1966_San_Francisco_Giants_season

1966 San Francisco Giants
1966 San Francisco Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Candlestick Park
City	San Francisco, California
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)

1966 San Francisco Giants season

Major League Baseball team season

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.

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v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	0.586	—	53–28	42–39
San Francisco Giants	93	68	0.578	1½	47–34	46–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	92	70	0.568	3	46–35	46–35
Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	0.537	8	48–33	39–42
Atlanta Braves	85	77	0.525	10	43–38	42–39
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	0.512	12	43–38	40–41
Cincinnati Reds	76	84	0.475	18	46–33	30–51
Houston Astros	72	90	0.444	23	45–36	27–54
New York Mets	66	95	0.410	28½	32–49	34–46
Chicago Cubs	59	103	0.364	36	32–49	27–54

1966 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–11	10–8	14–4–1	7–11	14–4	11–7	7–11	8–10	7–11
Chicago	11–7	—	6–12	5–13	8–10	8–10	5–13	6–12	6–12	4–14
Cincinnati	8–10	12–6	—	4–14	6–12	10–7	10–8	8–10	7–10	11–7
Houston	4–14–1	13–5	14–4	—	7–11	7–11	7–11	4–14	6–12	10–8
Los Angeles	11–7	10–8	12–6	11–7	—	12–6	11–7	9–9	9–9	10–8
New York	4–14	10–8	7–10	11–7	6–12	—	7–11	5–13	9–9	7–11
Philadelphia	7-11	13–5	8–10	11–7	7–11	11–7	—	10–8	10–8	10–8
Pittsburgh	11–7	12–6	10–8	14–4	9–9	13–5	8–10	—	7–11	8–10
San Francisco	10–8	12–6	10–7	12–6	9–9	9–9	8–10	11–7	—	12–6
St. Louis	11–7	14–4	7–11	8–10	8–10	11–7	8–10	10–8	6–12	—

Legend
	Giants win
	Giants loss
	Postponement
Bold	Giants team member

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Tom Haller	142	471	113	.240	27	67
1B	Willie McCovey	150	502	148	.295	36	96
2B	Hal Lanier	149	459	106	.231	3	37
SS	Tito Fuentes	133	541	141	.261	9	40
3B	Jim Ray Hart	156	578	165	.285	33	93
LF	Len Gabrielson	94	240	52	.217	4	16
CF	Willie Mays	152	552	159	.288	37	103
RF	Ollie Brown	115	348	81	.233	7	33

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jesús Alou	110	370	96	.259	1	20
Jim Davenport	111	305	76	.249	9	30
Cap Peterson	89	190	45	.237	2	19
Don Landrum	72	102	19	.186	1	7
Bob Barton	43	91	16	.176	0	3
Ozzie Virgil	42	89	19	.213	2	9
Orlando Cepeda	19	49	14	.286	3	15
Bob Burda	37	43	7	.163	0	2
Bob Schroder	10	33	8	.242	0	2
Frank Johnson	15	32	7	.219	0	0
Ken Henderson	11	29	9	.310	1	1
Don Mason	42	25	3	.120	1	1
Jack Hiatt	18	23	7	.304	0	1
Dick Dietz	13	23	1	.043	0	0
Dick Schofield	11	16	1	.063	0	0

1966_San_Francisco_Giants_season

1966 San Francisco Giants season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Game log and schedule

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

Farm system

Notes

References

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Juan Marichal	37	307.1	25	6	2.23	222
Gaylord Perry	36	255.2	21	8	2.99	201
Bobby Bolin	36	224.1	11	10	2.89	143
Ray Sadecki	26	105.0	3	7	5.40	62

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ron Herbel	32	129.2	4	5	4.16	55
Joe Gibbon	37	81.0	4	6	3.67	48
Bob Shaw	13	31.2	1	4	6.25	21

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Frank Linzy	51	7	11	16	2.96	57
Lindy McDaniel	64	10	5	6	2.66	93
Bob Priddy	38	6	3	1	3.96	51
Bill Henry	35	1	1	1	2.45	15
Billy Hoeft	4	0	2	0	7.36	3
Rich Robertson	1	0	0	0	7.71	2
Bob Garibaldi	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Phoenix Giants	Pacific Coast League	Bill Werle
AA	Waterbury Giants	Eastern League	Andy Gilbert
A	Fresno Giants	California League	Ed Fitz Gerald
A	Decatur Commodores	Midwest League	Richie Klaus
A	Lexington Giants	Western Carolinas League	Alex Cosmidis and Dennis Sommers
Rookie	Magic Valley Cowboys	Pioneer League	Harvey Koepf