1966 AL Game: McDowell strikes out 16

August 2, 1966

In a game between 2 teams that have been under-performing all season, Cleveland's Sam McDowell struck out 16 as the Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles 9-3. McDowell has struggled as much as his team this year, but he gave the hometown fans something to cheer about tonight as the K's kept accumulating.  The 16 strikeouts are the most by any pitcher this season in MLB. Baltimore's Boog Powell was a picture of futility as he struck out 5 times in the game. Cleveland's Fred Whitfield was the offensive star, going 4 for 4 with 4 RBI.

Event Codes:  L
BOXSCORE: 1966 Baltimore Orioles At 1966 Cleveland Indians           8/2/1966
 
  Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Aparicio SS       4  0  0  1 .262     L.Brown SS          5  1  1  0 .194  
  B.Powell 1B         5  0  0  0 .299     L.Wagner LF         4  2  2  2 .272  
  F.Robinson LF       3  1  0  0 .336     C.Hinton CF         4  1  2  1 .225  
  B.Robinson 3B       5  1  1  0 .268     R.Colavito RF       3  1  0  0 .221  
  S.Bowens RF         4  0  0  1 .253     M.Alvis 3B          4  2  2  1 .266  
  D.Johnson 2B        3  1  2  0 .243     C.Salmon 2B         4  0  0  0 .230  
  P.Blair CF          4  0  1  1 .223     F.Whitfield 1B      4  1  4  4 .272  
  L.Haney C           3  0  0  0 .000     D.Crandall C        4  1  1  1 .142  
  D.McNally P         1  0  0  0 .239     S.McDowell P        4  0  1  0 .231  
  M.Drabowsky P       2  0  1  0 .583                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  3  5  3                 Totals      36  9 13  9
 
 
Orioles......... 0 0 0  0 1 2  0 0 0  -  3  5  0
Indians......... 4 0 3  0 0 2  0 0    -  9 13  2
 
Orioles (54-51)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.McNally LOSS(8-4)       2 2/3   8   7   7   1   3   2   3.52
M.Drabowsky               5 1/3   5   2   2   2   4   1   2.12
Totals                    8      13   9   9   3   7   3
 
Indians (40-63)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
S.McDowell WIN(7-8)       9       5   3   2   5  16   0   4.51
Totals                    9       5   3   2   5  16   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 10,825 DATE- Tuesday, August 2nd 1966 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bill Valentine, Marty Springstead, Red Flaherty, Ed Runge
T- 2:46
LEFT ON BASE- Orioles:10  Indians: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 1  Indians: 0
ERRORS- M.Alvis, C.Salmon
DOUBLES- B.Robinson(27th), D.Johnson(18th), L.Brown(4th), C.Hinton(3rd),
         M.Alvis-2(16th), F.Whitfield-2(9th)
HOME RUNS- L.Wagner(17th), F.Whitfield(15th), D.Crandall(1st)
WALKS- L.Aparicio, F.Robinson-2, D.Johnson, M.Drabowsky, L.Wagner, C.Hinton,
       R.Colavito
HIT BY PITCH- L.Haney
STRIKE OUTS- L.Aparicio, B.Powell-5, F.Robinson, B.Robinson-2, D.Johnson,
             P.Blair-2, L.Haney-3, M.Drabowsky, L.Brown, C.Salmon-2,
             D.Crandall-2, S.McDowell-2
GIDP- R.Colavito
WILD PITCHES- M.Drabowsky
2-out RBI- F.Whitfield-4, D.Crandall
RLISP 2-out- D.Crandall-3, C.Hinton, B.Powell, M.Drabowsky, S.Bowens,
             D.Johnson-2
 
Sam McDowell dominated striking out 16 Baltimore batters and Fred Whitfield
had 4 hits and 4 RBI at Municipal Stadium where the Cleveland Indians beat
the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 9 to 3.
 
Whitfield enjoyed a fine evening at the plate.  He doubled scoring two
baserunners in the 1st inning, cleared the fences for a two-run home run in
the 3rd inning, laced a base-hit in the 5th inning and doubled in the 7th
inning.  Cleveland totaled 13 hits on the night.  
 
McDowell(7-8) allowed 3 runs on the game. Dave McNally(8-4) took the loss.  He
gave up 7 runs in 2 and 2/3 innings of work.  'Everything felt great'
McDowell said. 'I had a good fastball, I felt I could throw it by everybody
tonight.'

1966 AL Standings

August 1, 1966

The 1966 AL baseball season is set to begin the month of August and the New York Yankees have put a little distance between them and the rest of the league.  New York has exceeded all expectations this season and continue putting games into the win column. The Yankees were 20-12 in July, tops in the AL. They've also won more 1-run games than any other team in MLB this season: 28. My Detroit Tigers are in 2nd place after a decent month of July, 18-13, but still lost ground to the league leaders. The Baltimore Orioles and Minnesota Twins continue to flounder and both teams had sub .500 records in July. The Chicago White Sox have stayed in the hunt due to their top pitching in the league.

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            63  39  .618 ----    55    47  55 .461   70  89 .440
1966 Detroit DEA             57  45  .559  6.0          55  47 .539   88  74 .543
1966 Chicago CHA             57  47  .548  7.0          51  53 .490   83  79 .512
1966 Minnesota MNA           56  47  .544  7.5          51  52 .495   89  73 .549
1966 Kansas City KCA         54  48  .529  9.0          45  57 .441   74  86 .463
1966 Baltimore BAA           54  50  .519 10.0          69  35 .663   97  63 .606
1966 California CAA          48  55  .466 15.5          54  49 .524   80  82 .494
1966 Washington WAA          49  59  .454 17.0          47  61 .435   71  88 .447
1966 Boston BOA              41  65  .387 24.0          45  61 .425   72  90 .444
1966 Cleveland CLA           39  63  .382 24.0          54  48 .529   81  81 .500
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     54   50  .519 28-25 26-25 21-15 33-35  9-10 17-17     3-7     Lost 3
BOA     41   65  .387 25-29 16-36  9-18 32-47  4- 7 16-22     5-5     Won 1
CAA     48   55  .466 26-26 22-29 22-12 26-43  7- 4 18-16     1-9     Lost 3
CHA     57   47  .548 32-21 25-26 13-23 44-24  8- 6 24-23     7-3     Lost 1
CLA     39   63  .382 21-27 18-36 14-29 25-34  6- 8 11-22     7-3     Won 3
DEA     57   45  .559 32-17 25-28 16-20 41-25  7- 4 19-16     4-6     Won 3
KCA     54   48  .529 28-21 26-27 27-12 27-36  4- 6 20-15     6-4     Lost 3
MNA     56   47  .544 31-21 25-26 17-21 39-26  5- 9 16-22     5-5     Won 3
NYA     63   39  .618 33-21 30-18 24-19 39-20  7- 5 28-14     8-2     Won 1
WAA     49   59  .454 24-30 25-29 14-18 35-41  8- 6 15-17     4-6     Lost 1
TOTAL  518  518  .500
HOME   280  238  .541
ROAD   238  280  .459
LEFT   177  187  .486
RIGHT  341  331  .507
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
BAA      7- 5 20-10 14-19 13-16  0- 0  0- 0    482- 449
BOA      4- 9  9-21 12-19 16-16  0- 0  0- 0    436- 514
CAA      5- 8 14-16 17-14 12-17  0- 0  0- 0    405- 424
CHA      8- 5 13-14 17-14 19-14  0- 0  0- 0    369- 349
CLA      4- 7 14-17  7-23 14-16  0- 0  0- 0    374- 460
DEA     11- 5 12-13 16-14 18-13  0- 0  0- 0    497- 459
KCA      6- 6 16-12 17-16 15-14  0- 0  0- 0    408- 387
MNA      6- 4 18-13 18-14 14-16  0- 0  0- 0    436- 376
NYA      7- 7 14-13 22- 7 20-12  0- 0  0- 0    433- 375
WAA      5- 7 15-16 16-16 13-20  0- 0  0- 0    399- 446
 
 

1966 AL News Recap

August 1, 1966

Standings and League Leaders of the AL as the 1966 season begins the month of August. Baltimore's Frank Robinson continues his quest for the Triple Crown but NY's Mickey Mantle shows no sign of slowing down in his attempt for a batting title.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1966 American League                 Date: 8/1/1966
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1966 NYA  63  39    M.Mantle  NYA .356  F.Robinso BAA   38  F.Robinso BAA   90
1966 DEA  57  45    F.Robinso BAA .338  H.Killebr MNA   33  B.Powell  BAA   77
1966 CHA  57  47    B.Campane KCA .323  B.Powell  BAA   29  T.Conigli BOA   75
1966 MNA  56  47    D.McAulif DEA .320  T.Tresh   NYA   26  N.Cash    DEA   75
1966 KCA  54  48    N.Cash    DEA .315  M.Mantle  NYA   25  J.Pepiton NYA   74
1966 BAA  54  50
1966 CAA  48  55    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1966 WAA  49  59    J.Kaat    MNA   14  J.Aker    KCA   16  P.Richert WAA 2.59
1966 BOA  41  65    M.Stottle NYA   14  S.Miller  BAA   15  D.Chance  CAA 2.65
1966 CLA  39  63    G.Peters  CHA   13  P.Ramos   NYA   15  M.Stottle NYA 2.74
                    D.Chance  CAA   12  R.Kline   WAA   14  G.Peters  CHA 2.75
                    J.Horlen  CHA   12  OTHERS TIED W   11  J.Horlen  CHA 2.79
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    F.Robinso BAA    7  B.Campane KCA   66  J.Kaat    MNA  154
                    F.Whitfie CLA    7  D.Buford  CHA   52  G.Bell    CLA  144
                    R.Maris   NYA    7  T.Agee    CHA   35  P.Richert WAA  136
                    S.Bowens  BAA    5  T.McCraw  CHA   29  D.Chance  CAA  135
                    M.Alvis   CLA    5  OTHERS TIED W   19  D.Boswell MNA  134
 

1966 NL Standings

August 1, 1966

The Los Angeles Dodgers still hold the top spot in the NL as the season enters the month of August. The Dodgers have been getting it done with superb pitching from their starting quartet of Koufax, Sutton, Drysdale and Osteen. Closer Phil Regan is tops in the NL with 12 saves.. The 2nd place Atlanta Braves have been right on the Dodgers heels, but the Braves have relied on their bats. Torre, Aaron, and Alou lead the Braves attack. Pittsburgh and San Francisco are still in the hunt, while St. Louis has dropped off the pace with a league worst 10-20 record in July.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1966 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1966 Los Angeles LAN         64  37  .634 ----    57    59  42 .584   95  67 .586
1966 Atlanta ATN             62  42  .596  3.5          48  56 .462   85  77 .525
1966 Pittsburgh PIN          60  43  .583  5.0          60  43 .583   92  70 .568
1966 San Francisco SFN       58  47  .552  8.0          61  44 .581   93  68 .578
1966 St. Louis SLN           52  50  .510 12.5          54  48 .529   83  79 .512
1966 Philadelphia PHN        51  53  .490 14.5          55  49 .529   87  75 .537
1966 Houston HON             47  56  .456 18.0          49  54 .476   72  90 .444
1966 Chicago CHN             45  58  .437 20.0          32  71 .311   59 103 .364
1966 Cincinnati CIN          40  63  .388 25.0          50  53 .485   76  84 .475
1966 New York NYN            36  66  .353 28.5          47  55 .461   66  95 .410
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ATN     62   42  .596 34-19 28-23 15-15 47-27  9- 4 19-13     4-6     Won 1
CHN     45   58  .437 26-22 19-36  9-17 36-41  7- 5 18-16     5-5     Lost 2
CIN     40   63  .388 23-30 17-33 13-24 27-39  4- 5  9-20     9-1     Won 4
HON     47   56  .456 23-33 24-23 20-14 27-42  2- 8 16-23     4-6     Lost 5
LAN     64   37  .634 31-20 33-17 23-18 41-19 10- 7 21-14     6-4     Won 4
NYN     36   66  .353 18-34 18-32  8-27 28-39  3-10 12-18     5-5     Won 2
PHN     51   53  .490 28-23 23-30 19-20 32-33  4- 5 15-12     6-4     Lost 2
PIN     60   43  .583 29-21 31-22 16- 8 44-35 10- 6 23-20     4-6     Won 2
SFN     58   47  .552 28-25 30-22 13-12 45-35  7-10 22-18     5-5     Lost 1
SLN     52   50  .510 24-24 28-26 11-19 41-31  9- 5 15-16     2-8     Lost 3
TOTAL  515  515  .500
HOME   264  251  .513
ROAD   251  264  .487
LEFT   147  174  .458
RIGHT  368  341  .519
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
ATN     11- 7 16-13 23- 8 12-14  0- 0  0- 0    535- 472
CHN      6- 9 13-14 12-18 14-17  0- 0  0- 0    452- 514
CIN      5- 9  6-20 10-22 19-12  0- 0  0- 0    453- 485
HON      7-11 12-16 17-12 11-17  0- 0  0- 0    434- 472
LAN     11- 7 18- 9 17-11 18-10  0- 0  0- 0    402- 305
NYN      2- 9  9-17 13-20 12-20  0- 0  0- 0    385- 530
PHN      7- 6 10-19 16-16 18-12  0- 0  0- 0    444- 440
PIN     10- 5 20- 9 12-16 18-13  0- 0  0- 0    537- 457
SFN     11- 7 15-13 16-14 16-13  0- 0  0- 0    414- 402
SLN      8- 8 18- 7 16-15 10-20  0- 0  0- 0    388- 367

1966 NL News Recap

August 1, 1966

Here are the NL Standings and League Leaders at the end of July.  Atlanta's Joe Torre and Pittsburgh's Willie Stargell are both in the top 5 of the NL hitting categories.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1966 National League                 Date: 8/1/1966
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1966 LAN  64  37    W.Stargel PIN .363  H.Aaron   ATN   33  J.Torre   ATN   98
1966 ATN  62  42    F.Alou    ATN .362  J.Torre   ATN   30  W.Stargel PIN   92
1966 PIN  60  43    R.Santo   CHN .342  W.McCovey SFN   30  H.Aaron   ATN   82
1966 SFN  58  47    M.Alou    PIN .333  J.Hart    SFN   28  B.William CHN   74
1966 SLN  52  50    J.Torre   ATN .315  W.Stargel PIN   27  OTHERS TIED W   69
1966 PHN  51  53
1966 HON  47  56    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1966 CHN  45  58    T.Cloning ATN   16  P.Regan   LAN   12  M.Cuellar HON 1.37
1966 CIN  40  63    S.Koufax  LAN   16  C.Raymond HON   10  S.Koufax  LAN 1.71
1966 NYN  36  66    B.Veale   PIN   15  P.Mikkels PIN   10  B.Gibson  SLN 1.79
                    B.Gibson  SLN   15  F.Jenkins CHN    9  J.Maricha SFN 1.95
                    OTHERS TIED W   12  F.Linzy   SFN    9  C.Short   PHN 2.41
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    C.Dalrymp PHN   12  L.Brock   SLN   44  S.Koufax  LAN  207
                    D.Allen   PHN    8  S.Jackson HON   34  J.Bunning PHN  164
                    K.Boyer   NYN    7  M.Wills   LAN   25  B.Gibson  SLN  150
                    D.Groat   PHN    7  T.Harper  CIN   21  D.Sutton  LAN  147
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  OTHERS TIED W   20  B.Veale   PIN  145
 

1966 NL Game of Note: NY at Houston

July 25, 1966

The Houston Astros scored a league high 18 runs tonight as they crushed the New York Mets 18-2.  Astro outfielder Jimmy Wynn had a huge night at the plate with 5 hits and 6 RBI.

Event Codes:  F G
BOXSCORE: 1966 New York Mets At 1966 Houston Astros                 7/25/1966
 
  Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Hunt 2B           4  0  1  0 .251     J.Wynn CF           6  2  5  6 .255  
  A.Luplow RF         4  0  2  0 .232     S.Jackson SS        4  1  1  1 .303  
  E.Kranepool 1B      4  0  0  0 .280     G.Freese 2B         4  0  0  1 .000  
  L.Elliot LF         4  0  0  0 .171     R.Staub RF          5  3  2  2 .244  
  C.Jones CF          4  1  1  0 .287     J.Bateman C         6  2  3  1 .285  
  K.Boyer 3B          4  1  1  0 .263     L.Maye LF           5  3  3  4 .341  
  J.Grote C           3  0  1  0 .250     B.Aspromonte 3B     5  2  1  1 .253  
  R.McMillan SS       3  0  1  2 .228     C.Harrison 1B       4  4  3  2 .298  
  D.Ribant P          1  0  0  0 .229     T.Farrell P         2  0  0  0 .071  
  D.Sutherland P      1  0  0  0 .167     R.Taylor P          0  1  0  0 .286  
  R.Gardner P         0  0  0  0 .077                                          
A-C.Hiller PH         1  0  0  0 .333                                          
  L.Bearnarth P       0  0  0  0 .100                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  2  7  2                 Totals      41 18 18 18
 
A-Pinch Hit For Gardner In 7th Inning
 
Mets............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  2 0 0  -  2  7  3
Astros.......... 3 1 5  3 0 0  5 1    - 18 18  0
 
Mets (33-64)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Ribant LOSS(8-4)        2       7   9   6   2   2   0   3.86
D.Sutherland              3 2/3   6   3   3   4   1   0   4.09
R.Gardner                 0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   5.57
L.Bearnarth               2       5   6   6   2   1   2   4.27
Totals                    8      18  18  15   8   5   2
 
Astros (46-51)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
T.Farrell WIN(6-5)        6 2/3   6   2   2   0   8   0   3.25
R.Taylor                  2 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   5.79
Totals                    9       7   2   2   0   8   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 30,638 DATE- Monday, July 25th 1966 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Bill Williams, Al Forman, Tony Venzon, Lee Weyer
T- 3:07
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 4  Astros:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 0  Astros: 1
ERRORS- R.Hunt, A.Luplow, E.Kranepool
DOUBLES- R.McMillan(15th), J.Wynn-2(23rd), R.Staub(12th), J.Bateman(15th)
HOME RUNS- J.Wynn(15th), L.Maye(8th)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Farrell-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Freese
WALKS- S.Jackson-2, G.Freese, R.Staub, L.Maye, B.Aspromonte, C.Harrison,
       R.Taylor
STRIKE OUTS- R.Hunt, E.Kranepool, L.Elliot, C.Jones, K.Boyer-2, J.Grote,
             R.McMillan, G.Freese-4, T.Farrell
GIDP- E.Kranepool
2-out RBI- J.Wynn-5, R.McMillan-2
RLISP 2-out- B.Aspromonte-3, G.Freese-2, R.Staub-2, C.Jones, S.Jackson,
             C.Hiller
 
Jim Wynn had 5 hits and 6 RBI at The Astrodome as the Houston Astros belted
the New York Mets by the count of 18 to 2.
 
It seemed that New York pitching was serving up softballs for Wynn to hit.  He
doubled in the 1st inning, slapped a single which scored a run in the 3rd
inning, doubled bringing in two baserunners in the 4th inning, lined a
one-base hit in the 6th inning and belted a three-run homer in the 7th
inning.  Houston provided plenty of action in the 3rd inning which saw them
score 5 runs on 4 hits and the 7th inning which saw them plate 5 runs on 3
hits.  Houston simply wore out the New York pitching staff, scoring in 6
different innings.  
 
Turk Farrell(6-5) went 6 and 2/3 innings allowing 2 runs for the victory.
Dennis Ribant(8-4) was the losing pitcher.  He was hit hard and gave up 7
hits and 2 walks in 2 innings.  
 
Houston now has a record of 46-51.  With this loss, New York has a 4-6 record
of late, 33-64, worst in the league overall.

1966 NL Player Highlight: Sandy Koufax LA

July 23, 1966

LA Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax has been on quite a hot streak lately. He's 3-0 over the last 10 days of the season, but even more impressive is his record over his last 6 starts: Koufax is 6-0 with 3 complete game shutouts and 2 complete 1-run allowed games. The other game was a 4-3 complete game win.  His season record now stands at 15-6  1.78 ERA and he leads the ML's with 201 K's.


WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
PITCHER  TM   IP  H ER BB Ks  HR   W L
S.Koufax  LAN  27 16  4    3   22    1    3  0