1966 AL Standings

September 1, 1966

The Baltimore Orioles incredible run in August has catapulted them to the top spot in the AL as the season begins the month of September. The Orioles went 23-5 last month on the strength of a 19 game winning streak, while the New York Yankees went 13-19 and surrendered the league lead for the first time since June 21st. My Detroit Tigers had a decent month in August and are still very much in the pennant race.  The Minnesota Twins are also a team to be reckoned with as the regular season gets nearer to its end.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1966 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1966 Baltimore BAA           77  55  .583 ----    29    83  49 .629   97  63 .606
1966 Detroit DEA             75  57  .568  2.0          71  61 .538   88  74 .543
1966 New York NYA            76  58  .567  2.0          60  74 .448   70  89 .440
1966 Minnesota MNA           75  60  .556  3.5          72  63 .533   89  73 .549
1966 Chicago CHA             70  66  .515  9.0          71  65 .522   83  79 .512
1966 Kansas City KCA         68  68  .500 11.0          59  77 .434   74  86 .463
1966 California CAA          63  70  .474 14.5          67  66 .504   80  82 .494
1966 Washington WAA          61  77  .442 19.0          62  76 .449   71  88 .447
1966 Cleveland CLA           56  78  .418 22.0          69  65 .515   81  81 .500
1966 Boston BOA              53  85  .384 27.0          60  78 .435   72  90 .444
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     77   55  .583 37-27 40-28 29-17 48-38 12-11 22-18     7-3     Lost 1
BOA     53   85  .384 34-38 19-47 13-23 40-62  8- 9 20-25     3-7     Won 1
CAA     63   70  .474 36-32 27-38 33-16 30-54 10- 6 24-20     6-4     Won 4
CHA     70   66  .515 41-28 29-38 19-31 51-35  9- 7 30-31     4-6     Lost 1
CLA     56   78  .418 32-32 24-46 22-36 34-42  9-12 18-27     5-5     Won 2
DEA     75   57  .568 42-23 33-34 23-25 52-32  8- 7 23-20     6-4     Won 1
KCA     68   68  .500 34-31 34-37 33-19 35-49  5- 8 26-22     3-7     Lost 5
MNA     75   60  .556 41-25 34-35 27-26 48-34  7-11 19-27     6-4     Lost 2
NYA     76   58  .567 40-31 36-27 30-27 46-31 10-10 33-19     6-4     Lost 1
WAA     61   77  .442 28-42 33-35 19-21 42-56 10- 7 17-23     5-5     Won 3
TOTAL  674  674  .500
HOME   365  309  .542
ROAD   309  365  .458
LEFT   248  241  .507
RIGHT  426  433  .496
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
BAA      7- 5 20-10 14-19 13-16 23- 5  0- 0    635- 538
BOA      4- 9  9-21 12-19 16-16 12-20  0- 0    557- 709
CAA      5- 8 14-16 17-14 12-17 15-15  0- 0    514- 538
CHA      8- 5 13-14 17-14 19-14 13-19  0- 0    467- 457
CLA      4- 7 14-17  7-23 14-16 17-15  0- 0    489- 570
DEA     11- 5 12-13 16-14 18-13 18-12  0- 0    648- 584
KCA      6- 6 16-12 17-16 15-14 14-20  0- 0    510- 517
MNA      6- 4 18-13 18-14 14-16 19-13  0- 0    597- 485
NYA      7- 7 14-13 22- 7 20-12 13-19  0- 0    530- 486
WAA      5- 7 15-16 16-16 13-20 12-18  0- 0    505- 568
 
 

1966 AL News Recap: Standings and League Leaders

Sept. 1, 1966

The Baltimore Orioles Frank Robinson still has a good shot at claiming the Triple Crown this season. Only New York's Mickey Mantle and his .341 BA stand in his way, but Mantle's injury plagued season may leave him short of the qualified at bats needed by seasons end. Pitching has been a mixed bag this season with no pitcher really dominating the league.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1966 American League                 Date: 9/1/1966
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1966 BAA  77  55    M.Mantle  NYA .341  F.Robinso BAA   48  F.Robinso BAA  115
1966 DEA  75  57    F.Robinso BAA .337  H.Killebr MNA   42  T.Conigli BOA  100
1966 NYA  76  58    N.Cash    DEA .317  B.Powell  BAA   34  N.Cash    DEA   95
1966 MNA  75  60    H.Killebr MNA .302  M.Mantle  NYA   33  B.Powell  BAA   93
1966 CHA  70  66    D.McAulif DEA .302  T.Tresh   NYA   32  OTHERS TIED W   90
1966 KCA  68  68
1966 CAA  63  70    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1966 WAA  61  77    M.Stottle NYA   18  S.Miller  BAA   26  S.Hargan  CLA 1.77
1966 CLA  56  78    J.Kaat    MNA   16  J.Aker    KCA   21  T.John    CHA 2.45
1966 BOA  53  85    D.Chance  CAA   15  R.Kline   WAA   20  D.Chance  CAA 2.47
                    J.Horlen  CHA   14  P.Ramos   NYA   18  J.Horlen  CHA 2.49
                    OTHERS TIED W   13  OTHERS TIED W   13  L.Krausse KCA 2.54
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    B.Knoop   CAA    9  B.Campane KCA   75  J.Kaat    MNA  194
                    T.Oliva   MNA    9  D.Buford  CHA   59  S.McDowel CLA  190
                    F.Valenti WAA    8  T.Agee    CHA   47  G.Bell    CLA  182
                    OTHERS TIED W    7  T.McCraw  CHA   30  E.Wilson  DEA  172
                                        J.Cardena CAA   29  P.Richert WAA  170
 

1966 NL Standings

September 1, 1966

The NL pennant race continues with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants chasing the Los Angeles Dodgers as the calendar turns to September. The Braves and Giants have fallen back some but the Pirates, with a 9-5 record vs. the league leaders, still have the Dodgers clearly within their sights.

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         83  48  .634 ----    27    74  57 .565   95  67 .586
1966 Pittsburgh PIN          80  53  .602  4.0          78  55 .586   92  70 .568
1966 Atlanta ATN             74  57  .565  9.0          63  68 .481   85  77 .525
1966 San Francisco SFN       74  59  .556 10.0          78  55 .586   93  68 .578
1966 Philadelphia PHN        69  66  .511 16.0          71  64 .526   87  75 .537
1966 St. Louis SLN           65  68  .489 19.0          67  66 .504   83  79 .512
1966 Houston HON             60  73  .451 24.0          61  72 .459   72  90 .444
1966 Chicago CHN             58  74  .439 25.5          46  86 .348   59 103 .364
1966 Cincinnati CIN          56  77  .421 28.0          68  65 .511   76  84 .475
1966 New York NYN            45  89  .336 39.5          58  76 .433   66  95 .410
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ATN     74   57  .565 39-25 35-32 18-20 56-37  9- 4 21-18     4-6     Won 2
CHN     58   74  .439 35-29 23-45  9-22 49-52  9- 7 23-20     6-4     Lost 2
CIN     56   77  .421 32-34 24-43 21-30 35-47  5- 7 14-25     6-4     Won 3
HON     60   73  .451 32-40 28-33 24-25 36-48  3- 9 21-28     3-7     Lost 3
LAN     83   48  .634 41-24 42-24 32-24 51-24 11- 8 29-17     9-1     Won 5
NYN     45   89  .336 19-47 26-42 13-37 32-52  3-14 14-23     3-7     Lost 4
PHN     69   66  .511 39-29 30-37 26-24 43-42  6- 5 23-14     5-5     Won 1
PIN     80   53  .602 38-29 42-24 25-10 55-43 12- 7 24-26     7-3     Lost 1
SFN     74   59  .556 35-33 39-26 17-15 57-44  9-10 26-22     6-4     Won 2
SLN     65   68  .489 29-35 36-33 15-25 50-43 11- 7 20-22     1-9     Lost 9
TOTAL  664  664  .500
HOME   339  325  .511
ROAD   325  339  .489
LEFT   200  232  .463
RIGHT  464  432  .518
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
ATN     11- 7 16-13 23- 8 12-14 12-15  0- 0    662- 598
CHN      6- 9 13-14 12-18 14-17 13-16  0- 0    563- 635
CIN      5- 9  6-20 10-22 19-12 16-14  0- 0    573- 590
HON      7-11 12-16 17-12 11-17 13-17  0- 0    532- 614
LAN     11- 7 18- 9 17-11 18-10 19-11  0- 0    529- 405
NYN      2- 9  9-17 13-20 12-20  9-23  0- 0    489- 712
PHN      7- 6 10-19 16-16 18-12 18-13  0- 0    602- 576
PIN     10- 5 20- 9 12-16 18-13 20-10  0- 0    699- 559
SFN     11- 7 15-13 16-14 16-13 16-12  0- 0    521- 484
SLN      8- 8 18- 7 16-15 10-20 13-18  0- 0    476- 473
 
 

1966 NL News Recap: Standings and League Leaders

Sept. 1, 1966

As the final full month of the 1966 NL regular season begins, the 1st place Los Angeles Dodgers continue to dominate the leagues' pitching leaders led by the incredible work of Sandy Koufax and Don Sutton. The Houston Astro's Mike Cuellar has put up some impressive #'s himself: 15-5 with a 1.61 ERA but doesn't get a lot of recognition toiling for a 2nd division team. The Atlanta Brave's trio of Hank Aaron, Joe Torre and Felipe Alou lead the league in the major hitting categories while the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants have provided many of the league's other top batters.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1966 National League                 Date: 9/1/1966
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1966 LAN  83  48    F.Alou    ATN .358  H.Aaron   ATN   40  J.Torre   ATN  118
1966 PIN  80  53    W.Stargel PIN .346  W.McCovey SFN   39  H.Aaron   ATN  106
1966 ATN  74  57    M.Alou    PIN .339  J.Torre   ATN   34  W.Stargel PIN  104
1966 SFN  74  59    R.Santo   CHN .329  J.Hart    SFN   34  B.William CHN   97
1966 PHN  69  66    D.Allen   PHN .322  R.Clement PIN   31  D.Allen   PHN   93
1966 SLN  65  68
1966 HON  60  73    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1966 CHN  58  74    S.Koufax  LAN   21  P.Regan   LAN   13  M.Cuellar HON 1.61
1966 CIN  56  77    B.Veale   PIN   19  P.Mikkels PIN   13  S.Koufax  LAN 1.70
1966 NYN  45  89    D.Sutton  LAN   18  F.Jenkins CHN   11  J.Maricha SFN 1.88
                    J.Bunning PHN   18  C.Raymond HON   11  B.Gibson  SLN 2.09
                    B.Gibson  SLN   18  OTHERS TIED W    9  B.Veale   PIN 2.51
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    T.Davis   LAN   13  L.Brock   SLN   56  S.Koufax  LAN  266
                    D.Clenden PIN   13  S.Jackson HON   44  J.Bunning PHN  211
                    O.Virgil  SFN   13  M.Wills   LAN   27  D.Sutton  LAN  200
                    T.Perez   CIN   12  T.Harper  CIN   25  B.Gibson  SLN  198
                    E.Kranepo NYN   11  C.Flood   SLN   25  B.Veale   PIN  195
 

1966 AL Game: Baltimore Streak Ends

August 26, 1966

The Baltimore Orioles 19 game winning streak finally came to an end tonight. It took extra innings but the Boston Red Sox were able to defeat the Orioles 8-3. During the streak, the Orioles were able to climb from 6th place and 10 games behind into 1st. They now hold the top spot by 2 games over the 2nd place Detroit Tigers.

BOXSCORE: 1966 Boston Red Sox At 1966 Baltimore Orioles             8/26/1966
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Tartabull CF      5  1  2  0 .281     L.Aparicio SS       5  0  0  0 .265  
  J.Foy 3B            5  1  1  3 .245     R.Snyder LF         4  1  1  0 .338  
  C.Yastrzemski LF    5  1  2  2 .272     D.Hall P            0  0  0  0 .000  
  T.Conigliaro RF     5  0  0  0 .303     F.Robinson RF       4  2  2  2 .338  
  G.Scott 1B          4  1  1  1 .263     B.Robinson 3B       4  0  2  1 .273  
  D.Jones 2B          4  0  0  0 .192     C.Blefary 1B        4  0  0  0 .207  
  B.Tillman C         4  0  0  0 .201     B.Johnson 2B        3  0  0  0 .239  
  G.Smith SS          4  2  1  0 .182     P.Blair CF          4  0  1  0 .249  
  L.Stange P          1  0  0  0 .229     L.Haney C           3  0  0  0 .122  
A-D.Demeter PH        1  1  1  2 .304   D-B.Powell PH         1  0  0  0 .295  
  B.Short P           1  0  0  0 .000     J.Miller P          2  0  0  0 .063  
C-G.Thomas PH         0  1  0  0 .219   B-W.Held PH,LF        2  0  0  0 .255  
  J.Wyatt P           0  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      39  8  8  8                 Totals      36  3  6  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Stange In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Miller In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Short In 10th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Haney In 10th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 2  1 0 0  5 -  8  8  0
Orioles......... 1 0 0  0 0 2  0 0 0  0 -  3  6  1
 
Red Sox (52-81)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
L.Stange                  5       2   1   1   0   2   0   4.01
B.Short WIN(3-3) BS(1st)  4       3   2   2   1   0   1   4.37
J.Wyatt                   1       1   0   0   0   2   0   3.70
Totals                   10       6   3   3   1   4   1
 
Orioles (74-53)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Miller                  8       4   3   2   0   8   2   4.67
D.Hall LOSS(5-5)          2       4   5   5   1   0   1   3.43
Totals                   10       8   8   7   1   8   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 34,548 DATE- Friday, August 26th 1966 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Al Salerno, Jim Odom, Larry Napp, John Rice
T- 2:49
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 2  Orioles: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  Orioles: 0
ERRORS- B.Robinson
DOUBLES- J.Foy(17th), G.Smith(15th), F.Robinson(34th)
TRIPLES- J.Tartabull(8th)
HOME RUNS- C.Yastrzemski(11th), G.Scott(25th), D.Demeter(14th),
           F.Robinson(47th)
WALKS- G.Thomas, B.Johnson
STRIKE OUTS- J.Tartabull, J.Foy, C.Yastrzemski, D.Jones-2, B.Tillman, L.Stange,
             B.Short, C.Blefary, B.Powell, J.Miller, W.Held
WILD PITCHES- J.Wyatt
2-out RBI- B.Robinson, F.Robinson-2, J.Foy-3, C.Yastrzemski-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Foy, G.Thomas, J.Tartabull, L.Aparicio
 
Carl Yastrzemski blasted a homerun and had 2 RBI and Lee Stange went 5 strong
innings at Memorial Stadium where the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore
Orioles in 10 innings by the score of 8 to 3. The loss is Baltimore's 1st in 20 games.
 
Both teams were tied at 3 runs apiece after nine innings.  Boston won the hard
fought contest in the 10th inning.  The biggest moment was provided by Joe
Foy who quieted the crowd when he doubled plating three runs.  Boston banged
out 8 hits on the night.  
 
Bill Short(3-3) went 4 innings allowing 2 runs for the win. Dick Hall(5-5) was
tagged with the loss in relief.  He was knocked around pretty good, giving up
5 runs in 2 innings.