| Breaking News |  | Saturday, August 12th, 1967: Nagashima Extends Deal with Cleveland
At a midafternoon press conference, Cleveland Stevedores officials flanked Shigeo Nagashima and announced they had reached an extension with the 32-year-old third baseman.
Terms include a $3,993,996 salary distributed over 4 years.
This season Nagashima is hitting at a .259 pace with 15 home runs, 55 RBIs and has scored 70 times.
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 | Thursday, August 3rd, 1967: Cleveland's Koufax Shines, Shuts Out St. Louis
Sandy Koufax of the Cleveland Stevedores shut out the St. Louis Flyers 3-0, held them to 2 hits with 1 walk and 5 strikeouts. Koufax said, "I could throw any pitch on any count."
The St. Louis skipper called his game a jewel, saying, "The way he was pitching, it would have been tough for anyone to beat him."
In 21 starts this year Koufax has recorded a 10-7 record and a 2.82 ERA.
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 | Tuesday, August 1st, 1967: Cardwell Collects AL Pitching Award
Don Cardwell certainly found a groove in July. The Cleveland starter posted 5 wins last month to easily claim the Antiquity League Pitcher of the Month.
During the month Cardwell was 5-0 with a 3.19 ERA. He made 6 starts, tossed 48 innings and had 35 strikeouts.
So far this season Cardwell has compiled a 5-0 record with a 3.19 ERA.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | RF Rocky Colavito | strained hip muscle | 2 days | Not on DL | | P Jim Nash | strained rotator cuff muscle | 2 weeks | Not on DL | | 3B Pete Ward | strained Achilles tendon | 2 weeks | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 82-44, .651 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 43-18, .705 PCT | | Record on the road | 39-26, .600 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 10-2, .833 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 26-12, .684 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 31-22, .585 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 51-22, .699 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 4-6, .400 PCT | | Record in April | 17-9, .654 PCT | | Record in May | 15-13, .536 PCT | | Record in June | 17-9, .654 PCT | | Record in July | 22-4, .846 PCT | | Record in August | 11-9, .550 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .250 - 5th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .347 - 1st in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .395 - 7th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .742 - 2nd in AL | | Runs Scored | 609 - 4th in AL | | Hits | 1044 - 6th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 317 - 9th in AL | | Home Runs | 127 - 6th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 620 - 1st in AL | | Strikeouts | 607 - 6th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 127 - 4th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.60 - 4th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 3.73 - 3rd in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.07 - 3rd in AL | | Runs allowed | 497 - 2nd in AL | | Hits allowed | 1002 - 6th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .237 - 6th in AL | | BABIP | .256 - 5th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 157 - 13th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 408 - 1st in AL | | Strikeouts | 766 - 1st in AL |
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