1966 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1966 Pittsburgh Pirates
1966 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907);
Other information
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managers	Joe L. Brown
Managers	Harry Walker
Local television	KDKA-TV ; Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Don Hoak
Local radio	KDKA; Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Don Hoak
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The 1966 Pittsburgh Pirates season involved the team's third-place finish in the National League at 92–70, three games behind the NL Champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

November 22, 1965: Bill Virdon was released by the Pirates.[2]
November 29, 1965: 1965 rule 5 draft
- Dave Roberts was selected by the Pirates from the Houston Astros.[3]
- Jesse Gonder was drafted by the Pirates from the Atlanta Braves.[4]
December 1, 1965: Matty Alou was traded to the Pirates by the San Francisco Giants for Ozzie Virgil and Joe Gibbon.[5]
December 10, 1965: Bob Friend was traded by the Pirates to the New York Yankees for Pete Mikkelsen.[6]
January 29, 1966: Del Unser was drafted by the Pirates in the 4th round of the secondary phase of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.[7]

Regular season

Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente was the National League's Most Valuable Player for the 1966 season.

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	0.586	—	53–28	42–39
San Francisco Giants	93	68	0.578	1½	47–34	46–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	92	70	0.568	3	46–35	46–35
Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	0.537	8	48–33	39–42
Atlanta Braves	85	77	0.525	10	43–38	42–39
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	0.512	12	43–38	40–41
Cincinnati Reds	76	84	0.475	18	46–33	30–51
Houston Astros	72	90	0.444	23	45–36	27–54
New York Mets	66	95	0.410	28½	32–49	34–46
Chicago Cubs	59	103	0.364	36	32–49	27–54

Record vs. opponents

1966 National League record 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	—

Game log

1966 Game Log: 92–70 (Home: 46–35; Away: 46–35)

April: 10–5 (Home: 6–3; Away: 4–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 12	@ Braves	3–2 (13)	Schwall (1–0)	Cloninger	—	50,671	1–0
2	April 13	@ Braves	6–0	Law (1–0)	Johnson	—	12,721	2–0
3	April 15	Cardinals	2–9	Gibson	Cardwell (0–1)	—	32,231	2–1
4	April 16	Cardinals	5–3	Sisk	Washburn	Face	8,622	3–1
5	April 17	Cardinals	6–5	Fryman (1–0)	Jackson	—	12,684	4–1
6	April 18	Reds	4–3	McBean (1–0)	Jay	Face (2)	7,527	5–1
7	April 19	Reds	7–3	Blass (1–0)	Ellis	—	3,750	6–1
8	April 20	Reds	3–2	Face (1–0)	Baldschun	—	8,654	7–1
9	April 21	Reds	2–1	Veale (1–0)	Pappas	—	5,727	8–1
10	April 22	@ Cardinals	5–7	Washburn	Mikkelsen (0–1)	Aust	19,785	8–2
11	April 23	@ Cardinals	5–4	Mikkelsen (1–1)	Woodeshick	Face (3)	11,508	9–2
12	April 24	@ Cardinals	2–5	Sadecki	Cardwell (0–2)	Stallard	11,217	9–3
13	April 25	Phillies	0–5	Bunning	Veale (1–1)	—	9,564	9–4
14	April 28	@ Cubs	9–6 (10)	Face (2–0)	Koonce	Mikkelsen (1)	3,076	10–4
15	April 29	Mets	2–5 (11)	Selma	Walker (0–1)	Sutherland	8,665	10–5

May: 14–15 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
16	May 1	Mets	8–0	Veale (2–1)	Fisher	—	29,433	11–5
17	May 3	@ Reds	5–4 (12)	Face (3–0)	Ellis	—	4,669	12–5
18	May 4	@ Reds	4–3	Blass (2–0)	O'Toole	Purkey (1)	4,019	13–5
19	May 5	@ Reds	6–10	Jay	McBean (1–1)	McCool	3,735	13–6
20	May 6	@ Phillies	7–8 (11)	Knowles	Face (3–1)	—	18,982	13–7
21	May 7	@ Phillies	3–7	Bunning	Sisk (0–1)	—	7,006	13–8
22	May 8	@ Phillies	3–2	Veale (3–1)	Herbert	—	8,411	14–8
23	May 10	Giants	1–2 (15)	Linzy	Purkey (0–1)	Gibbon	6,750	14–9
24	May 11	Giants	1–6	Perry	Schwall (1–1)	—	4,373	14–10
25	May 12	Giants	0–3	Marichal	Veale (3–2)	—	5,343	14–11
26	May 13	Dodgers	4–3	Fryman (2–0)	Regan	—	13,388	15–11
27	May 14	Dodgers	1–4	Koufax	Blass (2–1)	—	11,602	15–12
28	May 15	Dodgers	1–3	Sutton	Cardwell (0–3)	Regan	16,205	15–13
29	May 17	Braves	5–2	Veale (4–2)	Blasingame	Face (4)	7,938	16–13
30	May 18	Braves	2–4	Johnson	Law (1–1)	—	7,642	16–14
31	May 20	@ Dodgers	7–3	Mikkelsen (2–1)	Sutton	—	33,484	17–14
32	May 21	@ Dodgers	4–5 (12)	Perranoski	Schwall (1–2)	—	34,839	17–15
33	May 22	@ Dodgers	4–0	Veale (5–2)	Osteen	—	30,826	18–15
34	May 23	@ Dodgers	2–3	Koufax	Mikkelsen (2–2)	—	24,188	18–16
35	May 24	@ Giants	2–5	Perry	Law (1–2)	Linzy	14,158	18–17
36	May 25	@ Giants	3–2	Schwall (2–2)	Shaw	Face (5)	9,663	19–17
37	May 26	@ Astros	3–2	Blass (3–1)	Farrell	Mikkelsen (2)	14,440	20–17
38	May 27	@ Astros	6–0	Veale (6–2)	Latman	Mikkelsen (3)	18,104	21–17
39	May 28	@ Astros	1–2	Giusti	Cardwell (0–4)	Raymond	13,235	21–18
40	May 28	@ Astros	5–2	Fryman (3–0)	Roberts	—	30,383	22–18
41	May 29	@ Astros	2–3 (11)	Raymond	Face (3–2)	—	25,404	22–19
42	May 30	Cubs	3–2	Mikkelsen (3–2)	Ellsworth	—		23–19
43	May 30	Cubs	5–3	McBean (2–1)	Connors	Face (6)	15,327	24–19
44	May 31	Cubs	1–2	Broglio	Veale (6–3)	—	3,825	24–20

June: 19–9 (Home: 11–4; Away: 8–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
45	June 1	@ Mets	3–1	Cardwell (1–4)	Ribant	McBean (1)	11,795	25–20
46	June 2	@ Mets	5–0	Law (2–2)	Gardner	—	11,785	26–20
47	June 3	Astros	7–2	Fryman (4–0)	Dierker	—	11,263	27–20
48	June 4	Astros	9–6	Schwall (3–2)	Raymond	Mikkelsen (4)	6,946	28–20
49	June 5	Astros	10–5	Mikkelsen (4–2)	Bruce	—	27,370	29–20
50	June 7	Cardinals	9–1	Cardwell (2–4)	Gibson	—	12,418	30–20
51	June 8	Cardinals	5–11	Dennis	Law (2–3)	—	9,624	30–21
52	June 9	Cardinals	2–4	Jackson	Fryman (4–1)	—	11,232	30–22
53	June 10	Braves	2–8	Johnson	Veale (6–4)	Olivo	15,177	30–23
54	June 11	Braves	5–3	Blass (4–1)	Umbach	Face (7)	8,763	31–23
55	June 12	Braves	11–8	Sisk (1–1)	Carroll	Face (8)	14,520	32–23
56	June 13	Reds	5–4	Mikkelsen (5–2)	McCool	—	10,862	33–23
57	June 14	Reds	0–3	Maloney	Fryman (4–2)	—	11,655	33–24
58	June 15	@ Cardinals	0–1	Gibson	Veale (6–5)	—	21,652	33–25
59	June 16	@ Cardinals	2–1	Blass (5–1)	Briles	Face (9)	16,877	34–25
60	June 17	@ Braves	4–2	Cardwell (3–4)	Carroll	Fryman (1)	17,704	35–25
61	June 18	@ Braves	9–6	Law (3–3)	Blasingame	Face (10)	21,083	36–25
62	June 19	@ Braves	2–1 (11)	Veale (7–5)	Abernathy	—	17,229	37–25
63	June 21	@ Reds	8–11	Nottebart	Fryman (4–3)	McCool	7,665	37–26
64	June 22	@ Reds	3–4	Maloney	Mikkelsen (5–3)	—	7,843	37–27
65	June 23	@ Reds	3–5	Pappas	Cardwell (3–5)	Nottebart	6,039	37–28
66	June 24	@ Phillies	3–1	Veale (8–5)	Bunning	—	26,791	38–28
67	June 25	@ Phillies	7–8	Culp	Mikkelsen (5–4)	Craig	23,160	38–29
68	June 26	@ Phillies	2–0	Fryman (5–3)	Jackson	—	18,734	39–29
69	June 27	Astros	8–5	Blass (6–1)	Bruce	Face (11)	11,679	40–29
70	June 28	Astros	4–3	Veale (9–5)	Giusti	—	11,713	41–29
71	June 29	Astros	6–5	O'Dell (1–0)	Owens	—	12,500	42–29
72	June 30	Astros	9–0	Law (4–3)	Roberts	—	15,183	43–29

July: 17–14 (Home: 8–6; Away: 9–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
73	July 1	@ Mets	12–0	Fryman (6–3)	Fisher	—	24,056	44–29
74	July 2	@ Mets	3–4	Ribant	Blass (6–2)	Hamilton	14,379	44–30
75	July 3	@ Mets	8–7	Veale (10–5)	Rusteck	Face (12)		45–30
76	July 3	@ Mets	8–9	Gardner	McBean (2–2)	Hamilton	28,296	45–31
77	July 4	@ Cubs	7–5	Law (5–3)	Hands	Face (13)		46–31
78	July 4	@ Cubs	4–6 (8)	Lee	Cardwell (3–6)	Hendley	23,164	46–32
79	July 5	@ Cubs	6–0	Fryman (7–3)	Faul	—	6,183	47–32
80	July 6	@ Cubs	10–5	Blass (7–2)	Ellsworth	Mikkelsen (5)	6,483	48–32
81	July 7	@ Cubs	4–5	Hoeft	Mikkelsen (5–5)	Hendley	7,063	48–33
82	July 8	Mets	10–2	Law (6–3)	Shaw	—		49–33
83	July 8	Mets	9–2	Sisk (2–1)	Fisher	O'Dell (1)	32,440	50–33
84	July 9	Mets	6–3	Fryman (8–3)	Hepler	—	13,309	51–33
85	July 10	Mets	9–4	Face (4–2)	Shaw	—	26,150	52–33
86	July 14	Cubs	10–4	Veale (11–5)	Ellsworth	—	11,692	53–33
87	July 15	Cubs	4–5	Roberts	Law (6–4)	—	15,488	53–34
88	July 16	Cubs	1–4	Hands	Fryman (8–4)	Jenkins	9,764	53–35
89	July 17	Giants	7–4	Blass (8–2)	Herbel	Mikkelsen (6)		54–35
90	July 17	Giants	7–1	Sisk (3–1)	Priddy	—	35,184	55–35
91	July 18	Giants	2–3	Perry	Veale (11–6)	McDaniel	33,908	55–36
92	July 20	@ Dodgers	8–5	Cardwell (4–6)	Brewer	McBean (2)	39,545	56–36
93	July 21	@ Dodgers	3–4 (10)	Regan	Face (4–3)	—	35,586	56–37
94	July 22	@ Astros	2–5	Dierker	Blass (8–3)	—	28,942	56–38
95	July 23	@ Astros	4–3	McBean (3–2)	Raymond	Mikkelsen (7)	43,825	57–38
96	July 24	@ Astros	11–6	Cardwell (5–6)	Taylor	Face (14)	34,556	58–38
97	July 25	@ Giants	1–2	Marichal	Fryman (8–5)	—	22,191	58–39
98	July 26	@ Giants	3–8	Perry	Blass (8–4)	McDaniel	21,786	58–40
99	July 27	@ Giants	5–3	Mikkelsen (6–5)	Linzy	Face (15)	22,154	59–40
100	July 29	Phillies	5–3	O'Dell (2–0)	Short	Face (16)	25,358	60–40
101	July 30	Phillies	1–4	Jackson	Fryman (8–6)	—	15,804	60–41
102	July 31	Phillies	1–8	Bunning	Law (6–5)	—		60–42
103	July 31	Phillies	5–6 (10)	Verbanic	Face (4–4)	Herbert	28,947	60–43

August: 18–12 (Home: 11–6; Away: 7–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 1	Dodgers	1–5	Regan	Sisk (3–2)	—	27,398	60–44
105	August 2	Dodgers	6–5	Mikkelsen (7–5)	Perranoski	McBean (3)	12,886	61–44
106	August 3	Dodgers	3–1	Veale (12–6)	Sutton	—	21,952	62–44
107	August 4	Dodgers	8–1	Law (7–5)	Osteen	—	22,529	63–44
108	August 5	Reds	3–4	Pappas	Mikkelsen (7–6)	McCool	20,064	63–45
109	August 6	Reds	9–3	Sisk (4–2)	O'Toole	—	11,401	64–45
110	August 7	Reds	7–9	Nottebart	Veale (12–7)	McCool	18,470	64–46
111	August 9	Mets	2–1	Fryman (9–6)	Ribant	Mikkelsen (8)	12,847	65–46
112	August 10	Mets	10–4	Law (8–5)	Shaw	O'Dell (2)	15,008	66–46
113	August 11	Mets	7–5	Face (5–4)	Gardner	—	12,381	67–46
114	August 12	@ Reds	14–11 (13)	Sisk (5–2)	McCool	—	25,477	68–46
115	August 13	@ Reds	0–11 (5)	Maloney	Fryman (9–7)	—	9,003	68–47
116	August 14	@ Reds	4–2	Mikkelsen (8–6)	Nottebart	—	19,767	69–47
117	August 16	@ Mets	3–0 (7)	Sisk (6–2)	McGraw	—	23,953	70–47
118	August 17	@ Mets	7–8	Hepler	McBean (3–3)	Friend	32,461	70–48
119	August 18	@ Mets	5–9	Gardner	Fryman (9–8)	Terry	26,829	70–49
120	August 19	@ Cubs	3–4 (11)	Hendley	Face (5–5)	—	11,092	70–50
121	August 20	@ Cubs	3–2	Sisk (7–2)	Hands	Mikkelsen (9)	14,446	71–50
122	August 21	@ Cubs	8–1	Veale (13–7)	Roberts	—	15,944	72–50
123	August 22	Phillies	6–5	Cardwell (6–6)	Buhl	Mikkelsen (10)	15,119	73–50
124	August 23	Phillies	4–5	Short	O'Dell (2–1)	—	25,504	73–51
125	August 24	Phillies	6–4	Law (9–5)	Jackson	—	19,899	74–51
126	August 25	Phillies	1–4	Bunning	Veale (13–8)	—	25,658	74–52
127	August 26	@ Cardinals	7–4	Fryman (10–8)	Jackson	Mikkelsen (11)	43,951	75–52
128	August 27	@ Cardinals	1–5	Gibson	Blass (8–5)	—	30,457	75–53
129	August 28	@ Cardinals	2–3	Washburn	Law (9–6)	Briles		75–54
130	August 28	@ Cardinals	5–1	O'Dell (3–1)	Carlton	Mikkelsen (12)	46,211	76–54
131	August 29	Astros	0–2	Cuellar	Veale (13–9)	—	13,011	76–55
132	August 30	Astros	8–2	Fryman (11–8)	Giusti	Mikkelsen (13)	11,564	77–55
133	August 31	Dodgers	4–3	Blass (9–5)	Drysdale	O'Dell (3)	31,036	78–55

September: 14–12 (Home: 5–6; Away: 9–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
134	September 1	Dodgers	3–4 (10)	Sutton	Law (9–7)	Perranoski	26,761	78–56
135	September 2	Cubs	7–3	Veale (14–9)	Jenkins	Cardwell (1)	13,677	79–56
136	September 3	Cubs	9–1	Sisk (8–2)	Holtzman	—	10,891	80–56
137	September 4	Cubs	8–5	McBean (4–3)	Church	Face (17)	12,899	81–56
138	September 5	Braves	13–5	Law (10–7)	Kelley	—		82–56
139	September 5	Braves	5–7	Cloninger	Blass (9–6)	—	30,747	82–57
140	September 6	Braves	1–4	Jarvis	Veale (14–10)	Ritchie	10,792	82–58
141	September 7	Braves	3–8	Johnson	Sisk (8–3)	—	12,100	82–59
142	September 9	Cardinals	3–2 (12)	Face (6–5)	Briles	—	19,676	83–59
143	September 10	Cardinals	5–6	Gibson	Mikkelsen (8–7)	Woodeshick	13,535	83–60
144	September 11	Cardinals	3–4	Hughes	Veale (14–11)	—	17,859	83–61
145	September 13	@ Astros	9–3	Sisk (9–3)	Giusti	Face (18)	17,872	84–61
146	September 15	@ Dodgers	3–5	Drysdale	Law (10–8)	Regan	50,559	84–62
147	September 16	@ Dodgers	1–5	Koufax	Veale (14–12)	—	54,510	84–63
148	September 17	@ Dodgers	9–5	Law (11–8)	Miller	O'Dell (4)	44,330	85–63
149	September 18	@ Giants	3–1	Fryman (12–8)	Perry	—	41,981	86–63
150	September 19	@ Giants	6–1 (11)	Mikkelsen (9–7)	Linzy	—	12,871	87–63
151	September 20	@ Giants	6–0	Law (12–8)	Herbel	—	30,187	88–63
152	September 21	@ Giants	5–6	Marichal	Face (6–6)	—	15,338	88–64
153	September 22	@ Braves	1–14	Jarvis	Fryman (12–9)	—	11,004	88–65
154	September 23	@ Braves	3–0	Veale (15–12)	Schwall	—	21,238	89–65
155	September 24	@ Braves	8–6	Blass (10–6)	Olivo	Mikkelsen (14)	20,054	90–65
156	September 25	@ Braves	2–6	Kelley	Sisk (9–4)	Carroll	28,372	90–66
157	September 26	@ Phillies	4–5 (11)	Bunning	O'Dell (3–2)	—	8,289	90–67
158	September 28	@ Phillies	2–1	Blass (11–6)	Bunning	Sisk (1)		91–67
159	September 28	@ Phillies	4–2	Veale (16–12)	Jackson	—	7,213	92–67

October: 0–3 (Home: 0–3; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
160	October 1	Giants	4–5	Marichal	Mikkelsen (9–8)	—		92–68
161	October 1	Giants	0–2	Bolin	Sisk (9–5)	—	18,928	92–69
162	October 2	Giants	3–7 (11)	McDaniel	Blass (11–7)	—	33,827	92–70

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
18	Matty Alou	CF
14	Gene Alley	SS
21	Roberto Clemente	RF
8	Willie Stargell	LF
17	Donn Clendenon	1B
9	Bill Mazeroski	2B
7	Bob Bailey	3B
10	Jim Pagliaroni	C
39	Bob Veale	SP

[8]

Notable transactions

April 7, 1966: Bob Purkey was sold to the Pirates by the St. Louis Cardinals.[9]
June 7, 1966: 1966 Major League Baseball draft
- Richie Hebner was drafted by the Pirates in the 1st round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft.[10]
- Dave Cash was drafted by the Pirates in the 5th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft.[11]
- Gene Clines was drafted by the Pirates in the 6th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft.[12]
June 15, 1966: Don Schwall was traded by the Pirates to the Atlanta Braves for Billy O'Dell.[13]

Roster

1966 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

23 George Spriggs

Manager

3 Harry Walker

Coaches

5 Alex Grammas (Third base)
6 Clyde King (Pitching)
4 Johnny Pesky (First base)
2 Hal Smith (Bullpen)

Statistics

Batting

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

Regular Season[14]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Matty Alou	141	535	183	0.342	2	27
Manny Mota	116	322	107	0.332	5	46
Roberto Clemente	154	638	202	0.317	29	119
Willie Stargell	140	485	153	0.315	33	102
Donn Clendenon	155	571	171	0.299	28	98
Gene Alley	147	579	173	0.299	7	43
Bob Bailey	126	380	106	0.279	13	46
Jose Pagan	109	368	97	0.264	4	54
Bill Mazeroski	162	621	163	0.262	16	82
Jerry May	42	52	13	0.250	1	2
Vern Law	34	66	16	0.242	1	3
Jim Pagliaroni	123	374	88	0.235	11	49
Steve Blass	34	52	12	0.231	0	6
Jesse Gonder	59	160	36	0.225	7	16
Jerry Lynch	64	56	12	0.214	1	6
Andre Rodgers	36	49	9	0.184	0	4
Woodie Fryman	36	63	10	0.159	0	2
Gene Michael	30	33	5	0.152	0	2
Pete Mikkelsen	71	20	3	0.150	0	0
George Spriggs	9	7	1	0.143	0	0
Bob Veale	38	94	13	0.138	0	2
Dave Roberts	14	16	2	0.125	0	0
Don Cardwell	32	29	3	0.103	0	3
Al McBean	50	10	1	0.100	0	0
Don Schwall	11	10	1	0.100	0	0
Tommie Sisk	34	51	5	0.098	0	2
Billy O'Dell	37	16	1	0.063	0	1
Don Bosch	3	2	0	0.000	0	0
Roy Face	54	11	0	0.000	0	0
Bob Purkey	11	4	0	0.000	0	0
Luke Walker	10	2	0	0.000	0	0
Jim Shellenback	2	0	0	—	0	0
Team Totals	162	5,676	1,586	0.279	158	715

Pitching

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

Regular Season[15]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Purkey	10	192⁄3	0	1	1.37	5
Don Schwall	11	412⁄3	3	2	2.16	24
Roy Face	54	70	6	6	2.70	67
Billy O'Dell	37	711⁄3	3	2	2.78	47
Bob Veale	38	2681⁄3	16	12	3.02	229
Pete Mikkelsen	71	126	9	8	3.07	76
Al McBean	47	862⁄3	4	3	3.22	54
Woodie Fryman	36	1812⁄3	12	9	3.81	105
Steve Blass	34	1552⁄3	11	7	3.87	76
Vern Law	31	1772⁄3	12	8	4.05	88
Tommie Sisk	34	150	10	5	4.14	60
Luke Walker	10	10	0	1	4.50	7
Don Cardwell	32	1012⁄3	6	6	4.60	60
Jim Shellenback	2	3	0	0	9.00	0
Team Totals	162	1,4631⁄3	92	70	3.52	898

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Larry Shepard
AA	Asheville Tourists	Southern League	Harding "Pete" Peterson
A	Raleigh Pirates	Carolina League	Joe Morgan
A	Clinton Pirates	Midwest League	Frank Oceak
A	Gastonia Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Bob Clear
Rookie	Salem Pirates	Appalachian League	George Detore

Notes

From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
Bill Virdon page at Baseball Reference
Dave Roberts page at Baseball Reference
Jesse Gonder page at Baseball Reference
Matty Alou at "Baseball Almanac"
Pete Mikkelsen at "Baseball Almanac"
Del Unser page at Baseball Reference
1966 Opening Day lineup at "Baseball-Almanac"
Bob Purkey at "Baseball Almanac"
Richie Hebner at "Baseball Almanac"
Dave Cash at "Baseball Almanac"
Gene Clines at "Baseball Almanac"
Don Schwall at "Baseball Almanac"
"Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
"Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2016.

References

1966 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1966 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

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[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

[2] Bill Virdon page at Baseball Reference

[3] Dave Roberts page at Baseball Reference

[4] Jesse Gonder page at Baseball Reference

[5] Matty Alou at "Baseball Almanac"

[6] Pete Mikkelsen at "Baseball Almanac"

[7] Del Unser page at Baseball Reference

[8] 1966 Opening Day lineup at "Baseball-Almanac"

[9] Bob Purkey at "Baseball Almanac"

[10] Richie Hebner at "Baseball Almanac"

[11] Dave Cash at "Baseball Almanac"

[12] Gene Clines at "Baseball Almanac"

[13] Don Schwall at "Baseball Almanac"

[14] "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2016.

[15] "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2016.

1966 MLB season by team
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1966 MLB draft 1966 All-Star Game 1966 World Series