# 1966 Chicago White Sox season

The 1966 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 66th season in the major leagues, and its 67th season overall. Eddie Stanky managed the White Sox to a fourth-place finish in the American League with a record of 83–79, 15 games behind the first-place Baltimore Orioles.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Baltimore Orioles | 97 | 63 | .606 | — | 48‍–‍31 | 49‍–‍32 |
| Minnesota Twins | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9 | 49‍–‍32 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | .543 | 10 | 42‍–‍39 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Chicago White Sox | 83 | 79 | .512 | 15 | 45‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Cleveland Indians | 81 | 81 | .500 | 17 | 41‍–‍40 | 40‍–‍41 |
| California Angels | 80 | 82 | .494 | 18 | 42‍–‍39 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 74 | 86 | .463 | 23 | 42‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍47 |
| Washington Senators | 71 | 88 | .447 | 25½ | 42‍–‍36 | 29‍–‍52 |
| Boston Red Sox | 72 | 90 | .444 | 26 | 40‍–‍41 | 32‍–‍49 |
| New York Yankees | 70 | 89 | .440 | 26½ | 35‍–‍46 | 35‍–‍43 |

### Record vs. opponents

1966 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | MIN | NYY | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 12–6 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 11–5 | 10–8 | 15–3 | 11–7 |
| Boston | 6–12 | — | 9–9 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 8–10 |
| California | 6–12 | 9–9 | — | 8–10 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 7–11 |
| Chicago | 9–9 | 7–11 | 10–8 | — | 11–7 | 8–10 | 13–5 | 4–14 | 9–9–1 | 12–6 |
| Cleveland | 10–8 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 7–11 | — | 9–9 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 9–9 |
| Detroit | 9–9 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 9–9 | — | 6–12 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 13–5 |
| Kansas City | 5–11 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 12–6 | 12–6 | — | 8–10 | 5–13 | 9–9 |
| Minnesota | 8–10 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 14–4 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 10–8 | — | 8–10 | 14–4 |
| New York | 3–15 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 9–9–1 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 13–5 | 10–8 | — | 5–10 |
| Washington | 7–11 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 4–14 | 10–5 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

* Don Buford, 3B
* Floyd Robinson, RF
* Pete Ward, LF
* Johnny Romano, C
* Tommy McCraw, 1B
* Ron Hansen, SS
* Tommie Agee, CF
* Al Weis, 2B
* Tommy John, P

### Notable transactions

* May 27, 1966: Danny Cater was traded by the White Sox to the Kansas City Athletics for Wayne Causey.
* June 7, 1966: 1966 Major League Baseball Draft
** Carlos May was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (18th pick).
** Johnny Oates was drafted by the White Sox in the 2nd round, but did not sign.
** Ken Frailing was drafted by the White Sox in the 5th round. Player signed June 25, 1966.
** Chuck Brinkman was drafted by the White Sox in the 16th round.
** Geoff Zahn was drafted by the White Sox in the 34th round, but did not sign.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Jerry Adair, SS,2B | 105 | 370 | 27 | 90 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 44 | .243 | 3 |
| Tommie Agee, CF,LF | 160 | 629 | 98 | 172 | 27 | 8 | 22 | 86 | 41 | 127 | .273 | 44 |
| Ken Berry, LF,RF,CF | 147 | 443 | 50 | 120 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 63 | .271 | 7 |
| Buddy Bradford, LF,RF | 14 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .143 | 0 |
| Don Buford, 3B,2B,LF,RF | 163 | 607 | 85 | 148 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 69 | 71 | .244 | 51 |
| Smoky Burgess, C | 79 | 67 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 8 | .313 | 0 |
| Danny Cater, LF,RF | 21 | 60 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | .183 | 3 |
| Wayne Causey, 2B | 78 | 164 | 23 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 13 | .244 | 2 |
| Lee Elia, SS | 80 | 195 | 16 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 39 | .205 | 0 |
| Gene Freese, 3B | 48 | 106 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 20 | .208 | 2 |
| Ron Hansen, SS | 23 | 74 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | .176 | 0 |
| Jim Hicks, RF,1B,LF | 18 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .192 | 0 |
| Deacon Jones, PH | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | 0 |
| Duane Josephson, C | 11 | 38 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .237 | 0 |
| Dick Kenworthy, 3B | 9 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
| J. C. Martin, C | 67 | 157 | 13 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 24 | .255 | 0 |
| Jerry McNertney, C | 44 | 59 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .220 | 1 |
| Tommy McCraw, 1B,LF,RF | 151 | 389 | 49 | 89 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 29 | 40 | .229 | 20 |
| Floyd Robinson, RF | 127 | 342 | 44 | 81 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 44 | 32 | .237 | 8 |
| Johnny Romano, C | 122 | 329 | 33 | 76 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 47 | 58 | 72 | .231 | 0 |
| Bill Skowron, 1B | 120 | 337 | 27 | 84 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 45 | .249 | 1 |
| Marv Staehle, 2B | 8 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .133 | 1 |
| Ed Stroud, RF,LF | 12 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .167 | 3 |
| Bill Voss, LF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Pete Ward, LF,RF,3B,1B | 84 | 251 | 22 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 49 | .219 | 3 |
| Al Weis, 2B,SS | 129 | 187 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 50 | .155 | 3 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Greg Bollo, P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| John Buzhardt, P | 34 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | .116 | 0 |
| Eddie Fisher, P | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Dennis Higgins, P | 42 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .176 | 0 |
| Joe Horlen, P | 64 | 60 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .067 | 1 |
| Bruce Howard, P | 27 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | .070 | 0 |
| Tommy John, P | 34 | 69 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 21 | .145 | 0 |
| Fred Klages, P | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .500 | 0 |
| Jack Lamabe, P | 34 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .057 | 0 |
| Bob Locker, P | 56 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .250 | 0 |
| Gary Peters, P | 38 | 81 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 19 | .235 | 0 |
| Juan Pizarro, P | 34 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .154 | 0 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm, P | 46 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 163 | 5348 | 574 | 1235 | 193 | 40 | 87 | 524 | 476 | 872 | .231 | 153 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
| Greg Bollo | 0 | 1 | 2.57 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| John Buzhardt | 6 | 11 | 3.83 | 33 | 22 | 1 | 150.1 | 144 | 74 | 64 | 13 | 34 | 66 |
| Eddie Fisher | 1 | 3 | 2.29 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 35.1 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Dennis Higgins | 1 | 0 | 2.52 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 93.0 | 66 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 37 | 86 |
| Joe Horlen | 10 | 13 | 2.43 | 37 | 29 | 1 | 211.0 | 185 | 64 | 57 | 14 | 64 | 124 |
| Bruce Howard | 9 | 5 | 2.30 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 149.0 | 110 | 48 | 38 | 14 | 46 | 85 |
| Tommy John | 14 | 11 | 2.62 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 223.0 | 195 | 76 | 65 | 13 | 61 | 138 |
| Fred Klages | 1 | 0 | 1.72 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15.2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Jack Lamabe | 7 | 9 | 3.93 | 34 | 17 | 0 | 121.1 | 116 | 55 | 53 | 9 | 36 | 67 |
| Bob Locker | 9 | 8 | 2.46 | 56 | 0 | 12 | 95.0 | 73 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 36 | 70 |
| Gary Peters | 12 | 10 | 1.98 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 204.2 | 156 | 54 | 45 | 11 | 51 | 129 |
| Juan Pizarro | 8 | 6 | 3.76 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 88.2 | 91 | 49 | 37 | 9 | 46 | 42 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 5 | 2 | 1.66 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 81.1 | 50 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 61 |
| Team Totals | 83 | 79 | 2.68 | 163 | 163 | 34 | 1475.1 | 1229 | 517 | 440 | 101 | 458 | 896 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Indianapolis Indians | Pacific Coast League | Les Moss |
| AA | Evansville White Sox | Southern League | George Noga |
| A | Lynchburg White Sox | Carolina League | Ira Hutchinson |
| A | Deerfield Beach/Winter Haven Sun Sox | Florida State League | Don Bacon and Bruce Andrew |
| A | Fox Cities Foxes | Midwest League | Stan Wasiak |
| Rookie | GCL White Sox | Gulf Coast League | Frank Parenti |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fox Cities
Deerfield Beach franchise moved to Winter Haven, June 27, 1966