1966 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | D.C. Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Record | 71–88 (.447) | |
League place | 8th | |
Owners | James M. Johnston and James H. Lemon | |
General managers | George Selkirk | |
Managers | Gil Hodges | |
Television | WTOP | |
Radio | WTOP (Dan Daniels, John MacLean) | |
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The 1966 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 71 wins and 88 losses.
Offseason
[edit]- October 12, 1965: Woodie Held was traded by the Senators to the Baltimore Orioles for John Orsino.[1]
- November 19, 1965: Don Zimmer was released by the Senators.[2]
- November 29, 1965: Bob Saverine was drafted by the Senators from the Houston Astros in the 1965 rule 5 draft.[3]
Regular season
[edit]- Emmett Ashford, the first black umpire in Major League Baseball history made his debut at D.C. Stadium on April 9, 1966.
Opening Day starters
[edit]- Ed Brinkman
- Doug Camilli
- Joe Cunningham
- Ken Hamlin
- Frank Howard
- Don Lock
- Ken McMullen
- Pete Richert
- Fred Valentine
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Baltimore Orioles | 97 | 63 | .606 | — | 48–31 | 49–32 |
Minnesota Twins | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9 | 49–32 | 40–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | .543 | 10 | 42–39 | 46–35 |
Chicago White Sox | 83 | 79 | .512 | 15 | 45–36 | 38–43 |
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 81 | .500 | 17 | 41–40 | 40–41 |
California Angels | 80 | 82 | .494 | 18 | 42–39 | 38–43 |
Kansas City Athletics | 74 | 86 | .463 | 23 | 42–39 | 32–47 |
Washington Senators | 71 | 88 | .447 | 25½ | 42–36 | 29–52 |
Boston Red Sox | 72 | 90 | .444 | 26 | 40–41 | 32–49 |
New York Yankees | 70 | 89 | .440 | 26½ | 35–46 | 35–43 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||||||||||
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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
[edit]- April 5, 1966: Al Closter was purchased by the Senators from the Cleveland Indians.[4]
- April 13, 1966: Diego Seguí was purchased by the Senators from the Kansas City Athletics.[5]
- July 30, 1966: Diego Seguí was traded by the Senators to the Kansas City Athletics for Jim Duckworth.[5]
Draft picks
[edit]- June 7, 1966: Del Unser was drafted by the Senators in the 1st round (18th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed June 28, 1966.[6]
Roster
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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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
[edit]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 |
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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
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- 1966 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference
- 1966 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.