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1966 Chicago Cubs season

FieldValue
nameChicago Cubs
season1966
leagueNational League
ballparkWrigley Field
cityChicago
record
league_place10th
ownersPhilip K. Wrigley
general_managersJohn Holland
managersLeo Durocher
televisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit)
radioWGN
(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)

(Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit) (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau) |}} The 1966 Chicago Cubs season was the 95th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 91st in the National League and the 51st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished tenth and last in the National League with a record of 59–103, 36 games behind the NL Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Cubs would not lose 100 or more games in a season for another 46 seasons. One of the defining trades in Cubs history occurred on April 21, when the Cubs acquired future Cy Young Award winner Ferguson Jenkins in a trade with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Offseason

  • December 2, 1965: Lindy McDaniel and Don Landrum were traded by the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Randy Hundley and Bill Hands.
  • January 10, 1966: Doug Clemens was traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wes Covington.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

  • April 21, 1966: Larry Jackson and Bob Buhl were traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ferguson Jenkins, John Herrnstein and Adolfo Phillips.
  • April 28, 1966: Bobby Cox and cash were traded by the Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Billy Cowan.
  • May 14, 1966: Frank Thomas was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.
  • May 28, 1966: Wes Covington was released by the Cubs.
  • May 29, 1966: John Herrnstein was traded by the Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Marty Keough and Arnold Earley.
  • June 4, 1966: Frank Thomas was released by the Cubs.
  • June 22, 1966: Billy Cowan was traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Norm Gigon.

Roster

1966 Chicago Cubs
**Roster**
**Pitchers**

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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C149526124.2361963
1B141511139.2721575
2B153656188.287159
3B155561175.3123094
SS150533146.274143
LF120419102.2431651
CF116416109.2621636
RF162648179.2762991

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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John Boccabella7520647.228625
George Altman8818541.222517
Lee Thomas7514936.24219
Jimmy Stewart579016.17804
Ron Campbell246013.21704
Joey Amalfitano41386.15803
Bob Raudman8297.24102
Chris Krug11286.21401
33266.23105
Don Bryant13268.30804
Carl Warwick16225.22700
9173.17600
Roberto Peña6173.17601
Ty Cline7176.35302
9111.09100
Paul Popovich260.00000
550.00000
Harvey Kuenn331.33300

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

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38269.18223.98144
34220.211163.79171
1562.1266.3534
19.0102.003
12.10015.431

Other pitchers

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

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60182.0683.31148
41159.08154.5893
Curt Simmons1977.1474.0724
Bill Faul1751.1145.0832
Robin Roberts1148.1236.1428
Rich Nye317.0022.129
38.00213.505

Relief pitchers

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

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434573.9165
Cal Koonce455523.8165
Billy Hoeft361234.6130
201346.1818
Don Lee162107.117
132103.5712
110107.313
Chuck Estrada91107.303
Chuck Hartenstein50001.934
40107.503
Fred Norman20004.506

Awards and honors

  • Ron Santo, Gold Glove

All-Star Game

  • Ron Santo, Third Base, Reserve

Farm system

Notes

References

References

  1. [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=hundlra01 Randy Hundley Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac]
  2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/covinwe01.shtml Wes Covington] at ''Baseball Reference''
  3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/herrnjo01.shtml John Herrnstein] at ''Baseball Reference''
  4. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coxbo01.shtml Bobby Cox] at ''Baseball Reference''
  5. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thomafr03.shtml Frank Thomas] at ''Baseball Reference''
  6. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cowanbi01.shtml Billy Cowan] at ''Baseball-Reference''
  7. "1966 Chicago Cubs Statistics".
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