1966 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 99-63
Finish: 2nd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 739
Runs Allowed: 634
Exp W-L: 92-70
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 2,198,097
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 55-82, 10th in the American League
AA: 59-78, 9th in the American League
A: 60-77, 9th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Seattle Mariners
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF  Earl Robinson 29 159 573 81 170 36 6 16 75 14 8 66 86 .297 .367 .464 .832 93.1 19.9 6.4
LF *Norm Siebern 32 157 555 84 164 21 4 20 83 1 5 71 90 .295 .372 .456 .828 89.2 18.8 4.6
3B *Eddie Mathews 34 154 507 78 138 29 4 15 89 10 6 115 117 .272 .403 .434 .837 93.4 20.3 3.0
3B *Pete Ward 26 153 540 104 152 38 0 20 64 4 5 78 96 .281 .375 .463 .838 93.1 20.4 3.2
SS  Phil Linz 27 153 546 59 166 28 3 2 62 0 1 45 72 .304 .357 .377 .734 69.2 13.1 6.5
2B  Charley Smith 28 148 434 55 118 22 1 11 63 2 3 23 73 .272 .308 .403 .711 49.3 7.6 7.3
C *J.C. Martin 29 116 356 55 110 21 3 6 30 4 1 40 30 .309 .383 .435 .819 56.0 12.4 3.3
C  Earl Battey 31 121 356 39 85 10 0 12 60 0 1 19 54 .239 .277 .368 .645 34.7 4.0 3.1
LF *Johnny Callison 27 126 289 32 63 16 2 7 32 5 6 26 52 .218 .286 .360 .646 26.5 2.0 1.5
1B  Joe Gaines 29 78 249 42 72 15 4 10 50 5 2 29 62 .289 .365 .502 .867 44.5 10.0 1.7
RF  Joe Christopher 30 84 220 26 47 5 2 3 29 6 3 19 42 .214 .278 .295 .573 20.4 1.2 2.6
C  Dutch Dotterer 34 64 124 17 35 6 0 0 7 0 0 8 16 .282 .326 .331 .656 12.7 2.1 0.6
2B  Ted Lepcio 35 72 124 17 23 6 0 8 20 0 0 3 30 .185 .223 .427 .650 12.7 1.2 2.4
P  Don Drysdale 29 37 103 5 16 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 41 .155 .178 .165 .343 1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Qualters 31 42 94 2 13 1 0 0 10 0 1 1 40 .138 .165 .149 .314 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Steve Hamilton 30 38 90 4 12 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 .133 .133 .167 .300 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Ralph Lumenti 29 29 74 2 8 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 27 .108 .120 .122 .242 -1.5 0.0 0.0
1B *Charlie Dees 31 74 74 8 26 12 0 2 21 0 0 0 15 .351 .355 .595 .950 12.8 3.1 0.2
3B  Andy Carey 34 66 65 11 16 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 17 .246 .275 .308 .583 4.6 0.0 1.5
SS  Ernie Fazio 24 34 39 9 7 2 1 0 3 1 4 3 5 .179 .238 .282 .520 1.5 0.0 0.5
P  Tom Butters 28 46 29 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .276 .267 .276 .543 2.5 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Schaffernoth 28 81 16 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 .125 .176 .188 .364 0.1 0.0 0.0
SS *Wally Shannon 33 14 9 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .222 .333 .333 .667 1.3 0.1 0.3
P  Art Quirk 28 51 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Dennis Bennett 26 33 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Meyer 34 43 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 0.9 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 2173 5479 739 1456 278 31 133 722 53 48 555 1000 .266 .334 .401 .735 718.2 136.4 48.7
  Rank among 10 AL teams 7 4 1 1 7 5 4 8 7 4 6 1 4 3 3 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Don Drysdale 29 21 10 .677 37 37 0 304.7 266 117 34 67 258 3.46 23.1
 Tom Qualters 31 20 10 .667 42 42 0 279.7 213 63 6 80 230 2.03 33.7
*Steve Hamilton 30 19 12 .613 38 38 0 261.0 234 78 13 63 204 2.69 25.4
*Ralph Lumenti 29 11 12 .478 29 29 0 206.7 189 99 31 63 205 4.31 8.7
 Tom Butters 28 8 8 .500 46 13 8 121.3 103 65 10 101 98 4.82 6.0
 Joe Schaffernoth 28 11 5 .688 81 3 14 113.3 124 59 17 36 53 4.69 7.4
*Art Quirk 28 4 1 .800 51 0 4 65.0 64 33 11 31 46 4.57 4.1
 Jack Meyer 34 4 2 .667 43 0 8 52.3 38 27 9 45 53 4.64 3.4
*Dennis Bennett 26 1 3 .250 33 0 4 44.7 55 29 7 16 26 5.84 0.0
 Dutch Dotterer 34 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 1 0 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 29.7 99 63 .611 401 162 39 1449.6 1287 571 138 503 1173 3.55 111.9
Rank among 10 AL teams 3 3 1 3 8 2 4 4 5 1 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 33.9
J.Martin 765.7 81 102 614 42 6 1 .991 37.9
E.Battey 597.0 71 73 502 33 5 2 .991 21.2
D.Dotterer 86.0 10 12 72 3 2 0 .974 25.0
E.Mathews 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1449.7 162 188 1188 78 14 3 .989 28.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 11.16
E.Mathews 1273.7 143 147 1394 100 17 107 .989 10.56
J.Callison 111.0 13 14 136 7 2 17 .986 11.59
D.Dotterer 37.0 5 5 46 2 1 6 .980 11.68
N.Siebern 16.0 0 7 17 3 0 6 1.000 11.25
J.Gaines 13.6 1 2 12 0 1 0 .923 7.94
J.Martin 9.0 1 2 10 0 0 1 1.000 10.00
P.Ward 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Dees 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1463.3 163 179 1618 112 21 137 .988 10.64
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.65
C.Smith 1104.3 131 139 221 409 13 80 .980 5.13
T.Lepcio 202.7 23 36 39 90 4 14 .970 5.73
A.Carey 109.0 7 35 26 55 2 14 .976 6.69
E.Fazio 26.7 1 9 5 11 1 2 .941 5.40
J.Gaines 22.2 0 10 9 6 0 2 1.000 6.08
P.Linz 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
W.Shannon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.9 162 231 300 572 20 113 .978 5.34
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.68
P.Ward 1225.7 139 145 68 257 25 22 .929 2.39
D.Dotterer 102.0 12 13 4 16 1 2 .952 1.76
E.Battey 84.0 10 14 5 23 1 3 .966 3.00
C.Dees 15.0 1 5 1 5 0 2 1.000 3.60
E.Mathews 13.0 0 5 2 4 0 0 1.000 4.15
E.Fazio 4.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
A.Carey 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
P.Linz 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1449.7 162 187 81 309 27 29 .935 2.42
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.92
P.Linz 1230.7 146 149 157 477 34 83 .949 4.64
T.Lepcio 117.3 8 31 20 49 3 9 .958 5.29
E.Fazio 61.0 6 14 7 15 0 2 1.000 3.25
W.Shannon 21.7 1 9 6 12 0 3 1.000 7.48
C.Smith 19.0 1 8 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.89
Team Total 1449.7 162 211 192 555 37 98 .953 4.64
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.72
N.Siebern 1276.7 146 147 239 6 2 2 .992 1.73
J.Callison 83.0 9 13 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
J.Gaines 82.6 7 9 15 0 1 0 .938 1.63
J.Christopher 34.0 4 4 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.59
A.Carey 29.0 3 6 2 1 0 1 1.000 0.93
E.Robinson 11.0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
P.Ward 8.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
E.Mathews 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1528.3 169 192 282 8 3 4 .990 1.71
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.39
E.Robinson 1280.7 144 147 309 9 0 3 1.000 2.23
J.Christopher 88.0 10 13 26 1 0 1 1.000 2.76
J.Callison 35.0 4 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0.77
E.Fazio 18.0 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
W.Shannon 13.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
C.Smith 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
P.Linz 5.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
J.Gaines 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Battey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 174 348 10 1 4 .997 2.22
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.93
J.Gaines 489.8 47 48 83 4 9 2 .906 1.60
J.Christopher 430.7 53 59 95 2 1 0 .990 2.03
J.Callison 379.7 37 62 59 0 2 0 .967 1.40
A.Carey 23.0 1 10 7 1 0 1 1.000 3.13
E.Robinson 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Dees 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
D.Dotterer 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1331.1 138 184 247 7 12 3 .955 1.72
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.05
D.Drysdale 304.7 37 37 15 40 2 2 .965 1.62
T.Qualters 279.7 42 42 15 38 0 4 1.000 1.71
S.Hamilton 261.0 38 38 11 45 1 4 .982 1.93
R.Lumenti 206.7 29 29 18 32 0 2 1.000 2.18
T.Butters 121.3 13 46 10 25 1 2 .972 2.60
J.Schaffernoth 113.3 3 81 6 19 0 1 1.000 1.99
A.Quirk 65.0 0 51 2 13 0 2 1.000 2.08
J.Meyer 52.3 0 43 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.03
D.Bennett 44.7 0 33 3 9 1 0 .923 2.42
D.Dotterer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.6 162 401 82 225 5 17 .984 1.91
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Linz .304
On-Base Pct Mathews .403
Slugging Pct Robinson .464
OPS Ward .838
XR Mathews 93.4
Games Robinson 159
At-Bats Robinson 573
Runs Ward 104
Hits Robinson 170
Total Bases Robinson 266
Singles Linz 133
Doubles Ward 38
Triples Robinson 6
Homeruns Siebern, Ward 20
RBIs Mathews 89
Stolen Bases Robinson 14
Caught Stealing Robinson 8
Walks Mathews 115
Strikeouts Mathews 117
ERA Qualters 2.03
Wins Drysdale 21
Losses Hamilton, Lumenti 12
Winning Pct Schaffernoth .688
Saves Schaffernoth 14
Games Pitched Schaffernoth 81
Games Started Qualters 42
Complete Games Drysdale 17
Shutouts Drysdale 3
Innings Pitched Drysdale 304.7
Hits Allowed Drysdale 266
Homeruns Allowed Drysdale 34
Strikeouts Drysdale 258
Walks Allowed Butters 101
Walks per 9IP Drysdale 2.0
Hits per 9IP Qualters 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Lumenti 8.9
WHiP Qualters 1.05
OAVG Qualters .209
OOBP Qualters .267
OSLG Qualters .276
OOPS Qualters .543
Team All-Stars
Don Drysdale
Eddie Mathews
Tom Qualters
Earl Robinson
Pete Ward
Player Salaries
Don Drysdale $ 14,190,000
Tom Qualters $ 12,100,000
Norm Siebern $ 7,350,000
Steve Hamilton $ 5,571,429
Earl Robinson $ 4,500,000
Ralph Lumenti $ 3,664,286
Earl Battey $ 3,300,000
Eddie Mathews $ 2,900,000
Ted Lepcio $ 2,610,000
Pete Ward $ 2,142,857
Jack Meyer $ 2,090,000
J.C. Martin $ 1,971,429
Johnny Callison $ 1,740,000
Joe Gaines $ 964,286
Wally Shannon $ 400,000
Tom Butters $ 350,000
Ernie Fazio $ 300,000
Dennis Bennett $ 300,000
Andy Carey $ 300,000
Joe Christopher $ 300,000
Charlie Dees $ 300,000
Phil Linz $ 300,000
Charley Smith $ 300,000
Joe Schaffernoth $ 300,000
Art Quirk $ 300,000
Dutch Dotterer $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Sandy Valdespino Kansas City Phil Linz
Ralph Lumenti
3/3 Traded Mike Ryan Kansas City Charley Smith
7/1 Traded Don Bosch Montreal Joe Gaines