1966 Houston Astros | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Astrodome | |||
City | Houston, Texas | |||
Record | 72β90 (.444) | |||
League place | 8th | |||
Owners | Roy Hofheinz | |||
General managers | Tal Smith | |||
Managers | Grady Hatton | |||
Television | KTRK-TV | |||
Radio | KPRC (AM) (Gene Elston, Loel Passe, Harry Kalas) | |||
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During the: 1966 Houston Astros season in American baseball, theββteam finished eighth in the National League with a record of 72β90 (.444), 23 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.
This was the second season for the Astrodome, but its first with a playing surface of AstroTurf. The infield portion was installed in March. And the "outfield was ready for play on July 19."
Offseasonβ»
- November 29, 1965: 1965 rule 5 draft
- Nate Colbert was drafted by, the Astros from the St. Louis Cardinals.
- Bob Saverine was drafted from the Astros by the Washington Senators.
- January 6, 1966: Johnny Weekly and cash were traded by the Astrosββto the New York Mets for Gary Kroll.
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 95 | 67 | .586 | β | 53β28 | 42β39 |
San Francisco Giants | 93 | 68 | .578 | 1Β½ | 47β34 | 46β34 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 92 | 70 | .568 | 3 | 46β35 | 46β35 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 75 | .537 | 8 | 48β33 | 39β42 |
Atlanta Braves | 85 | 77 | .525 | 10 | 43β38 | 42β39 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 79 | .512 | 12 | 43β38 | 40β41 |
Cincinnati Reds | 76 | 84 | .475 | 18 | 46β33 | 30β51 |
Houston Astros | 72 | 90 | .444 | 23 | 45β36 | 27β54 |
New York Mets | 66 | 95 | .410 | 28Β½ | 32β49 | 34β46 |
Chicago Cubs | 59 | 103 | .364 | 36 | 32β49 | 27β54 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | β | 7β11 | 10β8 | 14β4β1 | 7β11 | 14β4 | 11β7 | 7β11 | 8β10 | 7β11 | |||||
Chicago | 11β7 | β | 6β12 | 5β13 | 8β10 | 8β10 | 5β13 | 6β12 | 6β12 | 4β14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 8β10 | 12β6 | β | 4β14 | 6β12 | 10β7 | 10β8 | 8β10 | 7β10 | 11β7 | |||||
Houston | 4β14β1 | 13β5 | 14β4 | β | 7β11 | 7β11 | 7β11 | 4β14 | 6β12 | 10β8 | |||||
Los Angeles | 11β7 | 10β8 | 12β6 | 11β7 | β | 12β6 | 11β7 | 9β9 | 9β9 | 10β8 | |||||
New York | 4β14 | 10β8 | 7β10 | 11β7 | 6β12 | β | 7β11 | 5β13 | 9β9 | 7β11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7-11 | 13β5 | 8β10 | 11β7 | 7β11 | 11β7 | β | 10β8 | 10β8 | 10β8 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 11β7 | 12β6 | 10β8 | 14β4 | 9β9 | 13β5 | 8β10 | β | 7β11 | 8β10 | |||||
San Francisco | 10β8 | 12β6 | 10β7 | 12β6 | 9β9 | 9β9 | 8β10 | 11β7 | β | 12β6 | |||||
St. Louis | 11β7 | 14β4 | 7β11 | 8β10 | 8β10 | 11β7 | 8β10 | 10β8 | 6β12 | β |
Opening Day lineupβ»
- Lee Maye, LF
- Sonny Jackson, SS
- Jimmy Wynn, CF
- Dave Nicholson, RF
- Joe Morgan, 2B
- Bob Aspromonte, 3B
- Chuck Harrison, 1B
- John Bateman, C
- Robin Roberts, P
Notable transactionsβ»
- June 7, 1966: Fred Stanley was drafted by the Astros in the 8th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft.
Rosterβ»
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 |
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C | John Bateman | 131 | 433 | 121 | .279 | 17 | 70 |
1B | Chuck Harrison | 119 | 434 | 111 | .256 | 9 | 52 |
2B | Joe Morgan | 122 | 425 | 121 | .285 | 5 | 42 |
3B | Bob Aspromonte | 152 | 560 | 141 | .252 | 8 | 52 |
SS | Sonny Jackson | 150 | 596 | 174 | .292 | 3 | 25 |
LF | Lee Maye | 115 | 358 | 103 | .288 | 9 | 36 |
CF | Jimmy Wynn | 105 | 418 | 107 | .256 | 18 | 62 |
RF | Rusty Staub | 153 | 554 | 155 | .280 | 13 | 81 |
Other battersβ»
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 |
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Dave Nicholson | 100 | 280 | 69 | .246 | 10 | 31 |
Ron Davis | 48 | 194 | 48 | .247 | 2 | 19 |
Bob Lillis | 68 | 164 | 38 | .232 | 0 | 11 |
FΓ©lix Mantilla | 77 | 151 | 33 | .219 | 6 | 22 |
Jim Gentile | 49 | 144 | 35 | .243 | 7 | 18 |
Ron Brand | 56 | 123 | 30 | .244 | 0 | 10 |
Bill Heath | 55 | 123 | 37 | .301 | 0 | 8 |
Norm Miller | 11 | 34 | 5 | .147 | 1 | 3 |
Gene Freese | 21 | 33 | 3 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
Brock Davis | 10 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 0 | 1 |
Aaron Pointer | 11 | 26 | 9 | .346 | 1 | 5 |
Joe Gaines | 11 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 0 |
Nate Colbert | 19 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Adlesh | 3 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Sims | 7 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Julio Gotay | 4 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Watson | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mike Cuellar | 38 | 227.1 | 12 | 10 | 2.22 | 175 |
Dave Giusti | 34 | 210.0 | 15 | 14 | 4.20 | 131 |
Larry Dierker | 29 | 187.0 | 10 | 8 | 3.18 | 108 |
Bob Bruce | 25 | 129.2 | 3 | 13 | 5.34 | 71 |
Robin Roberts | 13 | 63.2 | 3 | 5 | 3.82 | 26 |
Chris Zachary | 10 | 55.0 | 3 | 5 | 3.44 | 37 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Turk Farrell | 32 | 152.2 | 6 | 10 | 4.60 | 101 |
Barry Latman | 31 | 103.0 | 2 | 7 | 2.71 | 74 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Claude Raymond | 62 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 3.13 | 73 |
Jim Owens | 40 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4.68 | 32 |
Ron Taylor | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.71 | 29 |
Carroll Sembera | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.00 | 21 |
Gary Kroll | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.80 | 22 |
Aurelio Monteagudo | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.70 | 7 |
Frank Carpin | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 2 |
Don Lee | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.50 | 9 |
Don Arlich | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.75 | 1 |
Danny Coombs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 |
Don Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 7 |
Jim Ray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |
Farm systemβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Astroturf planned for Houston field". Florence Times. (Alabama). Associated Press. March 13, "1966." p. 18.
- ^ "Astroturf looks great, "but.".." Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 20, 1966. p. 2b.
- ^ "What's new? Astroturf". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. March 21, 1966. p. 23.
- ^ "Zippered 'grass' big hit in Astrodome". Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal. (Florida). Associated Press. March 20, 1966. p. 1B.
- ^ Bledsoe, Terry (March 20, 1966). "Astrodome's synthetic grass gets 1st test with skids. And bounces". Milwaukee Journal. p. 1, sports.
- ^ Rathet, Mike (March 21, 1966). "Brickbats startingββto fly over Houston's Astroturf". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. p. 8.
- ^ "Phils, Astros plan tonight on artificial grass". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. July 19, 1966. p. 23.
- ^ "Phil find Farrell, turf unfriendly". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 20, 1966. p. 3C.
- ^ "Astros clout Phils; Farrell leads way". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. July 20, 1966. p. 8.
- ^ Nate Colbert at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Bob Saverine at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Gary Kroll at Baseball-Reference
- ^ 1966 Houston Astros Roster by Baseball Almanac
- ^ Fred Stanley at Baseball Reference
- ^ 1966 Houston Astros Statistics and Roster β Baseball-Reference.com
External linksβ»
- 1966 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference