1966 Final NL Standings and League Leaders

October 3, 1966

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
 

1966 AL Standings and Game Stories

October 3, 1966

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

 

 

1966 AL Game Stories and Standings

October 2, 1966

The Detroit Tigers came from behind to defeat the Kansas City Athletics 6-4 yesterday while the New York Yankees lost a close 2-1 decision to the Chicago White Sox. The Tigers now hold sole possession of 1st place in the AL by 1 game heading into the last scheduled game of the regular season. The Minnesota/Baltimore game was rained out last night. They will play a doubleheader today, but both teams have now been eliminated from the pennant race.

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1966 American League                Date: 10/2/1966
 
CLEVELAND AT CALIFORNIA
Indians......... 0 0 0  2 1 2  0 0 1  -  6  9  0
Angels.......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  4  0
Win:McDowell(14-12) Loss:Brunet(10-14)
Homeruns- L.Wagner(31st)
 
Leon Wagner slammed a homerun and had 3 RBI and Sam McDowell whiffed 10
batters at Anaheim Stadium where the Cleveland Indians beat the California
Angels 6 to 1.
 
McDowell(14-12) looked very much in control throughout the night.  He
surrendered only 4 hits and 6 walks in 9 innings.  Cleveland finished with 9
hits in the victory.  
 
The loss was charged to George Brunet(10-14). 'Everything felt great' McDowell
said. 'I had a good fastball, I felt I could throw it by everybody tonight.'
 
NEW YORK AT CHICAGO
Yankees......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  1  5  1
White Sox....... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 1    -  2  6  0
Win:Horlen(17-9) Loss:Reniff(5-4)
Homeruns- T.McCraw(11th)
 
Joe Horlen delivered 9 solid innings at Comiskey Park where the Chicago White
Sox beat the New York Yankees 2 to 1.
 
Horlen(17-9) contributed a very nicely pitched game.  He was stingy on the
mound, allowing just 5 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings.  The game was a
scoreless duel until the 6th inning.  
 
Hal Reniff(5-4) was tagged with the loss in relief.  He was a hard-luck loser
as he did not allow an earned run in his 1 inning of work.  
 
'He had his 'A' game today,' Eddie Stanky said of Horlen.  'Very impressive
performance.'
 
KANSAS CITY AT DETROIT
Athletics....... 1 0 0  0 0 3  0 0 0  -  4  8  1
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 2 1  2 1    -  6  9  1
Win:McLain(16-17) Loss:Handrahan(0-1) Save:Sherry(18th)
Homeruns- R.Repoz(10th), L.Stahl(4th), D.McAuliffe(21st), B.Freehan(6th)
 
In a tight game it was the Detroit Tigers 6, the Kansas City Athletics 4 at
Tiger Stadium.
 
Denny McLain(16-17) contributed a pedestrian performance to earn the win.  He
went 7 innings and surrended up 7 hits and 4 walks and surrendered 2
'long-bombs'.  Detroit had 9 hits for the afternoon.  
 
Larry Sherry preserved the game for McLain, recording his his 18th save.  Vern
Handrahan(0-1) was tagged with the loss in relief.  He was touched for 6 hits
and 3 walks in 3 innings.  
 
'I struggled a bit out there today,' McLain said, 'but I toughed it out and we
got the win.'

 

 

 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1966 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1966 Detroit DEA             94  67  .584 ----     1    88  73 .547   88  74 .543
1966 New York NYA            93  68  .578  1.0          70  89 .440   70  89 .440
1966 Baltimore BAA           91  69  .569  2.5          97  63 .606   97  63 .606
1966 Minnesota MNA           88  72  .550  5.5          88  72 .550   89  73 .549
1966 Chicago CHA             83  78  .516 11.0          83  78 .516   83  79 .512
1966 Kansas City KCA         77  84  .478 17.0          74  86 .463   74  86 .463
1966 California CAA          75  86  .466 19.0          79  82 .491   80  82 .494
1966 Cleveland CLA           69  92  .429 25.0          81  80 .503   81  81 .500
1966 Washington WAA          69  93  .426 25.5          71  88 .447   71  88 .447
1966 Boston BOA              66  96  .407 28.5          72  90 .444   72  90 .444
 
 
 

 

 

1966 AL Game Stories and Standings

October 1, 1966
The New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers both won their games last night, keeping them tied atop of the AL Standings. The Baltimore Orioles took both games of a doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins, eliminating Minnesota from the pennant race.

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1966 American League                Date: 10/1/1966
 
CLEVELAND AT CALIFORNIA
Indians......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  1  8  3
Angels.......... 0 0 1  2 0 1  2 6    - 12 17  0
Win:Chance(19-14) Loss:Hargan(8-9)
Homeruns- V.Davalillo(3rd), J.Adcock(22nd), B.Knoop(12th)
 
First baseman Joe Adcock had 4 hits and 4 RBI as the California Angels smashed
the overmatched Cleveland Indians, 12 to 1.
 
Adcock had a good evening at the plate.  He laced a one-base hit in the 4th
inning, banged out a single in the 5th inning, stroked a base-hit scoring a
run in the 7th inning and lofted a three-run 'big-fly' in the 8th inning.
California had 17 hits for the game and Cleveland had 8.  
 
Dean Chance(19-14) was the winner allowing 1 run in 7 and 2/3 innings. Steve
Hargan(8-9) was the loser.  He got hammered, allowing 12 hits and 2 walks in
6 and 1/3 innings.  
 
 
MINNESOTA AT BALTIMORE
Twins........... 1 1 0  2 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  4 13  0
Orioles......... 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 3 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  5 13  1
Win:Miller(5-3) Loss:Cimino(4-6)
Homeruns- F.Robinson(56th)
 
24,876 fans watched an exciting game at Memorial Stadium.  The Baltimore
Orioles topped the Minnesota Twins by the slimmest of margins, 5 to 4.
 
The score was knotted at 4 after nine innings.  Finally, Baltimore prevailed
in the 18th inning.  Luis Aparicio drew a walk.  Russ Snyder came next and he
laced a base-hit.  Frank Robinson was next to bat, but he was a strikeout
victim.  Snyder was safe on a stolen base.  Brooks Robinson came up to bat
and stroked a single making Baltimore the winners and sending the 24,876 fans
home happy.  Both teams ended up with 13 hits on the afternoon.  
 
Stu Miller(5-3) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 1 inning. Pete
Cimino(4-6) took the loss in relief.  He allowed 1 run and 2 hits in 2/3 of
an inning.
 
MINNESOTA AT BALTIMORE
Twins........... 3 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  6  0
Orioles......... 0 4 0  5 0 0  0 0    -  9 10  0
Win:Palmer(14-6) Loss:Merritt(7-9)
Homeruns- F.Robinson(57th)
 
The Baltimore Orioles offense put up 5 runs on the scoreboard in the 4th
inning and easily topped the Minnesota Twins; the final score was 9 to
3.
 
Jim Palmer(14-6) gave a fine effort for Baltimore.  He went 7 and 2/3 innings
allowing 6 hits and 6 walks.  Neither team managed to score after the 4th
inning.  
 
Jim Merritt(7-9) ended up with the loss.  He was unable to control the
Baltimore offense and allowed 7 hits and 2 walks in 3 and 2/3 innings.  
 
 
NEW YORK AT CHICAGO
Yankees......... 0 0 2  1 4 0  1 2 0  - 10 11  2
White Sox....... 1 1 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  4  2
Win:Bahnsen(2-1) Loss:Klages(1-1)
Homeruns- H.Clarke(4th), T.Tresh(41st), K.Berry(10th), J.Adair(7th)
 
Second baseman Horace Clarke hit a homerun and had 2 RBI and Stan Bahnsen went
the distance as the New York Yankees bested the Chicago White Sox 10 to 3 at
Comiskey Park.
 
Bahnsen(2-1) contributed a very nicely pitched game.  He surrendered only 4
hits and no walks in 9 innings and surrendered 2 'long-bombs' lowering his
ERA to 3.33.  New York had a total of 11 hits for the game.  
 
The losing pitcher was Fred Klages(1-1).  He was knocked around pretty good,
giving up 6 runs in 4 innings.
 
KANSAS CITY AT DETROIT
Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  1
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 2 0  0 0    -  2  4  1
Win:Wilson(18-10) Loss:Odom(4-9)
 
Earl Wilson had 2 base hits and he went 9 strong innings at Tiger Stadium
where the mighty Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Athletics 2 to
0.
 
Detroit brought 2 runs across the plate in the 5th inning.  The crucial at-bat
was provided by Jake Wood who electrified Tiger Stadium when he ripped a
one-base hit which was good for two runs.  The Kansas City bats were silent
in the 9th.  
 
It was the 4th shutout of the year for Wilson(18-10). Blue Moon Odom(4-9)
absorbed the loss.  He pitched 6 innings giving up 4 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 New York NYA            93  67  .581 ----     3    70  89 .440   70  89 .440
1966 Detroit DEA             93  67  .581 ----          88  72 .550   88  74 .543
1966 Baltimore BAA           91  69  .569  2.0          97  63 .606   97  63 .606
1966 Minnesota MNA           88  72  .550  5.0          88  72 .550   89  73 .549
1966 Chicago CHA             82  78  .513 11.0          83  77 .519   83  79 .512
1966 Kansas City KCA         77  83  .481 16.0          74  86 .463   74  86 .463
1966 California CAA          75  85  .469 18.0          79  81 .494   80  82 .494
1966 Washington WAA          69  93  .426 25.0          71  88 .447   71  88 .447
1966 Cleveland CLA           68  92  .425 25.0          80  80 .500   81  81 .500
1966 Boston BOA              66  96  .407 28.0          72  90 .444   72  90 .444
 
 
 

1966 AL Standings

September 29, 1966

The 1966 MLB season is headed into the final weekend of the season. The Los Angeles Dodgers have clinched the NL pennant but the AL champion is still a 4 team race. The Detroit Tigers are currently tied at the top of the league with New York. The Tigers will host a 3 game season ending series against the Kansas City Athletics. NY is at Chicago for a 3 game series against the White Sox. Baltimore and Minnesota close the season with 4 games in 3 days at Orioles Memorial Stadium.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1966 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1966 New York NYA            92  67  .579 ----     4    70  89 .440   70  89 .440
1966 Detroit DEA             92  67  .579 ----          88  71 .553   88  74 .543
1966 Baltimore BAA           89  69  .563  2.5          96  62 .608   97  63 .606
1966 Minnesota MNA           88  70  .557  3.5          86  72 .544   89  73 .549
1966 Chicago CHA             82  77  .516 10.0          82  77 .516   83  79 .512
1966 Kansas City KCA         77  82  .484 15.0          73  86 .459   74  86 .463
1966 California CAA          74  85  .465 18.0          78  81 .491   80  82 .494
1966 Cleveland CLA           68  91  .428 24.0          80  79 .503   81  81 .500
1966 Washington WAA          69  93  .426 24.5          71  88 .447   71  88 .447
1966 Boston BOA              66  96  .407 27.5          72  90 .444   72  90 .444
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     89   69  .563 44-33 45-36 36-22 53-47 14-11 25-21     6-4     Lost 1
BOA     66   96  .407 39-42 27-54 17-25 49-71  9-13 23-31     5-5     Lost 2
CAA     74   85  .465 40-38 34-47 36-23 38-62 10- 8 25-24     5-5     Lost 2
CHA     82   77  .516 49-29 33-48 23-35 59-42 11- 9 36-37     5-5     Won 3
CLA     68   91  .428 39-42 29-49 28-40 40-51 10-13 21-29     5-5     Won 1
DEA     92   67  .579 49-29 43-38 31-28 61-39 11- 8 28-21     5-5     Won 2
KCA     77   82  .484 41-40 36-42 36-22 41-60  6- 8 31-25     3-7     Won 1
MNA     88   70  .557 48-33 40-37 31-28 57-42  8-11 23-30     6-4     Lost 1
NYA     92   67  .579 44-37 48-30 36-32 56-35 14-11 37-21     4-6     Lost 1
WAA     69   93  .426 34-47 35-46 21-27 48-66 10-11 19-29     5-5     Won 1
TOTAL  797  797  .500
HOME   427  370  .536
ROAD   370  427  .464
LEFT   295  282  .511
RIGHT  502  515  .494
 

1966 NL Game of note: Pit. at Phi.

September 28, 1996

Pittsburgh Pirate Roberto Clemente had a fine day at the plate against the Philadelphia Phillies. Clemente went 5 for 5 with 6 RBI. Two of his hits were homers and he only lacked a double from hitting for the cycle. Pittsburgh won the contest 11-10.

Event Codes:  F G
BOXSCORE: 1966 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1966 Philadelphia Phillies     9/28/1966
 
  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Alou CF           5  1  3  0 .339     C.Rojas LF          4  1  0  0 .258  
  G.Alley SS          5  1  1  0 .261     J.Callison RF       5  1  2  0 .264  
  M.Mota LF           5  2  1  0 .334     D.Groat SS          4  2  2  0 .222  
  R.Clemente RF       5  3  5  6 .300     D.Allen 3B          5  2  3  5 .324  
  D.Clendenon 1B      5  1  3  2 .309     H.Kuenn 1B          4  2  1  1 .279  
  B.Mazeroski 2B      4  0  1  0 .276     T.Taylor 2B         4  2  3  1 .211  
  B.Bailey 3B         4  1  1  1 .270     J.Brandt CF         4  0  1  1 .272  
D-J.Pagan 3B          1  0  0  0 .252   E-D.Clemens PH        1  0  0  0 .193  
  J.Gonder C          5  1  1  1 .177     B.Uecker C          4  0  0  0 .217  
  R.Face P            0  0  0  0 .000     B.Belinsky P        0  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Veale P           2  0  0  0 .121   F-B.White PH          1  0  1  1 .273  
A-W.Stargell PH       1  0  0  0 .330     L.Jackson P         2  0  0  0 .155  
  S.Blass P           0  0  0  0 .169     T.Fox P             0  0  0  0 .000  
B-J.Lynch PH          1  1  1  1 .083   C-C.Dalrymple C       1  0  0  0 .255  
  P.Mikkelsen P       0  0  0  0 .200   G-J.Briggs PH         1  0  0  0 .274  
H-J.May C             0  0  0  0 .288                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      43 11 17 11                 Totals      40 10 13  9
 
A-Pinch Hit For Veale In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Blass In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Fox In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Bailey In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Brandt In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Belinsky In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Dalrymple In 9th Inning
H-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Mikkelsen In 9th Inning
 
Pirates......... 1 1 0  1 2 0  2 4 0  - 11 17  2
Phillies........ 3 0 1  4 0 0  0 0 2  - 10 13  1
 
Pirates (94-65)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Veale                   5       9   8   6   4   3   1   3.00
S.Blass WIN(7-8)          2       1   0   0   0   1   0   5.09
P.Mikkelsen HOLD(1st)     1 2/3   3   2   2   1   3   0   3.48
R.Face SAVE(9th)          0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   2.73
Totals                    9      13  10   8   5   7   1
 
Phillies (79-80)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
L.Jackson                 6 1/3  12   7   7   1   3   4   4.15
T.Fox LOSS(3-6) BS(5th)   1       4   3   3   0   0   1   6.39
B.Belinsky                1 2/3   1   1   1   0   2   1   8.62
Totals                    9      17  11  11   1   5   6
 
ATTENDANCE- 3,400 DATE- Wednesday, September 28th 1966 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:49
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 6  Phillies: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1  Phillies: 2
ERRORS- B.Mazeroski, J.Gonder, J.Callison
DOUBLES- J.Callison(39th), T.Taylor(12th)
TRIPLES- M.Alou(11th), R.Clemente(8th), D.Allen(12th), T.Taylor-2(11th)
HOME RUNS- R.Clemente-2(37th), D.Clendenon(32nd), B.Bailey(15th), J.Gonder(3rd),
           J.Lynch(1st), D.Allen(36th)
WALKS- B.Mazeroski, C.Rojas, D.Groat, H.Kuenn, T.Taylor, L.Jackson
STRIKE OUTS- D.Clendenon, J.Gonder-2, B.Veale-2, J.Callison, D.Allen-2, H.Kuenn,
             J.Brandt, D.Clemens, C.Dalrymple
GIDP- D.Clendenon, H.Kuenn
PASSED BALLS- J.Gonder
2-out RBI- R.Clemente-4, D.Clendenon-2, B.White
RLISP 2-out- B.Mazeroski, J.Brandt, G.Alley, D.Groat-2, D.Allen-2, L.Jackson-2,
             M.Alou, B.Uecker
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Bob Uecker blocked the plate, saving a run!
 
Roberto Clemente rocketed 2 homeruns and had 6 RBI as the Pittsburgh Pirates
defeated the Philadelphia Phillies by a score of 11 to 10 at Connie Mack
Stadium.
 
Clemente was a source of great heartache for the Philadelphia faithful all
evening.  He just kept pounding out hits! He ripped a base-hit scoring a run
in the 1st inning, slapped a single in the 3rd inning, tripled in the 5th
inning, smashed a two-run homer in the 7th inning and launched a three-run
homer in the 8th inning.  Philadelphia had a chance in the 9th but they came
up short.  
 
Steve Blass(7-8) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 2 innings. Blass
was helped out by Roy Face who recorded his 9th save.  Terry Fox(3-6) was the
loser in relief.  His ERA increased from 5.96 to 6.39 as he allowed 3 runs in
1 inning.  
 

1966 NL Standings: LA Clinches!

September 27, 1966

The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the NL Pennant with a 6-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals tonight.

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  58  .631 ----  *WON*   93  64 .592   95  67 .586
1966 Pittsburgh PIN          93  64  .592  6.0          90  67 .573   92  70 .568
1966 Atlanta ATN             86  72  .544 13.5          83  75 .525   85  77 .525
1966 San Francisco SFN       85  72  .541 14.0          89  68 .567   93  68 .578
1966 St. Louis SLN           80  77  .510 19.0          79  78 .503   83  79 .512
1966 Philadelphia PHN        78  79  .497 21.0          85  72 .541   87  75 .537
1966 Houston HON             72  84  .462 26.5          68  88 .436   72  90 .444
1966 Chicago CHN             72  85  .459 27.0          58  99 .369   59 103 .364
1966 Cincinnati CIN          67  87  .435 30.5          74  80 .481   76  84 .475
1966 New York NYN            51 105  .327 47.5          64  92 .410   66  95 .410
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ATN     86   72  .544 47-33 39-39 22-25 64-47 11- 7 22-23     7-3     Won 3
CHN     72   85  .459 46-35 26-50 15-25 57-60 11- 8 30-24     6-4     Won 2
CIN     67   87  .435 36-37 31-50 22-35 45-52  6- 8 20-30     4-6     Lost 1
HON     72   84  .462 37-44 35-40 28-28 44-56  4-14 24-34     5-5     Lost 1
LAN     99   58  .631 50-31 49-27 38-27 61-31 14- 9 36-21     8-2     Won 2
NYN     51  105  .327 21-55 30-50 15-42 36-63  5-15 17-26     3-7     Won 1
PHN     78   79  .497 43-33 35-46 30-32 48-47  6- 6 25-20     4-6     Won 1
PIN     93   64  .592 44-34 49-30 26-14 67-50 15- 8 30-28     6-4     Lost 2
SFN     85   72  .541 41-40 44-32 21-20 64-52 10-14 29-27     3-7     Lost 2
SLN     80   77  .510 35-41 45-36 23-29 57-48 15- 8 26-26     5-5     Lost 2
TOTAL  783  783  .500
HOME   400  383  .511
ROAD   383  400  .489
LEFT   240  277  .464
RIGHT  543  506  .518
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
ATN     11- 7 16-13 23- 8 12-14 12-15 12-15    794- 719
CHN      6- 9 13-14 12-18 14-17 13-16 14-11    675- 734
CIN      5- 9  6-20 10-22 19-12 16-14 11-10    671- 679
HON      7-11 12-16 17-12 11-17 13-17 12-11    620- 680
LAN     11- 7 18- 9 17-11 18-10 19-11 16-10    647- 499
NYN      2- 9  9-17 13-20 12-20  9-23  6-16    531- 829
PHN      7- 6 10-19 16-16 18-12 18-13  9-13    669- 648
PIN     10- 5 20- 9 12-16 18-13 20-10 13-11    810- 675
SFN     11- 7 15-13 16-14 16-13 16-12 11-13    597- 565
SLN      8- 8 18- 7 16-15 10-20 13-18 15- 9    564- 550
 
 
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM ATN CHN CIN HON LAN NYN PHN PIN SFN SLN TOT
ATN    -  10   7   7   3  14  14   9  12  10  86
CHN    8   -   8  11   9   9  10   3   6   8  72
CIN    8  10   -  10   3   9   9   5   6   7  67
HON   11   7   5   -   9  10   6  10   7   7  72
LAN   15   9  15   9   -  13   9   7  10  12  99
NYN    4   7   8   5   5   -   4   5   6   7  51
PHN    4   8   9  12   6  14   -   8   9   8  78
PIN    9  15  13   8  11  13   8   -   7   9  93
SFN    5  12  11  11   8  12   9   8   -   9  85
SLN    8   7  11  11   4  11  10   9   9   -  80
TOT   72  85  87  84  58 105  79  64  72  77
 
 
RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM ATN CHN CIN HON LAN NYN PHN PIN SFN SLN  TOT
ATN    -  87  86  76  62 143 113  70  86  71  794
CHN  106   -  71  85  56  86  94  54  51  72  675
CIN   87 101   -  74  49  94  64  69  59  74  671
HON   80  94  39   -  67  91  60  85  67  37  620
LAN  105  55  91  79   -  64  53  88  66  46  647
NYN   79  73  59  54  41   -  63  68  40  54  531
PHN   64  75  65 102  41 102   -  92  68  60  669
PIN   79  97 121  69 102 113  78   -  72  79  810
SFN   59  84  76  72  48  71  69  61   -  57  597
SLN   60  68  71  69  33  65  54  88  56   -  564
TOT  719 734 679 680 499 829 648 675 565 550