1967 AL Standings and League Leaders

 June 16, 1967

    We're in the middle of June in the 1967 MLB season. My Detroit Tigers are back into 1st place in the AL after splitting a 4 game series against the 2nd place Minnesota Twins. By winning the first 2 games of that series, the Twins briefly moved past Detroit into 1st place. Minnesota is actually tied with the Boston Red Sox and Kansas City A's for 2nd in the standings. 9 of the 10 teams in the AL  have a shot at the pennant at this stage of the season. The '3rd place' Chicago White Sox boast the top pitching in the league by a large margin. Boston, Detroit and Minnesota have the best offenses. 

   Detroit's Al Kaline has been in a bit of a slump lately, but still leads the AL in BA (.365) and is 2nd in RBI (42). Teammate Willie Horton leads in RBI (45). Washington's Frank Howard leads in HR (18). Boston's Carl Yastrzemski (.350, 14, 38) is in the top 5 of the major hitting categories, so he's making a bid for the Triple Crown.

   Boston's Jim Lonborg and KC's Catfish Hunter both top the AL in Wins with 9. Lonborg is also 4th in ERA (2.32) and 1st in Strikeouts (95). KC's Chuck Dobson (6-1) has the best ERA (1.69).  California Angel Bill Kelso leads in Saves (13) and the A's Bert Campaneris leads in Stolen Bases (33) by a large margin. 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1967 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1967 Detroit DEA             34  23  .596 ----   104    32  25 .561   91  71 .562
1967 Minnesota MNA           33  25  .569  1.5          30  28 .517   91  71 .562
1967 Boston BOA              33  25  .569  1.5          30  28 .517   92  70 .568
1967 Kansas City KCA         34  26  .567  1.5          29  31 .483   62  99 .385
1967 Chicago CHA             31  25  .554  2.5          33  23 .589   89  73 .549
1967 Baltimore BAA           27  29  .482  6.5          28  28 .500   76  85 .472
1967 California CAA          29  32  .475  7.0          28  33 .459   84  77 .522
1967 Washington WAA          28  32  .467  7.5          25  35 .417   76  85 .472
1967 Cleveland CLA           26  32  .448  8.5          28  30 .483   75  87 .463
1967 New York NYA            16  42  .276 18.5          28  30 .483   72  90 .444
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     27   29  .482 11-13 16-16 10-10 17-19  5- 1  7- 4     4-6     Won 1
BOA     33   25  .569 18-13 15-12  7- 7 26-18  5- 3 17-10     6-4     Lost 1
CAA     29   32  .475 20-16  9-16 12-11 17-21  2- 5 13-12     6-4     Won 3
CHA     31   25  .554 12-11 19-14 11- 6 20-19  4- 0  6- 8     5-5     Won 1
CLA     26   32  .448 12-12 14-20  9-12 17-20  3- 9  9-15     3-7     Lost 3
DEA     34   23  .596 13-10 21-13 17-12 17-11  3- 5  9- 9     5-5     Won 2
KCA     34   26  .567 20-17 14- 9 13-12 21-14  2- 0  8- 8     7-3     Lost 1
MNA     33   25  .569 19-14 14-11 11- 9 22-16  5- 4  6- 7     6-4     Lost 2
NYA     16   42  .276  7-23  9-19  3-22 13-20  4- 3  9-17     3-7     Lost 2
WAA     28   32  .467 19-11  9-21  7-11 21-21  5- 8 12- 6     6-4     Won 2
TOTAL  291  291  .500
HOME   151  140  .519
ROAD   140  151  .481
LEFT   100  112  .472
RIGHT  191  179  .516
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      4-12 15- 9  8- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    216   247  -31
BOA     11- 3 14-14  8- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    270   253  +17
CAA      7-10 15-13  7- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    198   217  -19
CHA     10- 6 13-11  8- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    195   152  +43
CLA     11- 4  9-17  6-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    223   245  -22
DEA     12- 4 13-12  9- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    261   207  +54
KCA      9- 6 15-13 10- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    222   197  +25
MNA      6- 9 16-11 11- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    281   238  +43
NYA      1-14  9-16  6-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    165   245  -80
WAA      6- 9 12-15 10- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    202   232  -30

 
 NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1967 American League                 Date: 6/15/1967
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1967 DEA  34  23    A.Kaline  DEA .365  F.Howard  WAA   18  W.Horton  DEA   45
1967 MNA  33  25    R.Monday  KCA .362  C.Yastrze BOA   14  A.Kaline  DEA   42
1967 BOA  33  25    C.Yastrze BOA .350  H.Killebr MNA   13  C.Yastrze BOA   38
1967 KCA  34  26    R.Carew   MNA .344  OTHERS TIED W   11  F.Howard  WAA   37
1967 CHA  31  25    C.Tovar   MNA .333                      OTHERS TIED W   35
1967 BAA  27  29
1967 CAA  29  32    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1967 WAA  28  32    J.Lonborg BOA    9  B.Kelso   CAA   12  C.Dobson  KCA 1.69
1967 CLA  26  32    C.Hunter  KCA    9  J.Aker    KCA    8  T.John    CHA 2.11
1967 NYA  16  42    G.Brunet  CAA    8  J.Wyatt   BOA    7  P.Lindbla KCA 2.23
                    OTHERS TIED W    7  F.Gladdin DEA    7  J.Lonborg BOA 2.32
                                        M.Drabows BAA    6  S.Siebert CLA 2.34
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    F.Whitfie CLA    7  B.Campane KCA   33  J.Lonborg BOA   95
                    T.Oliva   MNA    7  C.Tovar   MNA   15  C.Hunter  KCA   90
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  D.Buford  CHA   14  M.Lolich  DEA   89
                                        T.Agee    CHA   11  S.McDowel CLA   82
                                        OTHERS TIED W    9  D.McLain  DEA   81