1966 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 72–90 (.444) | |
League place | 9th (26 GB) | |
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 BB-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.
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 |
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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 | — |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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