1967 Boston Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season

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American League pennant-winning season Boston Red Sox season Major League Baseball season

The 1967 Boston Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season was a dramatic, unexpected pennant-winning campaign that revitalized the franchise and city, highlighted by Carl Yastrzemski’s MVP and Triple Crown performance.

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instanceOf American League pennant-winning season ⓘ
Boston Red Sox season ⓘ
Major League Baseball season ⓘ
acePitcherWins 22 wins by Jim Lonborg ⓘ
battingAverageLeader .326 by Carl Yastrzemski ⓘ
city Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
culturalImpact energized the city of Boston ⓘ
revitalized interest in the Boston Red Sox franchise ⓘ
CyYoungAwardWinner Jim Lonborg ⓘ
divisionOrStructure pre-division era single American League table ⓘ
finalDayOpponent Minnesota Twins ⓘ
finalDayOutcome Red Sox defeated Twins to clinch pennant ⓘ
finalRegularSeasonRecord 92–70 ⓘ
gamesAheadOfSecondPlace 1 ⓘ
generalManager Dick O’Connell ⓘ
historicalSignificance first Red Sox pennant since 1946 ⓘ
homeBallpark Fenway Park ⓘ
homeRunLeader 44 home runs by Carl Yastrzemski ⓘ
league American League ⓘ
legacy often cited as one of the most beloved seasons in Red Sox history ⓘ
manager Dick Williams ⓘ
mostValuablePlayer Carl Yastrzemski ⓘ
nickname Impossible Dream season ⓘ
notableInjury Tony Conigliaro hit in face by pitch and lost for season ⓘ
notablePitcher Jim Lonborg ⓘ
notablePlayer Carl Yastrzemski ⓘ
George Scott ⓘ
Jim Lonborg ⓘ
Reggie Smith ⓘ
Rico Petrocelli ⓘ
Tony Conigliaro ⓘ
pennant American League Championship Series ⓘ
surface form: American League pennant
pennantOutcome won American League pennant ⓘ
pennantRaceRivals Chicago White Sox ⓘ
Detroit Tigers ⓘ
Minnesota Twins ⓘ
preseasonExpectation considered a second-division team ⓘ
principalOwner Tom Yawkey ⓘ
regularSeasonFinish 1st place in American League ⓘ
regularSeasonLosses 70 ⓘ
regularSeasonWins 92 ⓘ
runsBattedInLeader 121 RBIs by Carl Yastrzemski ⓘ
seasonCharacterization dramatic and unexpected pennant race ⓘ
seasonOfTeam Boston Red Sox ⓘ
seasonYear 1967 ⓘ
teamCaptain Carl Yastrzemski ⓘ
teamSlogan Impossible Dream ⓘ
tripleCrownWinner Carl Yastrzemski ⓘ
worldSeriesOpponent St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
worldSeriesResult lost World Series 4–3 ⓘ

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Dick O’Connell → associatedWithEvent → 1967 Boston Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1967 Boston Red Sox season
Carl Yastrzemski → notableTeamSeason → 1967 Boston Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season ⓘ
1967 Triple Crown → teamNickname → 1967 Boston Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season ⓘ
this entity surface form: Impossible Dream Red Sox