1966 Houston Astros season

1966 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1962);
Location
	Astrodome (since 1965); Houston, Texas (since 1962);
Results
Record	72–90 (.444)
League place	8th
Other information
Owner(s)	Roy Hofheinz
General manager(s)	Tal Smith
Manager(s)	Grady Hatton
Local television	KTRK-TV
Local radio	KPRC (AM); (Gene Elston, Loel Passe, Harry Kalas)
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The 1966 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished eighth in the National League with a record of 72–90, 23 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

November 29, 1965: 1965 rule 5 draft
- Nate Colbert was drafted by the Astros from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]
- Bob Saverine was drafted from the Astros by the Washington Senators.^[2]
January 6, 1966: Johnny Weekly and cash were traded by the Astros to the New York Mets for Gary Kroll.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	0.586	—	53–28	42–39
San Francisco Giants	93	68	0.578	1½	47–34	46–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	92	70	0.568	3	46–35	46–35
Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	0.537	8	48–33	39–42
Atlanta Braves	85	77	0.525	10	43–38	42–39
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	0.512	12	43–38	40–41
Cincinnati Reds	76	84	0.475	18	46–33	30–51
Houston Astros	72	90	0.444	23	45–36	27–54
New York Mets	66	95	0.410	28½	32–49	34–46
Chicago Cubs	59	103	0.364	36	32–49	27–54

Record vs. opponents

1966 National League Records Sources:
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

Notable transactions

June 7, 1966: Fred Stanley was drafted by the Astros in the 8th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft.^[5]

Roster

1966 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

46 Don Arlich

30 Bob Bruce

42 Frank Carpin

44 Danny Coombs

35 Mike Cuellar

49 Larry Dierker

13 Turk Farrell

39 Dave Giusti

31 Gary Kroll

48 Barry Latman

48 Don Lee

37 Aurelio Monteagudo

33 Jim Owens

38 Jim Ray

36 Claude Raymond

38 Robin Roberts

41 Carroll Sembera

40 Ron Taylor

23 Don Wilson

37 Chris Zachary

Catchers

27 Dave Adlesh

7 John Bateman

9 Ron Brand

8 Bill Heath

Infielders

14 Bob Aspromonte

11 Gene Freese

4 Jim Gentile

11 Julio Gotay

17 Chuck Harrison

16 Sonny Jackson

15 Bob Lillis

25 Félix Mantilla

18 Joe Morgan

Outfielders

29 Brock Davis

22 Ron Davis

46 Joe Gaines

20 Lee Maye

34 Norm Miller

21 Dave Nicholson

28 Aaron Pointer

22 Greg Sims

10 Rusty Staub

24 Jimmy Wynn

Other batters

12 Nate Colbert

38 Bob Watson

Manager

1 Grady Hatton

Coaches

3 Jim Busby

2 Nellie Fox

6 Al Heist

5 Gordon Jones

38 Robin Roberts

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 Bateman	131	433	121	.279	17	70
1B	Chuck Harrison	119	434	111	.256	9	52
2B	Joe Morgan	122	425	121	.285	5	42
3B	Bob Aspromonte	152	560	141	.252	8	52
SS	Sonny Jackson	150	596	174	.292	3	25
LF	Lee Maye	115	358	103	.288	9	36
CF	Jimmy Wynn	105	418	107	.256	18	62
RF	Rusty Staub	153	554	155	.280	13	81

^[6]

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
Dave Nicholson	100	280	69	.246	10	31
Ron Davis	48	194	48	.247	2	19
Bob Lillis	68	164	38	.232	0	11
Félix Mantilla	77	151	33	.219	6	22
Jim Gentile	49	144	35	.243	7	18
Ron Brand	56	123	30	.244	0	10
Bill Heath	55	123	37	.301	0	8
Norm Miller	11	34	5	.147	1	3
Gene Freese	21	33	3	.091	0	0
Brock Davis	10	27	4	.148	0	1
Aaron Pointer	11	26	9	.346	1	5
Joe Gaines	11	13	1	.077	0	0
Nate Colbert	19	7	0	.000	0	0
Dave Adlesh	3	6	0	.000	0	0
Greg Sims	7	6	1	.167	0	0
Julio Gotay	4	5	0	.000	0	0
Bob Watson	1	1	0	.000	0	0

^[6]

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
Bob Bruce	25	129.2	3	13	5.34	71
Robin Roberts	13	63.2	3	5	3.82	26

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
Barry Latman	31	103	2	7	2.71	74

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
Jim Owens	40	4	7	2	4.68	32
Gary Kroll	10	0	0	0	3.80	22
Frank Carpin	10	1	0	0	7.50	2
Don Lee	9	2	0	0	2.50	9
Don Arlich	7	0	1	0	15.75	1
Danny Coombs	2	0	0	0	3.38	3
Don Wilson	1	1	0	0	3.00	7
Jim Ray	1	0	0	0	∞	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma City 89ers	Pacific Coast League	Mel McGaha
AA	Amarillo Sonics	Texas League	Buddy Hancken
A	Durham Bulls	Carolina League	Chuck Churn
A	Cocoa Astros	Florida State League	Joe Frazier
A	Salisbury Astros	Western Carolinas League	Walt Matthews
A-Short Season	Bismarck-Mandan Pards	Northern League	Tony Pacheco

References

↑ Nate Colbert at Baseball-Reference
↑ Bob Saverine at Baseball-Reference
↑ Gary Kroll at Baseball-Reference
↑ 1966 Houston Astros Roster by Baseball Almanac
↑ Fred Stanley at Baseball Reference
1 2 1966 Houston Astros Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com

External links

1966 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference

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[1] Nate Colbert at Baseball-Reference

[2] Bob Saverine at Baseball-Reference

[3] Gary Kroll at Baseball-Reference

[4] 1966 Houston Astros Roster by Baseball Almanac

[5] Fred Stanley at Baseball Reference

[autogenerated1-6] 1 2 1966 Houston Astros Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com

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 Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1966 MLB draft 1966 All-Star Game 1966 World Series

1966 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962)
Location
Astrodome (since 1965) Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Results
Record	72–90 (.444)
League place	8th
Other information
Owner(s)	Roy Hofheinz
General manager(s)	Tal Smith
Manager(s)	Grady Hatton
Local television	KTRK-TV
Local radio	KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Loel Passe, Harry Kalas)
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