August 15, 1967
Halfway through the month of August. The Chicago Cubs are still hanging on to 1st place in the NL. The Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants have all gained ground on the Cubs this month. Pittsburgh is currently on a 9 game winning streak. Cincinnati recently had a 9 game winning streak too. The St. Louis Cardinals have struggled the last month and a 1/2 but are still in the running for a shot at the pennant. All the teams, except for the New York Mets, are within 10.5 games of 1st place. Should be a good race to the pennant in the NL.
Jimmy Wynn of the surprising Houston Astros leads the NL in HR (37) and RBI (103). Pittsburgh teammates Matty Alou (.357) and Roberts Clemente (.349) are battling for the top BA. Chicago's Ferguson Jenkins leads the league in Wins (18).
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1967 National League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1967 Chicago CHN 68 52 .567 ---- 42 64 56 .533 87 74 .540
1967 San Francisco SFN 63 53 .543 3.0 61 55 .526 91 71 .562
1967 Cincinnati CIN 62 55 .530 4.5 62 55 .530 87 75 .537
1967 Pittsburgh PIN 60 55 .522 5.5 55 60 .478 81 81 .500
1967 St. Louis SLN 60 56 .517 6.0 72 44 .621 101 60 .627
1967 Houston HON 59 58 .504 7.5 47 70 .402 69 93 .426
1967 Philadelphia PHN 54 58 .482 10.0 57 55 .509 82 80 .506
1967 Los Angeles LAN 54 59 .478 10.5 50 63 .442 73 89 .451
1967 Atlanta ATN 54 59 .478 10.5 61 52 .540 77 85 .475
1967 New York NYN 42 71 .372 22.5 47 66 .416 61 101 .377
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
ATN 54 59 .478 28-29 26-30 20-14 34-45 5-10 19-19 5-5 Won 1
CHN 68 52 .567 39-26 29-26 22-17 46-35 7- 4 21-13 5-5 Won 3
CIN 62 55 .530 37-24 25-31 17-17 45-38 9- 5 19-16 8-2 Lost 2
HON 59 58 .504 31-25 28-33 20-21 39-37 5- 8 19-14 5-5 Won 1
LAN 54 59 .478 25-26 29-33 16-28 38-31 8- 4 18-16 5-5 Won 1
NYN 42 71 .372 23-38 19-33 16-27 26-44 6- 6 18-23 2-8 Won 1
PHN 54 58 .482 30-27 24-31 23-18 31-40 5- 4 18-16 3-7 Lost 3
PIN 60 55 .522 28-27 32-28 20- 9 40-46 5- 5 19-16 9-1 Won 9
SFN 63 53 .543 27-24 36-29 19-11 44-42 6- 5 16-25 7-3 Lost 1
SLN 60 56 .517 31-31 29-25 21-28 39-28 3- 8 16-25 3-7 Lost 3
TOTAL 576 576 .500
HOME 299 277 .519
ROAD 277 299 .481
LEFT 194 190 .505
RIGHT 382 386 .497
TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ RUNS AGNST DIFF
ATN 6-10 12-15 14-16 15-11 7- 7 0- 0 467 497 -30
CHN 6- 8 20- 7 16-15 17-14 9- 8 0- 0 501 446 +55
CIN 10-10 17-11 16-12 11-18 8- 4 0- 0 506 474 +32
HON 11- 7 11-15 15-15 15-16 7- 5 0- 0 504 507 -3
LAN 5-11 13-14 17-13 13-15 6- 6 0- 0 400 409 -9
NYN 3-14 9-14 13-16 14-17 3-10 0- 0 367 478 -111
PHN 12- 4 11-14 13-18 14-13 4- 9 0- 0 426 476 -50
PIN 7- 5 14-15 14-16 16-13 9- 6 0- 0 514 505 +9
SFN 12- 4 12-15 14-18 16-13 9- 3 0- 0 448 390 +58
SLN 8- 7 13-12 19-12 15-16 5- 9 0- 0 438 389 +49
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1967 National League Date: 8/15/1967
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1967 CHN 68 52 M.Alou PIN .357 J.Wynn HON 37 J.Wynn HON 103
1967 SFN 63 53 R.Clement PIN .349 H.Aaron ATN 29 R.Santo CHN 89
1967 CIN 62 55 P.Rose CIN .344 D.Allen PHN 26 T.Perez CIN 80
1967 PIN 60 55 R.Staub HON .342 R.Santo CHN 25 H.Aaron ATN 79
1967 SLN 60 56 T.Gonzale PHN .329 C.Boyer ATN 24 OTHERS TIED W 75
1967 HON 59 58
1967 PHN 54 58 WINS SAVES ERA
1967 LAN 54 59 F.Jenkins CHN 18 R.Face PIN 19 B.Singer LAN 2.22
1967 ATN 54 59 L.Jackson PHN 17 T.Abernat CIN 9 J.Maricha SFN 2.25
1967 NYN 42 71 R.Nye CHN 15 OTHERS TIED W 8 L.Jackson PHN 2.46
J.Maricha SFN 14 M.Queen CIN 2.50
G.Perry SFN 13 R.Nye CHN 2.54
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
T.Perez CIN 15 L.Brock SLN 40 J.Bunning PHN 190
R.Staub HON 11 M.Wills PIN 24 J.Maricha SFN 181
L.May CIN 9 T.Harper CIN 21 M.Cuellar HON 177
R.Hundley CHN 8 V.Pinson CIN 21 F.Jenkins CHN 170
J.Buchek NYN 8 J.Morgan HON 21 G.Perry SFN 169
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