1966 Kansas City Athletics | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
City | Kansas City, Missouri |
Owners | Charles O. Finley |
General managers | Ed Lopat |
Managers | Alvin Dark |
Television | KCMO |
Radio |
KCMO (AM) ( Monte Moore, Lynn Faris) |
The 1966 Kansas City Athletics season was the 12th and penultimate season in Kansas City, and the 66th in overall franchise history. It involved the A's finishing seventh 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]
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 |
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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 | — |
1966 Kansas City Athletics | |||||||||
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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 | Phil Roof | 127 | 367 | 77 | .209 | 7 | 44 |
1B | Ken Harrelson | 63 | 210 | 47 | .224 | 5 | 22 |
2B | Dick Green | 140 | 507 | 127 | .250 | 9 | 62 |
SS | Bert Campaneris | 142 | 573 | 153 | .267 | 5 | 42 |
3B | Ed Charles | 118 | 385 | 110 | .286 | 9 | 42 |
LF | Larry Stahl | 119 | 312 | 78 | .250 | 5 | 34 |
CF | Joe Nossek | 87 | 230 | 60 | .261 | 1 | 27 |
RF | Mike Hershberger | 146 | 538 | 136 | .253 | 2 | 57 |
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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Danny Cater | 116 | 425 | 124 | .292 | 7 | 52 |
Roger Repoz | 101 | 319 | 69 | .216 | 11 | 34 |
Jim Gosger | 88 | 272 | 61 | .224 | 5 | 27 |
Ossie Chavarria | 86 | 191 | 46 | .241 | 2 | 10 |
José Tartabull | 37 | 127 | 30 | .236 | 0 | 4 |
Wayne Causey | 28 | 79 | 18 | .228 | 0 | 5 |
Billy Bryan | 32 | 76 | 10 | .132 | 0 | 7 |
Ken Suarez | 35 | 69 | 10 | .145 | 0 | 2 |
Tim Talton | 37 | 53 | 18 | .340 | 2 | 6 |
Rick Monday | 17 | 41 | 4 | .098 | 0 | 2 |
Manny Jiménez | 13 | 35 | 4 | .114 | 0 | 1 |
Ernie Fazio | 27 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 0 | 2 |
John Donaldson | 15 | 30 | 4 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
Sal Bando | 11 | 24 | 7 | .292 | 0 | 1 |
Ron Stone | 26 | 22 | 6 | .273 | 0 | 0 |
Don Blasingame | 12 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 1 |
Randy Schwartz | 10 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 1 |
Rene Lachemann | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
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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Catfish Hunter | 30 | 176.2 | 9 | 11 | 4.02 | 103 |
Jim Nash | 18 | 127.0 | 12 | 1 | 2.06 | 98 |
Blue Moon Odom | 14 | 90.1 | 5 | 5 | 2.49 | 47 |
Chuck Dobson | 14 | 83.2 | 4 | 6 | 4.09 | 61 |
Rollie Sheldon | 14 | 69.0 | 4 | 7 | 3.13 | 26 |
Fred Talbot | 11 | 67.2 | 4 | 4 | 4.79 | 37 |
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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Lew Krausse Jr. | 36 | 177.2 | 14 | 9 | 2.99 | 87 |
Paul Lindblad | 38 | 121.0 | 5 | 10 | 4.17 | 69 |
Ralph Terry | 15 | 64.0 | 1 | 5 | 3.80 | 33 |
Bill Stafford | 9 | 39.2 | 0 | 4 | 4.99 | 31 |
Gil Blanco | 11 | 38.1 | 2 | 4 | 4.70 | 21 |
Bill Edgerton | 6 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 3.24 | 3 |
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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Jack Aker | 66 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 1.99 | 68 |
Ken Sanders | 38 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3.72 | 41 |
Wes Stock | 35 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2.66 | 31 |
Jim Dickson | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.35 | 20 |
Joe Grzenda | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.27 | 14 |
John Wyatt | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5.32 | 25 |
Vern Handrahan | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.26 | 18 |
Guido Grilli | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.89 | 8 |
Jim Duckworth | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9.00 | 10 |
Aurelio Monteagudo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 3 |
Jesse Hickman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
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