1966 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1966
League:	American League
Ballpark:	White Sox Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General Managers:	Ed Short
Managers:	Eddie Stanky
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit)
Radio:	WCFL (Bob Elson, Bob Finnegan)

The 1966 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 66th season in the major leagues, and its 67th season overall. Eddie Stanky managed the White Sox to a fourth-place finish in the American League^[1] with a record of 83–79, 15 games behind the first-place Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

• Don Buford, 3B
• Floyd Robinson, RF
• Pete Ward, LF
• Johnny Romano, C
• Tommy McCraw, 1B
• Ron Hansen, SS
• Tommie Agee, CF
• Al Weis, 2B
• Tommy John, P

Notable transactions

• May 27, 1966: Danny Cater was traded by the White Sox to the Kansas City Athletics for Wayne Causey.^[2]
• June 7, 1966: 1966 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Carlos May was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (18th pick).^[3]
  • Johnny Oates was drafted by the White Sox in the 2nd round, but did not sign.^[4]
  • Ken Frailing was drafted by the White Sox in the 5th round. Player signed June 25, 1966.^[5]
  • Chuck Brinkman was drafted by the White Sox in the 16th round.^[6]
  • Geoff Zahn was drafted by the White Sox in the 34th round, but did not sign.^[7]

Roster

1966 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Jerry Adair, SS,2B	105	370	27	90	18	2	4	36	17	44	.243	3
Tommie Agee, CF,LF	160	629	98	172	27	8	22	86	41	127	.273	44
Ken Berry, LF,RF,CF	147	443	50	120	20	2	8	34	28	63	.271	7
Buddy Bradford, LF,RF	14	28	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	6	.143	0
Don Buford, 3B,2B,LF,RF	163	607	85	148	26	7	8	52	69	71	.244	51
Smoky Burgess, C	79	67	0	21	5	0	0	15	11	8	.313	0
Danny Cater, LF,RF	21	60	3	11	1	1	0	4	0	10	.183	3
Wayne Causey, 2B	78	164	23	40	8	2	0	13	24	13	.244	2
Lee Elia, SS	80	195	16	40	5	2	3	22	15	39	.205	0
Gene Freese, 3B	48	106	8	22	2	0	3	10	8	20	.208	2
Ron Hansen, SS	23	74	3	13	1	0	0	4	15	10	.176	0
Jim Hicks, RF,1B,LF	18	26	3	5	0	1	0	1	1	5	.192	0
Deacon Jones, PH	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	0
Duane Josephson, C	11	38	3	9	1	0	0	3	3	3	.237	0
Dick Kenworthy, 3B	9	25	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	0
J. C. Martin, C	67	157	13	40	5	3	2	20	14	24	.255	0
Jerry McNertney, C	44	59	3	13	0	0	0	1	7	6	.220	1
Tommy McCraw, 1B,LF,RF	151	389	49	89	16	4	5	48	29	40	.229	20
Floyd Robinson, RF	127	342	44	81	11	2	5	35	44	32	.237	8
Johnny Romano, C	122	329	33	76	12	0	15	47	58	72	.231	0
Bill Skowron, 1B	120	337	27	84	15	2	6	29	26	45	.249	1
Marv Staehle, 2B	8	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	.133	1
Ed Stroud, RF,LF	12	36	3	6	2	0	0	1	2	8	.167	3
Bill Voss, LF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Pete Ward, LF,RF,3B,1B	84	251	22	55	7	1	3	28	24	49	.219	3
Al Weis, 2B,SS	129	187	20	29	4	1	0	9	17	50	.155	3

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Greg Bollo, P	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
John Buzhardt, P	34	43	0	5	0	0	0	2	2	18	.116	0
Eddie Fisher, P	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Dennis Higgins, P	42	17	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	4	.176	0
Joe Horlen, P	64	60	6	4	0	0	0	1	2	12	.067	1
Bruce Howard, P	27	43	2	3	1	0	0	2	5	13	.070	0
Tommy John, P	34	69	6	10	1	0	2	8	3	21	.145	0
Fred Klages, P	3	6	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.500	0
Jack Lamabe, P	34	35	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	16	.057	0
Bob Locker, P	56	16	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	7	.250	0
Gary Peters, P	38	81	12	19	3	2	1	9	0	19	.235	0
Juan Pizarro, P	34	26	2	4	1	0	0	2	1	5	.154	0
Hoyt Wilhelm, P	46	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	.125	0
	163	5348	574	1235	193	40	87	524	476	872	.231	153

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Greg Bollo	0	1	2.57	3	1	0	7.0	7	2	2	0	3	4
John Buzhardt	6	11	3.83	33	22	1	150.1	144	74	64	13	34	66
Eddie Fisher	1	3	2.29	23	0	6	35.1	27	11	9	1	18	18
Dennis Higgins	1	0	2.52	42	1	5	93.0	66	27	26	9	37	86
Joe Horlen	10	13	2.43	37	29	1	211.0	185	64	57	14	64	124
Bruce Howard	9	5	2.30	27	21	0	149.0	110	48	38	14	46	85
Tommy John	14	11	2.62	34	33	0	223.0	195	76	65	13	61	138
Fred Klages	1	0	1.72	3	3	0	15.2	9	4	3	0	7	6
Jack Lamabe	7	9	3.93	34	17	0	121.1	116	55	53	9	36	67
Bob Locker	9	8	2.46	56	0	12	95.0	73	32	26	2	36	70
Gary Peters	12	10	1.98	30	27	0	204.2	156	54	45	11	51	129
Juan Pizarro	8	6	3.76	34	9	3	88.2	91	49	37	9	46	42
Hoyt Wilhelm	5	2	1.66	46	0	6	81.1	50	21	15	6	19	61
	83	79	2.68	163	163	34	1475.1	1229	517	440	101	458	896

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fox Cities

Deerfield Beach franchise moved to Winter Haven, June 27, 1966

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1966 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
• Chicago White Sox at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eddie Stanky . August 11, 2008 . mdy-all .
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19660528&id=LMBTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nDgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=7152,3080331&hl=en Causey plays for A's after being traded
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayca01.shtml Carlos May page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oatesjo01.shtml Johnny Oates page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frailke01.shtml Ken Frailing page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brinkch01.shtml Chuck Brinkman page at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zahnge01.shtml Geoff Zahn page at Baseball Reference