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1966 Kansas City Athletics season

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Owner(s)
  
Charles O. Finley

Manager(s)
  
Alvin Dark

General manager(s)
  
Ed Lopat

Local television
  
KCMO

Local radio
  
KCMO (AM) (Monte Moore, Lynn Faris)

The 1966 Kansas City Athletics season was the twelfth and penultimate season in Kansas City, and the 66th in overall franchise history. It involved the A's finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 86 losses, 23 games behind the World Champion Baltimore Orioles. Paid attendance for the season was 773,929. The pitching staff had an Earned Run Average of 3.56, which ranked sixth in the American League.

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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 (contested on April 19) 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.

    • 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 (June 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 (August Legion) notable picks:

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Starting pitchers

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

    Other pitchers

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

    Relief pitchers

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

    Farm system

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mobile, Modesto, Leesburg

    References

    1966 Kansas City Athletics season Wikipedia
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