1966 California Angels season
{{Short description|Major League Baseball season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox baseball team season
| name = California Angels
| season = 1966
| misc =
| league = American League
| ballpark = Anaheim Stadium
| city = Anaheim, California
| owners = Gene Autry
| general_managers = Fred Haney
| managers = Bill Rigney
| television = KTLA
| radio = KMPC
(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
|}}
The 1966 California Angels season, the team's first in Anaheim, involved the Angels finishing sixth in the American League with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses, 18 games behind the AL and World Series Champion Baltimore Orioles.
Offseason
- November 29, 1965: Willie Montañez was drafted by the Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1965 first-year draft.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/montawi01.shtml Willie Montañez page at Baseball Reference]
- December 2, 1965: Dick Simpson was traded by the Angels to the Baltimore Orioles for Norm Siebern.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/siebeno01.shtml Norm Siebern page at Baseball Reference]
Regular season
= Season standings =
{{1966 American League standings|highlight=California Angels}}
= Record vs. opponents =
{{1966 AL Record vs. opponents|team=CAL}}
= Notable transactions =
- May 5, 1966: Willie Montañez was returned by the Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals.
- June 7, 1966: Steve Hovley was drafted by the Angels in the 35th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hovlest01.shtml Steve Hovley page at Baseball-Reference]
- August 12, 1966: Aurelio Rodríguez was purchased by the Angels from the Charros de Jalisco.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodriau01.shtml Aurelio Rodríguez page at Baseball-Reference]
= Roster =
| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan="10" style="background-color: #CE2029; color: white; text-align: center;" | 1966 California Angels |
|---|
| colspan="10" style="background-color:#333366; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster |
| valign="top" | Pitchers
{{MLBplayer|43|George Brunet}} {{MLBplayer|32|Lew Burdette}} {{MLBplayer|31|Dean Chance}} {{MLBplayer|46|Jim Coates}} {{MLBplayer|41|Dick Egan}} {{MLBplayer|22,41|Bill Kelso}} {{MLBplayer|39|Bob Lee}} {{MLBplayer|33|Marcelino López}} {{MLBplayer|25|Ramón López}} {{MLBplayer|45|Jim McGlothlin}} {{MLBplayer|17|Fred Newman}} {{MLBplayer|25|Howie Reed}} {{MLBplayer|19|Minnie Rojas}} {{MLBplayer|46|Jorge Rubio}} {{MLBplayer|49|Jack Sanford}} {{MLBplayer|23|Ed Sukla}} {{MLBplayer|38|Clyde Wright}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Catchers {{MLBplayer|30|Tom Egan}} {{MLBplayer| 7|Buck Rodgers}} {{MLBplayer| 2|Tom Satriano}} Infielders {{MLBplayer| 6|Joe Adcock}} {{MLBplayer|11|Jim Fregosi}} {{MLBplayer|12|Jackie Hernández}} {{MLBplayer|29|Bobby Knoop}} {{MLBplayer|15|Frank Malzone}} {{MLBplayer|10|Willie Montañez}} {{MLBplayer|42|Paul Schaal}} {{MLBplayer|16|Norm Siebern}} {{MLBplayer|14|Charlie Vinson}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Outfielders {{MLBplayer| 1|José Cardenal}} {{MLBplayer|10|Jay Johnstone}} {{MLBplayer| 8|Ed Kirkpatrick}} {{MLBplayer|27|Bubba Morton}} {{MLBplayer|28|Albie Pearson}} {{MLBplayer| 4|Jimmy Piersall}} {{MLBplayer| 3|Rick Reichardt}} {{MLBplayer|35|Willie Smith}} {{MLBplayer|26|Al Spangler}} {{MLBplayer|26|Jackie Warner}} Other batters {{MLBplayer|25|Ed Bailey}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Manager {{MLBplayer|18|Bill Rigney}} Coaches {{MLBplayer| 5|Marv Grissom}} {{MLBplayer|20|Jack Paepke}} {{MLBplayer|21|Salty Parker}} {{MLBplayer| 9|Del Rice}} |
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
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pos
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| C | {{sortname|Buck|Rodgers}} | 133 | 454 | 107 | .236 | 7 | 48 |
| align="center"
| 1B | {{sortname|Norm|Siebern}} | 125 | 336 | 83 | .247 | 5 | 41 |
| align="center"
| 2B | {{sortname|Bobby|Knoop}} | 161 | 590 | 137 | .232 | 17 | 72 |
| align="center"
| 3B | {{sortname|Paul|Schaal}} | 138 | 386 | 94 | .244 | 6 | 24 |
| align="center"
| SS | {{sortname|Jim|Fregosi}} | 162 | 611 | 154 | .252 | 13 | 67 |
| align="center"
| LF | {{sortname|Rick|Reichardt}} | 89 | 319 | 92 | .288 | 16 | 44 |
| align="center"
| CF | {{sortname|José|Cardenal}} | 154 | 561 | 155 | .276 | 16 | 48 |
| align="center"
| RF | {{sortname|Ed|Kirkpatrick}} | 117 | 312 | 60 | .192 | 9 | 44 |
== Other batters ==
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 61 | 254 | 67 | .264 | 3 | 17 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Joe|Adcock}} | 83 | 231 | 63 | .273 | 18 | 48 |
| align="center" | 103 | 226 | 54 | .239 | 0 | 24 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Willie|Smith|Willie Smith (outfielder)}} | 90 | 195 | 36 | .185 | 1 | 20 |
| align="center" | 82 | 155 | 32 | .206 | 2 | 12 |
| align="center" | 75 | 123 | 26 | .211 | 0 | 14 |
| align="center" | 45 | 123 | 26 | .211 | 7 | 16 |
| align="center" | 15 | 50 | 11 | .220 | 0 | 4 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Jackie|Hernández}} | 58 | 23 | 1 | .043 | 0 | 2 |
| align="center" | 13 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 1 | 6 |
| align="center"
| Tom Egan | 7 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| align="center" | 6 | 9 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 |
| align="center" | 5 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| align="center" | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Willie|Montañez}} | 8 | 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
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Dean|Chance}} | 41 | 259.2 | 12 | 17 | 3.08 | 180 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|George|Brunet}} | 41 | 212.0 | 13 | 13 | 3.31 | 148 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Marcelino|López}} | 37 | 199.0 | 7 | 14 | 3.93 | 132 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Fred|Newman|Fred Newman (baseball)}} | 21 | 102.2 | 4 | 7 | 4.73 | 42 |
| align="center" |
== Other pitchers ==
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 20 | 91.1 | 4 | 7 | 3.74 | 37 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Jim|McGlothlin}} | 19 | 67.2 | 3 | 1 | 4.52 | 41 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Jim|Coates}} | 9 | 31.2 | 1 | 1 | 3.98 | 16 |
| align="center" | 7 | 27.1 | 2 | 1 | 2.96 | 27 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Ramón|López|Ramón López (baseball)}} | 4 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.14 | 2 |
| align="center" |
== Relief pitchers ==
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Bob|Lee|Bob Lee (baseball)}} | 61 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 2.74 | 46 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Lew|Burdette}} | 54 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3.39 | 27 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Jack|Sanford}} | 50 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3.83 | 54 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Minnie|Rojas}} | 47 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 2.88 | 37 |
| align="center" | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.93 | 17 |
| align="center"
| Ed Sukla | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.48 | 8 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Dick|Egan|Dick Egan (pitcher)}} | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.40 | 11 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Bill|Kelso}} | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.38 | 11 |
Farm system
{{See also|Minor League Baseball}}
{{MLB Farm System|level16=AAA|team16=Seattle Angels|league16=Pacific Coast League|manager16=Bob Lemon
|level17=AA |team17=El Paso Sun Kings|league17=Texas League|manager17=Chuck Tanner
|level18=A |team18=San Jose Bees|league18=California League|manager18=Rocky Bridges
|level19=A |team19=Quad Cities Angels|league19=Midwest League|manager19=Harry Dunlop
|level20=Rookie|team20=Idaho Falls Angels|league20=Pioneer League|manager20=Tom Morgan, Alex Monchak,
Joe Gordon and John Fitzpatrick
}}
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Seattle
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CAL/1966.shtml 1966 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference]
- [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1966&t=CAL 1966 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
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