1966 California Angels season

The 1966 California Angels season, the team's first in Anaheim, involved the Angels finishing sixth in the American League with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses, 18 games behind the AL and World Series Champion Baltimore Orioles.

Offseason

• November 29, 1965: Willie Montañez was drafted by the Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1965 first-year draft.
• December 2, 1965: Dick Simpson was traded by the Angels to the Baltimore Orioles for Norm Siebern.

Regular season

Notable transactions

• May 5, 1966: Willie Montañez was returned by the Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals.
• June 7, 1966: Steve Hovley was drafted by the Angels in the 35th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft.
• August 12, 1966: Aurelio Rodríguez was purchased by the Angels from the Charros de Jalisco.

Roster

1966 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 43 George Brunet 32 Lew Burdette 31 Dean Chance 46 Jim Coates 41 Dick Egan 22,41 Bill Kelso 39 Bob Lee 33 Marcelino López 25 Ramón López 45 Jim McGlothlin 17 Fred Newman 25 Howie Reed 19 Minnie Rojas 46 Jorge Rubio 49 Jack Sanford 23 Ed Sukla 38 Clyde Wright		Catchers 30 Tom Egan  7 Buck Rodgers  2 Tom Satriano Infielders  6 Joe Adcock 11 Jim Fregosi 12 Jackie Hernández 29 Bobby Knoop 15 Frank Malzone 10 Willie Montañez 42 Paul Schaal 16 Norm Siebern 14 Charlie Vinson		Outfielders  1 José Cardenal 10 Jay Johnstone  8 Ed Kirkpatrick 27 Bubba Morton 28 Albie Pearson  4 Jimmy Piersall  3 Rick Reichardt 35 Willie Smith 26 Al Spangler 26 Jackie Warner Other batters 25 Ed Bailey		Manager 18 Bill Rigney Coaches  5 Marv Grissom 20 Jack Paepke 21 Salty Parker  9 Del Rice

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		133	454	107	.236	7	48
1B		125	336	83	.247	5	41
2B		161	590	137	.232	17	72
3B		138	386	94	.244	6	24
SS		162	611	154	.252	13	67
LF		89	319	92	.288	16	44
CF		154	561	155	.276	16	48
RF		117	312	60	.192	9	44

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
Jay Johnstone	61	254	67	.264	3	17
	83	231	63	.273	18	48
Tom Satriano	103	226	54	.239	0	24
	90	195	36	.185	1	20
Frank Malzone	82	155	32	.206	2	12
Jimmy Piersall	75	123	26	.211	0	14
Jackie Warner	45	123	26	.211	7	16
Bubba Morton	15	50	11	.220	0	4
	58	23	1	.043	0	2
Charlie Vinson	13	22	4	.182	1	6
Tom Egan	7	11	0	.000	0	0
Al Spangler	6	9	6	.667	0	0
Ed Bailey	5	3	0	.000	0	0
Albie Pearson	2	3	0	.000	0	0
	8	2	0	.000	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	259.2	12	17	3.08	180
	41	212.0	13	13	3.31	148
	37	199.0	7	14	3.93	132
	21	102.2	4	7	4.73	42

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
Clyde Wright	20	91.1	4	7	3.74	37
	19	67.2	3	1	4.52	41
	9	31.2	1	1	3.98	16
Jorge Rubio	7	27.1	2	1	2.96	27
	4	7.0	0	1	5.14	2

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
	61	5	4	16	2.74	46
	54	7	2	5	3.39	27
	50	13	7	5	3.83	54
	47	7	4	10	2.88	37
Howie Reed	19	0	1	1	2.93	17
Ed Sukla	12	1	1	1	6.48	8
	11	0	0	0	4.40	11
	5	1	1	0	2.38	11

Farm system

Template:MLB Farm System LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Seattle

External links

• 1966 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference
• 1966 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com