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While I'm still at work I thought I'd post some notes about the league to this point:

American League Pennants
14 Detroit Tigers
11 Chicago White Sox
9 New York Yankees
8 Minnesota/Washington
8 Oakland/Kansas City/Philadelphia
7 Boston Red Sox
5 Baltimore/St Louis
4 Cleveland Indians
2 California/Los Angeles

National League Pennants
18 Pittsburgh Pirates
9 Chicago Cubs
9 San Francisco/New York
8 Los Angeles/Brooklyn
8 St Louis Cardinals
6 Atlanta/Milwaukee Boston
6 Philadelphia Phillies
4 Cincinnati Reds

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
12 Pittsburgh Pirates
7 Minnesota/Washington
6 St Louis Cardinals
5 San Francisco/New York
5 Atlanta/Milwaukee Boston
4 Chicago Cubs
4 Chicago White Sox
4 Detroit Tigers
4 Oakland/Kansas City/Philadelphia
3 Cincinnati Reds
3 Boston Red Sox
3 New York Yankees
2 Los Angeles/Brooklyn
2 Philadelphia Phillies
2 Baltimore/St Louis
1 California/Los Angeles
1 Cleveland Indians

The Tigers might very well be the best team in the history of the league if they hadn't kept running into St Louis or Pittsburgh in the World Series. Their line-up in the early 1960's consisted of Mickey Mantle, Harmon Killebrew, and Eddie Matthews. It was their pitching that did them in.


Babe Ruth won the National League Most Outstanding Player an amazing 12 times, including 10 in a row. Nap Lajoie won the first 7 American League Most Outstanding Player Awards. Johnny Mize won the AL M-O-P 7 times and Ted Williams was named M-O-P 10 times, 7 in the NL and 3 in the AL. The Pitchers are another story, there has been almost no dominant pitcher since the early 1900's. Walter Johnson was named Most Outstanding Pitcher 3 times, and what might be a change of fortune for the pitchers, Gaylor Perry has won three straight Outstanding Pitcher Awards heading into the 1969 season.

The 1962 San Francisco Giants are owners of the best overall record in a season with a 111-51 mark in 1962. The Detroit Tigers have won 100 or more games 7 times and every original franchise won at least one World Series.

More to come!