1966 Boston Red Sox season

The 1966 Boston Red Sox season was the 66th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished ninth in the American League (AL) with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses, 26 games behind the AL and World Series champion Baltimore Orioles. After this season, the Red Sox would not lose 90 games again until 2012.

Offseason

November 29, 1965: Jimy Williams was drafted from the Red Sox by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1965 first-year draft.^[1]
November 30, 1965: Eddie Bressoud was traded by the Red Sox to the New York Mets for Joe Christopher.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

June 6, 1966: Galen Cisco was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.^[3]
June 14, 1966: Joe Christopher and Earl Wilson were traded by the Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Don Demeter and a player to be named later. The Tigers completed the deal by sending Julio Navarro to the Red Sox on June 21.^[2]
August 15, 1966: The Red Sox acquire pitchers Hank Fischer from the Cincinnati Reds and Bill Short from the Baltimore Orioles.^[4] The Red Sox also announce that they have sold pitcher Bob Sadowski to the Toronto Maple Leafs.^[4]

Roster

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

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Toronto
Source:^[5]^[6]

References

^ Jimy Williams page at Baseball Reference
^ a b Joe Christopher page at Baseball Reference
^ Galen Cisco page at Baseball Reference
^ a b "Red Sox Get Hank Fischer, Bill Short". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 16, 1966. p. 21. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
^ Boston Red Sox Yearbook. 1966. p. 34. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.

External links

1966 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
1966 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com