1966 New York Yankees season

The 1966 New York Yankees season was the 64th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 70–89, finishing 26.5 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. New York was managed by Johnny Keane and Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. Keane managed his final MLB game in early-May, and died the following January at the age of 55.

1966 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)CBS
General manager(s)Ralph Houk, Dan Topping, Jr.
Manager(s)Johnny Keane, Ralph Houk
Local televisionWPIX (Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola)
Local radioWCBS (AM)
(Phil Rizzuto, Red Barber, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola)
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The Yankees finished in 10th place, although arguably a "strong" tenth.[1] It was the first time they had finished in last place since 1912, their last year at the Hilltop.

On September 22, a paid attendance of 413 was announced at the 65,000-seat Yankee Stadium.[2] WPIX announcer Red Barber asked the TV cameras to pan the empty stands as he commented on the low attendance. Although denied the camera shots on orders from the Yankees' head of media relations, he said, "I don't know what the paid attendance is today, but whatever it is, it is the smallest crowd in the history of Yankee Stadium, and this crowd is the story, not the game." By a horrible stroke of luck, that game was the first for CBS executive Mike Burke as team president. A week later, Barber was invited to breakfast where Burke told him that his contract wouldn't be renewed.

Offseason

Regular season

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 Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC 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
  • May 3, 1966: Al Closter was purchased by the Yankees from the Washington Senators.[6]
  • June 7, 1966: Joe Pactwa was drafted by the Yankees in the 18th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft.[7]

Roster
1966 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers
  • 29 Bill Henry
 Catchers

Infielders

  • 12 Rubén Amaro
 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
CElston Howard126410105.256635
1BJoe Pepitone152585149.2553183
2BBobby Richardson149610153.251742
3BClete Boyer144500120.2401457
SSHorace Clarke9631283.266628
LFTom Tresh151537125.2332768
CFMickey Mantle10633396.2882356
RFRoger Maris11934881.2331343

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
Roy White11531671.225720
Jake Gibbs6218247.258320
Lou Clinton8015935.220521
Héctor López5411725.214416
Steve Whitaker3111428.246715
Ray Barker617514.187313
Billy Bryan276915.21745
Bobby Murcer216912.17405
Dick Schofield25589.15502
Roger Repoz374315.34909
Mike Hegan13398.20502
Mike Ferraro10285.17900
Rubén Amaro14235.21703
John Miller6232.08712

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
Mel Stottlemyre3725112203.80146
Fritz Peterson3421512113.3196
Al Downing3020010113.56152
Fred Talbot23124.1774.1585
Jim Bouton24120.1382.6965
Stan Bahnsen423113.5216

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
Whitey Ford2273252.4743
Bob Friend1244.2124.8422

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
Hal Reniff563793.2179
Pedro Ramos5239133.6158
Dooley Womack427342.6450
Steve Hamilton448333.0057
Jack Cullen51003.977
Bill Henry20000.003

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Loren Babe
AA Columbus Confederate Yankees Southern League Jack Reed
A Greensboro Yankees Carolina League Gary Blaylock
A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Lamar North
A Binghamton Triplets New York–Penn League Frank Verdi
Rookie Johnson City Yankees Appalachian League Bob Bauer
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Dick Berardino

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Yankees[8]

Notes
  1. United Press International (October 3, 1966). "Last-Place Yanks Last-Day Victors". New York Times. p. 83.
  2. Retrosheet Boxscore: Chicago White Sox 4, New York Yankees 1
  3. Rich Barry page at Baseball-Reference
  4. Doc Edwards page at Baseball-Reference
  5. Darrell Evans page at Baseball-Reference
  6. Al Closter page at Baseball-Reference
  7. Joe Pactwa page at Baseball-Reference
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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