The 1966 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 66th season in the major leagues, and its 67th season overall. Eddie Stanky managed the White Sox to a fourth-place finish in the American League with a record of 83–79, 15 games behind the first-place Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup Don Buford, 3B Floyd Robinson, RF Pete Ward, LF Johnny Romano, C Tommy McCraw, 1B Ron Hansen, SS Tommie Agee, CF Al Weis, 2B Tommy John, P

Notable transactions May 27, 1966: Danny Cater was traded by the White Sox to the Kansas City Athletics for Wayne Causey.Causey plays for A's after being traded June 7, 1966: 1966 Major League Baseball draft Carlos May was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (18th pick).Carlos May page at Baseball Reference Johnny Oates was drafted by the White Sox in the 2nd round, but did not sign.Johnny Oates page at Baseball Reference Ken Frailing was drafted by the White Sox in the 5th round. Player signed June 25, 1966.Ken Frailing page at Baseball Reference Chuck Brinkman was drafted by the White Sox in the 16th round.Chuck Brinkman page at Baseball Reference Geoff Zahn was drafted by the White Sox in the 34th round, but did not sign.Geoff Zahn page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1966 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Jerry Adair, SS, 2B 105 370 27 90 18 2 4 36 17 44 .243 3 Tommie Agee, CF, LF 160 629 98 172 27 8 22 86 41 127 .273 44 Ken Berry, LF, RF, CF 147 443 50 120 20 2 8 34 28 63 .271 7 Buddy Bradford, LF, RF 14 28 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 .143 0 Don Buford, 3B, 2B, LF, RF 163 607 85 148 26 7 8 52 69 71 .244 51 Smoky Burgess, C 79 67 0 21 5 0 0 15 11 8 .313 0 Danny Cater, LF, RF 21 60 3 11 1 1 0 4 0 10 .183 3 Wayne Causey, 2B 78 164 23 40 8 2 0 13 24 13 .244 2 Lee Elia, SS 80 195 16 40 5 2 3 22 15 39 .205 0 Gene Freese, 3B 48 106 8 22 2 0 3 10 8 20 .208 2 Ron Hansen, SS 23 74 3 13 1 0 0 4 15 10 .176 0 Jim Hicks, RF, 1B, LF 18 26 3 5 0 1 0 1 1 5 .192 0 Deacon Jones, PH 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 Duane Josephson, C 11 38 3 9 1 0 0 3 3 3 .237 0 Dick Kenworthy, 3B 9 25 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 J. C. Martin, C 67 157 13 40 5 3 2 20 14 24 .255 0 Jerry McNertney, C 44 59 3 13 0 0 0 1 7 6 .220 1 Tommy McCraw, 1B, LF, RF 151 389 49 89 16 4 5 48 29 40 .229 20 Floyd Robinson, RF 127 342 44 81 11 2 5 35 44 32 .237 8 Johnny Romano, C 122 329 33 76 12 0 15 47 58 72 .231 0 Bill Skowron, 1B 120 337 27 84 15 2 6 29 26 45 .249 1 Marv Staehle, 2B 8 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 .133 1 Ed Stroud, RF, LF 12 36 3 6 2 0 0 1 2 8 .167 3 Bill Voss, LF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 Pete Ward, LF, RF, 3B, 1B 84 251 22 55 7 1 3 28 24 49 .219 3 Al Weis, 2B, SS 129 187 20 29 4 1 0 9 17 50 .155 3 Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Greg Bollo, P 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 John Buzhardt, P 34 43 0 5 0 0 0 2 2 18 .116 0 Eddie Fisher, P 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Dennis Higgins, P 42 17 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 .176 0 Joe Horlen, P 64 60 6 4 0 0 0 1 2 12 .067 1 Bruce Howard, P 27 43 2 3 1 0 0 2 5 13 .070 0 Tommy John, P 34 69 6 10 1 0 2 8 3 21 .145 0 Fred Klages, P 3 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .500 0 Jack Lamabe, P 34 35 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 16 .057 0 Bob Locker, P 56 16 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 7 .250 0 Gary Peters, P 38 81 12 19 3 2 1 9 0 19 .235 0 Juan Pizarro, P 34 26 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 5 .154 0 Hoyt Wilhelm, P 46 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 .125 0 163 5348 574 1235 193 40 87 524 476 872 .231 153

Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Greg Bollo 0 1 2.57 3 1 0 7.0 7 2 2 0 3 4 John Buzhardt 6 11 3.83 33 22 1 150.1 144 74 64 13 34 66 Eddie Fisher 1 3 2.29 23 0 6 35.1 27 11 9 1 18 18 Dennis Higgins 1 0 2.52 42 1 5 93.0 66 27 26 9 37 86 Joe Horlen 10 13 2.43 37 29 1 211.0 185 64 57 14 64 124 Bruce Howard 9 5 2.30 27 21 0 149.0 110 48 38 14 46 85 Tommy John 14 11 2.62 34 33 0 223.0 195 76 65 13 61 138 Fred Klages 1 0 1.72 3 3 0 15.2 9 4 3 0 7 6 Jack Lamabe 7 9 3.93 34 17 0 121.1 116 55 53 9 36 67 Bob Locker 9 8 2.46 56 0 12 95.0 73 32 26 2 36 70 Gary Peters 12 10 1.98 30 27 0 204.2 156 54 45 11 51 129 Juan Pizarro 8 6 3.76 34 9 3 88.2 91 49 37 9 46 42 Hoyt Wilhelm 5 2 1.66 46 0 6 81.1 50 21 15 6 19 61 83 79 2.68 163 163 34 1475.1 1229 517 440 101 458 896

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fox Cities

Deerfield Beach franchise moved to Winter Haven, June 27, 1966

Notes

References

1966 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Chicago White Sox at Baseball Almanac