1966 Los Angeles Dodgers season




































1966 Los Angeles Dodgers

1966 National League Champions
Major League affiliations

  • National League (since 1890)

Location


  • Dodger Stadium (since 1962)

  • Los Angeles (since 1958)


Other information
Owner(s)
Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
General manager(s)
Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)
Walter Alston
Local television
KTTV (11)
Local radio
KFI
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
KWKW
José García, Jaime Jarrín

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The 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League championship with a 95–67 record (1½ games over the San Francisco Giants), but were swept by the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series.




Contents






  • 1 Regular season


    • 1.1 Season recap


    • 1.2 Season standings


    • 1.3 Record vs. opponents


    • 1.4 Opening Day lineup


    • 1.5 Notable transactions


    • 1.6 Roster




  • 2 Player stats


    • 2.1 Batting


      • 2.1.1 Starters by position


      • 2.1.2 Other batters




    • 2.2 Pitching


      • 2.2.1 Starting pitchers


      • 2.2.2 Other pitchers


      • 2.2.3 Relief pitchers






  • 3 1966 World Series


    • 3.1 Game 1


    • 3.2 Game 2


    • 3.3 Game 3


    • 3.4 Game 4




  • 4 Awards and honors


    • 4.1 All-Stars


    • 4.2 The Sporting News awards




  • 5 Farm system


  • 6 1966 Major League Baseball Draft


    • 6.1 January draft


      • 6.1.1 January Secondary phase




    • 6.2 June draft


      • 6.2.1 June secondary phase






  • 7 Notes


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





Regular season


Sandy Koufax became the first pitcher to win three Cy Young Awards in a career.[1]



Season recap


The defending World Series champion Dodgers relied upon the same model that brought them the championship in 1965; great pitching, tight defense, and speed. However, ace pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale held out nearly all of spring training in a celebrated contract dispute, finally signing just before the start of the regular season. The hold out did not seem to affect Koufax, who went 27–9 with a 1.73 E.R.A. However, Drysdale had a sub par season going 13–16 with a 3.42 E.R.A. More than making up for that, Claude Osteen had his best season to date, winning 17 games with a 2.85 E.R.A., and rookie Don Sutton replaced aging Johnny Podres in the rotation, chipping in with 12 wins and a 2.99 E.R.A. Finally, reliever Phil Regan had a remarkable year, going 14–1 with 21 saves.


The National League race was a 4 team affair between the Dodgers, Giants, Pirates, and Phillies, with all but the Phillies taking their turn in 1st place during the summer. The Dodgers vaulted to the top with an 8-game win streak in mid-September. However, the pennant was still not decided until the final day of the season. The Giants, who had eliminated the Pirates by beating them on the next to last day, needed to beat the Pirates again in the season's final game, and then hope the Dodgers would lose both games of a double header in Philadelphia to the Phillies. If that happened, the Giants would have trailed the Dodgers by 1/2 game, and would still have had to fly to Cincinnati to play the Reds in a make-up game, needing a win to tie for 1st. The Giants defeated the Pirates in extra innings, and the Dodgers lost the first game of the double header, blowing a lead in the 8th inning. However, while the Giants were waiting at the Pittsburgh airport (not knowing if they were going to fly to Cincinnati or go home), Koufax beat the Phillies in the second game of the double header. While they were waiting, a reporter asked Giants pitcher Ron Herbel "you guys don't know where you're going yet, do you?" Herbel replied "we know where we're going. No way superman (Koufax) loses the second game."[citation needed]



Season standings








































































































National League

W

L

Pct.

GB

Home

Road

Los Angeles Dodgers
95 67
0.586

53–28
42–39

San Francisco Giants
93 68
0.578

47–34
46–34

Pittsburgh Pirates
92 70
0.568
3
46–35
46–35

Philadelphia Phillies
87 75
0.537
8
48–33
39–42

Atlanta Braves
85 77
0.525
10
43–38
42–39

St. Louis Cardinals
83 79
0.512
12
43–38
40–41

Cincinnati Reds
76 84
0.475
18
46–33
30–51

Houston Astros
72 90
0.444
23
45–36
27–54

New York Mets
66 95
0.410
28½
32–49
34–46

Chicago Cubs
59 103
0.364
36
32–49
27–54




Record vs. opponents




















































































































































1966 National League Records


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team
ATL
CHC
CIN
HOU
LAD
NYM
PHI
PIT
SF
STL

Atlanta
7–11 10–8 14–4–1 7–11 14–4 11–7 7–11 8–10 7–11

Chicago
11–7 6–12 5–13 8–10 8–10 5–13 6–12 6–12 4–14

Cincinnati
8–10 12–6 4–14 6–12 10–7 10–8 8–10 7–10 11–7

Houston
4–14–1 13–5 14–4 7–11 7–11 7–11 4–14 6–12 10–8

Los Angeles
11–7 10–8 12–6 11–7 12–6 11–7 9–9 9–9 10–8

New York
4–14 10–8 7–10 11–7 6–12 7–11 5–13 9–9 7–11

Philadelphia
7-11 13–5 8–10 11–7 7–11 11–7 10–8 10–8 10–8

Pittsburgh
11–7 12–6 10–8 14–4 9–9 13–5 8–10 7–11 8–10

San Francisco
10–8 12–6 10–7 12–6 9–9 9–9 8–10 11–7 12–6

St. Louis
11–7 14–4 7–11 8–10 8–10 11–7 8–10 10–8 6–12




Opening Day lineup
















































Opening Day Starters
Name Position
Maury Wills
Shortstop
Wes Parker
First baseman
Willie Davis
Center fielder
Ron Fairly
Right fielder
Jim Lefebvre
Third baseman
Lou Johnson
Left fielder
Johnny Roseboro
Catcher
Nate Oliver
Second baseman
Claude Osteen
Starting pitcher


Notable transactions



  • April 26, 1966: signed Jim Gilliam out of retirement.

  • May 10, 1966: Johnny Podres was acquired from the Dodgers by the Detroit Tigers.[2]

  • May 27, 1966: Howie Reed was traded by the Dodgers to the California Angels for Dick Egan and a player to be named later. The Angels completed the deal by sending John Butler (minors) to the Dodgers on December 7.[3]

  • May 28, 1966: Wes Covington was signed as a free agent by the Dodgers.[4]

  • July 5, 1966: Signed 1B Dick Stuart as a free agent.

  • September 10, 1966: Thad Tillotson and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Dick Schofield.[5]



Roster














1966 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers


  • 21 Jim Brewer


  • 53 Don Drysdale


  • 32 Sandy Koufax


  • 15 Bob Miller


  • 38 Joe Moeller


  • 23 Claude Osteen


  • 16 Ron Perranoski


  • 22 Johnny Podres


  • 39 Howie Reed


  • 27 Phil Regan


  • 40 Bill Singer


  • 20 Don Sutton


  • 45 Nick Willhite




Catchers


  • 31 Jim Campanis


  •  8 Johnny Roseboro


  • 10 Jeff Torborg


Infielders




  • 19 Jim Gilliam


  •  4 Tommy Hutton


  • 11 John Kennedy


  •  5 Jim Lefebvre


  • 29 Nate Oliver


  • 28 Wes Parker


  •  2 Dick Schofield


  •  2 Bart Shirley


  •  7 Dick Stuart


  • 30 Maury Wills




Outfielders


  • 17 Jim Barbieri


  • 25 Wes Covington


  • 12 Tommy Davis


  •  3 Willie Davis


  •  6 Ron Fairly


  •  9 Al Ferrara


  • 26 Derrell Griffith


  • 41 Lou Johnson


Other batters



  • 43 Willie Crawford



Manager

  • 24 Walter Alston

Coaches




  • 19 Jim Gilliam


  • 18 Preston Gómez


  • 33 Danny Ozark


  • 36 Lefty Phillips




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 John Roseboro 142 445 123 .276 9 53
1B Wes Parker 156 475 120 .253 12 51
2B Jim Lefebvre 152 544 149 .274 24 74
SS Maury Wills 143 594 162 .273 1 39
3B John Kennedy 125 274 55 .201 3 24
LF Lou Johnson 152 526 143 .272 17 73
CF Willie Davis 153 624 177 .284 11 61
RF Ron Fairly 117 351 101 .288 14 61


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
Tommy Davis 100 313 98 .313 3 27
Jim Gilliam 88 235 51 .217 1 16
Nate Oliver 80 119 23 .193 0 3
Jeff Torborg 46 120 27 .225 1 13
Al Ferrara 63 115 31 .270 5 23
Dick Stuart 38 91 24 .264 3 9
Jim Barbieri 39 82 23 .280 0 3
Dick Schofield 20 70 18 .257 0 4
Wes Covington 37 33 4 .121 1 6
Derrell Griffith 23 15 1 .067 0 2
Bart Shirley 12 5 1 .200 0 0
Tommy Hutton 3 2 0 .000 0 0
Jim Campanis 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Willie Crawford 6 0 0 --- 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
Sandy Koufax 41 323 27 9 1.73 317
Don Drysdale 40 273.2 13 16 3.42 177
Claude Osteen 39 240.1 17 14 2.85 137
Don Sutton 37 225.2 12 12 2.99 209


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
Joe Moeller 29 78.2 2 4 2.52 31
Nick Willhite 6 4.1 0 0 2.08 4
Bill Singer 3 4 0 0 0.00 4


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
Bob Miller 46 4 2 5 2.77 58
Ron Perranoski 55 6 7 7 3.18 50
Phil Regan 65 14 1 21 1.62 88
Jim Brewer 13 0 2 2 3.68 8
Howie Reed 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Johnny Podres 1 0 0 0 0.00 1


1966 World Series




Game 1


October 5, 1966, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Attendance: 55,941


















































Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

Baltimore (A)
3 1 0
1 0 0
0 0 0
5 9
0
Los Angeles (N)
0 1 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
2 3
0

W: Moe Drabowsky (1–0) L: Don Drysdale (0–1)

HR: BAL – Frank Robinson (1), Brooks Robinson (1)    LAD – Jim Lefebvre (1)


Game 2


October 6, 1966, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Attendance: 55,947

















































Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

Baltimore (A)
0 0 0
0 3 1
0 2 0
6 8
0
Los Angeles (N)
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 4
6

W: Jim Palmer (1–0) L: Sandy Koufax (0–1)


Game 3


October 8, 1966, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Attendance: 54,445


















































Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Los Angeles (N)
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 6
0

Baltimore (A)
0 0 0
0 1 0
0 0 X
1 3
0

W: Wally Bunker (1–0) L: Claude Osteen (0–1)

HR: BAL – Paul Blair (1)


Game 4


October 9, 1966, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Attendance: 54,458


















































Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Los Angeles (N)
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 4
0

Baltimore (A)
0 0 0
1 0 0
0 0 X
1 4
0

W: Dave McNally (1–0) L: Don Drysdale (0–2)

HR: BAL – Frank Robinson (2)


Awards and honors




Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax




  • Cy Young Award
    • Sandy Koufax



  • Gold Glove Award

    • Johnny Roseboro, catcher



  • Comeback Player of the Year Award
    • Phil Regan




All-Stars



  • 1966 Major League Baseball All-Star Game


    • Sandy Koufax, starter, pitcher


    • Jim Lefebvre, starter, second base


    • Phil Regan, reserve


    • Maury Wills, reserve




The Sporting News awards




  • TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award
    • Don Sutton



  • TSN Pitcher of the Year Award
    • Sandy Koufax



  • TSN Fireman of the Year Award
    • Phil Regan



  • TSN National League All-Star
    • Sandy Koufax



  • Hutch Award

    • Sandy Koufax[6]




Farm system














































Level
Team
League
Manager

AAA

Spokane Indians

Pacific Coast League

Roy Hartsfield

AA

Albuquerque Dodgers

Texas League

Bob Kennedy

A

Santa Barbara Dodgers

California League

Norm Sherry

A

Jamestown Dodgers

New York–Penn League

Bill Berrier

A

Tri-City Atoms

Northwest League

Duke Snider

Rookie

Ogden Dodgers

Pioneer League

Tommy Lasorda

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tri-City, Ogden



1966 Major League Baseball Draft



This was the second Major League Baseball Draft. The Dodgers drafted 67 players in the June draft and 9 in the January draft. The top draft pick was pitcher Lawrence Hutton from Greenfield High School in Greenfield, Indiana. He played in the Dodgers farm system through 1971 and finished with a 22–28 record and 4.33 ERA in 117 games, never advancing past AA.


The most successful picks from this draft class were Bill Russell and Charlie Hough. Russell, the ninth round pick out of Pittsburg High School played with the Dodgers through 1986, mostly as a shortstop and later managed the team from 1996–1998. Hough was drafted in the eighth round out of Hialeah High School as an infielder but quickly converted to pitcher. He played with the Dodgers through 1980 and then with three other teams until he retired in 1994. He later became a coach for the Dodgers organization.







Notes





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  2. ^ Johnny Podres page at Baseball Reference


  3. ^ Howie Reed page at Baseball Reference


  4. ^ Wes Covington page at Baseball Reference


  5. ^ Thad Tillotson page at Baseball Reference


  6. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml


  7. ^ 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase


  8. ^ 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase


  9. ^ 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft


  10. ^ 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase




References



  • Baseball-Reference season page

  • Baseball Almanac season page



External links



  • Los Angeles Dodgers 1966 uniform

  • Los Angeles Dodgers official web site











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