1966 Washington Senators season

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1966 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Washington, D.C. (since 1961)
Other information
Owner(s) James M. Johnston and James H. Lemon
General manager(s) George Selkirk
Manager(s) Gil Hodges
Local television WTOP
Local radio WTOP
(Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
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The 1966 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 71 wins and 88 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
Baltimore Orioles 97 63 .606 --
Minnesota Twins 89 73 .549 9
Detroit Tigers 88 74 .543 10
Chicago White Sox 83 79 .512 15
Cleveland Indians 81 81 .500 17
California Angels 80 82 .494 18
Kansas City Athletics 74 86 .463 23
Washington Senators 71 88 .447 25.5
Boston Red Sox 72 90 .444 26
New York Yankees 70 89 .440 26.5

Record vs. opponents

1966 American League Records

Sources:

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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


Notable transactions

Draft Picks

Roster

1966 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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 Paul Casanova 122 429 109 .254 13 44
2B Bob Saverine 120 406 102 .251 5 24
SS Ed Brinkman 158 582 133 .229 7 48
LF Frank Howard 146 493 137 .278 18 71

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
Fred Valentine 146 508 140 .276 16 59
Ken Hamlin 66 158 34 .215 1 16
Doug Camilli 44 107 22 .206 2 8
John Orsino 14 23 4 .174 0 0
Jim French 10 24 5 .208 0 3
Joe Cunningham 3 8 1 .125 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
Jim Duckworth 5 14.1 0 3 5.02 14
Joe Coleman 1 9 1 0 2.00 4

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
Diego Seguí 21 72 3 7 5.00 54
Dick Bosman 13 39 2 6 7.60 20
Tom Cheney 3 5.1 0 1 5.06 3

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
Casey Cox 66 4 5 7 3.50 46
Dave Baldwin 4 0 0 0 3.86 4
Howie Koplitz 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pete Craig 1 0 0 0 4.50 1
Al Closter 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League George Case
AA York White Roses Eastern League Billy Klaus
A Burlington Senators Carolina League Wayne Terwilliger
A Geneva Senators New York–Penn League Gordon Mackenzie

Notes

References