1966 Kansas City Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkMunicipal Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
OwnersCharles O. Finley
General managersEd Lopat
ManagersAlvin Dark
TelevisionKCMO
RadioKCMO (AM)
(Monte Moore, Lynn Faris)
← 1965
1967 →

The 1966 Kansas City Athletics season was the 12th and penultimate season in Kansas City, and the 66th in overall franchise history. It involved the A's finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 86 losses, 23 games behind the World Champion Baltimore Orioles. Paid attendance for the season was 773,929.[1] The pitching staff had an earned run average of 3.56, which ranked sixth in the American League.[2]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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

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 —


Notable transactions

Round 1: Reggie Jackson (2nd pick) [13]
Round 5: Dave Hamilton
Round 6: Warren Bogle
Round 20: Larry Burchart (did not sign)
Round 1: Pete Varney (did not sign)

Roster

1966 Kansas City Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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 Phil Roof 127 367 77 .209 7 44
1B Ken Harrelson 63 210 47 .224 5 22
2B Dick Green 140 507 127 .250 9 62
SS Bert Campaneris 142 573 153 .267 5 42
3B Ed Charles 118 385 110 .286 9 42
LF Larry Stahl 119 312 78 .250 5 34
CF Joe Nossek 87 230 60 .261 1 27
RF Mike Hershberger 146 538 136 .253 2 57

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
Danny Cater 116 425 124 .292 7 52
Roger Repoz 101 319 69 .216 11 34
Jim Gosger 88 272 61 .224 5 27
Ossie Chavarria 86 191 46 .241 2 10
José Tartabull 37 127 30 .236 0 4
Wayne Causey 28 79 18 .228 0 5
Billy Bryan 32 76 10 .132 0 7
Ken Suarez 35 69 10 .145 0 2
Tim Talton 37 53 18 .340 2 6
Rick Monday 17 41 4 .098 0 2
Manny Jiménez 13 35 4 .114 0 1
Ernie Fazio 27 34 7 .206 0 2
John Donaldson 15 30 4 .133 0 1
Sal Bando 11 24 7 .292 0 1
Ron Stone 26 22 6 .273 0 0
Don Blasingame 12 19 3 .158 0 1
Randy Schwartz 10 11 1 .091 0 1
Rene Lachemann 5 5 1 .200 0 0

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
Catfish Hunter 30 176.2 9 11 4.02 103
Jim Nash 18 127.0 12 1 2.06 98
Blue Moon Odom 14 90.1 5 5 2.49 47
Chuck Dobson 14 83.2 4 6 4.09 61
Rollie Sheldon 14 69.0 4 7 3.13 26
Fred Talbot 11 67.2 4 4 4.79 37

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
Lew Krausse Jr. 36 177.2 14 9 2.99 87
Paul Lindblad 38 121.0 5 10 4.17 69
Ralph Terry 15 64.0 1 5 3.80 33
Bill Stafford 9 39.2 0 4 4.99 31
Gil Blanco 11 38.1 2 4 4.70 21
Bill Edgerton 6 8.1 0 1 3.24 3

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
Jack Aker 66 8 4 32 1.99 68
Ken Sanders 38 3 4 1 3.72 41
Wes Stock 35 2 2 3 2.66 31
Jim Dickson 24 1 0 1 5.35 20
Joe Grzenda 21 0 2 0 3.27 14
John Wyatt 19 0 3 2 5.32 25
Vern Handrahan 16 0 1 1 4.26 18
Guido Grilli 16 0 1 1 6.89 8
Jim Duckworth 8 0 2 1 9.00 10
Aurelio Monteagudo 6 0 0 0 2.84 3
Jesse Hickman 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Vancouver Mounties Pacific Coast League Mickey Vernon
AA Mobile A's Southern League John McNamara
A Modesto Reds California League Gus Niarhos
A Leesburg Athletics Florida State League Jimmy Williams
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Al Ronning
A-Short Season Lewiston Broncos Northwest League Grady Wilson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mobile, Modesto, Leesburg

References

  1. ^ a b Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.98, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  2. ^ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, pp.97–98, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  3. ^ Satchel Paige at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.95, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  5. ^ a b Ron Stone at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Joe Rudi at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.96, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  8. ^ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.97, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  9. ^ a b Ralph Terry at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ a b Diego Seguí at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Causey plays for A's after being traded
  12. ^ 1966 Kansas City Athletics Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  13. ^ Reggie Jackson at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ Kansas City Athletics Picks in the MLB August Legion Draft

External links

1966 MLB season by team
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