1966 Houston Astros season

1966 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962)
Location
The Astrodome (since 1965)
Houston, Texas (since 1962)
Results
Record	72–90 (.444)
League place	8th
Other information
Owner(s)	Roy Hofheinz
General manager(s)	Tal Smith
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

November 29, 1965: 1965 rule 5 draft
- Nate Colbert was drafted by the Astros from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]
- Bob Saverine was drafted from the Astros by the Washington Senators.^[2]
January 6, 1966: Johnny Weekly and cash were traded by the Astros to the New York Mets for Gary Kroll.^[3]

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

Record vs. opponents

1966 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–11	10–8	14–4–1	7–11	14–4	11–7	7–11	8–10	7–11
Chicago	11–7	—	6–12	5–13	8–10	8–10	5–13	6–12	6–12	4–14
Cincinnati	8–10	12–6	—	4–14	6–12	10–7	10–8	8–10	7–10	11–7
Houston	4–14–1	13–5	14–4	—	7–11	7–11	7–11	4–14	6–12	10–8
Los Angeles	11–7	10–8	12–6	11–7	—	12–6	11–7	9–9	9–9	10–8
New York	4–14	10–8	7–10	11–7	6–12	—	7–11	5–13	9–9	7–11
Philadelphia	7-11	13–5	8–10	11–7	7–11	11–7	—	10–8	10–8	10–8
Pittsburgh	11–7	12–6	10–8	14–4	9–9	13–5	8–10	—	7–11	8–10
San Francisco	10–8	12–6	10–7	12–6	9–9	9–9	8–10	11–7	—	12–6
St. Louis	11–7	14–4	7–11	8–10	8–10	11–7	8–10	10–8	6–12	—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

June 7, 1966: Fred Stanley was drafted by the Astros in the 8th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft.^[5]

Roster

1966 Houston Astros

Roster

Pitchers

46 Don Arlich

30 Bob Bruce

42 Frank Carpin

44 Danny Coombs

35 Mike Cuellar

49 Larry Dierker

13 Turk Farrell

39 Dave Giusti

31 Gary Kroll

48 Barry Latman

48 Don Lee

37 Aurelio Monteagudo

33 Jim Owens

38 Jim Ray

36 Claude Raymond

38 Robin Roberts

41 Carroll Sembera

40 Ron Taylor

23 Don Wilson

37 Chris Zachary

Catchers

27 Dave Adlesh

7 John Bateman

9 Ron Brand

8 Bill Heath

Infielders

14 Bob Aspromonte

11 Gene Freese

4 Jim Gentile

11 Julio Gotay

17 Chuck Harrison

16 Sonny Jackson

15 Bob Lillis

25 Félix Mantilla

18 Joe Morgan

Outfielders

29 Brock Davis

22 Ron Davis

46 Joe Gaines

20 Lee Maye

34 Norm Miller

21 Dave Nicholson

28 Aaron Pointer

22 Greg Sims

10 Rusty Staub

24 Jimmy Wynn

Other batters

12 Nate Colbert

38 Bob Watson

Manager

1 Grady Hatton

Coaches

3 Jim Busby

2 Nellie Fox

6 Al Heist

5 Gordon Jones

38 Robin Roberts

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
A-Short Season	Bismarck-Mandan Pards	Northern League	Tony Pacheco

References

External links

1966 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference

1966 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota New York Washington

National League	Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1966 MLB draft 1966 All-Star Game 1966 World Series

Houston Astros

Formerly the Houston Colt .45s
Based in Houston, Texas

Franchise

Ballparks

Colt Stadium Houston Astrodome Minute Maid Park

Spring training:	Cocoa Expo Stadium Osceola County Stadium

Culture

Key personnel

Owner: Jim Crane
General Manager: Jeff Luhnow
Manager: A. J. Hinch

League
pennants (1)

National League:
- 2005
American League:
- none

Division titles

NL West:
- 1980
- 1981
- 1986
NL Central:
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2001
AL West:
- none
NL Wild Card:
- 2004
- 2005
AL Wild Card:
- 2015

Minors

Rivalries

Texas Rangers

Seasons (55)

1960s	1960 · 1961 · 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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