Detroit Tiger News

August 20, 1966

After sweeping the New York Yankees in a 3 game series and moving into 1st place for the first time since May 6th, the Detroit Tigers were ready to host the red hot Baltimore Orioles in another 3 game series. The Orioles pounced on the Tigers in game 1, defeating Detroit 9-0 and took game 2 7-4, extending their winning streak to 15 games. Baltimore is now in 1st place for the first time since June 24th.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1966 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1966 Baltimore BAA           70  52  .574 ----    41    80  42 .656   97  63 .606
1966 Detroit DEA             69  52  .570   .5          66  55 .545   88  74 .543
1966 New York NYA            70  54  .565  1.0          55  69 .444   70  89 .440
1966 Minnesota MNA           69  55  .556  2.0          66  58 .532   89  73 .549
1966 Chicago CHA             66  58  .532  5.0          64  60 .516   83  79 .512
1966 Kansas City KCA         64  60  .516  7.0          54  70 .435   74  86 .463
1966 California CAA          57  66  .463 13.5          61  62 .496   80  82 .494
1966 Washington WAA          55  72  .433 17.5          55  72 .433   71  88 .447
1966 Cleveland CLA           51  73  .411 20.0          66  58 .532   81  81 .500
1966 Boston BOA              49  78  .386 23.5          53  74 .417   72  90 .444
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     70   52  .574 31-25 39-27 28-16 42-36 10-10 19-17     10-0    Won 15
BOA     49   78  .386 32-35 17-43 11-21 38-57  7- 9 19-23     5-5     Won 2
CAA     57   66  .463 31-31 26-35 29-16 28-50  9- 6 22-19     4-6     Won 2
CHA     66   58  .532 38-23 28-35 17-27 49-31  9- 7 28-27     6-4     Lost 3
CLA     51   73  .411 30-32 21-41 20-34 31-39  9-10 16-24     5-5     Won 3
DEA     69   52  .570 40-21 29-31 19-23 50-29  8- 6 20-17     6-4     Lost 2
KCA     64   60  .516 34-27 30-33 32-16 32-44  5- 7 25-19     4-6     Lost 1
MNA     69   55  .556 40-23 29-32 23-25 46-30  7-11 18-26     5-5     Lost 2
NYA     70   54  .565 36-28 34-26 28-26 42-28  8- 9 30-18     3-7     Won 1
WAA     55   72  .433 25-38 30-34 14-21 41-51 10- 7 16-23     3-7     Lost 2


 

AL Game: NY at Det

August 16, 1966

The Detroit Tigers are now tied for 1st place in the AL after defeating the NY Yankees 5-3 tonight in hard fought contest. Detroit took a 1-0 lead into the 7th inning before NY scored 3 times. The Tigers added a run in the bottom of the 7th making it 3-2 before their game winning rally in the bottom of the 8th. The big hit came from pinch hitter Gates Brown who doubled in 2 runs with 2 out. Bill Freehan followed Brown's 2 base hit with one of his own, scoring Brown and giving Detroit a 5-3 lead. Dave Wickersham shut down the Yankees in the 9th, giving the Tigers the win and a tie for 1st place.
In other AL news, the Baltimore Orioles won their 12th straight game tonight with a 8-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox and moved within 1.5 games of the league leaders.

BOXSCORE: 1966 New York Yankees At 1966 Detroit Tigers              8/16/1966
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Tresh LF          4  0  1  0 .267     J.Wood 2B           4  0  0  0 .265  
  B.Richardson 2B     4  1  1  0 .197     D.Wert 3B           4  0  0  0 .275  
  C.Boyer 3B          4  0  2  1 .230     A.Kaline RF,CF      4  0  1  0 .287  
  J.Pepitone CF,1B,CF 4  1  1  0 .249     N.Cash 1B           3  2  1  1 .321  
  E.Howard 1B         2  0  1  0 .248     W.Horton LF,RF      4  1  2  0 .279  
B-M.Mantle PH,CF      1  0  0  0 .352     M.Stanley CF        2  0  1  0 .277  
G-R.Barker 1B         1  0  1  0 .175   H-G.Brown PH,LF       1  1  1  2 .244  
  R.Maris RF          2  0  0  0 .253     B.Freehan C         4  1  2  2 .175  
C-L.Clinton PH,RF     1  1  0  0 .225     R.Oyler SS          2  0  0  0 .203  
  H.Clarke SS         4  0  0  0 .228   E-D.McAuliffe PH,SS   2  0  0  0 .308  
  J.Gibbs C           3  0  2  2 .302     J.Podres P          2  0  0  0 .368  
  A.Downing P         1  0  0  0 .089     F.Gladding P        0  0  0  0 .200  
A-H.Lopez PH          1  0  0  0 .230     H.Aguirre P         0  0  0  0 .190  
  W.Ford P            0  0  0  0 .083   F-J.Northrup PH       1  0  0  0 .296  
D-R.White PH          1  0  0  0 .182     D.Wickersham P      0  0  0  0 .107  
  D.Womack P          0  0  0  0 .000                                          
  S.Hamilton P        0  0  0  0 .100                                          
  P.Ramos P           0  0  0  0 .300                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  3  9  3                 Totals      33  5  8  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Downing In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Howard In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Maris In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Ford In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Oyler In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Aguirre In 7th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Mantle In 8th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Stanley In 8th Inning
 
Yankees......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  3 0 0  -  3  9  1
Tigers.......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  1 3    -  5  8  0
 
Yankees (69-51)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
A.Downing                 5       2   1   1   1   3   1   3.26
W.Ford                    1       2   0   0   0   1   0   4.02
D.Womack                  0       1   1   1   0   0   1   1.01
S.Hamilton L(4-5) H(2nd)  1 2/3   1   2   2   1   4   0   2.01
P.Ramos BS(2nd)           0 1/3   2   1   1   0   0   0   3.09
Totals                    8       8   5   5   2   8   2
 
Tigers (68-50)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Podres                  6       6   3   3   0   2   0   2.88
F.Gladding                0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3.67
H.Aguirre                 0 2/3   1   0   0   1   0   0   4.65
D.Wickersham WIN(8-4)     2       2   0   0   0   3   0   3.11
Totals                    9       9   3   3   1   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,921 DATE- Tuesday, August 16th 1966 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Bill Haller, Emmet Ashford, Johnny Stevens, Bob Stewart
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 4  Tigers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0  Tigers: 3
ERRORS- H.Clarke
DOUBLES- B.Richardson(9th), G.Brown(5th), B.Freehan(11th)
HOME RUNS- N.Cash(27th), B.Freehan(3rd)
WALKS- L.Clinton, N.Cash, M.Stanley
STRIKE OUTS- B.Richardson, J.Pepitone, R.Maris, L.Clinton, A.Downing, J.Wood-2,
             D.Wert, N.Cash, W.Horton, R.Oyler, D.McAuliffe, J.Northrup
GIDP- B.Richardson, R.Maris, H.Clarke
2-out RBI- J.Gibbs-2, G.Brown-2, B.Freehan
RLISP 2-out- M.Stanley, R.White, D.McAuliffe
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Dick McAuliffe robbed Horace Clarke of a base hit.
 
Catcher Bill Freehan blasted a homerun and had 2 RBI at Tiger Stadium as the
Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees by the count of 5 to 3.
 
Detroit came through with the game-winning runs in the 8th inning scoring 3
runs using 3 hits.  After two outs Norm Cash began the rally when he drew a
walk.  Willie Horton followed next and he banged out a single.  Gates Brown
then doubled.  Freehan was up next and he doubled.  Detroit finished with 8
hits in the victory.  
 
Dave Wickersham(8-4) allowed no runs in 2 innings, and picked up the victory.
Steve Hamilton(4-5) was given the loss in relief.  While he was the losing
pitcher, he still struck out 4 batters in 1 and 2/3 innings.  

 

 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1966 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1966 Detroit DEA             68  50  .576 ----    44    64  54 .542   88  74 .543
1966 New York NYA            69  51  .575 ----          53  67 .442   70  89 .440
1966 Baltimore BAA           67  52  .563  1.5          78  41 .655   97  63 .606
1966 Minnesota MNA           67  53  .558  2.0          62  58 .517   89  73 .549
1966 Chicago CHA             64  55  .538  4.5          61  58 .513   83  79 .512
1966 Kansas City KCA         62  57  .521  6.5          53  66 .445   74  86 .463
1966 California CAA          55  64  .462 13.5          60  59 .504   80  82 .494
1966 Washington WAA          54  70  .435 17.0          54  70 .435   71  88 .447
1966 Cleveland CLA           48  72  .400 21.0          63  57 .525   81  81 .500
1966 Boston BOA              47  77  .379 24.0          53  71 .427   72  90 .444
 
 
 

 

Detroit Tiger News

August 15, 1966

The 2nd place Detroit Tigers are back home for a very important 9 game home-stand. Up first are the 1st place NY Yankees for a 3 game series. The red-hot Baltimore Orioles are next for 3 games before the home-stand ends with 3 games vs. the Chicago White Sox.
Tonight, the Tigers defeated the Yankees in game 1 of the series 9-5 and moved within 1 game of the league leaders . Detroit took control of the game in the 5th inning by scoring 3 runs off NY starter Mel Stottlemyre. Mickey Lolich pitched a fine game and got the win while striking out 12.

BOXSCORE: 1966 New York Yankees At 1966 Detroit Tigers              8/15/1966
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Tresh LF          5  2  1  1 .267     D.McAuliffe SS      2  0  1  0 .310  
  B.Richardson 2B     5  1  1  0 .197     J.Lumpe 2B          2  0  0  1 .240  
  M.Mantle CF         2  0  1  1 .353   C-J.Wood PH,2B        1  0  1  2 .272  
  J.Pepitone 1B       4  0  1  0 .249     A.Kaline CF,RF      4  0  1  0 .287  
  E.Howard C          4  0  1  0 .247     N.Cash 1B           5  2  3  0 .321  
  R.Maris RF          4  0  0  0 .255     W.Horton LF         5  2  3  1 .276  
  C.Boyer 3B          4  0  1  0 .227     J.Northrup RF       3  1  1  2 .297  
  H.Clarke SS         4  1  1  0 .232   A-M.Stanley CF        1  0  0  0 .274  
  M.Stottlemyre P     2  0  0  0 .155     D.Wert 3B           4  2  1  1 .278  
B-L.Clinton PH        1  0  1  0 .227     B.Freehan C         5  2  2  1 .172  
  W.Ford P            0  0  0  0 .083     M.Lolich P          3  0  1  1 .135  
D-H.Lopez PH          1  1  1  2 .232     O.Pena P            0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  5  9  4                 Totals      35  9 14  9
 
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Northrup In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Stottlemyre In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lumpe In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Ford In 9th Inning
 
Yankees......... 1 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 2  -  5  9  4
Tigers.......... 0 2 1  0 3 0  2 1    -  9 14  2
 
Yankees (69-50)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Stottlemyr LOSS(15-12)  6      10   6   5   6   2   0   3.04
W.Ford                    2       4   3   1   0   1   1   4.08
Totals                    8      14   9   6   6   3   1
 
Tigers (67-50)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Lolich WIN(11-7)        8 1/3   8   4   3   2  12   1   3.73
O.Pena                    0 2/3   1   1   1   0   1   1   7.16
Totals                    9       9   5   4   2  13   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 18,965 DATE- Monday, August 15th 1966 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Frank Umont, Bill Kinnamon, Jerry Neudecker, Jim Honochick
T- 3:00
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6  Tigers:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 2  Tigers: 1
ERRORS- H.Clarke-3, M.Stottlemyre, D.McAuliffe, B.Freehan
DOUBLES- B.Richardson(8th), N.Cash(22nd), B.Freehan(10th)
HOME RUNS- T.Tresh(31st), H.Lopez(6th), W.Horton(23rd)
STOLEN BASES- T.Tresh(6th), D.Wert(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Wert, M.Lolich
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Northrup
WALKS- M.Mantle-2, D.McAuliffe-3, J.Lumpe-2, A.Kaline
STRIKE OUTS- T.Tresh-2, B.Richardson-2, M.Mantle, J.Pepitone, E.Howard,
             R.Maris-2, H.Clarke-2, M.Stottlemyre-2, D.McAuliffe, D.Wert,
             M.Lolich
GIDP- E.Howard, A.Kaline, J.Northrup
WILD PITCHES- M.Lolich
PASSED BALLS- E.Howard
2-out RBI- J.Lumpe, B.Freehan, M.Lolich, J.Wood-2
RLISP 2-out- E.Howard, D.McAuliffe-3, A.Kaline-2, B.Freehan, J.Lumpe, T.Tresh,
             N.Cash, R.Maris
WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Al Kaline robbed Clete Boyer of an extra base hit.
 
Willie Horton cracked a homer and Mickey Lolich mowed down 12 New York batters
as the Detroit Tigers bested the New York Yankees 9 to 5 at Tiger
Stadium.
 
Lolich(11-7) delivered a fine performance for Detroit.  He went 8 and 1/3
innings allowing 8 hits and 2 walks.  Detroit out-hit New York for the game,
14 hits to 9.  
 
Mel Stottlemyre(15-12) took the loss.  He was hit hard and gave up 10 hits and
6 walks in 6 innings.  Frank Skaff was asked about the performance of Lolich,
'He had his good stuff out there tonight.  The fans really get into it when
the strikeouts start mounting up - and that seems to give him even more
adrenalin.'

1966 AL Detroit Tiger News

July 13, 1966

The Detroit Tigers announced today that manager Bob Swift(left) was hospitalized during the All Star break for an undertermined illness and coach Frank Skaff(right) will take over as interim manager when the regular season resumes play on Thursday. As many know, Swift took over the manager reins from Chuck Dressen in May after Dressen suffered a heart attack. Food poisoning is suspected to be the cause of Swift's ailment but more tests are being done to confirm the illness. So Detroit will have to deal with their 3rd skipper of the season while fighting for the AL Pennant during the 2nd half of the 1966 season.

1966 Detroit Tiger News

June 14, 1966

The Detroit Tigers announced today that they have acquired pitcher Earl Wilson from the Boston Red Sox. Detroit traded outfielder Don Demeter for Wilson. Demeter has been a solid contributor this season but the Tigers have an abundance of young outfielders ready to play MLB. Mickey Stanley is one that is expected to rejoin Detroit after being sent down to Triple A earlier this season. The Tigers are hoping that Wilson can fortify their rotation which has been lacking a solid #3 starter. Earl has been having a good year despite being on the cellar dwelling Sox. He's 6-6 with a 4.34 ERA. He'll also add a very good bat to the lineup whenever he starts. He's considered one of the best hitting pitchers in MLB.

1966 Detroit Tiger News and AL Standings

June 6, 1966

The Detroit Tigers limped back home after a horrible 6 game road trip. The Tigers played two in Minnesota before heading west to California for a 4 game series against the Angels. They lost all 6 games. Pitching and hitting were lacking for the Tigers as they were outscored 37-13 in the 6 games. Detroit has fallen to 7th place, 6 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. Today is a travel day for the Tigers and they'll try to regroup before arriving home for the start of a 9 game home stand. First up against Detroit will be the Boston Red Sox. The cellar dwelling Red Sox are 2-8 recently, so the hopes are that the Tigers can reverse their fortunes.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1966 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1966 Baltimore BAA           30  19  .612 ----   115    30  19 .612   97  63 .606
1966 Minnesota MNA           28  18  .609   .5          21  25 .457   89  73 .549
1966 Kansas City KCA         26  20  .565  2.5          18  28 .391   74  86 .463
1966 New York NYA            25  21  .543  3.5          21  25 .457   70  89 .440
1966 Chicago CHA             25  22  .532  4.0          25  22 .532   83  79 .512
1966 Washington WAA          25  26  .490  6.0          23  28 .451   71  88 .447
1966 Detroit DEA             23  24  .489  6.0          28  19 .596   88  74 .543
1966 California CAA          24  26  .480  6.5          24  26 .480   80  82 .494
1966 Cleveland CLA           19  28  .404 10.0          30  17 .638   81  81 .500
1966 Boston BOA              14  35  .286 16.0          19  30 .388   72  90 .444
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     30   19  .612 15- 9 15-10 10- 4 20-15  4- 4 10- 7     5-5     Lost 1
BOA     14   35  .286  8-14  6-21  3- 8 11-27  1- 5  5-14     2-8     Lost 4
CAA     24   26  .480 16-14  8-12 13- 5 11-21  2- 1 10- 5     7-3     Lost 1
CHA     25   22  .532 13-12 12-10  5-13 20- 9  3- 2 11-10     6-4     Won 3
CLA     19   28  .404 11-11  8-17  7-13 12-15  3- 3  7- 9     2-8     Lost 2
DEA     23   24  .489 12-10 11-14  7-13 16-11  2- 3  8-10     3-7     Lost 6
KCA     26   20  .565 14- 8 12-12 13- 5 13-15  2- 0 10- 6     4-6     Lost 1
MNA     28   18  .609 16-10 12- 8  8- 7 20-11  2- 4  9- 9     7-3     Won 2
NYA     25   21  .543 11-11 14-10  6-12 19- 9  3- 2 10- 6     5-5     Won 3
WAA     25   26  .490 12-12 13-14  7- 7 18-19  4- 2  8-12     6-4     Won 1
TOTAL  239  239  .500
HOME   128  111  .536
ROAD   111  128  .464
LEFT    79   87  .476
RIGHT  160  152  .513
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
BAA      7- 5 20-10  3- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    234- 201
BOA      4- 9  9-21  1- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    203- 250
CAA      5- 8 14-16  5- 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    213- 229
CHA      8- 5 13-14  4- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    156- 161
CLA      4- 7 14-17  1- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    177- 205
DEA     11- 5 12-13  0- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    231- 225
KCA      6- 6 16-12  4- 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    198- 175
MNA      6- 4 18-13  4- 1  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    202- 160
NYA      7- 7 14-13  4- 1  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    180- 184
WAA      5- 7 15-16  5- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    194- 198
 
 

Detroit Tiger News: May 16,1966

May 16, 1966

The Detroit Tigers announced today that their manager, Chuck Dressen, has suffered a heart attack and is currently hospitalized in Detroit in 'fair condition'. It is Dressen's 2nd heart attack in 2 yrs. Third base Coach Bob Swift has been named as the interim manager. The Tigers have an off day today before starting a 2 game series here at home against the 1st place New York Yankees.