1966 Washington Senators season

The 1966 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 71 wins and 88 losses.

1966 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
  • D.C. Stadium (since 1962)
  • Washington, D.C. (since 1961)
Results
Record71–88 (.447)
League place8th
Other information
Owner(s)James M. Johnston and James H. Lemon
General manager(s)George Selkirk
Manager(s)Gil Hodges
Local televisionWTOP
Local radioWTOP
(Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
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Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

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

Draft Picks
  • June 7, 1966: Del Unser was drafted by the Senators in the 1st round (18th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed June 28, 1966.[6]

Roster
1966 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers
  • 37 Joe Coleman
 Catchers

Infielders

 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
CPaul Casanova122429109.2541344
2BBob Saverine120406102.251524
SSEd Brinkman158582133.229748
LFFrank Howard146493137.2781871

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
Fred Valentine146508140.2761659
Ken Hamlin6615834.215116
Doug Camilli4410722.20628
John Orsino14234.17400
Jim French10245.20803
Joe Cunningham381.12500

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
Jim Duckworth514.1035.0214
Joe Coleman19102.004

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
Diego Seguí2172375.0054
Dick Bosman1339267.6020
Tom Cheney35.1015.063

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
Casey Cox664573.5046
Dave Baldwin40003.864
Howie Koplitz10000.000
Pete Craig10004.501
Al Closter10000.000

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League George Case
AA York White Roses Eastern League Billy Klaus
A Burlington Senators Carolina League Wayne Terwilliger
A Geneva Senators New York–Penn League Gordon Mackenzie

Notes
  1. Woodie Held page at Baseball Reference
  2. Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference
  3. Bob Saverine page at Baseball Reference
  4. Al Closter page at Baseball Reference
  5. Diego Segui page at Baseball Reference
  6. Del Unser page at Baseball Reference

References
  • 1966 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1966 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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