1966 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersGabe Paul, Vernon Stouffer
General managersGabe Paul
ManagersBirdie Tebbetts, George Strickland
TelevisionWJW-TV
(Harry Jones, Herb Score)
RadioWERE
(Jimmy Dudley, Bob Neal)
Seasons

The 1966 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 81–81, 17 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

Offseason

  • Vernon Stouffer bought 80% of the Cleveland Indians for $8,000,000.[1]
  • November 28, 1965: Hank Peters resigned from the Kansas City Athletics and became the minor league director for the Cleveland Indians.[2]

Notable transactions

Regular season

  • On May 1, Sam McDowell threw his second consecutive one-hitter for the Indians.
  • On May 8, 1966, Baltimore Orioles outfielder Frank Robinson hit a 540-foot home run off Indians pitcher Luis Tiant, becoming the only player to hit a fair ball out of Memorial Stadium.[8]

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9763 0.606 — 48–31 49–32
Minnesota Twins 8973 0.549 9 49–32 40–41
Detroit Tigers 8874 0.543 10 42–39 46–35
Chicago White Sox 8379 0.512 15 45–36 38–43
Cleveland Indians 8181 0.500 17 41–40 40–41
California Angels 8082 0.494 18 42–39 38–43
Kansas City Athletics 7486 0.463 23 42–39 32–47
Washington Senators 7188 0.447 25½ 42–36 29–52
Boston Red Sox 7290 0.444 26 40–41 32–49
New York Yankees 7089 0.440 26½ 35–46 35–43

Record vs. opponents

1966 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KCA MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore —12–612–69–98–109–911–510–815–311–7
Boston 6–12—9–911–77–118–109–96–128–108–10
California 6–129–9—8–1010–89–99–911–711–77–11
Chicago 9–97–1110–8—11–78–1013–54–149–9–112–6
Cleveland 10–811–78–107–11—9–96–129–912–69–9
Detroit 9–910–89–910–89–9—6–1211–711–713–5
Kansas City 5–119–99–95–1312–612–6—8–105–139–9
Minnesota 8–1012–67–1114–49–97–1110–8—8–1014–4
New York 3–1510–87–119–9–16–127–1113–510–8—5–10
Washington 7–1110–811–76–129–95–139–94–1410–5—

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
25Vic DavalilloCF
10Max Alvis3B
27Leon WagnerLF
21Rocky ColavitoRF
23Chuck Hinton1B
24Pedro González2B
16Larry BrownSS
7Del CrandallC
48Sam McDowellP

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Roster

1966 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CJoe Azcue9830283.275937
1BFred Whitfield137502121.2412778
2BPedro González11035282.233217
SSLarry Brown10534078.229317
3BMax Alvis157596146.2451755
LFLeon Wagner150549153.2792366
CFVic Davalillo12134486.250319
RFRocky Colavito151533127.2383072

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
Chico Salmon126422108.256740
Chuck Hinton12334889.2561250
Jim Landis8515835.222314
Dick Howser6714032.22924
Duke Sims5213335.263619
Del Crandall5010825.23148
Vern Fuller164711.23422
Jim Gentile33476.12824
Bill Davis23386.15814
José Vidal17326.18803
Buddy Booker18286.21425
Tony Martínez17175.29400
Tony Curry19162.12503
George Banks441.25001
Paul Dicken220.00000

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
Gary Bell40254.114153.22194
Sonny Siebert34241.01682.80163
Sam McDowell35194.1982.87225

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
Steve Hargan38192.013102.48132
Luis Tiant46155.012112.79145
John O'Donoghue32108.0683.8349
Tom Kelley3195.1484.3464
Lee Stange816.0102.818
Bob Heffner513.0013.467
George Culver59.2028.386

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
Dick Radatz3903104.6149
Bob Allen362254.2133
Jack Kralick273403.8231
Don McMahon121112.925

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Johnny Lipon
AA Pawtucket Indians Eastern League Clay Bryant
A Reno Silver Sox California League Phil Cavarretta
A Dubuque Packers Midwest League Elmer Valo

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Notes

  1. ↑ Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p. 4, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0
  2. ↑ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.95, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
  3. ↑ Al Closter page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Al Luplow page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Joe Rudi page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Doc Edwards page at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Lou Piniella page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.117
  9. ↑ Ralph Terry page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ 1966 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  11. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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