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November 7 – Rube Bressler, 72, one of only a few players in major league baseball history to successfully convert from a pitcher to a position player as a first baseman/outfielder, who played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, and St. Louis Cardinals between 1914 and 1931.
The 1966 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 11 to October 9, 1966. ... He is the first African-American umpire in Major League history.
The 1966 Boston Red Sox season was the 66th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished ninth in the American League (AL) with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses, 26 games behind the AL and World Series champion Baltimore Orioles. After this season, the Red Sox would not lose 90 games again until 2012.
The 1966 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1966 season.The 63rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles and National League (NL) champion (and defending World Series champion) Los Angeles Dodgers.
American 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 ...
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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. [8] On May 8, 1966, Frank Robinson hit a 540-foot home run off Cleveland Indians pitcher Luis Tiant, becoming the only player to hit a fair ball out of Memorial ...
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 [1] with a record of 83–79, 15 games behind the first-place Baltimore Orioles.