|
EAST |
W |
L |
GB |
Last |
|
Brooklyn |
90 |
56 |
-- |
8-5 |
|
Cleveland |
82 |
65 |
8.5 |
8-6 |
|
Washington |
78 |
69 |
12.5 |
6-8 |
|
Detroit |
76 |
71 |
14.5 |
6-7 |
|
Manhattan |
64 |
83 |
26.5 |
6-8 |
|
Boston |
59 |
87 |
31 |
7-7 |
|
WEST |
W |
L |
GB |
Last |
|
Chicago |
89 |
58 |
-- |
7-6 |
|
Los Angeles |
80 |
67 |
9 |
8-4 |
|
San Francisco |
76 |
71 |
13 |
8-5 |
|
St. Louis |
73 |
74 |
16 |
5-9 |
|
Dallas |
64 |
83 |
26.5 |
6-7 |
|
Atlanta |
50 |
97 |
39 |
5-8 |
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INJURIES
Duration at
least one week
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ATL
BRO
CHI
DAL
DET
MAN
STL
SF |
RF Johnny
Callison (7 mo)
SP Sammy Ellis (7 mo)
MR D Knowles (4 mo)
SP Catfish Hunter (7 mo)
SP Jim Merritt (3 wk)
2B Denis Menke (2 mo)
3B Ed Charles (2 wk)
SP Dean Chance (4 mo)
SS Bobby Richardson (2 wk)
1B Lee Thomas (5-6 mo)
MR Frank Linzy (4 wk)
3B Max Alvis (2 wk)
SP Jack Kralick (11 mo)
LF Rocky Colavito (8 mo)
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EXTENSIONS |
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ATL
BRO
CHI
DAL
DET
MAN
STL
SF
|
MR Mickey McDermott
(2, 333)
SP Lew Burdette
(1+M, 5900*)
CL Russ Kemmerer
(2, 7360)
SP Ray Herbert
(2, 5700)
SP Tom Sturdivant
(2, 5120)
SP Don Mossi
(1, 1120)
3B Jerry Lynch
(2, 750)
SP Sam McDowell
(2, 450)
MR Leo Kiely
(2, 3530)
CF Roberto Clemente
(3, 2800)
CF Jackie Brandt
(3, 1810)
RF Bobby Del Greco
(2, 1150)
MR Steve Ridzik
(1, 1150)
SP Joey Jay
(5+T, 5000)
C Johnny Edwards
(7+, 1250)
3B Bobby Brown
(1, 1030)
C Charlie Lau
(3+T, 700)
C Joe Torre
(4+T, 8750)
CF Vada Pinson
(2+T, 3900)
RF Felipe Alou
(3+T, 2500)
MR Don Cardwell
(2+T, 1500)
SS Tony Kubek
(1+T, 1200)
2B Don Buford
(4+T, 1000)
SP Sonny Siebert
(4+T, 1000)
MR Jay Ritchie
(3+T, 1000)
SP Juan Pizarro
(2+T, 500)
MR Moe Drabowsky
(3+T, 400)
C Cam Carreon
(2+T, 400)
SP Bob Shaw
(3+, 3000)
LF Wes Covington
(2+T, 2800)
MR Billy Muffett
(3, 1500)
SP Ray Kline
(2, 1750)
2B Tony Taylor
(2, 850)
MR Ron Herbel
(1, 700)
SP Jim Maloney
(2, 400)
SP Juan Marichal
(2, 400)
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|
 Howser
Closes In On .400
Spell on DL Improves Chances
WASHINGTON (Sept.
16) -- Dick Howser strained a
bicep tendon on Aug. 24, an injury that wiped out most of the
remaining season, but also increased his chances of finishing the
year over .400. Howser had 593 plate appearances up to Aug.
24, well above the 503 needed to qualify for the batting title.
Howser is hitting .413 and is expected to return to the lineup Sept.
21, in time for the Monuments' last 10 games. At his current
rate of 4.2 AB per game, Howser needs only to hit .238 in the last
10 games to seal the first .400 season in UL history.
Howser, a two-time batting champion, hit .393 in 1963,
falling
four hit short of the first .400 season since 1941,
but smashing Granny Hamner's single-season batting
record by 30 points and setting a UL record with 238
hits. A 2nd round pick, 12th overall pick in
1961, showed little promise in his first two
seasons, batting .272 and .226. His
improvement from 1962 to 1963 was one of the most
dramatic single-season upturns in UL history.
Playing in almost the exact same number of games,
Howser nearly doubled his hit total (from 127 to
238), raising his batting average 167 points.
In the last four seasons, Howser has surpassed the
hitting accomplishments of even Granny Hamner.
The former Brooklyn Superba great hit over .350 six
times from 1957 to 1964, but never hit better than
.364. Howser, by contrast, has hit .380 over
the last four years, including the top three batting
averages in UL history (Hamner occupies spots 4, 6,
7, 9, 10, and 11). Howser needs just eight
hits in his last 10 games to secure the top three
spots on the all-time single season hit list.
Hamner in 1957 was the first player to reach 200
hits in a season since Jackie Robinson in 1952, but
10 players have reached the benchmark in the 1960s,
including Lou Brock, Curt Flood, Joe Adcock, and
Mickey Mantle.
If Howser achieves a .400 average, the feat would stand as one of
the greatest single-season feats in UL history,
perhaps rivaled only by Gene Conley and Carl
Erskine's 26-3 seasons (1957 and 1958), Johnny
Antonelli's 30 wins in 1961, Herb Score's 421
strikeouts in 1962, and Dick Allen's 151-RBI rookie
season in 1965. But for all his individual
accolades, the Monuments pennant hopes faded fast.
After sitting just 1.5 games back after a 43-36
first half, the Mons have fallen 12.5 games behind,
going 35-33 while Brooklyn has gone 45-20.
Washington is 5-13 against the Bas, accounting for
two-thirds of the gap between the clubs.
 Havana
Wins Third Governor's Cup
Sugar Kings Sweep Through IL Playoffs
HAVANA
(Sept. 16) -- The Havana Sugar Kings, Manhattan's IL affiliate,
won their third IL title in four years, with playoff sweeps over
the Kansas City Monarchs and Montreal Alouettes. Havana
cruised to the East Division pennant by 10 games over
Philadelphia with an 81-49 record, led by the bat of Ken
Harrelson (21 HR, 71 RBI) and the pitching of Juan Pizarro (9-6,
2.51) and Dave McNally (10-8, 3.04). The S-Kings swept
their six playoffs games with three shutouts and and 10-2
blowout in the Cup-clincher. Sonny Siebert pitched a pair
of six-hit complete games, a 3-0 shutout of Kansas City and a
10-2 drubbing of Montreal. The Alouettes, playing their
first year in Montreal after a year as the Louisville Crackers,
won the mediocre North Division despite finishing barely over
.500. The Alouettes were in the middle of the pack in most
batting and pitching categories, but benefitted from a
relatively weak division and eked out a 3-2 Semi Series win over
the Denver Grizzlies, who posted the IL's best record (85-45) to
edge Kansas City by three games in the West Division.
 International
League Top Performers
Batting Champion: .348 -- Maury Wills, Buffalo (BRO)
Home Run Champion: 21 -- Ken Harrelson, Havana (MAN)
RBI Champion -- 81 -- Gene Oliver, Philadelphia (BOS)
OPS Champion -- .895 -- Len Gabrielson, Philadelphia (BOS)
ERA Champion -- 2.07 -- Sam McDowell, Kansas City (CHI)
Win Champion -- 22 -- Denny Lemaster, Kansas City (CHI)
Save Champion -- 15 -- Don Lee, Montreal (ATL)
Strikeout Champion -- 216 -- Sam McDowell, Kansas City
(CHI)
International League Top Performances
June 14 -- Lee Walls, Denver (STL) -- hits for the cycle
Aug. 5 -- Frank Bertaina, Baltimore (WAS) -- no-hitter
Aug. 25 -- Willie Horton, Denver (STL) -- 3 HR in a game
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EAST DIVISON |
|
BOSTON FEDERALS |
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS |
CLEVELAND BARONS |
|
|
|
|
|
DETROIT GRIFFINS |
MANHATTAN GRAY SOX |
WASHINGTON MONUMENTS |
|
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|
WEST DIVISON |
|
ATLANTA HILLTOPPERS |
CHICAGO COLTS |
DALLAS TEXANS |
|
|
|
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|
LOS ANGELES OUTLAWS |
ST. LOUIS MAROONS |
SAN FRANCISCO SPIDERS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LEAGUE
LEADERS
(through games of September 15) |
|
BATTING
AVERAGE |
HOME RUNS |
RBI |
VORP |
RUNS
/ GAME |
|
Dick
Howser, WAS |
.413
|
|
Joe Torre,
MAN |
.349
|
|
Harvey
Kuenn, CLE |
.333
|
|
Jim
Cunningham, DET |
.330
|
|
Lou Brock,
SF |
.329
|
|
Tony
Perez, STL |
.323
|
|
Joe
Adcock, CHI |
.317
|
|
*Bernie
Allen, CLE |
.317
|
|
*Gene
Freese, CLE |
.314
|
|
*Roger
Maris, STL |
.311
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orlando
Cepeda, BOS |
39
|
|
Harmon
Killebrew, ATL |
38 |
|
Bob
Allison, CHI |
34
|
|
Roger Maris,
STL |
33
|
|
Frank
Howard, DET |
30
|
|
Hank Aaron,
LA |
29 |
|
Willie
Mays, WAS |
29
|
|
Mickey
Mantle, BRO |
28
|
|
Joe Adcock,
CHI |
27
|
|
*Willie
McCovey, SF |
26
|
|
Frank
Robinson, LA |
26
|
|
|
|
|
|
Willie
Mays, WAS |
131
|
|
Orlando
Cepeda, BOS |
108
|
|
Harmon
Killebrew, ATL |
106
|
|
Bob
Allison, CHI |
105
|
|
Jim
Gentile, BRO |
101
|
|
Joe
Adcock, CHI |
100
|
|
Frank
Howard, DET |
98
|
|
Ron Santo,
WAS |
97
|
|
Willie
McCovey, SF |
96
|
|
Roger
Maris, STL |
90
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dick
Howser, WAS |
93.8
|
|
Lou Brock,
SF |
67.4
|
|
Joe Torre,
MAN |
63.9
|
|
*Roger
Maris, STL |
62.9
|
|
Willie
Mays, WAS |
60.8
|
|
Bob
Allison, CHI |
59.5
|
|
Jim
Gentile, BRO |
57.3
|
|
Harvey
Kuenn, CLE |
57.1
|
|
*Ron Santo,
WAS |
56.2
|
|
Frank
Robinson, LA |
55.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WASHINGTON
|
5.5
|
|
CHICAGO
|
5.0
|
|
BROOKLYN
|
4.9
|
|
SAN FRANCISCO
|
4.7
|
|
ST. LOUIS
|
4.6
|
|
DETROIT
|
4.6
|
|
DALLAS
|
4.4
|
|
CLEVELAND
|
4.3
|
|
ATLANTA
|
4.3
|
|
BOSTON
|
4.3
|
|
LOS ANGELES
|
4.3
|
|
MANHATTAN |
4.0
|
|
|
EARNED
RUN AVERAGE |
WINS |
STRIKEOUTS |
VORP |
RUNS
ALLOWED / GAME |
|
Johnny
Antonelli, LA |
2.43
|
|
Gene
Conley, BRO |
2.46
|
|
Lew
Burdette, BRO |
2.56
|
|
Earl
Francis, CLE |
2.66
|
|
Fritz
Peterson, LA |
2.77
|
|
Johnny
Podres, CLE |
2.79
|
|
Fergie
Jenkins, SF |
3.02
|
|
George
Brunet, CHI |
3.07
|
|
*Johnny
Kuscks, BRO |
3.24
|
|
Ray
Herbert, CHI |
3.27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Don Sutton,
STL |
22
|
|
George
Brunet, WAS |
19
|
|
Bob
Friend, CLE |
19
|
|
Fergie
Jenkins, SF |
19
|
|
Whitey
Ford, BRO |
18
|
|
Johnny
Kucks, BRO |
18
|
|
Gene
Conley, BRO |
17
|
|
Fred
Newman, SF |
17
|
|
*Pedro
Ramos, DET |
17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Whitey
Ford, STL |
314 |
|
Bob Friend,
CLE |
259 |
|
Johnny
Antonelli, LA |
211
|
|
Gene
Conley, BRO |
211
|
|
Don Sutton,
STL |
209
|
|
Sandy
Koufax, DET |
204 |
|
Johnny
Podres, CLE |
197 |
|
Don
Drysdale, WAS |
196
|
|
*Fergie
Jenkins, SF |
196
|
|
Luis Tiant,
SF |
193
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earl
Francis, CLE |
63.1
|
|
Johnny
Antonelli, LA |
63.0
|
|
Fergie
Jenkins, SF |
57.5
|
|
Johnny
Podres, CLE |
56.6
|
|
Fritz
Peterson, LA |
53.3
|
|
Pedro
Ramos, DET |
52.7
|
|
Joey Jay, DET |
51.1
|
|
Gene
Conley, BRO |
50.6
|
|
Lew
Burdette, BRO |
49.5
|
|
Whitey
Ford, WAS |
49.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CLEVELAND
|
3.7
|
|
BROOKLYN
|
3.7
|
|
LOS ANGELES
|
4.0
|
|
CHICAGO
|
4.0
|
|
SAN FRANCISCO
|
4.4
|
|
ST. LOUIS
|
4.6
|
|
MANHATTAN |
4.7
|
|
DETROIT
|
4.7
|
|
WASHINGTON
|
4.9
|
|
BOSTON
|
5.0
|
|
DALLAS
|
5.0
|
|
ATLANTA
|
6.0
|
|
|
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|
 |
|
MILESTONES |
|
Joe Adcock, CHI
2,000th
hit (Sept. 4), #7 all-time
Joe Adcock, CHI
1,000th run (Sept. 5), #10 all-time
Pedro Ramos, DET
200th win (Sept. 2), #7 all-time
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BATTER OF THE MONTH |
PITCHER OF THE MONTH |
ROOKIE OF THE MONTH |
|
APR
|
Tony Perez,
STL |
APR
|
Don Sutton,
STL |
APR
|
Art Shamsky,
BOS |
|
MAY
|
Frank
Robinson, LA |
MAY
|
Don Sutton,
STL (2) |
MAY
|
Paul Schaal,
ATL |
|
JUN
|
Harmon
Killebrew, ATL |
JUN
|
Gaylord
Perry, DAL |
JUN
|
Fergie
Jenkins, SF |
|
JUL
|
Tony Perez,
STL (2) |
JUL
|
Gene
Conley, BRO |
JUL
|
Roger Repoz,
SF |
|
AUG
|
Willie
Mays, WAS |
AUG
|
Whitey
Ford, BRO |
AUG
|
Jim
Lefebvre, LA |
|
SEP |
|
SEP |
|
SEP
|
|
|
|
|
4/11
|
Roger Maris,
STL
|
6/13
|
Johnny
Callison, ATL |
8/8
|
Lee Thomas,
STL |
|
4/18
|
Bill
Freehan, BOS |
6/20
|
Lou Brock,
SF |
8/15
|
Joe Adcock,
CHI (2) |
|
4/25
|
Dick
Howser, WAS |
6/27
|
Ron Santo,
WAS |
8/22
|
Willie
Mays, WAS |
|
5/2
|
Bob
Allison, CHI |
7/4
|
Ron Santo,
WAS (2) |
8/29
|
Dick Allen,
DET |
|
5/9
|
Willie
McCovey, SF |
7/11
|
Ron Santo,
WAS (3) |
9/5
|
Orlando
Cepeda, BOS |
|
5/16
|
Jim
Gentile, BRO |
7/18
|
Tony Perez,
STL |
9/12
|
Harvey
Kuenn, CLE |
|
5/23
|
Dick
Howser, WAS (2) |
7/25
|
Joe Adcock,
CHI |
9/19
|
|
|
5/30
|
Hector
Lopez, DAL |
8/1
|
Joe Torre,
MAN |
9/26
|
|
|
6/6
|
Paul Schaal,
ATL |
|
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|
United League Champions |
West |
East |
Most Valuable Player |
Cy Young Award |
Rookie of the Year |
|
1951 |
ST. LOUIS MAROONS
|
|
|
Ralph Kiner, DET |
Sam Zoldak, STL |
Jackie Jensen, LOU |
|
1952
|
WASHINGTON MONUMENTS
|
|
|
Jackie Robinson, NYG |
Larry Jansen, WAS |
Stu Miller, WAS |
|
1953
|
WASHINGTON MONUMENTS
|
|
|
Mickey Mantle, BOS |
Stu Miller, WAS |
Smoky Burgess, BRO |
|
1954
|
WASHINGTON MONUMENTS
|
|
|
Stan Musial, STL |
Billy Pierce, STL |
Ed Bailey, LOU |
|
1955
|
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS
|
|
|
Roy Campanella, LA |
Tom Gorman, BRO |
Gene Conley, BRO |
|
1956
|
WASHINGTON MONUMENTS
|
|
|
Ralph Kiner, DET |
Johnny Antonelli, LOU |
Frank Robinson, LA |
|
1957
|
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS
|
STL |
BRO |
Granny Hamner, BRO |
Gene Conley, BRO |
Roger Maris, BOS |
|
1958
|
LOUISVILLE COLONELS
|
LOU |
BRO |
Willie Mays, WAS |
Carl Erskine, WAS |
Orlando Cepeda, NYG |
|
1959
|
SAN FRANCISCO SPIDERS
|
SF |
BRO |
Granny Hamner, BRO |
Gene Conley, BRO |
Vada Pinson, LA |
|
1960
|
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS |
LOU |
BRO |
Hank Aaron, LOU |
Gene Conley, BRO |
Joe Gibbon, NYG |
|
1961 |
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS |
CHI |
BRO |
Granny Hamner, BRO |
Johnny Antonelli, LOU |
Dick Howser, WAS |
|
1962 |
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS |
CHI |
BRO |
Granny Hamner, BRO |
Johnny Antonelli, LOU |
Tom Tresh, LA |
|
1963 |
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS |
CHI |
BRO |
Ernie Banks, CHI |
Gene Conley, BRO |
Boog Powell, DAL |
|
1964 |
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS |
CHI |
BRO |
Mickey Mantle, BRO |
Whitey Ford, WAS |
Pete Ward, MAN |
|
1965 |
CHICAGO COLTS |
CHI |
CLE |
Ernie Banks, CHI |
Johnny Podres, CLE |
Dick Allen, DET |
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