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1966 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1966 Los Angeles Dodgers
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record95–67 (.586)
League place1st
OwnersWalter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
PresidentWalter O'Malley
General managersBuzzie Bavasi
ManagersWalter Alston
TelevisionKTTV (11)
RadioKFI
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
KWKW
José García, Jaime Jarrín
← 1965 Seasons 1967 →

The 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League championship with a 95–67 record (1+12 games over the San Francisco Giants), but were swept by the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series.

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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 95 67 .586 53‍–‍28 42‍–‍39
San Francisco Giants 93 68 .578 47‍–‍34 46‍–‍34
Pittsburgh Pirates 92 70 .568 3 46‍–‍35 46‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies 87 75 .537 8 48‍–‍33 39‍–‍42
Atlanta Braves 85 77 .525 10 43‍–‍38 42‍–‍39
St. Louis Cardinals 83 79 .512 12 43‍–‍38 40‍–‍41
Cincinnati Reds 76 84 .475 18 46‍–‍33 30‍–‍51
Houston Astros 72 90 .444 23 45‍–‍36 27‍–‍54
New York Mets 66 95 .410 28½ 32‍–‍49 34‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs 59 103 .364 36 32‍–‍49 27‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents


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
John Roseboro Catcher
Nate Oliver Second baseman
Claude Osteen Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

1966 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

Legend
  Dodgers win
  Dodgers loss
  Postponement
  Clinched pennant
Bold Dodgers team member
1966 regular season game log: 95–67 (Home: 53–28; Away: 42–39)[6]
April: 11–7 (Home: 8–4; Away: 3–3)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
15 April 27 Braves W 4–1 Sutton (2–2) Hippauf (0–1) 2:23 19,328 9–6 W2
16 April 28 Braves W 8–2 Drysdale (1–2) Blasingame (1–1) 2:25 18,225 10–6 W3
May: 16–11 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–7)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
44 May 30 @ Braves W 10–6 Drysdale (4–4) Cloninger (3–6) 2:32 40,702 26–18 W1
45 May 31 @ Braves W 6–2 Osteen (6–5) Blasingame (3–4) Regan (3) 2:50 26,974 27–18 W2
June: 14–14 (Home: 3–4; Away: 11–10)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
67 June 24 @ Braves W 4–0 Osteen (9–5) Blasingame (3–7) Regan (6) 2:39 30,043 39–28 W2
68 June 25 (1) @ Braves L 4–5 Johnson (6–5) Sutton (7–7) 2:25 32,063 39–27 L1
69 June 25 (2) @ Braves L 3–4 Cloninger (8–7) Drysdale (4–10) Olivo (6) 2:58 47,226 39–28 L2
70 June 26 @ Braves W 2–1 Koufax (14–2) Lemaster (5–5) 3:01 51,275 40–28 W1
July: 18–10 (Home: 13–6; Away: 5–4)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
80 July 7 Braves W 3–2 Drysdale (6–11) Olivo (2–3) Regan (9) 2:37 25,108 46–34 W4
81 July 8 Braves W 7–6 Perranoski (2–4) Carroll (4–3) Regan (10) 2:42 31,516 47–34 W5
82 July 9 Braves L 2–5 Johnson (8–6) Koufax (15–4) Cloninger (1) 2:30 47,962 47–35 L1
83 July 10 Braves L 0–2 Osteen (11–7) Lemaster (7–5) 2:06 32,846 47–36 L2
July 12 10:00 a.m. PDT 37th All-Star Game in St. Louis, MO
August: 15–15 (Home: 9–5; Away: 6–10)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
109 August 8 @ Braves L 9–10 Niekro (3–3) Perranoski (4–6) 3:06 28,451 63–46 L1
110 August 9 @ Braves L 1–2 Lemaster (10–8) Koufax (18–6) 2:19 52,270 63–47 L2
111 August 10 @ Braves L 1–3 Kelley (2–2) Drysdale (8–13) Carroll (5) 2:48 23,389 63–48 L3
123 August 22 Braves W 4–3 (12) Miller (2–0) Ritchie (0–1) 3:12 27,758 70–53 W2
124 August 23 Braves W 8–7 Regan (11–1) Carroll (4–6) 2:35 27,581 71–53 W3
125 August 24 Braves W 2–1 (11) Regan (12–1) Cloninger (11–9) 3:22 32,901 72–53 W4
September: 20–9 (Home: 11–5; Away: 9–4)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak

Postseason Game log

Legend
  Dodgers win
  Dodgers loss
Bold Dodgers team member
1966 Postseason game log: 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–2)
World Series vs. Baltimore Orioles 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–2)[7]
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/
Streak
1 October 5 1:00 p.m. PDT Orioles L 2–5 Drabowsky (1–0) Drysdale (0–1) 2:56 55,941 BAL 1–0 L1
2 October 6 1:00 p.m. PDT Orioles L 0–6 Palmer (1–0) Koufax (0–1) 2:26 55,947 BAL 2–0 L2
3 October 8 10:00 a.m. PDT @ Orioles L 0–1 Bunker (1–0) Osteen (0–1) 1:55 54,445 BAL 3–0 L3
4 October 9 11:00 a.m. PDT @ Orioles L 0–1 McNally (1–0) Drysdale (0–2) 1:45 54,458 BAL 4–0 L4

Detailed records

Day-by-Day

Day-by-Day
Date Game No. Opponent Record Pct. Position GB Ref.
April 27 15 ATL 9–6 (.600) 2nd (tie) 1 [8]
April 28 16 ATL 10–6 (.625) 2nd (tie) 1 [9]
May 30 44 @ ATL 26–18 (.591) 2nd 2+12 [10]
May 31 45 @ ATL 27–18 (.600) 2nd 2+12 [11]
June 24 67 @ ATL 39–28 (.582) 2nd 3+12 [12]
June 25 68 @ ATL 39–29 (.574) 2nd 3+12 [13]
69 @ ATL 39–30 (.565)
June 26 70 @ ATL 40–30 (.571) 2nd 4 [14]
July 7 80 ATL 46–34 (.575) 3rd 4 [15]
July 8 81 ATL 47–34 (.580) 3rd 4 [16]
July 9 82 ATL 47–35 (.573) 3rd 5 [17]
July 10 83 ATL 47–36 (.566) 3rd 5 [18]
August 8 109 @ ATL 63–46 (.578) 3rd +12 [19]
August 9 110 @ ATL 63–47 (.573) 3rd 1+12 [20]
August 10 111 @ ATL 63–48 (.568) 3rd 2+12 [21]
August 22 123 ATL 70–53 (.569) 3rd 3 [22]
August 23 124 ATL 71–53 (.573) 3rd 3 [23]
August 24 125 ATL 72–53 (.576) 3rd 2 [24]

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
Jeff Torborg 46 120 27 .225 1 13
Nate Oliver 80 119 23 .193 0 3
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 41 323.0 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

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
Phil Regan 65 14 1 21 1.62 88
Ron Perranoski 55 6 7 7 3.18 50
Bob Miller 46 4 2 5 2.77 58
Jim Brewer 13 0 2 2 3.68 8
Nick Willhite 6 0 0 0 2.08 4
Bill Singer 3 0 0 0 0.00 4
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: BALFrank Robinson (1), Brooks Robinson (1)    LADJim 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: BALPaul 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: BALFrank Robinson (2)

Awards and honors

Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax

All-Stars

The Sporting News awards

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 to 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

  1. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 234, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  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. ^ "1966 Los Angeles Dodgers Schedule & Results". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  7. ^ "1966 World Series". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  8. ^ "Events of Wednesday, April 27, 1966".
  9. ^ "Events of Thursday, April 28, 1966".
  10. ^ "Events of Monday, May 30, 1966".
  11. ^ "Events of Tuesday, May 31, 1966".
  12. ^ "Events of Monday, June 24, 1966".
  13. ^ "Events of Tuesday, June 25, 1966".
  14. ^ "Events of Wednesday, June 26, 1966".
  15. ^ "Events of Thursday, July 7, 1966".
  16. ^ "Events of Friday, July 8, 1966".
  17. ^ "Events of Saturday, July 9, 1966".
  18. ^ "Events of SunWednesday, July 10, 1966".
  19. ^ "Events of Monday, August 8, 1966".
  20. ^ "Events of Tuesday, August 9, 1966".
  21. ^ "Events of Wednesday, August 10, 1966".
  22. ^ "Events of Monday, August 22, 1966".
  23. ^ "Events of Tuesday, August 23, 1966".
  24. ^ "Events of Wednesday, August 24, 1966".
  25. ^ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  26. ^ 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
  27. ^ 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  28. ^ 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  29. ^ 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

References

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