1966 New York Yankees

70-89 • .440 Win% • 10th in AL

📊 Season Record

70 Wins
89 Losses
.440 Win %
10th Rank
611 R 612 RA
Diff -1

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611 Runs Scored
612 Runs Allowed
-1 Run Diff
1,224K Attendance

📈 vs. 1966 AL Average

Batting Avg .235 2% below the 1966 league average (.240)
OBP .299 2% below the 1966 league average (.305)
SLG .374 1% above the 1966 league average (.368)
Team ERA 3.41 1% better than the 1966 league average (3.44)
Runs Scored 611 3% below the 1966 league average (628 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumYankee Stadium I
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 1,224,803
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Avg per Game 14,936

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1966

Batting Avg

1 Mickey Mantle 0.288 2 Horace Clarke 0.266 3 Jake Gibbs 0.258 4 Elston Howard 0.256 5 Joe Pepitone 0.255

Home Runs

1 Joe Pepitone 31 2 Tom Tresh 27 3 Mickey Mantle 23 4 Clete Boyer 14 5 Roger Maris 13

RBI

1 Joe Pepitone 83 2 Tom Tresh 68 3 Clete Boyer 57 4 Mickey Mantle 56 5 Roger Maris 43
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bobby Richardson 149 610 71 153 21 3 7 42 25 28 6 0.251
Joe Pepitone 152 585 85 149 21 4 31 83 29 58 4 0.255
Tom Tresh 151 537 76 125 12 4 27 68 86 89 5 0.233
Clete Boyer 144 500 59 120 22 4 14 57 46 48 6 0.240
Elston Howard 126 410 38 105 19 2 6 35 37 65 0 0.256
Roger Maris 119 348 37 81 9 2 13 43 36 60 0 0.233
Mickey Mantle 108 333 40 96 12 1 23 56 57 76 1 0.288
Roy White 115 316 39 71 13 2 7 20 37 43 14 0.225
Horace Clarke 96 312 37 83 10 4 6 28 27 24 5 0.266
Jake Gibbs 62 182 19 47 6 0 3 20 19 16 5 0.258
Lou Clinton 80 159 18 35 10 2 5 21 16 27 0 0.220
Hector Lopez 54 117 14 25 4 1 4 16 8 20 0 0.214
Steve Whitaker 31 114 15 28 3 2 7 15 9 24 0 0.246
Mel Stottlemyre 37 80 8 11 1 1 1 7 4 31 0 0.138
Ray Barker 61 75 11 14 5 0 3 13 4 20 0 0.187
Al Downing 30 70 4 7 0 1 0 7 4 30 0 0.100
Billy Bryan 27 69 5 15 2 0 4 5 5 19 0 0.217
Bobby Murcer 21 69 3 12 1 1 0 5 4 5 2 0.174
Fritz Peterson 34 67 4 15 5 0 0 0 2 19 0 0.224
Dick Schofield 25 58 5 9 2 0 0 2 9 8 0 0.155
Roger Repoz 37 43 4 15 4 1 0 9 4 8 0 0.349
Mike Hegan 13 39 7 8 0 1 0 2 7 11 1 0.205
Jim Bouton 24 38 1 4 0 0 0 4 1 23 0 0.105
Fred Talbot 23 35 4 5 0 0 0 3 5 15 0 0.143
Mike Ferraro 10 28 4 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0.179
Ruben Amaro 14 23 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0.217
John Miller 6 23 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 9 0 0.087
Steve Hamilton 44 19 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.053
Whitey Ford 22 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.000
Hal Reniff 56 14 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0.286
Pedro Ramos 52 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.154
Bob Friend 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Stan Bahnsen 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.143
Dooley Womack 42 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200
Jack Cullen 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bill Henry 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1966

ERA

1 Whitey Ford 2.47 2 Dooley Womack 2.64 3 Jim Bouton 2.69 4 Steve Hamilton 3.00 5 Hal Reniff 3.21

Wins

1 Fritz Peterson 12 2 Mel Stottlemyre 12 3 Al Downing 10 4 Steve Hamilton 8 5 Fred Talbot 7

Strikeouts

1 Al Downing 152 2 Mel Stottlemyre 146 3 Fritz Peterson 96 4 Hal Reniff 79 5 Jim Bouton 65
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mel Stottlemyre 12 20 3.80 37 35 1 251.0 239 106 82 146
Fritz Peterson 12 11 3.31 34 32 0 215.0 196 79 40 96
Al Downing 10 11 3.56 30 30 0 200.0 178 79 79 152
Fred Talbot 7 7 4.13 23 19 0 124.1 123 57 45 48
Jim Bouton 3 8 2.69 24 19 1 120.1 117 36 38 65
Hal Reniff 3 7 3.21 56 0 9 95.1 80 34 49 79
Steve Hamilton 8 3 3.00 44 3 3 90.0 69 30 22 57
Pedro Ramos 3 9 3.61 52 1 13 89.2 98 36 18 58
Dooley Womack 7 3 2.64 42 1 4 75.0 52 22 23 50
Whitey Ford 2 5 2.47 22 9 0 73.0 79 20 24 43
Bob Friend 1 4 4.84 12 8 0 44.2 61 24 9 22
Stan Bahnsen 1 1 3.52 4 3 1 23.0 15 9 7 16
Jack Cullen 1 0 3.97 5 0 0 11.1 11 5 5 7
Bill Henry 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 2 3

👥 Roster (36)

Ruben Amaro Stan Bahnsen Ray Barker Jim Bouton Clete Boyer Billy Bryan Horace Clarke Lou Clinton Jack Cullen Al Downing Mike Ferraro Whitey Ford +24 more

36 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1966 New York Yankees

What was the 1966 New York Yankees record?
The 1966 New York Yankees finished 70-89 (.440 win pct).
Who led the 1966 New York Yankees in home runs?
Joe Pepitone led the 1966 New York Yankees with 31 home runs.
What was the 1966 New York Yankees team ERA?
The 1966 New York Yankees posted a team ERA of 3.41.
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