1966_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

1966 Pittsburgh Pirates
1966 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managers	Joe L. Brown
Managers	Harry Walker
Television	KDKA-TV ; Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Don Hoak
Radio	KDKA; Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Don Hoak

1966 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1966 Pittsburgh Pirates season involved the team's third-place finish in the National League at 92–70, three games behind the NL Champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Regular season

Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente was the National League's Most Valuable Player for the 1966 season.

Game log

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1966 Game Log: 92–70 (Home: 46–35; Away: 46–35)

April: 10–5 (Home: 6–3; Away: 4–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 12	@ Braves	3–2 (13)	Schwall (1–0)	Cloninger	—	50,671	1–0
2	April 13	@ Braves	6–0	Law (1–0)	Johnson	—	12,721	2–0
3	April 15	Cardinals	2–9	Gibson	Cardwell (0–1)	—	32,231	2–1
4	April 16	Cardinals	5–3	Sisk	Washburn	Face	8,622	3–1
5	April 17	Cardinals	6–5	Fryman (1–0)	Jackson	—	12,684	4–1
6	April 18	Reds	4–3	McBean (1–0)	Jay	Face (2)	7,527	5–1
7	April 19	Reds	7–3	Blass (1–0)	Ellis	—	3,750	6–1
8	April 20	Reds	3–2	Face (1–0)	Baldschun	—	8,654	7–1
9	April 21	Reds	2–1	Veale (1–0)	Pappas	—	5,727	8–1
10	April 22	@ Cardinals	5–7	Washburn	Mikkelsen (0–1)	Aust	19,785	8–2
11	April 23	@ Cardinals	5–4	Mikkelsen (1–1)	Woodeshick	Face (3)	11,508	9–2
12	April 24	@ Cardinals	2–5	Sadecki	Cardwell (0–2)	Stallard	11,217	9–3
13	April 25	Phillies	0–5	Bunning	Veale (1–1)	—	9,564	9–4
14	April 28	@ Cubs	9–6 (10)	Face (2–0)	Koonce	Mikkelsen (1)	3,076	10–4
15	April 29	Mets	2–5 (11)	Selma	Walker (0–1)	Sutherland	8,665	10–5

May: 14–15 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
16	May 1	Mets	8–0	Veale (2–1)	Fisher	—	29,433	11–5
17	May 3	@ Reds	5–4 (12)	Face (3–0)	Ellis	—	4,669	12–5
18	May 4	@ Reds	4–3	Blass (2–0)	O'Toole	Purkey (1)	4,019	13–5
19	May 5	@ Reds	6–10	Jay	McBean (1–1)	McCool	3,735	13–6
20	May 6	@ Phillies	7–8 (11)	Knowles	Face (3–1)	—	18,982	13–7
21	May 7	@ Phillies	3–7	Bunning	Sisk (0–1)	—	7,006	13–8
22	May 8	@ Phillies	3–2	Veale (3–1)	Herbert	—	8,411	14–8
23	May 10	Giants	1–2 (15)	Linzy	Purkey (0–1)	Gibbon	6,750	14–9
24	May 11	Giants	1–6	Perry	Schwall (1–1)	—	4,373	14–10
25	May 12	Giants	0–3	Marichal	Veale (3–2)	—	5,343	14–11
26	May 13	Dodgers	4–3	Fryman (2–0)	Regan	—	13,388	15–11
27	May 14	Dodgers	1–4	Koufax	Blass (2–1)	—	11,602	15–12
28	May 15	Dodgers	1–3	Sutton	Cardwell (0–3)	Regan	16,205	15–13
29	May 17	Braves	5–2	Veale (4–2)	Blasingame	Face (4)	7,938	16–13
30	May 18	Braves	2–4	Johnson	Law (1–1)	—	7,642	16–14
31	May 20	@ Dodgers	7–3	Mikkelsen (2–1)	Sutton	—	33,484	17–14
32	May 21	@ Dodgers	4–5 (12)	Perranoski	Schwall (1–2)	—	34,839	17–15
33	May 22	@ Dodgers	4–0	Veale (5–2)	Osteen	—	30,826	18–15
34	May 23	@ Dodgers	2–3	Koufax	Mikkelsen (2–2)	—	24,188	18–16
35	May 24	@ Giants	2–5	Perry	Law (1–2)	Linzy	14,158	18–17
36	May 25	@ Giants	3–2	Schwall (2–2)	Shaw	Face (5)	9,663	19–17
37	May 26	@ Astros	3–2	Blass (3–1)	Farrell	Mikkelsen (2)	14,440	20–17
38	May 27	@ Astros	6–0	Veale (6–2)	Latman	Mikkelsen (3)	18,104	21–17
39	May 28	@ Astros	1–2	Giusti	Cardwell (0–4)	Raymond	13,235	21–18
40	May 28	@ Astros	5–2	Fryman (3–0)	Roberts	—	30,383	22–18
41	May 29	@ Astros	2–3 (11)	Raymond	Face (3–2)	—	25,404	22–19
42	May 30	Cubs	3–2	Mikkelsen (3–2)	Ellsworth	—		23–19
43	May 30	Cubs	5–3	McBean (2–1)	Connors	Face (6)	15,327	24–19
44	May 31	Cubs	1–2	Broglio	Veale (6–3)	—	3,825	24–20

June: 19–9 (Home: 11–4; Away: 8–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
45	June 1	@ Mets	3–1	Cardwell (1–4)	Ribant	McBean (1)	11,795	25–20
46	June 2	@ Mets	5–0	Law (2–2)	Gardner	—	11,785	26–20
47	June 3	Astros	7–2	Fryman (4–0)	Dierker	—	11,263	27–20
48	June 4	Astros	9–6	Schwall (3–2)	Raymond	Mikkelsen (4)	6,946	28–20
49	June 5	Astros	10–5	Mikkelsen (4–2)	Bruce	—	27,370	29–20
50	June 7	Cardinals	9–1	Cardwell (2–4)	Gibson	—	12,418	30–20
51	June 8	Cardinals	5–11	Dennis	Law (2–3)	—	9,624	30–21
52	June 9	Cardinals	2–4	Jackson	Fryman (4–1)	—	11,232	30–22
53	June 10	Braves	2–8	Johnson	Veale (6–4)	Olivo	15,177	30–23
54	June 11	Braves	5–3	Blass (4–1)	Umbach	Face (7)	8,763	31–23
55	June 12	Braves	11–8	Sisk (1–1)	Carroll	Face (8)	14,520	32–23
56	June 13	Reds	5–4	Mikkelsen (5–2)	McCool	—	10,862	33–23
57	June 14	Reds	0–3	Maloney	Fryman (4–2)	—	11,655	33–24
58	June 15	@ Cardinals	0–1	Gibson	Veale (6–5)	—	21,652	33–25
59	June 16	@ Cardinals	2–1	Blass (5–1)	Briles	Face (9)	16,877	34–25
60	June 17	@ Braves	4–2	Cardwell (3–4)	Carroll	Fryman (1)	17,704	35–25
61	June 18	@ Braves	9–6	Law (3–3)	Blasingame	Face (10)	21,083	36–25
62	June 19	@ Braves	2–1 (11)	Veale (7–5)	Abernathy	—	17,229	37–25
63	June 21	@ Reds	8–11	Nottebart	Fryman (4–3)	McCool	7,665	37–26
64	June 22	@ Reds	3–4	Maloney	Mikkelsen (5–3)	—	7,843	37–27
65	June 23	@ Reds	3–5	Pappas	Cardwell (3–5)	Nottebart	6,039	37–28
66	June 24	@ Phillies	3–1	Veale (8–5)	Bunning	—	26,791	38–28
67	June 25	@ Phillies	7–8	Culp	Mikkelsen (5–4)	Craig	23,160	38–29
68	June 26	@ Phillies	2–0	Fryman (5–3)	Jackson	—	18,734	39–29
69	June 27	Astros	8–5	Blass (6–1)	Bruce	Face (11)	11,679	40–29
70	June 28	Astros	4–3	Veale (9–5)	Giusti	—	11,713	41–29
71	June 29	Astros	6–5	O'Dell (1–0)	Owens	—	12,500	42–29
72	June 30	Astros	9–0	Law (4–3)	Roberts	—	15,183	43–29

July: 17–14 (Home: 8–6; Away: 9–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
73	July 1	@ Mets	12–0	Fryman (6–3)	Fisher	—	24,056	44–29
74	July 2	@ Mets	3–4	Ribant	Blass (6–2)	Hamilton	14,379	44–30
75	July 3	@ Mets	8–7	Veale (10–5)	Rusteck	Face (12)		45–30
76	July 3	@ Mets	8–9	Gardner	McBean (2–2)	Hamilton	28,296	45–31
77	July 4	@ Cubs	7–5	Law (5–3)	Hands	Face (13)		46–31
78	July 4	@ Cubs	4–6 (8)	Lee	Cardwell (3–6)	Hendley	23,164	46–32
79	July 5	@ Cubs	6–0	Fryman (7–3)	Faul	—	6,183	47–32
80	July 6	@ Cubs	10–5	Blass (7–2)	Ellsworth	Mikkelsen (5)	6,483	48–32
81	July 7	@ Cubs	4–5	Hoeft	Mikkelsen (5–5)	Hendley	7,063	48–33
82	July 8	Mets	10–2	Law (6–3)	Shaw	—		49–33
83	July 8	Mets	9–2	Sisk (2–1)	Fisher	O'Dell (1)	32,440	50–33
84	July 9	Mets	6–3	Fryman (8–3)	Hepler	—	13,309	51–33
85	July 10	Mets	9–4	Face (4–2)	Shaw	—	26,150	52–33
86	July 14	Cubs	10–4	Veale (11–5)	Ellsworth	—	11,692	53–33
87	July 15	Cubs	4–5	Roberts	Law (6–4)	—	15,488	53–34
88	July 16	Cubs	1–4	Hands	Fryman (8–4)	Jenkins	9,764	53–35
89	July 17	Giants	7–4	Blass (8–2)	Herbel	Mikkelsen (6)		54–35
90	July 17	Giants	7–1	Sisk (3–1)	Priddy	—	35,184	55–35
91	July 18	Giants	2–3	Perry	Veale (11–6)	McDaniel	33,908	55–36
92	July 20	@ Dodgers	8–5	Cardwell (4–6)	Brewer	McBean (2)	39,545	56–36
93	July 21	@ Dodgers	3–4 (10)	Regan	Face (4–3)	—	35,586	56–37
94	July 22	@ Astros	2–5	Dierker	Blass (8–3)	—	28,942	56–38
95	July 23	@ Astros	4–3	McBean (3–2)	Raymond	Mikkelsen (7)	43,825	57–38
96	July 24	@ Astros	11–6	Cardwell (5–6)	Taylor	Face (14)	34,556	58–38
97	July 25	@ Giants	1–2	Marichal	Fryman (8–5)	—	22,191	58–39
98	July 26	@ Giants	3–8	Perry	Blass (8–4)	McDaniel	21,786	58–40
99	July 27	@ Giants	5–3	Mikkelsen (6–5)	Linzy	Face (15)	22,154	59–40
100	July 29	Phillies	5–3	O'Dell (2–0)	Short	Face (16)	25,358	60–40
101	July 30	Phillies	1–4	Jackson	Fryman (8–6)	—	15,804	60–41
102	July 31	Phillies	1–8	Bunning	Law (6–5)	—		60–42
103	July 31	Phillies	5–6 (10)	Verbanic	Face (4–4)	Herbert	28,947	60–43

August: 18–12 (Home: 11–6; Away: 7–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 1	Dodgers	1–5	Regan	Sisk (3–2)	—	27,398	60–44
105	August 2	Dodgers	6–5	Mikkelsen (7–5)	Perranoski	McBean (3)	12,886	61–44
106	August 3	Dodgers	3–1	Veale (12–6)	Sutton	—	21,952	62–44
107	August 4	Dodgers	8–1	Law (7–5)	Osteen	—	22,529	63–44
108	August 5	Reds	3–4	Pappas	Mikkelsen (7–6)	McCool	20,064	63–45
109	August 6	Reds	9–3	Sisk (4–2)	O'Toole	—	11,401	64–45
110	August 7	Reds	7–9	Nottebart	Veale (12–7)	McCool	18,470	64–46
111	August 9	Mets	2–1	Fryman (9–6)	Ribant	Mikkelsen (8)	12,847	65–46
112	August 10	Mets	10–4	Law (8–5)	Shaw	O'Dell (2)	15,008	66–46
113	August 11	Mets	7–5	Face (5–4)	Gardner	—	12,381	67–46
114	August 12	@ Reds	14–11 (13)	Sisk (5–2)	McCool	—	25,477	68–46
115	August 13	@ Reds	0–11 (5)	Maloney	Fryman (9–7)	—	9,003	68–47
116	August 14	@ Reds	4–2	Mikkelsen (8–6)	Nottebart	—	19,767	69–47
117	August 16	@ Mets	3–0 (7)	Sisk (6–2)	McGraw	—	23,953	70–47
118	August 17	@ Mets	7–8	Hepler	McBean (3–3)	Friend	32,461	70–48
119	August 18	@ Mets	5–9	Gardner	Fryman (9–8)	Terry	26,829	70–49
120	August 19	@ Cubs	3–4 (11)	Hendley	Face (5–5)	—	11,092	70–50
121	August 20	@ Cubs	3–2	Sisk (7–2)	Hands	Mikkelsen (9)	14,446	71–50
122	August 21	@ Cubs	8–1	Veale (13–7)	Roberts	—	15,944	72–50
123	August 22	Phillies	6–5	Cardwell (6–6)	Buhl	Mikkelsen (10)	15,119	73–50
124	August 23	Phillies	4–5	Short	O'Dell (2–1)	—	25,504	73–51
125	August 24	Phillies	6–4	Law (9–5)	Jackson	—	19,899	74–51
126	August 25	Phillies	1–4	Bunning	Veale (13–8)	—	25,658	74–52
127	August 26	@ Cardinals	7–4	Fryman (10–8)	Jackson	Mikkelsen (11)	43,951	75–52
128	August 27	@ Cardinals	1–5	Gibson	Blass (8–5)	—	30,457	75–53
129	August 28	@ Cardinals	2–3	Washburn	Law (9–6)	Briles		75–54
130	August 28	@ Cardinals	5–1	O'Dell (3–1)	Carlton	Mikkelsen (12)	46,211	76–54
131	August 29	Astros	0–2	Cuellar	Veale (13–9)	—	13,011	76–55
132	August 30	Astros	8–2	Fryman (11–8)	Giusti	Mikkelsen (13)	11,564	77–55
133	August 31	Dodgers	4–3	Blass (9–5)	Drysdale	O'Dell (3)	31,036	78–55

September: 14–12 (Home: 5–6; Away: 9–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
134	September 1	Dodgers	3–4 (10)	Sutton	Law (9–7)	Perranoski	26,761	78–56
135	September 2	Cubs	7–3	Veale (14–9)	Jenkins	Cardwell (1)	13,677	79–56
136	September 3	Cubs	9–1	Sisk (8–2)	Holtzman	—	10,891	80–56
137	September 4	Cubs	8–5	McBean (4–3)	Church	Face (17)	12,899	81–56
138	September 5	Braves	13–5	Law (10–7)	Kelley	—		82–56
139	September 5	Braves	5–7	Cloninger	Blass (9–6)	—	30,747	82–57
140	September 6	Braves	1–4	Jarvis	Veale (14–10)	Ritchie	10,792	82–58
141	September 7	Braves	3–8	Johnson	Sisk (8–3)	—	12,100	82–59
142	September 9	Cardinals	3–2 (12)	Face (6–5)	Briles	—	19,676	83–59
143	September 10	Cardinals	5–6	Gibson	Mikkelsen (8–7)	Woodeshick	13,535	83–60
144	September 11	Cardinals	3–4	Hughes	Veale (14–11)	—	17,859	83–61
145	September 13	@ Astros	9–3	Sisk (9–3)	Giusti	Face (18)	17,872	84–61
146	September 15	@ Dodgers	3–5	Drysdale	Law (10–8)	Regan	50,559	84–62
147	September 16	@ Dodgers	1–5	Koufax	Veale (14–12)	—	54,510	84–63
148	September 17	@ Dodgers	9–5	Law (11–8)	Miller	O'Dell (4)	44,330	85–63
149	September 18	@ Giants	3–1	Fryman (12–8)	Perry	—	41,981	86–63
150	September 19	@ Giants	6–1 (11)	Mikkelsen (9–7)	Linzy	—	12,871	87–63
151	September 20	@ Giants	6–0	Law (12–8)	Herbel	—	30,187	88–63
152	September 21	@ Giants	5–6	Marichal	Face (6–6)	—	15,338	88–64
153	September 22	@ Braves	1–14	Jarvis	Fryman (12–9)	—	11,004	88–65
154	September 23	@ Braves	3–0	Veale (15–12)	Schwall	—	21,238	89–65
155	September 24	@ Braves	8–6	Blass (10–6)	Olivo	Mikkelsen (14)	20,054	90–65
156	September 25	@ Braves	2–6	Kelley	Sisk (9–4)	Carroll	28,372	90–66
157	September 26	@ Phillies	4–5 (11)	Bunning	O'Dell (3–2)	—	8,289	90–67
158	September 28	@ Phillies	2–1	Blass (11–6)	Bunning	Sisk (1)		91–67
159	September 28	@ Phillies	4–2	Veale (16–12)	Jackson	—	7,213	92–67

October: 0–3 (Home: 0–3; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
160	October 1	Giants	4–5	Marichal	Mikkelsen (9–8)	—		92–68
161	October 1	Giants	0–2	Bolin	Sisk (9–5)	—	18,928	92–69
162	October 2	Giants	3–7 (11)	McDaniel	Blass (11–7)	—	33,827	92–70

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v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	0.586	—	53–28	42–39
San Francisco Giants	93	68	0.578	1½	47–34	46–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	92	70	0.568	3	46–35	46–35
Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	0.537	8	48–33	39–42
Atlanta Braves	85	77	0.525	10	43–38	42–39
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	0.512	12	43–38	40–41
Cincinnati Reds	76	84	0.475	18	46–33	30–51
Houston Astros	72	90	0.444	23	45–36	27–54
New York Mets	66	95	0.410	28½	32–49	34–46
Chicago Cubs	59	103	0.364	36	32–49	27–54

Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
18	Matty Alou	CF
14	Gene Alley	SS
21	Roberto Clemente	RF
8	Willie Stargell	LF
17	Donn Clendenon	1B
9	Bill Mazeroski	2B
7	Bob Bailey	3B
10	Jim Pagliaroni	C
39	Bob Veale	SP

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Larry Shepard
AA	Asheville Tourists	Southern League	Harding "Pete" Peterson
A	Raleigh Pirates	Carolina League	Joe Morgan
A	Clinton Pirates	Midwest League	Frank Oceak
A	Gastonia Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Bob Clear
Rookie	Salem Pirates	Appalachian League	George Detore

1966_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

1966 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

Statistics

Farm system

Notes

References

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1966 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–11	10–8	14–4–1	7–11	14–4	11–7	7–11	8–10	7–11
Chicago	11–7	—	6–12	5–13	8–10	8–10	5–13	6–12	6–12	4–14
Cincinnati	8–10	12–6	—	4–14	6–12	10–7	10–8	8–10	7–10	11–7
Houston	4–14–1	13–5	14–4	—	7–11	7–11	7–11	4–14	6–12	10–8
Los Angeles	11–7	10–8	12–6	11–7	—	12–6	11–7	9–9	9–9	10–8
New York	4–14	10–8	7–10	11–7	6–12	—	7–11	5–13	9–9	7–11
Philadelphia	7-11	13–5	8–10	11–7	7–11	11–7	—	10–8	10–8	10–8
Pittsburgh	11–7	12–6	10–8	14–4	9–9	13–5	8–10	—	7–11	8–10
San Francisco	10–8	12–6	10–7	12–6	9–9	9–9	8–10	11–7	—	12–6
St. Louis	11–7	14–4	7–11	8–10	8–10	11–7	8–10	10–8	6–12	—