1966 American League Stats

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1966 American League Standings

1966 National League <<1965 American League 1967 American League>>
RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Baltimore Orioles97-63 (0.606)-75560198-64 (0.603)96-66 (0.593)1,203,36648.933.10.715.1
2Minnesota Twins89-73 (0.549)9.066358191-71 (0.560)90-72 (0.556)1,259,37442.419.2-1.624.8
3Detroit Tigers88-74 (0.543)10.071969883-79 (0.514)85-77 (0.525)1,124,29337.629.62.06.0
4Chicago White Sox83-79 (0.512)15.057451789-73 (0.548)91-71 (0.562)990,01644.011.84.727.6
5Cleveland Indians81-81 (0.500)17.057458679-83 (0.491)75-87 (0.463)903,35927.511.5-5.021.0
6California Angels80-82 (0.494)18.060464376-86 (0.471)79-83 (0.488)1,400,32131.315.67.78.0
7Kansas City Athletics74-86 (0.463)23.056464871-91 (0.437)69-93 (0.426)773,92921.75.24.611.9
8Washington Senators71-88 (0.447)25.555765969-93 (0.424)69-93 (0.426)576,26021.210.74.26.3
9Boston Red Sox72-90 (0.444)26.065573173-89 (0.450)71-91 (0.438)811,17223.513.11.78.7
10New York Yankees70-89 (0.440)26.561161281-81 (0.499)84-78 (0.519)1,124,64836.917.66.712.5

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 Frank Robinson BAL RF 30 12.3 12.2 155 680 182 34 2 49 87 8 5 139.213 0.410 0.637
2 Harmon Killebrew MIN 3B 30 8.7 7.4 162 677 160 27 1 39 103 0 2 116.447 0.391 0.538
3 Al Kaline DET CF 31 7.4 7.7 142 572 138 29 1 29 81 5 5 97.244 0.392 0.534
4 Boog Powell BAL 1B 24 6.9 5.7 140 565 141 18 0 34 67 0 4 91.965 0.372 0.532
5 Tony Oliva MIN RF 27 6.5 7.2 159 677 191 32 7 25 42 13 7 99.017 0.353 0.502
6 Norm Cash DET 1B 32 6.2 6.5 160 679 168 18 3 32 66 2 1 95.266 0.351 0.478
7 Tommie Agee CHA CF 23 5.7 5.8 160 689 172 27 8 22 41 44 18 83.356 0.326 0.447
8 Dick McAuliffe DET SS 26 5.5 5.7 124 506 118 16 8 23 66 5 7 78.587 0.372 0.509
9 Mickey Mantle NYA CF 34 5.4 5.2 108 393 96 12 1 23 57 1 1 67.101 0.389 0.537
10 Fred Valentine WS2 RF 31 5.1 5.7 146 578 140 29 7 16 51 22 10 76.506 0.351 0.455
11 Curt Blefary BAL LF 22 5.0 5.0 131 508 107 14 3 23 73 1 4 73.126 0.371 0.468
12 Brooks Robinson BAL 3B 29 4.8 5.5 157 686 167 35 2 23 56 2 3 84.860 0.333 0.444
13 Carl Yastrzemski BOS LF 26 4.6 5.5 160 680 165 39 2 16 84 8 9 91.051 0.368 0.431
14 Tony Conigliaro BOS RF 21 4.5 4.1 150 628 148 26 7 28 52 0 2 83.504 0.330 0.487
15 Willie Horton DET LF 23 4.4 4.4 146 578 138 22 6 27 44 1 1 75.046 0.321 0.481
16 Tom Tresh NYA LF 27 4.4 7.3 151 637 125 12 4 27 86 5 4 77.429 0.341 0.421
17 Frank Howard WS2 LF 29 4.3 4.6 146 549 137 19 4 18 53 1 1 70.960 0.348 0.442
18 Rocky Colavito CLE RF 32 4.3 4.4 151 614 127 13 0 30 76 2 1 75.845 0.336 0.431
19 Leon Wagner CLE LF 32 4.2 3.7 150 599 153 20 0 23 46 5 2 74.120 0.334 0.441
20 Rick Reichardt CAL LF 23 4.0 3.9 89 361 92 5 4 16 27 8 4 53.276 0.367 0.480
21 Joe Foy BOS 3B 23 3.9 4.1 151 658 145 23 8 15 91 2 5 83.079 0.364 0.413
22 Jim Fregosi CAL SS 24 3.7 6.7 162 696 154 32 7 13 67 17 8 72.373 0.325 0.391
23 George Scott BOS 1B 22 3.6 3.2 162 681 147 18 7 27 65 4 0 80.089 0.324 0.433
24 Joe Pepitone NYA 1B 25 3.6 3.7 152 621 149 21 4 31 29 4 3 70.384 0.290 0.463
25 Joe Adcock CAL 1B 38 3.5 3.4 83 265 63 10 3 18 31 2 2 44.500 0.355 0.576
26 Russ Snyder BAL CF 32 3.3 3.4 117 421 114 21 5 3 38 2 1 52.401 0.368 0.413
27 Jose Cardenal CAL CF 22 3.3 4.0 154 606 155 15 3 16 34 24 11 63.802 0.320 0.399
28 Don Buford CHA 3B 29 3.3 5.1 163 698 148 26 7 8 69 51 22 63.986 0.323 0.349
29 Don Wert DET 3B 27 3.0 1.6 150 642 150 20 2 11 64 6 3 67.247 0.342 0.370
30 Ed Charles KC1 3B 33 3.0 3.3 118 420 110 18 8 9 30 12 5 51.703 0.337 0.444
31 Jim Northrup DET RF 26 3.0 3.7 123 461 111 24 6 16 33 4 7 57.639 0.322 0.465
32 Don Mincher MIN 1B 28 2.9 3.3 139 497 108 30 0 14 58 3 2 59.211 0.340 0.418
33 Paul Schaal CAL 3B 23 2.9 3.6 138 461 94 15 7 6 68 6 4 52.906 0.362 0.365
34 John Romano CHA C 31 2.9 4.2 122 395 76 12 0 15 58 0 0 46.543 0.344 0.404
35 Bert Campaneris KC1 SS 24 2.6 1.8 142 606 153 29 10 5 25 52 10 55.662 0.302 0.379
36 Luis Aparicio BAL SS 32 2.2 3.6 151 707 182 25 8 6 33 25 11 63.557 0.311 0.366
37 Fred Whitfield CLE 1B 28 2.2 2.0 137 538 121 15 2 27 27 1 2 56.076 0.282 0.440
38 Don Lock WS2 CF 29 2.2 2.8 138 447 90 13 1 16 57 2 6 50.344 0.333 0.396
39 Clete Boyer NYA 3B 29 2.1 4.9 144 558 120 22 4 14 46 6 0 52.759 0.303 0.384
40 Jim King WS2 RF 33 2.1 2.3 117 350 77 14 2 10 38 4 0 39.071 0.330 0.403
41 Norm Siebern CAL 1B 32 2.1 2.1 125 404 83 14 1 5 63 0 1 43.248 0.361 0.339
42 Jimmie Hall MIN LF 28 1.9 2.0 120 391 85 7 4 20 33 1 2 44.787 0.302 0.449
43 Chuck Hinton CLE CF 32 1.9 1.5 123 389 89 9 3 12 35 10 6 41.963 0.323 0.402
44 Ken Berry CHA LF 25 1.8 1.9 147 486 120 20 2 8 28 7 10 46.672 0.316 0.379
45 Ken Harrelson 2 teams 1B 24 1.7 2.4 134 519 109 13 1 12 53 13 3 47.557 0.314 0.348
46 Roger Repoz 2 teams 1B 25 1.7 1.9 138 418 84 14 4 11 48 3 3 43.320 0.321 0.384
47 Max Alvis CLE 3B 28 1.6 0.6 157 655 146 22 3 17 50 4 7 61.331 0.304 0.378
48 Mickey Stanley DET CF 23 1.6 2.0 92 254 68 15 4 3 17 2 1 29.886 0.336 0.425
49 Floyd Robinson CHA RF 30 1.5 1.2 127 397 81 11 2 5 44 8 2 35.776 0.330 0.325
50 Don Demeter 2 teams CF 31 1.5 1.7 105 341 87 18 1 14 8 2 0 36.735 0.282 0.458

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 Jim Kaat MIN 27 7.3 6.7 41 41 304.67 25 13 19 0 114 55 205 59.98 2.75 1.07 6.06
2 Gary Peters CHA 29 6.9 6.8 30 27 204.67 12 10 11 0 54 45 129 54.69 1.98 0.98 5.67
3 Earl Wilson 2 teams 31 6.2 7.0 38 37 264.00 18 11 13 0 94 74 200 46.25 3.07 1.09 6.82
4 Steve Hargan CLE 23 5.7 4.8 38 21 192.00 13 10 7 0 60 45 132 46.46 2.48 1.14 6.19
5 Joe Horlen CHA 28 5.4 4.2 37 29 211.00 10 13 4 1 64 53 124 42.56 2.43 1.13 5.29
6 Sonny Siebert CLE 29 4.9 3.6 34 32 241.00 16 8 11 1 89 62 163 39.76 2.80 1.06 6.09
7 Jim Nash KC1 21 4.8 4.1 18 17 127.00 12 1 5 1 32 47 98 35.93 2.06 1.12 6.94
8 Jim Perry MIN 30 4.8 4.8 33 25 184.33 11 7 8 0 61 53 122 39.21 2.54 1.10 5.96
9 Tommy John CHA 23 4.7 4.2 34 33 223.00 14 11 10 0 76 57 138 37.28 2.62 1.13 5.57
10 Jack Aker KC1 25 4.5 4.2 66 0 113.00 8 4 0 32 27 28 68 33.77 1.99 0.96 5.42
11 Sam McDowell CLE 23 4.0 3.6 35 28 194.33 9 8 8 3 66 102 225 32.99 2.87 1.19 10.42
12 Gary Bell CLE 29 3.8 2.9 40 37 254.33 14 15 12 0 102 79 194 30.75 3.22 1.14 6.87
13 Mudcat Grant MIN 30 3.6 3.2 35 35 249.00 13 13 10 0 104 49 110 29.57 3.25 1.19 3.98
14 Bruce Howard CHA 23 3.6 2.9 27 21 149.00 9 5 4 0 48 44 85 28.26 2.30 1.03 5.13
15 Lew Krausse KC1 23 3.5 3.0 36 22 177.67 14 9 4 3 69 63 87 25.92 2.99 1.17 4.41
16 Steve Barber BAL 28 3.4 2.5 25 22 133.33 10 5 5 0 38 49 91 30.63 2.29 1.15 6.14
17 Luis Tiant CLE 25 3.3 2.8 46 16 155.00 12 11 7 8 50 50 145 27.09 2.79 1.10 8.42
18 Dave Boswell MIN 21 3.2 2.4 28 21 169.33 12 5 8 0 66 65 173 26.52 3.14 1.09 9.19
19 Pete Richert WS2 26 3.1 2.4 36 34 245.67 14 14 7 0 106 69 195 22.80 3.37 1.08 7.14
20 Lee Stange 2 teams 29 2.8 1.8 36 21 169.33 8 9 9 0 70 46 85 22.05 3.30 1.20 4.52
21 Jim Merritt MIN 22 2.8 2.2 31 18 144.00 7 14 5 3 57 33 124 22.53 3.38 1.01 7.75
22 Dean Chance CAL 25 2.7 1.1 41 37 259.67 12 17 11 1 113 114 180 20.09 3.08 1.23 6.24
23 Al Worthington MIN 37 2.7 2.7 65 0 91.33 6 3 0 16 26 27 93 21.80 2.46 1.02 9.16
24 Fritz Peterson NYA 24 2.7 2.6 34 32 215.00 12 11 11 0 89 40 96 19.72 3.31 1.10 4.02
25 Stu Miller BAL 38 2.6 2.3 51 0 92.00 9 4 0 18 24 22 67 23.53 2.25 0.95 6.55
26 Hoyt Wilhelm CHA 43 2.5 2.4 46 0 81.33 5 2 0 6 21 17 61 20.13 1.66 0.82 6.75
27 Ron Kline WS2 34 2.4 2.3 63 0 90.33 6 4 0 23 32 17 46 17.47 2.39 1.06 4.58
28 Dave McNally BAL 23 2.3 1.8 34 33 213.00 13 6 5 0 91 64 158 20.52 3.17 1.30 6.68
29 Bob Humphreys WS2 30 2.2 2.4 58 1 111.67 7 3 0 3 38 28 88 16.70 2.82 1.07 7.09
30 Dick Lines WS2 27 2.2 2.0 53 0 83.00 5 2 0 2 23 24 49 16.60 2.28 1.05 5.31
31 Blue Moon Odom KC1 21 2.2 1.7 14 14 90.33 5 5 4 0 31 53 47 16.09 2.49 1.36 4.68
32 Bob Locker CHA 28 2.1 2.1 56 0 95.00 9 8 0 12 32 23 70 16.87 2.46 1.01 6.63
33 Jim Palmer BAL 20 2.1 1.0 30 30 208.33 15 10 6 0 83 91 147 18.88 3.46 1.28 6.35
34 Eddie Fisher 2 teams 29 2.1 1.9 67 0 107.00 6 6 0 19 37 36 57 17.85 2.52 1.15 4.79
35 Don McMahon 2 teams 36 2.0 1.8 61 0 90.33 9 8 0 10 33 44 62 15.91 2.69 1.30 6.18
36 Jim Bouton NYA 27 2.0 1.4 24 19 120.33 3 8 3 1 49 38 65 14.83 2.69 1.29 4.86
37 George Brunet CAL 31 2.0 1.0 41 32 212.00 13 13 8 0 88 106 148 14.78 3.31 1.36 6.28
38 Dennis Higgins CHA 26 1.9 1.8 42 1 93.00 1 0 0 5 27 33 86 15.46 2.52 1.06 8.32
39 Darrell Brandon BOS 25 1.8 1.6 40 17 157.67 8 8 5 2 70 70 101 14.14 3.31 1.26 5.77
40 Mike McCormick WS2 27 1.8 1.7 41 32 216.00 11 14 8 0 98 51 101 13.21 3.46 1.13 4.21
41 Moe Drabowsky BAL 30 1.7 2.0 44 3 96.00 6 0 0 7 31 29 98 15.84 2.81 0.95 9.19
42 Jim Lonborg BOS 24 1.7 0.9 45 23 181.67 10 10 3 2 86 55 131 13.73 3.86 1.25 6.49
43 Minnie Rojas CAL 32 1.7 1.5 47 2 84.33 7 4 0 10 28 15 37 12.47 2.88 1.16 3.95
44 Bob Lee CAL 28 1.6 1.5 61 0 101.67 5 4 0 16 39 31 46 12.19 2.74 1.19 4.07
45 Dooley Womack NYA 26 1.6 1.6 42 1 75.00 7 3 0 4 25 23 50 12.13 2.64 1.00 6.00
46 Steve Hamilton NYA 31 1.6 1.2 44 3 90.00 8 3 1 3 32 22 57 11.60 3.00 1.01 5.70
47 Denny McLain DET 22 1.5 0.8 38 38 264.33 20 14 14 0 120 104 192 11.41 3.92 1.17 6.54
48 Jose Santiago BOS 25 1.5 1.0 35 28 172.00 12 13 7 2 87 58 119 11.52 3.66 1.24 6.23
49 Al Downing NYA 25 1.4 0.4 30 30 200.00 10 11 1 0 90 79 152 10.23 3.56 1.28 6.84
50 Orlando Peña DET 32 1.3 1.0 54 0 108.00 4 2 0 7 47 35 79 9.94 3.08 1.30 6.58

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 John Romano CHA 31 1.3 102.0 791.0 552.0 46.0 4.0 7.0 11.886
2 Earl Battey MIN 31 1.1 113.0 903.3 705.0 45.0 4.0 9.0 8.660
3 Bill Freehan DET 24 1.0 132.0 1156.7 898.0 56.0 4.0 11.0 9.078
4 Billy Bryan 2 teams 27 1.0 35.0 252.0 172.0 22.0 5.0 4.0 8.780
5 Del Crandall CLE 36 0.9 49.0 328.7 304.0 15.0 3.0 2.0 7.154
6 Jake Gibbs NYA 27 0.8 54.0 438.7 295.0 27.0 4.0 4.0 6.993
7 Jerry Zimmerman MIN 31 0.6 59.0 327.7 264.0 16.0 1.0 5.0 5.256
8 Buck Rodgers CAL 27 0.6 133.0 1103.0 662.0 69.0 6.0 7.0 5.630
1B 1 Ken Harrelson 2 teams 24 0.7 128.0 1113.0 1126.0 86.0 14.0 95.0 6.566
2 Danny Cater KC1 26 0.7 53.0 447.3 459.0 36.0 3.0 48.0 6.298
3 Don Mincher MIN 28 0.4 130.0 1064.7 995.0 85.0 9.0 62.0 3.426
4 Norm Cash DET 32 0.3 158.0 1380.7 1271.0 114.0 17.0 118.0 3.171
5 Ray Barker NYA 30 0.3 47.0 192.3 196.0 25.0 3.0 11.0 2.382
6 Joe Pepitone NYA 25 0.1 119.0 977.0 1044.0 92.0 6.0 92.0 1.337
7 Roger Repoz KC1 25 0.1 45.0 367.3 338.0 21.0 4.0 27.0 1.242
8 Don Demeter 2 teams 31 0.1 6.0 27.7 29.0 5.0 0.0 2.0 1.225
2B 1 Bobby Knoop CAL 27 3.0 161.0 1422.7 381.0 488.0 17.0 135.0 27.230
2 Al Weis CHA 28 1.2 96.0 474.7 130.0 173.0 4.0 44.0 11.191
3 Dick Green KC1 25 0.8 137.0 1200.7 300.0 389.0 15.0 86.0 7.031
4 George Smith BOS 28 0.7 109.0 905.3 239.0 287.0 17.0 76.0 6.516
5 Bobby Richardson NYA 30 0.6 147.0 1270.3 322.0 408.0 15.0 91.0 5.404
6 Pedro Gonzalez CLE 28 0.6 104.0 850.7 237.0 257.0 8.0 62.0 4.533
7 Jackie Hernandez CAL 25 0.3 8.0 25.7 13.0 12.0 2.0 6.0 2.478
8 Ken Hamlin WS2 31 0.3 50.0 356.0 90.0 118.0 8.0 28.0 2.355
3B 1 Clete Boyer NYA 29 2.7 85.0 741.0 87.0 226.0 11.0 12.0 24.312
2 Tom Tresh NYA 27 2.3 64.0 554.3 43.0 179.0 9.0 15.0 20.508
3 Don Buford CHA 29 1.9 133.0 1096.7 98.0 301.0 26.0 24.0 16.886
4 Ken McMullen WS2 24 0.9 141.0 1167.3 125.0 280.0 21.0 26.0 8.417
5 Brooks Robinson BAL 29 0.7 157.0 1431.3 174.0 313.0 12.0 26.0 5.433
6 Paul Schaal CAL 23 0.7 131.0 1018.3 97.0 249.0 19.0 21.0 6.612
7 Pete Ward CHA 28 0.5 16.0 105.3 10.0 34.0 1.0 3.0 4.201
8 Sal Bando KC1 22 0.4 7.0 56.3 5.0 23.0 2.0 1.0 3.804
SS 1 Jim Fregosi CAL 24 3.0 162.0 1422.3 297.0 531.0 35.0 125.0 27.287
2 Ed Brinkman WS2 24 1.5 158.0 1381.7 263.0 501.0 28.0 83.0 13.671
3 Jerry Adair CHA 29 1.5 75.0 579.3 109.0 236.0 9.0 35.0 13.233
4 Luis Aparicio BAL 32 1.4 151.0 1366.0 303.0 441.0 17.0 104.0 10.209
5 Rico Petrocelli BOS 23 0.6 127.0 1089.3 206.0 381.0 28.0 69.0 5.836
6 Ray Oyler DET 28 0.6 69.0 565.0 107.0 194.0 11.0 42.0 5.029
7 Bob Saverine WS2 25 0.4 11.0 35.3 12.0 17.0 0.0 6.0 3.273
8 Mark Belanger BAL 22 0.3 6.0 44.0 9.0 20.0 0.0 3.0 2.234
LF 1 Carl Yastrzemski BOS 26 0.9 157.0 1365.7 307.0 15.0 5.0 2.0 8.613
2 Tom Tresh NYA 27 0.5 69.0 577.7 130.0 8.0 1.0 2.0 4.378
3 Jimmie Hall MIN 28 0.4 70.0 485.0 112.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 3.091
4 Frank Howard WS2 29 0.3 135.0 1039.0 215.0 6.0 4.0 1.0 2.801
5 Andy Kosco MIN 24 0.2 31.0 225.0 55.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.980
6 Jim Gosger KC1 23 0.2 47.0 361.0 82.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 2.162
7 Roy White NYA 22 0.2 72.0 602.0 133.0 3.0 7.0 1.0 1.799
8 Don Demeter DET 31 0.2 4.0 36.0 17.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.656
CF 1 Jose Cardenal CAL 22 0.8 140.0 1179.7 348.0 10.0 3.0 3.0 7.532
2 Don Lock WS2 29 0.6 126.0 945.0 286.0 6.0 6.0 1.0 5.415
3 Ted Uhlaender MIN 26 0.5 96.0 847.7 247.0 4.0 4.0 2.0 3.778
4 Mickey Stanley DET 23 0.4 82.0 571.0 168.0 6.0 0.0 1.0 4.021
5 Fred Valentine WS2 31 0.4 62.0 443.7 140.0 2.0 3.0 0.0 3.326
6 Joe Nossek 2 teams 25 0.3 66.0 469.0 145.0 6.0 3.0 0.0 3.109
7 Vic Davalillo CLE 26 0.3 109.0 748.7 211.0 6.0 3.0 1.0 2.764
8 Tom Tresh NYA 27 0.2 18.0 141.0 47.0 4.0 2.0 1.0 1.525
RF 1 Tony Oliva MIN 27 0.9 140.0 1229.7 299.0 9.0 8.0 3.0 7.264
2 Jim Northrup DET 26 0.8 107.0 870.0 222.0 6.0 5.0 1.0 7.092
3 Mike Hershberger KC1 26 0.5 129.0 1129.7 258.0 14.0 5.0 3.0 4.607
4 Ed Kirkpatrick CAL 21 0.2 86.0 649.7 140.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.970
5 Jim King WS2 33 0.2 85.0 670.7 145.0 5.0 2.0 0.0 1.804
6 Al Kaline DET 31 0.2 54.0 453.3 101.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.784
7 Rocky Colavito CLE 32 0.2 146.0 1277.0 264.0 9.0 5.0 0.0 1.434
8 Fred Valentine WS2 31 0.1 72.0 562.3 119.0 3.0 1.0 2.0 1.228