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1966 Kansas City Athletics season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kansas City Athletics |
| season | 1966 |
| image | Kansas City Athletics Cap Logo (1965 to 1967).svg |
| league | American League |
| ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
| city | Kansas City, Missouri |
| record | |
| league_place | 7th |
| owners | Charles O. Finley |
| general_managers | Ed Lopat |
| managers | Alvin Dark |
| television | KCMO |
| radio | KCMO (AM) |
| (Monte Moore, Lynn Faris) |
(Monte Moore, Lynn Faris) |}} The 1966 Kansas City Athletics season was the 12th and penultimate season in Kansas City, and the 66th in overall franchise history. It involved the A's finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 86 losses (the team's best finish in Kansas City), 23 games behind the World Champion Baltimore Orioles. Paid attendance for the season was 773,929. The pitching staff had an earned run average of 3.56, which ranked sixth in the American League.
Offseason
- October 15, 1965: Satchel Paige was released by the Athletics.
- November 28, 1965: Hank Peters resigned from the club and became the minor league director for the Cleveland Indians.
- November 29, 1965: Ron Stone was drafted by the Athletics from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1965 rule 5 draft.
- December 1, 1965: Jim Landis and Jim Rittwage were traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Joe Rudi and Phil Roof.
- In early 1966, Jim Schaaf left the Athletics front office to work with the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL.
Regular season
- The club won their home opener (contested on April 19) and proceeded to lose 14 of their next 16 games. From June 19 to the final game of the season, the club won 50 games and lost 49, their best stretch since playing in Kansas City. The Athletics did not finish in last place for the first time in three years.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
- April 6, 1966: John O'Donoghue and cash were traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Ralph Terry.
- April 13, 1966: Diego Seguí was purchased from the Athletics by the Washington Senators.
- May 27, 1966: Wayne Causey was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Danny Cater.
- June 7, 1966: 1966 Major League Baseball draft (June Draft) notable picks:
::Round 5: Dave Hamilton
::Round 6: Warren Bogle
::Round 20: Larry Burchart (did not sign)
- July 1, 1966: Ron Stone was returned by the Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles.
- July 30, 1966: Jim Duckworth was traded by the Athletics to the Washington Senators for Diego Seguí.
- August 6, 1966: Ralph Terry was purchased from the Athletics by the New York Mets.
- August 24, 1966: [1966 Major League Baseball draft](1966-major-league-baseball-draft) (August Legion) notable picks:
::Round 1: Pete Varney (did not sign)
### Roster
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| 1966 Kansas City Athletics |
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| **Roster** |
| **Pitchers** |
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## Player stats
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| | = Indicates team leader |
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| | = Indicates league leader |
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### 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*
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| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | | 127 | 367 | 77 | .209 | 7 | 44 | 2 |
| 1B | Ken Harrelson | 63 | 210 | 47 | .224 | 5 | 22 | 9 |
| 2B | Dick Green | 140 | 507 | 127 | .250 | 9 | 62 | 6 |
| SS | Bert Campaneris | 142 | 573 | 153 | .267 | 5 | 42 | 52 |
| 3B | Ed Charles | 118 | 385 | 110 | .286 | 9 | 42 | 12 |
| LF | Larry Stahl | 119 | 312 | 78 | .250 | 5 | 34 | 5 |
| CF | Joe Nossek | 87 | 230 | 60 | .261 | 1 | 27 | 4 |
| RF | Mike Hershberger | 146 | 538 | 136 | .253 | 2 | 57 | 13 |
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#### 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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| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 116 | 425 | 124 | .292 | 7 | 52 |
| Roger Repoz | 101 | 319 | 69 | .216 | 11 | 34 |
| Jim Gosger | 88 | 272 | 61 | .224 | 5 | 27 |
| Ossie Chavarria | 86 | 191 | 46 | .241 | 2 | 10 |
| | 37 | 127 | 30 | .236 | 0 | 4 |
| | 28 | 79 | 18 | .228 | 0 | 5 |
| | 32 | 76 | 10 | .132 | 0 | 7 |
| Ken Suarez | 35 | 69 | 10 | .145 | 0 | 2 |
| Tim Talton | 37 | 53 | 18 | .340 | 2 | 6 |
| Rick Monday | 17 | 41 | 4 | .098 | 0 | 2 |
| | 13 | 35 | 4 | .114 | 0 | 1 |
| Ernie Fazio | 27 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 0 | 2 |
| | 15 | 30 | 4 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
| Sal Bando | 11 | 24 | 7 | .292 | 0 | 1 |
| | 26 | 22 | 6 | .273 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Blasingame | 12 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 1 |
| Randy Schwartz | 10 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 1 |
| Rene Lachemann | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
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### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers
*Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts*
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| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catfish Hunter | 30 | 176.2 | 9 | 11 | 4.02 | 102 |
| Jim Nash | 18 | 127.0 | 12 | 1 | 2.06 | 98 |
| Blue Moon Odom | 14 | 90.1 | 5 | 5 | 2.49 | 47 |
| | 14 | 83.2 | 4 | 6 | 4.09 | 61 |
| Rollie Sheldon | 14 | 69.0 | 4 | 7 | 3.13 | 26 |
| | 11 | 67.2 | 4 | 4 | 4.79 | 37 |
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#### Other pitchers
*Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts*
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| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 36 | 177.2 | 14 | 9 | 2.99 | 87 |
| Paul Lindblad | 38 | 121.0 | 5 | 10 | 4.17 | 69 |
| | 15 | 64.0 | 1 | 5 | 3.80 | 33 |
| Bill Stafford | 9 | 39.2 | 0 | 4 | 4.99 | 31 |
| | 11 | 38.1 | 2 | 4 | 4.70 | 21 |
| | 6 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 3.24 | 3 |
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#### Relief pitchers
*Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts*
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| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 66 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 1.99 | 68 |
| Ken Sanders | 38 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3.72 | 41 |
| Wes Stock | 35 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2.66 | 31 |
| | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.35 | 20 |
| Joe Grzenda | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.27 | 14 |
| | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5.32 | 25 |
| Vern Handrahan | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.26 | 18 |
| | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.89 | 8 |
| | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9.00 | 10 |
| Aurelio Monteagudo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 3 |
| Jesse Hickman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
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## Awards and honors
**[All-Star Game](1966-major-league-baseball-all-star-game)**
- Catfish Hunter, Pitcher, Reserve
## Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mobile, Modesto, Leesburg
## References
## References
1. ''Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman'', p.98, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, {{ISBN. 978-0-8027-1745-0
2. ''Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman'', pp.97–98, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, {{ISBN. 978-0-8027-1745-0
3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/paigesa01.shtml Satchel Paige] at ''Baseball Reference''
4. ''Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman'', p.95, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, {{ISBN. 978-0-8027-1745-0
5. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stonero02.shtml Ron Stone] at ''Baseball Reference''
6. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rudijo01.shtml Joe Rudi] at ''Baseball Reference''
7. ''Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman'', p.96, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, {{ISBN. 978-0-8027-1745-0
8. ''Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman'', p.97, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, {{ISBN. 978-0-8027-1745-0
9. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/terryra01.shtml Ralph Terry] at ''Baseball Reference''
10. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seguidi01.shtml Diego Seguí] at ''Baseball Reference''
11. [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]
12. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=OAK&year_ID=1966&draft_type=& 1966 Kansas City Athletics Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft]
13. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jacksre01.shtml Reggie Jackson] at ''Baseball Reference''
14. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/varnepe01.shtml Kansas City Athletics Picks in the MLB August Legion Draft]
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