1966 Minnesota Twins season



































1966 Minnesota Twins
Major League affiliations

  • American League (since 1901)

Location

  • Metropolitan Stadium (since 1961)

  • Bloomington, Minnesota (since 1961)

Other information
Owner(s)
Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
General manager(s) Calvin Griffith
Manager(s) Sam Mele
Local television WTCN-TV
Local radio
830 WCCO AM
(Ray Scott, Herb Carneal, Halsey Hall)
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The 1966 Minnesota Twins finished 89–73, second in the American League. 1,259,374 fans attended Twins games, the second highest total in the American League.




Contents






  • 1 Regular season


    • 1.1 Season standings


    • 1.2 Record vs. opponents


    • 1.3 Notable transactions


    • 1.4 Roster




  • 2 Player stats


    • 2.1 Batting


      • 2.1.1 Starters by position


      • 2.1.2 Other batters




    • 2.2 Pitching


      • 2.2.1 Starting pitchers


      • 2.2.2 Other pitchers


      • 2.2.3 Relief pitchers






  • 3 Farm system


  • 4 Notes


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Regular season


In the June 9 game against the Kansas City Athletics, the Twins set a major-league record that still stands, by hitting five home runs in their half of the seventh inning. Only a Sandy Valdespino groundout amidst the onslaught kept them from being consecutive. Rich Rollins homered to drive in two, followed by solo shots by Zoilo Versalles, Tony Oliva, Don Mincher and Harmon Killebrew, with his second of the day.


On July 21, in a 1-0 three-hit win over the Washington Senators, pitcher Jim Merritt struck out seven consecutive batters in the middle innings to set an American League record.


Against the California Angels on August 18, the Twins turned their first-ever triple play, off a grounder by Frank Malzone. The play went Rich Rollins to César Tovar to Harmon Killebrew to retire the side.


Jim Kaat won an AL best 25 games. Kaat became the first pitcher in the history of the American League to win 25 games but not win the Cy Young Award.[1] Kaat also won his fifth Gold Glove. He led the AL in: wins, games started, complete games, innings pitched, batters faced, most hits allowed, fewest walks per nine innings and strikeout-to-walk ratio. The Sporting News named Kaat the AL Pitcher of the Year.


Tony Oliva led the AL with 191 hits. Harmon Killebrew again led the team with 39 HR and 110 RBI.[2]


Four Twins made the All-Star Game: first baseman Harmon Killebrew, outfielder Tony Oliva, catcher Earl Battey, and pitcher Jim Kaat.



Season standings








































































































  • v

  • t

  • e


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

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  • t

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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


  • June 7, 1966: 1966 Major League Baseball draft


    • Steve Garvey was drafted by the Twins in the 3rd round, but did not sign.[3]


    • Roger Freed was drafted by the Twins, but the pick was voided.[4]




Roster














1966 Minnesota Twins

Roster

Pitchers


  • 23 Dave Boswell


  • 35 Pete Cimino


  • 33 Mudcat Grant


  • 36 Jim Kaat


  • 35 Ron Keller


  • 27 Johnny Klippstein


  • 26 Jim Merritt


  • 30 Jim Ollom


  • 17 Camilo Pascual


  • 31 Jim Perry


  • 19 Bill Pleis


  • 30 Garry Roggenburk


  • 32 Jim Roland


  • 25 Dwight Siebler


  • 15 Al Worthington

Catchers


  • 10 Earl Battey


  • 29 George Mitterwald


  • 20 Russ Nixon


  • 22 Jerry Zimmerman


Infielders




  • 11,21 Bernie Allen


  • 24,34 Ron Clark


  •  3 Harmon Killebrew


  •  5 Don Mincher


  •  9 Rich Rollins


  • 12 César Tovar


  •  2 Zoilo Versalles

Outfielders


  •  4 Bob Allison


  •  7 Jimmie Hall


  •  8 Andy Kosco


  • 24 Joe Nossek


  •  6 Tony Oliva


  • 34,16 Ted Uhlaender


  • 28 Sandy Valdespino


Other batters



  • 18 Rich Reese

Manager

  • 14 Sam Mele

Coaches




  • 52 Jim Lemon


  •  1 Billy Martin


  • 51 Hal Naragon


  • 53 Johnny Sain


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 Earl Battey 115 364 93 .255 4 34
1B Don Mincher 139 431 108 .251 14 62
2B Bernie Allen 101 319 76 .238 5 30
3B Harmon Killebrew 162 569 160 .281 39 110
SS Zoilo Versalles 137 543 135 .249 7 36
LF Jimmie Hall 120 356 85 .239 20 47
CF Ted Uhlaender 105 367 83 .226 2 22
RF Tony Oliva 159 622 191 .307 25 87


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
César Tovar 134 465 121 .260 2 41
Ron Clark 5 1 1 1.000 0 1


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
Jim Kaat 41 304.2 25 13 2.75 205
Mudcat Grant 35 249 13 13 3.25 110
Jim Perry 33 184.1 11 7 2.54 122
Dave Boswell 28 169.1 12 5 3.14 173


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 Merritt 31 144 7 14 3.38 124
Dwight Siebler 23 49.2 2 2 3.44 24


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
Al Worthington 65 6 3 16 2.46 93
Pete Cimino 35 2 5 4 5.06 1
Ron Keller 2 0 0 0 5.06 1


Farm system


See also: Minor League Baseball
























































Level
 Team
 League
 Manager

AAA
Denver Bears
Pacific Coast League
Cal Ermer

AA
Charlotte Hornets
Southern League
Harry Warner

A
Wilson Tobs
Carolina League
Vern Morgan

A
Orlando Twins
Florida State League
Johnny Goryl

A
Wisconsin Rapids Twins
Midwest League
Ray Bellino

A
Thomasville Hi-Toms
Western Carolinas League
Ralph Rowe

A-Short Season
St. Cloud Rox
Northern League
Ken Staples

Rookie
GCL Twins
Gulf Coast League
Fred Waters

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Cloud



Notes





  1. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 236, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
    ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0


  2. ^ "Minnesota Twins". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 18, 2016.


  3. ^ Steve Garvey at Baseball-Reference


  4. ^ Roger Freed at Baseball-Reference




References



  • Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com

  • Team info from 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.



External links


  • 1966 Twins Roster through Baseball Cards – TwinsCards.com









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