Half way through the month of June finds the battle for the AL pennant in full swing. There are 8 teams well within striking distance of the top spot in the league. The Minnesota Twins are currently in 1st place but even the 8th place California Angels are only 6.5 games behind them. The Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees continue to surprise everyone with their winning ways while the Cleveland Indians continue to surprise with their losing way. The Indians, a pre-season favorite, are 14 games off their actual record. Baltimore has struggled lately going 2-8 in their last 10 games.
My Detroit Tigers started June off with 6 straight losses, but have since rebounded and find themselves in 6th place, only 2.5 GB the Twins. Detroit traded for Red Sox pitcher Earl Wilson yesterday hoping to improve their pitching staff which is one of the worst in the AL. Their hitting is one of the best in the league so getting better pitching at this point is vital for their pennant hopes.
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1966 American League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1966 Minnesota MNA 32 23 .582 ---- 107 28 27 .509 89 73 .549
1966 Kansas City KCA 31 24 .564 1.0 22 33 .400 74 86 .463
1966 New York NYA 30 24 .556 1.5 24 30 .444 70 89 .440
1966 Baltimore BAA 32 26 .552 1.5 38 20 .655 97 63 .606
1966 Chicago CHA 30 25 .545 2.0 26 29 .473 83 79 .512
1966 Detroit DEA 30 26 .536 2.5 34 22 .607 88 74 .543
1966 Washington WAA 30 30 .500 4.5 24 36 .400 71 88 .447
1966 California CAA 27 31 .466 6.5 29 29 .500 80 82 .494
1966 Cleveland CLA 21 33 .389 10.5 35 19 .648 81 81 .500
1966 Boston BOA 18 39 .316 15.0 21 36 .368 72 90 .444
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BAA 32 26 .552 17-16 15-10 11- 6 21-20 4- 5 10- 7 2-8 Lost 1
BOA 18 39 .316 8-14 10-25 3-10 15-29 1- 5 6-15 4-6 Won 2
CAA 27 31 .466 18-17 9-14 13- 6 14-25 2- 1 12- 7 4-6 Lost 2
CHA 30 25 .545 17-14 13-11 7-15 23-10 4- 2 15-11 7-3 Won 2
CLA 21 33 .389 13-16 8-17 8-16 13-17 3- 3 7-10 3-7 Lost 3
DEA 30 26 .536 19-12 11-14 7-14 23-12 2- 3 10-11 7-3 Won 2
KCA 31 24 .564 16- 9 15-15 14- 6 17-18 3- 0 13- 8 5-5 Lost 1
MNA 32 23 .582 18-11 14-12 8-10 24-13 2- 6 10-14 5-5 Won 1
NYA 30 24 .556 11-11 19-13 9-13 21-11 3- 2 11- 7 7-3 Won 1
WAA 30 30 .500 12-12 18-18 10- 8 20-22 5- 2 8-12 6-4 Lost 2
TOTAL 281 281 .500
HOME 149 132 .530
ROAD 132 149 .470
LEFT 90 104 .464
RIGHT 191 177 .519
TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
BAA 7- 5 20-10 5-11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 264- 243
BOA 4- 9 9-21 5- 9 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 235- 277
CAA 5- 8 14-16 8- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 229- 254
CHA 8- 5 13-14 9- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 175- 182
CLA 4- 7 14-17 3- 9 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 204- 246
DEA 11- 5 12-13 7- 8 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 284- 262
KCA 6- 6 16-12 9- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 233- 204
MNA 6- 4 18-13 8- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 236- 189
NYA 7- 7 14-13 9- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 231- 227
WAA 5- 7 15-16 10- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 231- 238
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