1966 Kansas City Athletics

74-86 • .463 Win% • 7th in AL

📊 Season Record

74 Wins
86 Losses
.463 Win %
7th Rank
564 R 648 RA
Diff -84

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⚡ Quick Stats

564 Runs Scored
648 Runs Allowed
-84 Run Diff
773K Attendance

📈 vs. 1966 AL Average

Batting Avg .236 2% below the 1966 league average (.240)
OBP .294 4% below the 1966 league average (.305)
SLG .336 9% below the 1966 league average (.368)
Team ERA 3.56 4% worse than the 1966 league average (3.44)
Runs Scored 564 10% below the 1966 league average (628 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMunicipal Stadium I
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 773,599
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Avg per Game 9,550

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1966

Batting Avg

1 Tim Talton 0.340 2 Danny Cater 0.292 3 Ed Charles 0.286 4 Bert Campaneris 0.267 5 Joe Nossek 0.261

Home Runs

1 Roger Repoz 11 2 Ed Charles 9 3 Dick Green 9 4 Danny Cater 7 5 Phil Roof 7

RBI

1 Dick Green 62 2 Mike Hershberger 57 3 Danny Cater 52 4 Phil Roof 44 5 Bert Campaneris 42
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bert Campaneris 142 573 82 153 29 10 5 42 25 72 52 0.267
Mike Hershberger 146 538 55 136 27 7 2 57 47 37 13 0.253
Dick Green 140 507 58 127 24 3 9 62 27 101 6 0.250
Danny Cater 116 425 47 124 16 3 7 52 28 37 1 0.292
Ed Charles 118 385 52 110 18 8 9 42 30 53 12 0.286
Phil Roof 127 369 33 77 14 3 7 44 37 95 2 0.209
Roger Repoz 101 319 40 69 10 3 11 34 44 80 3 0.216
Larry Stahl 119 312 37 78 11 5 5 34 17 63 5 0.250
Jim Gosger 88 272 34 61 14 1 5 27 37 53 5 0.224
Joe Nossek 87 230 13 60 10 3 1 27 8 21 4 0.261
Ken Harrelson 63 210 24 47 5 0 5 22 27 59 9 0.224
Ossie Chavarria 86 191 26 46 10 0 2 10 18 43 3 0.241
Jose Tartabull 37 127 13 30 2 3 0 4 11 13 8 0.236
Wayne Causey 28 79 1 18 0 0 0 5 7 6 1 0.228
Billy Bryan 32 76 0 10 4 0 0 7 6 17 0 0.132
Ken Suarez 35 69 5 10 0 1 0 2 15 26 2 0.145
Catfish Hunter 30 59 5 9 1 1 0 4 3 21 1 0.153
Tim Talton 37 53 8 18 3 1 2 6 1 5 0 0.340
Lew Krausse 40 52 5 8 1 0 0 3 3 24 0 0.154
Jim Nash 18 49 2 5 3 0 0 3 0 26 0 0.102
Rick Monday 17 41 4 4 1 1 0 2 6 16 1 0.098
Manny Jimenez 13 35 1 4 0 1 0 1 6 4 0 0.114
Ernie Fazio 27 34 3 7 0 1 0 2 4 10 1 0.206
Paul Lindblad 38 34 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 10 0 0.147
Blue Moon Odom 17 31 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 16 0 0.097
John Donaldson 15 30 4 4 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 0.133
Chuck Dobson 14 26 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0.115
Sal Bando 11 24 1 7 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0.292
Rollie Sheldon 14 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.087
Ron Stone 26 22 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.273
Jack Aker 66 21 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 12 0 0.095
Fred Talbot 11 20 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0.150
Don Blasingame 12 19 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0.158
Ralph Terry 15 14 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 6 0 0.214
Gil Blanco 11 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.167
Randy Schwartz 10 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.091
Bill Stafford 9 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Ken Sanders 38 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.250
Rene Lachemann 7 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Jim Dickson 24 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Vern Handrahan 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jim Duckworth 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Wes Stock 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Joe Grzenda 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Edgerton 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Guido Grilli 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesse Hickman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Aurelio Monteagudo 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Wyatt 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1966

ERA

1 Jack Aker 1.99 2 Jim Nash 2.06 3 Blue Moon Odom 2.49 4 Wes Stock 2.66 5 Lew Krausse 2.99

Wins

1 Lew Krausse 14 2 Jim Nash 12 3 Catfish Hunter 9 4 Jack Aker 8 5 Paul Lindblad 5

Strikeouts

1 Catfish Hunter 103 2 Jim Nash 98 3 Lew Krausse 87 4 Paul Lindblad 69 5 Jack Aker 68
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Lew Krausse 14 9 2.99 36 22 3 177.2 144 59 63 87
Catfish Hunter 9 11 4.02 30 25 0 176.2 158 79 64 103
Jim Nash 12 1 2.06 18 17 1 127.0 95 29 47 98
Paul Lindblad 5 10 4.17 38 14 1 121.0 138 56 37 69
Jack Aker 8 4 1.99 66 0 32 113.0 81 25 28 68
Blue Moon Odom 5 5 2.49 14 14 0 90.1 70 25 53 47
Chuck Dobson 4 6 4.09 14 14 0 83.2 71 38 50 61
Rollie Sheldon 4 7 3.13 14 13 0 69.0 73 24 26 26
Fred Talbot 4 4 4.79 11 11 0 67.2 65 36 28 37
Ken Sanders 3 4 3.72 38 1 1 65.1 59 27 48 41
Ralph Terry 1 5 3.80 15 10 0 64.0 65 27 15 33
Wes Stock 2 2 2.66 35 0 3 44.0 30 13 21 31
Bill Stafford 0 4 4.99 9 8 0 39.2 42 22 12 31
Gil Blanco 2 4 4.70 11 8 0 38.1 31 20 36 21
Jim Dickson 1 0 5.35 24 1 1 37.0 37 22 23 20
Vern Handrahan 0 1 4.26 16 1 1 25.1 20 12 15 18
John Wyatt 0 3 5.32 19 0 2 23.2 19 14 16 25
Joe Grzenda 0 2 3.27 21 0 0 22.0 28 8 12 14
Guido Grilli 0 1 6.89 16 0 1 15.2 19 12 11 8
Aurelio Monteagudo 0 0 2.84 6 0 0 12.2 12 4 7 3
Jim Duckworth 0 2 9.00 8 0 1 12.0 14 12 10 10
Bill Edgerton 0 1 3.24 6 1 0 8.1 10 3 7 3
Jesse Hickman 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 1 0

👥 Roster (49)

Jack Aker Sal Bando Gil Blanco Don Blasingame Billy Bryan Bert Campaneris Danny Cater Wayne Causey Ed Charles Ossie Chavarria Jim Dickson Chuck Dobson +37 more

49 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1966 Kansas City Athletics

What was the 1966 Kansas City Athletics record?
The 1966 Kansas City Athletics finished 74-86 (.463 win pct).
Who led the 1966 Kansas City Athletics in home runs?
Roger Repoz led the 1966 Kansas City Athletics with 11 home runs.
What was the 1966 Kansas City Athletics team ERA?
The 1966 Kansas City Athletics posted a team ERA of 3.56.
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