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1966 Chicago White Sox season

Field	Value
name	Chicago White Sox
season	1966
league	American League
ballpark	White Sox Park
city	Chicago
record
league_place	4th
owners	Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
general_managers	Ed Short
managers	Eddie Stanky
television	WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit)
radio	WCFL
(Bob Elson, Bob Finnegan)

(Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit) (Bob Elson, Bob Finnegan) |}} The 1966 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 66th season in the major leagues, and its 67th season overall. Eddie Stanky managed the White Sox to a fourth-place finish in the American League with a record of 83–79, 15 games behind the first-place Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Don Buford, 3B
Floyd Robinson, RF
Pete Ward, LF
Johnny Romano, C
Tommy McCraw, 1B
Ron Hansen, SS
Tommie Agee, CF
Al Weis, 2B
Tommy John, P

Notable transactions

May 27, 1966: Danny Cater was traded by the White Sox to the Kansas City Athletics for Wayne Causey.
June 7, 1966: 1966 Major League Baseball draft
- Carlos May was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (18th pick).
- Johnny Oates was drafted by the White Sox in the 2nd round, but did not sign.
- Ken Frailing was drafted by the White Sox in the 5th round. Player signed June 25, 1966.
- Chuck Brinkman was drafted by the White Sox in the 16th round.
- Geoff Zahn was drafted by the White Sox in the 34th round, but did not sign.

Roster

1966 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Jerry Adair, SS, 2B	105	370	27	90	18	2	4	36	17	44	.243	3
Tommie Agee, CF, LF	160	629	98	172	27	8	22	86	41	127	.273	44
Ken Berry, LF, RF, CF	147	443	50	120	20	2	8	34	28	63	.271	7
Buddy Bradford, LF, RF	14	28	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	6	.143	0
Don Buford, 3B, 2B, LF, RF	163	607	85	148	26	7	8	52	69	71	.244	51
Smoky Burgess, C	79	67	0	21	5	0	0	15	11	8	.313	0
Danny Cater, LF, RF	21	60	3	11	1	1	0	4	0	10	.183	3
Wayne Causey, 2B	78	164	23	40	8	2	0	13	24	13	.244	2
Lee Elia, SS	80	195	16	40	5	2	3	22	15	39	.205	0
Gene Freese, 3B	48	106	8	22	2	0	3	10	8	20	.208	2
Ron Hansen, SS	23	74	3	13	1	0	0	4	15	10	.176	0
Jim Hicks, RF, 1B, LF	18	26	3	5	0	1	0	1	1	5	.192	0
Deacon Jones, PH	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	0
Duane Josephson, C	11	38	3	9	1	0	0	3	3	3	.237	0
Dick Kenworthy, 3B	9	25	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	0
J. C. Martin, C	67	157	13	40	5	3	2	20	14	24	.255	0
Jerry McNertney, C	44	59	3	13	0	0	0	1	7	6	.220	1
Tommy McCraw, 1B, LF, RF	151	389	49	89	16	4	5	48	29	40	.229	20
Floyd Robinson, RF	127	342	44	81	11	2	5	35	44	32	.237	8
Johnny Romano, C	122	329	33	76	12	0	15	47	58	72	.231	0
Bill Skowron, 1B	120	337	27	84	15	2	6	29	26	45	.249	1
Marv Staehle, 2B	8	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	.133	1
Ed Stroud, RF, LF	12	36	3	6	2	0	0	1	2	8	.167	3
Bill Voss, LF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Pete Ward, LF, RF, 3B, 1B	84	251	22	55	7	1	3	28	24	49	.219	3
Al Weis, 2B, SS	129	187	20	29	4	1	0	9	17	50	.155	3

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Greg Bollo, P	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
John Buzhardt, P	34	43	0	5	0	0	0	2	2	18	.116	0
Eddie Fisher, P	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Dennis Higgins, P	42	17	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	4	.176	0
Joe Horlen, P	64	60	6	4	0	0	0	1	2	12	.067	1
Bruce Howard, P	27	43	2	3	1	0	0	2	5	13	.070	0
Tommy John, P	34	69	6	10	1	0	2	8	3	21	.145	0
Fred Klages, P	3	6	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.500	0
Jack Lamabe, P	34	35	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	16	.057	0
Bob Locker, P	56	16	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	7	.250	0
Gary Peters, P	38	81	12	19	3	2	1	9	0	19	.235	0
Juan Pizarro, P	34	26	2	4	1	0	0	2	1	5	.154	0
Hoyt Wilhelm, P	46	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	.125	0
	163	5348	574	1235	193	40	87	524	476	872	.231	153

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Greg Bollo	0	1	2.57	3	1	0	7.0	7	2	2	0	3	4
John Buzhardt	6	11	3.83	33	22	1	150.1	144	74	64	13	34	66
Eddie Fisher	1	3	2.29	23	0	6	35.1	27	11	9	1	18	18
Dennis Higgins	1	0	2.52	42	1	5	93.0	66	27	26	9	37	86
Joe Horlen	10	13	2.43	37	29	1	211.0	185	64	57	14	64	124
Bruce Howard	9	5	2.30	27	21	0	149.0	110	48	38	14	46	85
Tommy John	14	11	2.62	34	33	0	223.0	195	76	65	13	61	138
Fred Klages	1	0	1.72	3	3	0	15.2	9	4	3	0	7	6
Jack Lamabe	7	9	3.93	34	17	0	121.1	116	55	53	9	36	67
Bob Locker	9	8	2.46	56	0	12	95.0	73	32	26	2	36	70
Gary Peters	12	10	1.98	30	27	0	204.2	156	54	45	11	51	129
Juan Pizarro	8	6	3.76	34	9	3	88.2	91	49	37	9	46	42
Hoyt Wilhelm	5	2	1.66	46	0	6	81.1	50	21	15	6	19	61
	83	79	2.68	163	163	34	1475.1	1229	517	440	101	458	896

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fox Cities

Deerfield Beach franchise moved to Winter Haven, June 27, 1966

Notes

References

"Eddie Stanky".
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19660528&id=LMBTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nDgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=7152,3080331&hl=en Causey plays for A's after being traded]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayca01.shtml Carlos May page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oatesjo01.shtml Johnny Oates page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frailke01.shtml Ken Frailing page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brinkch01.shtml Chuck Brinkman page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zahnge01.shtml Geoff Zahn page at Baseball Reference]

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