1966 AL Standings

September 16, 1966

The Detroit Tigers have finally caught the surprising New York Yankees at the top of the AL. A Detroit 9-6 come from behind win over Cleveland and a NY 7-0 shutout loss to Minnesota has resulted in a two way tie in the AL. The Twins and Baltimore Orioles are also still in hot pursuit of the top spot.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1966 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1966 Detroit DEA             87  61  .588 ----    14    83  65 .561   88  74 .543
1966 New York NYA            88  62  .587 ----          66  84 .440   70  89 .440
1966 Baltimore BAA           82  65  .558  4.5          91  56 .619   97  63 .606
1966 Minnesota MNA           83  66  .557  4.5          81  68 .544   89  73 .549
1966 Chicago CHA             77  73  .513 11.0          77  73 .513   83  79 .512
1966 Kansas City KCA         74  76  .493 14.0          70  80 .467   74  86 .463
1966 California CAA          68  79  .463 18.5          73  74 .497   80  82 .494
1966 Washington WAA          64  88  .421 25.0          66  86 .434   71  88 .447
1966 Cleveland CLA           63  87  .420 25.0          73  77 .487   81  81 .500
1966 Boston BOA              62  91  .405 27.5          68  85 .444   72  90 .444
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     82   65  .558 41-31 41-34 32-22 50-43 12-11 22-20     5-5     Won 4
BOA     62   91  .405 38-41 24-50 15-24 47-67  8-11 23-28     7-3     Won 1
CAA     68   79  .463 38-34 30-45 34-19 34-60 10- 7 24-23     3-7     Lost 4
CHA     77   73  .513 47-29 30-44 22-33 55-40 10- 8 33-36     4-6     Lost 1
CLA     63   87  .420 39-40 24-47 25-39 38-48  9-12 19-28     3-7     Lost 1
DEA     87   61  .588 49-24 38-37 27-27 60-34 11- 7 27-20     9-1     Won 2
KCA     74   76  .493 39-36 35-40 35-22 39-54  6- 8 30-23     3-7     Lost 2
MNA     83   66  .557 47-29 36-37 29-28 54-38  7-11 21-29     7-3     Won 1
NYA     88   62  .587 42-33 46-29 35-29 53-33 13-10 36-19     7-3     Lost 1
WAA     64   88  .421 29-42 35-46 20-25 44-63 10-11 18-27     2-8     Won 1
TOTAL  748  748  .500
HOME   409  339  .547
ROAD   339  409  .453
LEFT   274  268  .506
RIGHT  474  480  .497
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
BAA      7- 5 20-10 14-19 13-16 23- 5  5-10    690- 605
BOA      4- 9  9-21 12-19 16-16 12-20  9- 6    628- 761
CAA      5- 8 14-16 17-14 12-17 15-15  5- 9    565- 592
CHA      8- 5 13-14 17-14 19-14 13-19  7- 7    524- 501
CLA      4- 7 14-17  7-23 14-16 17-15  7- 9    561- 652
DEA     11- 5 12-13 16-14 18-13 18-12 12- 4    744- 653
KCA      6- 6 16-12 17-16 15-14 14-20  6- 8    540- 564
MNA      6- 4 18-13 18-14 14-16 19-13  8- 6    655- 539
NYA      7- 7 14-13 22- 7 20-12 13-19 12- 4    602- 550
WAA      5- 7 15-16 16-16 13-20 12-18  3-11    548- 640