Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates,primarily as a right fielder. In December 1972,Clemente died in the crash of a plane he had chartered to take emergency relief goods for the survivors of a massive earthquake in Nicaragua. After his sudden death,the National Baseball Hall of Fame changed its rules so that a player who had been dead for at least six months would be eligible for entry. In 1973,Clemente was posthumously inducted,becoming the first player from the Caribbean and Latin America to be honored in the Hall of Fame.
Frank Robinson,nicknamed "The Judge",was an American professional baseball outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for five teams over 21 seasons:the Cincinnati Reds (1956–1965),Baltimore Orioles (1966–1971),Los Angeles Dodgers (1972),California Angels (1973–1974),and Cleveland Indians (1974–1976). In 1975,Robinson became the first Black manager in big-league history,as the player-manager of the Indians.
Ralph Willard Terry was an American baseball player who played as a right-handed starting pitcher for twelve seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the New York Yankees,Kansas City Athletics,Cleveland Indians,and New York Mets from 1956 to 1967. He was a member of the Yankees pitching rotation on five consecutive league champions from 1960 to 1964,enjoying his best season in 1962 when he was named to his only All-Star team,going on to lead the American League with 23 victories. In the 1962 World Series he was named the Most Valuable Player after posting wins in two of the last three games,including a 1–0 shutout in the decisive game seven. He is also notable for surrendering a walk-off home run to Bill Mazeroski that won the 1960 World Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Terry also played for the Kansas City Athletics,Cleveland Indians,and New York Mets. He later enjoyed a successful career as a professional golfer.
James Timothy McCarver was an American professional baseball catcher,television sports commentator,and singer. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1959 to 1980 for four teams,spending almost all of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies. A two-time All-Star,he helped the Cardinals to the 1964 World Series title,batting .478 in the Series,including a three-run home run in the tenth inning to win Game 5. In 1966,he became the first catcher since the 19th century to lead the National League (NL) in triples with 13. McCarver was runner-up for the 1967 NL Most Valuable Player Award,behind teammate Orlando Cepeda,after batting .295 and leading NL catchers in assists and fielding percentage.
James Sherman Wynn,nicknamed "the Toy Cannon",was an American professional baseball player. He played 15 seasons as a center fielder;he spent ten of his fifteen seasons with the Houston Colt .45s / Astros before playing 2 All-Star seasons for the Los Angeles Dodgers and then two more seasons with three other teams. Wynn was nicknamed "The Toy Cannon" because his bat was described as having a lot of "pop" for his small size at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) and 160 lb (73 kg).
Melvin Leon Stottlemyre Sr. was an American professional baseball pitcher and pitching coach. He played for 11 seasons in Major League Baseball,all for the New York Yankees,and coached for 23 seasons,for the Yankees,New York Mets,Houston Astros,and Seattle Mariners. He was a five-time MLB All-Star as a player and a five-time World Series champion as a coach.
Robert John Shaw was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher,he played in Major League Baseball on seven teams for 11 seasons,from 1957 to 1967. In 1962,he was a National League (NL) All-Star player. In 1966,he led all National League pitchers with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
James Timothy "Mudcat" Grant Jr. was an American baseball pitcher who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Cleveland Indians,Minnesota Twins,Los Angeles Dodgers,Montreal Expos,St. Louis Cardinals,Oakland Athletics,and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1958 to 1971. He was a two-time All-Star.
Delmar Wesley Crandall was an American professional baseball player and manager. Crandall played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1949 to 1966,most prominently as a member of the Boston / Milwaukee Braves where,he was an eleven-time All-Star player and was a member of the 1957 World Series winning team.
Eugene Lewis Freese,was an American professional baseball third baseman,who was widely noted as a journeyman. Freese played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates (twice),St. Louis Cardinals,Philadelphia Phillies,Chicago White Sox (twice),Cincinnati Reds,and Houston Astros,for 12 seasons (1955–1966).
Russell Eugene Nixon was an American professional baseball player,coach and manager. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1957 to 1968. A veteran of 55 years in professional baseball,Nixon managed at virtually every level of the sport,from the lowest minor league to MLB assignments with the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed,and stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg) in his playing days.
Duane Charles Josephson was an American catcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox in parts of eight seasons spanning 1965–1972. Listed at 6' 0",190 lb.,he batted and threw right-handed.
Frank Louis Bertaina was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1964 through 1970 for the Baltimore Orioles,Washington Senators (1967–69),and St. Louis Cardinals (1970). Listed at 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and 177 pounds (80 kg),Bertaina batted and threw left-handed.
Richard Wallace Hall was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 669 games over 19 seasons in Major League Baseball,first as an outfielder,then as a pitcher,from 1952 through 1957 and from 1959 through 1971. Hall is best known as a member of the Baltimore Orioles dynasty that won four American League pennants and two World Series championships between 1966 and 1971. He also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates,Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Phillies. The 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m),200 lb (91 kg) Hall batted and threw right-handed. He earned the nickname "Turkey" due to his unusual pitching motion.
Joseph O'Neal Christopher was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates,New York Mets,and Boston Red Sox from 1959 through 1966. He won the 1960 World Series with the Pirates.
James Vernon Handrahan was a Canadian professional baseball pitcher who played for the Kansas City Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1964 and 1966. He is noted for being one of only three major-league players from Prince Edward Island,the others being 19th-century outfielder George Wood and catcher Henry Oxley.
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. This was the first season to feature names on the back of the uniforms and the first with the cartoon bird on the cap.
The 1967 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 78th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB),their 10th season in Los Angeles,California,and their 5th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles California. It marked the end of one of the franchise's most successful eras. One season after losing the World Series to the Baltimore Orioles,the Dodgers declined to a record of 73–89,and finished ahead of only the Houston Astros and the New York Mets in the National League race,28+1⁄2 games behind the NL and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. It was the Dodgers' worst record since the war-affected 1944 season,and their worst peacetime record since 1937. The Dodgers would not return to the postseason until 1974.
The 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League championship with a 95–67 record,but were swept by the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series.
The 1966 Detroit Tigers season was the 66th consecutive season for the Detroit franchise in the American League. The Tigers,who had finished fourth in the ten-team AL in 1965 with an 89–73 record,won one less game in 1966,going 88–74,but moved up to third in the league,ten full games behind the eventual world champion Baltimore Orioles. The team attracted 1,124,293 fans to Tiger Stadium,fifth in the ten-team circuit.
