1966 Boston Red Sox season
1966 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 72–90 (.444) | |
League place | 9th | |
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
President | Tom Yawkey | |
General managers | Dick O'Connell | |
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Television | WHDH-TV, Ch. 5 | |
Radio | WHDH-AM 850 (Ken Coleman, Ned Martin, Mel Parnell) | |
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Baltimore Orioles | 97 | 63 | .606 | — | 48–31 | 49–32 |
Minnesota Twins | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9 | 49–32 | 40–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | .543 | 10 | 42–39 | 46–35 |
Chicago White Sox | 83 | 79 | .512 | 15 | 45–36 | 38–43 |
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 81 | .500 | 17 | 41–40 | 40–41 |
California Angels | 80 | 82 | .494 | 18 | 42–39 | 38–43 |
Kansas City Athletics | 74 | 86 | .463 | 23 | 42–39 | 32–47 |
Washington Senators | 71 | 88 | .447 | 25½ | 42–36 | 29–52 |
Boston Red Sox | 72 | 90 | .444 | 26 | 40–41 | 32–49 |
New York Yankees | 70 | 89 | .440 | 26½ | 35–46 | 35–43 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]= Indicates team leader |
Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Toronto
Source:[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Jimy Williams page at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Joe Christopher page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Galen Cisco page at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b "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.