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1967 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ4572664
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The 1967 California Angels season was the 7th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 2nd in Anaheim, and their 2nd season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished the season fifth in the American League with a record of 84 wins and 77 losses, 7+1⁄2 games behind the AL Champion Boston Red Sox.

Offseason

October 18, 1966: Jimmy Piersall was released by the California Angels.

November 28, 1966: Ramón Hernández was drafted from the Angels by the Atlanta Braves in the 1966 rule 5 draft.

November 29, 1966: Mike White and Don Furnald (minors) were traded by the Angels to the Chicago Cubs for Chris Krug and Wayne Schurr.

December 2, 1966: The Angels traded Dean Chance and a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for Don Mincher, Jimmie Hall, and Pete Cimino. The Angels completed the deal by sending Jackie Hernández to the Twins on April 10, 1967.

December 14, 1966: Norm Siebern was traded by the Angels to the San Francisco Giants for Len Gabrielson.

Regular season

The 1967 Angels broke from the past, trading their ace pitcher and 1964 Cy Young Award winner Dean Chance to the Twins. In exchange, they obtained power hitting first baseman Don Mincher.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “1967 California Angels season” as major League Baseball season. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1967, 1966, 1964—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where California, Angels and season can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as major League Baseball season. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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