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1966 San Francisco Giants season

Field	Value
name	San Francisco Giants
season	1966
league	National League
ballpark	Candlestick Park
city	San Francisco, California
record
league_place	2nd
owners	Horace Stoneham
general_managers	Chub Feeney
managers	Herman Franks
television	KTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
radio	KSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)

(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson) (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson) |}}

The 1966 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 84th year in Major League Baseball, their ninth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their seventh at Candlestick Park. The Giants finished second in the National League with a record of 93 wins and 68 losses, a game-and-a-half behind their arch-rivals, the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

October 15, 1965: Warren Spahn was released by the Giants.
December 2, 1965: Randy Hundley and Bill Hands traded to the Chicago Cubs for Lindy McDaniel and Don Landrum.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Jesús Alou
Tito Fuentes
Len Gabrielson
Tom Haller
Jim Ray Hart
Hal Lanier
Juan Marichal
Willie Mays
Willie McCovey

Notable transactions

May 8, 1966: Orlando Cepeda was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ray Sadecki.
June 10, 1966: Bob Shaw was purchased from the Giants by the New York Mets.

Game log and schedule

Legend



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Roster

1966 San Francisco Giants
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	142	471	113	.240	27	67
1B	150	502	148	.295	36	96
2B	149	459	106	.231	3	37
SS	133	541	141	.261	9	40
3B	156	578	165	.285	33	93
LF	94	240	52	.217	4	16
CF	152	552	159	.288	37	103
RF	115	348	81	.233	7	33

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
110	370	96	.259	1	20
111	305	76	.249	9	30
89	190	45	.237	2	19
72	102	19	.186	1	7
43	91	16	.176	0	3
42	89	19	.213	2	9
19	49	14	.286	3	15
37	43	7	.163	0	2
10	33	8	.242	0	2
15	32	7	.219	0	0
11	29	9	.310	1	1
42	25	3	.120	1	1
18	23	7	.304	0	1
13	23	1	.043	0	0
11	16	1	.063	0	0

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	307.1	25	6	2.23	222
36	255.2	21	8	2.99	201
36	224.1	11	10	2.89	143
26	105.0	3	7	5.40	62

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	129.2	4	5	4.16	55
37	81.0	4	6	3.67	48
13	31.2	1	4	6.25	21

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
51	7	11	16	2.96	57
64	10	5	6	2.66	93
38	6	3	1	3.96	51
35	1	1	1	2.45	15
4	0	2	0	7.36	3
1	0	0	0	7.71	2
1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

Willie Mays, Gold Glove Award

All-Star Game

Willie McCovey, 1B, Starter
Willie Mays, Outfield, Starter
Jim Ray Hart, 3B, Reserve
Juan Marichal, Pitcher, Reserve
Gaylord Perry, Pitcher, Reserve
Herman Franks, Coach

Farm system

Notes

References

1966 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
1966 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/spahnwa01.shtml Warren Spahn] at ''Baseball Reference''
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=hundlra01 Randy Hundley Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac]
"1966 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cepedor01.shtml Orlando Cepeda] 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]
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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