1966 Minnesota Twins season

March 2026 November 2013 Minnesota Twins 1966 American League Metropolitan Stadium Bloomington, Minnesota 89 73 y 2nd Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes) Calvin Griffith Sam Mele WTCN-TV 830 WCCO AM(Ray Scott, Herb Carneal, Halsey Hall) The 1966 Minnesota Twins season was the 6th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 6th season at Metropolitan Stadium and the 66th overall in the American League. The Twins finished 89–73, second in the American League. 1,259,374 fans attended Twins games, the second highest total in the American League.1966 American League Attendance & Team Age https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1966-misc.shtml 2024-09-08 Baseball-Reference.com en Regular season In the June 9 game against the Kansas City Athletics, the Twins set a major-league record that still stands, by hitting five home runs in their half of the seventh inning. Only a Sandy Valdespino groundout amidst the onslaught kept them from being consecutive. Rich Rollins homered to drive in two, followed by solo shots by Zoilo Versalles, Tony Oliva, Don Mincher and Harmon Killebrew, with his second of the day. On July 21, in a 1–0 three-hit win over the Washington Senators, pitcher Jim Merritt struck out seven consecutive batters in the middle innings to set an American League record. Against the California Angels on August 18, the Twins turned their first-ever triple play, off a grounder by Frank Malzone. The play went Rich Rollins to César Tovar to Harmon Killebrew to retire the side. Jim Kaat won an AL best 25 games. Kaat became the first pitcher in the history of the American League to win 25 games but not win the Cy Young Award.Nemec David Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Firsts Flatow Scott 2008-04-01 SIGNET 978-0-451-22363-0 2008 236 Kaat also won his fifth Gold Glove. He led the AL in: wins, games started, complete games, innings pitched, batters faced, most hits allowed, fewest walks per nine innings and strikeout-to-walk ratio. The Sporting News named Kaat the AL Pitcher of the Year. Tony Oliva led the AL with 191 hits. Harmon Killebrew again led the team with 39 HR and 110 RBI.1966 Minnesota Twins Batting Statistics https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1966-batting.shtml 2024-09-08 Baseball-Reference.com en Four Twins made the All-Star Game: first baseman Harmon Killebrew, outfielder Tony Oliva, catcher Earl Battey, and pitcher Jim Kaat. Season standings Minnesota Twins Record vs. opponents MIN Notable transactions June 7, 1966: 1966 Major League Baseball draft Steve Garvey was drafted by the Twins in the 3rd round, but did not sign.Steve Garvey https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garvest01.shtml 2024-09-08 Baseball-Reference.com en Roger Freed was drafted by the Twins, but the pick was voided.Roger Freed https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/freedro01.shtml 2024-09-08 Baseball-Reference.com en Roster 1966 Minnesota Twins Roster Pitchers 23 Dave Boswell 35 Pete Cimino 33 Mudcat Grant 36 Jim Kaat 35 Ron Keller 27 Johnny Klippstein 26 Jim Merritt 30 Jim Ollom 17 Camilo Pascual 31 Jim Perry 19 Bill Pleis 30 Garry Roggenburk 32 Jim Roland 25 Dwight Siebler 15 Al Worthington Catchers 10 Earl Battey 29 George Mitterwald 20 Russ Nixon 22 Jerry Zimmerman Infielders 11,21 Bernie Allen 24,34 Ron Clark  3 Harmon Killebrew  5 Don Mincher  9 Rich Rollins 12 César Tovar  2 Zoilo Versalles Outfielders  4 Bob Allison  7 Jimmie Hall  8 Andy Kosco 24 Joe Nossek  6 Tony Oliva 34,16 Ted Uhlaender 28 Sandy Valdespino Other batters 18 Rich Reese Manager 14 Sam Mele Coaches 52 Jim Lemon  1 Billy Martin 51 Hal Naragon 53 Johnny Sain 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 Earl Battey 115 364 93 .255 4 34 1B Don Mincher 139 431 108 .251 14 62 2B Bernie Allen 101 319 76 .238 5 30 3B Harmon Killebrew 162 569 160 .281 39 110 SS Zoilo Versalles 137 543 135 .249 7 36 LF Jimmie Hall 120 356 85 .239 20 47 CF Ted Uhlaender 105 367 83 .226 2 22 RF Tony Oliva 159 622 191 .307 25 87 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 César Tovar 134 465 121 .260 2 41 Rich Rollins 90 269 66 .245 10 40 Bob Allison 70 168 37 .220 8 19 Andy Kosco 57 158 35 .222 2 13 Jerry Zimmerman 60 119 30 .252 1 15 Sandy Valdespino 52 108 19 .176 2 9 Russ Nixon 51 96 25 .260 0 7 George Mitterwald 3 5 1 .200 0 0 Rich Reese 3 2 0 .000 0 0 Ron Clark Ron Clark (baseball) 5 1 1 1.000 0 1 Joe Nossek 4 0 0 ---- 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 Jim Kaat 41 304.2 25 13 2.75 205 Mudcat Grant 35 249.0 13 13 3.25 110 Jim Perry Jim Perry (baseball) 33 184.1 11 7 2.54 122 Dave Boswell Dave Boswell (baseball player) 28 169.1 12 5 3.14 173 Camilo Pascual 21 103.0 8 6 4.89 56 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 Jim Merritt baseball 31 144.0 7 14 3.38 124 Jim Ollom 3 10.0 0 0 3.60 11 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 Al Worthington 65 6 3 16 2.46 93 Pete Cimino 35 2 5 4 5.06 1 Johnny Klippstein 26 1 1 3 3.40 26 Dwight Siebler 23 2 2 1 3.44 24 Garry Roggenburk 12 1 2 1 5.84 3 Bill Pleis 8 1 2 0 1.93 9 Ron Keller 2 0 0 0 5.06 1 Jim Roland 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Denver Bears Pacific Coast League Cal Ermer AA Charlotte Hornets Southern League Harry Warner A Wilson Tobs Carolina League Vern Morgan A Orlando Twins Florida State League Johnny Goryl A Wisconsin Rapids Twins Midwest League Ray Bellino A Thomasville Hi-Toms Western Carolinas League Ralph Rowe A-Short Season St. Cloud Rox Northern League Ken Staples Rookie GCL Twins Gulf Coast League Fred Waters LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Cloud Notes 2 References Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com Team info from 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 External links 1966 Twins Roster through Baseball Cards – TwinsCards.com Category:Minnesota Twins seasons Minnesota Twins season Minnesota Twins