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Atlanta Hilltoppers 10-08-1967
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| Breaking News | | Friday, October 6th, 1967: Atlanta Tops Cleveland for UL Title
It was a storybook year for the Atlanta Hilltoppers as they closed out a 4-0 series win over the Cleveland Barons to claim the 1967 World Series. They wrapped it up with a 3-2 victory to cap an incredible season and brought home their 1st championship.
The Hilltoppers manager gave his view of the series, "We had a lot of things going for us, offense and defense doing it at the right time. That's what it takes win a World Series."
"We're disappointed we lost, but we're also very proud of what we did all year," said the Barons manager. "They played better baseball than us and they beat us."
During the West Division regular season Atlanta put up a 99-61 record and finished first. |
 | Wednesday, September 27th, 1967: Atlanta Starting Pitcher Will Miss 2 Weeks
It took the Atlanta team doctor a while to realize it, but starting pitcher Jim Palmer won't simply play through a strained tricep muscle after he got hurt throwing a pitch in today's Outlaws-Hilltoppers game. At first, it looked like Palmer might be back as early as tomorrow, but now the prognosis isn't quite so good; he's expected to miss at least 2 weeks. A spokesman for the club described the loss of Palmer as a blow, but was confident that he'd be back soon.
This season Palmer has a 20-5 record with a 3.13 ERA.
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 | Wednesday, September 27th, 1967: CF Allison Signs Extension with Atlanta
Rumors have become reality as Bob Allison put his signature on a contract that will keep him in Atlanta another 3 years. The deal is valued at $8,000,000 per year.
This season Allison has delivered 141 hits in 553 at-bats for a .255 average with 23 home runs. He is getting on base at a .352 clip and his totals also include 84 RBIs and 78 runs scored. This year Allison has played in 148 games.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Jim Palmer | strained tricep muscle | 4 days | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 99-61, .619 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 51-29, .637 PCT | | Record on the road | 48-32, .600 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 3-7, .300 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 24-17, .585 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 44-17, .721 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 55-44, .556 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 14-14, .500 PCT | | Record in May | 20-9, .690 PCT | | Record in June | 12-8, .600 PCT | | Record in July | 17-8, .680 PCT | | Record in August | 19-10, .655 PCT | | Record in September | 17-12, .586 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .275 - 2nd in UL | | On-Base Percentage | .356 - 1st in UL | | Slugging Percentage | .454 - 1st in UL | | On-Base + Slugging | .810 - 1st in UL | | Runs Scored | 900 - 1st in UL | | Hits | 1516 - 2nd in UL | | Extra-Base Hits | 522 - 1st in UL | | Home Runs | 212 - 1st in UL | | Bases-On-Balls | 675 - 2nd in UL | | Strikeouts | 836 - 4th in UL | | Stolen Bases | 60 - tied for 7th in UL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.80 - 4th in UL | | Starters' ERA | 3.69 - 4th in UL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.94 - 4th in UL | | Runs allowed | 684 - 4th in UL | | Hits allowed | 1375 - 3rd in UL | | Opponents AVG | .255 - 4th in UL | | BABIP | .297 - 8th in UL | | Home Runs allowed | 105 - 1st in UL | | Bases-On-Balls | 644 - 12th in UL | | Strikeouts | 1010 - 2nd in UL |
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