1966 Baltimore Orioles season

1966  Baltimore Orioles
World Series Champions American League Champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Memorial Stadium
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Record	97–63 (.606)
League place	1st
Owners	Jerold Hoffberger
General managers	Harry Dalton
Managers	Hank Bauer
Television	WJZ-TV
Radio	WBAL (AM) (Chuck Thompson, Frank Messer, Bill O'Donnell)
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The 1966 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing first in the American League with a record of 97 wins and 63 losses, nine games ahead of the runner-up Minnesota Twins. It was their first AL pennant since 1944, when the club was known as the St. Louis Browns. The Orioles swept the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers in four games to register their first-ever World Series title. The team was managed by Hank Bauer, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They drew 1,203,366 fans to their home ballpark, third in the ten-team league. It would be the highest home attendance of the team's first quarter-century at Memorial Stadium, and was eclipsed by the pennant-winning 1979 Orioles. ^[1] This was the first season to feature names on the back of the uniforms and the first with the cartoon bird on the cap.

Offseason

• October 12, 1965: John Orsino was traded by the Orioles to the Washington Senators for Woodie Held. ^[2]
• November 29, 1965: Ron Stone was drafted from the Orioles by the Kansas City Athletics in the 1965 rule 5 draft. ^[3]
• December 2, 1965: Norm Siebern was traded by the Orioles to the California Angels for Dick Simpson. ^[4]
• December 6, 1965: Darold Knowles and Jackie Brandt were traded by the Orioles to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jack Baldschun. ^[5]
• December 9, 1965: Milt Pappas, Jack Baldschun, and Dick Simpson were traded by the Orioles to the Cincinnati Reds for Frank Robinson. ^[6]
• March 10, 1966: Lou Piniella was traded by the Orioles to the Cleveland Indians for Cam Carreon. ^[7]

Regular season

Right fielder Frank Robinson, acquired via trade from the Cincinnati Reds in the off-season, won the Triple Crown, leading the AL with a .316 average, 49 home runs, and 122 RBI. He was named winner of the American League MVP Award, becoming the first player in the history of Major League Baseball to win MVP honors in both the American and National Leagues. ^[8]

On May 8, 1966, Frank Robinson hit a 540-foot home run off Cleveland Indians pitcher Luis Tiant, becoming the only player to hit a fair ball out of Memorial Stadium. ^[9] It cleared the left field single-deck portion of the grandstand. ^[10] A flag was later erected near the spot the ball cleared the back wall, with simply the word "HERE" upon it.

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1966 American League record v t e Sources:
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 starters

• Luis Aparicio
• Paul Blair
• Curt Blefary
• Wally Bunker
• Andy Etchebarren
• Davey Johnson
• Boog Powell
• Brooks Robinson
• Frank Robinson

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Notable transactions

• May 21, 1966: Roger Freed was signed by the Orioles as an amateur free agent. ^[12]
• June 13, 1966: Jerry Adair was traded by the Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Eddie Fisher and minor leaguer John Riddle. ^[13]
• July 1, 1966: Ron Stone was returned to the Orioles by the Kansas City Athletics. ^[3]

Roster

1966 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers 13 Steve Barber 38 Ed Barnowski 24,40 Frank Bertaina 32 Gene Brabender 27 Wally Bunker 25 Moe Drabowsky 28 Eddie Fisher 29 Dick Hall 19 Dave McNally 17 John Miller 37 Stu Miller 22 Jim Palmer 36 Tom Phoebus 24 Bill Short 39 Eddie Watt		Catchers 35 Cam Carreon  8 Andy Etchebarren 34 Larry Haney 23 Vic Roznovsky Infielders  7 Jerry Adair 11 Luis Aparicio  7 Mark Belanger 18 Mike Epstein  2 Bob Johnson 15 Davey Johnson 26 Boog Powell  5 Brooks Robinson		Outfielders  6 Paul Blair  3 Curt Blefary 16 Sam Bowens 12 Woodie Held 20 Frank Robinson  9 Russ Snyder Other batters 44 Charley Lau		Manager 42 Hank Bauer Coaches 31 Harry Brecheen 55 Billy Hunter 41 Sherm Lollar 14 Gene Woodling

Game log

Past Games Legend
Orioles Win (#bfb)	Orioles Loss (#fbb)	Game Postponed (#bbb)	Clinched Playoff Berth (#039)
Bold denotes an Orioles pitcher

1966 Game Log: 97–63 (Home: 48–31; Road: 49–32)
April: 11–1 (Home: 5–1; Road: 6–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 12 @ Red Sox 5–4 (13) S. Miller (1–0) Lonborg (0–1) Watt (1) 12,386 1–0 W1 2 April 13 @ Red Sox 8–1 Palmer (1–0) Morehead (0–1) 1,955 2–0 W2 3 April 15 Yankees 2–3 Peterson (1–0) Bunker (0–1) 35,624 2–1 L1 4 April 16 Yankees 7–2 McNally (1–0) Downing (0–1) S. Miller (1) 12,128 3–1 W1 5 April 17 Yankees 5–4 Hall (1–0) Ramos (0–2) S. Miller (2) 27,802 4–1 W2 6 April 19 Senators 14–8 Watt (1–0) Ortega (0–1) Drabowsky (1) 6,045 5–1 W3 7 April 20 Senators 6–3 Bunker (1–1) Richert (0–2) S. Miller (3) 6,778 6–1 W4 8 April 23 @ Yankees 4–3 McNally (2–0) Peterson (1–1) S. Miller (4) 17,099 7–1 W5 9 April 24 @ Yankees 2–1 Barber (1–0) Stottlemyre (0–2) 13,104 8–1 W6 10 April 26 Angels 7–3 Palmer (2–0) McGlothlin (1–1) Hall (1) 8,208 9–1 W7 — April 27 Twins Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 1 — April 28 Twins Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 30 11 April 29 @ Tigers 8–1 Bunker (2–1) Monbouquette (2–2) 13,255 10–1 W8 12 April 30 @ Tigers 3–2 McNally (3–0) McLain (3–1) S. Miller (5) 5,130 11–1 W9
May: 14–16 (Home: 6–8; Road: 8–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 13 May 1 @ Tigers 4–1 Barber (2–0) Sparma (1–1) Hall (2) 11,719 12–1 W10 — May 2 @ Senators Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 6 14 May 3 @ Senators 0–3 Ortega (1–1) Palmer (2–1) Cox (3) 8,550 12–2 L1 15 May 4 @ Senators 2–3 Lines (1–0) Bunker (2–2) Kline (2) 6,110 12–3 L2 16 May 6 Indians 3–2 (15) Hall (2–0) Allen (1–1) 30,767 13–3 W1 17 May 7 Indians 3–6 McMahon (1–0) S. Miller (1–1) 9,953 13–4 L1 18 May 8 Indians 8–2 Palmer (3–1) Siebert (2–1) – 14–4 W1 19 May 8 Indians 8–3 Bertaina (1–0) Tiant (3–1) 37,658 15–4 W2 20 May 10 White Sox 3–2 (12) Watt (2–0) Locker (2–2) 6,515 16–4 W3 21 May 11 White Sox 2–3 (11) Locker (3–2) Brabender (0–1) Buzhardt (1) 10,063 16–5 L1 22 May 12 White Sox 3–5 Lamabe (1–0) Watt (2–1) Fisher (4) 6,079 16–6 L2 23 May 13 @ Indians 3–4 (11) O'Donoghue (3–0) Hall (2–1) 12,301 16–7 L3 24 May 14 @ Indians 1–2 Siebert (3–1) Bunker (2–3) 12,518 16–8 L4 25 May 15 @ Indians 1–0 (13) Watt (3–1) Hargan (0–1) – 17–8 W1 26 May 15 @ Indians 1–2 Stange (1–0) McNally (3–1) 34,186 17–9 L1 27 May 17 Red Sox 8–6 Watt (4–1) Stephenson (2–3) 8,442 18–9 W1 28 May 18 Red Sox 1–2 (10) Wilson (3–2) Palmer (3–2) 5,431 18–10 L1 29 May 19 Red Sox 1–3 Lonborg (1–2) Barber (2–1) Radatz (3) 5,477 18–11 L2 30 May 20 Tigers 8–4 Bunker (3–3) Sparma (1–3) Watt (2) – 19–11 W1 31 May 20 Tigers 5–9 Monbouquette (3–3) McNally (3–2) Sherry (5) 26,094 19–12 L1 32 May 21 Tigers 5–7 McLain (7–1) J. Miller (0–1) 24,946 19–13 L2 33 May 22 Tigers 2–3 Lolich (5–3) Bertaina (1–1) Podres (1) 16,694 19–14 L3 34 May 24 @ White Sox 6–4 Palmer (4–2) Lamabe (1–1) Hall (3) 13,335 20–14 W1 35 May 25 @ White Sox 2–3 John (3–2) Barber (2–2) Fisher (5) 14,079 20–15 L1 36 May 26 @ White Sox 7–1 McNally (4–2) Pizarro (3–1) S. Miller (6) 3,814 21–15 W1 37 May 27 @ Athletics 4–2 Bunker (4–3) Sheldon (2–5) S. Miller (7) 9,872 22–15 W2 38 May 28 @ Athletics 9–2 Drabowsky (1–0) Terry (0–3) 12,393 23–15 W3 39 May 29 @ Athletics 3–6 Hunter (4–3) Palmer (4–3) Aker (5) 10,378 23–16 L1 40 May 30 @ Twins 5–1 Barber (3–2) Merritt (0–3) S. Miller (8) 26,482 24–16 W1 41 May 30 @ Twins 4–7 Worthington (2–1) Hall (2–2) 12,140 24–17 L1 42 May 31 @ Twins 14–5 Watt (5–1) Pascual (6–4) 7,072 25–17 W1
June: 25–8 (Home: 11–2; Road: 14–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 43 June 1 @ Angels 9–7 (10) Drabowsky (2–0) Brunet (2–3) Hall (4) 22,862 26–17 W2 44 June 2 @ Angels 9–6 (10) S. Miller (2–1) Lee (2–2) 10,430 27–17 W3 45 June 3 Athletics 3–2 Palmer (5–3) Hunter (4–4) 11,178 28–17 W4 46 June 4 Athletics 9–0 Barber (4–2) Dobson (2–4) – 29–17 W5 47 June 4 Athletics 6–5 (12) S. Miller (3–1) Sheldon (3–6) 24,213 30–17 W6 48 June 5 Athletics 4–9 Dickson (1–0) Bunker (4–4) Aker (7) 9,745 30–18 L1 49 June 6 @ Senators 3–5 Ortega (5–2) J. Miller (0–2) 7,418 30–19 L2 50 June 7 Senators 6–5 (12) Watt (6–1) Bosman (1–2) 7,215 31–19 W1 51 June 8 Senators 6–5 (14) S. Miller (4–1) Humphreys (1–1) – 32–19 W2 52 June 8 Senators 8–7 Brabender (1–1) Bosman (1–3) Watt (3) 9,612 33–19 W3 53 June 9 Senators 4–2 McNally (5–2) Segui (2–5) S. Miller (9) 6,318 34–19 W4 54 June 10 Red Sox 9–2 Bunker (5–4) Stange (1–1) 16,052 35–19 W5 55 June 11 Red Sox 2–8 Lonborg (3–4) J. Miller (0–3) McMahon (2) 11,682 35–20 L1 56 June 12 Red Sox 8–1 Barber (5–2) Wilson (5–5) 9,755 36–20 W1 57 June 13 Yankees 8–0 Palmer (6–3) Downing (6–4) Watt (4) 28,225 37–20 W2 58 June 14 Yankees 2–1 S. Miller (5–1) Bouton (1–2) 37,891 38–20 W3 59 June 15 @ Senators 6–4 Bunker (6–4) Bosman (1–4) Drabowsky (2) 13,507 39–20 W3 60 June 16 @ Senators 1–2 Richert (7–6) Bertaina (1–2) Kline (10) 4,764 39–21 L1 61 June 17 @ Red Sox 5–3 Barber (6–2) Lonborg (3–5) S. Miller (10) 15,825 40–21 W1 62 June 18 @ Red Sox 16–6 Palmer (7–3) Sadowski (1–1) Brabender (1) 7,957 41–21 W2 63 June 19 @ Red Sox 5–3 McNally (6–2) Stange (1–2) Fisher (7) – 42–21 W3 64 June 19 @ Red Sox 2–5 Santiago (5–4) J. Miller (0–4) Wyatt (3) 19,350 42–22 L1 65 June 21 @ Yankees 7–5 Bunker (7–4) Stottlemyre (6–7) S. Miller (11) – 43–22 W1 66 June 21 @ Yankees 3–8 Reniff (1–0) Bertaina (1–3) 29,449 43–23 L1 67 June 22 @ Yankees 3–0 Barber (7–2) Talbot (5–5) 17,239 44–23 W1 68 June 23 @ Yankees 5–2 Palmer (8–3) Downing (6–5) Fisher (8) 10,640 45–23 W2 69 June 24 @ Angels 4–5 (14) Sanford (8–2) Fisher (1–4) 32,088 45–24 L1 70 June 25 @ Angels 1–0 Bunker (8–4) Brunet (5–5) Hall (5) 35,174 46–24 W1 71 June 26 @ Angels 12–7 J. Miller (1–4) Rojas (2–2) Fisher (9) 23,314 47–24 W2 72 June 27 @ Angels 4–1 Barber (8–2) M. López (4–7) S. Miller (12) 18,321 48–24 W3 73 June 28 @ Athletics 3–4 Dobson (4–6) Palmer (8–4) Aker (14) 11,291 48–25 L1 74 June 29 @ Athletics 5–2 Hall (3–2) Krausse (4–4) 11,291 49–25 W1 75 June 30 @ Athletics 11–3 Brabender (2–1) Terry (1–5) 8,137 50–25 W2
July: 19–10 (Home: 14–6; Road: 5–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 76 July 1 Twins 4–1 Barber (9–2) Kaat (9–6) Fisher (10) – 51–25 W3 77 July 1 Twins 2–0 Short (1–0) Merritt (0–6) 31,944 52–25 W4 78 July 2 Twins 6–5 S. Miller (6–1) Roggenburk (1–2) – 53–25 W5 79 July 2 Twins 3–2 Fisher (2–4) Grant (5–11) 28,403 54–25 W6 80 July 3 Twins 4–2 McNally (7–2) Cimino (1–2) S. Miller (13) 15,715 55–25 W7 81 July 4 Athletics 6–9 Hunter (8–6) Brabender (2–2) Aker (17) 24,129 55–26 L1 82 July 6 Athletics 11–0 Barber (10–2) Stafford (0–3) – 56–26 W1 83 July 6 Athletics 8–9 (11) Aker (5–1) J. Miller (1–5) 14,409 56–27 L1 84 July 8 Angels 2–1 S. Miller (7–1) M. López (4–9) 19,312 57–27 W1 85 July 9 Angels 10–2 Palmer (9–4) Chance (7–10) Fisher (11) – 58–27 W2 86 July 9 Angels 1–2 Wright (3–2) McNally (7–3) Rojas (7) 27,606 58–28 L1 87 July 10 Angels 0–4 Brunet (9–5) Barber (10–3) 16,632 58–29 L2 ASG July 12 AL @ NL 1–2 Perry (1–0) Richert (0–1) 49,936 — N/A 88 July 14 @ Tigers 3–4 Wilson (9–7) Barber (10–4) Peña (3) 30,571 58–30 L3 89 July 15 @ Tigers 5–8 (13) Monbouquette (5–6) S. Miller (7–2) 43,647 58–31 L4 90 July 16 @ Tigers 8–2 McNally (8–3) McLain (13–5) 29,767 59–31 W1 91 July 17 @ White Sox 1–5 Peters (6–7) Short (1–1) – 59–32 L1 92 July 17 @ White Sox 3–2 Palmer (10–4) Lamabe (4–6) S. Miller (14) 27,789 60–32 W1 93 July 18 @ White Sox 5–3 J. Miller (2–5) Pizarro (6–5) Drabowsky (3) 17,899 61–32 W2 94 July 19 Tigers 13–3 Watt (7–1) Wilson (9–8) 24,261 62–32 W3 95 July 20 Tigers 10–7 Brabender (3–2) McLain (13–6) Drabowsky (4) 28,203 63–32 W4 96 July 21 Tigers 6–4 McNally (9–3) Monbouquette (5–7) Fisher (12) 29,107 64–32 W5 97 July 22 White Sox 3–1 Palmer (11–4) Peters (6–8) 25,772 65–32 W6 98 July 23 White Sox 5–4 Short (2–1) John (8–6) S. Miller (15) 25,908 66–32 W7 99 July 24 White Sox 0–4 Howard (5–1) Watt (7–2) 25,404 66–33 L1 100 July 26 Indians 4–7 Bell (11–6) Barber (10–5) Tiant (2) 23,990 66–34 L2 101 July 27 Indians 7–1 McNally (10–3) O'Donoghue (6–7) 22,294 67–34 W1 102 July 29 @ Twins 3–0 Palmer (12–4) Merritt (2–9) Fisher (13) 30,288 68–34 W2 103 July 30 @ Twins 0–7 Boswell (10–5) Short (2–2) 27,276 68–35 L1 104 July 31 @ Twins 4–0 Watt (8–2) Kaat (14–8) Fisher (14) 31,228 69–35 W1
August: 14–14 (Home: 4–7; Road: 10–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 105 August 2 @ Indians 8–6 Hall (4–2) Kelley (3–6) 17,936 70–35 W2 106 August 3 @ Indians 6–9 Siebert (11–6) Palmer (12–5) Tiant (4) 14,432 70–36 L1 107 August 4 @ Indians 1–3 Bell (12–7) Short (2–3) 13,036 70–37 L2 108 August 5 Senators 2–4 Humphreys (4–1) Watt (8–3) Kline (18) 14,618 70–38 L3 109 August 6 Senators 4–0 McNally (11–3) Moore (2–1) 25,963 71–38 W1 110 August 7 @ Senators 2–6 Richert (12–9) J. Miller (2–6) 14,703 71–39 L1 111 August 9 @ Yankees 1–4 Peterson (9–7) Palmer (12–6) 21,109 71–40 L2 112 August 10 @ Yankees 9–4 Hall (5–2) Talbot (9–9) 19,804 72–40 W1 113 August 11 @ Yankees 6–5 (11) Brabender (4–2) Ramos (3–8) 14,481 73–40 W2 114 August 12 @ Senators 2–1 Drabowsky (3–0) Richert (12–10) Fisher (15) – 74–40 W3 115 August 12 @ Senators 1–4 Moore (3–1) J. Miller (2–7) Humphreys (2) 22,470 74–41 L1 116 August 13 Senators 5–2 Palmer (13–6) Ortega (8–11) Fisher (16) 19,202 75–41 W1 117 August 14 @ Senators 6–0 Watt (9–3) Kreutzer (0–3) Brabender (2) 11,769 76–41 W2 118 August 15 @ Red Sox 4–2 (11) Fisher (3–4) Wyatt (1–6) Hall (6) 10,018 77–41 W3 119 August 16 @ Red Sox 6–4 J. Miller (3–7) Brandon (4–6) 17,131 78–41 W4 120 August 17 @ Red Sox 8–4 Palmer (14–6) Santiago (11–10) S. Miller (16) 15,328 79–41 W5 121 August 19 @ Tigers 4–10 Lolich (12–8) Brabender (4–3) 35,504 79–42 L1 122 August 20 @ Tigers 8–3 McNally (12–3) McLain (14–11) Fisher (17) 21,235 80–42 W1 123 August 21 @ Tigers 4–9 Wilson (15–9) Bunker (8–5) 30,146 80–43 L1 124 August 23 Indians 1–2 McDowell (8–5) Palmer (14–7) 22,578 80–44 L2 125 August 24 Indians 4–10 Siebert (14–7) Watt (9–4) Tiant (8) 19,427 80–45 L3 126 August 25 Indians 4–3 (11) S. Miller (8–2) Tiant (7–8) 17,079 81–45 W1 127 August 26 Red Sox 3–2 (12) Drabowsky (4–0) Osinski (2–3) 13,657 82–45 W2 128 August 27 Red Sox 2–3 Lonborg (7–8) Bertaina (1–4) McMahon (8) 23,790 82–46 L1 129 August 28 Red Sox 2–3 Brandon (5–7) Fisher (3–5) Wyatt (6) 12,220 82–47 L2 130 August 29 Tigers 3–6 McLain (16–11) McNally (12–4) 22,941 82–48 L3 131 August 30 Tigers 4–5 Wilson (16–9) Watt (9–5) Peña (7) 28,207 82–49 L4 132 August 31 @ Indians 5–1 J. Miller (4–7) Tiant (7–10) S. Miller (17) 18,771 83–49 W1
September: 13–13 (Home: 7–6; Road: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 133 September 1 @ Indians 1–4 Siebert (15–7) Palmer (14–8) 16,476 83–50 L1 134 September 2 @ White Sox 8–9 (11) Higgins (1–0) S. Miller (8–3) 9,151 83–51 L2 135 September 3 @ White Sox 4–1 Bunker (9–5) Lamabe (7–7) Hall (7) 9,294 84–51 W1 136 September 4 @ White Sox 8–5 Drabowsky (5–0) Locker (9–8) Fisher (18) 17,725 85–51 W2 137 September 5 Yankees 5–4 Fisher (4–5) Peterson (11–10) – 86–51 W3 138 September 5 Yankees 7–4 Hall (6–2) Downing (8–10) Fisher (19) 36,832 87–51 W4 139 September 6 Yankees 4–1 McNally (13–4) Bouton (2–7) 15,540 88–51 W5 140 September 7 Yankees 3–2 Fisher (5–5) Stottlemyre (12–17) S. Miller (18) 13,703 89–51 W6 141 September 9 @ Twins 1–6 Kaat (23–9) Watt (9–6) 26,531 89–52 L1 142 September 10 @ Twins 2–7 Merritt (5–13) J. Miller (4–8) 21,259 89–53 L2 143 September 11 @ Twins 6–11 Worthington (6–3) S. Miller (8–4) 25,618 89–54 L3 144 September 12 Angels 5–6 Rojas (7–4) Fisher (5–6) Lee (14) 5,122 89–55 L4 — September 13 Angels Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 15 — September 14 Angels Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 19 145 September 15 Angels 2–0 Phoebus (1–0) Chance (10–16) – 90–55 W1 146 September 15 Angels 4–3 Fisher (6–6) Kelso (0–1) 7,617 91–55 W2 147 September 16 White Sox 0–4 Horlen (9–12) McNally (13–5) 14,326 91–56 L1 148 September 17 White Sox 1–3 John (14–9) Palmer (14–9) 11,007 91–57 L2 149 September 18 White Sox 3–4 Howard (9–5) Bunker (9–6) Wilhelm (4) 12,036 91–58 L3 150 September 19 Angels 11–9 Drabowsky (6–8) Sanford (13–7) 2,280 92–58 W1 151 September 20 @ Athletics 4–0 Phoebus (2–0) Hunter (8–11) 10,828 93–58 W2 152 September 21 @ Athletics 10–8 S. Miller (9–4) Stock (2–2) Fisher (20) 12,021 94–58 W3 153 September 22 @ Athletics 6–1 Palmer (15–9) Krausse (14–9) 5,250 95–58 W4 154 September 23 @ Angels 0–2 M. López (7–14) Bertaina (1–5) 17,874 95–59 L1 155 September 24 @ Angels 6–3 Bunker (10–6) Wright (4–7) Drabowsky (5) 22,540 96–59 W1 156 September 25 @ Angels 1–6 Chance (11–17) Phoebus (2–1) 14,785 96–60 L1 — September 27 Athletics Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 28; later September 29; then cancelled entirely (rain) — September 28 Athletics Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 29; then cancelled entirely (rain) 157 September 30 Twins 7–10 Grant (13–13) McNally (13–6) Worthington (15) – 96–61 L2 158 September 30 Twins 2–8 Merritt (7–14) Palmer (15–10) 12,260 96–62 L3
October: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak — October 1 Twins Postponed (rain); Makeup: October 2 159 October 2 Twins 6–2 Bertaina (2–5) Kaat (25–13) Drabowsky (6) – 97–62 W1 160 October 2 Twins 0–1 Perry (11–7) Watt (9–7) Worthington (16) 13,340 97–63 L1

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
C	Andy Etchebarren	121	412	91	.221	11	50
1B	Boog Powell	140	491	141	.287	34	109
2B	Davey Johnson	131	501	129	.257	7	56
3B	Brooks Robinson	157	620	167	.269	23	100
SS	Luis Aparicio	151	659	182	.276	6	41
LF	Curt Blefary	131	419	107	.255	23	64
CF	Paul Blair	133	303	84	.277	6	33
RF	Frank Robinson	155	576	182	.316	49	122

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
Russ Snyder	117	373	114	.306	3	41
Sam Bowens	89	243	51	.210	6	20
Bob Johnson	71	157	34	.217	1	10
Vic Roznovsky	41	97	23	.237	1	10
Woodie Held	56	82	17	.207	1	7
Larry Haney	20	56	9	.161	1	3
Jerry Adair	17	52	15	.288	0	3
Mark Belanger	8	19	3	.158	0	0
Charley Lau	18	12	6	.500	0	5
Mike Epstein	6	11	2	.182	0	3
Cam Carreon	4	9	2	.222	0	2

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
Dave McNally	34	213.0	13	6	3.17	158
Jim Palmer	30	208.1	15	10	3.46	147
Wally Bunker	29	142.2	10	6	4.29	89
Steve Barber	25	133.1	10	5	2.30	91
Bill Short	6	37.2	2	3	2.87	27
Tom Phoebus	3	22.0	2	1	1.23	17

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
Eddie Watt	43	145.2	9	7	3.83	102
John Miller	23	100.2	4	8	4.74	81
Frank Bertaina	16	63.1	2	5	3.13	46

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
Stu Miller	51	9	4	18	2.25	67
Eddie Fisher	44	5	3	13	2.64	39
Moe Drabowsky	44	6	0	7	2.81	98
Dick Hall	32	6	2	7	3.95	44
Gene Brabender	31	4	3	2	3.55	62
Ed Barnowski	2	0	0	0	3.00	2

1966 World Series

Main article: 1966 World Series

AL Baltimore Orioles (4) vs. NL Los Angeles Dodgers (0)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	Orioles – 5, Dodgers – 2	October 5	Dodger Stadium	55,941	2:56
2	Orioles – 6, Dodgers – 0	October 6	Dodger Stadium	55,947	2:26
3	Dodgers – 0, Orioles – 1	October 8	Memorial Stadium	54,445	1:55
4	Dodgers – 0, Orioles – 1	October 9	Memorial Stadium	54,458	1:45

Awards and honors

• Frank Robinson, AL Most Valuable Player Award ^[14]
• Frank Robinson, Associated Press Athlete of the Year
• Frank Robinson, Triple Crown Winner ^{[15] [16]}
• Frank Robinson, Babe Ruth Award ^[17]
• Frank Robinson, World Series Most Valuable Player Award ^[18]
• Brooks Robinson, All-Star Game MVP ^[18]
• Gold Glove Awards
  • Brooks Robinson, third base ^[19]
  • Luis Aparicio, shortstop ^[19]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Earl Weaver
AA	Elmira Pioneers	Eastern League	Darrell Johnson
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Harry Malmberg
A	Miami Marlins	Florida State League	Billy DeMars
A-Short Season	Aberdeen Pheasants	Northern League	Cal Ripken Sr.
Rookie	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Joe Altobelli

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elmira

Notes

1. Baseball Reference: Baltimore Orioles attendance history
2. Woodie Held at Baseball Reference
3. Ron Stone at Baseball Reference
4. Norm Siebern at Baseball Reference
5. Darold Knowles at Baseball Reference
6. Frank Robinson at Baseball Reference
7. Lou Piniella at Baseball Reference
8. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.153, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
9. 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.117
10. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Baltimore Orioles 8, Cleveland Indians 3 (2)". www.retrosheet.org.
11. 1966 Baltimore Oriole roster at Baseball Almanac
12. Roger Freed at Baseball-Reference
13. Eddie Fisher at Baseball-Reference
14. American League MVP Award voting results at Baseball Reference
15. Triple Crown winners at Baseball Reference
16. 1966 Batting leaders at Baseball Reference
17. Babe Ruth Award winners at Baseball Reference
18. 1966 Post-Season Awards at Baseball Reference
19. American League Gold Glove Award winners at Baseball Reference

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN   978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1966 Baltimore Orioles at Baseball Reference
• 1966 Baltimore Orioles season at Baseball Almanac

External links

• 1966 Orioles Roster through Baseball Cards – OriolesCards.com