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Awards for May and baseball standings at the start of June 1966
(The April monthly awards didn't show up on the news log, so I'm skipping to May's monthly awards.)
Awards
RF Johnny Callison of the Cleveland Guardians wins the AL Batter of the Month Award.
3B Ron Santo of the Chicago Cubs wins the NL Batter of the Month Award.
CL Billy McCool of the Cleveland Guardians wins the AL Pitcher of the Month Award.
SP Jim Maloney of the San Francisco Giants wins the NL Pitcher of the Month Award.
3B Joe Foy of the Boston Red Sox wins the AL Rookie of the Month Award.
1B George Scott of the Los Angeles Dodgers wins the NL Rookie of the Month Award.
First-place teams
AL: Cleveland Guardians (33-16—1 game ahead of the New York Yankees)
NL: Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs (both 29-18—both are 2 and a half games ahead of the San Francisco Giants)
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