1966 Kansas City Athletics season

The 1966 Kansas City Athletics season was the twelfth and penultimate season in Kansas City, and the 66th in overall franchise history. It involved the A's finishing 7th 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]

1966 Kansas City Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles O. Finley
General manager(s)Ed Lopat
Manager(s)Alvin Dark
Local televisionKCMO
Local radioKCMO (AM)
(Monte Moore, Lynn Faris)
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Offseason

Regular season
  • The club won their home opener (contested on April 19) and proceeded to lose 14 of their next 16 games.[8] From June 19 to the final game of the season, the club won 50 games and lost 49, their best stretch since playing in Kansas City.[1] The Athletics did not finish in last place for the first time in three years.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9763 0.606 — 48–31 49–32
Minnesota Twins 8973 0.549 9 49–32 40–41
Detroit Tigers 8874 0.543 10 42–39 46–35
Chicago White Sox 8379 0.512 15 45–36 38–43
Cleveland Indians 8181 0.500 17 41–40 40–41
California Angels 8082 0.494 18 42–39 38–43
Kansas City Athletics 7486 0.463 23 42–39 32–47
Washington Senators 7188 0.447 25½ 42–36 29–52
Boston Red Sox 7290 0.444 26 40–41 32–49
New York Yankees 7089 0.440 26½ 35–46 35–43

Record vs. opponents
1966 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore —12–612–69–98–109–911–510–815–311–7
Boston 6–12—9–911–77–118–109–96–128–108–10
California 6–129–9—8–1010–89–99–911–711–77–11
Chicago 9–97–1110–8—11–78–1013–54–149–9–112–6
Cleveland 10–811–78–107–11—9–96–129–912–69–9
Detroit 9–910–89–910–89–9—6–1211–711–713–5
Kansas City 5–119–99–95–1312–612–6—8–105–139–9
Minnesota 8–1012–67–1114–49–97–1110–8—8–1014–4
New York 3–1510–87–119–9–16–127–1113–510–8—5–10
Washington 7–1110–811–76–129–95–139–94–1410–5—

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

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
CPhil Roof12736777.209744

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 Cater116425124.292752
José Tartabull3712730.23604
Wayne Causey287918.22805
Billy Bryan327610.13207
Manny Jiménez13354.11401
John Donaldson15304.13301
Ron Stone26226.27300

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
Chuck Dobson1483.2464.0961
Fred Talbot1167.2444.7937

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 Krausse36177.21492.9987
Ralph Terry1564153.8033
Gil Blanco1138.1244.7021
Bill Edgerton68.1013.243

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 Aker6684321.9968
Jim Dickson241015.3520
John Wyatt190325.3225
Guido Grilli160116.898
Jim Duckworth80219.0010

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. 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. 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. Ralph Terry at Baseball Reference
  10. 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
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