View Full Version : What happened in 1967??!!
markdublya
08-04-2009, 03:32 PM
Since I was (-2) years old, I can't go off memory! :p
In the middle of the dynasty comes a 76-85 season (even though we scored some 60 runs more than allowed). Injuries? Fluke? I'm sure one of our resident historian (Drungo) can enlighten me.
Looks like offense was a big problem. Outside of Frank (.979 OPS) we dropped to Blair at .799 and Brooks .763 then on down.
Boogs .690
Davey .702
Etch .617
Blefary .750
Luis .583
ShaneDawg85
08-04-2009, 06:29 PM
Frank Robinson missed a lot of time, he only played in 129 games. I think the problem all around was injuries, especially to the pitching staff. The thing that was the back bone of the 66' championship team and the great teams to come was hurt that year.
mikezpen
08-05-2009, 04:31 PM
They also managed to lose a no-hitter by Steve Barber and Stu Miller.
Frobby
08-05-2009, 04:54 PM
Many problems. Palmer got hurt, McNally got hurt, Barber got hurt. Frank was on his way to a possible 2nd consecutive Triple Crown when he got into a collision at 2B, missed a month, and came back with blurred vision that hampered him for the rest of the year as well as the following season. At the time (June 27, 1967, a date seared into my brain), he was leading the league in BA and RBI and was one off the pace in HR. Boog had just a terrible year, and a lot of other hitters slumped too.
ShaneDawg85
08-05-2009, 10:25 PM
Many problems. Palmer got hurt, McNally got hurt, Barber got hurt. Frank was on his way to a possible 2nd consecutive Triple Crown when he got into a collision at 2B, missed a month, and came back with blurred vision that hampered him for the rest of the year as well as the following season. At the time (June 27, 1967, a date seared into my brain), he was leading the league in BA and RBI and was one off the pace in HR. Boog had just a terrible year, and a lot of other hitters slumped too.
The blurred vision definetly effected him. One story that Powell tells, which I love, is that Robinson said to him that when the pitch came towards the plate he saw three balls, and he was unsure of which one to hit or how to hit him. Powell told him, quite pointedly, to hit the middle one. If you can hit when you see three pitches then you are indeed one hell of a hitter.
Roy Firestone
08-05-2009, 10:33 PM
The blurred vision definetly effected him. One story that Powell tells, which I love, is that Robinson said to him that when the pitch came towards the plate he saw three balls, and he was unsure of which one to hit or how to hit him. Powell told him, quite pointedly, to hit the middle one. If you can hit when you see three pitches then you are indeed one hell of a hitter.
Once they went down..the rets of the team went with them. Hank Bauer would be fired one year later and then Earl came in, Don Buford came in, Frank's vision got clearer and suddenly we were rolling again. But we wouldnt win the AL title till 1969..and you know what happened there.
ShaneDawg85
08-05-2009, 11:08 PM
Once they went down..the rets of the team went with them. Hank Bauer would be fired one year later and then Earl came in, Don Buford came in, Frank's vision got clearer and suddenly we were rolling again. But we wouldnt win the AL title till 1969..and you know what happened there.
Could a case be made that the 1969 Orioles were one of, if not the best team to not win a World Series? A rotation of Palmer, McNally, & Cuellar, was Co-Cy Young Winner that year, the Robinsons and Powell at the heart of the line-up, and other solid contributors in Buford, Blair, Johnson, etc, has to rank up there.
TakebackOPACY
08-05-2009, 11:19 PM
Man, it was the summer of love. They were... distracted.
mikezpen
08-08-2009, 03:01 AM
The Mets had great pitching, and in a short series that's all you need. Their lineup was a joke compared to the Orioles', but it didn't matter.
The 1969, 70, 71 Orioles at one point held the ML record for most games won in three consecutive seasons.
mrbig1
08-08-2009, 11:50 AM
The Mets had great pitching, and in a short series that's all you need. Their lineup was a joke compared to the Orioles', but it didn't matter.
The 1969, 70, 71 Orioles at one point held the ML record for most games won in three consecutive seasons.
Thank you for bringing that up.:cussing: You're right, the Mets pitching was just too good.