Baseball on this Date - Tuesday June 28,1966

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1966 Playoffs

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New York Yankees

Boston Red Sox

Boxscore - PBP

14,922

2:01

Al Downing

Jose Santiago

Jose Santiago (7-4)

Al Downing (6-6)

Ralph Houk

Billy Herman

Fenway Park

Detroit Tigers

California Angels

Boxscore - PBP

16,393

2:43

Earl Wilson

Clyde Wright

Earl Wilson (7-6)

Clyde Wright (1-2)

Johnny Podres (4)

Bob Swift

Bill Rigney

Angel Stadium of

Washington Senators II

Chicago White Sox

Boxscore - PBP

13,166

2:19

Mike McCormick

Jack Lamabe

Mike McCormick (5-7)

Jack Lamabe (4-4)

Gil Hodges

Eddie Stanky

Comiskey Park

Baltimore Orioles

Kansas City Athletics

Boxscore - PBP

11,291

2:40

Jim Palmer

Chuck Dobson

Chuck Dobson (4-6)

Jim Palmer (8-4)

Jack Aker (14)

Hank Bauer

Alvin Dark

Municipal Stadium

Cleveland Indians

Minnesota Twins

Boxscore - PBP

23,896

2:38

John O'Donoghue

Camilo Pascual

Camilo Pascual (8-5)

John O'Donoghue (5-4)

Al Worthington (4)

Birdie Tebbetts

Sam Mele

Metropolitan Stad

Chicago Cubs

Atlanta Braves

Boxscore - PBP

10,664

2:05

Ken Holtzman

Arnold Umbach

Clay Carroll (4-0)

Ken Holtzman (3-8)

Leo Durocher

Bobby Bragan

Atlanta-Fulton Co

Los Angeles Dodgers

Cincinnati Reds

Boxscore - PBP

12,371

2:15

Claude Osteen

Sammy Ellis

Sammy Ellis (5-11)

Claude Osteen (9-6)

Walter Alston

Don Heffner

Crosley Field

Philadelphia Phillies

New York Mets

Boxscore - PBP

22,693

2:04

Jim Bunning

Bob Friend

Jim Bunning (9-4)

Bob Friend (2-5)

Gene Mauch

Wes Westrum

Shea Stadium

Houston Astros

Pittsburgh Pirates

Boxscore - PBP

11,713

2:13

Dave Giusti

Bob Veale

Bob Veale (7-3)

Dave Giusti (9-5)

Grady Hatton

Harry Walker

Forbes Field

San Francisco Giants

St. Louis Cardinals

Boxscore - PBP

29,587

2:40

Bobby Bolin

Tracy Stallard

Bobby Bolin (5-5)

Tracy Stallard (1-5)

Herman Franks

Red Schoendienst

Busch Stadium II

10 Games on this date

Standings as of 1966-06-28.

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Record in remaining games at far right

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	73	48	25	.658	--	370	258	112	26-14	22-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	Memorial Stadium	87	49	38	.563
2	2	3	Detroit Tigers	70	44	26	.629	2.5	321	283	38	26-8	18-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	92	44	48	.478
3	3	4	Cleveland Indians	70	41	29	.586	5.5	269	259	10	20-17	21-12	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gabe Paul	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	92	40	52	.435
4	4	9	California Angels	73	38	35	.521	10.0	297	298	-1	16-14	22-21	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Haney	Anaheim Stadium	89	42	47	.472
5	5	11	Minnesota Twins	71	35	36	.493	12.0	285	281	4	15-19	20-17	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	91	54	37	.593
6	6	14	Chicago White Sox	71	32	39	.451	15.0	249	224	25	16-20	16-19	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Short	Comiskey Park	91	51	40	.560
7	7	15	New York Yankees	69	31	38	.449	15.0	247	244	3	15-18	15-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan Topping	Yankee Stadium I	90	39	51	.433
8	8	16	Kansas City Athletics	71	31	40	.437	16.0	236	296	-60	11-26	20-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lopat	Municipal Stadium	89	43	46	.483
9	9	18	Washington Senators II	74	31	43	.419	17.5	258	323	-65	14-27	17-16	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		George Selkirk	RFK Memorial Stadium	85	40	45	.471
10	10	19	Boston Red Sox	72	26	46	.361	21.5	315	381	-66	11-24	15-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick O'Connell	Fenway Park	90	46	44	.511
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	74	47	27	.635	--	321	267	54	26-15	21-12	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	87	46	41	.529
2	2	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	59	33	26	.559	6.5	232	217	15	16-15	17-11	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	103	59	44	.573
3	3	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	72	40	32	.556	6.0	267	229	38	20-20	20-12	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Dodger Stadium	90	55	35	.611
4	4	7	Houston Astros	73	39	34	.534	7.5	275	277	-2	14-19	25-15	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	89	33	56	.371
5	5	8	Philadelphia Phillies	72	38	34	.528	8.0	305	254	51	18-17	20-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	90	49	41	.544
6	6	10	Cincinnati Reds	71	36	35	.507	9.5	290	281	9	14-19	22-16	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill DeWitt	Crosley Field	89	40	49	.449
7	7	12	Atlanta Braves	64	31	33	.484	11.0	286	270	16	14-14	17-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Atlanta Stadium	98	54	44	.551
8	8	13	St. Louis Cardinals	71	33	38	.465	12.5	227	241	-14	16-20	17-18	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park,Busch Stadium II	91	50	41	.549
9	9	17	New York Mets	68	29	39	.426	15.0	242	303	-61	15-17	14-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		George Weiss	Shea Stadium	93	37	56	.398
10	10	20	Chicago Cubs	66	19	47	.288	24.0	243	349	-106	10-26	9-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Holland	Wrigley Field	96	40	56	.417

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