1966 Boston Red Sox season
Major League Baseball season
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Record | 72–90 (.444) |
League place | 9th (26 GB ) |
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Owner(s) | Tom Yawkey |
President | Tom Yawkey |
General manager(s) | Dick O'Connell |
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Local television | WHDH-TV, Ch. 5 |
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WHDH-AM 850
( Ken Coleman , Ned Martin , Mel Parnell ) |
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The 1966 Boston Red Sox season was the 66th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished ninth in the American League (AL) with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses, 26 games behind the AL and World Series champion Baltimore Orioles . After this season, the Red Sox would not lose 90 games again until 2012 .
Offseason
- November 29, 1965: Jimy Williams was drafted from the Red Sox by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1965 first-year draft. [1]
- November 30, 1965: Eddie Bressoud was traded by the Red Sox to the New York Mets for Joe Christopher . [2]
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | 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
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
14 | George Smith | 2B |
24 | George Thomas | CF |
8 | Carl Yastrzemski | LF |
25 | Tony Conigliaro | RF |
5 | George Scott | 3B |
11 | Tony Horton | 1B |
6 | Rico Petrocelli | SS |
22 | Mike Ryan | C |
26 | Earl Wilson | P |
Notable transactions
- June 6, 1966: Galen Cisco was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. [3]
- June 14, 1966: Joe Christopher and Earl Wilson were traded by the Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Don Demeter and a player to be named later. The Tigers completed the deal by sending Julio Navarro to the Red Sox on June 21. [2]
- August 15, 1966: The Red Sox acquire pitchers Hank Fischer from the Cincinnati Reds and Bill Short from the Baltimore Orioles . [4] The Red Sox also announce that they have sold pitcher Bob Sadowski to the Toronto Maple Leafs . [4]
Roster
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Player stats
= Indicates team leader |
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 | Mike Ryan | 116 | 369 | 79 | .214 | 2 | 32 |
1B | George Scott | 162 | 601 | 147 | .245 | 27 | 90 |
2B | George Smith | 128 | 403 | 86 | .213 | 8 | 37 |
3B | Joe Foy | 151 | 554 | 145 | .262 | 15 | 63 |
SS | Rico Petrocelli | 139 | 522 | 124 | .238 | 18 | 59 |
LF | Carl Yastrzemski | 160 | 594 | 165 | .278 | 16 | 80 |
CF | Don Demeter | 73 | 226 | 66 | .292 | 9 | 29 |
RF | Tony Conigliaro | 150 | 558 | 148 | .265 | 28 | 93 |
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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Dalton Jones | 115 | 252 | 59 | .234 | 4 | 23 |
Bob Tillman | 78 | 204 | 47 | .230 | 3 | 24 |
Jose Tartabull | 68 | 195 | 54 | .277 | 0 | 11 |
George Thomas | 61 | 173 | 41 | .237 | 5 | 20 |
Eddie Kasko | 58 | 136 | 29 | .213 | 1 | 12 |
Lenny Green | 85 | 133 | 32 | .241 | 1 | 12 |
Jim Gosger | 40 | 126 | 32 | .254 | 5 | 17 |
Reggie Smith | 6 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Horton | 6 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 2 |
Mike Andrews | 5 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Christopher | 12 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 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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Jose Santiago | 35 | 172.0 | 12 | 13 | 3.66 | 119 |
Lee Stange | 28 | 153.1 | 7 | 9 | 3.35 | 77 |
Earl Wilson | 15 | 100.2 | 5 | 5 | 3.84 | 67 |
Dennis Bennett | 16 | 75.0 | 3 | 3 | 3.24 | 77 |
Jerry Stephenson | 15 | 66.1 | 2 | 5 | 5.83 | 50 |
Hank Fischer | 6 | 31.0 | 2 | 3 | 2.90 | 26 |
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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Jim Lonborg | 45 | 181.2 | 10 | 10 | 3.86 | 131 |
Bucky Brandon | 40 | 157.2 | 8 | 8 | 3.31 | 101 |
Dick Stigman | 34 | 81.0 | 2 | 1 | 5.44 | 65 |
Rollie Sheldon | 23 | 79.2 | 1 | 6 | 4.97 | 38 |
Bob Sadowski | 11 | 33.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.40 | 11 |
Dave Morehead | 12 | 28.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.46 | 20 |
Pete Magrini | 3 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 9.82 | 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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Don McMahon | 49 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2.65 | 57 |
Dan Osinski | 44 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3.61 | 44 |
John Wyatt | 42 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3.14 | 63 |
Ken Sanders | 24 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3.80 | 33 |
Dick Radatz | 16 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4.74 | 19 |
Bill Short | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.32 | 2 |
Guido Grilli | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 4 |
Garry Roggenburk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Farm system
References
- ↑ Jimy Williams page at Baseball Reference
- 1 2 Joe Christopher page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Galen Cisco page at Baseball Reference
- 1 2 "Red Sox Get Hank Fischer, Bill Short" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . August 16, 1966. p. 21 . Retrieved June 10, 2023 .
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball , 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- ↑ Boston Red Sox Yearbook . 1966. p. 34 . Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine .
External links
- 1966 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1966 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
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