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1966 Washington Senators season

Field	Value
name	Washington Senators
season	1966
image	Washington Senators Cap Logo (1963 to 1967).svg
league	American League
ballpark	D.C. Stadium
city	Washington, D.C.
record	71–88 (.447)
league_place	8th
owners	James M. Johnston and James H. Lemon
general_managers	George Selkirk
managers	Gil Hodges
television	WTOP
radio	WTOP
(Dan Daniels, John MacLean)
season_list	List of Texas Rangers seasons

(Dan Daniels, John MacLean) The 1966 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 71 wins and 88 losses.

Offseason

October 12, 1965: Woodie Held was traded by the Senators to the Baltimore Orioles for John Orsino.
November 19, 1965: Don Zimmer was released by the Senators.
November 29, 1965: Bob Saverine was drafted by the Senators from the Houston Astros in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

Regular season

Emmett Ashford, the first black umpire in Major League Baseball history made his debut at D.C. Stadium on April 9, 1966.

Opening Day starters

Ed Brinkman
Doug Camilli
Joe Cunningham
Ken Hamlin
Frank Howard
Don Lock
Ken McMullen
Pete Richert
Fred Valentine

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 5, 1966: Al Closter was purchased by the Senators from the Cleveland Indians.
April 13, 1966: Diego Seguí was purchased by the Senators from the Kansas City Athletics.
July 30, 1966: Diego Seguí was traded by the Senators to the Kansas City Athletics for Jim Duckworth.

Draft picks

June 7, 1966: Del Unser was drafted by the Senators in the 1st round (18th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 28, 1966.

Roster

1966 Washington Senators
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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		122	429	109	.254	13	44
1B	Ken Harrelson	71	250	62	.248	7	28
2B		120	406	102	.251	5	24
SS		158	582	133	.229	7	48
3B	Ken McMullen	147	524	122	.233	13	54
LF		146	493	137	.278	18	71
CF	Don Lock	138	386	90	.233	16	48
RF	Jim King	117	310	77	.248	10	30

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	146	508	140	.276	16	59
Dick Nen	94	235	50	.213	6	30
Don Blasingame	68	200	43	.215	1	11
Willie Kirkland	124	163	31	.190	6	17
	66	158	34	.215	1	16
	44	107	22	.206	2	8
Bob Chance	37	57	10	.175	1	8
Dick Phillips	25	37	6	.162	0	4
Tim Cullen	18	34	8	.235	0	0
Hank Allen	9	31	12	.387	1	6
	10	24	5	.208	0	3
John Orsino	14	23	4	.174	0	0
Mike Brumley	9	18	2	.111	0	0
	3	8	1	.125	0	0

Pitching

Starting 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
Pete Richert	36	245.2	14	14	3.37	195
Mike McCormick	41	216.0	11	14	3.46	101
Phil Ortega	33	197.1	12	12	3.92	121
Barry Moore	12	62.1	3	3	3.75	28
	5	14.1	0	3	5.02	14
	1	9.0	1	0	2.00	4

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
Jim Hannan	30	114.0	3	9	4.26	68
	21	72.0	3	7	5.00	54
	13	39.0	2	6	7.60	20
Frank Kreutzer	9	31.1	0	5	6.03	24
	3	5.1	0	1	5.06	3

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ron Kline	63	6	4	23	2.39	46
	66	4	5	7	3.50	46
Bob Humphreys	58	7	3	3	2.82	88
Dick Lines	53	5	2	2	2.28	49
	4	0	0	0	3.86	4
Buster Narum	3	0	0	0	21.60	0
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
	1	0	0	0	4.50	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/heldwo01.shtml Woodie Held page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zimmedo01.shtml Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/saverbo01.shtml Bob Saverine page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clostal01.shtml Al Closter page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seguidi01.shtml Diego Segui page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/unserde01.shtml Del Unser page at Baseball Reference]

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