1967 Birmingham A's Statistics
Team Record: 84-55
Finished 1st in the SL
Manager: John McNamara (84-55)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 53,075, Avg. 764
The Birmingham A's of the Southern League ended the 1967 season with a record of 84 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the SL.
The A's led the league with just 430 runs allowed. Birmingham scored 523 runs. Reggie Jackson paced the squad with 17 home runs Joe Rudi recorded 70 runs batted in. Stan Wojcik topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .296. Mike Olivo and George Lauzerique paced the squad with 13 wins each, while George Lauzerique earned a 2.3 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
George Lauzerique, Dave Duncan, Ken Suarez, Dick Joyce, Tony LaRussa, Gil Blanco, Ossie Blanco, Joe Grzenda, Don O'Riley, Marcel Lachemann, Allan Lewis, Bill McNulty, Santiago Rosario, Reggie Jackson, Bill Stafford, Weldon Bowlin, Rollie Fingers, Joe Rudi and Vern Handrahan were all players from the 1967 Birmingham A's who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
John McNamara served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Lauzerique | 13 | 4 | .765 | 2.30 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 168.0 | 120 | 51 | 43 | 8 | 54 | 4 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Mike Olivo | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.66 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 179.0 | 142 | 63 | 53 | 11 | 58 | 3 | 127 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Bob Taylor | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1.86 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 92.0 | 72 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Vern Handrahan | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1.50 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 84.0 | 48 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 31 | 5 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Robert Guzek | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.10 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 145.0 | 140 | 53 | 50 | 9 | 54 | 3 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Joe Grzenda | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.20 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 51 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Rollie Fingers | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.21 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 102.0 | 75 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Gil Blanco | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.04 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 80.0 | 63 | 37 | 27 | 2 | 51 | 4 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Bill Stafford | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 61.0 | 52 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Nicky Curtis | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.45 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 31.0 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Joyce | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.83 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 61 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marcel Lachemann | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.57 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 62 | 41 | 32 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Don O'Riley | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lee Meyers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.85 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 43 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Stan Jones | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 84 | 55 | .604 | 2.63 | 314 | 139 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 0 | 1182.0 | 971 | 430 | 346 | 55 | 424 | 42 | 771 | 42 | 3 | 59 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Rudi | 121 | 470 | 437 | 62 | 126 | 26 | 3 | 13 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 41 | .288 | .326 | .451 | .777 | 197 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Stan Wojcik | 122 | 473 | 412 | 57 | 122 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 73 | .296 | .375 | .405 | .780 | 167 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Reggie Jackson | 114 | 467 | 413 | 84 | 121 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 58 | 17 | 10 | 44 | 87 | .293 | .372 | .562 | .934 | 232 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Weldon Bowlin | 123 | 510 | 456 | 51 | 109 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 58 | .239 | .308 | .296 | .604 | 135 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Arturo Miranda | 132 | 521 | 456 | 43 | 103 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 75 | .226 | .305 | .246 | .550 | 112 | 6 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Dave Duncan | 95 | 361 | 323 | 40 | 78 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 85 | .241 | .314 | .412 | .726 | 133 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Michael Dobbins | 109 | 354 | 304 | 26 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 44 | 22 | .240 | .344 | .263 | .607 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Norton | 92 | 363 | 307 | 34 | 68 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 33 | .221 | .334 | .332 | .667 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bill McNulty | 63 | 256 | 230 | 27 | 49 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 64 | .213 | .270 | .370 | .639 | 85 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Santiago Rosario | 74 | 230 | 203 | 23 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 38 | .167 | .258 | .276 | .534 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tony LaRussa | 41 | 153 | 139 | 12 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .230 | .287 | .396 | .682 | 55 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Frati | 48 | 139 | 124 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20 | .185 | .259 | .242 | .501 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| George Lauzerique | 30 | 75 | 70 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .200 | .197 | .271 | .469 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Allan Lewis | 25 | 47 | 43 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .302 | .362 | .419 | .780 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Rowe | 25 | 62 | 54 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .222 | .323 | .222 | .545 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Suarez | 16 | 57 | 40 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | .250 | .439 | .325 | .764 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Parke Davidson | 22 | 42 | 38 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .211 | .286 | .263 | .549 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Guzek | 29 | 50 | 43 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .186 | .239 | .233 | .472 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Rollie Fingers | 19 | 39 | 37 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .189 | .184 | .216 | .400 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gil Blanco | 17 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .185 | .241 | .222 | .464 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Olivo | 29 | 69 | 64 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | .078 | .077 | .078 | .155 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Ernest Foli | 8 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Handrahan | 17 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Marcel Lachemann | 35 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ossie Blanco | 13 | 38 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .083 | .132 | .111 | .243 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Meyers | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Stafford | 13 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .095 | .095 | .143 | .238 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stan Jones | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Grzenda | 52 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Taylor | 39 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .048 | .231 | .048 | .278 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nicky Curtis | 6 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Joyce | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John McNamara | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1565 | 4980 | 4415 | 523 | 1041 | 169 | 46 | 70 | 461 | 59 | 32 | 450 | 786 | .236 | .309 | .342 | .652 | 1512 | 0 | 33 | 54 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Rudi | 1B | 115 | 915 | 60 | 17 | 81 | .983 | 8.478 | ||||
| Santiago Rosario | 1B | 24 | 142 | 18 | 1 | 25 | .994 | 6.667 | ||||
| Ossie Blanco | 1B | 10 | 73 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 8.400 | ||||
| Michael Dobbins | 1B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Dobbins | 2B | 67 | 156 | 198 | 11 | 51 | .970 | 5.284 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | 2B | 39 | 88 | 120 | 5 | 32 | .977 | 5.333 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | 2B | 26 | 63 | 52 | 2 | 8 | .983 | 4.423 | ||||
| Parke Davidson | 2B | 8 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Wayne Norton | 2B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | 3B | 74 | 68 | 133 | 6 | 17 | .971 | 2.716 | ||||
| Bill McNulty | 3B | 63 | 58 | 138 | 12 | 12 | .942 | 3.111 | ||||
| Michael Dobbins | 3B | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Stan Wojcik | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Parke Davidson | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Duncan | C | 92 | 552 | 50 | 13 | 8 | .979 | 6.543 | 11 | |||
| Bob Frati | C | 37 | 220 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .974 | 6.135 | 4 | |||
| Ken Suarez | C | 13 | 81 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .978 | 6.769 | 1 | |||
| John McNamara | C | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.500 | 0 | |||
| Stan Wojcik | OF | 120 | 225 | 9 | 7 | 4 | .971 | 1.950 | ||||
| Reggie Jackson | OF | 114 | 228 | 3 | 18 | 1 | .928 | 2.026 | ||||
| Wayne Norton | OF | 91 | 205 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .986 | 2.319 | ||||
| Santiago Rosario | OF | 35 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .953 | 1.743 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | OF | 24 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.792 | ||||
| Richard Rowe | OF | 21 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.143 | ||||
| Allan Lewis | OF | 12 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 2.250 | ||||
| Ernest Foli | OF | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Rudi | OF | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Ken Suarez | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Grzenda | P | 52 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Bob Taylor | P | 39 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Marcel Lachemann | P | 35 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .371 | ||||
| Robert Guzek | P | 28 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.071 | ||||
| Mike Olivo | P | 27 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .826 | .704 | ||||
| George Lauzerique | P | 24 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dick Joyce | P | 22 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .455 | ||||
| Rollie Fingers | P | 18 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .870 | 1.111 | ||||
| Vern Handrahan | P | 17 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.235 | ||||
| Gil Blanco | P | 17 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.176 | ||||
| Bill Stafford | P | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lee Meyers | P | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Nicky Curtis | P | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.833 | ||||
| Stan Jones | P | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Don O'Riley | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Arturo Miranda | SS | 130 | 191 | 328 | 16 | 58 | .970 | 3.992 | ||||
| Michael Dobbins | SS | 14 | 9 | 32 | 3 | 9 | .932 | 2.929 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | SS | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Parke Davidson | SS | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .600 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1471 | 3550 | 1357 | 156 | 333 | .969 | 3.336 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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