Half-way through the month of May finds the surprising New York Yankees in 1st place in the AL. 6 teams are bunched up at the top of the league at this early stage of the season. Really not expected to contend for the title this year, the Yankees have been powered by the hitting of Joe Pepitone and Mickey Mantle and the pitching of Bob Friend and Mel Stottlemyre. The Kansas City Athletics are an even bigger surprise than the Yankees. Their pitching has led the way to their record as have the staffs of the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins. The Baltimore Orioles are being led by Frank Robinson and Boog Powell. Cleveland's anemic hitting has caused them to get off to a very poor start. My Detroit Tigers just went through a 6 game losing streak but took the last 2 games from Chicago and moved into 3rd place, only 1 GB front running NY. The Tigers have pitched better than I expected and lead the AL in runs scored, so I'm hoping for a good pennant race this season.
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1966 American League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1966 New York NYA 17 11 .607 ---- 136 10 18 .357 70 89 .440
1966 Chicago CHA 15 10 .600 .5 14 11 .560 83 79 .512
1966 Kansas City KCA 16 11 .593 .5 9 18 .333 74 86 .463
1966 Detroit DEA 15 11 .577 1.0 16 10 .615 88 74 .543
1966 Baltimore BAA 15 11 .577 1.0 17 9 .654 97 63 .606
1966 Minnesota MNA 13 10 .565 1.5 12 11 .522 89 73 .549
1966 California CAA 13 16 .448 4.5 17 12 .586 80 82 .494
1966 Washington WAA 10 16 .385 6.0 10 16 .385 71 88 .447
1966 Cleveland CLA 9 15 .375 6.0 18 6 .750 81 81 .500
1966 Boston BOA 8 20 .286 9.0 8 20 .286 72 90 .444
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BAA 15 11 .577 8- 5 7- 6 5- 4 10- 7 2- 3 5- 4 5-5 Won 1
BOA 8 20 .286 3- 7 5-13 3- 3 5-17 1- 2 3- 6 3-7 Won 1
CAA 13 16 .448 9-11 4- 5 9- 2 4-14 2- 1 5- 2 5-5 Lost 1
CHA 15 10 .600 7- 2 8- 8 4- 5 11- 5 2- 2 8- 5 7-3 Lost 2
CLA 9 15 .375 8- 7 1- 8 3- 8 6- 7 2- 0 3- 2 4-6 Lost 1
DEA 15 11 .577 8- 5 7- 6 6- 5 9- 6 1- 2 4- 6 4-6 Won 2
KCA 16 11 .593 9- 4 7- 7 8- 5 8- 6 2- 0 5- 4 7-3 Won 1
MNA 13 10 .565 8- 6 5- 4 4- 3 9- 7 0- 3 5- 6 5-5 Won 1
NYA 17 11 .607 9- 5 8- 6 5- 5 12- 6 2- 1 8- 3 7-3 Lost 1
WAA 10 16 .385 3- 7 7- 9 4- 6 6-10 2- 2 0- 8 4-6 Lost 1
TOTAL 131 131 .500
HOME 72 59 .550
ROAD 59 72 .450
LEFT 51 46 .526
RIGHT 80 85 .485
TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
BAA 7- 5 8- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 119- 107
BOA 4- 9 4-11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 110- 151
CAA 5- 8 8- 8 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 104- 126
CHA 8- 5 7- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 90- 85
CLA 4- 7 5- 8 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 81- 109
DEA 11- 5 4- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 135- 109
KCA 6- 6 10- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 109- 86
MNA 6- 4 7- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 96- 77
NYA 7- 7 10- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 120- 110
WAA 5- 7 5- 9 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 101- 105
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