The 1967 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' second season in

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and the 97th overall. The team went 77–85, as they suffered their first losing season since 1952, the franchise's final season in

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. The seventh-place Braves finished 24½ games behind the

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and World Series Champion

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Offseason

* November 28, 1966:

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was drafted by the Braves from the California Angels in the 1966 rule 5 draft. * November 29, 1966:

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and Chi-Chi Olivo were traded by the Braves to the

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for

Clete Boyer Cletis Leroy "Clete" Boyer (February 9, 1937 – June 4, 2007) was an American professional baseball third baseman — who occasionally played shortstop and second base — in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Athletics (1955–57 ...

. * November 29, 1966: Mike Page was drafted by the Braves from the

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in the 1966 minor league draft. * December 1966:

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and Chris Cannizzaro were traded by the Braves to the

for Julio Navarro and

Ed Rakow Edward Charles Rakow (May 30, 1935 – August 26, 2000), nicknamed "Rock", was an American professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher appeared in 195 games in Major League Baseball during all or parts of seven seasons (1960–65; 1967 ...

. * December 31, 1966:

Eddie Mathews Edwin Lee Mathews (October 13, 1931 – February 18, 2001) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) third baseman. He played 17 seasons for Boston / Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves (1952–1966); Houston Astros (1967) and Detroit Tigers (1967– ...

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and a player to be named later were traded by the Braves to the Houston Astros for

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and

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. The Braves completed the deal by sending Sandy Alomar Sr. to the Astros on February 25, 1967.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Managerial turnover

The Braves' worst season since —their last year in their original home of

—cost

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities ...

Billy Hitchcock William Clyde Hitchcock (July 31, 1916 – April 9, 2006) was an American professional baseball infielder, coach, manager and scout. In Major League Baseball ( MLB), he was primarily a third baseman, second baseman and shortstop who appeared i ...

his job on September 28, 1967; the team stood at 77–82 (.484) and 21 games in arrears of the eventual 1967 World Champion

at the time.

Bullpen coach In baseball, a number of coaches assist in the smooth functioning of a team. They are assistants to the manager, who determines the starting lineup and batting order, decides how to substitute players during the game, and makes strategy decisi ...

Ken Silvestri Kenneth Joseph Silvestri (May 3, 1916 – March 31, 1992) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. During his 16-year professional playing career, he was a backup catcher in the Major Leagues over eight seasons scattered b ...

took over the club for the final three games of the season (all losses) on an interim basis. Hitchcock's firing enabled

general manager A general manager (GM) is an executive who has overall responsibility for managing both the revenue and cost elements of a company's income statement, known as profit & loss (P&L) responsibility. A general manager usually oversees most or all of ...

Paul Richards, on the job in Atlanta for only 13 months, to name his own man as skipper for , and he chose a veteran associate, Luman Harris, 52, as Hitchcock's permanent successor.Corbett, Warren, ''Lum Harris.''
Society for American Professional Baseball Research Biography Project Harris had played with Richards with the minor league

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in the 1930s, and coached for Richards with three MLB clubs; he had also managed under GM Richards with the 1965 Houston Astros. Harris had been the 1967 skipper of the Triple-A Richmond Braves, and had led them to the best record in the International League.

Notable transactions

* June 6, 1967:

Gene Oliver Eugene George Oliver (March 22, 1935 – March 3, 2007) was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 786 games in Major League Baseball, primarily as a catcher and first baseman, between and , for the St. Louis Cardinals (1959, ...

was traded by the Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bob Uecker. * June 15, 1967:

Wade Blasingame Wade Allen Blasingame (born November 22, 1943) is an American former professional baseball player and left-handed pitcher who appeared in 222 games in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros and New York Yankees ...

was traded by the Braves to the Houston Astros for Claude Raymond.Braves send Blasingame to Houston; few other trades
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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

Notes

References

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