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|---|---|
| League | Carolina League |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | April 14 – September 4 |
| Number of games | 144 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP | Don Money, Raleigh Pirates |
| Playoffs | |
| League champions | Durham Bulls |
| Runners-up | Tidewater Tides |
| CL seasons | |
| ← 19661968 → | |
The 1967 Carolina League was a Class A baseball season played between April 14 and September 4. Twelve teams played a 144-game schedule, with the top four teams in each division qualifying for the post-season.
The Durham Bulls won the Carolina League championship, defeating the Tidewater Tides in the final round of the playoffs.
Team changes
- The Asheville Tourists join the Carolina League from the Southern League. The club is affiliated with the Houston Astros.
- The Raleigh Pirates switch from the West Division to the East Division.
- The Durham Bulls ended their affiliation with the Houston Astros and began a new affiliation with the New York Mets.
- The Peninsula Grays ended their affiliation with the Cincinnati Reds and began a new affiliation with the Kansas City Athletics.
Teams
Map of teams
KinstonPeninsulaRaleighRocky MountTidewaterWilson
AshevilleBurlingtonDurhamGreensboroLynchburgWinston-Salem
East division 
West division
Regular season
Summary
- The Raleigh Pirates finished with the best record in the league for the first time since 1959.
- The playoffs are expanded to the top four teams in each division.
Standings
| East division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Win | Loss | % | GB |
| Raleigh Pirates | 77 | 65 | .542 | – |
| Peninsula Grays | 74 | 64 | .536 | 1 |
| Rocky Mount Leafs | 74 | 68 | .521 | 3 |
| Tidewater Tides | 70 | 68 | .507 | 5 |
| Wilson Tobs | 61 | 72 | .459 | 11.5 |
| Kinston Eagles | 60 | 75 | .444 | 13.5 |
| West division | ||||
| Durham Bulls | 74 | 64 | .536 | – |
| Winston-Salem Red Sox | 69 | 68 | .504 | 4.5 |
| Burlington Senators | 70 | 69 | .504 | 4.5 |
| Lynchburg White Sox | 68 | 68 | .500 | 5 |
| Greensboro Yankees | 66 | 72 | .478 | 8 |
| Asheville Tourists | 64 | 74 | .464 | 10 |
League Leaders
Batting leaders
| Stat | Player | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AVG | Duncan Campbell, Raleigh Pirates | .331 |
| H | Van Kelly, Kinston Eagles | 161 |
| R | Danny Greenfield, Peninsula Grays | 93 |
| 2B | Don Money, Raleigh Pirates | 37 |
| 3B | Joe Sparks, Lynchburg White Sox | 9 |
| HR | Hal King, Asheville Tourists | 30 |
| RBI | Ron Allen, Tidewater Tides | 100 |
| SB | Fred Wolcott, Winston-Salem Red Sox | 49 |
Pitching leaders
Playoffs
- The Durham Bulls won their second Carolina League championship, defeating the Tidewater Tides in three games.
- The quarter-finals was a single knockout game, followed by a best-of-three in each the semi-finals and finals.
Playoff bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Raleigh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| E3 | Rocky Mount | 0 | ||||||||||||
| E1 | Raleigh | 0 | ||||||||||||
| E4 | Tidewater | 2 | ||||||||||||
| E2 | Peninsula | 0 | ||||||||||||
| E4 | Tidewater | 1 | ||||||||||||
| E4 | Tidewater | 1 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Durham | 2 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Durham | 1 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | Burlington | 0 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Durham | 2 | ||||||||||||
| W4 | Lynchburg | 0 | ||||||||||||
| W2 | Winston-Salem | 0 | ||||||||||||
| W4 | Lynchburg | 1 | ||||||||||||
Awards
| Carolina League awards | |
|---|---|
| Award name | Recipient |
| Most Valuable Player | Don Money, Raleigh Pirates |
| Manager of the Year | Clyde McCullough, Durham Bulls |
See also
References
- 1967 CL Standings at stats-crew.com, URL accessed December 7, 2024
- 1967 CL Batting Leaders at baseball-reference.com, URL accessed December 7, 2024
- 1967 CL Pitching Leaders at baseball-reference.com, URL accessed December 7, 2024
- "Carolina League". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 7 December 2024.