1966 Baltimore Orioles | ||||
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World Series champions American League champions | ||||
League | American League | |||
Ballpark | Memorial Stadium | |||
City | Baltimore, Maryland | |||
Record | 97–63 (.606) | |||
League place | 1st | |||
Owners | Jerold Hoffberger | |||
General managers | Harry Dalton | |||
Managers | Hank Bauer | |||
Television | WJZ-TV | |||
Radio | WBAL (AM) (Chuck Thompson,Frank Messer,Bill O'Donnell) | |||
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The1966Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing first in theAmerican League with a record of 97 wins and 63 losses, nine games ahead of the runner-upMinnesota Twins. It was their first ALpennant since1944, when the club was known as theSt. Louis Browns. The Orioles swept theNL championLos Angeles Dodgers in four games to register the first-everWorld Series title in the franchise's 67-year history; the team had been founded in 1901 as theMilwaukee Brewers, moving to St. Louis in 1902 and to Baltimore in 1954.
The team was managed byHank Bauer, and played their home games atMemorial Stadium. They drew 1,203,366 fans to their home ballpark, third in the ten-team league. It would be the highest home attendance of the team's first quarter-century at Memorial Stadium, and was eclipsed by thepennant-winning 1979 Orioles.[1] This was the first season that the ballclub's uniforms featured both the smiling bird head logo on the caps and names on the back of the jerseys.
With their sweep of the Dodgers, the Orioles became the last of the eight franchises that made up the American League from 1903 to 1960 to win a World Series.
Right fielderFrank Robinson, acquired via trade from theCincinnati Reds in the off-season, won theTriple Crown, leading the AL with a .316 average, 49 home runs, and 122 RBI. He was named winner of the American League MVP Award, becoming the first player in the history ofMajor League Baseball to win MVP honors in both the American and National Leagues.[8]
On May 8, 1966,Frank Robinson hit a 540-foot home run off Cleveland Indians pitcherLuis Tiant, becoming the only player to hit a fair ball out of Memorial Stadium.[9] It cleared the left field single-deck portion of the grandstand.[10] A flag was later erected near the spot the ball cleared the back wall, with simply the word "HERE" upon it.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Baltimore Orioles | 97 | 63 | .606 | — | 48–31 | 49–32 |
Minnesota Twins | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9 | 49–32 | 40–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | .543 | 10 | 42–39 | 46–35 |
Chicago White Sox | 83 | 79 | .512 | 15 | 45–36 | 38–43 |
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 81 | .500 | 17 | 41–40 | 40–41 |
California Angels | 80 | 82 | .494 | 18 | 42–39 | 38–43 |
Kansas City Athletics | 74 | 86 | .463 | 23 | 42–39 | 32–47 |
Washington Senators | 71 | 88 | .447 | 25½ | 42–36 | 29–52 |
Boston Red Sox | 72 | 90 | .444 | 26 | 40–41 | 32–49 |
New York Yankees | 70 | 89 | .440 | 26½ | 35–46 | 35–43 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | 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 | — |
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Bold denotes an Orioles pitcher |
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April: 11–1 (Home: 5–1; Road: 6–0)
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May: 14–16 (Home: 6–8; Road: 8–8)
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June: 25–8 (Home: 11–2; Road: 14–6)
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July: 19–10 (Home: 14–6; Road: 5–4)
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August: 14–14 (Home: 4–7; Road: 10–7)
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September: 13–13 (Home: 7–6; Road: 6–7)
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= Indicates team leader |
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 |
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C | Andy Etchebarren | 121 | 412 | 91 | .221 | 11 | 50 |
1B | Boog Powell | 140 | 491 | 141 | .287 | 34 | 109 |
2B | Davey Johnson | 131 | 501 | 129 | .257 | 7 | 56 |
3B | Brooks Robinson | 157 | 620 | 167 | .269 | 23 | 100 |
SS | Luis Aparicio | 151 | 659 | 182 | .276 | 6 | 41 |
LF | Curt Blefary | 131 | 419 | 107 | .255 | 23 | 64 |
CF | Paul Blair | 133 | 303 | 84 | .277 | 6 | 33 |
RF | Frank Robinson | 155 | 576 | 182 | .316 | 49 | 122 |
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 |
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Russ Snyder | 117 | 373 | 114 | .306 | 3 | 41 |
Sam Bowens | 89 | 243 | 51 | .210 | 6 | 20 |
Bob Johnson | 71 | 157 | 34 | .217 | 1 | 10 |
Vic Roznovsky | 41 | 97 | 23 | .237 | 1 | 10 |
Woodie Held | 56 | 82 | 17 | .207 | 1 | 7 |
Larry Haney | 20 | 56 | 9 | .161 | 1 | 3 |
Jerry Adair | 17 | 52 | 15 | .288 | 0 | 3 |
Mark Belanger | 8 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 0 |
Charley Lau | 18 | 12 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 5 |
Mike Epstein | 6 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 3 |
Cam Carreon | 4 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dave McNally | 34 | 213.0 | 13 | 6 | 3.17 | 158 |
Jim Palmer | 30 | 208.1 | 15 | 10 | 3.46 | 147 |
Wally Bunker | 29 | 142.2 | 10 | 6 | 4.29 | 89 |
Steve Barber | 25 | 133.1 | 10 | 5 | 2.30 | 91 |
Bill Short | 6 | 37.2 | 2 | 3 | 2.87 | 27 |
Tom Phoebus | 3 | 22.0 | 2 | 1 | 1.23 | 17 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Eddie Watt | 43 | 145.2 | 9 | 7 | 3.83 | 102 |
John Miller | 23 | 100.2 | 4 | 8 | 4.74 | 81 |
Frank Bertaina | 16 | 63.1 | 2 | 5 | 3.13 | 46 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Stu Miller | 51 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 2.25 | 67 |
Eddie Fisher | 44 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 2.64 | 39 |
Moe Drabowsky | 44 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2.81 | 98 |
Dick Hall | 32 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3.95 | 44 |
Gene Brabender | 31 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3.55 | 62 |
Ed Barnowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance | Time of Game |
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1 | Orioles – 5, Dodgers – 2 | October 5 | Dodger Stadium | 55,941 | 2:56 |
2 | Orioles – 6, Dodgers – 0 | October 6 | Dodger Stadium | 55,947 | 2:26 |
3 | Dodgers – 0,Orioles – 1 | October 8 | Memorial Stadium | 54,445 | 1:55 |
4 | Dodgers – 0,Orioles – 1 | October 9 | Memorial Stadium | 54,458 | 1:45 |
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