1966 Houston Astros season

1966 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
  • The Astrodome (since 1965)
  • Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Results
Record 72–90 (.444)
League place 8th
Other information
Owner(s) Roy Hofheinz
Manager(s) Grady Hatton
Local television KTRK-TV
Local radio KPRC (AM)
(Gene Elston, Loel Passe, Harry Kalas)
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The 1966 Houston Astros season was a season in American baseball. The team finished eighth in the National League with a record of 72–90, 23 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L GB Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 95 67 -- .586
San Francisco Giants 93 68 1.5 .578
Pittsburgh Pirates 92 70 3 .568
Philadelphia Phillies 87 75 8 .537
Atlanta Braves 85 77 10 .525
St. Louis Cardinals 83 79 12 .512
Cincinnati Reds 76 84 18 .475
Houston Astros 72 90 23 .444
New York Mets 66 95 28.5 .410
Chicago Cubs 59 103 36 .364

Opening Day lineup

  1. Lee Maye, LF
  2. Sonny Jackson, SS
  3. Jimmy Wynn, CF
  4. Dave Nicholson, RF
  5. Joe Morgan, 2B
  6. Bob Aspromonte, 3B
  7. Chuck Harrison, 1B
  8. John Bateman, C
  9. Robin Roberts, P[4]

Notable transactions

Roster

1966 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Bateman, JohnJohn Bateman 131 433 121 .279 17 70
1B Harrison, ChuckChuck Harrison 119 434 111 .256 9 52
2B Morgan, JoeJoe Morgan 122 425 121 .285 5 42
3B Aspromonte, BobBob Aspromonte 152 560 141 .252 8 52
SS Jackson, SonnySonny Jackson 150 596 174 .292 3 25
LF Maye, LeeLee Maye 115 358 103 .288 9 36
CF Wynn, JimmyJimmy Wynn 105 418 107 .256 18 62
RF Staub, RustyRusty Staub 153 554 155 .280 13 81

[6]

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Nicholson, DaveDave Nicholson 100 280 69 .246 10 31
Davis, RonRon Davis 48 194 48 .247 2 19
Lillis, BobBob Lillis 68 164 38 .232 0 11
Mantilla, FélixFélix Mantilla 77 151 33 .219 6 22
Gentile, JimJim Gentile 49 144 35 .243 7 18
Brand, RonRon Brand 56 123 30 .244 0 10
Heath, BillBill Heath 55 123 37 .301 0 8
Miller, NormNorm Miller 11 34 5 .147 1 3
Freese, GeneGene Freese 21 33 3 .091 0 0
Davis, BrockBrock Davis 10 27 4 .148 0 1
Pointer, AaronAaron Pointer 11 26 9 .346 1 5
Gaines, JoeJoe Gaines 11 13 1 .077 0 0
Colbert, NateNate Colbert 19 7 0 .000 0 0
Adlesh, DaveDave Adlesh 3 6 0 .000 0 0
Sims, GregGreg Sims 7 6 1 .167 0 0
Gotay, JulioJulio Gotay 4 5 0 .000 0 0
Watson, BobBob Watson 1 1 0 .000 0 0

[6]

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bruce, BobBob Bruce 25 129.2 3 13 5.34 71
Roberts, RobinRobin Roberts 13 63.2 3 5 3.82 26

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Latman, BarryBarry Latman 31 103 2 7 2.71 74

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Owens, JimJim Owens 40 4 7 2 4.68 32
Kroll, GaryGary Kroll 10 0 0 0 3.80 22
Carpin, FrankFrank Carpin 10 1 0 0 7.50 2
Lee, DonDon Lee 9 2 0 0 2.50 9
Arlich, DonDon Arlich 7 0 1 0 15.75 1
Coombs, DannyDanny Coombs 2 0 0 0 3.38 3
Wilson, DonDon Wilson 1 1 0 0 3.00 7
Ray, JimJim Ray 1 0 0 0 ∞ 0

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers Pacific Coast League Mel McGaha
AA Amarillo Sonics Texas League Buddy Hancken
A Durham Bulls Carolina League Chuck Churn
A Cocoa Astros Florida State League Joe Frazier
A Salisbury Astros Western Carolinas League Walt Matthews
Short-Season A Bismarck-Mandan Pards Northern League Tony Pacheco

References

External links