The Detroit Tigers clinched the AL pennant on the last day of the season, defeating the Kansas City Royals in 10 innings 5-4. Meanwhile, the New York Yankees lost in 12 innings to the Chicago White Sox 5-4.
NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1966 American League Date: 10/3/1966
NEW YORK AT CHICAGO
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 2
White Sox....... 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 9 0
Win:Pizarro(3-6) Loss:Henry(0-1)
Homeruns- J.Romano(19th)
The Chicago White Sox edged the New York Yankees in 12 innings at Comiskey
Park by the score of 5 to 4.
The score was knotted at 4 after nine innings. Chicago came out the victor in
the 12th inning. Al Weis drew a walk. After an out was recorded, Floyd
Robinson came up and he stroked a single. Robinson took second on the throw.
Don Buford then worked the squeeze play to perfection making Chicago the
victors to the delight of the home town faithful. Chicago managed 9 hits in
their victory.
Juan Pizarro(3-6) allowed no runs in 1 inning, and picked up the victory. Bill
Henry(0-1) ended up with the loss in relief. He gave up 1 run and 1 hit in
1/3 of an inning.
KANSAS CITY AT DETROIT
Athletics....... 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 4 9 1
Tigers.......... 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 7 0
Win:Sherry(11-6) Loss:Sanders(2-7)
Homeruns- J.Gosger(10th), D.Cater(5th), L.Stahl(5th), A.Kaline(34th)
The Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Athletics locked up in an exciting
one-run game at Tiger Stadium. The final score was the Detroit Tigers 5, the
Kansas City Athletics 4 in 10 innings.
The score was tied at 4 after nine. Detroit ended up winning it in the 10th
inning. Jerry Lumpe doubled. Al Kaline next to the plate and he doubled
giving Detroit the win and sending the home town fans into a frenzy as they
celebrated winning the 1966 AL Pennant.
The victory went to Larry Sherry(11-6) who went 1 inning, allowing no runs.
Ken Sanders(2-7) was the loser in relief. He pitched 2 innings allowing 3
hits and 4 walks.
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1966 American League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1966 Detroit DEA 95 67 .586 ---- *WON* 88 74 .543 88 74 .543
1966 New York NYA 93 69 .574 2.0 70 89 .440 70 89 .440
1966 Baltimore BAA 92 70 .568 3.0 97 63 .606 97 63 .606
1966 Minnesota MNA 89 73 .549 6.0 89 73 .549 89 73 .549
1966 Chicago CHA 84 78 .519 11.0 83 79 .512 83 79 .512
1966 Kansas City KCA 77 85 .475 18.0 74 86 .463 74 86 .463
1966 California CAA 76 86 .469 19.0 80 82 .494 80 82 .494
1966 Washington WAA 69 93 .426 26.0 71 88 .447 71 88 .447
1966 Cleveland CLA 69 93 .426 26.0 81 81 .500 81 81 .500
1966 Boston BOA 66 96 .407 29.0 72 90 .444 72 90 .444
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BAA 92 70 .568 47-34 45-36 37-23 55-47 15-11 26-21 7-3 Won 1
BOA 66 96 .407 39-42 27-54 17-25 49-71 9-13 23-31 5-5 Lost 2
CAA 76 86 .469 42-39 34-47 36-24 40-62 10- 8 25-24 5-5 Won 1
CHA 84 78 .519 51-30 33-48 25-35 59-43 12- 9 38-37 6-4 Won 2
CLA 69 93 .426 39-42 30-51 29-40 40-53 10-13 21-29 4-6 Lost 1
DEA 95 67 .586 52-29 43-38 31-28 64-39 12- 8 29-21 8-2 Won 5
KCA 77 85 .475 41-40 36-45 36-23 41-62 6- 9 31-26 3-7 Lost 3
MNA 89 73 .549 48-33 41-40 32-29 57-44 8-12 23-31 3-7 Lost 1
NYA 93 69 .574 44-37 49-32 36-33 57-36 14-12 37-23 5-5 Lost 2
WAA 69 93 .426 34-47 35-46 21-27 48-66 10-11 19-29 5-5 Won 1
TOTAL 810 810 .500
HOME 437 373 .540
ROAD 373 437 .460
LEFT 300 287 .511
RIGHT 510 523 .494
TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
BAA 7- 5 20-10 14-19 13-16 23- 5 15-15 765- 659
BOA 4- 9 9-21 12-19 16-16 12-20 13-11 669- 798
CAA 5- 8 14-16 17-14 12-17 15-15 13-16 625- 652
CHA 8- 5 13-14 17-14 19-14 13-19 14-12 568- 553
CLA 4- 7 14-17 7-23 14-16 17-15 13-15 606- 702
DEA 11- 5 12-13 16-14 18-13 18-12 20-10 806- 706
KCA 6- 6 16-12 17-16 15-14 14-20 9-17 582- 622
MNA 6- 4 18-13 18-14 14-16 19-13 14-13 712- 602
NYA 7- 7 14-13 22- 7 20-12 13-19 17-11 660- 605
WAA 5- 7 15-16 16-16 13-20 12-18 8-16 587- 681
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:
TEAM BAA BOA CAA CHA CLA DEA KCA MNA NYA WAA TOT
BAA - 14 11 8 10 10 10 9 8 12 92
BOA 4 - 8 8 15 5 5 9 5 7 66
CAA 7 10 - 9 11 12 7 6 4 10 76
CHA 10 10 9 - 6 10 13 7 10 9 84
CLA 8 3 7 12 - 10 9 5 7 8 69
DEA 8 13 6 8 8 - 16 10 11 15 95
KCA 8 13 11 5 9 2 - 10 9 10 77
MNA 9 9 12 11 13 8 8 - 8 11 89
NYA 10 13 14 8 11 7 9 10 - 11 93
WAA 6 11 8 9 10 3 8 7 7 - 69
TOT 70 96 86 78 93 67 85 73 69 93
RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:
TEAM BAA BOA CAA CHA CLA DEA KCA MNA NYA WAA TOT
BAA - 126 76 59 80 100 91 79 65 89 765
BOA 75 - 67 80 107 68 73 65 62 72 669
CAA 71 72 - 49 90 95 55 57 60 76 625
CHA 69 87 52 - 38 73 68 64 62 55 568
CLA 81 62 66 56 - 96 58 67 63 57 606
DEA 82 119 76 71 87 - 87 66 96 122 806
KCA 69 93 79 48 63 43 - 64 56 67 582
MNA 73 76 93 79 94 75 63 - 78 81 712
NYA 67 96 80 51 82 80 62 80 - 62 660
WAA 72 67 63 60 61 76 65 60 63 - 587
TOT 659 798 652 553 702 706 622 602 605 681
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