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