1966 Season
April- 18-7, half game lead on the Dodgers.
May- Not exactly a banner month. We're 34-19 but still with a 1 game lead on the Giants. We lose Mota for a few weeks with a broken thumb. Robinson & Callison aren't hitting that great. Lolich has an ERA near 5 and Klages is over 4. Our pitching was much weaker in May.
June- We roll through June, ending the month 57-23 with a 10 game lead on the Giants. Johnny Callison sprained his finger and will miss a couple weeks. The pitching has really righted itself.
Charlie Hough went 1st overall in the expansion draft to the Cardinals. Oakland took Dave Concepcion 2nd, the Cubs took Steve Garvey 9th. Chris Chambliss to the Undians 12th, Ron Cey 15th to the Giants, George Foster 18th to the Yankees.
Jenkins & John are 1-2 in ERA.
July- 79-27, 17.5 games up on the Giants. Out team ERA is an astounding 2.26. Jenkins is 19-1
August- 99-36, infinity lead. Well, it couldn't be all roses, we lose McCarver for a month with a broken finger. Our fingers are tender this year.
September- We finish the year 119-43 and will meet the 113-49 Yankees in the world series.
The Yankees are led by Don Dillard who clubbed 60 homers in an attempt to get Babes record back. On the mound, Fritz Peters, Phil Ortega, Phil Niekro and Luis Tiant are a buzzsaw of a staff. Jim Bunning is their 5th starter for petes sake.
Bad news for us that Brooks Robinson with a bum knee, and Tim McCarver with an ankle sprain, will both miss the first two games of the series.
Jenkins 1.62 ERA is 1st in baseball, Johns 2.15 is 2nd, Klages 2.44 is 4th and Arlichs 2.72 is 7th. Jenkins 29 wins leads baseball, Klages 21 is 4th and Arlichs 20 is 5th. Jenkins 226 K's is 7th. Julian Javiers 181 hits is good for 9th. McCoveys 39 homers is 5th and his 118 runs is 3rd. Our 2.52 team ERA is a full run better than any other team in the NL, heh.