1966 Atlanta Braves

85-77 • .525 Win% • 5th in NL

📊 Season Record

85 Wins
77 Losses
.525 Win %
5th Rank
782 R 683 RA
Diff +99

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⚡ Quick Stats

782 Runs Scored
683 Runs Allowed
+99 Run Diff
1,539K Attendance

📈 vs. 1966 NL Average

Batting Avg .262 2% above the 1966 league average (.256)
OBP .326 4% above the 1966 league average (.313)
SLG .423 10% above the 1966 league average (.383)
Team ERA 3.68 2% worse than the 1966 league average (3.61)
Runs Scored 782 18% above the 1966 league average (662 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAtlanta-Fulton County Stadium
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 1,539,796
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Avg per Game 18,778

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1966

Batting Avg

1 Felipe Alou 0.327 2 Rico Carty 0.326 3 Joe Torre 0.315 4 Hank Aaron 0.279 5 Felix Millan 0.275

Home Runs

1 Hank Aaron 44 2 Joe Torre 36 3 Felipe Alou 31 4 Mack Jones 23 5 Eddie Mathews 16

RBI

1 Hank Aaron 127 2 Joe Torre 101 3 Rico Carty 76 4 Felipe Alou 74 5 Mack Jones 66
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Felipe Alou 154 666 122 218 32 6 31 74 24 51 5 0.327
Hank Aaron 158 603 117 168 23 1 44 127 76 96 21 0.279
Joe Torre 148 546 83 172 20 3 36 101 60 61 0 0.315
Rico Carty 151 521 73 170 25 2 15 76 60 74 4 0.326
Woody Woodward 144 455 46 120 23 3 0 43 37 54 2 0.264
Denis Menke 138 454 55 114 20 4 15 60 71 87 0 0.251
Eddie Mathews 134 452 72 113 21 4 16 53 63 82 1 0.250
Mack Jones 118 417 60 110 14 1 23 66 39 85 16 0.264
Frank Bolling 75 227 16 48 7 0 1 18 10 14 1 0.211
Gene Oliver 76 191 19 37 9 1 8 24 16 43 2 0.194
Gary Geiger 78 126 23 33 5 3 4 10 21 29 0 0.262
Lee Thomas 39 126 11 25 1 1 6 15 10 15 1 0.198
Tony Cloninger 47 111 12 26 5 0 5 23 2 22 1 0.234
Miguel de la Hoz 71 110 11 24 3 0 2 7 5 18 0 0.218
Felix Millan 37 91 20 25 6 0 0 5 2 6 3 0.275
Ty Cline 42 71 12 18 0 0 0 6 3 11 2 0.254
Ken Johnson 32 70 3 10 2 1 1 2 1 28 0 0.143
Denny Lemaster 27 59 5 7 1 1 0 5 3 21 0 0.119
Sandy Alomar 31 44 4 4 1 0 0 2 1 10 0 0.091
Clay Carroll 73 30 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.100
Dick Kelley 20 28 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0.036
Wade Blasingame 18 23 1 5 1 0 0 2 2 3 0 0.217
Pat Jarvis 10 22 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 0 0.000
John Herrnstein 17 18 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.222
Marty Keough 17 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0.059
Lee Bales 12 16 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.062
Hank Fischer 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Don Schwall 11 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.000
Bill Robinson 6 11 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0.273
George Kopacz 6 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.000
Chi-Chi Olivo 47 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.111
Ed Sadowski 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.111
Ted Abernathy 38 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.250
Joey Jay 9 8 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.125
Phil Niekro 28 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.000
Billy O'Dell 26 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.250
Dan Schneider 14 8 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.500
Arnold Umbach 22 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.200
Jay Ritchie 22 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500
Charlie Vaughan 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Adrian Garrett 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Ron Reed 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Cecil Upshaw 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Herb Hippauf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1966

ERA

1 Pat Jarvis 2.31 2 Clay Carroll 2.37 3 Billy O'Dell 2.40 4 Arnold Umbach 3.10 5 Dick Kelley 3.22

Wins

1 Tony Cloninger 14 2 Ken Johnson 14 3 Denny Lemaster 11 4 Clay Carroll 8 5 Dick Kelley 7

Strikeouts

1 Tony Cloninger 178 2 Denny Lemaster 139 3 Ken Johnson 105 4 Clay Carroll 67 5 Dick Kelley 50
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tony Cloninger 14 11 4.12 39 38 1 257.2 253 118 116 178
Ken Johnson 14 8 3.30 32 31 0 215.2 213 79 46 105
Denny Lemaster 11 8 3.74 27 27 0 171.0 170 71 41 139
Clay Carroll 8 7 2.37 73 3 11 144.1 127 38 29 67
Dick Kelley 7 5 3.22 20 13 0 81.0 75 29 21 50
Wade Blasingame 3 7 5.32 16 12 0 67.2 71 40 25 34
Chi-Chi Olivo 5 4 4.23 47 0 7 66.0 59 31 19 41
Ted Abernathy 4 4 3.86 38 0 4 65.1 58 28 36 42
Pat Jarvis 6 2 2.31 10 9 0 62.1 46 16 12 41
Phil Niekro 4 3 4.11 28 0 2 50.1 48 23 23 17
Hank Fischer 2 3 3.91 14 8 0 48.1 55 21 14 22
Don Schwall 3 3 4.37 11 8 0 45.1 44 22 19 27
Billy O'Dell 2 3 2.40 24 0 6 41.1 44 11 18 20
Arnold Umbach 0 2 3.10 22 3 0 40.2 40 14 18 23
Jay Ritchie 0 1 4.08 22 0 4 35.1 32 16 12 33
Joey Jay 0 4 7.89 9 8 1 29.2 39 26 20 19
Dan Schneider 0 0 3.42 14 0 0 26.1 35 10 5 11
Ron Reed 1 1 2.16 2 2 0 8.1 7 2 4 6
Charlie Vaughan 1 0 2.57 1 1 0 7.0 8 2 3 6
Cecil Upshaw 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 3 2
Herb Hippauf 0 1 13.50 3 0 0 2.2 6 4 1 1

👥 Roster (44)

Hank Aaron Ted Abernathy Sandy Alomar Felipe Alou Lee Bales Wade Blasingame Frank Bolling Clay Carroll Rico Carty Ty Cline Tony Cloninger Hank Fischer +32 more

44 players

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What was the 1966 Atlanta Braves record?
The 1966 Atlanta Braves finished 85-77 (.525 win pct).
Who led the 1966 Atlanta Braves in home runs?
Hank Aaron led the 1966 Atlanta Braves with 44 home runs.
What was the 1966 Atlanta Braves team ERA?
The 1966 Atlanta Braves posted a team ERA of 3.68.
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