1966 New York Mets season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Mets 1966 New York Mets Insignia (1962 to 1992).svg National League Shea Stadium New York 66 95 y 9th Joan Whitney Payson George Weiss, Bing Devine Wes Westrum WOR-TV WHN (Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy) The 1966 New York Mets season was the fifth regular season for the Mets. They went 66–95 and finished ninth in the National League. They were managed by Wes Westrum. They played home games at Shea Stadium. 1966 marked the first season in which the Mets avoided a last place finish, as well as the first time they did not lose at least 100 games. It was also the first time their record was above .500 at any point of the season, as they stood 2–1 after taking two of three games in the opening series with the Atlanta Braves. Offseason October 20, 1965: Charley Smith and Al Jackson were traded by the Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Boyer.Charley Smith page at Baseball Reference November 29, 1965: Al Luplow was purchased by the Mets from the Cleveland Indians.Al Luplow page at Baseball Reference November 30, 1965: Joe Christopher was traded by the Mets to the Boston Red Sox for Ed Bressoud.Joe Christopher page at Baseball Reference January 6, 1966: Gary Kroll was traded by the Mets to the Houston Astros for Johnny Weekly and cash.Gary Kroll page at Baseball Reference Regular season September 11, 1966: Pitcher Pat Jarvis of the Atlanta Braves becomes the first of 5,714 strikeout victims of Nolan Ryan's career.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 32, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, 978-1-55365-507-7 Season standings New York Mets Record vs. opponents NYM Notable transactions April 3, 1966: Tom Seaver was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.Tom Seaver page at Baseball Reference June 4, 1966: Galen Cisco was released by the Mets.Galen Cisco page at Baseball Reference June 7, 1966: Duffy Dyer was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).Duffy Dyer page at Baseball Reference June 10, 1966: Bob Shaw was purchased by the Mets from the San Francisco Giants.Mets buy Bob Shaw from Giants August 6, 1966: Ralph Terry was purchased by the Mets from the Kansas City Athletics.Ralph Terry page at Baseball Reference Roster 1966 New York Mets Roster Pitchers 34 Gerry Arrigo 31 Larry Bearnarth 38 Dave Eilers 22 Jack Fisher 20 Bob Friend 29 Rob Gardner 27 Dallas Green 32 Jack Hamilton 28 Bill Hepler 45 Tug McGraw 16 Larry Miller 30 Dennis Ribant 41 Gordie Richardson 47 Dick Rusteck 34 Nolan Ryan 39 Dick Selma 26 Bob Shaw 43 Darrell Sutherland 38 Ralph Terry Catchers 20 Choo-Choo Coleman 10 Greg Goossen 15 Jerry Grote 12 John Stephenson 19 Hawk Taylor Infielders 14 Ken Boyer  1 Ed Bressoud  3 Bud Harrelson  2 Chuck Hiller 33 Ron Hunt  7 Ed Kranepool 11 Roy McMillan 17 Dick Stuart Outfielders 42 Larry Elliot  5 Shaun Fitzmaurice 9,27 Jim Hickman 21 Cleon Jones 24 Johnny Lewis 18 Al Luplow 23 Billy Murphy 48 Danny Napoleon  4 Ron Swoboda Other batters  6 Lou Klimchock Manager  9 Wes Westrum Coaches  8 Yogi Berra 52 Harvey Haddix 54 Whitey Herzog 53 Sheriff Robinson 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Jerry Grote 120 317 75 .237 3 31 1B Ed Kranepool 146 464 118 .254 16 57 2B Ron Hunt 132 479 138 .288 3 33 SS Ed Bressoud 133 405 91 .225 10 49 3B Ken Boyer 136 496 132 .266 14 61 LF Ron Swoboda 112 342 76 .222 8 50 CF Cleon Jones 139 495 136 .275 8 57 RF Al Luplow 111 334 84 .251 7 31 Other batters 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 Chuck Hiller 108 254 71 .280 2 14 Roy McMillan 76 220 47 .214 1 12 Larry Elliot 65 199 49 .246 5 32 Johnny Lewis 65 166 32 .193 5 20 Jim Hickman 58 160 38 .238 4 16 John Stephenson 63 143 28 .196 1 11 Billy Murphy 84 135 31 .230 3 13 Hawk Taylor 53 109 19 .174 3 12 Bud Harrelson 33 99 22 .222 0 4 Dick Stuart 31 87 19 .218 4 13 Danny Napoleon 12 33 7 .212 0 0 Greg Goossen 13 32 6 .188 1 5 Choo-Choo Coleman 6 16 3 .188 0 0 Shaun Fitzmaurice 9 13 2 .154 0 0 Lou Klimchock 5 5 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Jack Fisher 38 230.0 11 14 3.68 127 Dennis Ribant 39 188.1 11 9 3.20 84 Bob Shaw 26 167.2 11 10 3.92 104 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Jack Hamilton 57 148.2 6 13 3.93 93 Rob Gardner 41 133.2 4 8 5.12 74 Bob Friend 22 86.0 5 8 4.40 30 Dick Selma 30 80.2 4 6 4.24 58 Tug McGraw 15 62.1 2 9 5.34 34 Gerry Arrigo 17 43.1 3 3 3.74 28 Dick Rusteck 8 24.0 1 2 3.00 9 Larry Miller 4 8.1 0 2 7.56 7 Nolan Ryan 2 3.0 0 1 15.00 6 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Bill Hepler 37 3 3 0 3.52 25 Darrell Sutherland 31 2 0 1 4.87 23 Larry Bearnarth 29 2 3 0 4.45 27 Dave Eilers 23 1 1 0 4.67 14 Gordie Richardson 15 0 2 1 9.16 15 Ralph Terry 11 0 1 1 4.74 14 Dallas Green 4 0 0 0 5.40 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Jacksonville Suns International League Solly Hemus AA Williamsport Mets Eastern League Bill Virdon A Auburn Mets New York–Penn League Clyde McCullough A Greenville Mets Western Carolinas League Pete Pavlick Rookie Marion Mets Appalachian League Buddy Peterson LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Auburn, Marion Notes 2 References 1966 New York Mets at Baseball Reference 1966 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 Category:New York Mets seasons New York Mets season New York Mets Category:1960s in Queens