1966 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkD.C. Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
Record71–88 (.447)
League place8th
OwnersJames M. Johnston and James H. Lemon
General managersGeorge Selkirk
ManagersGil Hodges
TelevisionWTOP
RadioWTOP
(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.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

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

Draft picks

Roster

1966 Washington Senators
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 Paul Casanova 122 429 109 .254 13 44
1B Ken Harrelson 71 250 62 .248 7 28
2B Bob Saverine 120 406 102 .251 5 24
SS Ed Brinkman 158 582 133 .229 7 48
3B Ken McMullen 147 524 122 .233 13 54
LF Frank Howard 146 493 137 .278 18 71
CF Don Lock 138 386 90 .233 16 48
RF Jim King 117 310 77 .248 10 30

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
Fred Valentine 146 508 140 .276 16 59
Dick Nen 94 235 50 .213 6 30
Don Blasingame 68 200 43 .215 1 11
Willie Kirkland 124 163 31 .190 6 17
Ken Hamlin 66 158 34 .215 1 16
Doug Camilli 44 107 22 .206 2 8
Bob Chance 37 57 10 .175 1 8
Dick Phillips 25 37 6 .162 0 4
Tim Cullen 18 34 8 .235 0 0
Hank Allen 9 31 12 .387 1 6
Jim French 10 24 5 .208 0 3
John Orsino 14 23 4 .174 0 0
Mike Brumley 9 18 2 .111 0 0
Joe Cunningham 3 8 1 .125 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
Pete Richert 36 245.2 14 14 3.37 195
Mike McCormick 41 216.0 11 14 3.46 101
Phil Ortega 33 197.1 12 12 3.92 121
Barry Moore 12 62.1 3 3 3.75 28
Jim Duckworth 5 14.1 0 3 5.02 14
Joe Coleman 1 9.0 1 0 2.00 4

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
Jim Hannan 30 114.0 3 9 4.26 68
Diego Seguí 21 72.0 3 7 5.00 54
Dick Bosman 13 39.0 2 6 7.60 20
Frank Kreutzer 9 31.1 0 5 6.03 24
Tom Cheney 3 5.1 0 1 5.06 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
Ron Kline 63 6 4 23 2.39 46
Casey Cox 66 4 5 7 3.50 46
Bob Humphreys 58 7 3 3 2.82 88
Dick Lines 53 5 2 2 2.28 49
Dave Baldwin 4 0 0 0 3.86 4
Buster Narum 3 0 0 0 21.60 0
Howie Koplitz 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pete Craig 1 0 0 0 4.50 1
Al Closter 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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. ^ a b Diego Segui page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Del Unser page at Baseball Reference

References

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