1966 California Angels season explained

California Angels
Season:	1966
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Anaheim Stadium
City:	Anaheim, California
Owners:	Gene Autry
General Managers:	Fred Haney
Managers:	Bill Rigney
Television:	KTLA
Radio:	KMPC (Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey)

The 1966 California Angels season, the team's first in Anaheim, involved the Angels finishing sixth in the American League with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses, 18 games behind the AL and World Series Champion Baltimore Orioles.

Offseason

November 29, 1965: Willie Montañez was drafted by the Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1965 first-year draft.^[1]
December 2, 1965: Dick Simpson was traded by the Angels to the Baltimore Orioles for Norm Siebern.^[2]

Regular season

Notable transactions

May 5, 1966: Willie Montañez was returned by the Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]
June 7, 1966: Steve Hovley was drafted by the Angels in the 35th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft.^[3]
August 12, 1966: Aurelio Rodríguez was purchased by the Angels from the Charros de Jalisco.^[4]

Roster

1966 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	133	454	107	.236	7	48
1B	125	336	83	.247	5	41
2B	161	590	137	.232	17	72
3B	138	386	94	.244	6	24
SS	162	611	154	.252	13	67
LF	89	319	92	.288	16	44
CF	154	561	155	.276	16	48
RF	117	312	60	.192	9	44

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
61	254	67	.264	3	17
83	231	63	.273	18	48
103	226	54	.239	0	24
90	195	36	.185	1	20
82	155	32	.206	2	12
75	123	26	.211	0	14
45	123	26	.211	7	16
15	50	11	.220	0	4
58	23	1	.043	0	2
13	22	4	.182	1	6
7	11	0	.000	0	0
6	9	6	.667	0	0
5	3	0	.000	0	0
2	3	0	.000	0	0
8	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
41	259.2	12	17	3.08	180
41	212.0	13	13	3.31	148
37	199.0	7	14	3.93	132
21	102.2	4	7	4.73	42

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
20	91.1	4	7	3.74	37
19	67.2	3	1	4.52	41
9	31.2	1	1	3.98	16
7	27.1	2	1	2.96	27
4	7.0	0	1	5.14	2

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
61	5	4	16	2.74	46
54	7	2	5	3.39	27
50	13	7	5	3.83	54
47	7	4	10	2.88	37
19	0	1	1	2.93	17
12	1	1	1	6.48	8
11	0	0	0	4.40	11
5	1	1	0	2.38	11

Farm system

External links

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/montawi01.shtml Willie Montañez page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/siebeno01.shtml Norm Siebern page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hovlest01.shtml Steve Hovley page at Baseball-Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodriau01.shtml Aurelio Rodríguez page at Baseball-Reference