1966 Baltimore Orioles season 1966 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing first in the American League with a record of 97 wins and 63 losses, nine games ahead of the runner-up Minnesota Twins . It was their first AL pennant since 1944 , when the club was known as the St. Louis Browns. The Orioles swept the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers in four games to register their first-ever World Series title. The team was managed by Hank Bauer , and played their home games at Memorial Stadium . They drew 1,203,366 fans to their home ballpark, third in the ten-team league. It would be the highest home attendance of the team's first quarter-century at Memorial Stadium, and was eclipsed by the pennant-winning 1979 Orioles .Offseason Right fielder Frank Robinson, acquired via trade from the Cincinnati Reds in the off-season, won the Triple Crown , leading the AL with a.316 average, 49 home runs, and 122 RBI. He was named winner of the American League MVP Award, becoming the first player in the history of Major League Baseball to win MVP honors in both the American and National Leagues .Season standings Record vs. opponents Opening Day starters Luis Aparicio Paul Blair Curt Blefary Wally Bunker Andy Etchebarren Davey Johnson Boog Powell Brooks Robinson Frank RobinsonNotable transactions May 21, 1966: Roger Freed was signed by the Orioles as an amateur free agent . June 13 , 1966: Jerry Adair was traded by the Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Eddie Fisher and minor leaguer John Riddle. July 1, 1966: Ron Stone was returned to the Orioles by the Kansas City Athletics.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 121 412 91 .221 11 50 1B 140 491 141 .287 34 109 2B 131 501 129 .257 7 56 3B 157 620 167 .269 23 100 SS 151 659 182 .276 6 41 LF 131 419 107 .255 23 64 CF 133 303 84 .277 6 33 RF 155 576 182 .316 49 122
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 117 373 114 .306 3 41 89 243 51 .210 6 20 71 157 34 .217 1 10 56 82 17 .207 1 7 41 97 23 .237 1 10 20 56 9 .161 1 3 18 12 6 .500 0 5 17 52 15 .288 0 3 8 19 3 .158 0 0 6 11 2 .182 0 3 4 9 2 .222 0 2
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 34 213 13 6 3.17 158 30 208.1 15 10 3.46 147 29 142.2 10 6 4.29 89 25 133.1 10 5 2.30 91 6 37.2 2 3 2.87 27 3 22 2 1 1.23 17
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 43 145.2 9 7 3.83 102 23 100.2 4 8 4.74 81 16 63.1 2 5 3.13 46
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 51 9 4 18 2.25 67 44 6 0 7 2.81 98 44 5 3 13 2.64 39 32 6 2 7 3.95 44 31 4 3 2 3.55 62 2 0 0 0 3.00 2
1966 World Series Awards and honors LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elmira
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