1966 Washington Senators season

1966 Washington Senators
1966 Washington Senators
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)

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.^[1]
November 19, 1965: Don Zimmer was released by the Senators.^[2]
November 29, 1965: Bob Saverine was drafted by the Senators from the Houston Astros in the 1965 rule 5 draft.^[3]

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

1966 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KCA	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	—

April 5, 1966: Al Closter was purchased by the Senators from the Cleveland Indians.^[4]
April 13, 1966: Diego Seguí was purchased by the Senators from the Kansas City Athletics.^[5]
July 30, 1966: Diego Seguí was traded by the Senators to the Kansas City Athletics for Jim Duckworth.^[5]

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.^[6]

1966 Washington Senators

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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	Paul Casanova	122	429	109	.254	13	44
1B	Ken Harrelson	71	250	62	.248	7	28
2B	Bob Saverine	120	406	102	.251	5	24
SS	Ed Brinkman	158	582	133	.229	7	48
3B	Ken McMullen	147	524	122	.233	13	54
LF	Frank Howard	146	493	137	.278	18	71
CF	Don Lock	138	386	90	.233	16	48
RF	Jim King	117	310	77	.248	10	30

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
Fred Valentine	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
Ken Hamlin	66	158	34	.215	1	16
Doug Camilli	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
Jim French	10	24	5	.208	0	3
John Orsino	14	23	4	.174	0	0
Mike Brumley	9	18	2	.111	0	0
Joe Cunningham	3	8	1	.125	0	0

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
Jim Duckworth	5	14.1	0	3	5.02	14
Joe Coleman	1	9.0	1	0	2.00	4

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
Diego Seguí	21	72.0	3	7	5.00	54
Dick Bosman	13	39.0	2	6	7.60	20
Frank Kreutzer	9	31.1	0	5	6.03	24
Tom Cheney	3	5.1	0	1	5.06	3

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
Casey Cox	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
Dave Baldwin	4	0	0	0	3.86	4
Buster Narum	3	0	0	0	21.60	0
Howie Koplitz	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Pete Craig	1	0	0	0	4.50	1
Al Closter	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Hawaii Islanders	Pacific Coast League	George Case
AA	York White Roses	Eastern League	Billy Klaus
A	Burlington Senators	Carolina League	Wayne Terwilliger
A	Geneva Senators	New York–Penn League	Gordon Mackenzie

1966 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference
1966 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.