1966 Washington Senators season

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1966  Washington Senators
Washington Senators Cap Logo (1963 to 1967).svg
League American League
Ballpark D.C. Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
Record71–88 (.447)
League place8th
Owners James M. Johnston and James H. Lemon
General managers George Selkirk
Managers Gil Hodges
Television WTOP
Radio WTOP
(Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
  1965 Seasons 1967  

The 1966 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 71 wins and 88 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9763.60648314932
Minnesota Twins 8973.549949324041
Detroit Tigers 8874.5431042394635
Chicago White Sox 8379.5121545363843
Cleveland Indians 8181.5001741404041
California Angels 8082.4941842393843
Kansas City Athletics 7486.4632342393247
Washington Senators 7188.44725½42362952
Boston Red Sox 7290.4442640413249
New York Yankees 7089.44026½35463543

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCAMINNYYWSH
Baltimore 12–612–69–98–109–911–510–815–311–7
Boston 6–129–911–77–118–109–96–128–108–10
California 6–129–98–1010–89–99–911–711–77–11
Chicago 9–97–1110–811–78–1013–54–149–9–112–6
Cleveland 10–811–78–107–119–96–129–912–69–9
Detroit 9–910–89–910–89–96–1211–711–713–5
Kansas City 5–119–99–95–1312–612–68–105–139–9
Minnesota 8–1012–67–1114–49–97–1110–88–1014–4
New York 3–1510–87–119–9–16–127–1113–510–85–10
Washington 7–1110–811–76–129–95–139–94–1410–5

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1966 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Paul Casanova 122429109.2541344
1B Ken Harrelson 7125062.248728
2B Bob Saverine 120406102.251524
SS Ed Brinkman 158582133.229748
3B Ken McMullen 147524122.2331354
LF Frank Howard 146493137.2781871
CF Don Lock 13838690.2331648
RF Jim King 11731077.2481030

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Fred Valentine 146508140.2761659
Dick Nen 9423550.213630
Don Blasingame 6820043.215111
Willie Kirkland 12416331.190617
Ken Hamlin 6615834.215116
Doug Camilli 4410722.20628
Bob Chance 375710.17518
Dick Phillips 25376.16204
Tim Cullen 18348.23500
Hank Allen 93112.38716
Jim French 10245.20803
John Orsino 14234.17400
Mike Brumley 9182.11100
Joe Cunningham 381.12500

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pete Richert 36245.214143.37195
Mike McCormick 41216.011143.46101
Phil Ortega 33197.112123.92121
Barry Moore 1262.1333.7528
Jim Duckworth 514.1035.0214
Joe Coleman 19.0102.004

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jim Hannan 30114.0394.2668
Diego Seguí 2172.0375.0054
Dick Bosman 1339.0267.6020
Frank Kreutzer 931.1056.0324
Tom Cheney 35.1015.063

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ron Kline 6364232.3946
Casey Cox 664573.5046
Bob Humphreys 587332.8288
Dick Lines 535222.2849
Dave Baldwin 40003.864
Buster Narum 300021.600
Howie Koplitz 10000.000
Pete Craig 10004.501
Al Closter 10000.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League George Case
AA York White Roses Eastern League Billy Klaus
A Burlington Senators Carolina League Wayne Terwilliger
A Geneva Senators New York–Penn League Gordon Mackenzie

Notes

  1. Woodie Held page at Baseball Reference
  2. Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference
  3. Bob Saverine page at Baseball Reference
  4. Al Closter page at Baseball Reference
  5. 1 2 Diego Segui page at Baseball Reference
  6. Del Unser page at Baseball Reference

References