1966 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1966 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1966

World Series Champions

Baltimore Orioles

Runner Up

Los Angeles Dodgers

Most Valuable Players

AL: Frank Robinson NL: Roberto Clemente

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: Tommie Agee NL: Tommy Helms

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

Steve Chilcott (New York Mets)

All-Star Game

St. Louis,Missouri

Teams

Players

714

Attendance

25,182,209

Payroll

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1966 Major League Baseball Standings

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American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	160	97	63	.606	--	755	601	154	Won World Series (Dodgers)	1,203,366	9	Harry Dalton	Hank Bauer	Memorial Stadium
2	2	5	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	9.0	663	581	82	dnq	1,259,374	8	Calvin Griffith	Sam Mele	Metropolitan Stadium
3	3	6	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	10.0	719	698	21	dnq	1,124,293	12	Jim Campbell	Frank Skaff, Bob Swift, Chuck Dressen	Tiger Stadium
4	4	9	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	15.0	574	517	57	dnq	990,016	14	Ed Short	Eddie Stanky	Comiskey Park
5	5	11	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	17.0	574	586	-12	dnq	903,359	15	Gabe Paul	Birdie Tebbetts, George Strickland	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
6	6	12	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	18.0	604	643	-39	dnq	1,400,321	7	Fred Haney	Bill Rigney	Anaheim Stadium
7	7	14	Kansas City Athletics	T - S - R - L	160	74	86	.463	23.0	564	648	-84	dnq	773,929	17	Ed Lopat	Alvin Dark	Municipal Stadium
8	8	15	Washington Senators II	T - S - R - L	159	71	88	.447	25.5	557	659	-102	dnq	576,260	20	George Selkirk	Gil Hodges	RFK Memorial Stadium
9	9	17	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	26.0	655	731	-76	dnq	811,172	16	Dick O'Connell	Billy Herman, Pete Runnels	Fenway Park
10	10	18	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	159	70	89	.440	26.5	611	612	-1	dnq	1,124,648	11	Ralph Houk	Ralph Houk, Johnny Keane	Yankee Stadium I
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	606	490	116	Lost World Series (Orioles)	2,617,029	1	Buzzie Bavasi	Walter Alston	Dodger Stadium
2	2	3	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	161	93	68	.578	1.5	675	626	49	dnq	1,657,192	5	Chub Feeney	Herman Franks	Candlestick Park
3	3	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	3.0	759	641	118	dnq	1,196,618	10	Joe Brown	Harry Walker	Forbes Field
4	4	7	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	8.0	696	640	56	dnq	1,108,201	13	John Quinn	Gene Mauch	Connie Mack Stadium
5	5	8	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	10.0	782	683	99	dnq	1,539,801	6	John McHale	Bobby Bragan, Billy Hitchcock	Atlanta Stadium
6	6	10	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	12.0	571	577	-6	dnq	1,712,980	4	Bob Howsam	Red Schoendienst	Sportsman's Park
7	7	13	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	160	76	84	.475	18.0	692	702	-10	dnq	742,958	18	Bill DeWitt	Don Heffner, Dave Bristol	Crosley Field
8	8	16	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	23.0	612	695	-83	dnq	1,872,108	3	Tal Smith	Grady Hatton	Astrodome
9	9	19	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	161	66	95	.410	28.5	587	761	-174	dnq	1,932,693	2	George Weiss	Wes Westrum	Shea Stadium
10	10	20	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	59	103	.364	36.0	644	809	-165	dnq	635,891	19	John Holland	Leo Durocher	Wrigley Field
20 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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