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January 28, 1967: Geoff Zahn was drafted by the Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase), but did not sign. [7] February 4, 1967: The Red Sox announce that they have signed Carlton Fisk. [8] Prior to 1967 season: Tony Muser was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox. [9]
The 1967 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 10 to October 12, 1967. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox four games to three in the World Series , which was the first World Series appearance for the Red Sox in 21 years.
The 1967 Series was the first non-exhibition meeting between Major League Baseball teams from St. Louis and Boston since the departures of the Boston Braves and St. Louis Browns following (respectively) the 1952 and 1953 seasons ended regular season meetings between teams from those cities (Braves vs Cardinals, Browns vs Red Sox).
From 1912 to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. [1] The "Red Sox" name originates from the iconic uniform feature. They are sometimes nicknamed the "BoSox", a combination of "Boston" and "Sox" (as opposed to the "ChiSox"), the "Crimson Hose", and "the Olde Towne Team". [2] Most fans simply refer to them as the Sox.
The Red Sox won the next three games to become the first and only MLB team to win a seven-game postseason series after losing the first three games. [45] The Red Sox then faced the St. Louis Cardinals, the team to whom they had lost in 1946 and 1967, and led throughout the series, winning in a four-game sweep. [46]
Boston Red Sox (1967–1969) William Henry Landis (born October 8, 1942) is an American former professional baseball pitcher . A left-hander , he appeared in 102 games pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1963 and from 1967 – 1969 for the Kansas City Athletics and Boston Red Sox .
Waslewski made his major league debut in 1967 with the Boston Red Sox. In 1968, he was one of 10 pitchers who led the American League (AL) with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage. [2] He started Game 6 of the 1967 World Series for the Red Sox. On December 3, 1968, he was traded by the Red Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ducky Schofield.
In 1967, Popowski was promoted to the parent Red Sox as third-base coach under Dick Williams.That season, the Red Sox, who had finished ninth in the ten-team American League in 1966, stunned the baseball world by winning their first pennant since 1946.