The 1966 Washington Senators season involved the Senators finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 71 wins and 88 losses.

Offseason October 12, 1965: Woodie Held was traded by the Senators to the Baltimore Orioles for John Orsino.Woodie Held page at Baseball Reference November 19, 1965: Don Zimmer was released by the Senators.Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference November 29, 1965: Bob Saverine was drafted by the Senators from the Houston Astros in the 1965 rule 5 draft.Bob Saverine page at Baseball Reference

Regular season Emmett Ashford, the first black umpire in Major League Baseball history made his debut at D.C. Stadium on April 9, 1966.

Opening Day starters Ed Brinkman Doug Camilli Joe Cunningham Ken Hamlin Frank Howard Don Lock Ken McMullen Pete Richert Fred Valentine

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 5, 1966: Al Closter was purchased by the Senators from the Cleveland Indians.Al Closter page at Baseball Reference April 13, 1966: Diego Seguí was purchased by the Senators from the Kansas City Athletics.Diego Segui page at Baseball Reference July 30, 1966: Diego Seguí was traded by the Senators to the Kansas City Athletics for Jim Duckworth.

Draft picks June 7, 1966: Del Unser was drafted by the Senators in the 1st round (18th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 28, 1966.Del Unser page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1966 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader 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 122 429 109 .254 13 44 1B Ken Harrelson 71 250 62 .248 7 28 2B 120 406 102 .251 5 24 SS 158 582 133 .229 7 48 3B Ken McMullen 147 524 122 .233 13 54 LF 146 493 137 .278 18 71 CF Don Lock 138 386 90 .233 16 48 RF Jim King 117 310 77 .248 10 30

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 146 508 140 .276 16 59 Dick Nen 94 235 50 .213 6 30 Don Blasingame 68 200 43 .215 1 11 Willie Kirkland 124 163 31 .190 6 17 66 158 34 .215 1 16 44 107 22 .206 2 8 Bob Chance 37 57 10 .175 1 8 Dick Phillips 25 37 6 .162 0 4 Tim Cullen 18 34 8 .235 0 0 Hank Allen 9 31 12 .387 1 6 10 24 5 .208 0 3 John Orsino 14 23 4 .174 0 0 Mike Brumley 9 18 2 .111 0 0 3 8 1 .125 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 Pete Richert 36 245.2 14 14 3.37 195 Mike McCormick 41 216.0 11 14 3.46 101 Phil Ortega 33 197.1 12 12 3.92 121 Barry Moore 12 62.1 3 3 3.75 28 5 14.1 0 3 5.02 14 1 9.0 1 0 2.00 4

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 Jim Hannan 30 114.0 3 9 4.26 68 21 72.0 3 7 5.00 54 13 39.0 2 6 7.60 20 Frank Kreutzer 9 31.1 0 5 6.03 24 3 5.1 0 1 5.06 3

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 Ron Kline 63 6 4 23 2.39 46 66 4 5 7 3.50 46 Bob Humphreys 58 7 3 3 2.82 88 Dick Lines 53 5 2 2 2.28 49 4 0 0 0 3.86 4 Buster Narum 3 0 0 0 21.60 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

Notes

References 1966 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference 1966 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com