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EAST |
W |
L |
GB |
Last |
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Cleveland |
8 |
6 |
-- |
6-4 |
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Detroit |
8 |
6 |
-- |
6-4 |
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Manhattan |
8 |
6 |
-- |
6-4 |
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Washington |
7 |
7 |
1 |
6-4 |
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Boston |
6 |
8 |
2 |
3-7 |
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Brooklyn |
6 |
8 |
2 |
4-6 |
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WEST |
W |
L |
GB |
Last |
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Chicago |
11 |
3 |
-- |
7-3 |
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St. Louis |
8 |
6 |
3 |
5-5 |
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San Francisco |
8 |
6 |
3 |
6-4 |
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Los Angeles |
7 |
7 |
4 |
6-4 |
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Dallas |
4 |
10 |
7 |
2-8 |
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Atlanta |
3 |
11 |
8 |
3-7 |
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INJURIES
Duration at
least one week
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BRO
DAL
DET
MAN
STL
SF
WAS |
SP Lew
Burdette (5-6 wk)
LF 'Clank' Blefary (2 wk)
SP Gaylord Perry (1 wk)
SP Tommy John (7 wk)
3B Pete Ward (3 mo)
SP Sonny Siebert (1 wk)
SS Jim Fregosi (3-4 wk)
RF Billy Williams (8 wk)
LF Carl Yastrzemski (5 wk)
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 Opening
Day Heroes
Ageless
Antonelli Blanks Maroons
ST. LOUIS
(April 1) -- Thirty-five year old southpaw Johnny Antonelli
threw a three-hit shutout to defeat the St. Louis Maroons 4-0 in
his Opening Day debut with his new club, the Los Angeles
Outlaws. The Outlaws are pinning their pennant hopes on a
young rotation anchored by the veteran Antonelli, who had six
20-win seasons and set the UL record with 30 wins in 1961 during
a decade-long stint with the Louisville Colonels. Indeed,
for 10 years "Johnny A" was the Louisville Colonels,
winning Cy Young Awards in 1956, 1961, and 1962. With the
retirement of Billy Pierce last year, Antonelli inherits the
mantle of the winningest active pitcher, with 256 wins coming
into this season.
Other Opening Day heroes included Frank Thomas, who was 2-for-4
with an RBI in his Cleveland Barons debut, contributing to a 4-1
win over Manhattan. Thomas, 35, drove in 429 runs in four
seasons with Dallas, and ranks eighth all-time with 1,078 RBIs.
Catcher Ed Bailey was the hero in Atlanta, where the defending
champion Colts won 8-6. Bailey homered off newly acquired
reliever Bill Fischer in the top of the eighth to break a 6-6
tie and give Chicago the first of seven straight wins (see
article below).
The complete run-down of Opening Day '66:
Brooklyn 3, Boston 1
Lew Burdette threw a 7-hit complete game at the Frank and Ted
Lepcio was 3-for-4 with two doubles, including a 2-run
two-bagger that broke open a tie game in the seventh.
Detroit 6, Washington 5
Frank Howard and Charlie Lau hit RBI singles in the eighth
as the Griffins rallied to beat Don Larsen and the Monuments in
Washington. Willie Mays had three hits and Ron Santo homered
for the home team.
Cleveland 4, Manhattan 1
Frank Thomas was 2-for-4 with an RBI in his Barons debut, as
Cy winner Johnny Podres beat his former club at Cleveland.
Chicago 8, Atlanta 6
The Hilltoppers built a 4-1 lead, chasing Tom Sturdivant
after two innings, and racked up 15 hits, but still lost after
the Colts rallied. Ed Bailey's solo shot off Bill Fischer in
the eighth was the game-winner. Killebrew was 4-for-5 with a
homer for the hosts.
San Francisco 6, Dallas 5
Dallas rallied for three runs in the ninth to tie the game 5-5,
but then blew in the game in the tenth when Jackie Brandt,
playing out of position, biffed a groundball at second base,
allowing Rocky Colavito to score.
Los Angeles 4, St. Louis 0
Johnny Antonelli hurled a three-hit shutout in St. Louis,
beating Whitey Ford. Frank Robinson homered in his first at-bat
of the season, and Jimmie Hall hit a two-run homer in the
second.
 Chicago
Starts 7-0
Colts
Begin Title Defense With Two Sweeps
ST. LOUIS
(April 8) -- It took eight games and a 4-RBI performance by
slugger Roger Maris for the defending champion Chicago Colts to
lose their first game. Chicago notched three-game sweeps
at Atlanta and against Los Angeles, and won here yesterday to
build an early lead in the West Division. Norm Cash, Bob
Allison, and Ed Bailey homered in an 8-6 Opening Day win against
the Hilltoppers> Allison also provided heroics in Game 5,
blasting a two-run homer to beat Los Angeles 7-5. The
Colts are 4-3 in their last seven games, and lead the West by
three games over St. Louis and San Francisco.
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EAST DIVISON |
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BOSTON FEDERALS |
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS |
CLEVELAND BARONS |
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1-3 at
home. . . Herb Score leads league in ERA (0.79), K/9
(10.3), and VORP (10.8). . . Beat Dallas 17-8
on Apr. 12 (Cepeda HR, 5 RBI; Freehan HR, 4 RBI). .
. Ace Chris Short 1-2, 5.68 in first 3 starts.
. . Bill Freehan top hitter (.370/.463/.609,
1.072 OPS).
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Lew
Burdette will miss six weeks after straining a back
muscle against Detroit on Apr. 9, the Bas lost 4 of
their next 6 games and are tied for last. . .
Dick McAuliffe leads team in batting (.327), RBI
(11), and OPS (.934).
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League-worst offense (3.8 runs/game), and slugging
(.320) (SLG: Bell .189, Roseboro .250). . .
Eddie Mathews leads league in walks (13), but has
5th worst batting average (.184). . . Curt Flood had
5 hits, including a triple and a home run, in a 10-5
win at Boston.
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DETROIT GRIFFINS |
MANHATTAN GRAY SOX |
WASHINGTON MONUMENTS |
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First 13
games on the road (7-6) . . . League-best 59
bases on balls (Menke 9, Held 8, Cunningham 7). . .
League-high 5 CGs (One each for 5 starters) . . .
Tommy John (out 7 weeks with strained elbow
ligament) was 1-0, 1.23 in first 2 starts. . .
Fifth starter Bob Gibson 1st to win two games.
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5-2 at home
and 5-2 in one-run games. . . League best .222
opponent batting average (Gibbon .170, Radatz .171,
Chance .204). . . Joe Gibbon #3 in ERA (1.17).
. . Shelled: Anderson (6.88 in 3 GS) and
Siebert (7.84 in 2 GS). . . Top hitter: Willie
Stargell (.340/.468/.600, 1.068 OPS). |
Extremely
average: .500 at home (4-4), .500 on the road (3-3),
.500 vs. rightes (5-5), .500 vs. lefties (2-2)
Rookie Jack Aker leads league with 3 saves. . .
Power outage: 10th in SLG (.353), 11th in XBH and
HR. . . Top pitcher: Don Larsen (3-1, 2.40, 18
K).
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WEST DIVISON |
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ATLANTA HILLTOPPERS |
CHICAGO COLTS |
DALLAS TEXANS |
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First 13
games at home (3-10) . . . League worst 6.05 ERA
(starters 6.05, relievers 6.05). . . Billy
Loes (10.32 in 3 GS), Vinegar Bend Mizell (0-3, 6.41
in 3 GS). . . Top batter: Johnny Callison
(.389/.436/.861, 1.297 OPS). . . Killebrew
leads team with 12 RBI.
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First in
home runs (19 - Cash, 6, Allison 4). . . Norm
Cash leads league in SLG (.850), OPS (1.340), and HR
(6). . . Jim Busby 5-5 with 4 runs in 6-2 win
at St. Louis Apr. 9. . . Starters 10th in ERA,
Bullpen 2nd in ERA. |
2nd worst
pitching staff (5.71 ERA, 6.4 runs allowed/game). .
. Tom Brewer 10.38 in GS, Gaylord Perry 0-3,
5.53 in 4 GS, Ray Narleski 10.13 ERA, two losses in
3 games. . . Top hitter: Norm Siebern
(.387/.513/.548, 1.061 OPS).
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LOS ANGELES OUTLAWS |
ST. LOUIS MAROONS |
SAN FRANCISCO SPIDERS |
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League-best
2.86 ERA and 1.06 WHIP (Aguirre 2.25, Antonelli
2.63). . . Aguirre leads lead with 0.69 WHIP,
two-hit shutout of Brooklyn on Apr. 10. . .
Best bullpen (1.63) (Art Mahaffey 1.35 in 6 games).
. . Last in batting (.229) and OBP (.303) --
Lefebvre .186, Mazeroski .186, Hall .204, Swoboda
.216. |
Leads
league in batting, OBP, SLG, and OPS. . . Maris
.442, Tony Perez .392, Don Blasingame .354). . .
Whitey Ford (35) and Don Sutton (30) rank #1-2 in
strikeouts. . . Roger Maris leads league in
batting (.442), OBP (.525), RBI (18), runs (13), and
total bases (42).
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League
leading 5.7 runs per game (Russ Snyder .389-3-12,
Colavito 9 RBI). . . In his UL debut on 4/4,
Fergie Jenkins left after 10 pitches and 0.1 innings
with a blister on his finger; he missed the next two
weeks. . . RF Billy Williams tore an ab muscle
sliding into third on 4/4 and will miss 8 weeks.
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LEAGUE
LEADERS
(through games of April 15) |
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BATTING
AVERAGE |
HOME RUNS |
RBI |
VORP |
RUNS
/ GAME |
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Roger Maris,
STL |
.442
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Lou Brock,
SF |
.411
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Al
Spangler, CHI |
.405
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Tony Perez,
STL |
.392
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Bill
Freehan, BOS |
.370
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Joe Adcock,
CHI |
.368
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Eddie
Bressoud, BOS |
.367
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Bobby
Brown, DET |
.367
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Curt Flood,
CLE |
.367
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Don
Blasingame, STL |
.354
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Don
Pavletich, ATL |
.354
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Norm Cash,
CHI |
6
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Roger Maris,
STL |
5
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Bob
Allison, CHI |
4
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Johnny
Callison, ATL |
4
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Orlando
Cepeda, BOS |
4
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Harmon
Killebrew, ATL |
4 |
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Mickey
Mantle, BRO |
4
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Roger Maris,
STL |
18
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Orlando
Cepeda, BOS |
17
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Woodie
Held, DET |
15
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Tony Perez,
STL |
14
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Joe Adcock,
CHI |
12
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Bob
Allison, CHI |
12
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Bob Bailey,
DAL |
12
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Ernie
Banks, CHI |
12
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Norm Cash,
CHI |
12
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Harmon
Killebrew, ATL |
12
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Russ
Snyder, SF |
12
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Roger Maris,
STL |
15.1
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Lou Brock,
SF |
13.2
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Norm Cash,
CHI |
12.5
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Tony Perez,
STL |
9.8
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Willie
Stargell, MAN |
8.4
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Woodie
Held, DET |
8.2
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Bob
Allison, CHI |
7.9
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Bill
Freehan, BOS |
7.5
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Johnny
Callison, ATL |
7.5
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Pete Rose,
SF |
7.1
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SAN FRANCISCO
|
5.7
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CHICAGO
|
5.6
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DETROIT
|
5.4
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ST. LOUIS
|
5.4
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WASHINGTON
|
5.0
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BOSTON
|
5.0
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MANHATTAN |
4.4
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BROOKLYN
|
4.2
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ATLANTA
|
4.1
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LOS ANGELES
|
4.1
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DALLAS
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4.0
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CLEVELAND
|
3.8
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EARNED
RUN AVERAGE |
WINS |
STRIKEOUTS |
VORP |
RUNS
ALLOWED / GAME |
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Herb Score,
BOS |
0.79
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Earl
Francis, CLE |
0.86
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Joe Gibbon,
MAN |
1.17
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Tommy John,
DET |
1.23 |
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Ray
Herbert, CHI |
1.77
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Lew
Burdette, BRO |
2.08
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Sandy
Koufax, DET |
2.14
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Bob Gibson,
DET |
2.25
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Hank
Aguirre, LA |
2.25
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Ron Kline,
SF |
2.29 |
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Don Larsen,
WAS |
3
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Fred
Newman, SF |
3
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17 tied with |
2
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Whitey
Ford, STL |
35 |
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Don Sutton,
STL |
30
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Bob Friend,
CLE |
27 |
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Herb Score,
BOS |
26 |
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Gene
Conley, BRO |
23 |
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Luis Tiant,
SF |
21
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Gaylord
Perry, DAL |
20
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Johnny
Kucks, BRO |
19
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Johnny
Podres, CLE |
19 |
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Herb Score,
BOS |
10.8
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Earl
Francis, CLE |
9.9
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Lew
Burdette, BRO |
8.0
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Don Larsen,
WAS |
7.6
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Dean
Chance, MAN |
7.4
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Ray
Herbert, CHI |
7.3
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Sandy
Koufax, DET |
7.2
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Tommy John,
DET |
7.0
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Joe Gibbon,
MAN |
6.8
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Whitey
Ford, STL |
6.6
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CLEVELAND
|
3.4
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LOS ANGELES
|
3.7
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DETROIT
|
4.1
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MANHATTAN |
4.3
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BOSTON
|
4.4
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CHICAGO
|
4.4
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ST. LOUIS
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4.4
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BROOKLYN
|
4.6
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WASHINGTON
|
4.7
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SAN FRANCISCO
|
5.4
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DALLAS
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6.4
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ATLANTA
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6.9
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MILESTONES |
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Ernie Banks, CHI
2,000th
hit (Apr. 2), #6 all-time
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BATTER OF THE MONTH |
PITCHER OF THE MONTH |
ROOKIE OF THE MONTH |
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APR
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APR
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AUG
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AUG
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AUG
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SEP |
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SEP |
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SEP
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4/11
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Roger Maris,
STL
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6/13
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8/8
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4/18
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6/20
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8/15
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4/25
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6/27
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8/22
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5/2
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7/4
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8/29
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5/9
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7/11
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9/5
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5/16
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7/18
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9/12
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5/23
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7/25
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9/19
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5/30
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8/1
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9/26
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6/6
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United League Champions |
West |
East |
Most Valuable Player |
Cy Young Award |
Rookie of the Year |
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1951 |
ST. LOUIS MAROONS
|
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Ralph Kiner, DET |
Sam Zoldak, STL |
Jackie Jensen, LOU |
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1952
|
WASHINGTON MONUMENTS
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Jackie Robinson, NYG |
Larry Jansen, WAS |
Stu Miller, WAS |
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1953
|
WASHINGTON MONUMENTS
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Mickey Mantle, BOS |
Stu Miller, WAS |
Smoky Burgess, BRO |
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1954
|
WASHINGTON MONUMENTS
|
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Stan Musial, STL |
Billy Pierce, STL |
Ed Bailey, LOU |
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1955
|
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS
|
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Roy Campanella, LA |
Tom Gorman, BRO |
Gene Conley, BRO |
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1956
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WASHINGTON MONUMENTS
|
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Ralph Kiner, DET |
Johnny Antonelli, LOU |
Frank Robinson, LA |
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1957
|
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS
|
STL |
BRO |
Granny Hamner, BRO |
Gene Conley, BRO |
Roger Maris, BOS |
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1958
|
LOUISVILLE COLONELS
|
LOU |
BRO |
Willie Mays, WAS |
Carl Erskine, WAS |
Orlando Cepeda, NYG |
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1959
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SAN FRANCISCO SPIDERS
|
SF |
BRO |
Granny Hamner, BRO |
Gene Conley, BRO |
Vada Pinson, LA |
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1960
|
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS |
LOU |
BRO |
Hank Aaron, LOU |
Gene Conley, BRO |
Joe Gibbon, NYG |
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1961 |
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS |
CHI |
BRO |
Granny Hamner, BRO |
Johnny Antonelli, LOU |
Dick Howser, WAS |
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1962 |
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS |
CHI |
BRO |
Granny Hamner, BRO |
Johnny Antonelli, LOU |
Tom Tresh, LA |
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1963 |
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS |
CHI |
BRO |
Ernie Banks, CHI |
Gene Conley, BRO |
Boog Powell, DAL |
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1964 |
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS |
CHI |
BRO |
Mickey Mantle, BRO |
Whitey Ford, WAS |
Pete Ward, MAN |
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1965 |
CHICAGO COLTS |
CHI |
CLE |
Ernie Banks, CHI |
Johnny Podres, CLE |
Dick Allen, DET |
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