1968 AL Standings

May 15, 1968

 We're halfway through the month of May and my Detroit Tigers sit in 1st place in the AL. The team's hitting has been, overall, tops in the league. Their 176 RS far outdistance 2nd slotted Minnesota's 144.  The pitching is in the upper 1/3 in the league. Many teams are pushing the Tigers, but one that is not is the Washington Senators. They sit at the bottom of the league with a 8-22 record and have lost 13 in a row.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1968 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1968 Detroit DEA             21   9  .700 ----   130    19  11 .633  103  59 .636
1968 Baltimore BAA           18  12  .600  3.0          17  13 .567   91  71 .562
1968 Cleveland CLA           17  12  .586  3.5          17  12 .586   86  75 .534
1968 Minnesota MNA           18  13  .581  3.5          16  15 .516   79  83 .488
1968 Oakland OAA             17  13  .567  4.0          15  15 .500   82  80 .506
1968 Chicago CHA             14  14  .500  6.0          11  17 .393   67  95 .414
1968 Boston BOA              14  16  .467  7.0          15  15 .500   86  76 .531
1968 California CAA          13  20  .394  9.5          15  18 .455   67  95 .414
1968 New York NYA            11  20  .355 10.5          13  18 .419   83  79 .512
1968 Washington WAA           8  22  .267 13.0          13  17 .433   65  96 .404
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     18   12  .600 10- 8  8- 4  4- 4 14- 8  3- 0  8- 3     5-5     Won 1
BOA     14   16  .467  4-11 10- 5  0- 3 14-13  0- 2  2- 6     8-2     Won 5
CAA     13   20  .394  7-12  6- 8  3- 4 10-16  2- 2  5- 6     5-5     Won 1
CHA     14   14  .500  7- 5  7- 9  4- 5 10- 9  1- 3  4- 3     5-5     Lost 1
CLA     17   12  .586  7- 5 10- 7  2- 3 15- 9  2- 2  4- 4     5-5     Lost 1
DEA     21    9  .700 10- 5 11- 4  9- 4 12- 5  1- 0  4- 4     7-3     Lost 1
MNA     18   13  .581  8- 3 10-10  1- 5 17- 8  2- 2  4- 5     4-6     Lost 2
NYA     11   20  .355  4-12  7- 8  1- 4 10-16  2- 3  4- 7     2-8     Won 1
OAA     17   13  .567 10- 5  7- 8  6- 7 11- 6  3- 1  9- 5     7-3     Won 3
WAA      8   22  .267  6-12  2-10  2- 8  6-14  0- 1  3- 4     0-10    Lost 13
TOTAL  151  151  .500
HOME    73   78  .483
ROAD    78   73  .517
LEFT    32   47  .405
RIGHT  119  104  .534
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      9- 7  9- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    117   115   +2
BOA      5-11  9- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    143   111  +32
CAA      5-13  8- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    102   117  -15
CHA      7- 7  7- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    105    94  +11
CLA     10- 7  7- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    140   115  +25
DEA     12- 5  9- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    176   105  +71
MNA     12- 5  6- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    144   126  +18
NYA      7-10  4-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    105   163  -58
OAA      9- 9  8- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    101    99   +2
WAA      8-10  0-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     79   167  -88