1966 Cleveland Indians season
1966 Cleveland Indians | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Owners | Gabe Paul, Vernon Stouffer | |
General managers | Gabe Paul | |
Managers | Birdie Tebbetts, George Strickland | |
Television | WJW-TV (Harry Jones, Herb Score) | |
Radio | WERE (Jimmy Dudley, Bob Neal) | |
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The 1966 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 81–81, 17 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.
Offseason
[edit]- Vernon Stouffer bought 80% of the Cleveland Indians for $8,000,000.[1]
- November 28, 1965: Hank Peters resigned from the Kansas City Athletics and became the minor league director for the Cleveland Indians.[2]
Notable transactions
[edit]- November 29, 1965: Al Closter was selected by the Indians from the New York Yankees in the first-year player draft.[3]
- November 29, 1965: Al Luplow was purchased from the Indians by the New York Mets.[4]
- December 1, 1965: Joe Rudi and Phil Roof were traded by the Indians to the Kansas City Athletics for Jim Landis and Jim Rittwage.[5]
- January 14, 1966: Lou Clinton was traded by the Indians to the New York Yankees for Doc Edwards.[6]
- March 10, 1966: Cam Carreon was traded by the Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Lou Piniella.[7]
Regular season
[edit]- On May 1, Sam McDowell threw his second consecutive one-hitter for the Indians.
- On May 8, 1966, Baltimore Orioles outfielder Frank Robinson hit a 540-foot home run off Indians pitcher Luis Tiant, becoming the only player to hit a fair ball out of Memorial Stadium.[8]
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 6, 1966: Ralph Terry was traded by the Indians to the Kansas City Athletics for John O'Donoghue and cash.[9]
Opening Day Lineup
[edit]Opening Day Starters | ||
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# | Name | Position |
25 | Vic Davalillo | CF |
10 | Max Alvis | 3B |
27 | Leon Wagner | LF |
21 | Rocky Colavito | RF |
23 | Chuck Hinton | 1B |
24 | Pedro González | 2B |
16 | Larry Brown | SS |
7 | Del Crandall | C |
48 | Sam McDowell | P |
Roster
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Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders
| Outfielders
Other batters
| Manager Coaches
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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 | Joe Azcue | 98 | 302 | 83 | .275 | 9 | 37 |
1B | Fred Whitfield | 137 | 502 | 121 | .241 | 27 | 78 |
2B | Pedro González | 110 | 352 | 82 | .233 | 2 | 17 |
SS | Larry Brown | 105 | 340 | 78 | .229 | 3 | 17 |
3B | Max Alvis | 157 | 596 | 146 | .245 | 17 | 55 |
LF | Leon Wagner | 150 | 549 | 153 | .279 | 23 | 66 |
CF | Vic Davalillo | 121 | 344 | 86 | .250 | 3 | 19 |
RF | Rocky Colavito | 151 | 533 | 127 | .238 | 30 | 72 |
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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Chico Salmon | 126 | 422 | 108 | .256 | 7 | 40 |
Chuck Hinton | 123 | 348 | 89 | .256 | 12 | 50 |
Jim Landis | 85 | 158 | 35 | .222 | 3 | 14 |
Dick Howser | 67 | 140 | 32 | .229 | 2 | 4 |
Duke Sims | 52 | 133 | 35 | .263 | 6 | 19 |
Del Crandall | 50 | 108 | 25 | .231 | 4 | 8 |
Vern Fuller | 16 | 47 | 11 | .234 | 2 | 2 |
Jim Gentile | 33 | 47 | 6 | .128 | 2 | 4 |
Bill Davis | 23 | 38 | 6 | .158 | 1 | 4 |
José Vidal | 17 | 32 | 6 | .188 | 0 | 3 |
Buddy Booker | 18 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 2 | 5 |
Tony Martínez | 17 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Curry | 19 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 3 |
George Banks | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Paul Dicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 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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Gary Bell | 40 | 254.1 | 14 | 15 | 3.22 | 194 |
Sonny Siebert | 34 | 241.0 | 16 | 8 | 2.80 | 163 |
Sam McDowell | 35 | 194.1 | 9 | 8 | 2.87 | 225 |
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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Steve Hargan | 38 | 192.0 | 13 | 10 | 2.48 | 132 |
Luis Tiant | 46 | 155.0 | 12 | 11 | 2.79 | 145 |
John O'Donoghue | 32 | 108.0 | 6 | 8 | 3.83 | 49 |
Tom Kelley | 31 | 95.1 | 4 | 8 | 4.34 | 64 |
Lee Stange | 8 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.81 | 8 |
Bob Heffner | 5 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.46 | 7 |
George Culver | 5 | 9.2 | 0 | 2 | 8.38 | 6 |
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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Dick Radatz | 39 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 4.61 | 49 |
Bob Allen | 36 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4.21 | 33 |
Jack Kralick | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3.82 | 31 |
Don McMahon | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.92 | 5 |
Farm system
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p. 4, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0
- ^ 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
- ^ Al Closter page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Al Luplow page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Joe Rudi page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Doc Edwards page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference
- ^ 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.117
- ^ Ralph Terry page at Baseball Reference
- ^ 1966 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007