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1966 New York Mets season

Field	Value
name	New York Mets
season	1966
image	New York Mets Insignia (1962 to 1992).svg
league	National League
ballpark	Shea Stadium
city	New York
record
league_place	9th
owners	Joan Whitney Payson
general_managers	George Weiss, Bing Devine
manager	Wes Westrum
television	WOR-TV
radio	WHN
(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)

(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)

The 1966 New York Mets season was the fifth regular season for the Mets. They went 66–95 and finished ninth in the National League. They were managed by Wes Westrum. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

1966 marked the first season in which the Mets avoided a last place finish, as well as the first time they did not lose at least 100 games. It was also the first time their record was above .500 at any point of the season, as they stood 2–1 after taking two of three games in the opening series with the Atlanta Braves.

Offseason

October 20, 1965: Charley Smith and Al Jackson were traded by the Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Boyer.
November 29, 1965: Al Luplow was purchased by the Mets from the Cleveland Indians.
November 30, 1965: Joe Christopher was traded by the Mets to the Boston Red Sox for Ed Bressoud.
January 6, 1966: Gary Kroll was traded by the Mets to the Houston Astros for Johnny Weekly and cash.

Regular season

September 11, 1966: Pitcher Pat Jarvis of the Atlanta Braves becomes the first of 5,714 strikeout victims of Nolan Ryan's career.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 3, 1966: Tom Seaver was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.
June 4, 1966: Galen Cisco was released by the Mets.
June 7, 1966: Duffy Dyer was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).
June 10, 1966: Bob Shaw was purchased by the Mets from the San Francisco Giants.
August 6, 1966: Ralph Terry was purchased by the Mets from the Kansas City Athletics.

Roster

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Pitchers

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

New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="5%"	Pos	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="16%"	Player	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"	G	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"	AB
C	Jerry Grote	120	317	75	.237	3	31
1B	Ed Kranepool	146	464	118	.254	16	57
2B	Ron Hunt	132	479	138	.288	3	33
SS	Ed Bressoud	133	405	91	.225	10	49
3B		136	496	132	.266	14	61
LF	Ron Swoboda	112	342	76	.222	8	50
CF	Cleon Jones	139	495	136	.275	8	57
RF		111	334	84	.251	7	31

Other batters

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

New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="16%"	Player	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"	G	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"	AB	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"
Chuck Hiller	108	254	71	.280	2	14
Roy McMillan	76	220	47	.214	1	12
Larry Elliot	65	199	49	.246	5	32
Johnny Lewis	65	166	32	.193	5	20
Jim Hickman	58	160	38	.238	4	16
John Stephenson	63	143	28	.196	1	11
Billy Murphy	84	135	31	.230	3	13
Hawk Taylor	53	109	19	.174	3	12
Bud Harrelson	33	99	22	.222	0	4
Dick Stuart	31	87	19	.218	4	13
Danny Napoleon	12	33	7	.212	0	0
Greg Goossen	13	32	6	.188	1	5
Choo-Choo Coleman	6	16	3	.188	0	0
Shaun Fitzmaurice	9	13	2	.154	0	0
Lou Klimchock	5	5	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="16%"	Player	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"	G	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"	IP	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"
Jack Fisher	38	230.0	11	14	3.68	127
Dennis Ribant	39	188.1	11	9	3.20	84
Bob Shaw	26	167.2	11	10	3.92	104

Other pitchers

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

New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="16%"	Player	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"	G	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"	IP	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"
Jack Hamilton	57	148.2	6	13	3.93	93
Rob Gardner	41	133.2	4	8	5.12	74
Bob Friend	22	86.0	5	8	4.40	30
Dick Selma	30	80.2	4	6	4.24	58
Tug McGraw	15	62.1	2	9	5.34	34
	17	43.1	3	3	3.74	28
Dick Rusteck	8	24.0	1	2	3.00	9
Larry Miller	4	8.1	0	2	7.56	7
	2	3.0	0	1	15.00	6

Relief pitchers

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

New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="16%"	Player	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"	G	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"	W	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"
Bill Hepler	37	3	3	0	3.52	25
Darrell Sutherland	31	2	0	1	4.87	23
	29	2	3	0	4.45	27
Dave Eilers	23	1	1	0	4.67	14
Gordie Richardson	15	0	2	1	9.16	15
Ralph Terry	11	0	1	1	4.74	14
Dallas Green	4	0	0	0	5.40	1

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Auburn, Marion

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithch04.shtml Charley Smith page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/luploal01.shtml Al Luplow page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chrisjo01.shtml Joe Christopher page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/krollga01.shtml Gary Kroll page at Baseball Reference]
''Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records'', p. 32, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, {{ISBN. 978-1-55365-507-7
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seaveto01.shtml Tom Seaver page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/ciscoga01.shtml Galen Cisco page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dyerdu01.shtml Duffy Dyer page at Baseball Reference]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19660611&id=7WhGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L-kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3866,2110619&hl=en Mets buy Bob Shaw from Giants]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/terryra01.shtml Ralph Terry page at Baseball Reference]

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