1966 Chicago White Sox season
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Owner(s) | Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn |
General manager(s) | Ed Short |
Manager(s) | Eddie Stanky |
Local television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit) |
Local radio | WCFL (Bob Elson, Bob Finnegan) |
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The 1966 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 66th season in the major leagues, and its 67th season overall. Eddie Stanky managed the White Sox to a fourth-place finish in the American League[1] with a record 83–79, 15 games behind the first-place Baltimore Orioles.
Offseason[]
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Regular season[]
Season standings[]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | 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 | — |
Opening Day lineup[]
- Don Buford, 3B
- Floyd Robinson, RF
- Pete Ward, LF
- Johnny Romano, C
- Tommy McCraw, 1B
- Ron Hansen, SS
- Tommie Agee, CF
- Al Weis, 2B
- Tommy John, P
Notable transactions[]
- May 27, 1966: Danny Cater was traded by the White Sox to the Kansas City Athletics for Wayne Causey.[2]
- June 7, 1966: 1966 Major League Baseball Draft
- Carlos May was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (18th pick).[3]
- Johnny Oates was drafted by the White Sox in the 2nd round, but did not sign.[4]
- Ken Frailing was drafted by the White Sox in the 5th round. Player signed June 25, 1966.[5]
- Chuck Brinkman was drafted by the White Sox in the 16th round.[6]
- Geoff Zahn was drafted by the White Sox in the 34th round, but did not sign.[7]
Roster[]
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Manager
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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Jerry Adair, SS,2B | 105 | 370 | 27 | 90 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 44 | .243 | 3 |
Tommie Agee, CF,LF | 160 | 629 | 98 | 172 | 27 | 8 | 22 | 86 | 41 | 127 | .273 | 44 |
Ken Berry, LF,RF,CF | 147 | 443 | 50 | 120 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 63 | .271 | 7 |
Buddy Bradford, LF,RF | 14 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .143 | 0 |
Don Buford, 3B,2B,LF,RF | 163 | 607 | 85 | 148 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 69 | 71 | .244 | 51 |
Smoky Burgess, C | 79 | 67 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 8 | .313 | 0 |
Danny Cater, LF,RF | 21 | 60 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | .183 | 3 |
Wayne Causey, 2B | 78 | 164 | 23 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 13 | .244 | 2 |
Lee Elia, SS | 80 | 195 | 16 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 39 | .205 | 0 |
Gene Freese, 3B | 48 | 106 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 20 | .208 | 2 |
Ron Hansen, SS | 23 | 74 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | .176 | 0 |
Jim Hicks, RF,1B,LF | 18 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .192 | 0 |
Deacon Jones, PH | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | 0 |
Duane Josephson, C | 11 | 38 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .237 | 0 |
Dick Kenworthy, 3B | 9 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
J. C. Martin, C | 67 | 157 | 13 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 24 | .255 | 0 |
Jerry McNertney, C | 44 | 59 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .220 | 1 |
Tommy McCraw, 1B,LF,RF | 151 | 389 | 49 | 89 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 29 | 40 | .229 | 20 |
Floyd Robinson, RF | 127 | 342 | 44 | 81 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 44 | 32 | .237 | 8 |
Johnny Romano, C | 122 | 329 | 33 | 76 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 47 | 58 | 72 | .231 | 0 |
Bill Skowron, 1B | 120 | 337 | 27 | 84 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 45 | .249 | 1 |
Marv Staehle, 2B | 8 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .133 | 1 |
Ed Stroud, RF,LF | 12 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .167 | 3 |
Bill Voss, LF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
Pete Ward, LF,RF,3B,1B | 84 | 251 | 22 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 49 | .219 | 3 |
Al Weis, 2B,SS | 129 | 187 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 50 | .155 | 3 |
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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Greg Bollo, P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
John Buzhardt, P | 34 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | .116 | 0 |
Eddie Fisher, P | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
Dennis Higgins, P | 42 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .176 | 0 |
Joe Horlen, P | 64 | 60 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .067 | 1 |
Bruce Howard, P | 27 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | .070 | 0 |
Tommy John, P | 34 | 69 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 21 | .145 | 0 |
Fred Klages, P | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .500 | 0 |
Jack Lamabe, P | 34 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .057 | 0 |
Bob Locker, P | 56 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .250 | 0 |
Gary Peters, P | 38 | 81 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 19 | .235 | 0 |
Juan Pizarro, P | 34 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .154 | 0 |
Hoyt Wilhelm, P | 46 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | 0 |
Team totals
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163 | 5348 | 574 | 1235 | 193 | 40 | 87 | 524 | 476 | 872 | .231 | 153 |
Pitching[]
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
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Greg Bollo | 0 | 1 | 2.57 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
John Buzhardt | 6 | 11 | 3.83 | 33 | 22 | 1 | 150.1 | 144 | 74 | 64 | 13 | 34 | 66 |
Eddie Fisher | 1 | 3 | 2.29 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 35.1 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 18 |
Dennis Higgins | 1 | 0 | 2.52 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 93.0 | 66 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 37 | 86 |
Joe Horlen | 10 | 13 | 2.43 | 37 | 29 | 1 | 211.0 | 185 | 64 | 57 | 14 | 64 | 124 |
Bruce Howard | 9 | 5 | 2.30 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 149.0 | 110 | 48 | 38 | 14 | 46 | 85 |
Tommy John | 14 | 11 | 2.62 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 223.0 | 195 | 76 | 65 | 13 | 61 | 138 |
Fred Klages | 1 | 0 | 1.72 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15.2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
Jack Lamabe | 7 | 9 | 3.93 | 34 | 17 | 0 | 121.1 | 116 | 55 | 53 | 9 | 36 | 67 |
Bob Locker | 9 | 8 | 2.46 | 56 | 0 | 12 | 95.0 | 73 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 36 | 70 |
Gary Peters | 12 | 10 | 1.98 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 204.2 | 156 | 54 | 45 | 11 | 51 | 129 |
Juan Pizarro | 8 | 6 | 3.76 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 88.2 | 91 | 49 | 37 | 9 | 46 | 42 |
Hoyt Wilhelm | 5 | 2 | 1.66 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 81.1 | 50 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 61 |
Team totals
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83 | 79 | 2.68 | 163 | 163 | 34 | 1475.1 | 1229 | 517 | 440 | 101 | 458 | 896 |
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Indianapolis Indians | Pacific Coast League | Les Moss |
AA | Evansville White Sox | Southern League | George Noga |
A | Lynchburg White Sox | Carolina League | Ira Hutchinson |
A | Deerfield Beach/Winter Haven Sun Sox | Florida State League | Don Bacon and |
A | Fox Cities Foxes | Midwest League | Stan Wasiak |
Rookie | GCL White Sox | Gulf Coast League |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fox Cities
Deerfield Beach franchise moved to Winter Haven, June 27, 1966
Notes[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 28, 2007. Retrieved August 11, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Causey plays for A's after being traded
- ^ Carlos May page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnny Oates page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ken Frailing page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Chuck Brinkman page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Geoff Zahn page at Baseball Reference
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 White Sox at Baseball Reference
- Chicago White Sox at Baseball Almanac
- Chicago White Sox seasons
- 1966 Major League Baseball season
- 1966 in sports in Illinois