The Los Angeles Dodgers are the 1966 NL Champions. The Dodgers hitting attack was near the bottom of the league, but they rode the finest pitching staff in MLB to the NL title. The Pittsburgh Pirates were the best hitting team in the NL, and while the pitching staff was in the upper half of the league, it wasn't enough. They finished in 2nd place.
The Atlanta Braves also provided many of the top hitters in the league. Felipe Alou won the Batting title with a .344BA. Hank Aaron won the HomeRun Crown by hitting 50, Joe Torre was 4th with 39. Torre was the top RBI man with 130, Aaron 2nd with 125. Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals swiped 72 bases to lead the league. There were 5, 20 game winners led by Sandy Koufax's 24. Koufax also led the league in strikeouts with 318. Houston Astro Mike Cuellar's 1.60 ERA was tops in the NL.
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 99 63 .611 ---- *WON* 95 67 .586 95 67 .586
1966 Pittsburgh PIN 96 66 .593 3.0 92 70 .568 92 70 .568
1966 Atlanta ATN 89 73 .549 10.0 85 77 .525 85 77 .525
1966 San Francisco SFN 86 75 .534 12.5 93 68 .578 93 68 .578
1966 St. Louis SLN 85 77 .525 14.0 83 79 .512 83 79 .512
1966 Philadelphia PHN 82 80 .506 17.0 87 75 .537 87 75 .537
1966 Houston HON 75 87 .463 24.0 72 90 .444 72 90 .444
1966 Chicago CHN 72 90 .444 27.0 59 103 .364 59 103 .364
1966 Cincinnati CIN 70 90 .438 28.0 76 84 .475 76 84 .475
1966 New York NYN 54 107 .335 44.5 66 95 .410 66 95 .410
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
ATN 89 73 .549 48-33 41-40 23-25 66-48 11- 7 24-23 7-3 Lost 1
CHN 72 90 .444 46-35 26-55 15-25 57-65 11- 9 30-27 3-7 Lost 5
CIN 70 90 .438 39-40 31-50 23-36 47-54 6- 8 21-32 5-5 Won 1
HON 75 87 .463 37-44 38-43 29-29 46-58 4-14 26-36 5-5 Won 1
LAN 99 63 .611 50-31 49-32 38-30 61-33 14- 9 36-24 3-7 Lost 5
NYN 54 107 .335 24-57 30-50 17-42 37-65 6-15 19-27 5-5 Lost 1
PHN 82 80 .506 47-34 35-46 33-33 49-47 6- 6 27-21 6-4 Won 3
PIN 96 66 .593 46-35 50-31 26-14 70-52 15- 8 32-29 5-5 Lost 1
SFN 86 75 .534 41-40 45-35 22-21 64-54 10-14 29-29 3-7 Won 1
SLN 85 77 .525 40-41 45-36 26-29 59-48 15- 8 30-26 7-3 Won 5
TOTAL 808 808 .500
HOME 418 390 .517
ROAD 390 418 .483
LEFT 252 284 .470
RIGHT 556 524 .515
TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
ATN 11- 7 16-13 23- 8 12-14 12-15 15-16 813- 736
CHN 6- 9 13-14 12-18 14-17 13-16 14-16 686- 754
CIN 5- 9 6-20 10-22 19-12 16-14 14-13 706- 713
HON 7-11 12-16 17-12 11-17 13-17 15-14 652- 711
LAN 11- 7 18- 9 17-11 18-10 19-11 16-15 655- 519
NYN 2- 9 9-17 13-20 12-20 9-23 9-18 552- 850
PHN 7- 6 10-19 16-16 18-12 18-13 13-14 698- 667
PIN 10- 5 20- 9 12-16 18-13 20-10 16-13 838- 699
SFN 11- 7 15-13 16-14 16-13 16-12 12-16 610- 583
SLN 8- 8 18- 7 16-15 10-20 13-18 20- 9 578- 556
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:
TEAM ATN CHN CIN HON LAN NYN PHN PIN SFN SLN TOT
ATN - 10 9 7 3 14 14 9 13 10 89
CHN 8 - 8 11 9 9 10 3 6 8 72
CIN 9 10 - 12 3 9 9 5 6 7 70
HON 11 7 6 - 9 12 6 10 7 7 75
LAN 15 9 15 9 - 13 9 7 10 12 99
NYN 4 9 8 6 5 - 4 5 6 7 54
PHN 4 8 9 12 9 14 - 9 9 8 82
PIN 9 15 13 8 11 13 9 - 9 9 96
SFN 5 12 11 11 8 12 9 9 - 9 86
SLN 8 10 11 11 6 11 10 9 9 - 85
TOT 73 90 90 87 63 107 80 66 75 77
RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:
TEAM ATN CHN CIN HON LAN NYN PHN PIN SFN SLN TOT
ATN - 87 102 76 62 143 113 70 89 71 813
CHN 106 - 71 85 56 93 94 54 51 76 686
CIN 102 101 - 94 49 94 64 69 59 74 706
HON 80 94 57 - 67 105 60 85 67 37 652
LAN 105 55 91 79 - 64 59 88 66 48 655
NYN 79 83 59 65 41 - 63 68 40 54 552
PHN 64 75 65 102 57 102 - 105 68 60 698
PIN 79 97 121 69 102 113 91 - 87 79 838
SFN 61 84 76 72 48 71 69 72 - 57 610
SLN 60 78 71 69 37 65 54 88 56 - 578
TOT 736 754 713 711 519 850 667 699 583 556
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1966 National League Date: 10/3/1966
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1966 LAN 99 63 F.Alou ATN .344 H.Aaron ATN 50 J.Torre ATN 130
1966 PIN 96 66 M.Alou PIN .338 W.McCovey SFN 41 H.Aaron ATN 125
1966 ATN 89 73 W.Stargel PIN .329 W.Mays SFN 40 B.William CHN 122
1966 SFN 86 75 D.Allen PHN .325 J.Torre ATN 39 W.Stargel PIN 117
1966 SLN 85 77 R.Santo CHN .323 R.Clement PIN 39 OTHERS TIED W 112
1966 PHN 82 80
1966 HON 75 87 WINS SAVES ERA
1966 CHN 72 90 S.Koufax LAN 24 P.Regan LAN 14 M.Cuellar HON 1.60
1966 CIN 70 90 J.Bunning PHN 22 P.Mikkels PIN 14 S.Koufax LAN 1.94
1966 NYN 54 107 B.Gibson SLN 22 D.Notteba CIN 12 J.Maricha SFN 2.06
B.Veale PIN 21 OTHERS TIED W 11 B.Gibson SLN 2.15
D.Sutton LAN 20 L.Jaster SLN 2.21
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
O.Virgil SFN 14 L.Brock SLN 72 S.Koufax LAN 318
J.Rosebor LAN 11 S.Jackson HON 57 J.Bunning PHN 259
V.Pinson CIN 10 M.Wills LAN 33 D.Sutton LAN 241
C.Jones NYN 8 T.Harper CIN 32 B.Veale PIN 238
M.Mota PIN 7 OTHERS TIED W 30 B.Gibson SLN 236
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