1966 Kansas City Athletics season
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Managers | Alvin Dark |
Television | KCMO |
Radio | KCMO (AM) (Monte Moore, Lynn Faris) |
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The 1966
Offseason
- October 15, 1965: Satchel Paige was released by the Athletics.[3]
- November 28, 1965: Hank Peters resigned from the club and became the minor league director for the Cleveland Indians.[4]
- November 29, 1965: Ron Stone was drafted by the Athletics from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1965 rule 5 draft.[5]
- December 1, 1965:
- In early 1966, Jim Schaaf left the Athletics front office to work with the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL.[7]
Regular season
- The club won their home opener (contested on April 19) and proceeded to lose 14 of their next 16 games.[8] From June 19 to the final game of the season, the club won 50 games and lost 49, their best stretch since playing in Kansas City.[1] The Athletics did not finish in last place for the first time in three years.
Season standings
American League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Baltimore Orioles | 97 | 63 | 0.606 | — | 48–31 | 49–32 |
Minnesota Twins | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | 9 | 49–32 | 40–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | 10 | 42–39 | 46–35 |
Chicago White Sox | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 15 | 45–36 | 38–43 |
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 17 | 41–40 | 40–41 |
California Angels | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 18 | 42–39 | 38–43 |
Kansas City Athletics | 74 | 86 | 0.463 | 23 | 42–39 | 32–47 |
Washington Senators | 71 | 88 | 0.447 | 25½ | 42–36 | 29–52 |
Boston Red Sox | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 26 | 40–41 | 32–49 |
New York Yankees | 70 | 89 | 0.440 | 26½ | 35–46 | 35–43 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | MIN | NYY | WSH | |||
Baltimore | — | 12–6 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 11–5 | 10–8 | 15–3 | 11–7 | |||
Boston | 6–12 | — | 9–9 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 8–10 | |||
California | 6–12 | 9–9 | — | 8–10 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 7–11 | |||
Chicago | 9–9 | 7–11 | 10–8 | — | 11–7 | 8–10 | 13–5 | 4–14 | 9–9–1 | 12–6 | |||
Cleveland | 10–8 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 7–11 | — | 9–9 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 9–9 | |||
Detroit | 9–9 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 9–9 | — | 6–12 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 13–5 | |||
Kansas City | 5–11 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 12–6 | 12–6 | — | 8–10 | 5–13 | 9–9 | |||
Minnesota | 8–10 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 14–4 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 10–8 | — | 8–10 | 14–4 | |||
New York | 3–15 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 9–9–1 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 13–5 | 10–8 | — | 5–10 | |||
Washington | 7–11 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 4–14 | 10–5 | — |
Notable transactions
- April 6, 1966: Cleveland Indians for Ralph Terry.[9]
- April 13, 1966: Washington Senators.[10]
- May 27, 1966: Wayne Causey was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Danny Cater.[11]
- June 7, 1966: 1966 Major League Baseball draft (June Draft) notable picks:[12]
- Round 1: Reggie Jackson (2nd pick) [13]
- Round 5: Dave Hamilton
- Round 6: Warren Bogle
- Round 20: Larry Burchart (did not sign)
- July 1, 1966: Ron Stone was returned by the Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles.[5]
- July 30, 1966: Jim Duckworth was traded by the Athletics to the Washington Senators for Diego Seguí.[10]
- August 6, 1966: Ralph Terry was purchased from the Athletics by the New York Mets.[9]
- August 24, 1966: 1966 Major League Baseball draft (August Legion) notable picks:[14]
- Round 1: Pete Varney (did not sign)
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Phil Roof | 127 | 367 | 77 | .209 | 7 | 44 |
1B | Ken Harrelson | 63 | 210 | 47 | .224 | 5 | 22 |
2B | Dick Green | 140 | 507 | 127 | .250 | 9 | 62 |
SS | Bert Campaneris | 142 | 573 | 153 | .267 | 5 | 42 |
3B | Ed Charles | 118 | 385 | 110 | .286 | 9 | 42 |
LF | Larry Stahl | 119 | 312 | 78 | .250 | 5 | 34 |
CF | Joe Nossek | 87 | 230 | 60 | .261 | 1 | 27 |
RF | Mike Hershberger | 146 | 538 | 136 | .253 | 2 | 57 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Danny Cater | 116 | 425 | 124 | .292 | 7 | 52 |
Roger Repoz | 101 | 319 | 69 | .216 | 11 | 34 |
Jim Gosger | 88 | 272 | 61 | .224 | 5 | 27 |
Ossie Chavarria |
86 | 191 | 46 | .241 | 2 | 10 |
José Tartabull | 37 | 127 | 30 | .236 | 0 | 4 |
Wayne Causey | 28 | 79 | 18 | .228 | 0 | 5 |
Billy Bryan | 32 | 76 | 10 | .132 | 0 | 7 |
Ken Suarez | 35 | 69 | 10 | .145 | 0 | 2 |
Tim Talton | 37 | 53 | 18 | .340 | 2 | 6 |
Rick Monday | 17 | 41 | 4 | .098 | 0 | 2 |
Manny Jiménez | 13 | 35 | 4 | .114 | 0 | 1 |
Ernie Fazio | 27 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 0 | 2 |
John Donaldson | 15 | 30 | 4 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
Sal Bando | 11 | 24 | 7 | .292 | 0 | 1 |
Ron Stone | 26 | 22 | 6 | .273 | 0 | 0 |
Don Blasingame | 12 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 1 |
Randy Schwartz | 10 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 1 |
Rene Lachemann | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Catfish Hunter | 30 | 176.2 | 9 | 11 | 4.02 | 103 |
Jim Nash | 18 | 127.0 | 12 | 1 | 2.06 | 98 |
Blue Moon Odom | 14 | 90.1 | 5 | 5 | 2.49 | 47 |
Chuck Dobson | 14 | 83.2 | 4 | 6 | 4.09 | 61 |
Rollie Sheldon | 14 | 69.0 | 4 | 7 | 3.13 | 26 |
Fred Talbot | 11 | 67.2 | 4 | 4 | 4.79 | 37 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Lew Krausse Jr. | 36 | 177.2 | 14 | 9 | 2.99 | 87 |
Paul Lindblad | 38 | 121.0 | 5 | 10 | 4.17 | 69 |
Ralph Terry | 15 | 64.0 | 1 | 5 | 3.80 | 33 |
Bill Stafford | 9 | 39.2 | 0 | 4 | 4.99 | 31 |
Gil Blanco | 11 | 38.1 | 2 | 4 | 4.70 | 21 |
Bill Edgerton | 6 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 3.24 | 3 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jack Aker | 66 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 1.99 | 68 |
Ken Sanders | 38 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3.72 | 41 |
Wes Stock | 35 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2.66 | 31 |
Jim Dickson | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.35 | 20 |
Joe Grzenda | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.27 | 14 |
John Wyatt | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5.32 | 25 |
Vern Handrahan | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.26 | 18 |
Guido Grilli | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.89 | 8 |
Jim Duckworth | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9.00 | 10 |
Aurelio Monteagudo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 3 |
Jesse Hickman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Vancouver Mounties | Pacific Coast League | Mickey Vernon |
AA | Mobile A's
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Southern League
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John McNamara |
A
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Modesto Reds
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California League | Gus Niarhos |
A
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Leesburg Athletics | Florida State League | Jimmy Williams |
A
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Burlington Bees | Midwest League | Al Ronning |
A-Short Season
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Lewiston Broncos
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Northwest League | Grady Wilson |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mobile, Modesto, Leesburg
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
- ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
- ^ Satchel Paige at Baseball Reference
- ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
- ^ a b Ron Stone at Baseball Reference
- ^ Joe Rudi at Baseball Reference
- ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
- ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
- ^ a b Ralph Terry at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Diego Seguí at Baseball Reference
- ^ Causey plays for A's after being traded
- ^ 1966 Kansas City Athletics Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
- ^ Reggie Jackson at Baseball Reference
- ^ Kansas City Athletics Picks in the MLB August Legion Draft
External links
- 1966 Kansas City Athletics at Baseball Reference
- 1966 Kansas City Athletics at Baseball Almanac