tommyo@ihuxw.UUCP (Tom O`Connor) (08/03/84)
Somebody asked about this topic a day or so ago, so I dug through the record book to get the following trivia. Earliest date to clinch pennant: AL - 9/4/41 Yankees NL - 9/8/55 Dodgers (the year they FINALLY won it all) Earliest game to clinch pennant: AL - 136 Yankees `41 NL - 137 Giants `04 (the `55 Dodgers did it in 138 games) Earliest date to clinch division: NL - 9/7/75 Reds AL - 9/13/69 Orioles Biggest lead over 2nd place team, pennant NL - 27 1/2 games - Pirates `02 AL - 19 1/2 games - Yankees `36 Biggest lead over 2nd place team, division NL - 20 games - Reds `75 AL - 19 gaems - Orioles `69 For your enjoyment Tom O`Connor