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1966 San Francisco Giants season

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1966 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco, California
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersChub Feeney
ManagersHerman Franks
TelevisionKTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
RadioKSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
← 1965 Seasons 1967 →

The 1966 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 84th year in Major League Baseball, their ninth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their seventh at Candlestick Park. The Giants finished second in the National League with a record of 93 wins and 68 losses, a game-and-a-half behind their arch-rivals, the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 95 67 .586 53‍–‍28 42‍–‍39
San Francisco Giants 93 68 .578 47‍–‍34 46‍–‍34
Pittsburgh Pirates 92 70 .568 3 46‍–‍35 46‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies 87 75 .537 8 48‍–‍33 39‍–‍42
Atlanta Braves 85 77 .525 10 43‍–‍38 42‍–‍39
St. Louis Cardinals 83 79 .512 12 43‍–‍38 40‍–‍41
Cincinnati Reds 76 84 .475 18 46‍–‍33 30‍–‍51
Houston Astros 72 90 .444 23 45‍–‍36 27‍–‍54
New York Mets 66 95 .410 28½ 32‍–‍49 34‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs 59 103 .364 36 32‍–‍49 27‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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

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Notable transactions

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Game log and schedule

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Legend
  Giants win
  Giants loss
  Postponement
Bold Giants team member
1966 Game Log (93–68) (Home: 47–34; Road: 46–34)
April (11–7) (Home: 7–5; Road: 4–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report
13 April 25 Braves
14 April 26 Braves
May (19–9) (Home: 9–5; Road: 10–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report
June (18–12) (Home: 6–2; Road: 12–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report
47 June 1 @ Braves
48 June 2 @ Braves
76 June 30 Braves
July (13–16) (Home: 11–9; Road: 2–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report
77 July 1 Braves
78 July 2 Braves
79 July 3 Braves
102 July 29 @ Braves
103 July 30 @ Braves
104 July 30 @ Braves
105 July 31 @ Braves
August (17–11) (Home: 10–5; Road: 7–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report
122 August 19 Braves
123 August 20 Braves
124 August 21 Braves
September (12–13) (Home: 5–8; Road: 7–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report
156 September 26 @ Braves
157 September 27 @ Braves
158 September 28 @ Braves
October (3–0) (Road: 3–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Report

Roster

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1966 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Tom Haller 142 471 113 .240 27 67
1B Willie McCovey 150 502 148 .295 36 96
2B Hal Lanier 149 459 106 .231 3 37
SS Tito Fuentes 133 541 141 .261 9 40
3B Jim Ray Hart 156 578 165 .285 33 93
LF Len Gabrielson 94 240 52 .217 4 16
CF Willie Mays 152 552 159 .288 37 103
RF Ollie Brown 115 348 81 .233 7 33

Other batters

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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
Jesús Alou 110 370 96 .259 1 20
Jim Davenport 111 305 76 .249 9 30
Cap Peterson 89 190 45 .237 2 19
Don Landrum 72 102 19 .186 1 7
Bob Barton 43 91 16 .176 0 3
Ozzie Virgil 42 89 19 .213 2 9
Orlando Cepeda 19 49 14 .286 3 15
Bob Burda 37 43 7 .163 0 2
Bob Schroder 10 33 8 .242 0 2
Frank Johnson 15 32 7 .219 0 0
Ken Henderson 11 29 9 .310 1 1
Don Mason 42 25 3 .120 1 1
Jack Hiatt 18 23 7 .304 0 1
Dick Dietz 13 23 1 .043 0 0
Dick Schofield 11 16 1 .063 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Juan Marichal 37 307.1 25 6 2.23 222
Gaylord Perry 36 255.2 21 8 2.99 201
Bobby Bolin 36 224.1 11 10 2.89 143
Ray Sadecki 26 105.0 3 7 5.40 62

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ron Herbel 32 129.2 4 5 4.16 55
Joe Gibbon 37 81.0 4 6 3.67 48
Bob Shaw 13 31.2 1 4 6.25 21

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Frank Linzy 51 7 11 16 2.96 57
Lindy McDaniel 64 10 5 6 2.66 93
Bob Priddy 38 6 3 1 3.96 51
Bill Henry 35 1 1 1 2.45 15
Billy Hoeft 4 0 2 0 7.36 3
Rich Robertson 1 0 0 0 7.71 2
Bob Garibaldi 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Bill Werle
AA Waterbury Giants Eastern League Andy Gilbert
A Fresno Giants California League Ed Fitz Gerald
A Decatur Commodores Midwest League Richie Klaus
A Lexington Giants Western Carolinas League Alex Cosmidis and Dennis Sommers
Rookie Magic Valley Cowboys Pioneer League Harvey Koepf

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Notes

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  1. ^ Warren Spahn at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Randy Hundley Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac
  3. ^ "1966 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  4. ^ Orlando Cepeda at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Mets buy Bob Shaw from Giants
  6. ^ 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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