The Detroit Tigers 10 game winning came to an end today, but they still have a stranglehold on 1st place in the AL. If not for Detroit, there would be one heck of a pennant race going on. The next 5 teams in the AL are within 5 games of each other.
Detroit's Willie Horton has been slugging the ball at an impressive clip. He leads in HR and RBI, and is 5th in BA. A good battle is going on for top BA in the AL. Oakland's Bert Campaneris has a .001 lead over Minnesota's Tony Oliva. Washington's Frank Howard has been the only bright spot in a bleak season for the Washington Senators. Like Horton, Howard is in the top 5 of the 3 main hitting categories. The Tiger's also have two of the top starters this season. Denny McLain and Mickey Lolich are the only pitchers with 20+ Wins. Cleveland's Sam McDowell has 19 Wins and leads the AL in ERA and K's.
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1968 American League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1968 Detroit DEA 109 37 .747 ---- *WON* 92 54 .630 103 59 .636
1968 Boston BOA 79 67 .541 30.0 78 68 .534 86 76 .531
1968 Baltimore BAA 78 67 .538 30.5 83 62 .572 91 71 .562
1968 Minnesota MNA 77 69 .527 32.0 69 77 .473 79 83 .488
1968 Oakland OAA 75 72 .510 34.5 75 72 .510 82 80 .506
1968 Cleveland CLA 75 74 .503 35.5 78 71 .523 86 75 .534
1968 New York NYA 70 75 .483 38.5 75 70 .517 83 79 .512
1968 Chicago CHA 63 84 .429 46.5 61 86 .415 67 95 .414
1968 California CAA 59 88 .401 50.5 63 84 .429 67 95 .414
1968 Washington WAA 46 98 .319 62.0 57 87 .396 65 96 .404
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BAA 78 67 .538 42-33 36-34 21-18 57-49 12- 7 31-18 3-7 Won 1
BOA 79 67 .541 29-43 50-24 13-16 66-51 12- 6 17-19 6-4 Won 1
CAA 59 88 .401 29-45 30-43 18-24 41-64 7-16 21-29 4-6 Won 1
CHA 63 84 .429 33-40 30-44 20-20 43-64 7-10 24-23 2-8 Lost 2
CLA 75 74 .503 36-38 39-36 14-26 61-48 6-19 16-27 5-5 Lost 1
DEA 109 37 .747 56-16 53-21 37-10 72-27 12- 2 34-16 9-1 Lost 1
MNA 77 69 .527 44-30 33-39 15-16 62-53 13- 8 21-26 5-5 Won 1
NYA 70 75 .483 39-35 31-40 22-19 48-56 8- 8 21-22 7-3 Won 2
OAA 75 72 .510 39-36 36-36 31-29 44-43 10- 8 28-26 3-7 Lost 1
WAA 46 98 .319 24-44 22-54 11-30 35-68 7-10 16-23 6-4 Lost 1
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1968 American League Date: 9/11/1968
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1968 DEA 109 37 B.Campane OAA .315 W.Horton DEA 47 W.Horton DEA 124
1968 BOA 79 67 T.Oliva MNA .314 F.Howard WAA 44 K.Harrels BOA 109
1968 BAA 78 67 F.Howard WAA .304 K.Harrels BOA 43 J.Northru DEA 91
1968 MNA 77 69 R.Monday OAA .303 B.Powell BAA 31 F.Howard WAA 89
1968 OAA 75 72 W.Horton DEA .301 N.Cash DEA 31 B.Freehan DEA 88
1968 CLA 75 74
1968 NYA 70 75 WINS SAVES ERA
1968 CHA 63 84 D.McLain DEA 24 J.Aker OAA 15 S.McDowel CLA 1.93
1968 CAA 59 88 M.Lolich DEA 21 H.Wilhelm CHA 14 G.Brunet CAA 2.16
1968 WAA 46 98 S.McDowel CLA 19 W.Wood CHA 14 S.Bahnsen NYA 2.19
J.Hardin BAA 18 D.Patters DEA 9 M.Lolich DEA 2.25
OTHERS TIED W 17 OTHERS TIED W 8 D.Chance MNA 2.35
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
B.Morton CAA 10 B.Campane OAA 77 S.McDowel CLA 306
N.Cash DEA 9 J.Cardena CLA 68 D.McLain DEA 252
T.Uhlaend MNA 7 C.Tovar MNA 40 L.Tiant CLA 236
OTHERS TIED W 6 D.Buford BAA 38 D.Chance MNA 230
V.Davalil CAA 38 T.Phoebus BAA 205
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