1967 Major League Baseball season

Schedule

Rule changes

• Rules surrounding drafting college athletes were amended, with the adoption of the "four-year college rule". While previously, players could be drafted in the summer after their sophomore or junior years, players could now only be drafted following their senior year, with exceptions to 21-year-olds, were considered to have met athletic eligibility, were dropped from their team because of academic reasons, or had spent at least 120 days out of school after quitting.
• The National League adopted the American League rule previously adopted in, requiring a pitcher to be removed if the manager visited the pitcher's mound twice in the same inning.
• The American League adopted the National League rule that required a pitcher to be standing on the rubber to receive signs from the catcher.
• The minimum time a player must stay on the disabled list was increased from 15 to 21 days.
• If a ball is touched by a fielder, then makes contact with an umpire or a member of the offensive team, then is caught by another fielder, the result is a live ball, not a catch.
• If it is clear to the scorer, when a batter is bunting for a base hit and not for the purpose of advancing runners, the batter will be charged with a time at bat.
• Mental errors, unless specified in the rule book, or not scored as errors.

Postseason

Bracket