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(Top) 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Record vs. opponents 2.3 Opening Day lineup 2.4 Notable transactions 3 Game log and schedule 3.1 Roster 4 Player stats 4.1 Batting 4.1.1 Starters by position 4.1.2 Other batters 4.2 Pitching 4.2.1 Starting pitchers 4.2.2 Other pitchers 4.2.3 Relief pitchers 5 Awards and honors 6 Farm system 7 Notes 8 References

1966 San Francisco Giants season

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1966 San Francisco Giants

League

National League

Ballpark

Candlestick Park

City

San Francisco, California

Owners

Television

KTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)

Radio

KSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)

← 1965

Seasons

1967 →

The 1966 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 84th year in Major League Baseball, their ninth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their seventh at Candlestick Park. The Giants finished second in the National League with a record of 93 wins and 68 losses, a game-and-a-half behind their arch-rivals, the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason[edit]

October 15, 1965: Warren Spahn was released by the Giants.^[1]
December 2, 1965: Randy Hundley and Bill Hands traded to the Chicago Cubs for Lindy McDaniel and Don Landrum.^[2]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

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e
National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	.586	—	53‍–‍28	42‍–‍39
San Francisco Giants	93	68	.578	1½	47‍–‍34	46‍–‍34
Pittsburgh Pirates	92	70	.568	3	46‍–‍35	46‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	.537	8	48‍–‍33	39‍–‍42
Atlanta Braves	85	77	.525	10	43‍–‍38	42‍–‍39
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	.512	12	43‍–‍38	40‍–‍41
Cincinnati Reds	76	84	.475	18	46‍–‍33	30‍–‍51
Houston Astros	72	90	.444	23	45‍–‍36	27‍–‍54
New York Mets	66	95	.410	28½	32‍–‍49	34‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs	59	103	.364	36	32‍–‍49	27‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1966 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–11	10–8	14–4–1	7–11	14–4	11–7	7–11	8–10	7–11
Chicago	11–7	—	6–12	5–13	8–10	8–10	5–13	6–12	6–12	4–14
Cincinnati	8–10	12–6	—	4–14	6–12	10–7	10–8	8–10	7–10	11–7
Houston	4–14–1	13–5	14–4	—	7–11	7–11	7–11	4–14	6–12	10–8
Los Angeles	11–7	10–8	12–6	11–7	—	12–6	11–7	9–9	9–9	10–8
New York	4–14	10–8	7–10	11–7	6–12	—	7–11	5–13	9–9	7–11
Philadelphia	7-11	13–5	8–10	11–7	7–11	11–7	—	10–8	10–8	10–8
Pittsburgh	11–7	12–6	10–8	14–4	9–9	13–5	8–10	—	7–11	8–10
San Francisco	10–8	12–6	10–7	12–6	9–9	9–9	8–10	11–7	—	12–6
St. Louis	11–7	14–4	7–11	8–10	8–10	11–7	8–10	10–8	6–12	—

Opening Day lineup[edit]

Notable transactions[edit]

May 8, 1966: Orlando Cepeda was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ray Sadecki.^[4]
June 10, 1966: Bob Shaw was purchased from the Giants by the New York Mets.^[5]

Game log and schedule[edit]

Legend
	Giants win
	Giants loss
	Postponement
Bold	Giants team member

1966 Game Log (93–68) (Home: 47–34; Road: 46–34)

April (11–7) (Home: 7–5; Road: 4–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Report
13	April 25	Braves
14	April 26	Braves

May (19–9) (Home: 9–5; Road: 10–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Report

June (18–12) (Home: 6–2; Road: 12–10)

#	Date	Opponent
47	June 1	@ Braves
48	June 2	@ Braves
76	June 30	Braves

July (13–16) (Home: 11–9; Road: 2–7)

#	Date	Opponent
77	July 1	Braves
78	July 2	Braves
79	July 3	Braves
102	July 29	@ Braves
103	July 30	@ Braves
104	July 30	@ Braves
105	July 31	@ Braves

August (17–11) (Home: 10–5; Road: 7–6)

#	Date	Opponent
122	August 19	Braves
123	August 20	Braves
124	August 21	Braves

September (12–13) (Home: 5–8; Road: 7–5)

#	Date	Opponent
156	September 26	@ Braves
157	September 27	@ Braves
158	September 28	@ Braves

October (3–0) (Road: 3–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Report

Roster[edit]

1966 San Francisco Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

3 Herman Franks

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	Tom Haller	142	471	113	.240	27	67
1B	Willie McCovey	150	502	148	.295	36	96
2B	Hal Lanier	149	459	106	.231	3	37
SS	Tito Fuentes	133	541	141	.261	9	40
3B	Jim Ray Hart	156	578	165	.285	33	93
LF	Len Gabrielson	94	240	52	.217	4	16
CF	Willie Mays	152	552	159	.288	37	103
RF	Ollie Brown	115	348	81	.233	7	33

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
Jesús Alou	110	370	96	.259	1	20
Jim Davenport	111	305	76	.249	9	30
Cap Peterson	89	190	45	.237	2	19
Don Landrum	72	102	19	.186	1	7
Bob Barton	43	91	16	.176	0	3
Ozzie Virgil	42	89	19	.213	2	9
Orlando Cepeda	19	49	14	.286	3	15
Bob Burda	37	43	7	.163	0	2
Bob Schroder	10	33	8	.242	0	2
Frank Johnson	15	32	7	.219	0	0
Ken Henderson	11	29	9	.310	1	1
Don Mason	42	25	3	.120	1	1
Jack Hiatt	18	23	7	.304	0	1
Dick Dietz	13	23	1	.043	0	0
Dick Schofield	11	16	1	.063	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
Juan Marichal	37	307.1	25	6	2.23	222
Gaylord Perry	36	255.2	21	8	2.99	201
Bobby Bolin	36	224.1	11	10	2.89	143
Ray Sadecki	26	105.0	3	7	5.40	62

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
Ron Herbel	32	129.2	4	5	4.16	55
Joe Gibbon	37	81.0	4	6	3.67	48
Bob Shaw	13	31.2	1	4	6.25	21

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
Frank Linzy	51	7	11	16	2.96	57
Lindy McDaniel	64	10	5	6	2.66	93
Bob Priddy	38	6	3	1	3.96	51
Bill Henry	35	1	1	1	2.45	15
Billy Hoeft	4	0	2	0	7.36	3
Rich Robertson	1	0	0	0	7.71	2
Bob Garibaldi	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors[edit]

All-Star Game

Farm system[edit]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Phoenix Giants	Pacific Coast League	Bill Werle
AA	Waterbury Giants	Eastern League	Andy Gilbert
A	Fresno Giants	California League	Ed Fitz Gerald
A	Decatur Commodores	Midwest League	Richie Klaus
A	Lexington Giants	Western Carolinas League	Alex Cosmidis and Dennis Sommers
Rookie	Magic Valley Cowboys	Pioneer League	Harvey Koepf

^[6]

Notes[edit]

^ Warren SpahnatBaseball Reference

^ Randy Hundley Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac

^ "1966 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".

^ Orlando CepedaatBaseball-Reference

^ Mets buy Bob Shaw from Giants

^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References[edit]

1966 San Francisco GiantsatBaseball Reference
1966 San Francisco GiantsatBaseball Almanac

1966 MLB season by team

American League

National League

San Francisco Giants

Established in 1883
Formerly the New York Gothams and the New York Giants
Based in San Francisco, California (Bay Area)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training:

Culture

Lore

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Retired numbers

Pre-World Series Champions (2)

1888
1889

Temple Cup Champions (1)

1894

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National League
Championships (23)

Division titles (9)

Wild card (3)

Minor league affiliates

Triple-A: Sacramento River Cats
Double-A: Richmond Flying Squirrels
High-A: Eugene Emeralds
Single-A: San Jose Giants
Rookie: ACL Giants Black; ACL Giants Orange; DSL Giants Black; DSL Giants Orange

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