1966 California Angels season

1966 California Angels
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (since 1966)
Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
General manager(s)	Fred Haney
Manager(s)	Bill Rigney
Local television	KTLA
Local radio	KMPC (Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
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The 1966 California Angels season, the team's first in Anaheim, involved the Angels finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses, 18 games behind the AL and World Series Champion Baltimore Orioles.

Offseason

November 29, 1965: Willie Montañez was drafted by the Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1965 first-year draft.^[1]
December 2, 1965: Dick Simpson was traded by the Angels to the Baltimore Orioles for Norm Siebern.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	97	63	0.606	—	48–31	49–32
Minnesota Twins	89	73	0.549	9	49–32	40–41
Detroit Tigers	88	74	0.543	10	42–39	46–35
Chicago White Sox	83	79	0.512	15	45–36	38–43
Cleveland Indians	81	81	0.500	17	41–40	40–41
California Angels	80	82	0.494	18	42–39	38–43
Kansas City Athletics	74	86	0.463	23	42–39	32–47
Washington Senators	71	88	0.447	25½	42–36	29–52
Boston Red Sox	72	90	0.444	26	40–41	32–49
New York Yankees	70	89	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	—	12–6	12–6	9–9	8–10	9–9	11–5	10–8	15–3	11–7
Boston	6–12	—	9–9	11–7	7–11	8–10	9–9	6–12	8–10	8–10
California	6–12	9–9	—	8–10	10–8	9–9	9–9	11–7	11–7	7–11
Chicago	9–9	7–11	10–8	—	11–7	8–10	13–5	4–14	9–9–1	12–6
Cleveland	10–8	11–7	8–10	7–11	—	9–9	6–12	9–9	12–6	9–9
Detroit	9–9	10–8	9–9	10–8	9–9	—	6–12	11–7	11–7	13–5
Kansas City	5–11	9–9	9–9	5–13	12–6	12–6	—	8–10	5–13	9–9
Minnesota	8–10	12–6	7–11	14–4	9–9	7–11	10–8	—	8–10	14–4
New York	3–15	10–8	7–11	9–9–1	6–12	7–11	13–5	10–8	—	5–10
Washington	7–11	10–8	11–7	6–12	9–9	5–13	9–9	4–14	10–5	—

Notable transactions

May 5, 1966: Willie Montañez was returned by the Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]
June 7, 1966: Steve Hovley was drafted by the Angels in the 35th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft.^[3]
August 12, 1966: Aurelio Rodríguez was purchased by the Angels from the Charros de Jalisco.^[4]

Roster

1966 California Angels

Roster

Pitchers

43 George Brunet

32 Lew Burdette

31 Dean Chance

46 Jim Coates

41 Dick Egan

22,41 Bill Kelso

39 Bob Lee

33 Marcelino López

25 Ramón López

45 Jim McGlothlin

17 Fred Newman

25 Howie Reed

19 Minnie Rojas

46 Jorge Rubio

49 Jack Sanford

23 Ed Sukla

38 Clyde Wright

Catchers

30 Tom Egan

7 Buck Rodgers

2 Tom Satriano

Infielders

6 Joe Adcock

11 Jim Fregosi

12 Jackie Hernández

29 Bobby Knoop

15 Frank Malzone

10 Willie Montañez

42 Paul Schaal

16 Norm Siebern

14 Charlie Vinson

Outfielders

1 José Cardenal

10 Jay Johnstone

8 Ed Kirkpatrick

27 Bubba Morton

28 Albie Pearson

4 Jimmy Piersall

3 Rick Reichardt

35 Willie Smith

26 Al Spangler

26 Jackie Warner

Other batters

25 Ed Bailey

Manager

18 Bill Rigney

Coaches

5 Marv Grissom

20 Jack Paepke

21 Salty Parker

9 Del Rice

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
C	Rodgers, BuckBuck Rodgers	133	454	107	.236	7	48
1B	Siebern, NormNorm Siebern	125	336	83	.247	5	41
2B	Knoop, BobbyBobby Knoop	161	590	137	.232	17	72
3B	Schaal, PaulPaul Schaal	138	386	94	.244	6	24
SS	Fregosi, JimJim Fregosi	162	611	154	.252	13	67
LF	Reichardt, RickRick Reichardt	89	319	92	.288	16	44
CF	Cardenal, JoséJosé Cardenal	154	561	155	.276	16	48
RF	Kirkpatrick, EdEd Kirkpatrick	117	312	60	.192	9	44

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
Adcock, JoeJoe Adcock	83	231	63	.273	18	48
Smith, WillieWillie Smith	90	195	36	.185	1	20
Hernández, JackieJackie Hernández	58	23	1	.043	0	2
Montañez, WillieWillie Montañez	8	2	0	.000	0	0

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
Chance, DeanDean Chance	41	259.2	12	17	3.08	180
Brunet, GeorgeGeorge Brunet	41	212	13	13	3.31	148
López, MarcelinoMarcelino López	37	199	7	14	3.93	132
Newman, FredFred Newman	21	102.2	4	7	4.73	42

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
McGlothlin, JimJim McGlothlin	19	67.2	3	1	4.52	41
Coates, JimJim Coates	9	31.2	1	1	3.98	16
López, RamónRamón López	4	7	0	1	5.14	2

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
Lee, BobBob Lee	61	5	4	16	2.74	46
Burdette, LewLew Burdette	54	7	2	5	3.39	27
Sanford, JackJack Sanford	50	13	7	5	3.83	54
Rojas, MinnieMinnie Rojas	47	7	4	10	2.88	37
Egan, DickDick Egan	11	0	0	0	4.40	11
Kelso, BillBill Kelso	5	1	1	0	2.38	11

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Seattle Angels	Pacific Coast League	Bob Lemon
AA	El Paso Sun Kings	Texas League	Chuck Tanner
A	San Jose Bees	California League	Rocky Bridges
A	Quad Cities Angels	Midwest League	Harry Dunlop
Rookie	Idaho Falls Angels	Pioneer League	Tom Morgan, Alex Monchak, Joe Gordon and John Fitzpatrick

Notes

References

1966 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference
1966 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

1966 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota New York Washington

National League	Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1966 MLB draft 1966 All-Star Game 1966 World Series

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Formerly the Los Angeles Angels, the California Angels, and the Anaheim Angels
Based in Anaheim, California (Greater Los Angeles)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Angels Stadium; Tempe Diablo Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Los Angeles Dodgers

Minors

AAA: Salt Lake Bees
AA: Mobile BayBears
A Adv.: Inland Empire 66ers
A: Burlington Bees
Rookie Adv.: Orem Owlz
Rookie: AZL Angels; DSL Angels

Key personnel

Owner: Arte Moreno
General Manager: Billy Eppler
Manager: Mike Scioscia

World Series
championships (1)

2002

American League
pennants (1)

2002

Division titles

West: 1979; 1982; 1986; 2004; 2005; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2014

Wild Card berths

2002

Broadcasting

Seasons (55)

1960s	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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