1967 AL Standings

 August 1, 1967

  My Detroit Tigers hold 1st place in the AL as the calendar turns to August. The Kansas City A's continue to impress and have moved into 2nd place, 2.5 Games Behind Detroit. The 3rd place Boston Red Sox began to make their move up last month going 17-12. The Cleveland Indians had the best record in July (21-8) and moved up to 5th place. Minnesota slipped a bit (14-16) but are still very much a factor in the pennant race. The biggest disappointment has to be the Chicago White Sox. They're 14 games worse than their actual at this point in the season all because of their dreadful offense. Even though they have the best pitching in the AL, it hasn't been enough to overcome their lack of scoring.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1967 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1967 Detroit DEA             59  39  .602 ----    61    53  45 .541   91  71 .562
1967 Kansas City KCA         59  44  .573  2.5          44  59 .427   62  99 .385
1967 Boston BOA              57  43  .570  3.0          56  44 .560   92  70 .568
1967 Minnesota MNA           56  44  .560  4.0          53  47 .530   91  71 .562
1967 Cleveland CLA           54  48  .529  7.0          46  56 .451   75  87 .463
1967 Washington WAA          50  54  .481 12.0          51  53 .490   76  85 .472
1967 Baltimore BAA           47  52  .475 12.5          45  54 .455   76  85 .472
1967 Chicago CHA             46  54  .460 14.0          58  42 .580   89  73 .549
1967 California CAA          47  57  .452 15.0          55  49 .529   84  77 .522
1967 New York NYA            30  70  .300 30.0          44  56 .440   72  90 .444
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     47   52  .475 24-26 23-26 15-17 32-35  9- 3 15- 9     3-7     Won 1
BOA     57   43  .570 29-19 28-24 14-11 43-32  7- 5 25-15     8-2     Won 7
CAA     47   57  .452 26-28 21-29 21-18 26-39  2- 8 17-23     3-7     Lost 1
CHA     46   54  .460 23-26 23-28 19-17 27-37  7- 3 13-18     3-7     Lost 2
CLA     54   48  .529 29-21 25-27 17-19 37-29  4-11 16-20     7-3     Won 1
DEA     59   39  .602 26-21 33-18 33-14 26-25  5- 8 18-13     8-2     Won 1
KCA     59   44  .573 32-24 27-20 24-20 35-24  4- 0 16-18     6-4     Won 3
MNA     56   44  .560 30-22 26-22 20-12 36-32  7- 7 11-16     3-7     Lost 5
NYA     30   70  .300 11-37 19-33  9-33 21-37  6- 5 13-24     3-7     Lost 3
WAA     50   54  .481 27-24 23-30 14-15 36-39 11-12 24-12     5-5     Won 1
TOTAL  505  505  .500
HOME   257  248  .509
ROAD   248  257  .491
LEFT   186  176  .514
RIGHT  319  329  .492
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      4-12 15- 9 18-14 10-17  0- 0  0- 0    357   426  -69
BOA     11- 3 14-14 15-14 17-12  0- 0  0- 0    463   424  +39
CAA      7-10 15-13 13-18 12-16  0- 0  0- 0    349   365  -16
CHA     10- 6 13-11 12-18 11-19  0- 0  0- 0    298   301   -3
CLA     11- 4  9-17 13-19 21- 8  0- 0  0- 0    415   380  +35
DEA     12- 4 13-12 19-11 15-12  0- 0  0- 0    469   361 +108
KCA      9- 6 15-13 17-15 18-10  0- 0  0- 0    381   327  +54
MNA      6- 9 16-11 20- 8 14-16  0- 0  0- 0    453   389  +64
NYA      1-14  9-16  9-22 11-18  0- 0  0- 0    296   439 -143
WAA      6- 9 12-15 17-14 15-16  0- 0  0- 0    342   411  -69

1967 AL League Leaders

 August 1, 1967

League Leaders in the AL as of August 1, 1967. Detroit's Al Kaline, just back from a month long stretch on the IL, has the top BA (.360) in the AL. Boston's Carl Yastrzemski is still making a bid for the triple Crown. Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew (27 HR, 70 RBI) and Rod Carew (.333 BA) have powered the Twins attack this year. Kansas City's surprising showing this season can partly be attributed to the pitching of Catfish Hunter (15-5, 2.23 ERA, 152 K) and Chuck Dobson (9-4, 2.04 ERA). SS Bert Campaneris has also instilled fear on the bases with 63 steals so far this season. 

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1967 American League                 Date: 8/1/1967
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1967 DEA  59  39    A.Kaline  DEA .360  C.Yastrze BOA   27  C.Yastrze BOA   73
1967 KCA  59  44    R.Carew   MNA .333  H.Killebr MNA   27  H.Killebr MNA   70
1967 BOA  57  43    C.Yastrze BOA .332  F.Howard  WAA   27  F.Howard  WAA   67
1967 MNA  56  44    T.Oliva   MNA .325  B.Allison MNA   23  W.Horton  DEA   64
1967 CLA  54  48    J.Fregosi CAA .315  OTHERS TIED W   18  B.Allison MNA   62
1967 WAA  50  54
1967 BAA  47  52    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1967 CHA  46  54    C.Hunter  KCA   15  B.Kelso   CAA   16  C.Dobson  KCA 2.04
1967 CAA  47  57    J.Lonborg BOA   13  T.Pierce  KCA   14  J.Horlen  CHA 2.06
1967 NYA  30  70    OTHERS TIED W   12  F.Gladdin DEA   13  S.Siebert CLA 2.21
                                        J.Aker    KCA   12  C.Hunter  KCA 2.23
                                        M.Drabows BAA   11  G.Brunet  CAA 2.33
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    J.Foy     BOA   10  B.Campane KCA   63  L.Tiant   CLA  164
                    T.Conigli BOA    9  D.Buford  CHA   22  S.McDowel CLA  159
                    C.Tovar   MNA    9  E.Stroud  WAA   21  J.Lonborg BOA  157
                    OTHERS TIED W    7  T.Agee    CHA   19  C.Hunter  KCA  152
                                        C.Tovar   MNA   18  G.Peters  CHA  147

1967 NL Standings

 August 1, 1967

It isn't much, but the Chicago Cubs have finally put a little distance between themselves and the rest of the NL. The Cubs went a league best 17-14 in July. The St. Louis Cardinals sit in 2nd place 3.5 GB Chicago. But everyone still has a shot at the pennant in the NL except for maybe NY. 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1967 National League
 
                                                     ACTUAL-TO DATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1967 Chicago CHN             59  44  .573 ----    57    58  45 .563   87  74 .540
1967 St. Louis SLN           55  47  .539  3.5          62  40 .608  101  60 .627
1967 San Francisco SFN       54  50  .519  5.5          54  50 .519   91  71 .562
1967 Cincinnati CIN          54  51  .514  6.0          55  50 .524   87  75 .537
1967 Pittsburgh PIN          51  49  .510  6.5          49  51 .490   81  81 .500
1967 Philadelphia PHN        50  49  .505  7.0          48  51 .485   82  80 .506
1967 Houston HON             52  53  .495  8.0          46  59 .438   69  93 .426
1967 Los Angeles LAN         48  53  .475 10.0          46  55 .455   73  89 .451
1967 Atlanta ATN             47  52  .475 10.0          52  47 .525   77  85 .475
1967 New York NYN            39  61  .390 18.5          39  61 .390   61 101 .377
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ATN     47   52  .475 25-26 22-26 16-12 31-40  4-10 16-16     4-6     Lost 1
CHN     59   44  .573 31-18 28-26 19-15 40-29  6- 4 18-13     7-3     Won 3
CIN     54   51  .514 32-21 22-30 12-15 42-36  8- 5 17-14     5-5     Won 1
HON     52   53  .495 29-25 23-28 18-20 34-33  4- 8 16-14     5-5     Lost 2
LAN     48   53  .475 24-25 24-28 15-26 33-27  6- 4 17-15     5-5     Won 1
NYN     39   61  .390 21-30 18-31 15-22 24-39  6- 5 17-20     5-5     Won 2
PHN     50   49  .505 29-22 21-27 20-16 30-33  5- 1 18-13     5-5     Lost 1
PIN     51   49  .510 27-24 24-25 19- 8 32-41  5- 3 17-16     6-4     Won 2
SFN     54   50  .519 25-24 29-26 16-11 38-39  3- 4 15-23     5-5     Lost 2
SLN     55   47  .539 28-23 27-24 21-25 34-22  2- 5 14-21     3-7     Lost 2
TOTAL  509  509  .500
HOME   271  238  .532
ROAD   238  271  .468
LEFT   171  170  .501
RIGHT  338  339  .499
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
ATN      6-10 12-15 14-16 15-11  0- 0  0- 0    402   427  -25
CHN      6- 8 20- 7 16-15 17-14  0- 0  0- 0    442   388  +54
CIN     10-10 17-11 16-12 11-18  0- 0  0- 0    441   426  +15
HON     11- 7 11-15 15-15 15-16  0- 0  0- 0    439   437   +2
LAN      5-11 13-14 17-13 13-15  0- 0  0- 0    355   365  -10
NYN      3-14  9-14 13-16 14-17  0- 0  0- 0    335   423  -88
PHN     12- 4 11-14 13-18 14-13  0- 0  0- 0    383   424  -41
PIN      7- 5 14-15 14-16 16-13  0- 0  0- 0    450   454   -4
SFN     12- 4 12-15 14-18 16-13  0- 0  0- 0    382   348  +34
SLN      8- 7 13-12 19-12 15-16  0- 0  0- 0    392   329  +63

1967 NL League Leaders

 August 1, 1967

   Houston's Jimmy Wynn (33 HR, 93 RBI) continues to put up big power numbers. Pittsburgh's Matty Alou (.367 BA) and Roberto Clemente (.363) are the one two punch keeping the Pirates in the pennant race. Chicago's Fergie Jenkins (16-7) and Rich Nye (14-3) account for more than 1/2 of the NL leading Cubs' Wins. 

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1967 National League                 Date: 8/1/1967
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1967 CHN  59  44    M.Alou    PIN .367  J.Wynn    HON   33  J.Wynn    HON   93
1967 SLN  55  47    R.Clement PIN .363  H.Aaron   ATN   24  R.Santo   CHN   77
1967 SFN  54  50    P.Rose    CIN .353  D.Allen   PHN   24  D.Allen   PHN   71
1967 CIN  54  51    H.Aaron   ATN .335  C.Boyer   ATN   21  R.Clement PIN   71
1967 PIN  51  49    R.Staub   HON .327  OTHERS TIED W   20  OTHERS TIED W   69
1967 PHN  50  49
1967 HON  52  53    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1967 LAN  48  53    F.Jenkins CHN   16  R.Face    PIN   17  B.Singer  LAN 2.14
1967 ATN  47  52    L.Jackson PHN   15  R.Perrano LAN    8  L.Jackson PHN 2.15
1967 NYN  39  61    R.Nye     CHN   14  R.Taylor  NYN    8  J.Maricha SFN 2.26
                    J.Maricha SFN   13  R.Willis  SLN    7  G.Nolan   CIN 2.33
                    OTHERS TIED W   12  F.Linzy   SFN    7  M.Queen   CIN 2.55
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    V.Pinson  CIN   13  L.Brock   SLN   34  J.Bunning PHN  174
                    J.Rosebor LAN   12  M.Wills   PIN   21  J.Maricha SFN  172
                    OTHERS TIED W    9  V.Pinson  CIN   20  M.Cuellar HON  160
                                        D.Allen   PHN   18  G.Perry   SFN  152
                                        OTHERS TIED W   17  G.Nolan   CIN  148

1967 NL Game: NY @ Hous.

 July 31, 1967

  The New York Mets have really struggled this season, but tonight the Mets and Phil Linz had a game to remember. Linz smacked 6 hits and NY crushed the Houston Astros 19-5. Linz was 6 for 6 in the game with 3 doubles and 3 singles. He had 4 RBI and scored 3 times. The 6 hits are the most by any player in a 9 inning game this season in a MLB game. The 19 runs are also the most by any team in a game this year. NY put 12 runs on the scoreboard in the 4th inning and never looked back. 

BOXSCORE: 1967 New York Mets At 1967 Houston Astros                 7/31/1967
 
  Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Harrelson SS      6  2  1  2 .273     R.Davis LF          4  2  1  0 .233  
  C.Jones CF          5  3  1  0 .225     J.Morgan 2B         4  0  0  0 .282  
  T.Davis LF          5  2  3  4 .272     J.Wynn CF           4  1  3  2 .288  
  R.Swoboda RF        5  1  1  0 .333     R.Staub RF          3  1  1  1 .327  
  E.Charles 3B        5  2  1  1 .212     B.Aspromonte 3B     4  0  0  0 .282  
  G.Goossen C         4  2  2  2 .133     D.Rader 1B          4  1  2  1 .500  
  H.Reniff P          1  0  0  0 .000     J.Bateman C         2  0  1  1 .206  
  D.Shaw P            0  0  0  0 .111   B-J.Gotay PH          1  0  1  0 .266  
  E.Kranepool 1B      6  2  4  1 .311   D-D.Adlesh C          0  0  0  0 .226  
  P.Linz 2B           6  3  6  4 .341     B.Lillis SS         3  0  0  0 .309  
  D.Bennett P         3  2  2  1 .455   E-E.Mathews PH        1  0  0  0 .240  
A-J.Grote C           2  0  0  0 .183     B.Belinsky P        1  0  0  0 .133  
                                          L.Sherry P          1  0  0  0 .500  
                                        C-L.Bales PH          1  0  0  0 .294  
                                          D.Eilers P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        F-N.Miller PH         1  0  0  0 .220  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      48 19 21 15                 Totals      34  5  9  5
 
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Bennett In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bateman In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Sherry In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Gotay In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Lillis In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Eilers In 9th Inning
 
Mets............ 2 1 0 12 2 0  0 2 0  - 19 21  1
Astros.......... 0 2 0  1 0 1  0 1 0  -  5  9  5
 
Mets (39-61)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Bennett WIN(3-2)        5       4   3   3   0   2   1   6.44
H.Reniff HOLD(1st)        3       4   2   1   1   0   0   4.55
D.Shaw                    1       1   0   0   1   2   0   3.20
Totals                    9       9   5   4   2   4   1
 
Astros (52-53)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Belinsky LOSS(8-5)      3 1/3   5  10   4   4   3   1   3.58
L.Sherry                  3 2/3  11   7   6   1   3   1   6.75
D.Eilers                  2       5   2   2   0   2   1   0.95
Totals                    9      21  19   8   5   8   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 16,978 DATE- Monday, July 31st 1967 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Bill Jackowski, Ed Sudol, Lee Weyer, Harry Wendelstedt
T- 3:13
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 9  Astros: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 2  Astros: 2
ERRORS- P.Linz, B.Aspromonte, D.Rader, B.Lillis-2, B.Belinsky
DOUBLES- P.Linz-3(4th), R.Davis(16th), D.Rader-2(2nd)
HOME RUNS- B.Harrelson(1st), T.Davis(13th), P.Linz(1st), J.Wynn(33rd)
RBIs- B.Harrelson-2(27th), T.Davis-4(48th), E.Charles(10th), G.Goossen-2(2nd),
      E.Kranepool(36th), P.Linz-4(4th), D.Bennett, J.Wynn-2(93rd),
      R.Staub(46th), D.Rader(1st), J.Bateman(16th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Harrelson
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Goossen
WALKS- C.Jones, T.Davis, R.Swoboda, E.Charles, D.Bennett, R.Staub, D.Adlesh
HIT BY PITCH- R.Davis
STRIKE OUTS- B.Harrelson, C.Jones-2, T.Davis, R.Swoboda, G.Goossen, H.Reniff,
             J.Grote, R.Davis-2, J.Morgan, N.Miller
GIDP- G.Goossen, J.Grote, B.Aspromonte, B.Lillis
WILD PITCHES- D.Bennett, B.Belinsky-2, L.Sherry
PASSED BALLS- J.Bateman
2-out RBI- T.Davis
RLISP 2-out- E.Kranepool, T.Davis, R.Swoboda, C.Jones-2, B.Aspromonte, L.Bales,
             B.Harrelson, R.Davis
TEAM RISP- Mets: 6 for 18  Astros: 3 for 12
 
Phil Linz had 6 hits and 4 RBI as the New York Mets destroyed the Houston
Astros by a score of 19 to 5 at The Astrodome.
 
Linz was unconscious all evening.  The Houston fans hated to see him
approaching the batter's box as he just kept delivering base hits! He doubled
in the 2nd inning, delivered a one-base hit in the 4th inning, cracked a
two-run shot in the 4th inning, doubled plating two runs in the 5th inning,
ripped a single in the 7th inning and doubled in the 9th inning.  New York
lit up the scoreboard in the 4th inning which saw them score 12 runs on 7
hits.  Houston was out-hit by New York, 21 hits to 9.  
 
Dennis Bennett(3-2) allowed 3 runs in 5 innings, and picked up the victory. Bo
Belinsky(8-5) absorbed the loss.  He was not very effective, surrendering 10
runs in 3 and 1/3 innings.  
 
With this win, New York has a 39-61 record. They have been 5-5 lately.  With
the loss, Houston has a record of 5-5 lately, 52-53 overall.