Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 31,1966

Games on 1966-08-31

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	2	California Angels	5	Box	Dean Chance	Al Downing	(none)
Detroit Tigers	6	Chicago White Sox	7	Box	Hoyt Wilhelm	Orlando Pena	(none)
Detroit Tigers	1	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Gary Peters	Johnny Podres	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	5	Cleveland Indians	1	Box	John Miller	Luis Tiant	Stu Miller
Washington Senators II	3	Kansas City Athletics	0	Box	Mike McCormick	Gil Blanco	(none)
Washington Senators II	0	Kansas City Athletics	4	Box	Paul Lindblad	Barry Moore	Jim Nash
Boston Red Sox	2	Minnesota Twins	11	Box	Jim Kaat	Lee Stange	(none)
Chicago Cubs	5	Cincinnati Reds	7	Box	Ted Davidson	Curt Simmons	Don Nottebart
San Francisco Giants	2	New York Mets	1	Box	Juan Marichal	Jack Fisher	(none)
Houston Astros	5	Philadelphia Phillies	10	Box	Chris Short	Bob Bruce	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	Steve Blass	Don Drysdale	Billy O'Dell
Atlanta Braves	8	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Box	Clay Carroll	Ron Piche	(none)

Standings as of 1966-08-31

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1966 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Baltimore Orioles	132	83	49	.629	--	638	477	161	43-25	40-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	28	14	14	.500
2	2	5	Detroit Tigers	132	71	61	.538	12.0	592	582	10	38-29	33-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	30	17	13	.567
3	3	6	Minnesota Twins	135	72	63	.533	12.5	532	478	54	34-35	38-28	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	27	17	10	.630
4	4	8	Chicago White Sox	137	71	66	.518	14.5	487	424	63	32-36	39-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	25	12	13	.480
5	5	9	Cleveland Indians	134	69	65	.515	15.0	495	491	4	34-36	35-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	28	12	16	.429
6	6	13	California Angels	133	67	66	.504	16.5	494	534	-40	32-33	35-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Haney	Anaheim Stadium	29	13	16	.448
7	7	15	New York Yankees	135	61	74	.452	23.5	529	520	9	28-35	32-40	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan Topping	Yankee Stadium I	24	9	15	.375
8	8	16	Washington Senators II	138	62	76	.449	24.0	496	573	-77	25-43	37-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		George Selkirk	RFK Memorial Stadium	21	9	12	.429
9	9	17	Boston Red Sox	138	60	78	.435	26.0	585	668	-83	25-41	35-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	24	12	12	.500
10	10	18	Kansas City Athletics	136	59	77	.434	26.0	483	584	-101	25-46	34-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lopat	Municipal Stadium	24	15	9	.625
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1966 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	San Francisco Giants	133	78	55	.586	--	559	524	35	36-29	42-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	28	15	13	.536
2	2	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	122	70	52	.574	2.5	570	476	94	32-29	38-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	40	22	18	.550
3	3	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	131	74	57	.565	3.0	486	414	72	32-34	42-23	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Dodger Stadium	31	21	10	.677
4	4	7	Philadelphia Phillies	135	71	64	.526	8.0	591	534	57	32-35	39-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	27	16	11	.593
5	5	10	Cincinnati Reds	133	68	65	.511	10.0	587	562	25	26-41	42-24	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill DeWitt	Crosley Field	27	8	19	.296
6	6	11	Atlanta Braves	120	61	59	.508	10.5	572	513	59	30-31	30-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Billy Hitchcock	Paul Richards	Atlanta Stadium	42	24	18	.571
7	7	12	St. Louis Cardinals	133	67	66	.504	11.0	478	481	-3	35-34	32-32	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park,Busch Stadium II	29	16	13	.552
8	8	14	Houston Astros	134	61	73	.455	17.5	516	583	-67	21-41	40-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	28	11	17	.393
9	9	19	New York Mets	134	58	76	.433	20.5	517	625	-108	30-38	28-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		George Weiss	Shea Stadium	27	8	19	.296
10	10	20	Chicago Cubs	127	43	84	.339	32.0	517	681	-164	20-45	23-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	35	16	19	.457

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