# 1966 San Francisco Giants season

The 1966 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 84th year in Major League Baseball, their ninth year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their seventh at Candlestick Park. The Giants finished second in the National League with a record of 93 wins and 68 losses, a game-and-a-half behind their arch-rivals, the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

## Offseason

* October 15, 1965: Warren Spahn was released by the Giants.
* December 2, 1965: Randy Hundley and Bill Hands traded to the Chicago Cubs for Lindy McDaniel and Don Landrum.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 42‍–‍39 |
| San Francisco Giants | 93 | 68 | .578 | 1½ | 47‍–‍34 | 46‍–‍34 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 92 | 70 | .568 | 3 | 46‍–‍35 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 75 | .537 | 8 | 48‍–‍33 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Atlanta Braves | 85 | 77 | .525 | 10 | 43‍–‍38 | 42‍–‍39 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 79 | .512 | 12 | 43‍–‍38 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 76 | 84 | .475 | 18 | 46‍–‍33 | 30‍–‍51 |
| Houston Astros | 72 | 90 | .444 | 23 | 45‍–‍36 | 27‍–‍54 |
| New York Mets | 66 | 95 | .410 | 28½ | 32‍–‍49 | 34‍–‍46 |
| Chicago Cubs | 59 | 103 | .364 | 36 | 32‍–‍49 | 27‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1966 National League recordvte 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

* Jesús Alou
* Tito Fuentes
* Len Gabrielson
* Tom Haller
* Jim Ray Hart
* Hal Lanier
* Juan Marichal
* Willie Mays
* Willie McCovey

### Notable transactions

* May 8, 1966: Orlando Cepeda was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ray Sadecki.
* June 10, 1966: Bob Shaw was purchased from the Giants by the New York Mets.

## Game log and schedule

Legend :
| | Giants win |
| | Giants loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Giants team member |
1966 Game Log (93–68) (Home: 47–34; Road: 46–34) :
April (11–7) (Home: 7–5; Road: 4–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
13April 25Braves
14April 26Braves :
May (19–9) (Home: 9–5; Road: 10–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport :
June (18–12) (Home: 6–2; Road: 12–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
47June 1@ Braves
48June 2@ Braves
76June 30Braves :
July (13–16) (Home: 11–9; Road: 2–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
77July 1Braves
78July 2Braves
79July 3Braves
102July 29@ Braves
103July 30@ Braves
104July 30@ Braves
105July 31@ Braves :
August (17–11) (Home: 10–5; Road: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
122August 19Braves
123August 20Braves
124August 21Braves :
September (12–13) (Home: 5–8; Road: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
156September 26@ Braves
157September 27@ Braves
158September 28@ Braves :
October (3–0) (Road: 3–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport :

### Roster
## 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 | Tom Haller | 142 | 471 | 113 | .240 | 27 | 67 |
| 1B | Willie McCovey | 150 | 502 | 148 | .295 | 36 | 96 |
| 2B | Hal Lanier | 149 | 459 | 106 | .231 | 3 | 37 |
| SS | Tito Fuentes | 133 | 541 | 141 | .261 | 9 | 40 |
| 3B | Jim Ray Hart | 156 | 578 | 165 | .285 | 33 | 93 |
| LF | Len Gabrielson | 94 | 240 | 52 | .217 | 4 | 16 |
| CF | Willie Mays | 152 | 552 | 159 | .288 | 37 | 103 |
| RF | Ollie Brown | 115 | 348 | 81 | .233 | 7 | 33 |

#### 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 |
| Jesús Alou | 110 | 370 | 96 | .259 | 1 | 20 |
| Jim Davenport | 111 | 305 | 76 | .249 | 9 | 30 |
| Cap Peterson | 89 | 190 | 45 | .237 | 2 | 19 |
| Don Landrum | 72 | 102 | 19 | .186 | 1 | 7 |
| Bob Barton | 43 | 91 | 16 | .176 | 0 | 3 |
| Ozzie Virgil | 42 | 89 | 19 | .213 | 2 | 9 |
| Orlando Cepeda | 19 | 49 | 14 | .286 | 3 | 15 |
| Bob Burda | 37 | 43 | 7 | .163 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Schroder | 10 | 33 | 8 | .242 | 0 | 2 |
| Frank Johnson | 15 | 32 | 7 | .219 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Henderson | 11 | 29 | 9 | .310 | 1 | 1 |
| Don Mason | 42 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Hiatt | 18 | 23 | 7 | .304 | 0 | 1 |
| Dick Dietz | 13 | 23 | 1 | .043 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Schofield | 11 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Juan Marichal | 37 | 307.1 | 25 | 6 | 2.23 | 222 |
| Gaylord Perry | 36 | 255.2 | 21 | 8 | 2.99 | 201 |
| Bobby Bolin | 36 | 224.1 | 11 | 10 | 2.89 | 143 |
| Ray Sadecki | 26 | 105.0 | 3 | 7 | 5.40 | 62 |

#### 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 |
| Ron Herbel | 32 | 129.2 | 4 | 5 | 4.16 | 55 |
| Joe Gibbon | 37 | 81.0 | 4 | 6 | 3.67 | 48 |
| Bob Shaw | 13 | 31.2 | 1 | 4 | 6.25 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Linzy | 51 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 2.96 | 57 |
| Lindy McDaniel | 64 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2.66 | 93 |
| Bob Priddy | 38 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3.96 | 51 |
| Bill Henry | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.45 | 15 |
| Billy Hoeft | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.36 | 3 |
| Rich Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 |
| Bob Garibaldi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Awards and honors

All-Star Game

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Phoenix Giants | Pacific Coast League | Bill Werle |
| AA | Waterbury Giants | Eastern League | Andy Gilbert |
| A | Fresno Giants | California League | Ed Fitz Gerald |
| A | Decatur Commodores | Midwest League | Richie Klaus |
| A | Lexington Giants | Western Carolinas League | Alex Cosmidis and Dennis Sommers |
| Rookie | Magic Valley Cowboys | Pioneer League | Harvey Koepf |