1966 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1966 Los Angeles Dodgers 1966 National League Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1890)
Location
Dodger Stadium (Since 1962) Los Angeles, California (Since 1958)
1966 Information
Owner(s)	Walter O'Malley
General Manager(s)	Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)	Walter Alston
Local television	KTTV (11)
Local radio	KFI Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW Jose Garcia, Jaime Jarrin

The 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League championship with a 95-67 record (1.5 games over the San Francisco Giants), but lost to the Baltimore Orioles in four games in the World Series.

Contents 1 Season standings 2 1966 Roster 3 Starting Pitchers stats 4 Relief Pitchers stats 5 Batting Stats 6 1966 World Series 6.1 Game 1 6.2 Game 2 6.3 Game 3 6.4 Game 4 7 1966 Awards 8 1966 Transactions 9 1966 Minor League Teams 10 External links

[edit] Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	--	.586
San Francisco Giants	93	68	1.5	.578
Pittsburgh Pirates	92	70	3	.568
Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	8	.537
Atlanta Braves	85	77	10	.525
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	12	.512
Cincinnati Reds	76	84	18	.475
Houston Astros	72	90	23	.444
New York Mets	66	95	28.5	.410
Chicago Cubs	59	103	36	.364

[edit] 1966 Roster

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Maury Wills	Shortstop
Wes Parker	First Baseman
Willie Davis	Centerfielder
Ron Fairly	Rightfielder
Jim Lefebvre	Third Baseman
Lou Johnson	Rightfielder
Johnny Roseboro	Catcher
Nate Oliver	Second Baseman
Claude Osteen	Starting Pitcher

1966 Los Angeles Dodgers roster v • d • e
Roster
Starting Pitchers 53 Don Drysdale 32 Sandy Koufax 23 Claude Osteen 20 Don Sutton Relief Pitchers 21 Jim Brewer 15 Bob Miller 38 Joe Moeller 16 Ron Perranoski 22 Johnny Podres 39 Howie Reed 27 Phil Regan (CL) 40 Bill Singer 45 Nick Willhite		Catchers 31 Jim Campanis  8 Johnny Roseboro 10 Jeff Torborg Infielders 19 Jim Gilliam  4 Tom 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 43 Willie Crawford 12 Tommy Davis  3 Willie Davis  6 Ron Fairly  9 Al Ferrara 26 Derrell Griffith 41 Lou Johnson		Manager 24 Walter Alston Coaches 19 Jim Gilliam 18 Preston Gómez 33 Danny Ozark 36 Lefty Phillips

[edit] Starting Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG

[edit] Relief Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV

[edit] Batting Stats

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB

[edit] 1966 World Series

[edit] Game 1

October 5, 1966 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. 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)

[edit] Game 2

October 6, 1966 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 1966 Awards

• 1966 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Sandy Koufax starter
  • Jim Lefebvre starter
  • Phil Regan reserve
  • Maury Wills reserve
• Cy Young Award.
  • Sandy Koufax
• Gold Glove Award
  • Johnny Roseboro
• Comeback Player of the Year Award
  • Phil Regan
• 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

[edit] 1966 Transactions

• May 10: Sold Johnny Podres to the Detroit Tigers
• May 27: Acquired Dick Egan from the California Angels for Howie Reed
• September 10: Acquired Dick Schofield from the New York Yankees for Thad Tillotson and cash

[edit] 1966 Minor League Teams

• AAA: Spokane Indians (managed by Roy Hartsfield)- Pacific Coast League
• AA: Albuquerque Dodgers (managed by Bob Kennedy) - Texas League
• A: Santa Barbara Dodgers (managed by Norm Sherry) - California League
• A: Jamestown Dodgers (managed by Bill Berrier) - New York-Penn League
• Rookie: Ogden Dodgers (managed by Tommy Lasorda) - Pioneer League -LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
• A: Tri-City Atoms (managed by Duke Snider)- Northwest League -LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

[edit] External links

• Los Angeles Dodgers 1966 uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site
• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• Dodgers history

v • d • e 1966 MLB season by team American League Baltimore • Boston • California • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • Minnesota • New York • Washington National League Atlanta • Chicago • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • New York Mets • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • San Francisco • St. Louis 1966 All-Star Game • 1966 World Series

Preceded by Los Angeles Dodgers 1965

National League Championship Season 1966

Succeeded by St. Louis Cardinals 1967

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