1966 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkWhite Sox Park
CityChicago
OwnersArthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General managersEd Short
ManagersEddie Stanky
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit)
RadioWCFL
(Bob Elson, Bob Finnegan)
Seasons

The 1966 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 66th season in the major leagues, and its 67th season overall. Eddie Stanky managed the White Sox to a fourth-place finish in the American League[1] with a record of 83–79, 15 games behind the first-place Baltimore Orioles.

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 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—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1966 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Jerry Adair, SS,2B 105 370 27 90 18 2 4 36 17 44 .243 3
Tommie Agee, CF,LF 160 629 98 172 27 8 22 86 41 127 .273 44
Ken Berry, LF,RF,CF 147 443 50 120 20 2 8 34 28 63 .271 7
Buddy Bradford, LF,RF 14 28 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 .143 0
Don Buford, 3B,2B,LF,RF 163 607 85 148 26 7 8 52 69 71 .244 51
Smoky Burgess, C 79 67 0 21 5 0 0 15 11 8 .313 0
Danny Cater, LF,RF 21 60 3 11 1 1 0 4 0 10 .183 3
Wayne Causey, 2B 78 164 23 40 8 2 0 13 24 13 .244 2
Lee Elia, SS 80 195 16 40 5 2 3 22 15 39 .205 0
Gene Freese, 3B 48 106 8 22 2 0 3 10 8 20 .208 2
Ron Hansen, SS 23 74 3 13 1 0 0 4 15 10 .176 0
Jim Hicks, RF,1B,LF 18 26 3 5 0 1 0 1 1 5 .192 0
Deacon Jones, PH 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0
Duane Josephson, C 11 38 3 9 1 0 0 3 3 3 .237 0
Dick Kenworthy, 3B 9 25 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0
J. C. Martin, C 67 157 13 40 5 3 2 20 14 24 .255 0
Jerry McNertney, C 44 59 3 13 0 0 0 1 7 6 .220 1
Tommy McCraw, 1B,LF,RF 151 389 49 89 16 4 5 48 29 40 .229 20
Floyd Robinson, RF 127 342 44 81 11 2 5 35 44 32 .237 8
Johnny Romano, C 122 329 33 76 12 0 15 47 58 72 .231 0
Bill Skowron, 1B 120 337 27 84 15 2 6 29 26 45 .249 1
Marv Staehle, 2B 8 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 .133 1
Ed Stroud, RF,LF 12 36 3 6 2 0 0 1 2 8 .167 3
Bill Voss, LF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0
Pete Ward, LF,RF,3B,1B 84 251 22 55 7 1 3 28 24 49 .219 3
Al Weis, 2B,SS 129 187 20 29 4 1 0 9 17 50 .155 3
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Greg Bollo, P 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
John Buzhardt, P 34 43 0 5 0 0 0 2 2 18 .116 0
Eddie Fisher, P 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Dennis Higgins, P 42 17 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 .176 0
Joe Horlen, P 64 60 6 4 0 0 0 1 2 12 .067 1
Bruce Howard, P 27 43 2 3 1 0 0 2 5 13 .070 0
Tommy John, P 34 69 6 10 1 0 2 8 3 21 .145 0
Fred Klages, P 3 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .500 0
Jack Lamabe, P 34 35 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 16 .057 0
Bob Locker, P 56 16 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 7 .250 0
Gary Peters, P 38 81 12 19 3 2 1 9 0 19 .235 0
Juan Pizarro, P 34 26 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 5 .154 0
Hoyt Wilhelm, P 46 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 .125 0
Team Totals
 163 5348 574 1235 193 40 87 524 476 872 .231 153

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Greg Bollo 0 1 2.57 3 1 0 7.0 7 2 2 0 3 4
John Buzhardt 6 11 3.83 33 22 1 150.1 144 74 64 13 34 66
Eddie Fisher 1 3 2.29 23 0 6 35.1 27 11 9 1 18 18
Dennis Higgins 1 0 2.52 42 1 5 93.0 66 27 26 9 37 86
Joe Horlen 10 13 2.43 37 29 1 211.0 185 64 57 14 64 124
Bruce Howard 9 5 2.30 27 21 0 149.0 110 48 38 14 46 85
Tommy John 14 11 2.62 34 33 0 223.0 195 76 65 13 61 138
Fred Klages 1 0 1.72 3 3 0 15.2 9 4 3 0 7 6
Jack Lamabe 7 9 3.93 34 17 0 121.1 116 55 53 9 36 67
Bob Locker 9 8 2.46 56 0 12 95.0 73 32 26 2 36 70
Gary Peters 12 10 1.98 30 27 0 204.2 156 54 45 11 51 129
Juan Pizarro 8 6 3.76 34 9 3 88.2 91 49 37 9 46 42
Hoyt Wilhelm 5 2 1.66 46 0 6 81.1 50 21 15 6 19 61
Team Totals
 83 79 2.68 163 163 34 1475.1 1229 517 440 101 458 896

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians Pacific Coast League Les Moss
AA Evansville White Sox Southern League George Noga
A Lynchburg White Sox Carolina League Ira Hutchinson
A Deerfield Beach/Winter Haven Sun Sox Florida State League Don Bacon and Bruce Andrew
A Fox Cities Foxes Midwest League Stan Wasiak
Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Frank Parenti

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fox Cities

Deerfield Beach franchise moved to Winter Haven, June 27, 1966

Notes

  1. ↑ "Eddie Stanky". Retrieved August 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ Causey plays for A's after being traded
  3. ↑ Carlos May page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Johnny Oates page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Ken Frailing page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Chuck Brinkman page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Geoff Zahn page at Baseball Reference

References

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