1967 AL Standings and League Leaders

 August 15, 1967

  It's halfway through the month of August in the 1967 AL season. My Detroit Tigers are still in 1st place. They lead the 2nd place Boston Red Sox by 2.5 games. The 3rd place Kansas City A's aren't going away and are just 4 games back of Detroit. The Minnesota Twins are 4.5 games behind and the Cleveland Indians are 8 games back. The Chicago White Sox have to be the most disappointing team this season. Even with the best pitching in the AL the White Sox are 10 games off their real life record and 15.5 games behind Detroit. The New York Yankees are hardly worth mentioning. They've been awful. 

  The Tigers are heading into Boston next for a 3 game series. Detroit is 5-8 this season against the Red Sox so this will be a good test for the Tigers. Detroit's Al Kaline (.356)  is leading the league in BA and Boston's Carl Yastrzemski (.347) is right behind Kaline while leading in HR (32) and RBI (88). Yaz has a good shot at the Triple Crown just as he did IRL. KC's Catfish Hunter leads the AL in Wins (16) and is 4th in K's (170). Boston's Jim Lonborg has 15 Wins and leads the AL in K's (184). Chicago's Joel Horlen has the best ERA (2.14) in the league. KC's Bert Champaneris leads in SB (65) 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             68  46  .596 ----    47    62  52 .544   91  71 .562
1967 Boston BOA              65  48  .575  2.5          60  53 .531   92  70 .568
1967 Kansas City KCA         65  51  .560  4.0          50  66 .431   62  99 .385
1967 Minnesota MNA           63  50  .558  4.5          63  50 .558   91  71 .562
1967 Cleveland CLA           61  55  .526  8.0          54  62 .466   75  87 .463
1967 Washington WAA          55  61  .474 14.0          58  58 .500   76  85 .472
1967 Baltimore BAA           54  60  .474 14.0          50  64 .439   76  85 .472
1967 California CAA          54  62  .466 15.0          62  54 .534   84  77 .522
1967 Chicago CHA             51  60  .459 15.5          61  50 .550   89  73 .549
1967 New York NYA            35  78  .310 32.5          51  62 .451   72  90 .444
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     54   60  .474 27-32 27-28 19-19 35-41 11- 4 17-11     6-4     Won 2
BOA     65   48  .575 32-20 33-28 15-11 50-37  8- 6 29-18     6-4     Won 2
CAA     54   62  .466 32-32 22-30 23-20 31-42  2- 9 21-26     6-4     Lost 3
CHA     51   60  .459 23-26 28-34 21-19 30-41  9- 4 15-23     5-5     Lost 2
CLA     61   55  .526 35-26 26-29 21-21 40-34  5-12 18-23     4-6     Lost 1
DEA     68   46  .596 30-25 38-21 34-17 34-29  5-10 21-14     5-5     Lost 1
KCA     65   51  .560 37-28 28-23 26-22 39-29  5- 0 18-21     5-5     Won 1
MNA     63   50  .558 36-26 27-24 24-12 39-38  8- 8 14-18     7-3     Won 3
NYA     35   78  .310 12-39 23-39 10-36 25-42  7- 7 15-26     3-7     Lost 1
WAA     55   61  .474 29-24 26-37 16-17 39-44 12-12 26-14     3-7     Lost 1
TOTAL  571  571  .500
HOME   293  278  .513
ROAD   278  293  .487
LEFT   209  194  .519
RIGHT  362  377  .490
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      4-12 15- 9 18-14 10-17  7- 8  0- 0    398   477  -79
BOA     11- 3 14-14 15-14 17-12  8- 5  0- 0    520   469  +51
CAA      7-10 15-13 13-18 12-16  7- 5  0- 0    389   401  -12
CHA     10- 6 13-11 12-18 11-19  5- 6  0- 0    328   331   -3
CLA     11- 4  9-17 13-19 21- 8  7- 7  0- 0    463   424  +39
DEA     12- 4 13-12 19-11 15-12  9- 7  0- 0    528   411 +117
KCA      9- 6 15-13 17-15 18-10  6- 7  0- 0    435   386  +49
MNA      6- 9 16-11 20- 8 14-16  7- 6  0- 0    505   434  +71
NYA      1-14  9-16  9-22 11-18  5- 8  0- 0    337   492 -155
WAA      6- 9 12-15 17-14 15-16  5- 7  0- 0    393   471  -78
 

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1967 American League                 Date: 8/15/1967
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1967 DEA  68  46    A.Kaline  DEA .356  C.Yastrze BOA   32  C.Yastrze BOA   88
1967 BOA  65  48    C.Yastrze BOA .347  H.Killebr MNA   31  H.Killebr MNA   80
1967 KCA  65  51    R.Carew   MNA .332  F.Howard  WAA   30  F.Howard  WAA   76
1967 MNA  63  50    J.Fregosi CAA .318  B.Allison MNA   26  B.Allison MNA   70
1967 CLA  61  55    T.Oliva   MNA .317  T.Conigli BOA   23  W.Horton  DEA   67
1967 WAA  55  61
1967 BAA  54  60    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1967 CAA  54  62    C.Hunter  KCA   16  B.Kelso   CAA   19  J.Horlen  CHA 2.14
1967 CHA  51  60    J.Lonborg BOA   15  T.Pierce  KCA   15  C.Dobson  KCA 2.17
1967 NYA  35  78    G.Bell    BOA   14  F.Gladdin DEA   14  S.Hargan  CLA 2.23
                    G.Brunet  CAA   14  J.Aker    KCA   13  S.Siebert CLA 2.24
                    J.Sparma  DEA   14  M.Drabows BAA   12  G.Brunet  CAA 2.30
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    C.Yastrze BOA   17  B.Campane KCA   65  J.Lonborg BOA  184
                    D.Cater   KCA    8  D.Buford  CHA   26  S.McDowel CLA  181
                    V.Fuller  CLA    7  E.Stroud  WAA   22  L.Tiant   CLA  171
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  T.McCraw  CHA   21  C.Hunter  KCA  170
                                        T.Agee    CHA   21  G.Peters  CHA  166