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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. * November 30, 1965: Eddie Bressoud was traded by the Red Sox to the New York Mets for Joe Christopher. 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. * 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. Roste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball stadium located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home of the Boston Red Sox, the city's American League baseball team, and since 1953, its only Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise. While the stadium was built in 1912, it was substantially rebuilt in 1934, and underwent major renovations and modifications in the 21st century. It is the oldest active ballpark in MLB. Because of its age and constrained location in Boston's dense Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood, the park has many quirky features, including "The Triangle", Pesky's Pole, and the Green Monster in left field. It is the fifth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second-smallest by total capacity, and one of eight that cannot accommodate at least 40,000 spectators. Fenway has hosted the World Series 11 times, with the Red Sox winning six of them and the Boston Braves winning one. Besides baseball games, it has also been the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Baltimore Orioles Season
The 1966 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing first in the American League with a record of 97 wins and 63 losses, nine games ahead of the runner-up 1966 Minnesota Twins season, Minnesota Twins. It was their first AL pennant (sports), pennant since 1944 St. Louis Browns season, 1944, when the club was known as the St. Louis Browns. The Orioles swept the National League, NL champion 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Los Angeles Dodgers in four games to register their first-ever World Series title. The team was managed by Hank Bauer, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium (Baltimore), Memorial Stadium. They drew 1,203,366 fans to their home ballpark, third in the ten-team league. It would be the highest home attendance of the team's first quarter-century at Memorial Stadium, and was eclipsed by the 1979 Baltimore Orioles season, pennant-winning 1979 Orioles. Offseason * October 12, 1965: John Orsino was traded by the Orioles to the Washington Senators (196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Ryan (catcher)
Michael James Ryan (November 25, 1941July 7, 2020) was an American professional baseball catcher who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), before becoming a longtime coach as well as a minor league manager. He played for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1964 to 1974. He batted and threw right-handed, stood tall and weighed . He was a native of Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he graduated from St. James High School. Ryan was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox in 1960 and played for four of their minor league affiliates until September , when he was promoted from Double-A to the major leagues. After spending 2 full seasons with Boston, he was traded to the Phillies after the Red Sox' American League pennant-winning campaign. He appeared in 392 games for the Phils over the next six years before he was dealt to the Pirates in . He played only 15 games as a Buc—his last on September 10 of that year—but would return t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rico Petrocelli
Americo Peter "Rico" Petrocelli (born June 27, 1943) is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Boston Red Sox. Listed at and , he both threw and batted right-handed. Early years Petrocelli was born in Brooklyn, and graduated from Sheepshead Bay High School there in 1961. Playing career Petrocelli was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in July 1961. Minor leagues Petrocelli spent the 1962 season with Boston's Class B farm team, the Winston-Salem Red Sox, batting .277 with 17 home runs and 80 RBIs in 137 games played. In 1963, he played for the Double-A Reading Red Sox, again playing 137 games, with 19 home runs and 78 RBIs with a .239 average. Petrocelli was a September call-up with Boston in 1963, playing a single MLB game, on September 21 against the Minnesota Twins. He was the starting shortstop and was 1-for-4 at the plate, with his first major league hit being a double o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Horton (baseball)
Anthony Darrin Horton (born December 6, 1944) is a retired American Major League Baseball player. A first baseman who batted and threw right-handed, Horton played for the Boston Red Sox (1964–67) and Cleveland Indians (1967–70). Career Horton made his major league debut at age 19 in . He was a reserve first baseman for two seasons with the Red Sox until he was traded to the Indians in for Gary Bell, who won 12 games for the Red Sox during their pennant drive after going 1–5 in Cleveland. In 106 games played as an Indian, Horton batted .281 with 10 home runs and 44 runs batted in. After batting .249 in with 14 homers and 59 RBIs, Horton enjoyed his finest season in , batting .278 and establishing career bests with 27 home runs and 93 runs batted in. was a curious season for Horton. He batted .269 with 17 home runs and 59 RBIs in a season full of ups and downs. On May 24 of that year in the second game of a doubleheader, he hit three home runs in an 8–7 loss to the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Scott (first Baseman)
George Charles Scott Jr. (March 23, 1944 – July 28, 2013), nicknamed "Boomer", was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from to , most prominently for the Boston Red Sox where he was a member of the American League pennant winning team and, with the Milwaukee Brewers where he was the American League home run and RBI champion. A three-time All-Star player, Scott was one of the most accomplished defensive first basemen of his era, winning eight Gold Glove Awards between 1967 and 1976. During his major league career, he also played for the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees. After his Major League career, Scott became a player-manager in the Mexican League and went on to become full-time manager in the Independent baseball league from the 1980s until 2002. He was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame the following year. In 2014, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Conigliaro
Anthony Richard Conigliaro (January 7, 1945 – February 24, 1990), nicknamed "Tony C" and "Conig", was a Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Boston Red Sox (1964–1967, 1969–1970, 1975) and California Angels (1971). Born in Revere, Massachusetts, he was a 1962 graduate of St. Mary's High School in Lynn, Massachusetts. Conigliaro started his MLB career as a teenager, hitting a home run in his first at-bat during his home field debut in 1964. During the Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season of 1967, he was hit in the face by a pitch that caused a severe eye injury and derailed his career. Though he would make a comeback from the injury, his career was not the same afterwards. Baseball career Conigliaro was signed by the Red Sox in 1962, at the age of 17. In 1963, he batted .363 with 24 home runs playing for the Wellsville Red Sox in the New York–Penn League, after which he was called up to the majors. During his 1964 rookie season, Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Yastrzemski
Carl Michael Yastrzemski ( ; nicknamed "Yaz"; born August 22, 1939) is an American former Major League Baseball player. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. Yastrzemski played his entire 23-year Major League career with the Boston Red Sox (1961–1983). He started his career primarily as a left fielder, but also played 33 games as a third baseman. Later in his career he was mainly a first baseman and designated hitter. Yastrzemski is an 18-time All-Star, the possessor of seven Gold Gloves, a member of the 3,000 hit club, and the first American League player in that club to also accumulate over 400 home runs. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thomas (baseball)
George Edward Thomas Jr. (born November 29, 1937) is a retired American professional baseball player. Primarily an outfielder, he played at least one game at every position except pitcher during a 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers (1957–58; 1961; 1963–65), Los Angeles Angels (1961–63), Boston Red Sox (1966–71) and Minnesota Twins (1971). He also was an assistant coach (1972–78) and head baseball coach (1979–81) at his alma mater, the University of Minnesota, after his active career ended. The native of Minneapolis threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . Playing career Thomas signed a $25,000 bonus contract with the Tigers in 1957 after playing one season of varsity baseball with the University of Minnesota. Prohibited by the bonus rule of the time from being sent to the minor leagues, he appeared in only one big-league game in his first pro season, striking out as a pinch hitter against Ted Abernathy of the Washington Sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Smith (second Baseman)
George Cornelius Smith (July 7, 1937 – June 15, 1987) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1963 through 1966 for the Detroit Tigers (1963–1965) and Boston Red Sox (1966). Listed at , 170 lb., Smith batted and threw right-handed. A native of St. Petersburg, Florida, he attended Michigan State University. In a four-season career, Smith was a .205 hitter (130-for-634) with nine home runs and 57 RBI in 217 games, including 64 runs, 27 doubles, six triples and nine stolen bases. Smith played in the Negro leagues for the Indianapolis Clowns (1952) and the Chicago American Giants (1956–1957). In between, he had a brief trial with the unaffiliated St. Petersburg Saints of the Class D Florida State League in 1955. Then, in 1958, he signed with the Tigers' organization as a free agent. Smith was the Red Sox' semi-regular second baseman in , starting 101 games at the position, but he batted only .213. He also played winter ball with the Navegantes del ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Christopher
Joseph O'Neal Christopher (born December 13, 1935) is a former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from through . Listed at 5' 10", 175 lbs., he batted and threw right-handed. Christopher reached the big leagues with the 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates, spending three years there before moving to the New York Mets (1962–65) and Boston Red Sox (1966). While in Pittsburgh, Christopher was used as a backup in all three outfield positions for Bob Skinner ( LF), Bill Virdon ( CF), and Roberto Clemente ( RF). Christopher was first called up when Clemente was injured, making his debut in nothing less than Harvey Haddix's near-perfect game, on May 26, 1959. As a member of the 1960 World Series Champion Pirates, Christopher was a utility player, pinch-running in three games and scoring two runs (in games 2 and 5). Christopher became the Mets’ fifth pick in the 1961 MLB Expansion Draft. In 1964, he enjoyed easily his finest season as a major-league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Mets
The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City, the other being the American League's (AL) New York Yankees. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed NL teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. The team's colors evoke the blue of the Dodgers and the orange of the Giants. For the 1962 and 1963 seasons, the Mets played home games at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan before moving to Queens. From 1964 to 2008, the Mets played their home games at Shea Stadium, named after William Shea, the founder of the Continental League, a proposed third major league, the announcement of which prompted their admission as an NL expansion team. Since 2009, the Mets have played their home games at Citi Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
