1966 Chicago White Sox

League

Ballpark

White Sox Park

City

Chicago

Owners

Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn

Television

WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit)

Radio

WCFL
(Bob Elson, Bob Finnegan)

← 1965

Seasons

1967 →

The 1966 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 66th season in the major leagues, and its 67th season overall. Eddie Stanky managed the White Sox to a fourth-place finish in the American League^[1] with a record of 83–79, 15 games behind the first-place Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1966 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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

Notable transactions

May 27, 1966: Danny Cater was traded by the White Sox to the Kansas City Athletics for Wayne Causey.^[2]
June 7, 1966: 1966 Major League Baseball Draft
- Carlos May was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (18th pick).^[3]
- Johnny Oates was drafted by the White Sox in the 2nd round, but did not sign.^[4]
- Ken Frailing was drafted by the White Sox in the 5th round. Player signed June 25, 1966.^[5]
- Chuck Brinkman was drafted by the White Sox in the 16th round.^[6]
- Geoff Zahn was drafted by the White Sox in the 34th round, but did not sign.^[7]

Roster

1966 Chicago White Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

50 Deacon Jones

Manager

12 Eddie Stanky

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Jerry Adair, SS,2B	105	370	27	90	18	2	4	36	17	44	.243	3
Tommie Agee, CF,LF	160	629	98	172	27	8	22	86	41	127	.273	44
Ken Berry, LF,RF,CF	147	443	50	120	20	2	8	34	28	63	.271	7
Buddy Bradford, LF,RF	14	28	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	6	.143	0
Don Buford, 3B,2B,LF,RF	163	607	85	148	26	7	8	52	69	71	.244	51
Smoky Burgess, C	79	67	0	21	5	0	0	15	11	8	.313	0
Danny Cater, LF,RF	21	60	3	11	1	1	0	4	0	10	.183	3
Wayne Causey, 2B	78	164	23	40	8	2	0	13	24	13	.244	2
Lee Elia, SS	80	195	16	40	5	2	3	22	15	39	.205	0
Gene Freese, 3B	48	106	8	22	2	0	3	10	8	20	.208	2
Ron Hansen, SS	23	74	3	13	1	0	0	4	15	10	.176	0
Jim Hicks, RF,1B,LF	18	26	3	5	0	1	0	1	1	5	.192	0
Deacon Jones, PH	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	0
Duane Josephson, C	11	38	3	9	1	0	0	3	3	3	.237	0
Dick Kenworthy, 3B	9	25	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	0
J. C. Martin, C	67	157	13	40	5	3	2	20	14	24	.255	0
Jerry McNertney, C	44	59	3	13	0	0	0	1	7	6	.220	1
Tommy McCraw, 1B,LF,RF	151	389	49	89	16	4	5	48	29	40	.229	20
Floyd Robinson, RF	127	342	44	81	11	2	5	35	44	32	.237	8
Johnny Romano, C	122	329	33	76	12	0	15	47	58	72	.231	0
Bill Skowron, 1B	120	337	27	84	15	2	6	29	26	45	.249	1
Marv Staehle, 2B	8	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	.133	1
Ed Stroud, RF,LF	12	36	3	6	2	0	0	1	2	8	.167	3
Bill Voss, LF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Pete Ward, LF,RF,3B,1B	84	251	22	55	7	1	3	28	24	49	.219	3
Al Weis, 2B,SS	129	187	20	29	4	1	0	9	17	50	.155	3

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Greg Bollo, P	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
John Buzhardt, P	34	43	0	5	0	0	0	2	2	18	.116	0
Eddie Fisher, P	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Dennis Higgins, P	42	17	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	4	.176	0
Joe Horlen, P	64	60	6	4	0	0	0	1	2	12	.067	1
Bruce Howard, P	27	43	2	3	1	0	0	2	5	13	.070	0
Tommy John, P	34	69	6	10	1	0	2	8	3	21	.145	0
Fred Klages, P	3	6	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.500	0
Jack Lamabe, P	34	35	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	16	.057	0
Bob Locker, P	56	16	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	7	.250	0
Gary Peters, P	38	81	12	19	3	2	1	9	0	19	.235	0
Juan Pizarro, P	34	26	2	4	1	0	0	2	1	5	.154	0
Hoyt Wilhelm, P	46	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	.125	0
Team Totals	163	5348	574	1235	193	40	87	524	476	872	.231	153

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Greg Bollo	0	1	2.57	3	1	0	7.0	7	2	2	0	3	4
John Buzhardt	6	11	3.83	33	22	1	150.1	144	74	64	13	34	66
Eddie Fisher	1	3	2.29	23	0	6	35.1	27	11	9	1	18	18
Dennis Higgins	1	0	2.52	42	1	5	93.0	66	27	26	9	37	86
Joe Horlen	10	13	2.43	37	29	1	211.0	185	64	57	14	64	124
Bruce Howard	9	5	2.30	27	21	0	149.0	110	48	38	14	46	85
Tommy John	14	11	2.62	34	33	0	223.0	195	76	65	13	61	138
Fred Klages	1	0	1.72	3	3	0	15.2	9	4	3	0	7	6
Jack Lamabe	7	9	3.93	34	17	0	121.1	116	55	53	9	36	67
Bob Locker	9	8	2.46	56	0	12	95.0	73	32	26	2	36	70
Gary Peters	12	10	1.98	30	27	0	204.2	156	54	45	11	51	129
Juan Pizarro	8	6	3.76	34	9	3	88.2	91	49	37	9	46	42
Hoyt Wilhelm	5	2	1.66	46	0	6	81.1	50	21	15	6	19	61
Team Totals	83	79	2.68	163	163	34	1475.1	1229	517	440	101	458	896

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pacific Coast League	Les Moss
AA	Evansville White Sox	Southern League	George Noga
A	Lynchburg White Sox	Carolina League	Ira Hutchinson
A	Deerfield Beach/Winter Haven Sun Sox	Florida State League	Don Bacon and Bruce Andrew
A	Fox Cities Foxes	Midwest League	Stan Wasiak
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	Frank Parenti

Notes

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 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
Chicago White Sox at Baseball Almanac

v t e 1966 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota New York Washington
National League	Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1966 MLB draft 1966 All-Star Game 1966 World Series

Chicago White Sox

Established in 1900
Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise

Ballparks

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Chairman: Jerry Reinsdorf
General Manager: Chris Getz
Special Assistant to the GM: Jim Thome
Manager: Pedro Grifol

World Series
championships (3)

American League
championships (6)

Division championships (6)

West: 1983
1993
Central: 2000
2005
2008
2021

Wild Card berths (1)

2020

Minor league
affiliates

Charlotte Knights (Triple-A)
Birmingham Barons (Double-A)
Winston-Salem Dash (High-A)
Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (Single-A)
ACL White Sox (Rookie)
DSL White Sox (Rookie)

Media

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