For years, the greatest players had been in the National League. Mays, Aaron, Clemente and others had been far more productive than any the AL had to offer. After the 1965 season one of those players, Frank Robinson, was traded from Cincinnati to Baltimore. The Orioles promptly won the pennant and the World Series, with Robinson dominating the league. Baltimore's long-excellent pitching took a back seat to their league-leading offense in 1966. The Orioles were 9 games in front of defending champs Minnesota and 10 ahead of Detroit, with Chicago finishing 4th and Cleveland 5th. California was 6th, Kansas City 7th, Washington 8th, Boston 9th, and the once-mighty Yankees slid all the way to last place. They weren't horrible at 70-89, but it was a far cry from the glory years.
Robinson dominated the hitting categories in winning the Triple Crown and leading by a wide margin in OPS. Robinson had a .316 average. The only other .300 hitter was Tony Oliva at .307. Robinson had 49 home runs and 122 RBI. Harmon Killebrew was second in both categories with 39 HR and 110 RBI. Robinson also led with 122 runs. Carl Yastrzemski had 39 doubles, Bobby Knoop 11 triples. Bert Campaneris led in steals with 52, edging Don Buford at 51.
Jim Kaat led in wins with 25. The league's other 20-game winner was Denny McLain with exactly that many. Gary Peters led in ERA with a 1.98 mark, ahead of Joe Horlen with a 2.43 effort. Sam McDowell led in strikeouts with 225, followed by Kaat at 205. Jack Aker led in saves with 32. Kaat had 19 complete games and 305 innings.
Win Shares leaders, players; Frank Robinson (Baltimore) 41, Harmon Killebrew (Minnesota) 33, Al Kaline (Detroit) 31, Tommie Agee (Chicago) and Tony Oliva (Minnesota) 28, Norm Cash (Detroit) 27, Boog Powell (Baltimore), Jim Fregosi (California) and Dick McAuliffe (Detroit) 26, Brooks Robinson (Baltimore) and Fred Valentine (Washington) 24, Luis Aparicio (Baltimore), Joe Foy (Boston), Bert Campaneris (Kansas City) and Tom Tresh (New York) 22, Carl Yastrzemski (Boston), Don Buford (Chicago), Willie Horton (Detroit) and Frank Howard (Washington) 21.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Jim Kaat (Minnesota) 26, Earl Wilson (Boston/Detroit) 24, Gary Peters (Chicago), Sonny Siebert (Cleveland) and Jack Aker (Kansas City) 20, Steve Hargan (Cleveland) 18, Sam McDowell (Cleveland) and Jim Perry (Minnesota) 17, Gary Bell (Cleveland) and Mudcat Grant (Minnesota) 16.
WARP3 leaders, position players: F. Robinson 10.9, McAuliffe 8.6, Kaline 7.2, Killebrew 6.7, Agee 6.2, Oliva 6.0, Valentine 5.3, B. Robinson 5.2, Powell 5.0, Aparicio and Curt Blefary (Baltimore) 4.8, Fregosi 4.6.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Peters 6.6, Kaat 6.4, Siebert 6.1, Hargan 6.0, Wilson and Bell 5.5, Aker and McDowell 5.4, Perry and Luis Tiant (Cleveland) 5.3, Fritz Peterson (New York) 4.7.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): F. Robinson 9.1, Agee 7.2, Killebrew 6.8, Oliva 6.6, Kaline 6.4, McAuliffe 6.2, Tresh and Yastrzemski 5.9, Fregosi 5.8, B. Robinson 5.5, Powell 5.1, Foy 4.9, Aparicio and Cash 4.8, Buford 4.7. Pitchers (bWAR): Wilson 5.3, Hargan 4.6, McDowell 4.5, Peters 4.3, Siebert 4.2, Kaat 3.9, Bell 3.8, Tiant 3.7, Nash 3.6, Aker 3.5, Barber 3.2, Horlen 3.1, Perry 3.0, Stange 2.8.
Actual award winners:
MVP (top 20): | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+----+---+---+--+
1 Frank Robinson BAL 20 280 280 1.00 | 576 182 49 .316 1.047 8
2 Brooks Robinson BAL 0 153 280 0.55 | 620 167 23 .269 .776 2
3 Boog Powell BAL 0 122 280 0.44 | 491 141 34 .287 .903 0
4 Harmon Killebrew MIN 0 96 280 0.34 | 569 160 39 .281 .929 0
5 Jim Kaat MIN 0 84 280 0.30 | 118 23 2 .195 .507 0| 25-13 305 2.75 1.070 205
6 Tony Oliva MIN 0 71 280 0.25 | 622 191 25 .307 .854 13
7 Al Kaline DET 0 66 280 0.24 | 479 138 29 .288 .927 5
8 Tommie Agee CHW 0 63 280 0.22 | 629 172 22 .273 .773 44
9 Luis Aparicio BAL 0 51 280 0.18 | 659 182 6 .276 .676 25
10 Bert Campaneris KCA 0 36 280 0.13 | 573 153 5 .267 .681 52
11 Stu Miller BAL 0 27 280 0.10 | 19 2 0 .105 .211 0| 9-4 92 2.25 0.946 67 18
12 Norm Cash DET 0 23 280 0.08 | 603 168 32 .279 .829 2
13 Jack Aker KCA 0 22 280 0.08 | 21 2 0 .095 .238 0| 8-4 113 1.99 0.965 68 32
14 Earl Wilson TOT 0 13 280 0.05 | + 96 23 7 .240 .799 0|+18-11 264 3.07 1.091 200
15 Denny McLain DET 0 12 280 0.04 | 93 17 0 .183 .429 1| 20-14 264 3.92 1.169 192
16 Bill Freehan DET 0 9 280 0.03 | 492 115 12 .234 .646 5
17 Andy Etchebarren BAL 0 7 280 0.02 | 412 91 11 .221 .657 0
18 Bobby Knoop CAL 0 6 280 0.02 | 590 137 17 .232 .669 1
19 Mickey Mantle NYY 0 5 280 0.02 | 333 96 23 .288 .927 1
19 Tom Tresh NYY 0 5 280 0.02 | 537 125 27 .233 .762 5
F. Robby was a unanimous winner, as it should be.
Cy Young was NLer Sandy Koufax in a unanimous vote.
Rookie: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+------+----+---+--+
1 Tommie Agee CHW 16 16 20 0.80 | 629 172 22 .273 .773 44
2 Jim Nash KCA 2 2 20 0.10 | 49 5 0 .102 .265 0| 12-1 127 2.06 1.118 98 1
3 Davey Johnson BAL 1 1 20 0.05 | 501 129 7 .257 .649 3
3 George Scott BOS 1 1 20 0.05 | 601 147 27 .245 .757 4
Top player: Frank Robinson. Rarely since Babe Ruth had someone so dominated a league for a season. No one else was close.
#1 Frank Robinson, #2 Harmon Killebrew, #3 Al Kaline, #4 Tommie Agee, #5 Tony Oliva, #6 Dick McAuliffe.
Top pitcher: Jim Kaat, the 25-game winner, with Earl Wilson nearby.
#1 Jim Kaat, #2 Earl Wilson, #3 Gary Peters, #4 Jack Aker, #5 Sonny Siebert.
Top rookie: Tommie Agee, sticking after four cups of coffee.
Top manager: Hank Bauer rode the Orioles home.
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