1966 Kansas City Athletics season

Offseason

• October 15, 1965: Satchel Paige was released by the Athletics.
• November 28, 1965: Hank Peters resigned from the club and became the minor league director for the Cleveland Indians.
• November 29, 1965: Ron Stone was drafted by the Athletics from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1965 rule 5 draft.
• December 1, 1965: Jim Landis and Jim Rittwage were traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Joe Rudi and Phil Roof.
• In early 1966, Jim Schaaf left the Athletics front office to work with the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL.

  Regular season

• The club won their home opener and proceeded to lose 14 of their next 16 games. From June 19 to the final game of the season, the club won 50 games and lost 49, their best stretch since playing in Kansas City. The Athletics did not finish in last place for the first time in three years.

  Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• April 6, 1966: John O'Donoghue and cash were traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Ralph Terry.
• April 13, 1966: Diego Seguí was purchased from the Athletics by the Washington Senators.
• May 27, 1966: Wayne Causey was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Danny Cater.
• June 7, 1966: 1966 Major League Baseball draft notable picks:
• July 1, 1966: Ron Stone was returned by the Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles.
• July 30, 1966: Jim Duckworth was traded by the Athletics to the Washington Senators for Diego Seguí.
• August 6, 1966: Ralph Terry was purchased from the Athletics by the New York Mets.
• August 24, 1966: 1966 Major League Baseball draft notable picks:

  Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system