Thursday, December 1, 2011

1969 AL Standings as of July 1







July 1, 1969

After playing around .500 the 1st 2 months of the season, the Detroit Tigers turned in the best record in MLB during the month of June. Detroit is now 2.5 games behind the AL East leading Baltimore Orioles. The Minnesota Twins have opened up a 4 game lead over the Oakland Athletics in the AL West. The 2 teams had been in a virtual deadlock all season long with no other apparent challengers in the division.




Strat-O-Matic Report








LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1969 American League

ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
EAST WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1969 Baltimore BAA 48 28 .632 ---- 87 55 21 .724 109 53 .673
1969 Detroit DEA 43 28 .606 2.5 39 32 .549 90 72 .556
1969 Washington WAA 43 34 .558 5.5 38 39 .494 86 76 .531
1969 Boston BOA 41 33 .554 6.0 43 31 .581 87 75 .537
1969 New York NYA 36 42 .462 13.0 36 42 .462 80 81 .497
1969 Cleveland CLA 31 42 .425 15.5 29 44 .397 62 99 .385

ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WEST WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1969 Minnesota MNA 45 29 .608 ---- 87 41 33 .554 97 65 .599
1969 Oakland OAA 39 31 .557 4.0 40 30 .571 88 74 .543
1969 California CAA 30 42 .417 14.0 25 47 .347 71 91 .438
1969 Kansas City KCA 30 44 .405 15.0 31 43 .419 69 93 .426
1969 Chicago CHA 29 43 .403 15.0 31 41 .431 68 94 .420
1969 Seattle SEA 27 46 .370 17.5 34 39 .466 64 98 .395



OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BAA 48 28 .632 22-15 26-13 14-10 34-18 6- 1 11-10 5-5 Won 1
BOA 41 33 .554 21-17 20-16 10-11 31-22 2- 4 11-14 3-7 Lost 3
CAA 30 42 .417 18-22 12-20 7-15 23-27 5- 6 10- 8 5-5 Won 1
CHA 29 43 .403 15-17 14-26 6-10 23-33 5- 6 11-12 3-7 Lost 3
CLA 31 42 .425 16-23 15-19 9-11 22-31 2- 4 8-12 6-4 Won 2
DEA 43 28 .606 22-13 21-15 16-10 27-18 4- 4 9-12 6-4 Lost 1
KCA 30 44 .405 17-21 13-23 10- 9 20-35 1- 3 8-13 4-6 Lost 1
MNA 45 29 .608 19-15 26-14 14-10 31-19 6- 2 9- 9 7-3 Won 1
NYA 36 42 .462 19-19 17-23 11-14 25-28 4- 6 15-13 6-4 Lost 2
OAA 39 31 .557 25-14 14-17 18-14 21-17 4- 3 16- 8 5-5 Won 2
SEA 27 46 .370 13-20 14-26 7-14 20-32 3- 5 10-15 6-4 Won 3
WAA 43 34 .558 22-17 21-17 12-11 31-23 5- 3 16- 8 5-5 Won 3
TOTAL 442 442 .500

TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ InDiv OutDiv
BAA 19- 4 13-13 16-11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 30-13 18-15
BOA 9-11 15-10 17-12 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 19-21 22-12
CAA 11- 5 6-21 13-16 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 24-14 6-28
CHA 8- 8 10-14 11-21 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 15-21 14-22
CLA 4-13 15- 9 12-20 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 13-26 18-16
DEA 11- 9 13-10 19- 9 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 23-18 20-10
KCA 6-13 12-15 12-16 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 16-24 14-20
MNA 11- 9 17- 7 17-13 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 24-16 21-13
NYA 7-14 14-13 15-15 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 18-24 18-18
OAA 12- 7 16- 9 11-15 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 21-18 18-13
SEA 6-12 7-19 14-15 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 16-23 11-23
WAA 12-11 15-13 16-10 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 20-21 23-13


WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:

TEAM BAA BOA CAA CHA CLA DEA KCA MNA NYA OAA SEA WAA
BAA - 6 4 4 6 4 3 1 7 3 3 7
BOA 0 - 5 2 11 4 6 3 3 2 4 1
CAA 1 1 - 5 2 0 5 8 1 2 4 1
CHA 2 4 2 - 2 2 1 2 3 3 7 1
CLA 1 3 4 3 - 2 3 3 2 2 3 5
DEA 4 2 6 3 3 - 3 1 8 3 4 6
KCA 3 0 2 2 3 1 - 2 4 5 5 3
MNA 5 3 6 4 2 3 6 - 5 5 3 3
NYA 1 4 5 3 5 6 2 2 - 1 5 2
OAA 2 3 1 3 4 2 9 4 4 - 4 3
SEA 2 1 3 7 3 2 3 0 1 3 - 2
WAA 7 6 4 7 1 2 3 3 4 2 4 -


RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:

TEAM BAA BOA CAA CHA CLA DEA KCA MNA NYA OAA SEA WAA
BAA - 36 26 42 45 33 12 22 37 26 20 68
BOA 21 - 35 26 80 33 27 22 32 27 36 31
CAA 14 20 - 26 17 15 33 48 12 12 30 16
CHA 24 30 20 - 22 21 11 11 40 20 65 26
CLA 18 55 28 30 - 25 28 17 23 15 22 31
DEA 39 30 43 23 35 - 19 9 73 27 27 35
KCA 12 6 17 16 21 10 - 21 25 48 48 28
MNA 32 30 54 21 14 15 41 - 23 44 17 24
NYA 18 31 43 29 30 49 19 18 - 17 29 27
OAA 10 21 15 23 21 23 57 37 36 - 35 24
SEA 21 16 23 64 22 17 26 11 13 32 - 30
WAA 59 45 37 46 17 22 29 27 19 22 32 -













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.



Strat-O-Matic Report







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











1969 NL Standings as of July 1st







July 1, 1969

The Chicago Cubs had the best record in the NL during the month of June and continue to lead the East. The Pittsburgh Pirates were able to keep pace with the Cubs with a good month themselves. In the NL West the Atlanta Braves faltered a bit in June, but the Houston Astros were the only team to gain any ground on them during the month.



Strat-O-Matic Report







LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1969 National League

ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
EAST WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1969 Chicago CHN 47 30 .610 ---- 82 50 27 .649 92 70 .568
1969 Pittsburgh PIN 42 34 .553 4.5 38 38 .500 88 74 .543
1969 Philadelphia PHN 36 36 .500 8.5 33 39 .458 63 99 .389
1969 New York NYN 35 37 .486 9.5 40 32 .556 100 62 .617
1969 St. Louis SLN 35 41 .461 11.5 35 41 .461 87 75 .537
1969 Montreal MON 28 45 .384 17.0 21 52 .288 52 110 .321

ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WEST WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1969 Atlanta ATN 46 28 .622 ---- 83 44 30 .595 93 69 .574
1969 Houston HON 43 35 .551 5.0 39 39 .500 81 81 .500
1969 Cincinnati CIN 37 34 .521 7.5 38 33 .535 89 73 .549
1969 San Francisco SFN 39 36 .520 7.5 39 36 .520 90 72 .556
1969 Los Angeles LAN 33 40 .452 12.5 44 29 .603 85 77 .525
1969 San Diego SDN 27 52 .342 21.5 27 52 .342 52 110 .321



OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
ATN 46 28 .622 28-16 18-12 15- 7 31-21 3- 0 16- 8 5-5 Won 1
CHN 47 30 .610 28-11 19-19 14- 5 33-25 5- 6 8-14 5-5 Won 3
CIN 37 34 .521 20-18 17-16 9- 5 28-29 3- 1 11-10 6-4 Lost 1
HON 43 35 .551 29-14 14-21 12-10 31-25 7- 0 14- 9 6-4 Lost 1
LAN 33 40 .452 16-19 17-21 10-15 23-25 3- 9 12-15 8-2 Won 3
MON 28 45 .384 18-17 10-28 9-10 19-35 4- 5 11-10 6-4 Lost 1
NYN 35 37 .486 20-19 15-18 10- 9 25-28 2- 7 11-15 5-5 Won 1
PHN 36 36 .500 23-13 13-23 7- 7 29-29 8- 2 14- 9 5-5 Lost 2
PIN 42 34 .553 20-15 22-19 13-10 29-24 3- 1 12- 6 7-3 Won 3
SDN 27 52 .342 10-27 17-25 7-12 20-40 5- 7 9-12 3-7 Lost 3
SFN 39 36 .520 26- 9 13-27 9- 6 30-30 5- 7 9- 8 3-7 Won 1
SLN 35 41 .461 19-13 16-28 9-11 26-30 2- 5 11-22 2-8 Lost 3
TOTAL 448 448 .500

TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ InDiv OutDiv
ATN 16- 5 17- 6 13-17 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 27-14 19-14
CHN 14- 9 15-10 18-11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 28-16 19-14
CIN 13- 7 14- 9 10-18 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 23-18 14-16
HON 10-14 17- 9 16-12 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 22-22 21-13
LAN 5-16 13-11 15-13 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 18-22 15-18
MON 8-12 8-15 12-18 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 15-26 13-19
NYN 10-10 8-16 17-11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 19-22 16-15
PHN 9-10 12-11 15-15 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 20-19 16-17
PIN 11-10 13-13 18-11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 23-18 19-16
SDN 7-16 11-16 9-20 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 15-29 12-23
SFN 14- 7 10-15 15-14 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 21-21 18-15
SLN 10-11 9-16 16-14 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 19-23 16-18


WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:

TEAM ATN CHN CIN HON LAN MON NYN PHN PIN SDN SFN SLN
ATN - 2 5 7 6 3 4 4 2 3 6 4
CHN 4 - 5 1 4 7 7 3 6 3 2 5
CIN 2 1 - 4 3 4 3 2 1 7 7 3
HON 5 4 0 - 6 2 4 3 5 7 4 3
LAN 4 1 4 2 - 4 0 2 4 6 2 4
MON 1 4 1 3 2 - 0 3 3 4 2 5
NYN 1 1 1 2 6 6 - 6 1 4 2 5
PHN 1 3 3 2 4 3 5 - 5 3 3 4
PIN 5 6 3 2 1 3 5 5 - 4 4 4
SDN 1 4 4 3 5 2 1 3 1 - 2 1
SFN 2 2 5 6 2 4 3 3 3 6 - 3
SLN 2 2 3 3 1 7 5 2 3 5 2 -


RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:

TEAM ATN CHN CIN HON LAN MON NYN PHN PIN SDN SFN SLN
ATN - 24 40 43 28 25 14 38 36 22 44 29
CHN 30 - 41 10 34 62 35 39 41 20 25 28
CIN 39 13 - 21 41 33 16 25 15 60 66 29
HON 37 19 9 - 43 24 31 22 40 40 38 23
LAN 21 9 49 27 - 26 10 13 24 56 13 20
MON 16 51 19 24 17 - 12 29 35 21 27 51
NYN 8 18 9 25 30 29 - 41 12 32 25 27
PHN 30 23 26 24 15 27 35 - 39 25 20 16
PIN 37 41 25 26 10 37 21 41 - 36 41 22
SDN 10 21 39 25 38 17 9 29 5 - 22 24
SFN 25 14 65 57 10 28 22 31 37 45 - 20
SLN 17 17 38 29 13 62 39 22 29 18 28 -











NL News Recap with League Leaders as of July 1, 1969







Atlanta Braves outfielder Hank Aaron is still putting up impressive hitting #'s. He has a .773 slugging % and leads, or is near the top in many of the NL batting catagories. Atlanta's Pat Jarvis and Chicago's Ferguson Jenkins head NL pitchers with 12 wins apiece. Houston's Larry Dierker has been flying under the radar, quietly helping the Asro's challenge the Brave's in the NL West by winning 11 games and posting a fine 1.91 ERA.



Strat-O-Matic Report







NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1969 National League Date: 7/1/1969

TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1969 CHN 47 30 C.Jones NYN .379 H.Aaron ATN 29 H.Aaron ATN 66
1969 PIN 42 34 R.Hebner PIN .369 W.McCovey SFN 24 W.McCovey SFN 58
1969 PHN 36 36 P.Rose CIN .357 T.Agee NYN 19 J.Torre SLN 56
1969 NYN 35 37 A.Johnson CIN .351 OTHERS TIED W 18 R.Santo CHN 55
1969 SLN 35 41 H.Aaron ATN .342 A.Johnson CIN 55
1969 MON 28 45
WINS SAVES ERA
1969 ATN 46 28 F.Jenkins CHN 12 C.Upshaw ATN 14 B.Singer LAN 1.37
1969 HON 43 35 P.Jarvis ATN 12 W.Granger CIN 11 J.Maricha SFN 1.86
1969 CIN 37 34 B.Hands CHN 11 F.Reberge SDN 8 L.Dierker HON 1.91
1969 SFN 39 36 L.Dierker HON 11 D.McGinn MON 7 B.Gibson SLN 1.94
1969 LAN 33 40 R.Reed ATN 10 OTHERS TIED W 6 T.Griffin HON 2.19
1969 SDN 27 52
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
G.Sutherl MON 12 L.Brock SLN 35 F.Jenkins CHN 142
B.Tolan CIN 11 J.Morgan HON 26 D.Wilson HON 131
M.Mota LAN 11 B.Bonds SFN 19 B.Gibson SLN 121
G.Alley PIN 11 B.Tolan CIN 15 T.Griffin HON 115
H.Lanier SFN 11 OTHERS TIED W 14 B.Singer LAN 107

YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
SFN 8 at SDN 3 CHN-Holtzma(8-8, 2.44) at MON-Jaster(1-5, 5.74)
CHN 9 at MON 6 SFN-Bolin(5-4, 4.31) at SDN-Kelley(1-8, 3.86)
PHN 0 at PIN 7 CIN-Merritt(7-3, 3.51) at ATN-Jarvis(12-2, 2.64)
NYN 4 at SLN 1 HON-Lemaste(4-9, 4.49) at LAN-Singer(9-5, 1.37)
HON 0 at LAN 1 PHN-Jackson(5-7, 2.88) at PIN-Blass(5-8, 4.86)
CIN 7 at ATN 8 NYN-Ryan(0-2, 2.66) at SLN-Carlton(6-4, 2.78)
NYN-Gentry(5-6, 2.94) at SLN-Carlton(6-4, 2.78)

YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB
C.Boyer ATN CIN 4 2 4 6 0 0 1 0
T.Perez CIN ATN 4 3 2 4 1 1 2 0
R.Fairly MON CHN 5 2 2 4 0 1 2 0
A.Shamsky NYN SLN 4 2 3 2 0 0 2 0
J.Hickman CHN MON 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0

PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS
C.Osteen LAN HON 9.0 3 0 0 1 8 0 W
D.Ellis PIN PHN 9.0 2 0 0 4 6 0 W
J.McAndrew NYN SLN 7.2 4 1 1 5 7 0 W
T.Griffin HON LAN 8.2 2 1 0 8 9 0 L
F.Linzy SFN SDN 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 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
J.Wynn HON .296 27 8 7 11 3 J.Koosman NYN 18 10 1 3 11 0 200
D.Menke HON .379 29 11 11 4 3 D.Ellis PIN 23 9 4 6 17 1 210
W.Mays SFN .364 22 8 3 8 2 B.Moose PIN 13 4 2 0 9 1 100
A.Shamsky NYN .360 25 9 5 4 3 B.Veale PIN 22 13 4 7 22 0 210
B.Bailey MON .282 39 11 10 7 4 T.Griffin HON 24 11 2 19 33 1 110

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
D.Young CHN .135 37 5 1 2 0 J.Fisher CIN 6 12 10 3 4 2 000
C.Gaston SDN .129 31 4 3 0 0 J.Robertson MON 13 20 13 5 9 0 020
J.Pagan PIN .192 26 5 0 1 0 R.Kline SFN 6 12 5 0 5 1 031
B.Wine MON .152 46 7 2 2 0 R.Robertson SFN 10 16 10 1 5 2 010
C.Rojas PHN .075 53 4 2 3 1 C.Kirby SDN 11 16 10 6 4 2 020

INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report