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1966 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings Team W L WL% GB Bltmore BAL 97 63 .606 -- Minnesta MIN 89 73 .549 9.0 Detroit DET 88 74 .543 10.0 ChicagoW CHW 83 79 .512 15.0 Clvlnd CLE 81 81 .500 17.0 Califrna CAL 80 82 .494 18.0 KansasCy KCA 74 86 .463 23.0 Washngtn WSA 71 88 .447 25.5 BostonRS BOS 72 90 .444 26.0 NewYorkY NYY 70 89 .440 26.5 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL Postseason World Series (4-0):   Baltimore Orioles over Los Angeles Dodgers BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1966 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
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League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 BAL  4.72   755  160  5529  1426  243  35  175  514   926  .258  .321  .409   55   43 119  4.75  4.69
 DET  4.44   719  162  5507  1383  224  45  179  551   987  .251  .319  .406   41   34 111  4.44  4.43
 MIN  4.09   663  162  5390  1341  219  33  144  513   844  .249  .314  .382   67   42 100  4.63  3.56
 BOS  4.04   655  162  5498  1318  228  44  145  542  1020  .240  .308  .376   35   24  94  4.62  3.47
 NYY  3.82   611  160  5330  1254  182  36  162  485   817  .235  .299  .374   49   29 104  3.68  3.96
 CAL  3.73   604  162  5360  1244  179  54  122  525  1062  .232  .301  .354   80   54  99  3.74  3.72
 CLE  3.54   574  162  5474  1300  156  25  155  450   914  .237  .295  .360   53   41  96  3.49  3.59
 KCA  3.53   564  160  5328  1259  212  56   70  421   982  .236  .292  .337  132   50  90  3.51  3.54
 CHW  3.52   574  163  5348  1235  193  40   87  476   872  .231  .294  .331  153   78  93  3.37  3.67
 WSA  3.50   557  159  5318  1245  185  40  126  450  1069  .234  .294  .355   53   37  93  3.50  3.51
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  3.89  6276 1612 54082 13005 2021 408 1365 4927  9493  .240  .306  .369  718  432

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 CHW  3.17   517  163  2.68  1475  1229   7.5   403  2.5  101   896   38    19    22  34 118  2.68  3.66
 MIN  3.59   581  162  3.13  1438  1246   7.7   392  2.4  139  1015   52     9    11  28 115  3.84  3.33
 CLE  3.62   586  162  3.23  1467  1260   7.8   489  3.0  129  1111   49    14    15  28 106  3.70  3.53
 BAL  3.76   601  160  3.32  1466  1267   7.9   514  3.2  127  1070   23     7    13  51 101  3.75  3.77
 NYY  3.83   612  160  3.41  1415  1318   8.2   443  2.8  124   842   29     6     7  32  97  3.41  4.26
 CAL  3.97   643  162  3.56  1457  1364   8.4   511  3.2  136   836   31     9    12  40  94  3.89  4.05
 KCA  4.05   648  160  3.56  1435  1281   8.0   630  3.9  106   854   19     4    11  47  96  3.60  4.51
 WSA  4.14   659  159  3.70  1419  1282   8.1   448  2.8  154   866   25     5     6  35  94  3.74  4.53
 DET  4.31   698  162  3.85  1454  1356   8.4   520  3.2  185  1026   36     9    11  38  91  4.62  4.00
 BOS  4.51   731  162  3.92  1463  1402   8.7   577  3.6  164   977   32     8    10  31  98  4.90  4.12
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  3.89  6276 1612  3.43 14489 13005   8.1  4927  3.1 1365  9493  334         118 364

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 BAL  115  142  .981   .719  1,203,366  15,232   96-64  48-31 49-32  99  98 26.9 25.7   4   4  19 Bauer
 MIN  139  118  .977   .721  1,259,374  15,548   91-71  49-32 40-41 107 105 27.7 28.2   1   4  27 Mele
 DET  117  142  .981   .714  1,124,293  13,880   83-79  42-39 46-35 103 102 27.7 28.3   1   5  19 Dressen, Swift, and Skaff
 CHW  160  149  .976   .727    990,016  12,222   89-73  45-36 38-43  93  92 28.2 27.8   1   1  23 Stanky
 CLE  138  132  .977   .715    903,359  11,153   79-83  41-40 40-41 100 100 28.6 26.5   0   4  31 Tebbetts and Strickland
 CAL  136  186  .979   .712  1,400,321  17,288   76-86  42-39 38-43  97  97 26.3 27.9   0   2  20 Rigney
 KCA  139  154  .977   .716    773,929   9,555   70-90  42-39 32-47  97  99 25.6 24.4   1   1  12 Dark
 BOS  153  153  .975   .703    811,172  10,014   73-89  40-41 32-49 111 112 25.3 27.4   1   2  21 Herman and Runnels
 WSA  142  139  .977   .721    576,260   7,388   67-92  42-36 29-52  99 101 27.5 26.9   0   1  11 Hodges
 NYY  142  142  .977   .711  1,124,648  13,715   79-80  35-46 35-43  95  96 28.5 26.8   2   2  31 Keane and Houk
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Frank Robinson BAL .316/.410/.637 Cy Young Award Sandy Koufax (ML) LAD 27-9  1.73 317 SO Rookie of the Year Tommie Agee CHW .273/.326/.447 Triple Crown Winner Frank Robinson BAL .316/.410/.637 (ML) - Award for both leagues

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Jim Kaat Catcher Bill Freehan First Base Joe Pepitone Second Base Bobby Knoop Third Base Brooks Robinson Shortstop Luis Aparicio Outfield Tommie Agee, Al Kaline, and Tony Oliva

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Robinson-BAL .316 Oliva-MIN .307 Kaline-DET .288 Powell-BAL .287 Killebrew-MIN .281	On-base % Robinson-BAL .410 Kaline-DET .392 Killebrew-MIN .391 McAuliffe-DET .373 Powell-BAL .372	Slugging % Robinson-BAL .637 Killebrew-MIN .538 Kaline-DET .534 Powell-BAL .532 McAuliffe-DET .509	OPS Robinson-BAL 1.047 Killebrew-MIN .929 Kaline-DET .927 Powell-BAL .903 McAuliffe-DET .882
Games Buford-CHW 163 Fregosi-CAL 162 Killebrew-MIN 162 Scott-BOS 162 Knoop-CAL 161	At Bats Aparicio-BAL 659 Agee-CHW 629 Oliva-MIN 622 Robinson-BAL 620 Fregosi-CAL 611	Plate Appearances (approx.) Aparicio-BAL 707 Buford-CHW 698 Fregosi-CAL 696 Agee-CHW 689 Robinson-BAL 686	Runs Robinson-BAL 122 Oliva-MIN 99 Agee-CHW 98 Cash-DET 98 Aparicio-BAL 97 Foy-BOS 97
Hits Oliva-MIN 191 Aparicio-BAL 182 Robinson-BAL 182 Agee-CHW 172 Cash-DET 168	Total Bases Robinson-BAL 367 Oliva-MIN 312 Killebrew-MIN 306 Cash-DET 288 Agee-CHW 281	Doubles Yastrzemski-BOS 39 Robinson-BAL 35 Robinson-BAL 34 Fregosi-CAL 32 Oliva-MIN 32	Triples Knoop-CAL 11 Campaneris-KCA 10 Brinkman-WSA 9 Agee-CHW 8 Aparicio-BAL 8 Charles-KCA 8 Foy-BOS 8 McAuliffe-DET 8
Home Runs Robinson-BAL 49 Killebrew-MIN 39 Powell-BAL 34 Cash-DET 32 Pepitone-NYY 31	RBI Robinson-BAL 122 Killebrew-MIN 110 Powell-BAL 109 Horton-DET 100 Robinson-BAL 100	Bases on Balls Killebrew-MIN 103 Foy-BOS 91 Robinson-BAL 87 Tresh-NYY 86 Yastrzemski-BOS 84	Strikeouts Scott-BOS 152 Knoop-CAL 144 Agee-CHW 127 Lock-WSA 126 Powell-BAL 125
Stolen Bases Campaneris-KCA 52 Buford-CHW 51 Agee-CHW 44 Aparicio-BAL 25 Cardenal-CAL 24	Singles Aparicio-BAL 143 Oliva-MIN 127 Richardson-NYY 122 Cardenal-CAL 121 Wert-DET 117	Adjusted OPS+ Robinson-BAL 198 Kaline-DET 161 Powell-BAL 158 Killebrew-MIN 157 McAuliffe-DET 148	Runs Created Robinson-BAL 146 Killebrew-MIN 122 Oliva-MIN 106 Kaline-DET 105 Cash-DET 101
Adjusted Batting Runs Robinson-BAL 76 Killebrew-MIN 47 Kaline-DET 42 Powell-BAL 38 Mantle-NYY 32	Batting Wins Robinson-BAL 7.9 Killebrew-MIN 4.9 Kaline-DET 4.4 Powell-BAL 4.0 Mantle-NYY 3.3	Extra-Base Hits Robinson-BAL 85 Killebrew-MIN 67 Oliva-MIN 64 Conigliaro-BOS 61 Robinson-BAL 60	Times on Base Robinson-BAL 279 Killebrew-MIN 265 Yastrzemski-BOS 250 Cash-DET 238 Foy-BOS 238 Oliva-MIN 238
Offensive Win% Robinson-BAL .826 Kaline-DET .782 Killebrew-MIN .776 Powell-BAL .749 McAuliffe-DET .729	Hit By Pitch Reichardt-CAL 13 Agee-CHW 10 Robinson-BAL 10 Valentine-WSA 10 Scott-BOS 8	Sac. Hits Buford-CHW 17 Aparicio-BAL 12 Berry-CHW 11 Wert-DET 11 Adair-TOT 10 Fregosi-CAL 10 Grant-MIN 10 McCraw-CHW 10	Sac. Flies Conigliaro-BOS 7 Hershberger-KCA 7 Johnson-BAL 7 Knoop-CAL 7 Robinson-BAL 7 Tovar-MIN 7 Tresh-NYY 7
Intentional Walks Killebrew-MIN 18 Scott-BOS 13 Etchebarren-BAL 12 Robinson-BAL 11 Robinson-BAL 11	Grounded into Double Plays Colavito-CLE 25 Scott-BOS 25 Robinson-BAL 24 Wert-DET 20 Robinson-BAL 18	Caught Stealing Buford-CHW 22 Agee-CHW 18 Versalles-MIN 12 Aparicio-BAL 11 Cardenal-CAL 11 McCraw-CHW 11	Power/Speed Number Agee-CHW 29.3 Cardenal-CAL 19.2 Valentine-WSA 18.5 Oliva-MIN 17.1 Fregosi-CAL 14.7
At Bats per Strikeout Richardson-NYY 21.8 Robinson-BAL 17.2 Aparicio-BAL 15.7 Hershberger-KCA 14.5 Boyer-NYY 10.4	At Bats per Home Run Robinson-BAL 11.8 Powell-BAL 14.4 Killebrew-MIN 14.6 Kaline-DET 16.5 Colavito-CLE 17.8	Outs Aparicio-BAL 512 Buford-CHW 503 Agee-CHW 501 Fregosi-CAL 493 Richardson-NYY 492	ERA Peters-CHW 1.98 Horlen-CHW 2.43 Hargan-CLE 2.48 Perry-MIN 2.54 John-CHW 2.62
Wins Kaat-MIN 25 McLain-DET 20 Wilson-TOT 18 Siebert-CLE 16 Palmer-BAL 15	Won-Loss % Boswell-MIN .706 McNally-BAL .684 Barber-BAL .667 Siebert-CLE .667 Kaat-MIN .658	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Peters-CHW 0.982 Siebert-CLE 1.058 Ortega-WSA 1.069 Kaat-MIN 1.070 Richert-WSA 1.079	Hits Allowed/9IP McDowell-CLE 6.02 Boswell-MIN 6.38 Peters-CHW 6.86 McLain-DET 6.98 Chance-CAL 7.14
Bases on Balls/9IP Kaat-MIN 1.62 Peterson-NYY 1.67 Grant-MIN 1.77 Peters-CHW 1.98 Hargan-CLE 2.11	Strikeouts/9IP McDowell-CLE 10.42 Boswell-MIN 9.19 Lolich-DET 7.64 Richert-WSA 7.14 Bell-CLE 6.87	Games Fisher-TOT 67 Aker-KCA 66 Cox-WSA 66 Worthington-MIN 65 Kline-WSA 63	Saves Aker-KCA 32 Kline-WSA 23 Sherry-DET 20 Fisher-TOT 19 Miller-BAL 18
Innings Kaat-MIN 304.7 McLain-DET 264.3 Wilson-TOT 264.0 Chance-CAL 259.7 Bell-CLE 254.3	Strikeouts McDowell-CLE 225 Kaat-MIN 205 Wilson-TOT 200 Richert-WSA 195 Bell-CLE 194	Games Started Kaat-MIN 41 McLain-DET 38 Bell-CLE 37 Chance-CAL 37 Wilson-TOT 37	Comp. Games Kaat-MIN 19 McLain-DET 14 Wilson-TOT 13 Bell-CLE 12 Chance-CAL 11 Peters-CHW 11 Peterson-NYY 11 Siebert-CLE 11
Shutouts John-CHW 5 McDowell-CLE 5 Tiant-CLE 5 Buzhardt-CHW 4 McLain-DET 4 Peters-CHW 4	Home Runs Allow. McLain-DET 42 Richert-WSA 36 Wilson-TOT 30 Kaat-MIN 29 Ortega-WSA 29	Bases On Balls Allow. Chance-CAL 114 Brunet-CAL 106 McLain-DET 104 McDowell-CLE 102 Palmer-BAL 91	Hits Allowed Kaat-MIN 271 Grant-MIN 248 Stottlemyre-NYY 239 Wilson-TOT 214 McNally-BAL 212
SO to Walk Kaat-MIN 3.73 Hargan-CLE 2.93 Peters-CHW 2.87 Richert-WSA 2.83 Wilson-TOT 2.70	Losses Stottlemyre-NYY 20 Chance-CAL 17 Bell-CLE 15 Lolich-DET 14 Lopez-CAL 14 McCormick-WSA 14 McLain-DET 14 Merritt-MIN 14 Richert-WSA 14	Earned Runs Allow. McLain-DET 115 Lolich-DET 108 Stottlemyre-NYY 106 Kaat-MIN 93 Talbot-TOT 93	Wild Pitches Horlen-CHW 14 Boswell-MIN 12 Kaat-MIN 12 Lopez-CAL 12 Lolich-DET 11 Peters-CHW 11
Hit Batsmen Lopez-CAL 9 Wickersham-DET 8 Chance-CAL 7 John-CHW 7 Lonborg-BOS 7	Batters Faced Kaat-MIN 1227 McLain-DET 1080 Chance-CAL 1067 Wilson-TOT 1059 Stottlemyre-NYY 1042	Games Finished Aker-KCA 57 Fisher-TOT 50 Kline-WSA 46 Worthington-MIN 46 Lee-CAL 39 Sherry-DET 39 Wyatt-TOT 39	Adjusted ERA+ Peters-CHW 160 Perry-MIN 142 Hargan-CLE 138 Kaat-MIN 131 Horlen-CHW 130
Oldest Player Wilhelm-CHW 1922-07-26 (43) Burdette-CAL 1926-11-22 (39) Burgess-CHW 1927-02-06 (39) Klippstein-MIN 1927-10-17 (38) Adcock-CAL 1927-10-30 (38)	Youngest Player Montanez-CAL 1948-04-01 (18) Coleman-WSA 1947-02-03 (19) Egan-CAL 1946-06-09 (20) Murcer-NYY 1946-05-20 (20) Hunter-KCA 1946-04-08 (20)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Denny McLain (DET) C. Bill Freehan (DET) 1B. George Scott (BOS) 2B. Bobby Knoop (CAL) 3B. Brooks Robinson (BAL) SS. Dick McAuliffe (DET) LF. Frank Robinson (BAL) CF. Al Kaline (DET) RF. Tony Oliva (MIN)		Tommie Agee* (CHW) Steve Barber (BAL) Earl Battey* (MIN) Gary Bell (CLE) Norm Cash* (DET) Rocky Colavito* (CLE) Andy Etchebarren (BAL) Jim Fregosi* (CAL) Catfish Hunter (KCA)		Jim Kaat* (MIN) Harmon Killebrew* (MIN) Sam McDowell (CLE) Bobby Richardson* (NYY) Pete Richert* (WSA) Sonny Siebert* (CLE) Mel Stottlemyre* (NYY) Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)

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