Baseball Historians

September 22, 1967 at D.C. Stadium
Tigers 8 (87-67), Senators 3
Earl Wilson picked up his 22nd win of the season as the Tigers took the first game of their doubleheader with the Senators.  He gave up three runs (two earned) on seven hits with seven strikeouts in the complete game win.
Don Wert singled twice, drove in [...]

September 13, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 6 (83-64), Orioles 1
Mickey Lolich won his sixth straight game and he was now one win away from evening his record with another fantastic performance against the Orioles.  He gave up just one run on five hits and one walk with eight strikeouts in the complete game win.  Lolich’s record [...]

September 12, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 6 (82-64), Orioles 4
Al Kaline broke a 4-4 tie in the sixth inning with a big two run homer that pushed the Tigers back to within a win of a tie for first place.  Kaline also doubled earlier in the game and Bill Freehan singled twice and drove in [...]

September 9, 1967 at Comiskey Park
Tigers 7 (81-62), White Sox 3 (78-63)
The Tigers won their fifth straight game and in the process, kept up with the first place Twins as they both sat atop the American League standings and they did it in dramatic fashion.  Down for most of the game, the Tigers scored seven [...]

September 8, 1967 at Comiskey Park
Tigers 4 (80-62), White Sox 1 (78-62)
The Tigers supplanted the Boston Red Sox tie as they moved into a tie for first place in the American League with the Minnesota Twins.  They did behind the red hot arm of Mickey Lolich, who improved to 10-12 and was riding a five [...]

September 4, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 8 (76-61), Athletics 4
Mickey Lolich continued his impressive second half with another win as the Tigers doubled up the Athletics in the first game of their doubleheader.  Lolich improved to 9-12 and he gave up four run on five hits with three strikeouts in five innings. Fred Gladding was [...]

September 3, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Tigers 5 (75-61), Twins 0 (76-59)
Earl Wilson won his nineteenth game of the season as the Tigers picked up a game by shutting out the first place Twins.  Wilson gave up just two hits and four walks with two strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings while Fred Lasher picked up his fourth save by [...]

September 2, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 5 (76-58), Tigers 0 (74-61)
The Twins took a half game lead in the American League while the Tigers fell to fourth place as Dave Boswell shutout visiting Detroit.  Boswell improved to 12-9.  He gave up six hits with three strikeouts in the win.  Denny McLain took the loss for [...]

August 29, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Tigers 4 (73-58), Angels 2 (65-64)
The Tigers doubled up the Angels in the first game of a weekday double header.  Denny McLain continued to pitch well and he gave up only three hits the entire game.  He did give up two runs but one was unearned and he struck out [...]

August 28, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Tigers 10 (72-58), Angels 0 (65-63)
The Tigers turned on the offense as they blew out the Angels in a west coast series opener.  Lenny Green had a big day with the bat.  He went three for five with four RBIs and two runs.  Bill Freehan had three hits and three [...]

August 27, 1967 at Municipal Stadium
Athletics 2, Tigers 1  (71-58)
The Athletics avoided a sweep at the hands of the Tigers in a 2-1 pitchers dual in the series finale.  Joe Sparma was very good for the Tigers but not as good as the combination of Roberto Rodriguez and Paul Lindblad.  Sparma dropped to 13-7 despite [...]

August 13, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 3, Orioles 2  (62-52)
Earl Wilson won his 16th game as the Tigers won their four game series against the Orioles.  He gave up two runs on only four hits and two walks with six strikeouts in seven innings of work.  Lasher pitched the final two frames and he picked [...]

August 12, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5 (61-52), Orioles 4
The Tigers guaranteed themselves at least a split in their four game series with the Orioles behind another strong outing by Denny McLain.  He gave up four runs on eight hits and two walks with one strikeout in eight innings of work.  He did give up [...]

August 11, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Orioles 5, Tigers 1  (59-52)
The Tigers lost for the third time in four games in the series opener against the Orioles.  Tom Phoebus completely shut down the Tigers and held them to a single run on four hits while Dave Wickersham and the Tigers’ bullpen were knocked around for five [...]

August 10, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
White Sox 2 (61-47), Tigers 1  (59-51)
The White Sox pen outdid the Tigers pen in a close win.  Wilbur Wood was bounced after four innings but four relievers combined for five innings of shutout ball.  Hoyt Wilhelm picked up the win and he improved to 7-2.  Joe Locker pitched a [...]

August 9, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 4 (59-50), White Sox 2 (60-47)
Earl Wilson pitched the Tigers to a 4-2 over the White Sox.  Wilson improved to 15-9 and he gave up two runs on five hits and three walks with five strikeouts in nine innings.
Fred Klages took the loss for the White Sox and he [...]

August 8, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 2 (58-49), White Sox 1 (59-46)
The Tigers got back to their winning ways at home in a ten inning pitchers dual with the White Sox.  Denny McLain had another nice start and he improved to 14-12.  He gave up one run on four hits and a walk with five [...]

August 3, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Tigers 5, Orioles 0  (56-46)
The Tigers finished up their series against the Orioles with a win behind a three hit shutout by Denny McLain.  Virtually unhittable, McLain improved to 13-12 and he gave up only one walk with six strikeouts in the seven inning game that was called because of [...]

August 2, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Tigers 4, Orioles 2  (55-45)
For the second game in a row, the Tigers beat the Orioles 4-2.  This time it was Joe Sparma who pitched Detroit to the win in the first game of a double header.  Sparma gave up two run on five hits and four walks in 6 [...]

August 1, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Tigers 4, Orioles 2  (54-45)
The Tigers doubled up the Orioles and coasted to an easy win behind some strong pitching by Earl Wilson.  The Duke gave up one run on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.  John Hiller pitched the final 1 1/3 [...]

July 23, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Yankees 4, Tigers 2  (49-43)
The Tigers couldn’t get the bats going in the first game of their doubleheader with the Yankees.  The Tigers managed only two runs on six hits.  Dick McAuliffe hit a solo homerun and he was the only Tiger with two hits.
Mickey Lolich dropped to 5-12.  He [...]

July 22, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 11, Yankees 4  (49-42)
The Tigers turned on the offense to beat the Yankees in their third straight win.  Norm Cash had a huge game.  He went four for five with his twelth homerun.  He drove in five runs and scored three times.  Willie Horton hit a three run homerun [...]

July 16, 1967 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 9 (45-40), Tigers 5  (45-40)
The Tigers lost their sixth straight game, this time at the hands of the Boston Red Sox.  A five run third inning wasn’t enough for Boston as they piled on three more runs in the fourth to make for a wicked blowout.
Tony Conigliaro hit [...]

July 15, 1967 at D.C. Stadium
Senators 3, Tigers 2  (45-39)
The Tigers blew a two run lead and in the process lost their fifth straight game.  Mickey Lolich had thrown six scoreless innings but he gave up three runs in the seventh to lose. He dropped to 5-11 and he struck out nine in the start.
Roy [...]

July 13, 1967 at D.C. Stadium
Senators 8, Tigers 3  (45-36)
The Senators handed the Tigers the first game of a double header just after the All Star break.  Joe Sparma was crushed for five runs on eight hits and a walk in only 3 2/3 innings.  He dropped to 9-2 on the season.
Norm Cash hit homerun [...]

July 9, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 10 (45-34), Red Sox 4 (40-39)
The Tigers blew out the Red Sox in the opener of Sunday doubleheader to win their seventh straight game.  Dick McAuliffe and Earl Wilson homered for the Tigers in the ten run onslaught.  McAuliffe finished with three runs and Jim Northrup drove in two [...]

July 8, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 2 (44-34), Red Sox 0 (40-38)
The Tigers won their sixth straight game behind a four hit shutout by Denny McLain.  Denny walked four and struck out two and he improved to 10-9 on the season.
Lee Stange took the loss for the Red Sox despite pitching a solid game.  Carl [...]

July 7, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5 (43-34), Red Sox 4 (40-37)
The Tigers blew a big lead in the ninth inning to the Red Sox but held on to win the game in extra frames for their fifth straight win.  The Tigers got off to a nice start in the first inning on RBI singles [...]

July 5, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 10 (43-34), Yankees 4
The Twins fantastic run continued with their eighth straight win and a four game series sweep over the Yankees.  Rich Reese homered and drove in four runs while Ted Uhlaender went two for four with a homerun and three RBIs to lead the way for the [...]

July 2, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 3 (39-34), White Sox 0 (43-29)
The Tigers were outhit 6-3 but they made their hits count as Joe Sparma shut out the White Sox.  Sparma improved to 9-1 on the season and he gave up the six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in the complete game shutout.
Gary [...]