The 1967 Impossible Dream Red Sox: Pandemonium on the Field

The 1967 Red Sox fulfilled a seemingly Impossible Dream, climbing out of ninth place to capture the pennant for the first time in 21 years. Thousands of delirious fans streamed onto the field at Fenway Park mobbing the team, dismantling the scoreboard, climbing the screen behind home plate. It truly was, in the words of Sox radio announcer Ned Martin, “pandemonium on the field.”

This book is a tribute to the members of that team, with bios of all 39 players that year and appreciations of that remarkable season by Joe Castiglione, Ken Coleman, Gordon Edes, Peter Gammons, Jim Lonborg, and many more. Plus over 300 rare photographs and memorabilia.

A project of the Boston chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research, this volume includes more than 60 SABR members and friends of SABR.

Contents:
1967 by Jim Lonborg
1967 by Tom Werner
“Saviors” by Richard A. Johnson
“ ’67 — When the Dream Began” by Peter Gammons

Position Players:
Jerry Adair by Royse Parr
Mike Andrews by Saul Wisnia
Tony Conigliaro by Bill Nowlin
Don Demeter by Jonathan Arnold
Joe Foy by Ray Birch
Russ Gibson by Tom Harkins
Ken Harrelson by Alex Edelman
Tony Horton by Mark Kanter
Elston Howard by Cecilia M. Tan
Dalton Jones by Maurice Bouchard
Jim Landis by Mike Richard
Rico Petrocelli by R.R. Marshall
Ken Poulsen by Charlie Bevis
Mike Ryan by Dave Williams
George Scott by Ron Anderson
Norm Siebern by Doug Skipper
Reggie Smith by Jeff Angus
Jose Tartabull by Joanne Hulbert
George Thomas by Ray Birch
Bob Tillman by Barb Mantegani
Carl Yastrzemski by Herb Crehan and Bill Nowlin
Yaz and the Triple Crown by Bill Nowlin
Can Stephen Jay Gould’s theory explain why there were no batting Triple Crowns in Major League Baseball for 45 years? by Andy Andres
Pitchers
Gary Bell by Cecilia M. Tan
Dennis Bennett by Mark Armour
Darrell Brandon by David Laurila
Ken Brett by Jon Daly
Galen Cisco by Les Masterson
Hank Fischer by Mike Richard
Bill Landis by Bill Nowlin
Jim Lonborg by Saul Wisnia
Sparky Lyle by Diane Wells-MacLennan
Don McMahon by John Vorperian
Dave Morehead by Andrew Blume
Dan Osinski by Ron Anderson
Billy Rohr by Alex Edelman
José Santiago by Edwin Fernandez Cruz and Bill Nowlin
Lee Stange by Les Masterson
Jerry Stephenson by Bill Nowlin
Gary Waslewski by John Cizik
John Wyatt by Andrew Blume

Manager and Coaches:
With A Little Help from the Coaches by Ken Coleman and Dan Valenti
Dick Williams by Eric Aron
Bobby Doerr by Bill Nowlin
Al Lakeman by Bob Brady
Sal Maglie by Judith Testa
Eddie Popowski by Wayne McElreavy
Frank Malzone — Scouting The Opposition by Bill Nowlin

Eight games of note:
April 12 by Bob LeMoine
April 14 by Gregory Wolf
July 23 by Mark Sternman
August 18 by Alan Cohen
August 27 by Mike Richard
September 30 by Rick Bush
October 1 MIN v. BOS by Bill Nowlin
October 1 CAL v. DET by Mark Armour

Owner Tom Yawkey by Mark Armour
GM Dick O’Connell by Kerry Keene

Broadcasters:
Ken Coleman by Curt Smith
Ned Martin by Bob LeMoine
Mel Parnell by Bill Nowlin
The 1967 Broadcast Team, Remembered by Joe Castiglione
Partners by Ken Coleman

The Impossible Dream:
My Way by Dick Williams
“Spring Training 1967” by Bill Nowlin
Was It Really Impossible? by Mark Armour
The Cardiac Kids by Harvey Soolman
Bookies Blanch! Bosox 100-1 at Season’s Start
The Great Race by Andy Andres
Providence by Gerry Beirne
Front Page News Coverage of the Red Sox 1966/1967 by Bill Nowlin
The BoSox Club by Bill Nowlin
Jimmy Fund — In ’67, Red Sox honored another dreamer by Saul Wisnia

Afterwords
When Defeat is Not A Loss by Glenn Stout
The Kind We Call Immortal by Gordon Edes
The Birth of Red Sox Nation by Bill Nowlin

Appendices:
Season Timeline 1967 by Bill Nowlin
How Many People Came to Opening Day? by Bill Nowlin
Welcoming Home the triumphant Red Sox in the summer of ‘67 by Tom Harkins
The 1967 World Series
World Series Recaps by Dan Desrochers
1967 Red Sox Administration, scouts, and minor league system in 1967
Impossible Dream by Steve Buckley