| BNN Stats: Rookie Batting Leaders Monday, November 7th, 1966 Which rookie is leading the Ballshank Redemption Baseball in OPS?
George C Scott, BOS, .691 | | 1966 Premier Player Picked By PPL Saturday, November 5th, 1966 At age 35, many would be surprised to see Willie Mays still contributing strongly in Ballshank Redemption Baseball.
But not only did he contribute, the Milwaukee Braves center fielder was at the top of the sport, winning the 1966 Pesky's Pole Division Most Valuable Player Award.
He captured the award with a .314 batting average and a .374 on-base percentage this year. In 157 games he piled up 191 hits, 26 doubles, 3 triples, 29 home runs, 107 RBIs and 96 runs scored.
He received 8 first place votes out of a possible 10. Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves finished second in voting with 2 first place votes, while Rico Carty of the Milwaukee Braves finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Willie Mays - Milwaukee Braves - 8 - 130 Hank Aaron - Milwaukee Braves - 2 - 100 Rico Carty - Milwaukee Braves - 0 - 80 Carl Yastrzemski - Boston Red Sox - 0 - 54 Tony Oliva - Detroit Tigers - 0 - 53 Frank Robinson - Baltimore Orioles - 0 - 51 Jose Cardenal - Detroit Tigers - 0 - 50 Norm Cash - Detroit Tigers - 0 - 22 Joe Torre - Milwaukee Braves - 0 - 21 Harmon Killebrew - Detroit Tigers - 0 - 19 Rusty Staub - Milwaukee Braves - 0 - 5 Deron Johnson - New York Yankees - 0 - 3 Johnny Callison - Baltimore Orioles - 0 - 1 Al Kaline - Detroit Tigers - 0 - 1 | | PESKY'S POLE DIVISION STANDINGS | MERKLE'S BONER DIVISION STANDINGS | |