1966 California Angels season

The 1966 California Angels season, the team's first in Anaheim, involved the Angels finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses, 18 games behind the AL and World Series Champion Baltimore Orioles.

1966 California Angels
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (since 1966) Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
General manager(s)	Fred Haney
Manager(s)	Bill Rigney
Local television	KTLA
Local radio	KMPC (Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)
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Offseason

• November 29, 1965: Willie Montañez was drafted by the Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1965 first-year draft.[1]
• December 2, 1965: Dick Simpson was traded by the Angels to the Baltimore Orioles for Norm Siebern.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	97	63	0.606	—	48–31	49–32
Minnesota Twins	89	73	0.549	9	49–32	40–41
Detroit Tigers	88	74	0.543	10	42–39	46–35
Chicago White Sox	83	79	0.512	15	45–36	38–43
Cleveland Indians	81	81	0.500	17	41–40	40–41
California Angels	80	82	0.494	18	42–39	38–43
Kansas City Athletics	74	86	0.463	23	42–39	32–47
Washington Senators	71	88	0.447	25½	42–36	29–52
Boston Red Sox	72	90	0.444	26	40–41	32–49
New York Yankees	70	89	0.440	26½	35–46	35–43

Record vs. opponents

1966 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	12–6	12–6	9–9	8–10	9–9	11–5	10–8	15–3	11–7
Boston	6–12	—	9–9	11–7	7–11	8–10	9–9	6–12	8–10	8–10
California	6–12	9–9	—	8–10	10–8	9–9	9–9	11–7	11–7	7–11
Chicago	9–9	7–11	10–8	—	11–7	8–10	13–5	4–14	9–9–1	12–6
Cleveland	10–8	11–7	8–10	7–11	—	9–9	6–12	9–9	12–6	9–9
Detroit	9–9	10–8	9–9	10–8	9–9	—	6–12	11–7	11–7	13–5
Kansas City	5–11	9–9	9–9	5–13	12–6	12–6	—	8–10	5–13	9–9
Minnesota	8–10	12–6	7–11	14–4	9–9	7–11	10–8	—	8–10	14–4
New York	3–15	10–8	7–11	9–9–1	6–12	7–11	13–5	10–8	—	5–10
Washington	7–11	10–8	11–7	6–12	9–9	5–13	9–9	4–14	10–5	—

Notable transactions

• May 5, 1966: Willie Montañez was returned by the Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals.[1]
• June 7, 1966: Steve Hovley was drafted by the Angels in the 35th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft.[3]
• August 12, 1966: Aurelio Rodríguez was purchased by the Angels from the Charros de Jalisco.[4]

Roster

1966 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 43 George Brunet 32 Lew Burdette 31 Dean Chance 46 Jim Coates 41 Dick Egan 22,41 Bill Kelso 39 Bob Lee 33 Marcelino López 25 Ramón López 45 Jim McGlothlin 17 Fred Newman 25 Howie Reed 19 Minnie Rojas 46 Jorge Rubio 49 Jack Sanford 23 Ed Sukla 38 Clyde Wright		Catchers 30 Tom Egan  7 Buck Rodgers  2 Tom Satriano Infielders  6 Joe Adcock 11 Jim Fregosi 12 Jackie Hernández 29 Bobby Knoop 15 Frank Malzone 10 Willie Montañez 42 Paul Schaal 16 Norm Siebern 14 Charlie Vinson		Outfielders  1 José Cardenal 10 Jay Johnstone  8 Ed Kirkpatrick 27 Bubba Morton 28 Albie Pearson  4 Jimmy Piersall  3 Rick Reichardt 35 Willie Smith 26 Al Spangler 26 Jackie Warner Other batters 25 Ed Bailey		Manager 18 Bill Rigney Coaches  5 Marv Grissom 20 Jack Paepke 21 Salty Parker  9 Del Rice

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Buck Rodgers	133	454	107	.236	7	48
1B	Norm Siebern	125	336	83	.247	5	41
2B	Bobby Knoop	161	590	137	.232	17	72
3B	Paul Schaal	138	386	94	.244	6	24
SS	Jim Fregosi	162	611	154	.252	13	67
LF	Rick Reichardt	89	319	92	.288	16	44
CF	José Cardenal	154	561	155	.276	16	48
RF	Ed Kirkpatrick	117	312	60	.192	9	44

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
Joe Adcock	83	231	63	.273	18	48
Willie Smith	90	195	36	.185	1	20
Jackie Hernández	58	23	1	.043	0	2
Willie Montañez	8	2	0	.000	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
Dean Chance	41	259.2	12	17	3.08	180
George Brunet	41	212	13	13	3.31	148
Marcelino López	37	199	7	14	3.93	132
Fred Newman	21	102.2	4	7	4.73	42

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 McGlothlin	19	67.2	3	1	4.52	41
Jim Coates	9	31.2	1	1	3.98	16
Ramón López	4	7	0	1	5.14	2

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
Bob Lee	61	5	4	16	2.74	46
Lew Burdette	54	7	2	5	3.39	27
Jack Sanford	50	13	7	5	3.83	54
Minnie Rojas	47	7	4	10	2.88	37
Dick Egan	11	0	0	0	4.40	11
Bill Kelso	5	1	1	0	2.38	11

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Seattle Angels	Pacific Coast League	Bob Lemon
AA	El Paso Sun Kings	Texas League	Chuck Tanner
A	San Jose Bees	California League	Rocky Bridges
A	Quad Cities Angels	Midwest League	Harry Dunlop
Rookie	Idaho Falls Angels	Pioneer League	Tom Morgan, Alex Monchak, Joe Gordon and John Fitzpatrick

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Seattle

Notes

1. Willie Montañez page at Baseball Reference
2. Norm Siebern page at Baseball Reference
3. Steve Hovley page at Baseball-Reference
4. Aurelio Rodríguez page at Baseball-Reference

References

• 1966 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference
• 1966 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.