AL News Recap and League Leaders as of July 1, 1969

Washington outfielder Frank Howard continues to lead the AL in the major batting catagories, helping the surprising Senators stay in the pennant race. Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins is putting up good #'s too. Detroit's Denny McLain, Cleveland's Sam McDowell and Oakland's Blue Moon Odom have proven to be the top pitchers so far this season in the AL.

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NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1969 American League                 Date: 7/1/1969
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1969 BAA  48  28    F.Howard  WAA .336  F.Howard  WAA   27  F.Howard  WAA   72
1969 DEA  43  28    E.Brinkma WAA .330  H.Killebr MNA   25  H.Killebr MNA   64
1969 WAA  43  34    B.Powell  BAA .317  R.Jackson OAA   24  J.Pepiton NYA   57
1969 BOA  41  33    J.Northru DEA .317  M.Epstein WAA   22  F.Robinso BAA   55
1969 NYA  36  42    R.White   NYA .317  C.Yastrze BOA   20  OTHERS TIED W   54
1969 CLA  31  42
                    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1969 MNA  45  29    D.McLain  DEA   11  R.Perrano MNA   17  J.Perry   MNA 1.68
1969 OAA  39  31    S.McDowel CLA   10  E.Watt    BAA   10  M.Lolich  DEA 1.93
1969 CAA  30  42    B.Odom    OAA   10  D.Higgins WAA   10  B.Odom    OAA 1.94
1969 KCA  30  44    M.Cuellar BAA    9  P.Richert BAA    9  S.McDowel CLA 2.23
1969 CHA  29  43    OTHERS TIED W    8  OTHERS TIED W    8  M.Cuellar BAA 2.59
1969 SEA  27  46
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    D.McAulif DEA    8  T.Harper  SEA   34  S.McDowel CLA  145
                    A.Bravo   CHA    7  H.Clarke  NYA   26  M.Lolich  DEA  122
                    OTHERS TIED W    5  C.Campane OAA   25  R.Culp    BOA  109
                                        P.Kelly   KCA   21  M.Cuellar BAA   95
                                        C.Tovar   MNA   20  B.Odom    OAA   93
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
MNA  7  at  CHA  4  SEA-Brabend(2-7, 5.38) at OAA-Dobson(7-6, 4.82)
CAA  5  at  KCA  1  CAA-May(5-3, 2.87) at KCA-Hedlund(3-6, 3.62)
                    BAA-McNally(8-7, 3.39) at NYA-Bahnsen(8-7, 3.75)
                    BOA-Jarvis(6-4, 3.42) at DEA-Dobson(2-3, 2.88)
                    MNA-Hall(4-3, 3.71) at CHA-Nyman(3-2, 3.45)
                    WAA-Cox(4-2, 2.38) at CLA-Hargan(3-5, 5.85)
                    WAA-Moore(3-6, 4.26) at CLA-McDowel(10-5, 2.23)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
G.Hopkins     CHA MNA  4  2  3  2  0  0  1  0
H.Killebrew   MNA CHA  5  1  2  2  0  0  1  0
C.Tovar       MNA CHA  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  1
R.Renick      MNA CHA  1  0  1  1  0  0  0  0
R.Reichardt   CAA KCA  4  1  3  1  0  0  0  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
J.McGlothlin  CAA KCA  7.0  6  1  1  1  4  0 W  
B.Miller      MNA CHA  7.0  5  3  3  0  6  1 W  
K.Tatum       CAA KCA  2.0  0  0  0  0  2  0    
 
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
G.Hopkins     CHA .478 23 11  8  2  4  D.Baldwin     WAA  6  1  0  1  5  0 000
C.Peterson    CLA .400 20  8 10  6  1  M.Lolich      DEA 25 13  3  7 26  1 200
D.Sims        CLA .361 36 13 13  8  4  A.Messersmith CAA 23 17  2  6 21  0 110
W.Horton      DEA .310 42 13 11  2  5  R.Fingers     OAA 10  4  0  2  6  0 001
P.Ward        CHA .348 23  8  3  5  2  R.Nelson      KCA 25 19  4  4  9  0 210
 
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
B.Knoop       CHA .032 31  1  1  1  0  C.Dobson      OAA  9 20 16  5  6  1 020
E.Rodriguez   KCA .080 25  2  0  2  0  R.Culp        BOA 10 16 13  5  8  2 020
S.Alomar      CAA .163 49  8  0  1  0  C.Carlos      CHA  6 14  6  4  6  1 000
R.Hansen      CHA .167 24  4  0  1  0  J.Hiller      DEA 10 13  8  7  8  3 010
T.McCraw      CHA .143 28  4  2  0  0  T.Murphy      CAA 11 17  8  8  3  2 020
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

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