
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