| 1966 Baltimore Orioles | ||||
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| World Series Champions American League Champions | ||||
| League | American League | |||
| Ballpark | Memorial Stadium | |||
| City | Baltimore, Maryland | |||
| Record | 97–63 (.606) | |||
| League place | 1st | |||
| Owners | Jerold Hoffberger | |||
| General managers | Harry Dalton | |||
| Managers | Hank Bauer | |||
| Television | WJZ-TV | |||
| Radio | WBAL (AM) (Chuck Thompson, Frank Messer, Bill O'Donnell) | |||
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The 1966 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing first in the American League with a record of 97 wins and 63 losses, nine games ahead of the runner-up Minnesota Twins. It was their first AL pennant since 1944, when the club was known as the St. Louis Browns. The Orioles swept the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers in four games to register their first-ever World Series title. The team was managed by Hank Bauer, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They drew 1,203,366 fans to their home ballpark, third in the ten-team league. It would be the highest home attendance of the team's first quarter-century at Memorial Stadium, and was eclipsed by the pennant-winning 1979 Orioles.[1] This was the first season to feature names on the back of the uniforms and the first with the cartoon bird on the cap.
Right fielder Frank Robinson, acquired via trade from the Cincinnati Reds in the off-season, won the Triple Crown, leading the AL with a .316 average, 49 home runs, and 122 RBI. He was named winner of the American League MVP Award, becoming the first player in the history of Major League Baseball to win MVP honors in both the American and National Leagues.[8]
On May 8, 1966, Frank Robinson hit a 540-foot home run off Cleveland Indians pitcher Luis Tiant, becoming the only player to hit a fair ball out of Memorial Stadium.[9] It cleared the left field single-deck portion of the grandstand.[10] A flag was later erected near the spot the ball cleared the back wall, with simply the word "HERE" upon it.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Baltimore Orioles | 97 | 63 | .606 | — | 48–31 | 49–32 |
| Minnesota Twins | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9 | 49–32 | 40–41 |
| Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | .543 | 10 | 42–39 | 46–35 |
| Chicago White Sox | 83 | 79 | .512 | 15 | 45–36 | 38–43 |
| Cleveland Indians | 81 | 81 | .500 | 17 | 41–40 | 40–41 |
| California Angels | 80 | 82 | .494 | 18 | 42–39 | 38–43 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 74 | 86 | .463 | 23 | 42–39 | 32–47 |
| Washington Senators | 71 | 88 | .447 | 25½ | 42–36 | 29–52 |
| Boston Red Sox | 72 | 90 | .444 | 26 | 40–41 | 32–49 |
| New York Yankees | 70 | 89 | .440 | 26½ | 35–46 | 35–43 |
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| 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 | — | |||
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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 |
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| C | Andy Etchebarren | 121 | 412 | 91 | .221 | 11 | 50 |
| 1B | Boog Powell | 140 | 491 | 141 | .287 | 34 | 109 |
| 2B | Davey Johnson | 131 | 501 | 129 | .257 | 7 | 56 |
| 3B | Brooks Robinson | 157 | 620 | 167 | .269 | 23 | 100 |
| SS | Luis Aparicio | 151 | 659 | 182 | .276 | 6 | 41 |
| LF | Curt Blefary | 131 | 419 | 107 | .255 | 23 | 64 |
| CF | Paul Blair | 133 | 303 | 84 | .277 | 6 | 33 |
| RF | Frank Robinson | 155 | 576 | 182 | .316 | 49 | 122 |
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 |
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| Russ Snyder | 117 | 373 | 114 | .306 | 3 | 41 |
| Sam Bowens | 89 | 243 | 51 | .210 | 6 | 20 |
| Bob Johnson | 71 | 157 | 34 | .217 | 1 | 10 |
| Vic Roznovsky | 41 | 97 | 23 | .237 | 1 | 10 |
| Woodie Held | 56 | 82 | 17 | .207 | 1 | 7 |
| Larry Haney | 20 | 56 | 9 | .161 | 1 | 3 |
| Jerry Adair | 17 | 52 | 15 | .288 | 0 | 3 |
| Mark Belanger | 8 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Lau | 18 | 12 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 5 |
| Mike Epstein | 6 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 3 |
| Cam Carreon | 4 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Dave McNally | 34 | 213.0 | 13 | 6 | 3.17 | 158 |
| Jim Palmer | 30 | 208.1 | 15 | 10 | 3.46 | 147 |
| Wally Bunker | 29 | 142.2 | 10 | 6 | 4.29 | 89 |
| Steve Barber | 25 | 133.1 | 10 | 5 | 2.30 | 91 |
| Bill Short | 6 | 37.2 | 2 | 3 | 2.87 | 27 |
| Tom Phoebus | 3 | 22.0 | 2 | 1 | 1.23 | 17 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Eddie Watt | 43 | 145.2 | 9 | 7 | 3.83 | 102 |
| John Miller | 23 | 100.2 | 4 | 8 | 4.74 | 81 |
| Frank Bertaina | 16 | 63.1 | 2 | 5 | 3.13 | 46 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Stu Miller | 51 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 2.25 | 67 |
| Eddie Fisher | 44 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 2.64 | 39 |
| Moe Drabowsky | 44 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2.81 | 98 |
| Dick Hall | 32 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3.95 | 44 |
| Gene Brabender | 31 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3.55 | 62 |
| Ed Barnowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance | Time of Game |
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| 1 | Orioles – 5, Dodgers – 2 | October 5 | Dodger Stadium | 55,941 | 2:56 |
| 2 | Orioles – 6, Dodgers – 0 | October 6 | Dodger Stadium | 55,947 | 2:26 |
| 3 | Dodgers – 0, Orioles – 1 | October 8 | Memorial Stadium | 54,445 | 1:55 |
| 4 | Dodgers – 0, Orioles – 1 | October 9 | Memorial Stadium | 54,458 | 1:45 |
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