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1966 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Field	Value
name	New York Yankees
season	1966
league	American League
ballpark	Yankee Stadium
city	New York City
record
league_place	10th
owners	CBS
general_managers	Ralph Houk, Dan Topping, Jr.
managers	Johnny Keane, Ralph Houk
television	WPIX
(Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola)
radio	WCBS (AM)
(Phil Rizzuto, Red Barber, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola)

(Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola) (Phil Rizzuto, Red Barber, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola) |}}

The 1966 New York Yankees season was the 64th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 70–89, finishing 26.5 games behind the eventual World Series champion Baltimore Orioles. New York was managed by Johnny Keane and Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. Keane managed his final MLB game in early May, and died the following January at the age of 55.

The Yankees finished in tenth place, although arguably a "strong" tenth. It was the first time they had finished in last place since 1912, their last year at the Hilltop. The Yankees would not finish in last place again for another twenty four years. It was also first time that the Yankees did not win the pennant in consecutive seasons since not winning the pennant in 3 straight seasons from 1944 to 1946.

On September 22, a paid attendance of 413 was announced at the 65,000-seat Yankee Stadium. WPIX announcer Red Barber asked the TV cameras to pan the empty stands as he commented on the low attendance. Although denied the camera shots on orders from the Yankees' head of media relations, he said, "I don't know what the paid attendance is today, but whatever it is, it is the smallest crowd in the history of Yankee Stadium, and this crowd is the story, not the game." By a horrible stroke of luck, that game was the first for CBS executive Mike Burke as team president. A week later, Barber was invited to breakfast where Burke told him that his contract would not be renewed.

Offseason

November 29, 1965: Rich Barry was drafted from the Yankees by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1965 minor league draft.
January 14, 1966: Doc Edwards was traded by the Yankees to the Cleveland Indians for Lou Clinton.
January 29, 1966: Darrell Evans was drafted by the Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase), but did not sign.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 3, 1966: Al Closter was purchased by the Yankees from the Washington Senators.
June 7, 1966: Joe Pactwa was drafted by the Yankees in the 18th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft.

Roster

1966 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	126	410	105	.256	6	35
1B	152	585	149	.255	31	83
2B	149	610	153	.251	7	42
3B	144	500	120	.240	14	57
SS	96	312	83	.266	6	28
LF	151	537	125	.233	27	68
CF	106	333	96	.288	23	56
RF	119	348	81	.233	13	43

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
115	316	71	.225	7	20
62	182	47	.258	3	20
80	159	35	.220	5	21
54	117	25	.214	4	16
31	114	28	.246	7	15
61	75	14	.187	3	13
27	69	15	.217	4	5
21	69	12	.174	0	5
25	58	9	.155	0	2
37	43	15	.349	0	9
13	39	8	.205	0	2
10	28	5	.179	0	0
14	23	5	.217	0	3
6	23	2	.087	1	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	251.0	12	20	3.80	146
34	215.0	12	11	3.31	96
30	200.0	10	11	3.56	152
23	124.1	7	7	4.15	85
24	120.1	3	8	2.69	65
4	23.0	1	1	3.52	16

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	22	73.0	2	5	2.47	43
	12	44.2	1	2	4.84	22

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
52	3	9	13	3.61	58
56	3	7	9	3.21	79
42	7	3	4	2.64	50
44	8	3	3	3.00	57
5	1	0	0	3.97	7
2	0	0	0	0.00	3

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Yankees

Notes

References

United Press International. (October 3, 1966). "Last-Place Yanks Last-Day Victors". New York Times.
[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1966/B09220NYA1966.htm Retrosheet Boxscore: Chicago White Sox 4, New York Yankees 1]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barryri01.shtml Rich Barry page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/edwardo01.shtml Doc Edwards page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/evansda01.shtml Darrell Evans page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clostal01.shtml Al Closter page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pactwjo01.shtml Joe Pactwa page at Baseball-Reference]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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