1966 Chicago White Sox season

1966 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
White Sox Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General manager(s)	Ed Short
Manager(s)	Eddie Stanky
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Lloyd Pettit)
Local radio	WCFL (Bob Elson, Bob Finnegan)
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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 83–79, 15 games behind the first-place Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	97	63	0.606	—	48–31	49–32
Minnesota Twins	89	73	0.549	9	49–32	40–41
Detroit Tigers	88	74	0.543	10	42–39	46–35
Chicago White Sox	83	79	0.512	15	45–36	38–43
Cleveland Indians	81	81	0.500	17	41–40	40–41
California Angels	80	82	0.494	18	42–39	38–43
Kansas City Athletics	74	86	0.463	23	42–39	32–47
Washington Senators	71	88	0.447	25½	42–36	29–52
Boston Red Sox	72	90	0.444	26	40–41	32–49
New York Yankees	70	89	0.440	26½	35–46	35–43

Record vs. opponents

1966 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	12–6	12–6	9–9	8–10	9–9	11–5	10–8	15–3	11–7
Boston	6–12	—	9–9	11–7	7–11	8–10	9–9	6–12	8–10	8–10
California	6–12	9–9	—	8–10	10–8	9–9	9–9	11–7	11–7	7–11
Chicago	9–9	7–11	10–8	—	11–7	8–10	13–5	4–14	9–9–1	12–6
Cleveland	10–8	11–7	8–10	7–11	—	9–9	6–12	9–9	12–6	9–9
Detroit	9–9	10–8	9–9	10–8	9–9	—	6–12	11–7	11–7	13–5
Kansas City	5–11	9–9	9–9	5–13	12–6	12–6	—	8–10	5–13	9–9
Minnesota	8–10	12–6	7–11	14–4	9–9	7–11	10–8	—	8–10	14–4
New York	3–15	10–8	7–11	9–9–1	6–12	7–11	13–5	10–8	—	5–10
Washington	7–11	10–8	11–7	6–12	9–9	5–13	9–9	4–14	10–5	—

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 47 Greg Bollo 30 John Buzhardt 28 Eddie Fisher 41 Dennis Higgins 20 Joe Horlen 19 Bruce Howard 25 Tommy John 27 Fred Klages 45,36 Jack Lamabe 23 Bob Locker 43 Gary Peters 32 Juan Pizarro 31 Hoyt Wilhelm		Catchers  2 Smoky Burgess 46 Duane Josephson 10 J. C. Martin 15 Jerry McNertney  5 Johnny Romano Infielders 11 Jerry Adair  7 Don Buford  9 Wayne Causey 49 Lee Elia 18 Gene Freese  4 Ron Hansen 26 Dick Kenworthy 24 Tommy McCraw 14 Bill Skowron 29 Marv Staehle  6 Al Weis		Outfielders  1 Tommie Agee 16 Ken Berry 54 Buddy Bradford  9 Danny Cater 44 Jim Hicks  3 Floyd Robinson 40 Ed Stroud 17 Bill Voss  8 Pete Ward Other batters 50 Deacon Jones		Manager 12 Eddie Stanky Coaches 37 Ray Berres 33 Tony Cuccinello 34 Kerby Farrell 39 Don Gutteridge

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 Team totals 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 Team totals 83 79 2.68 163 163 34 1475.1 1229 517 440 101 458 896 Farm system Level Team League Manager AAA Indianapolis Indians Pacific Coast League Les Moss AA Evansville White Sox Southern League George Noga A Lynchburg White Sox Carolina League Ira Hutchinson A Deerfield Beach/Winter Haven Sun Sox Florida State League Don Bacon and Bruce Andrew A Fox Cities Foxes Midwest League Stan Wasiak Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Frank Parenti LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fox Cities Deerfield Beach franchise moved to Winter Haven, June 27, 1966 Notes http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Eddie_Stanky_1916 Danny Cater page at Baseball Reference Carlos May page at Baseball Reference Johnny Oates page at Baseball Reference Ken Frailing page at Baseball Reference Chuck Brinkman page at Baseball Reference Geoff Zahn page at Baseball Reference References Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3. 1966 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Chicago White Sox at Baseball Almanac