1966 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1966 St. Louis Cardinals
Major league affiliations
Location
1966 Information
Owner(s) August "Gussie" Busch
Manager(s) Red Schoendienst
Local television KSD-TV
Local radio KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Jerry Gross)
Stats ESPN.com

BB-reference

The St. Louis Cardinals 1966 season was the team's 85th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 75th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 83-79 during the season and finished sixth in the National League, 12 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

This season marked the final time the Cardinals played in Sportsman's Park/Busch Stadium I, as they played their final home game at that ballpark on May 8, losing to the San Francisco Giants, 10-5. The Cardinals moved into Busch Memorial Stadium four days later, and defeated the Atlanta Braves, 4-3 in 12 innings. On July 12, the Cardinals hosted the 1966 MLB All-Star Game at their new stadium, in 105 degree heat and humidity, with the NL defeating the AL, 2-1 in ten innings. Busch Memorial Stadium was where the Cardinals would play baseball until the end of 2005.

Pitcher Bob Gibson and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year.

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[edit] Regular Season

  • May 8, 1966: Orlando Cepeda was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ray Sadecki.

[edit] 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

[edit] Roster

1966 St. Louis Cardinals roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] External links