1966 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 California Angels 1966 American League Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California 80 82 y 6th Gene Autry Fred Haney Bill Rigney KTLA KMPC(Buddy Blattner, Don Wells, Steve Bailey) The 1966 California Angels season was the 6th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 1st in Anaheim, and their 1st season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished the season 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.Willie Montañez page at Baseball Reference December 2, 1965: Dick Simpson was traded by the Angels to the Baltimore Orioles for Norm Siebern.Norm Siebern page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings California Angels Record vs. opponents CAL Notable transactions May 5, 1966: Willie Montañez was returned by the Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals. June 7, 1966: Steve Hovley was drafted by the Angels in the 35th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft.Steve Hovley page at Baseball-Reference August 12, 1966: Aurelio Rodríguez was purchased by the Angels from the Charros de Jalisco.Aurelio Rodríguez page at Baseball-Reference Roster 1966 California Angels Roster Pitchers 43 George Brunet 32 Lew Burdette 31 Dean Chance 46 Jim Coates 41 Dick Egan 22,41 Bill Kelso 39 Bob Lee 33 Marcelino López 25 Ramón López 45 Jim McGlothlin 17 Fred Newman 25 Howie Reed 19 Minnie Rojas 46 Jorge Rubio 49 Jack Sanford 23 Ed Sukla 38 Clyde Wright Catchers 30 Tom Egan  7 Buck Rodgers  2 Tom Satriano Infielders  6 Joe Adcock 11 Jim Fregosi 12 Jackie Hernández 29 Bobby Knoop 15 Frank Malzone 10 Willie Montañez 42 Paul Schaal 16 Norm Siebern 14 Charlie Vinson Outfielders  1 José Cardenal 10 Jay Johnstone  8 Ed Kirkpatrick 27 Bubba Morton 28 Albie Pearson  4 Jimmy Piersall  3 Rick Reichardt 35 Willie Smith 26 Al Spangler 26 Jackie Warner Other batters 25 Ed Bailey Manager 18 Bill Rigney Coaches  5 Marv Grissom 20 Jack Paepke 21 Salty Parker  9 Del Rice 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 Buck Rodgers 133 454 107 .236 7 48 1B Norm Siebern 125 336 83 .247 5 41 2B Bobby Knoop 161 590 137 .232 17 72 3B Paul Schaal 138 386 94 .244 6 24 SS Jim Fregosi 162 611 154 .252 13 67 LF Rick Reichardt 89 319 92 .288 16 44 CF José Cardenal 154 561 155 .276 16 48 RF Ed Kirkpatrick 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Jay Johnstone 61 254 67 .264 3 17 Joe Adcock 83 231 63 .273 18 48 Tom Satriano 103 226 54 .239 0 24 Willie Smith Willie Smith (outfielder) 90 195 36 .185 1 20 Frank Malzone 82 155 32 .206 2 12 Jimmy Piersall 75 123 26 .211 0 14 Jackie Warner 45 123 26 .211 7 16 Bubba Morton 15 50 11 .220 0 4 Jackie Hernández 58 23 1 .043 0 2 Charlie Vinson 13 22 4 .182 1 6 Tom Egan 7 11 0 .000 0 0 Al Spangler 6 9 6 .667 0 0 Ed Bailey 5 3 0 .000 0 0 Albie Pearson 2 3 0 .000 0 0 Willie Montañez 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Dean Chance 41 259.2 12 17 3.08 180 George Brunet 41 212.0 13 13 3.31 148 Marcelino López 37 199.0 7 14 3.93 132 Fred Newman Fred Newman (baseball) 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Clyde Wright 20 91.1 4 7 3.74 37 Jim McGlothlin 19 67.2 3 1 4.52 41 Jim Coates 9 31.2 1 1 3.98 16 Jorge Rubio 7 27.1 2 1 2.96 27 Ramón López Ramón López (baseball) 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 Player G W L SV ERA SO Bob Lee Bob Lee (baseball) 61 5 4 16 2.74 46 Lew Burdette 54 7 2 5 3.39 27 Jack Sanford 50 13 7 5 3.83 54 Minnie Rojas 47 7 4 10 2.88 37 Howie Reed 19 0 1 1 2.93 17 Ed Sukla 12 1 1 1 6.48 8 Dick Egan Dick Egan (pitcher) 11 0 0 0 4.40 11 Bill Kelso 5 1 1 0 2.38 11 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Seattle Angels Pacific Coast League Bob Lemon AA El Paso Sun Kings Texas League Chuck Tanner A San Jose Bees California League Rocky Bridges A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Harry Dunlop Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Tom Morgan, Alex Monchak, Joe Gordon and John Fitzpatrick LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Seattle References 2 External links 1966 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference 1966 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Los Angeles Angels seasons Category:20th century in Anaheim, California Category:1960s in Orange County, California California Angels season Los Category:Long stubs with short prose