1966 Cleveland Indians season

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1966 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersGabe Paul, Vernon Stouffer
General managersGabe Paul
ManagersBirdie Tebbetts, George Strickland
TelevisionWJW-TV
(Harry Jones, Herb Score)
RadioWERE
(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

  • 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

Regular season

  • 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

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

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
# 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

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Roster

1966 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 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

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
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

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
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

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Johnny Lipon
AA Pawtucket Indians Eastern League Clay Bryant
A Reno Silver Sox California League Phil Cavarretta
A Dubuque Packers Midwest League Elmer Valo

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Notes

  1. ^ Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p. 4, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Al Closter page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Al Luplow page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Joe Rudi page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Doc Edwards page at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ Ralph Terry page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ 1966 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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