1966 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League championship with a 95–67 record, but were swept by the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series.

Regular season

became the first pitcher to win three Cy Young Awards in a career.

Season recap

The defending World Series champion Dodgers relied upon the same model that brought them the championship in 1965; great pitching, tight defense, and speed. However, ace pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale held out nearly all of spring training in a celebrated contract dispute, finally signing just before the start of the regular season. The hold out did not seem to affect Koufax, who went 27–9 with a 1.73 E.R.A. However, Drysdale had a sub par season going 13–16 with a 3.42 E.R.A. More than making up for that, Claude Osteen had his best season to date, winning 17 games with a 2.85 E.R.A., and rookie Don Sutton replaced aging Johnny Podres in the rotation, chipping in with 12 wins and a 2.99 E.R.A. Finally, reliever Phil Regan had a remarkable year, going 14–1 with 21 saves.
The National League race was a 4 team affair between the Dodgers, Giants, Pirates, and Phillies, with all but the Phillies taking their turn in 1st place during the summer. The Dodgers vaulted to the top with an 8-game win streak in mid-September. However, the pennant was still not decided until the final day of the season. The Giants, who had eliminated the Pirates by beating them on the next to last day, needed to beat the Pirates again in the season's final game, and then hope the Dodgers would lose both games of a double header in Philadelphia to the Phillies. If that happened, the Giants would have trailed the Dodgers by 1/2 game, and would still have had to fly to Cincinnati to play the Reds in a make-up game, needing a win to tie for 1st. The Giants defeated the Pirates in extra innings, and the Dodgers lost the first game of the double header, blowing a lead in the 8th inning. However, while the Giants were waiting at the Pittsburgh airport, Koufax beat the Phillies in the second game of the double header. While they were waiting, a reporter asked Giants pitcher Ron Herbel "you guys don't know where you're going yet, do you?" Herbel replied "we know where we're going. No way superman loses the second game."

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

April 26, 1966: signed Jim Gilliam out of retirement.
May 10, 1966: Johnny Podres was acquired from the Dodgers by the Detroit Tigers.
May 27, 1966: Howie Reed was traded by the Dodgers to the California Angels for Dick Egan and a player to be named later. The Angels completed the deal by sending John Butler to the Dodgers on December 7.
May 28, 1966: Wes Covington was signed as a free agent by the Dodgers.
July 5, 1966: Signed 1B Dick Stuart as a free agent.
September 10, 1966: Thad Tillotson and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Dick Schofield.
Roster

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		142	445	123	.276	9	53
1B		156	475	120	.253	12	51
2B		152	544	149	.274	24	74
SS		143	594	162	.273	1	39
3B		125	274	55	.201	3	24
LF		152	526	143	.272	17	73
CF		153	624	177	.284	11	61
RF		117	351	101	.288	14	61

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
	100	313	98	.313	3	27
	88	235	51	.217	1	16
	80	119	23	.193	0	3
	46	120	27	.225	1	13
	63	115	31	.270	5	23
	38	91	24	.264	3	9
	39	82	23	.280	0	3
	20	70	18	.257	0	4
	37	33	4	.121	1	6
	23	15	1	.067	0	2
	12	5	1	.200	0	0
	3	2	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	6	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
	41	323	27	9	1.73	317
	40	273.2	13	16	3.42	177
	39	240.1	17	14	2.85	137
	37	225.2	12	12	2.99	209

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
	29	78.2	2	4	2.52	31
	6	4.1	0	0	2.08	4
	3	4	0	0	0.00	4

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
	46	4	2	5	2.77	58
	55	6	7	7	3.18	50
	65	14	1	21	1.62	88
	13	0	2	2	3.68	8
	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

1966 World Series

Game 1

October 5, 1966, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Attendance: 55,941

Game 2

October 6, 1966, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Attendance: 55,947

Game 3

October 8, 1966, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Attendance: 54,445

Game 4

October 9, 1966, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Attendance: 54,458

Awards and honors

Cy Young Award
*Sandy Koufax
Gold Glove Award
*Johnny Roseboro, catcher
Comeback Player of the Year Award
*Phil Regan
All-Stars
1966 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
*Sandy Koufax, starter, pitcher
*Jim Lefebvre, starter, second base
*Phil Regan, reserve
*Maury Wills, reserve
The Sporting News awards
TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award
*Don Sutton
TSN Pitcher of the Year Award
*Sandy Koufax
TSN Fireman of the Year Award
*Phil Regan
TSN National League All-Star
*Sandy Koufax
Hutch Award
*Sandy Koufax
Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tri-City, Ogden

1966 Major League Baseball Draft

This was the second Major League Baseball Draft. The Dodgers drafted 67 players in the June draft and 9 in the January draft. The top draft pick was pitcher Lawrence Hutton from Greenfield High School in Greenfield, Indiana. He played in the Dodgers farm system through 1971 and finished with a 22–28 record and 4.33 ERA in 117 games, never advancing past AA.
The most successful picks from this draft class were Bill Russell and Charlie Hough. Russell, the ninth round pick out of Pittsburg High School played with the Dodgers through 1986, mostly as a shortstop and later managed the team from 1996–1998. Hough was drafted in the eighth round out of Hialeah High School as an infielder but quickly converted to pitcher. He played with the Dodgers through 1980 and then with three other teams until he retired in 1994. He later became a coach for the Dodgers organization.

January draft

This was the first year that a January draft was held for college and high school players who graduated in the winter.

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	James Roberts	RHP	University of Alabama	Yes	1966–1967	AA
2	Ivey Armstrong	2B	Miami-Dade College	Yes	1966–1969	A
3	Robert Childress	3B	Methacton High School	No
4	Albert Choate	RHP	Sam Houston State University	Yes	1966–1967	A
5	Jorge Benitez	1B	Miami-Dade College	No

January Secondary phase

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	John Herbst	LHP	University of Southern California	No Twins – 1967	1968–1969	A
2	Hank Tenney	OF	Vista High School	Yes	1966–1969	A
3	Jim Hibbs	C	Stanford University	Yes	1966–1973	MLB
4	Mike Garrett	OF	University of Southern California	No

June draft

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Lawrence Hutton	RHP	Greenfield High School	Yes	1966–1971	AA
2	John Gamble	SS	Carson City High School	Yes	1966–1976	MLB
3	Rich Thompson	2B	University of North Carolina	Yes	1966–1970	A
4	Jerry Bagwell	SS	Wren High School	Yes	1966–1967	A
5	Gordon Allen	OF	Ludlow High School	No Astros – 1967	1967–1970	A
6	Dennis James	LHP	Albany High School	Yes	1966–1974	AAA
7	James Doran	OF	Madison Township High School	Yes	1967–1968	A-
8	Charlie Hough	INF	Hialeah High School	Yes	1966–1994	MLB
9	Bill Russell	OF	Pittsburg High School	Yes	1966–1986	MLB
10	Dennis Thornton	1B	Eisenhower High School	Yes	1966–1967	Rookie
11	Kenneth Burrow	C	De Anza High School	No
12	Billy Grabarkewitz	3B	St. Mary's University	Yes	1966–1975	MLB
13	Romel Canada	OF	Chester High School	Yes	1966–1979	AAA
14	James Raynor	RHP	East Carolina University	Yes	1967–1972	AA
15	Ted Sizemore	C	University of Michigan	Yes	1966–1980	MLB
16	Allen Siflet	C	McCallum High School	No
17	Kenneth Raab	RHP	Northview High School	Yes	1966–1967	A
18	Craig Menzl	1B	Islip High School	No
19	Martin Parker	RHP	King High School	Yes	1966–1969	A
20	Loyd Colson	RHP	Gould High School	No Yankees – 1967	1967–1973	MLB
21	John Jiles	OF	North Cobb High School	Yes	1966	Rookie
22	Charles Sutton	RHP	Tate High School	Yes	1967	Rookie
23	James Frye	RHP	Northern High School	Yes	1966–1970	A
24	Bill Ralston	2B	California Polytechnic State University	Yes	1966–1975	AAA
25	Bob Perruchon	OF	Vallejo Junior College	No Angels – 1967	1967–1968	A
26	Kenneth Danson	C	Forrest High School	No Indians – 1968	1968–1970	A
27	Lawrence Land	RHP	Bamberg High School	No
28	Tom Alger	LHP	Hudson High School	Yes	1966–1973	A
29	Michael Pierce	LHP	Rincon High School	No Indians – 1967	1967–1970	A
30	Stephen Howder	OF	City College of San Francisco	Yes	1966–1970	A-
31	Radford Mawhinney	OF	Santa Maria High School	No
32	James Arkell	OF	Claremont College	Yes	1966	A-
33	Ronald Reece	RHP	Campbell High School	Yes	1966	Rookie
34	James McCray	OF	San Diego State University	Yes	1966	Rookie
35	David Nitchke	C	California State University Fresno	No
36	Mark Harris	RHP	University of Maryland	No
37	Robert Johnson	LHP	Trenton High School	Yes	1966–1970	A
38	Stephen Hockensmith	1B	Florida Southern College	Yes	1966	A-
39	Billy Carthel	OF	Sul Ross State University	No Indians – 1967	1968–1974	AAA
40	Ray Lamb	RHP	University of Southern California	Yes	1966–1973	MLB
41	Donald Spain	RHP	Eisenhower High School	Yes	1966–1971	AA
42	Donny Tidwell	RHP	New Diana High School	Yes	1966	Rookie
43	Julio Guerrero	SS	Centralia High School	Yes	1966–1967	A
44	John Shulock	3B	Vero Beach High School	Yes	1967–1969	A
45	Dicky Shaw	SS	Central State University	Yes	1966	A
46	Jeffrey King	RHP	Mainland High School	Yes	1966–1970	AA
47	Richard LeBlanc	LHP	Forrest High School	Yes	1966–1967	Rookie
48	Lamar Haynes	LHP	Chipola College	Yes	1967	A
49	Jody Gioffoni	RHP	Santa Monica High School	No
50	Kenneth Wiedemann	2B	West Covina High School	No
51	Mark Johnson	OF	University of New Mexico	No
52	Walter Pierce	OF	William Carey College	Yes	1966–1967	A
53	Jack Butorac	RHP	Montebello High School	No Cardinals – 1969	1969–1970	A-
54	David Lindsey	LHP	Fremont High School	No Pilots – 1969	1969–1979	AAA
55	Bob Randall	SS	Gove High School	No Dodgers −1969	1969–1980	MLB
56	Francis Staab	RHP	Hays High School	Yes	1966–1968	A
57	John Turston	C	Archbishop Molloy High School	No
58	Adrian Zabala	RHP	University of Florida	No Indians – 1967	1967	Rookie
59	William Scott	SS	Germantown Academy	No
60	Tom Smith	RHP	Foley High School	No Athletics – 1968	1969–1972	AA
61	James Raynor	RHP	Hamilton High School	Yes	1966–1972	AA
62	Robert Chandler	2B	Rollins College	No

June secondary phase

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Bob Stinson	C	Miami-Dade College	Yes	1966–1980	MLB
2	Richard Schryer	OF	University of Michigan	Yes	1966–1968	A
3	James Carter	3B	Trinity University	Yes	1966–1967	A-
4	John Green	RHP	Gulf Coast Community College	No
5	John Herbst	LHP	University of Southern California	No Twins – 1967	1968–1969	A

Popular movies

The Hunger Games (film) - 2012 American dystopian action thriller science fiction-adventure film directed by Gary Ross and based on Suzanne Collins’s 2008 novel of the same name. It is the first insta...
untitled Captain Marvel sequel - part of Marvel Cinematic Universe....
Killers of the Flower Moon (film project) - Killers of the Flower Moon - film project in United States of America. It was presented as drama, detective fiction, thriller. The film project starred Leonardo Dicaprio, Robert De Niro. Director of...
Five Nights at Freddy's (film) - Five Nights at Freddy's - film published in 2017 in United States of America. Scenarist of the film - Scott Cawthon....

Popular books

Book of Revelation - The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament, and consequently is also the final book of the Christian Bible. Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: apok...
Book of Genesis - account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity, Israel's ancestors and the origins...
Gospel of Matthew - The Gospel According to Matthew is the first book of the New Testament and one of the three synoptic gospels. It tells how Israel's Messiah, rejected and executed in Israel, pronounces judgement on ...
Michelin Guide - Michelin Guides are a series of guide books published by the French tyre company Michelin for more than a century. The term normally refers to the annually published Michelin Red Guide , the oldest...
Psalms - The Book of Psalms , commonly referred to simply as Psalms , the Psalter or "the Psalms", is the first book of the Ketuvim , the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and thus a book of th...
Ecclesiastes - Ecclesiastes is one of 24 books of the Tanakh , where it is classified as one of the Ketuvim . Originally written c. 450–200 BCE, it is also among the canonical Wisdom literature of the Old Tes...
The 48 Laws of Power - non-fiction book by American author Robert Greene. The book...

Popular television series

The Crown (TV series) - historical drama web television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan, and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Tel...
Friends - American sitcom television series, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast sta...
Young Sheldon - spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory and begins with the character Sheldon...
Modern Family - American television mockumentary family sitcom created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for eleven seasons, from September 23...
Loki (TV series) - upcoming American web television miniseries created for Disney+ by Michael Waldron, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, shar...
Game of Thrones - American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It...
Shameless (American TV series) - American comedy-drama television series developed by John Wells which debuted on Showtime on January 9, 2011. It...