1966 Chicago Cubs season

The 1966 Chicago Cubs season was the 95th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 91st in the National League and the 51st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished tenth and last in the National League with a record of 59–103, 36 games behind the NL Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Cubs would not lose 100 or more games in a season for another 46 seasons. One of the defining trades in Cubs history occurred on April 21, when the Cubs acquired future Cy Young Award winner Ferguson Jenkins in a trade with the Philadelphia Phillies.

1966 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Philip K. Wrigley
General manager(s)John Holland
Manager(s)Leo Durocher
Local televisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit)
Local radioWGN
(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9567 0.586 53–28 42–39
San Francisco Giants 9368 0.578 47–34 46–34
Pittsburgh Pirates 9270 0.568 3 46–35 46–35
Philadelphia Phillies 8775 0.537 8 48–33 39–42
Atlanta Braves 8577 0.525 10 43–38 42–39
St. Louis Cardinals 8379 0.512 12 43–38 40–41
Cincinnati Reds 7684 0.475 18 46–33 30–51
Houston Astros 7290 0.444 23 45–36 27–54
New York Mets 6695 0.410 28½ 32–49 34–46
Chicago Cubs 59103 0.364 36 32–49 27–54

Record vs. opponents

1966 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Atlanta 7–1110–814–4–17–1114–411–77–118–107–11
Chicago 11–76–125–138–108–105–136–126–124–14
Cincinnati 8–1012–64–146–1210–710–88–107–1011–7
Houston 4–14–113–514–47–117–117–114–146–1210–8
Los Angeles 11–710–812–611–712–611–79–99–910–8
New York 4–1410–87–1011–76–127–115–139–97–11
Philadelphia 7-1113–58–1011–77–1111–710–810–810–8
Pittsburgh 11–712–610–814–49–913–58–107–118–10
San Francisco 10–812–610–712–69–99–98–1011–712–6
St. Louis 11–714–47–118–108–1011–78–1010–86–12

Notable transactions

Roster

1966 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

Note: 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
CRandy Hundley149526124.2361963
1BErnie Banks141511139.2721575
2BGlenn Beckert153656188.287159
3BRon Santo155561175.3123094
SSDon Kessinger150533146.274143
LFByron Browne120419102.2431651
CFAdolfo Phillips116416109.2621636
RFBilly Williams162648179.2762991

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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
Marty Keough33266.23105
John Herrnstein9173.17600
Wes Covington9111.09100
Frank Thomas550.00000

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
Dick Ellsworth38269.18223.98144
Ken Holtzman34220.211163.79171
Ernie Broglio1562.1266.3534
Dave Dowling19102.003
Bob Buhl12.10015.431

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
Ferguson Jenkins60182683.31148
Bill Hands411598154.5893
Larry Jackson380213.505

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
Bob Hendley434573.9165
Ted Abernathy201346.1818
Arnold Earley132103.5712
Bill Connors110107.313
Len Church40107.503

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Cubs Pacific Coast League Les Peden
AA Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs Texas League Stan Hack, Pete Reiser and Lou Klein
A Lodi Crushers California League Don Elston and Ray Perry
A Quincy Cubs Midwest League Walt Dixon
A-Short Season Duluth–Superior Dukes Northern League Joe Grace
Rookie Treasure Valley Cubs Pioneer League George Freese

Notes

  1. Randy Hundley Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac
  2. Wes Covington at Baseball Reference
  3. John Herrnstein at Baseball Reference
  4. Bobby Cox at Baseball Reference
  5. Frank Thomas at Baseball Reference
  6. Billy Cowan at Baseball-Reference
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1966.shtml

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 Cubs season at Baseball Reference
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