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Major League Baseball team season
1966 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco, California
Record93–68 (.578)
League place2nd
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersChub Feeney
ManagersHerman Franks
TelevisionKTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
RadioKSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
← 1965
1967 →

The 1966 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 84th year in Major League Baseball, their ninth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their seventh at Candlestick Park. The Giants finished second in the National League with a record of 93 wins and 68 losses, a game-and-a-half behind their arch-rivals, the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9567 .586 — 53‍–‍28 42‍–‍39
San Francisco Giants 9368 .578 1½ 47‍–‍34 46‍–‍34
Pittsburgh Pirates 9270 .568 3 46‍–‍35 46‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies 8775 .537 8 48‍–‍33 39‍–‍42
Atlanta Braves 8577 .525 10 43‍–‍38 42‍–‍39
St. Louis Cardinals 8379 .512 12 43‍–‍38 40‍–‍41
Cincinnati Reds 7684 .475 18 46‍–‍33 30‍–‍51
Houston Astros 7290 .444 23 45‍–‍36 27‍–‍54
New York Mets 6695 .410 28½ 32‍–‍49 34‍–‍46
Chicago Cubs 59103 .364 36 32‍–‍49 27‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

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1966 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD NYM PHI PIT SF STL
Atlanta —7–1110–814–4–17–1114–411–77–118–107–11
Chicago 11–7—6–125–138–108–105–136–126–124–14
Cincinnati 8–1012–6—4–146–1210–710–88–107–1011–7
Houston 4–14–113–514–4—7–117–117–114–146–1210–8
Los Angeles 11–710–812–611–7—12–611–79–99–910–8
New York 4–1410–87–1011–76–12—7–115–139–97–11
Philadelphia 7-1113–58–1011–77–1111–7—10–810–810–8
Pittsburgh 11–712–610–814–49–913–58–10—7–118–10
San Francisco 10–812–610–712–69–99–98–1011–7—12–6
St. Louis 11–714–47–118–108–1011–78–1010–86–12—

Opening Day lineup

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Notable transactions

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Game log and schedule

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Legend
 Giants win
 Giants loss
 Postponement
BoldGiants team member
1966 Game Log (93–68) (Home: 47–34; Road: 46–34)
April (11–7) (Home: 7–5; Road: 4–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
13April 25Braves
14April 26Braves
May (19–9) (Home: 9–5; Road: 10–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
June (18–12) (Home: 6–2; Road: 12–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
47June 1@ Braves
48June 2@ Braves
76June 30Braves
July (13–16) (Home: 11–9; Road: 2–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
77July 1Braves
78July 2Braves
79July 3Braves
102July 29@ Braves
103July 30@ Braves
104July 30@ Braves
105July 31@ Braves
August (17–11) (Home: 10–5; Road: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
122August 19Braves
123August 20Braves
124August 21Braves
September (12–13) (Home: 5–8; Road: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
156September 26@ Braves
157September 27@ Braves
158September 28@ Braves
October (3–0) (Road: 3–0)
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Roster

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1966 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CTom Haller142471113.2402767
1BWillie McCovey150502148.2953696
2BHal Lanier149459106.231337
SSTito Fuentes133541141.261940
3BJim Ray Hart156578165.2853393
LFLen Gabrielson9424052.217416
CFWillie Mays152552159.28837103
RFOllie Brown11534881.233733

Other batters

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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
Jesús Alou11037096.259120
Jim Davenport11130576.249930
Cap Peterson8919045.237219
Don Landrum7210219.18617
Bob Barton439116.17603
Ozzie Virgil428919.21329
Orlando Cepeda194914.286315
Bob Burda37437.16302
Bob Schroder10338.24202
Frank Johnson15327.21900
Ken Henderson11299.31011
Don Mason42253.12011
Jack Hiatt18237.30401
Dick Dietz13231.04300
Dick Schofield11161.06300

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Juan Marichal37307.12562.23222
Gaylord Perry36255.22182.99201
Bobby Bolin36224.111102.89143
Ray Sadecki26105.0375.4062

Other pitchers

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Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Frank Linzy51711162.9657
Lindy McDaniel6410562.6693
Bob Priddy386313.9651
Bill Henry351112.4515
Billy Hoeft40207.363
Rich Robertson10007.712
Bob Garibaldi10000.000

Awards and honors

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  • Willie Mays, Gold Glove Award

All-Star Game

  • Willie McCovey, 1B, Starter
  • Willie Mays, Outfield, Starter
  • Jim Ray Hart, 3B, Reserve
  • Juan Marichal, Pitcher, Reserve
  • Gaylord Perry, Pitcher, Reserve
  • Herman Franks, Coach

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Bill Werle
AA Waterbury Giants Eastern League Andy Gilbert
A Fresno Giants California League Ed Fitz Gerald
A Decatur Commodores Midwest League Richie Klaus
A Lexington Giants Western Carolinas League Alex Cosmidis and Dennis Sommers
Rookie Magic Valley Cowboys Pioneer League Harvey Koepf

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Warren Spahn at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Randy Hundley Trades and Transactions at Baseball Almanac
  3. ↑ "1966 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  4. ↑ Orlando Cepeda at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Mets buy Bob Shaw from Giants
  6. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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