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1966 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (Since 1909) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Since 1887)
1966 Information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath
General manager(s)	Joe L. Brown
Manager(s)	Harry Walker
Local television	KDKA-TV Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Don Hoak
Local radio	KDKA Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Don Hoak
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The 1966 Pittsburgh Pirates season involved the team's third-place finish in the National League at 92-70, three games behind the NL Champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 Notes
6 References

Offseason[edit]

November 22, 1965: Bill Virdon was released by the Pirates.^[1]
November 29, 1965: 1965 rule 5 draft
- Dave Roberts was selected by the Pirates from the Houston Astros.^[2]
- Jesse Gonder was drafted by the Pirates from the Atlanta Braves.^[3]
January 29, 1966: Del Unser was drafted by the Pirates in the 4th round of the secondary phase of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.^[4]

Regular season[edit]

Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente was the National League's Most Valuable Player for the 1966 season.

Season standings[edit]

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	--	.586
San Francisco Giants	93	68	1.5	.578
Pittsburgh Pirates	92	70	3	.568
Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	8	.537
Atlanta Braves	85	77	10	.525
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	12	.512
Cincinnati Reds	76	84	18	.475
Houston Astros	72	90	23	.444
New York Mets	66	95	28.5	.410
Chicago Cubs	59	103	36	.364

Opening Day lineup[edit]

Notable transactions[edit]

June 7, 1966: Bill Laxton was drafted by the Pirates in the 7th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft.^[5]

Roster[edit]

1966 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

23 George Spriggs

Manager

3 Harry Walker

Coaches

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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	Pagliaroni, JimJim Pagliaroni	123	374	88	.235	11	49
1B	Clendenon, DonnDonn Clendenon	155	571	171	.299	28	98
2B	Mazeroski, BillBill Mazeroski	162	621	163	.262	16	82
3B	Bailey, BobBob Bailey	126	380	106	.279	13	46
SS	Alley, GeneGene Alley	147	579	173	.299	7	43
LF	Stargell, WillieWillie Stargell	140	485	153	.315	33	102
CF	Alou, MattyMatty Alou	141	535	183	.342	2	27
RF	Clemente, RobertoRoberto Clemente	154	638	202	.317	29	119

Other batters[edit]

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
Pagán, JoséJosé Pagán	109	368	97	.264	4	54
Gonder, JesseJesse Gonder	59	160	36	.225	7	16
Roberts, DaveDave Roberts	14	16	2	.125	0	0
Bosch, DonDon Bosch	3	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Fryman, WoodieWoodie Fryman	36	181.2	12	9	3.81	105
Law, VernVern Law	31	177.2	12	8	4.05	88
Blass, SteveSteve Blass	34	155.2	11	7	3.87	76

Other pitchers[edit]

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Cardwell, DonDon Cardwell	32	101.2	6	6	4.60	60

Relief pitchers[edit]

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Face, RoyRoy Face	54	6	6	18	2.70	67
Purkey, BobBob Purkey	10	0	1	1	1.37	5
Shellenback, JimJim Shellenback	2	0	0	0	9.00	0

Farm system[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

1966 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1966 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

v t e 1966 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota New York Washington

National League	Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1966 Major League Baseball Draft 1966 All-Star Game 1966 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Franchise

Ballparks

Spring Training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Events: Assorted Pirates' Lore; Temple Cup; Pittsburgh Stars; 1960 Game 7; 1985 Drug Trials; Francisco Cabrera game

In media: In the Name of the Law; Angels in the Outfield; The Odd Couple; We Are Family; The Natural; The Winning Season; Chasing 3000

Contributors: Bob Prince; Bob Gessner; Vince Lascheid

Retired Numbers

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A: Bradenton Marauders; West Virginia Power; Jamestown Jammers
Rookie: Gulf Coast League Pirates; Dominican Summer Pirates 1; Dominican Summer Pirates 2

World Series
Championships (5)

League Pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division Titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none
Wild Card: none

Media

Root Sports Pittsburgh
Radio Network

Seasons (132)

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1940s-1950s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s-1970s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s-1990s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

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